BELIEF-II · BRINGING EUROPE'S ELECTRONIC INFRASTRUCTURES TO EXPANDING FRONTIERS II

BELIEF-II, building on achievements and momentum created by BELIEF [2005-2007], aims to coordinate effective communication, results, networking and knowledge flow between EU eInfrastructure projects and their users, promoting their development and exploitation globally.<br/>BELIEF-II seeks to:<br/>Ensure Europe's diverse eInfrastructure projects evolve in synergy with one another to ensure common directions and efficient interaction; <br/>Reinforce the relevance of Europe's eInfrastructures worldwide sustaining successful development and exploitation; <br/>Network a wide range of stakeholders through a coordinated mechanism to support a vibrant eInfrastructure community; <br/>Synchronise eInfrastructures priorities through easy to read eInfrastructure communication products;<br/>Provide a unique, communication platform for projects to manage their content, communicate activities to users and the public to learn more about eInfrastructures.<br/>BELIEF-II, owing to its qualified and committed international consortium of partners, is in the optimal position to address these strategic needs through: eConcertation coordination, Brainstorming Workshops, eInfrastructure Guides, Digital Library evolution and outreach in Latin America, S. Africa and India through International Symposia. <br/>These actions will maximise the overall communication of eInfrastructures potential, and increase the visibility of EC Programmes in developing countries aiming at evolving and supporting a qualified, research and enterprise eInfrastructures community globally. Major results of BELIEF-II are: 2 eConcertation meetings with Reports, 2 European Brainstorming events, 2 editions of eInfrastructures guide, 1 DVD, 2 EC eInfrastructure dissemination publications, 5 Research Infrastructures News publications, 3 International Symposia. The DL implemented in BELIEF will be further enhanced in BELIEF-II with a number of services and functionalities to provide improved support for the community (eConcertation, Symposia, RI