The ARTEMISIA Office has developed a "Partner Search Tool" which is now available on the ARTEMISIA web-site (www.artemisia-association.eu). It is expected that this tool will become an important "two-way" resource, allowing project proposers to identify the partners they need and also allowing members, particularly those who may be new to ARTEMIS, to advertise their expertise and willingness to collaborate. The tool is available to members AND non-members of ARTEMISIA.

The purpose of this tool is initially to allow members to present themselves as a candidate partner in ARTEMIS-JU project consortia. Members can log in and, via a simple on-line form, register themselves as a potential partner. It is important when doing so that focus is on the R&D expertise and contribution an organisation can make to possible projects (i.e. avoid describing only the benefits of existing products or services the organisation offers, unless they are specifically relevant to R&D activities). The visibility this brings will make it easy to become part of new and exciting networks within the ARTEMIS world and other related research initiatives.

As this information base grows, it will become an increasingly important resource for those who are collecting partners for project proposals.

Only 3 months after its launch the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking (JU) has today published its first Call for proposals. With € 100 million public funding from the European Commission and the participating Member States and at least a € 100 million contribution from industry and research organisations the Call should generate an activity of more than € 200 million.  The ARTEMIS JU, a Europe-wide public-private research partnership,  addresses embedded computer systems that – while running almost unnoticed by users – improve the performance of all kinds of machines: from cars, planes and phones, to factories, washing machines and televisions.