On this year’s annual stakeholder conference of the Territorial Employment Pacts (TEP) the participants discussed “Solidarity between generations in work life: reality and chances”: Katrin Gasior...

Der gesellschaftliche Wandel und Technologieentwicklungen stellen gleichermaßen Herausforderungen und Chancen für den öffentlichen Bereich und Unternehmen in Europa dar. Das Projekt FORSEE hat das ...

After the first half of the year NanOpinion's huge consortium met for the second time. Partners presented from 4th to 7th of November 2012 their first results on their base line studies concluded which...

Romania’s Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Silvia-Adriana Ţicău who chairs the ‘MEP Danube Forum’ in the European Parliament, a platform for stakeholders aiming at improving cohesion in the...

Find out about the latest development and what a renowned European foresight expert has to say in an interview! The project lets its audience know about the current development and upcoming events...

During the official visit of the President of Kazakhstan, Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev, to Austria, the S&T Policy Mix Peer Review Report to Kazakhstan, which was carried out by an international ...

In order to promote, develop, and strengthen mutual relationship between ZSI and NATD in the areas of exchange in STI evaluation expertise and in the field of RTDI policy development, the EU 7th Framework...

The seventh edition of the e-newsletter of the Central European Knowledge Platform for an Ageing Society (“CE-Ageing Platform”) has recently been published on the project website and provides detailed...

The EU Representation of the European Parliament (EP) and of the European Commission (EC) in Austria hosted an event on "Social Innovation - Prospects in Europe" (Oct. 15, 2012), including the public ...

Study Visit for Local Development Practitioners: Demographic change and the resulting ageing of our societies continue to increasingly endanger regional growth and development perspectives. In addition...

Enhancing Social Scientific Research in Kosovo and its integration into the European Research Area (ESSIe) is a European Union funded project managed by European Union Office in Kosovo and implemented...

The third edition of  EU‐India Science Technology and Innovation Cooperation Days with thematic focus on water will be organised in Hyderabad, India from 8 to 9 November 2012, in order to showcase...

The OPEN DAYS 2012 from 8 to 11 October 2012 were entitled “Europe's regions and cities: Making a difference”  and took place during a period of debate in the European Parliament, the Council, the...

TEP-Innovations-Drehscheiben are designed events, which were brought into life by the Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection (BMASK) and the Territorial Employment Pacts...

The project -- ZSI is one of the partners --  will start with a kick-off meeting in Moscow in November 2012.  The overall strategy of the project puts the three main issues of the Capacities...

Was soziale Innovation insbesondere mit Blick auf die alternde Gesellschaft bewirken kann und welche Perspektiven sich daraus für die Europäische Union ergeben, diskutieren Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Baumgartner...

There are three new reports released. The main issues are: Motivational factors for peer learning on 50plus online social platforms Bank of tools for senior peer learning Assessing...

"Water Related Challenges" sind das Thema der diesjährigen "EU-India Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation Days", welche in Hyderabad, Indien, vom 8. bis 9. November 2012 stattfinden. Mehr als...

The currently open call "Research to Innovation (R2I)" offers researchers and innovators from all scientific fields related to one of the challenges: Health, demographic change and wellbeing; Food...

Krems (kpr). Mit dem „Master of Arts in Social Innovation“, der im Wintersemester 2012/13 startet, bietet die Donau-Universität Krems einen weltweit einzigartigen Lehrgang an. Das neue Weiterbildungsangebot...

Das ZSI arbeitet in Projekten verschiedener Art  - Forschung, Bildung, Beratung, Koordination von Netzwerken - in den thematischen Bereichen Arbeit und Chancengleichheit, Forschungspolitik und...

  Call for proposals for projects in Research Cooperation and Networking between Austria, Kosovo and the Western Balkan Region (In the framework of the project "Higher KOS – Promoting...

Centre for Social Innovation organised the Kick-off Meeting of the BILAT UKR*AINA project in Vienna on September 10-11, 2012 with attendence of all project partners and members of the advisory board...

A series of project events is coming up in autumn. Preparations are in their full swing: ICT themes were assessed  by about 120 ICT experts in form of an online-survey and the results are now ...

Der neue analytische ERAWATCH Country Report über das österreichische Forschungssystem im Jahr 2011, der von Klaus Schuch, ZSI, erstellt wurde, wurde seitens der Europäischen Kommission und des JRC publiziert...

In cooperation with the Centre for Social Innovation in Vienna, the Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office Ljubljana announced in 2010 its seventh call for proposals for projects in research ...

The 3rd FORSEE Newsletter features a special on the FORSEE partner organisations - in this edition the University of Patras and the Centre for Social Innovation are portrayed. You can also find out...

The European Commission has just published a nice little article about the ERA.Net RUS project under the section "Success Stories". Please have a look here! ERA.Net RUS is coordinated by the International...

Die soeben neupublizierten österreichischen FTI-Evaluierungsstandards ersetzen die bereits ein wenig in die Jahre gekommenen "alten" Standards der österreichischen Plattform Forschungs- und Technologieevaluierung...

The following article has been published on 8 August 2012: Enhancing science and technology cooperation between the EU and Eastern Europe as well as Central Asia: a critical reflection on the White...

Are you starting up with your municipal Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP)? Do you want to know how to do this? What to consider? Where to get financing? Experts will lead you through the process...

Wien (OTS) - Österreichs Ruf als innovative Forschungsnation im Bereich der Nachhaltigkeit und "Grünen Technologien" erhält nunmehr eine weitere internationale Aufwertung. Im Rahmen des EU-finanzierten...

The Central European Knowledge Platform for an Ageing Society (CE-Ageing Platform) finalised the CE Vision 2050. It is a core output of the Central European Knowledge Platform for an Ageing Society...

From the 2nd to the 6th of July 2012, the Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) in cooperation with the International Bureau of the BMBF at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and the National Research ...

Am 18. September 2012 findet in der Alten Aula am Uni-Campus ein Vortrag von Dr. Erik Arnold über „Taking the long term view” statt, der von der FTEVAL in Kooperation mit BMWF, WWTF und den Einrichtungen...

Am 25.10.2012 veranstaltet die FTEVAL gemeinsam mit dem BMVIT eine Fachveranstaltung, die sich zum Ziel gesetzt hat, die Frage wie sich aus Zielformulierungen konsistente Bewertungskriterien für Förderprojekte...

The new edition of the Russian journal FORESIGHT-Russia, Vol. 6, No 2 (2012) has been launched. It contains a number of papers incl. Popper, R.: Mapping Futures Studies Zaytseva, A: Vietnam...

Der diesjährige Lehrgang legt den Fokus auf Innovation mit sozialer Verantwortung und auf den Umgang von Wissenschaft und öffentlichem Bereich mit dringlichen gesellschaftlichen Fragen. Der Titel...

Seit ihrer Gründung 1996 in Form einer losen Kooperation hat die Plattform Forschungs- und Technologieevaluierung sich zum Ziel gesetzt, Evaluierungsansätze und –methoden zu präsentieren, die aktuelle...

Die jeweils zwei Jahre dauernden berufsbegleitenden Lehrgänge *Sozialwissenschaftliche Berufsqualifizierung für die internationale Forschung - SOQUA* wurden nunmehr breits zum dritten Mal zu einem ...

In der Generalversammlung des Vereins Zentrum für Soziale Innovation am 28. Juni 2012 wurden die Weichen für die nächste Dreijahresperiode des ZSI-Vorstands und für die ZSI-Strategie 'Soziale Innovation...

NANOCHANNELS concluded it’s activities in June with the following success stories: 2.1 million of copies of 5 press supplements on nanotechnology were distributed (published by The Guardian...

Based on former cooperation of Zentrum für Soziale Innovation (ZSI) and the regional  experts from the Moravian-Silesian region, the first Territorial Employment Pact Moravia-Silesia (http://www...

Ein kleines, aber sehr feines Projekt wurde am 20. Juni mit einer Konferenz in den traditionsreichen Räumen der IG Metall in Berlin beendet: TINA, "Transnationaler Wissens- und Erfahrungsaustausch ...

The final Review Meeting on the benchmarking exercise in the frame of the project IncoNet EECA (http://www.inco-eeca.net/) has been organised in Athens on 18 June 2012 where good practices at the evaluated...

From June 11 to 14, 2012 a series of meetings took place in Tirana, Albania: WBC-INCO.NET - Executive Steering Board Meeting, June 11 WBC-INCO.NET - 3rd Innovation Dialogue Forum, June...

The ZSI - Centre for Social Innovation SOQUA-Summer School on social innovation (9-13 July: http://soqua.net/summerschool) in Vienna is not the only one on this topic this July in Europe. There is...

The CENTRAL EUROPE projects CE-Ageing Platform and Re-Turn have been labelled as projects belonging to and supporting Priority Area 9 “To Invest in People and Skills" of the EU Strategy for the...

The VERA project's interactive web portal has been launched during a forward looking activities stocktaking workshop and project meeting on 20 June 2012 in Vienna. Beside information about the project...

The International Stakeholder Conference „To invest in People and Skills“ (within the framework: EU strategy for the Danube region, Priority Area 9) on 13 June 2012 aimed at the exchange of information...