JSO-ERA Project This Project is funded by the European Union Joint Support Office (JSO) for Enhancing Ukraine’s Integration into the European Research Area (ERA) Project EuropeAID/127891/C/SER/UA Ukraine This Project is implemented by an ECORYS-led Consortium Aleksander Bakowski, Team Leader JSO-ERA Project A Project funded by the European Union Joint Support Office (JSO) for Enhancing Ukraine’s Integration into the EU Research Area (ERA) EuropeAID/127891/C/SER/UA A Project implemented by an ECORYS led Consortium Joint Support Office (JSO) for Enhancing Ukraine’s Integration into the European Research Area (ERA) EuropeAID/127891/C/SER/UA Ukraine Kyiv, 16 June 2011 Dr. Olga Kot

JSO-ERA Project Presentation 2 Project Objectives

JSO-ERA Project Presentation 3 Overall Objective To support Ukraine’s cooperation within the European Research Area

JSO-ERA Project Presentation 4 Specific Objectives To raise public awareness on FP7 and to intensify Ukraine's participation in FP7 by providing information and technical assistance. To increase the opportunities of the Ukrainian research and business communities for integration into the European networks that support R&D and innovation To ensure capacity building and institutional strengthening of the Ministry of Education & Science (MoES) and of the National Information Centre for Ukraine-EU Science & Technology (S&T) Cooperation (NIP-Ukraine). To encourage the participation of the Ukrainian R&D institutions and SMEs in the EU programmes in the field of innovation and technology transfer.

JSO-ERA Project Presentation 5 Expected Results

JSO-ERA Project Presentation 6 Expected Results Increased public awareness about opportunities generated by the EU 7th Framework Programme and other EC-funded R&D programmes Increased number of Ukraine’s researchers, SMEs and business communities to participate in the EU 7th Framework Programme A sustainable Joint Support Office with a network of regional focal points is established to enhance the participation of Ukrainian researchers and enterprises in the EU 7th Framework Programme Increased integration of Ukraine into the EU R&D networks Support information provided to the Ministry of Education and Science concerning the innovation aspects of R&D activities

JSO-ERA Project Presentation 7 JSO-ERA Activities carried out for & with Ukraine’s Innovation & Research Communities

JSO-ERA Project Presentation 8 Activities(1): Support offered to potential participants Organisation of 10 Information Days Lviv – Health Kharkiv– Energy … Oganisation of 16 Training Workshops Lviv - Transport Donetsk – SME Kharkiv/Kiev – Financial issues 1/ …

JSO-ERA Project Presentation 9 Helpdesk Individual Consultations Registration in JSO-ERA Database of Ukrainian organisations (accessile through website) Organisation of meetings between potential partners (technical workshops) Activities (2): Support offered to potential participants

JSO-ERA Project Presentation 10 Activities (3): Support offered to potential participants Partner search Use of PS Forms accessible on website Verification be experts Distribution to NCPs and potential partners

JSO-ERA Project Presentation 11 Activities (4): Support offered to potential participants Promotion of EU networks in Ukraine Brochure on the EU networks (published) Promotion of Ukrainian organisations in the EU e-Book on Ukraine’s S&T Landscape (in preparation) participation in EU Conferences (WIRE 2011) Quarterly e-Newsletter (8 Issues): No 4 - published in January 2011 New NIP website: JSO-ERA project website:

JSO-ERA Project Presentation 12 NCPs in Ukraine

JSO-ERA Project Presentation 13 JSO-ERA support to NCPs in Ukraine Organisation of trainings and developemnt of training content (training modules) to be used by NCPs Participation on NCPs in Infodays and brokerage events to present project ideas and look for partners: ICT in Budapest, etc. Training visits to 2 NCPs: Poland (KPK) and The Netherlands (EGLiason) Participation of NCPs in the EU Conferences to promote Ukrainian organisations, networking with NCPs and partner search.

JSO-ERA Project Presentation 14 JSO-ERA Project Locations LvivIvano–Frankivsk Uzhhorod Kyiv KharkivOdessaSimferopolZaporizhzhya According to the ToR, project JSO-ERA will set up a network of seven Regional Focal Points

JSO-ERA Project Presentation 15 NCP National Coordinator Mrs Olena Koval National Coorinator NCP, INCO NCP, Legal and Financial NCP, Mobility NCP Director, National Information Center for Ukraine-EC S&T cooperation

JSO-ERA Project Presentation 16 NCPs Ukraine Olga KotSSH NCP and SIS NCP Inna Gagauz NMP NCP Leonid Chernyshev NMP NCP Aleksander Galagan SPACE NCP Frantsevich Institute for Problems in Materials Science (IPMS NASU) Kharkov Technologies State Space Agency of Ukraine (SSAU) G. M. Dobrov Center for Studying R&D Potential and Science History (STEPS NASU)

JSO-ERA Project Presentation 17 NCPs Ukraine Ivan KulchytskyyICT NCP & SME NCP Lviv State Centre of Science, Innovations and Informatization Karina ShakhbasyanInfrastructures NCP & Regional NCP Centre of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Petro SmalkoHEALTH NCP National Scientific Centre for Medical and Biotechnical Research (NSCMBR) Andrey TarelinENERGY NCP National Scientific Centre for Medical and Biotechnical Research (NSCMBR)

JSO-ERA Project Presentation 18 Regional Focal Points Aurika Murava-Sereda RFP Simferopol Lyubomyr NykyruyRFP Ivano-Frankivsk Nadiya BoykoRFP Uzhgorod Sergiy Kuzin RFP Kharkiv Tanya StepanovaRFP Odessa Stanislav SelinRFP Zaporizhzhya

JSO-ERA Project Presentation 19 Contact Information

JSO-ERA Project Presentation 20 CONTACT INFORMATION For further information please contact: JSO-ERA/NIP Project Office 22-B Saksagansky Str., Office 29 Kyiv – Ukraine Tel/fax: