Supporting R&I cooperation between the EU and Brazil

Increasing International Science, Technology, and Innovation Cooperation between Brazil and the European Union – INCOBRA. Therefore, the overall objective of INCOBRA was to focus on, increase, and enhance Research & Innovation (R&I) Cooperation Activities between Brazil (BR) and European Union (EU) R&I actors, so that both regions get the best value out of the mutual cooperation.

Specific objectives of the project were:

• Identifying and addressing targeted international cooperation activities of mutual benefit and with potential for generating sufficient scale and scope by setting up strategic foresight activities between key BR EU R&I stakeholders
• Supporting the implementation of activities agreed within the BR-EU Policy Dialogue on Science, Technology and Innovation by supporting collaborative networks among BR-EU R&I actors to scale up R&I implementation
• Contributing to the establishment of appropriate framework conditions for BR-EU R&I cooperation by fostering coherence and coordination on R&I funding policies and programmes applicable to the context of such bilateral cooperation
• Encouraging cooperation between R&I actors from BR and the EU by supporting information dissemination, awareness-raising, capacity building, networking and sustainability activities on Horizon 2020 and beyond, thus including Brazilian R&I programmes and funding opportunities as well as other R&I international cooperation activities

Within this project, ZSI was responsible for the following tasks, in particular:

• Online survey; co-patent and co-publications analysis and literature review
• Communication and dissemination
• Definition and development of a web-based Information system (layout and structure of website)

Team:

• MA/ MMag. Teresa de Oliveira
• M.A. Gorazd A. Weiss (project leader)
• Ing. Bernhard Bauch
• Ingmar Karner
• DI Dietmar Lampert
• DI Stefan Philipp
• M.A. Constantin Scherer
• Michael Wilkinson, MA

Section: Research Policy & Development

Partners:

• Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
• Associação Brasileira das Instituições de Pesquisa Tecnológica e Inovação
• European Business and Innovation Centre Network
• Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos
• Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
• Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
• International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation
• Núcleo de Gestão do Porto Digital
• Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
• Universidade Estadual de Campinas
• Austrian Research Promotion Agency
• Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovacao - Consultadoria Empresarial e Fomento da Inovacao S.A. (Coordinator)

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Tags: international cooperation, internationalisation, Latin America, research cooperation