MONA will produce tangible results for the benefit of the European Community:

• Economic intelligence and market survey
• Roadmap of technologies / processes / applications / research
• Project joint workshops.
• Recommendations for research in Framework Programme-7 [and beyond]
• Dissemination of information
• Tutorials/training from nanotechnology experts to industry
• Dissemination of results of the project to the industrial, R&D and education communities through yearly conferences and the media.

Six European countries and regions are involved in the execution of MONA, under the leadership of the CEA Leti, with input from important industry and research players like Acreo, AIXTRON, Alcatel-Thales, ASMI, the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC), INTEC, Optics Valley, Schott, the Association of German Engineers (VDI-TZ), and Yole Développement.

The MONA project contributes directly to the development of synergies between photonics/nanophotonics and nanomaterials/nanotechnologies. The challenge of mastering nano-electronics and nano-photonics science and technologies at an industrial scale (i.e. aiming at low cost mass production capability) is of utmost strategic importance for the competitiveness of the European industry in a global context. Through the cooperative work between equipment manufacturers, nanotechnologies and photonics experts, MONA will help to identify and address the most critical manufacturing issues. This will ensure the building of a strategic comprehensive approach for the key technologies in order to profit from this highly important area for the European Union.