In order to support a national implementation of the Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme (AAL JP), the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit) has designed a new mission orientated R&D Programme in the field of "Technology (in particular ICT) and Elderly People".
The AAL JP is a new joint research and development (R&D) funding activity implemented by actual 20 European Member States and 3 Associated States with the financial support of the European Community based on article 169 of the EC treaty.