As a result of a lively and very stimulating public discussion among a high-level panel discussion, involving a no less interested and educated audience, ZSI established a new opportunity to continue and elaborate the public debate on social innovation topics:http://socialinnovations.zsi.at Sincere invitation to blog! Comments, statements, critique and references are very welcome in English as well...

The ZSI is pleased to invite you to join remotely the GLOBAL event of the 5th BELIEF Symposium in conjunction with the CHPC national meeting 2009, which will be made available online for your participation from Monday 07 December to Tuesday 08 December 2009. The event will be an excellent opportunity to get insight into developments of cyberinfrastructure through a selection of successful research...

This all-day workshop‘s objective was to investigate possible structural improvements in the dialogue between political decision makers and researchers. 25 representatives of our target groups followed the ZSI’s invitation and took part in the meeting. • Generally, the problem is not a lack of research but the question of ‘receiving’ its results: Due to their enormous amount, it is impossible to ...

The KORANET project (www.koranet.eu) is organising a scientific workshop in Korea in February 2010. This event will coincide with the publication of Koranet PJC (Pilot Joint Call). It will be the occasion to create new partnerships and reinforce existing ones with the aim of building strong consortia for projects submission. The theme for KORANET Pilot Joint Call will be "Research for life-long health...

The ZSI Newsletter of November 2009 is available here for download (in German, yet some parts are written in English).

What we offer:* Very good working atmosphere in a project team.* Collaboration in three interesting, future-orientated EU projects on bi-regional S&T cooperation EU – 3rd countries (General and South/ Southeast Asia; pls. see for more information: http://www.inco-connect.eu , http://www.sea-eu.net and http://www.new-indigo.eu* Project visits to the region* Employment of 30-40 h/week, starting January...

The most needed social innovations of the 21st century Panel discussion Venue: University of ViennaDr.-Karl-Lueger-Ring 1, ViennaTime: Monday, November 30th, 6 p.m. – 8. p.m. Welcome address:Rudolf Richter, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Viennahttp://www.univie.ac.at/?L=2 Moderator:Sabine Herlitschka, Director of European and International Programmes, Austrian Research Promotion...

Registration for 6th 'OECD LEED Forum' Meeting

Registration for '6th Annual OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance' meeting is now open! FROM RECESSION TO RECOVERY: Local Partnerships to Rebuild Employment 16 - 17 February...

White Paper distributed

In August 2007 the “White Paper on overlaps, gaps and opportunities in view of the extension of bilateral RTD programmes and initiatives towards multilateral approaches” and its accompanying Joint Action...

Das Projekt NANOYOU hat zum Ziel, ein umfangreiches Kommunikations- und Outreach-Programm speziell für Jugendliche zu entwickeln. Als Vorstudie führt das ZSI zurzeit eine Umfrage durch.Jugendliche im Alter von 11 bis 25 Jahren werden online befragt, was sie über Nanotechnologien wissen. Sie können ihre Meinung und ihre Einstellung gegenüber Nanotechnologien angeben und ihre Erwartungen oder Befürchtungen...

KORANET, a four-year project financed by the 7th Framework Programme on Research and Development of the EU, organises a one-day workshop on GREEN ICT in Istanbul on 20 October 2009.The event targets researchers, programme managers/owners, policy makers, clusters, companies and other interested stakeholders. At the end of the workshop a networking reception is planned together with the participants...

Fostering an increased successful participation

The training workshops are jointly organised by WINS-ICT and the ICT-WEB-PROMS projects and are free of charge. The objective is to foster an increased successful participation of the local ICT researchers...

Country fact-sheets 'forumpartnerships2009'

The country fact-sheets 'forumpartnerships2009' of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance are published and ready for download. The publication presents 35 different area-based...

Available in English and in German. Please visit regularly the project website http://www.gemmaproject.eu

Eine Online-Umfrage für 11-25jährige zum Thema Nanotechnologien, die im Rahmen des NANOYOU-Projektes stattfindet, ist jetzt online!Der Fragebogen ist in zwei Altersgruppen aufgeteilt und in acht Sprachen aufrufbar. Vor allem für die jüngere Gruppe ist der Fragebogen auch zum Ausfüllen im Unterricht geeignet.Untersuchungszeitraum: 1. Oktober 2009 - 31. Oktober 2009Zugang: www.nanoyou.eu/survey

Event Bericht

For two weeks in August forty-one young researchers from fourteen countries from Europe and Latin America participated in the EULAKS Summer School on “the Role of the Social Sciences in the Construction...

As a continuation of the successful cooperation within the SEE-ERA.NET project, a Joint Call for European Research Projects will be published on September 1, 2009 within the SEE-ERA.NET PLUS project. We would hereby like to inform you that a Joint Call for European Research Projects is launched on September 1, 2009 as part of the SEE-ERA.NET PLUS project. The participating countries are: Western Balkan...

The project "Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening of Science and Research in Bosnia and Herzegovina" starts September 1, 2009. It is lead by Technopolis Consulting Group from Belgium and further partners in the project are LOGOTECH and European Profiles.The project aims at a strategic assessment of the current RTDI system, coordination and governing structures, organisational design of...

Im attachment finden Sie den Vortrag von Dr. Klaus Schuch zur Internationalisierung Österreichs im Bereich F&E. Aufgrund einer kurzfristigen Erkrankung konnte Dr. Schuch nicht im Arbeitskreis "Internationales" anwesend sein. Der beiliegende Vortrag wurde dort verlesen und ausgedruckt.

Update of Joint Action PlanIn August 2007 the “White Paper on overlaps, gaps and opportunities in view of the extension of bilateral RTD programmes and initiatives towards multilateral approaches” and its accompanying Joint Action Plan were finalised as a deliverable of SEE-ERA.NET. Since then the White Paper has been widely distributed. Some of the proposed actions of the Joint Action Plan already...