Towards the Sixth Framework Programme

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____________________ Specific Support Actions for
Western Balkan Countries ____________________ Zagr
ebDecember 2005
_____________ Mr Robert Burmanjer European
Commission - DG Research Directorate N 1 -
International Scientific Cooperation
Policy Robert.burmanjer_at_cec.eu.int
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Call Information (I)

• Call identifier FP6-2005-INCO-WBC/SSA-3
• Date of publication 17/12/2005
• Closure date 6 March 2006
• at 17h00 (Brussels local time)
• Total Indicative budget 4 M

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Call Information (II)

• Area
• Reinforcement of the WBC research capacities
• Participant profile
• The coordinator should be a legal entity based in
  one of the WBC

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Scope of the action

• The action should give the WBC the possibility to
  improve the research capacities of highest
  quality and/or promising centres, in the
  priorities of FP6.
• These include
• Reinforcing their ST potential,
• Supporting and mobilising the human and material
  resources,
• Disseminating scientific information as well as
  the results of research, facilitating
  communication between the centres having similar
  scientific interest and,
• Improving their responses to socio-economic
  needs of the Western Balkan countries and the
  whole region.

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Priorities of the call

• Networking with other research centres in Member
  States or Associated States (including
  Associated Candidate Countries) and WBC,
• Visiting fellows (teachers and/or researchers)
  hosting scientists from abroad for teaching,
  training and/or research activities,
• Training in Member States or Associated State
  (including Associated Candidate Countries) for
  Ph.D. students and/or post-doctoral researchers
  sending scientists from the centre for short
  stays, to laboratories abroad,
• Hiring of new young researchers to reinforce the
  human potential,
• Maintenance, upgrading and/or renewal of the ST
  equipments.

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Deliverables

• Contribution to RTD capacity building in the
  country,
• Enhanced participation of the country in the
  Framework Programme,
• Increased scope (regional coverage, subjects,
  activities) of the Centres with increased linkage
  with economic and social environment,
• Networking with other research centres in Member
  States (MS) or Associated State (including
  Associated Candidate Countries) and WBC,
• Increased job opportunities in the country.

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Evaluation Procedure

• Evaluation is in one single step evaluation
• Anonymity is not required
• Eligible partnership 1 legal entity from WBC

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Evaluation Criteria

• RELEVANCE for country/region (threshold 4 out of
  5)
• QUALITY of the Supported Action (threshold 3 out
  of 5)
• POTENTIAL IMPACT (threshold 3 out of 5)
• QUALITY of the Management (threshold 3 out of
  5)
• MOBILISATION of Resources (threshold 3 out of 5)