The regional program ICT-Asia is a French initiative directed at Asia in order to strengthen high-level scientific cooperation with and among emerging and developed Asian countries, as well as to develop a research network for French and regional academic communities in the field of information and communication technology (ICT).
The program is implemented by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development (MAEDI), in partnership with :
- French Ministry for National Education Higher Education and Research (MENESR);
- French research bodies and higher education institutions, including the National Centre for
Scientific Research (CNRS) and its institutes, the National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (Inria),
the Institute Mines-Telecom, the National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM) and the Institute for Research and Development (IRD);
National Institutes for Applied Sciences (INSA).
