EU-Balkan-FABNET – Training on FP7

By Mr. Gorgias GAROFALAKIS on Mar 05, 2007 Status: Public

The EU-Balkan-FABNET project, launched in January 2007, aims at encouraging stronger participation of Western Balkan research organisations in FP7 funded research projects. It complements the actions undertaken by its sister project, the Balkan Agro Food Network (BAFN).

EU-Balkan-FABNET has identified and incorporated key National Contact Points and experienced multipliers in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, FYR of Macedonia, and Serbia as partners, who will participate in mapping, networking, training and awareness-raising activities. These partners represent gate keepers for their country's respective research communities. They are supported by partners from Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Greece and Italy.
The target groups will receive assistance with FP7-related queries on a one-to-one basis, such as the search for suitable partners, or support for participation in major international events. Furthermore, the project partners will be able to actively promote the networking of local researchers and act as a conduit of information exchange.
Each partner in the project is responsible for organising three workshops for their local audience. The first workshop will target local multipliers, who could help in motivating the research community. The other two workshops will target researchers. Furthermore, the partners will compile an electronic handbook to further extend the reach of the project to potential FP7 participants. The handbook will cover basic information, such as project funding types, and will be translated into the language of each partner in the Western Balkan countries. A project website is currently in preparation and will soon be available on www.balkan-fabnet.eu. For further details contact the project coordinator Gorgias Garofalakis at info@etat.gr

Article published in eJournal winter 06/07.
Author: Gorgias Garofalakis, ETAT S.A.

Update: The website is already available! Follow the link www.balkan-fabnet.eu.

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