Observatory Network to Enhance ICT Structural Funds Absorption
ONE aims at improving the regional capacity of planning ICT investments under Coeshion Policy Programmes through the setting up of a Federated network of regional ICT observatories in Poland, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, UK, France and Cyprus. Capacity to plan, assess and manage investments in the field of ICT represents a crucial aspect of Innovation policy activity as accessibility, both in terms of access to ICT infrastructure and services is a precondition for better exploiting the innovative potentials of its regions, taking into account specific needs of disadvantaged and rural areas. 
The specific objectives of ONE are therefore: to transfer existing ICT observatory models to regions that have already recognised the need of such a decision support tool organisation towards a better ICT policy planning; to further exploit ICT observatories, enabling common strategies/methodologies in a coordinated way;
to promote the community created through ONE to raise awareness in other EU regions about the importance of better tailor ICT interventions towards specific regional needs, thus enhancing absorption rate of ICT funds. 
ONE goals can only be implemented with INTERREG IV C support, encouraging different regions and innovation stakeholders to implement common strategies to enhance framework conditions of the cooperation space, by making most advanced regions/organisations and less developed regions analyse, share and set up coordinated mechanisms.
ONE partners have been choosen accordingly: all have a strong interest in the project topics and committed to undertake considerable regional and transnational actions to develop, exploit and federate ICT regional observatories, with a balanced coverage of EU geographical territory both at country level (Italy, Germany, Poland, Czech rep., Cyprus, UK, France) and at regional level (6 from old MS, 4 from new MS).
Moreover a network of EU regions focused on Information Society completes the team, as it will help in covering in a more effective way EU territory.
Main projecty activities include an intensive and extensive know how transfer among partners and extrapartnership actors, the drawing up of an ICT Observatory methodology based on the transfer process.
Those activities will produce tangible outputs: 
a Community of interested regions to be federated in the future, and a Methodology set of guidelines on how to develop and exploit ICT observatories to reach an optimal investment planning of resorces dedicated to ICT, as well as 9 implementation plans providing a roadmap for the integration of the expertise acquired during the project lifetime.
All the outputs will result in an improved regional ability to plan investments, implement projects and exploit resources, real and effective innovation of regional territories including PAs, businesse and citizens.