European Research and Project Office (Eurice) GmbH

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European Research and Project Office (Eurice) GmbH

• Andrey Girenko
• a.girenko_at_eurice.eu
• ICT4UM kick-off meeting
• Moscow February 11, 2008

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Das Saarbrücker Modell
Universität des Saarlandes / European Project
Office
Public-private partnership (seit 2000)
European Research and Project Office GmbH (Eurice)
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EURICE Fact sheet
Area Area Management of EU-funded projects (FP and other)
Background Background Spin-off company from UdS (since 2000)
Mitarbeiter Mitarbeiter ca. 30
Portfolio Portfolio Management and administration of more than 20 research projects in FP5 and FP6 Overall project budgets 140 MEuro
Membership Membership European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement (GPM)
Services Services Information/ Consulting for proposers/ Project administration /-management/ Web-based communication and management tools

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EURICE activities in FP7

• Information and Consulting for UdS scientists
  planning submitting proposals (Partner /
  Coordinator)
• Consulting and facilitation in Budgetary issues
• Support to proposal writing
• Administrative coordination of contract
  negotiations
• Daily management and administration of running
  projects
• Web support, dissemination and industrial
  liaisons
• Broad range of RTD topics (e.g. Space and
  Transport , Medicine, Environment, ICT,
  Nanotechnologies, etc.)

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EURICE activities in Tempus

• EURICEs staff has possessed Tempus experiences
  since 1994
• First project with direct participation of EURICE
  PROFI (1999-2001)
• Since 2000 participation in more than 10 Tempus
  projects
• Geography Eastern Europe, Balkans (Croatia),
  Mediterranean countries, Middle Asia
• 7 Projects with Russian partners
• Thematic topics institutional governance
  reforms, technology transfer and entrepreneurship
  in HE, internationalization

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EURICE in ICT4UM

• Coordinating institution
• Overall objective to reinforce networking with
  academic Russian partners and extend project
  portfolio in Russia
• Function coordination and monitoring, central
  entry into the project, communication and
  facilitation, dissemination
• People involved
• Andrey Girenko academic coordination
• Melanie Paulus project administration (incl.
  communication, documentation and financial
  management)