COST European Co-operation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research

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COST European Co-operation in the Field of
Scientific and Technical Research

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• Prof. Dr. M. Tuncay Birand
• Member Committee of Senior Officials,
• National COST Coordinator of Turkey
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• ODTÜ - Ankara, 21/06/2001

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COST Definition and Goal

• COST is a framework for scientific and technical
  cooperation, allowing co-ordination of national
  research on a European level
• The goal of COST is to ensure that Europe holds a
  strong position in the field of scientific and
  technical research for peaceful purposes

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Evolution of the COST Actions
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Level of Country Participation
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COST map
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COST is based on Actions

• These are networks of co-ordinated national
  research projects in fields, which are of
  interest to a minimum number of participants (at
  least 5) from different member states
• The Actions are defined by a Memorandum of
  Understanding (MoU) signed by the Governments of
  the COST states wishing to participate in the
  Action
• The duration of an Action is generally 4 years

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The Size of COST

• COST has developed into one of the largest
  frameworks for research co-operation in Europe.
• Today
• nearly 200 Actions involving some 40 000
  participating scientists from 32 European member
  countries
• nearly 50 participating institutions from
  additional 14 different countries
• these networks represent a value of over 2
  Billion .

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The Nature of COST

• The member countries participate on an "à la
  carte" principle and activities are launched on a
  "bottom-up" approach
• COST complements the Community programmes
• COST also welcomes the participation of
  interested institutions from non-COST member
  states without any geographical restriction

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Participation in COST

• 32 member statesAustria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
  Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
  Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
  Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
  Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands,
  Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia,
  Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey,
  United Kingdom
• 1 Co-operating State Israel
• 9 States with participating InstitutionsArmenia
  (2), Australia (2), Canada (4), India (1), Japan
  (3), Macao (1), Russia (11), Ukraine (3), USA
  (6). There are also 3 participating Non
  Governmental Organisations (NGO)

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COST DomainsCOST covers 17 scientific and
technological domains

• Agriculture and Biotechnology
• Chemistry
• Environment
• Fluid Dynamics
• Food Technology
• Forests and Forestry Products
• Informatics
• Materials

• Medical Research
• Meteorology
• Nanosciences
• Oceanography
• Physics
• Telecommunication Information Sciences and
  Technology
• Transport
• Urban Civil Engineering

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COST Domains

• Share of running actions in 2001

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COST Funding

• COST represents an estimated volume of national
  funding of more than 1.5 billion per year
• An average of 60 000 per Action is available
  for co-ordination. This expenditure represents on
  average 0.5 of the overall national funding,
  which shows that COST gives excellent value for
  money
• This funding is basically used to cover
  co-ordination costs such as contributions to
  workshops/conferences, travel costs for meetings,
  contributions to publications and short term
  scientific missions of researchers to visit other
  laboratories

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How to create or join a COST Action?

• Study the relevant documents on the COST web-page
  and the TÜBITAK COST web-page
• http//www.belspo.be/cost/
• http//www.tubitak.gov.tr/uidb/cost.html
• for details, contact TÜBITAK-UIDB (Uluslararasi
  IliskilerDaire Baskanligi ) and/or the national
  COST Co-ordinator

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COST Organisation Structure

• The main bodies of COST are
• Committee of Senior Officials (CSO)
• Technical Committees (TC)
• Management Committees (MC)
• COST National Coordinator (CNC)

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Main Bodies of COST

• The CSO is the decision making and highest body
  in COST. It is composed of COST member states
  representatives, one of whom in each case acts as
  the COST National Co-ordinator.
• TCs are responsible for a particular sector
  under the authority of the CSO. Responsible for
  technical preparation work, they also oversee the
  implementation of the Actions and aid in the
  co-ordination, evaluation in an advisory
  capacity.
• MCs are in charge of implementating, supervising
  and co-ordinating the COST Actions. An MC is
  formed by not more than two representatives of
  each Signatory Country.

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COST National Co-ordinator(Responsibilities)

• ensure that technical committees (TC) and
  management committees (MC)
• the national funding is available
• appoint and officially forward the names of the
  national delegates to the COST secreteriat
• forward proposals from other countries to experts
  in his own country and assess at national level
  all projects undertaken within the COST framework

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Secretariat

• The secretariat is provided by
• The European Commission (scientific and
  administrative matters)
• and the
• Secretariat General to the Council of the
  European Union (secretariat of the CSO).

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Türkiyenin COST Aksiyonlarina Katilimi

• Ekim 1971'de 19Avrupa ülkesi tarafindan
  olusturulan COST'a ülkemiz kurulusundan beri
  üyedir.
• Türkiye'de COST Programina iliskin faaliyetler
  TÜBITAKin koordinatörlügünde yürütülmektedir.
• TÜBITAK ile Brüksel'deki COST Sekreteryasi
  arasindaki iliskiler Disisleri Bakanligi
  araciligi ile saglanmaktadir.

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COST Ulusal Yürütme Komitesi(Kurulus yili 1991)

• Olusumu
• TUBITAK Baskani veya Bsk. Yardimcisi
• Disisleri Bakanligi Yetkilisi
• Devlet Planlama Teskilati Yetkilisi
• COST Türkiye Üst Düzey Temsilcisi
• (Ulusal COST Koordinatörü)

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COST Aksiyonlarina Katilim Süreci

• Arastiricilarin mevcut veya yeni baslayan ( en az
  5 ülke tarafindan imzalanmis) aksiyonlara ait
  bilgi edinmeleri (duyurular, COST internet
  siteleri TUBITAK Arastirma Gruplari vb
  vasitalarla).
• Arastiricilar tarafindan, ilgili aksiyonun Ortak
  Niyet Beyani (Memorandum of Understanding MoU)
  çerçevesinde hazirlanan proje önerisinin
  TUBITAKa verilmesi (aksiyon imzaya açildiktan 6
  ay sonra yapilacak katilim talepleri ilgili MC
  tarafindan karara baglanir).

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COST Aksiyonlarina Katilim Süreci (devam)

• Proje önerisinin TUBITAK Arastirma Gruplari
  koordinatörlügünde degerlendirilmeleri
• Proje önerilerinin COST Ulusal Yürütme
  Komitesinde görüsülmesi ve kabulü halinde
  aksiyona katilimin Disisleri Bakanligina
  önerilmesi
• Bakanlar kurulu karariyla Brükseldeki Avrupa
  Birligi nezdindeki Daimi Temsilciligimize imza
  yetkisi verilmesi, imza sürecinin tamamlanmasi

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COST Aksiyonlarina Katilim Süreci (devam)

• Ülkemizdeki arastiricilar da yeni COST
  aksiyonlari önerebilirler (Ulusal COST
  koordinatörlügünün bilgisi ve esgüdümü
  dahilinde).
• Önerilecek aksiyonun ilgili COST TC tarafindan
  degerlendirilir. Uygun bulunmasi halinde COST CSO
  onayina sunulur.
• Önerilecek aksiyonun yürürlüge giris sürecinin
  tamamlanmasi için CSO tarafindan kabulü ve en az
  5 ülkenin katilimi gerekmektedir.

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Türkiyede COST aksiyonlarina katilan bazi
kurumlar

• ODTÜ
• ANKARA ÜNIV.
• BILKENT ÜNIV.
• HACETTEPE ÜNIV.
• BOGAZIÇI ÜNIV.
• ÇUKUROVA ÜNIV.

• ITÜ
• TÜBITAK-MAM
• ORMAN BAKANLIGI
• TELSIZ GNL. MD.
• ASELSAN A.S.
• TELETAS A.S.

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Türkiyenin COST aksiyonlarina katilimina iliskin
rakamlar

• katilinan toplam aksiyon sayisi 44
• katilmakta oldugu aksiyon sayisi 16
• ortalama destek (TÜBITAK) 17 000 /yil
• ortalama aksiyon süresi 4 yil
• ortalama dis seyahat/aksiyon 12