The Governing Board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) met on 16 December in Budapest to designate the first three Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs).
Following hearings with the six shortlisted candidates (two from each priority area), the Governing Board designated the first three KICs:
Climate change mitigation and adaptation: Climate-KIC
Sustainable energy: KIC InnoEnergy
Future information and communication society: EIT ICT Labs
Call for Proposals EIT-KICS-2009 – Knowledge and Innovation Communities
The EIT launched its first call for proposals on 2 April 2009. The deadline for proposal submission was 17:00, 27 August 2009 (Brussels time).
The full call text is available at: 
Call for proposals EIT-KICS-2009 – Knowledge and Innovation
Communities
Proposals should have taken into account the EIT IPR Guidelines
Further information on the KIC selection criteria is available at:Criteria for the Selection of Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs)
Further information about the debriefing of experts following the evaluation of KIC proposals: Summary and analysis of experts' responses to debriefing questionnaire on the KIC evaluation procedure
