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Parliaments and Civil Society in Technology Assessment (PACITA)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

The PACITA Mobilisation and Mutual Learning Action Plan will distribute capacity and enhance the institutional foundation for knowledge-based policy-making on issues involving science, technology and innovation, mainly based upon the practices in Parliamentary Technology Assessment (PTA). PTA supports the processes of democratic policy-making on issues involving science, technology and innovation, ...
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Improving the services of the NMP NCP Network through Trans-national Activities 2 (NMPTeAm2)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jul 31, 2014,

The NMP TeAm 2 project aims at assisting the NMP NCP Network to provide good quality and high standard services to the proposers and therefore helping simplify access to FP7 calls, lowering the entry barriers for newcomers, and raising the average quality of submitted proposals. To this effect the four main objectives of this project are to optimise the tools at hand to the benefit of the networks ...
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Network of Science in Society National Contact Points (SiS.net)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

The range of the FP7 Science in Society (SiS) programme as well as the range of its stakeholders is extremely diverse. This demands that the SiS National Contact Points (NCPs) are able to orientate in the wide area of policy and policy papers behind the SiS programme, programme topics and research areas as well as in FP7 rules and regulations and in addition, they need to have extensive knowledge ...
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SEcurity REsearch Ncp network – phase 2 (SEREN 2)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

"This proposal has been elaborated to continue the work undertaken in the former project SEcurity REsearch Ncp network – phase I (SEREN I), therefore the activities foreseen in this proposal are built upon the outcomes reached previously by the network.The Security National Contact Points (NCPs) network is still at an early stage and its members were quite recently appointed as NCPs, as compared t ...
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Environment NCPs cooperating to improve their effectiveness (ENV-NCP-TOGETHER)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

"National Contact Points (NCPs) hold a key role in communication with the European Commission concerning executive matters and the scientific community. The quality of proposals submitted, for example, relies partially on an effective NCP network. This project is a set of coherent activities and tasks that will foster further cooperation between Environment NCPs from EU member States and Associate ...
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Coordination Action for Reinforcing the Health National Contact Points Network (HEALTH-NCP-NET)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

"The Framework Programme is the European Commission instrument put into place to finance research in Europe. As part of the Community Research and Technological Development Policy, it is expected that participation in the Seventh Framework Programme will increase and the quality of submitted proposals must rise. The objective of this project is to reinforce the network of National Contact Points ( ...
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Transnational Cooperation of the European Network of NCP SME (TransCoSME)

Start date: Feb 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

The TranCoSME project intends to support the European network of National Contact Points for the SME-specific measures of the 7th Framework Programme (NCP SME) in their support to proposers in their respective countries. Objectives are to deliver a better quality of service, to increase the efficiency of the work and to enhance networking between the NCPs in Europe. These goals will be achieved by ...
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A Network of National Contact Points providing cutting-edge NCP services to the Knowledge Based Bio-Economy research community (BIO-NET)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2012,

"The BIO-NET coordination and support action will provide cutting-edge NCP services to the Knowledge Based Bio Economy research community. It’s aim is to reinforce the network of all European organisations that are active as NCPs in Theme 2. BIO-NET will improve the services of Bio NCPs through training and the use of common tools. Based on a thorough SWOT analisys, learning needs will be forfil ...
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Coordination of Space NCPs as a Means to Optimise Services (COSMOS)

Start date: Jun 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

"With the introduction of FP7 the topic ""Space"" gained even more importance than in the FPs before. Most EU Member States and Associated Countries and even some Third Countries have set up NCPs for Space; some are already experienced, some are quite new in Space and in dealing with the FP in general. Within the proposed project therefore a strong network of Space NCPs shall be create to identify ...
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European observatory for science-based and economic expert analysis of nanotechnologies, cognisant of barriers and risks, to engage with relevant stakeholders regarding benefits and opportunities (observatoryNANO)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

observatoryNANO brings together leading EU organizations who collectively have expertise in the technological; economic; societal/ethical; health, safety, and environmental analysis of nanotechnologies. Its primary aim is to develop appropriate methodologies to link scientific and technological development of nanotechnologies with socio-economic impacts. Both of these aspects will be enhanced by e ...
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Promotion and facilitation of international cooperation with Eastern European and Central Asian countries (EECAlink)

Start date: Jun 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2011,

The EECAlink is a coordination action aimed at identification of joint research priorities of the EU and EECA countries and strengthening scientific collaboration among them. International Cooperation Partner Countries targeted by our proposal are: Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. EECAlink represents (i) a measure of active encouragement of the inter ...
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A multistakeholder dialogue providing inputs to implement the European Code of Conduct for Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies (N&N) research (NANOCODE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Nov 30, 2011,

"The project objective is the definition and development of a framework enabling the successful integration and implementation at European level and beyond, of the Code of Conduct (CoC) for responsible N&N research defined by the EC. This will be done by: • identifying and consulting stakeholders (scientific, institutional, industrial and Civil society organisations) to explore knowledge, attitude ...
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interconnecting Knowledge for the early identification of issues, events and developments (e.g. wild cards and associated weak signals) shaping and shaking the future of STI in the ERA (iKnow)

Start date: Nov 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2011,

In recent years, Foresight has emerged as a key instrument for the development and implementation of research and innovation policies with long-term perspectives. Much futures work and Foresight exercises are little more than extrapolations. Some activities show an interesting mix of approaches combining three types of elements: prospective studies of long-term opportunities and alternatives, part ...
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European Research Infrastructures Network of National Contact Points (EURORIS-NET)

Start date: Nov 1, 2007, End date: Oct 31, 2011,

The term “Research Infrastructures (RIs)” refers to facilities and resources that provide to the scientific community essential services needed for the performance of leading edge research in both an academic and/or industrial environment. Research Infrastructures should be open to researchers, to the scientific community and to the Industry and cover the whole range of scientific and technologica ...
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Improving the services of the NMP NCP Network through Trans-national Activities (NMP TeAm)

Start date: Apr 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

The NCP TeAm project aims at an improved NMP NCP service across Europe therefore helping simplify access to FP7 calls, lowering the entry barriers for newcomers, and raising the average quality of submitted proposals through closer collaboration between the NMP NCPs and normalisation of the differences in knowledge and quality of provided services across the NCP Network in Europe and beyond. To th ...
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International multi-stakeholder dialogue platform framing the responsible development of Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies (NS&T) (FramingNano)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2010,

The FramingNano project will support the establishment of a multistakeholders dialogue on NS&T regulation and governance among the scientific, institutional, industrial communities, the broad public to articulate consensus and absence of consensus between the various stakeholders, sustain a European debate between them, and foster the development of a shared frame of knowledge, objectives, actions ...
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SEcurity REsearch Ncp network - phase 1 (SEREN)

Start date: Feb 1, 2008, End date: Jul 31, 2009,

The aim of the SEREN coordination action is to link the different NCPs of the Security research programme, to initiate coordination in the network, and to improve the quality of the network and, as a matter of fact, the ability of its members to deliver a high level of service to the community. Security Research presents several specificities as compared to other COOPERATION’s thematic priorities ...
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