Research co-operation with the WBCs

SEE-ERA.NET PLUS is based on the ongoing SEE-ERA.NET project and its Regional Programme for Cooperation with South-East Europe (ReP-SEE), which was developed to enhance S&T cooperation with the Western Balkan Countries (WBC).
In essence, SEE-ERA.NET PLUS is the next step in further integrating the Western Balkan Countries (WBC) and its key research communities into the European Research Area (ERA). It will further enhance the coordination of bilateral R&D cooperation with the WBC and lift it up to an activity at European level. By joining forces and by pooling financial resources, the SEE-ERA.NET PLUS consortium will bring critical mass to bear. The SEE-ERA.NET PLUS consortium consists of seventeen partners from fourteen different countries (Austria, Albania, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey). It involves the relevant R&D programme owners from the involved countries, which are ministries or agencies responsible for science, technology and/or research. SEE-ERA.NET PLUS supports:

• Executing R&D with WBC following strategic priorities at European level;
• Continued integration of bilateral RTD initiatives into multilateral, jointly agreed, activities with high synergetic impact;
• Reducing duplication of effort across Europe, and avoiding development of unnecessary parallel solutions;
• Strengthening research communities from new Member States and WBC and preparing them for participation in FP7;
• Satisfying the need for R&D cooperation in the SEE region, as proven by huge interest in the Pilot Joint Call of SEE-ERA.NET.

Objectives of SEE-ERA.NET PLUS
The main objective of SEE-ERA.NET PLUS is to launch and implement one joint call for trans-national research proposals, thereby supporting the implementation of the first pillar of ReP-SEE. With a call budget of currently approximately EURO 3.5 Mio, it is planned to fund around 20 transnational research projects in the SEE-region.

Specific scientific priorities will be chosen for the scope of the call, based on the regional collaboration needs of the participating countries and considering the priorities of the 7th EU Framework Programme on Research and Technological Development (FP7). A careful selection of scientific priorities will help to combine the two goals of enhancing cooperation with the WBC on the one hand and of fostering scientific excellence on the other.

Team:

• DI Martin Felix Gajdusek (project leader)
• Magª. Marion Haberfellner, MA (project leader)
• Ingmar Karner
• MMagª. Katharina Riedmann
• Mag. Dr. Klaus Schuch

Section: Research Policy & Development

Funding institutions and customers:

• Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
• Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung
• Deutsches Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
• European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
• General Secretariat for Research and Technology
• Ministry for Higher Education, Science and Technology of Slovenia
• Ministry of Education and Science - North Macedonia
• Ministry of Education and Science of Montenegro
• Ministry of Education and Sport of Albania
• Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Serbia
• Ministry of Education, Youth and Science of Bulgaria
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of France
• Ministry of Higher Education and Research of France
• Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of Croatia
• National Authority for Scientific Research in Romania
• TUBITAK Scientific and Technologcial Research Council of Turkey

• Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
• Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung
• Deutsches Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
• General Secretariat for Research and Technology
• Ministry for Higher Education, Science and Technology of Slovenia
• Ministry of Education and Science - North Macedonia
• Ministry of Education and Science of Montenegro
• Ministry of Education and Sport of Albania
• Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Serbia
• Ministry of Education, Youth and Science of Bulgaria
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of France
• Ministry of Higher Education and Research of France
• Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of Croatia
• National Authority for Scientific Research in Romania
• Project Management Agency at the DLR (German Aerospace Center)
• TUBITAK Scientific and Technologcial Research Council of Turkey

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