... for Central Asian & South Caucasus Countries

The project aimed at strengthening and deepening the S&T cooperation with the Central Asian (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan) and South Caucasus countries (Armenia. Azerbaijan, Georgia), and worked in close coordination with the ongoing IncoNet EECA project (International Cooperation Network for Eastern European and Central Asian countries).

https://www.zsi.at/object/project/993

Objectives of the project were:

• Bringing forward the policy dialogue with the target countries for the identification of research priorities of mutual interest
• Enhancing the development of synergies with other Community policies and instrument for a stronger support to S&T related activities
• Organises Info Days and other activities aiming at an increased participation of researchers from CA and SC in FP7
• Training and capacity building to support the FP7 contact points in the target regions
• Identification and mapping of key research institutes
• Analyses/studies on cooperation patterns
• Improving S&T Indicators
• Developing and assisting innovation policy development

The results fed the bi-regional Stakeholder Conferences encompassing all the EECA and SC countries

A Central Information Office was set up and constitutes a unique source of knowledge for the entire region, which covers the South Caucasus and Central Asian countries.

Mitarbeiter/innen:

• DI Martin Felix Gajdusek (Projektleitung)
• Ing. Gabriela Cikikyan, MA
• Mag. Dr. Klaus Schuch
• M.A. Gorazd A. Weiss

Bereich: Forschungspolitik & Entwicklung

Förderer & Auftraggeber:

• European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation

• International Centre for Black Sea Studies (Coordinator)
• Academy of Sciences of Moldova - Centre of International Projects
• Archimedes Foundation
• Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
• Caucasus School of Business
• Center of Ideas and Technologies
• Central Scientific Library of Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas - FORTH
• French National Centre for Scientific Research
• General Secretariat for Research and Technology
• Geology Institute of Azerbaijan
• Georgian National Science Foundation
• Georgian Research and Development Foundation
• Independent Experts Consulting Board to Promote Scientific Research Activity in Kazakhstan
• Indo Uzbek Center on Promotion of Science and technical cooperation Association
• Institute of Material Sciences SPA "Physics - Sun" Academy of Sciences Republic of Uzbekistan
• Modern scientists
• National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
• National Center on Complex Processing of Mineral Raw Material of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• National Library of the Kyrgyz Republic
• Project Management Agency at the DLR (German Aerospace Center)
• Public Foundation EnConsult
• Research Institute of Water Problems and Hydro-energy Problems of the Kyrgyz Republic Academy of Sciences
• Scientific Consulting Center "Altyn Umyt"
• Scientific-Research Institute “Geotechnological Problems of Oil, Gas and Chemistry”
• Society for Development of Scientific Cooperation
• TUBITAK Scientific and Technologcial Research Council of Turkey

Verwandte Artikel:

• News: S&T Policy Mix Peer Reviews
• Publikation: Financial, legal and administrative management of INCO-NET projects. Difficulties, solutions and recommendations for the future
• News: Inco.Net CA/SC at economic forum and innovation conference in Kazakhstan
• Veranstaltung: INCO-NET CA/SC : Policy Stakeholder Conference in Astana

Tags: Asia, Central Asia, international cooperation