International Co-operation in Trustworthy,
Secure and Dependable ICT infrastructures

Objective 1. Prioritisation of the EU influenced vision and research directions in TSD amongst the developed countries, including alignment of work programmes;

As a prerequisite to any meaningful co-operation activity, one of the necessary actions is to attain a common level of understanding of goals, background and drivers. The bringing together of research programmes must be addressed on a continuous basis where the interactions are mutually beneficial to all concerned especially when identifying and prioritizing the global TSD challenges to address. Needless to say, the scope and priorities of the various communities are and will remain different. At the same time, mutual understanding of the context and co-operation based opportunities is what is needed as the pragmatic step forward. It is also important to emphasize that the intent is not a one-off activity but to establish long-term communication and cooperation mechanisms beyond Europe in the areas of TSD ICT systems and infrastructures and their services.