winter 06/07

Published on Mar 06, 2007

Some of you may have been wondering about the delay of this newsletter. But, the wait has not been in vain as we can now report on the most important news regarding the implementation of the Steering Platform. The date for the next meeting has been set and the invitations have been sent out. The German EU-presidency is inviting to Berlin, together with the European Commission. DG Research has also provided us with a report on the association status of the Western Balkan countries in the Seventh Framework Programme. FP7 was launched on January 1, 2007 and therefore we have dedicated a great part of this eJournal to aspects of international cooperation in this major funding programme, also dealing with the thematic focus on Food, Agriculture, Fisheries, and Biotechnology. We have also focused on national initiatives by Turkey, Austria, Greece and the Netherlands, and an introduction to the Croatian S&T system is included. In addition some news from BiH, Kosovo and Montenegro is given. COST and SEE-ERA.NET introduce opportunities for WBC researchers, you learn more about see-science.eu reports (S&T country reports and a needs/offer-matrix) and possibilities for information gathering through eNewsletters. We hope that it was worth waiting for all of you and we are looking forward to the next publication, which is due in May 07.

The eJournal winter 06/07 is published on March 6, 2007. It can be downloaded from this site, registration for further issues can be done via the website as well.
In the following you find links to the main articles and we would like to invite you again to comment to them through sending e-mails to us or through making annotations / comments directly on the website.

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news from the platform:

"The German EU Council Presidency 2007"

"Four WBC Association Procedures in the Pipeline"

framework news:

"First Calls for Proposals Launched in Seventh Framework Programme"

"8 Million Euro for Research Potential - In cooperation with the EU's convergence regions"

"Specific International Cooperation Actions"

"Evaluating and Monitoring FP7 Projects - A Possibility also for WBC Experts"

"Can institutions from not associated Western Balkan countries coordinate FP7 projects?: A Frequently Asked Question - A Still Confusing Answer"

national initiatives:

"Turkey's Current S&T Initiatives in the Western Balkans"

"Austria's Cooperation in Innovation and Research Programme CIR-CE"

"Greek View on S&T Policy towards the Western Balkan Countries"

"Tackling Unemployment and Education Reform: A Dutch Initiative"

country focus:

"S&T in Croatia"

thematic focus:

"Food, Agriculture and Fischeries, and Biotechnology as a Priority Area in FP7"
"Food-N-Co - Western Balkan Countries included in NCP Network"
"Balkan Agro Food Network"
"EU-Balkan-FABNET - Training on FP7"

initiatives and announcements:

"SEE-ERA.NET Scientific Workshops"

"EC Fact-Finding Mission to Podgorica"

"High Speed Internet for Researchers in Bosnia and Herzegovina"

"Structuring Research and Higher Education in Kosovo"

"COST Builds Science and Technology Networks", including "COST Open Call for Proposals"

"Newsletters - How to get the information you need (and not more)"

"Books"

see-science.eu deliverables:

"WBC Needs meet Existing Offers"

"see-science.eu Country Research Profiles Drafted and Open for Discussion"

imprint eJournal:

"The Team behind see-science.eu"
"New Project Member in see-science.eu"

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