1. SEE-ERA.NET PLUS Marion Haberfellner Project Manager Steering Platform Meeting, Liblice, 28th of May 2009

2. 2 What has been done since December 2008? Negotiation with EC completed Project start in April 2009 Meetings: Kick off meeting/Working group meeting in Skopje (5/6 of May) Forthcoming Meetings: Working Group Meeting in Durres (3/4 of June) Steering Board Meeting in Bonn:

3. 3 PROJECT CONSORTIUM Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI), Austria (Coordinator) Federal Ministry of Science and Research (BMWF), Austria Ministry of Education and Science (MOeS), Albania Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MVP), Bosnia-Herzegovina Ministry of Education and Science (MON), Bulgaria Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (MZOS), Croatia Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE), France Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR), France Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany Project Management Agency of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research at the German Aerospace Centre (PT-DLR), Germany General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT), Greece Ministry of Education and Science (MON-MK), Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Ministry of Education and Science (MPIN), Montenegro National Authority for Scientific Research (ANCS), Romania Ministry of Science and Technological Development (MSTD), Serbia Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MHEST), Slovenia The Scientific and Technological Research Council (TÜBITAK), Turkey

4. 4 JOINT CALL Launch of call: 1st of September 2009 Budget: 3,5 Million Euros Call Topics: ICT and AgroFood Composition of project consortium: at least 2 WBC and one of the other SEE-ERA.NET PLUS consortium countries Budget available: maximum 150.000 Euros Project duration: between one and two years 2 Step Procedure: 1. Expressions of Interest 2. Full Proposal

5. 5 PROJECT SCHEDULE September 1, 2009:Launching of the call October 31, 2009: Deadline for the submission of EoI Followed by Peer review of the EoIs January 2010: Decision about EoIs and call for full proposals May 15, 2010: Deadline for full proposals Followed by Peer Review of the full proposals June 2010: Final decision on the JERPs October 1, 2010: Start of JERPS 2011/2012/2013: End of the JERPs and end of SEE- ERA.NET PLUS

6. SEE-ERA.NET Marion Haberfellner Project Manager Steering Platform Meeting, Liblice, 28th of May 2009

7. 7 What has been done in SEE-ERA.NET since December 2008? Publication of Booklet on „Scientific results of the SEE- ERA.NET Pilot Joint Call” (appr. end of June) Constant Update of Scholarship Database (together with WBC-INCO.NET) Update of the Joint Action Plan Workpackage 6: Implementation of a Pilot Regional RTD Programme

8. 8 Booklet on Scientific results of the SEE-ERA.NET Pilot Joint Call Agreed structure of the publication (4 main chapters): Foreword: EC (Comissioner Potocnik) + Prof. Tsalidis Chapter 1: SEE-ERA.NET project Brief description of the project and of the consortium Short overview about WPs Chapter 2: SEE-ERA.NET Pilot Joint Call for Research and Thematic Networks Projects General information about PJC including background and objective, targeted institution Thematic areas/Type of projects Comprehensive overview of projects supported (table) Chapter 3: SEE-ERA.NET Accompanying measures General information

9. 9 Booklet on Scientific results of the SEE- ERA.NET Pilot Joint Call Chapter 4: SEE-ERA.NET Pilot Joint Call – individual reports (Projects listed in alphabetical order per country. Each report should not exceed more than 8 pages. Research or network projects: 26, Summer schools: 5) Title, authors Abstract Thematic area/Type of project Keywords Introduction Experimental techniques and methods Results and discussion Summary/Conclusions References/Appendices Chapter 5: Monitoring report by Manfred Spiesberger

10. 10 WORK PACKAGE SIX: WPL ROMANIA Implementation of a Pilot Regional RTD Programme (for more details: see forthcoming presentation)

11. 11 END OF SEE-ERA.NET PLUS Project ends in August 2009.

12. 12 SEE-ERA.NET and SEE-ERA.NET PLUS contact details Coordinator: Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) Marion Haberfellner see-era.net@zsi.at mhaberfellner@zsi.at Linke Wienzeile 246 A-1150 Vienna, Austria Phone: + 43 1 49 50 442 - 67 Mobile: + 43 699 114 802 80 Fax: + 43 1 49 50 442 – 40