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Integration of the Western Balkans to the European Research Area – ongoing projects WBC-INCO.NETand SEE-ERA.NET

Elke Dall, Centre for Social Innovation

March 6-7, 2009

Bucharest (Romania)

SEE-ERA.NET (PLUS)

… provides funding for research

cooperation in South East Europe

Joint SEE-ERA.NET funding activities

SEE-ERA.NET Pilot Joint Call for RTD Proposals (PJC):– Pilot phase– moderate financial contributions– joint funding strategy (White Paper)– joint project application reviewing system– deadline for project proposals: end of March 2007– continuous monitoring– booklet with project results to be presented in the next

months

Launching the SEE-ERA.NET PLUS Call

• National contributions of €2.675.000,- to the call budget show the national commitment of the consortium members to the SEE-ERA.NET PLUS project

• Together with the contribution of the EC, the call budget amounts to 3.5 Million Euros.

• Topics: ICT and Agro food (subgroups to be defined)• Provisional launch date: September 1, 2009• 2-stage procedure• Contact: National Contact Points,

coordinator: ZSI, Marion Haberfellner• www.see-era.net

Partners in SEE-ERA.NET plus

ZSI (Austria)- Coordinator MOES (Albania) MZOS (Croatia)

MON-MK (FYR of Macedonia) MPIN (Montenegro) MSCI (Serbia)

GSRT (Greece) MHEST (Slovenia) BMWF (Austria)

BMBF (Germany) PT-DLR (Germany) MES-CRA (Bulgaria)

TUBITAK (Turkey) MVP (BiH) ANCS (Romania)

MESR (France) MAE (France)

Summary and Objectives

Partners in WBC-INCO.NET

1. ZSI (Austria)- Coordinator 2. MOES (Albania) 3. MZOS (Croatia)

4. MON-MK (FYR of Macedonia)

5. MPIN (Montenegro) 6. MSTD (Serbia)

7. SUS BiH (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

8. MPI (Serbia) 9. Ivo Pilar (Croatia)

10. KEC (Kosovo/UNMIK) 11. CIVET (Albania) 12. SBRA (Slovenia)

13. SEERC (Greece) 14. UNU-MERIT (Netherlands) 15. JRC (Belgium/Spain)

16. PT-DLR (Germany) 17. FFG (Austria) 18. TÜBITAK (Turkey)

19. GSRT (Greece) 20. MHEST (Slovenia) 21. BMWF (Austria)

22. BMBF (Germany) 23. MES-CRA (Bulgaria) 24. TURBO (Belgium/Turkey)

25. APRE (Italy) 26. MCA (Bosnia and Herzegovina)













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Dialogue activities

WBC-INCO.NET supports the bi-regional

dialogue on Science and Technology

Steering Platform on Research

• Regular meetings conveyed by

– European Commission

– Council Presidency

– Western Balkan countries

Current co-chairs are EC, Czech Republic, Albania

• Members: EC + EU27 + AC with responsibility for S&T

• Launched during Austrian presidency in May 2006

• Adopted Guidelines during the SP meeting in Thessaloniki October 2007

• Meets regularly during each presidency

ResultsPlatform Conclusions

Other dialogue activities

• Supporting regional dialogue (e.g. on IPA and Research, Regional Research Strategy)

• Dialogue with EC Cooperation DGs (on priorities)• Coordination of activities with other policies in the European

Commission: DG Enlargement, DG Enterprise, DG Education

• Close cooperation with SEE-ERA.NET (PLUS)• Established contacts with several thematic ERA-NETs• Cooperation with other INCO-NETs e.g. in the field of

research to tackle global issues • Contacts with COST, RCC, etc. established • Dialogue with OECD, EUROSTAT, UNESCO

Priority setting activities

WBC-INCO.NET identifies RTD potentials and priorities

Priority setting activities

Objectives:• Input to the workprogrammes of FP7 in selected themes• Organisational learning, identifying suitable processes for

stakeholder involvement• SEE-ERA.NET PLUS call to be launched in autumn 2009• Regional Research Strategy: Generic activities to be

implemented at regional level

Organisation of consultation process

• ICT in Serbia on December 10, 2008cooperation:

• Agriculture, Food, Biotechnology in Montenegro on January 15-16, 2009cooperation:

• Health in Albania on May 12 and 13, 2009 (confirmed)

• Transport in Bosnia-Herzegovina on May 19 and 20, 2009 (confirmed)

• Environment in the FYR of Macedonia on June 16 and 17, 2009 (confirmed)

First

phase

Second

phase

Capacity buildingand networking activities

WBC-INCO.NET enhances participationof researchers from the region in European projects

Outlook support activities

• Benchmarking and supporting NCPs

• Supporting statistical offices to gather reliable S&T statistics

• Study barriers to cooperation

• Evaluate access to infrastructure

• Survey cooperation patterns

• Training for research managers on FP7 and financial issues

• Brokerage events

• Representation of WBC at major research conferences

Dissemination Activities

WBC-INCO.NET website: news, documents,event calendar, organisation database,who-is-who, regular newsletters

Information exchange

www.wbc-inco.net

[email protected]

http://www.wbc-inco.net/

mailto:[email protected]

Thank you for your attention!

Elke Dall

Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI)

Linke Wienzeile 246

A-1150 Wien

[email protected]

+43-1-4950442-62

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