views from the small players fp7 project balkangeonet balkan geo network – towards inclusion of...
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Views from the Small Players
FP7 Project BalkanGEONetBalkan GEO Network – Towards Inclusion of Balkan Countries into Global Earth Observation Initiatives
Prof. Vesna Crnojevic-BenginProject co-coordinator University of Novi Sad Serbia
5th GEPW, London February 2011
EU Enlargement Countries
• Constituted by the EU Candidate Countries and Potential Candidate Countries
• Associated countries in FP7• Initiative to manifest their
Joint Position on the next Research and Technology Development (RTD) Framework Programme of the European Union– 13 January 2011
Background
• FP7 Interim Evaluation Report (12 November 2010):– Low success rates and low participation in FP7 of
some countries compared to others– EU Enlargement Countries are very much affected
from this situation due to shortcomings about human capital, infrastructure capacities, limited financial resources, their very recent involvement in FP compared to the EU Member States.
Recommendations
• Excellence– Inclusive strategies for capacity building and cohesion– A particular proposal for regionally designed grants
• Grand challenges– May tend to abolish the thematic focus– Small scale cooperative thematically oriented projects are crucial for
the enlargement countries• Innovation
– Calls for stronger links among research and the industry – Most of Enlargement countries are lagging behind with respect to
industry involvement– Special measures should be introduced in the future RTD programme