ABOUT COPRAS

COPRAS, the Cooperation Platform for Research and Standards, will survey FP6 IST projects for standards-related output and provide appropriate information on standardization to help progress project outputs through standards bodies. Operating through successive calls, COPRAS will provide an ongoing interface for ICT standards/RTD issues and prepare generic information to improve standards awareness.

The project is proposed by the European Standards Organizations CEN, CENELEC and ETSI, together with the Open Group and the World Wide Web Consortium. All are members of the ICT Standards Board (ICTSB). ICTSB is the coordinating forum for European ICT standardization. It will be kept regularly informed of the project’s progress and will discuss the emerging results to ensure that the project outputs are directed appropriately.

A key objective of the IST program is to ensure European leadership in the generic and applied technologies at the heart of the knowledge economy. The standards program for eEurope will facilitate the adoption of the research results and provide feedback about their acceptance and problems in their use. COPRAS will thus act as an important link between the objectives of the IST FP6 program and eEurope.

COPRAS will establish action plans for chosen projects, including contributions to standardization, and either enable the participation of the project in existing standards groups, or promote the new standardization activities for consideration by ICTSB. It will also facilitate contributions to research by informing projects of the “state of the art”, including which standardization activities are most relevant for them. Using the inclusive consensus-building mechanisms provided by the project consortium members, it can optimize SME participation in standardization. Within available resources, support will be given to facilitate the preparation of specific inputs from ICT projects according to the requirements of the relevant standards groups.

COPRAS will carry out additional promotional activities, including preparation of a dedicated set of web pages and links, brochures, open meetings, seminars and conferences. Finally COPRAS will prepare generic guidance material to help future projects to include an appropriate standards interface in bids.

Through its overall programme, COPRAS will therefore provide a comprehensive service to the IST project community, thereby facilitating the contractual requirements for FP6 projects with a standards relevance to bring their outputs to the attention of the standards community. 

COPRAS website

Closing Conference:

* Copras Open Meeting: ICT standardization and research towards FP7 (Brussels, 17 January 2007)

COPRAS Open Meeting

For more information: http://www.w3.org/2004/copras/meetings/open07/agenda.html

Events where CENELEC participated in link with COPRAS:

* The first meeting of the EU FP6 NAVSHP New Media Council -  N²MC (Brussels, 12 March 2004)

COPRAS presentation

* Networked Audio Visual Systems and Home Platforms (NAVSHP) concertation meeting (Brussels, 11 March 2004)

COPRAS presentation

For more information, you can contact ict@cenelec.org