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Issue 01| |
July
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Greetings
It’s our pleasure to send you the
first newsletter of the ERA-NET COMPERA, a
European network of funding agencies that
support Competence Research Centres
(CRCs). This newsletter targets in first
instance managers of CRCs, RTD policy makers and
CRC programme managers. It informs you on our
activities towards enhanced coordination and
cooperation between the funding programmes for
CRCs and between CRCs themselves. In addition,
it keeps you informed on national and European
developments related to CRC policies and
support.
This first issue focuses on the
joint activities that are being developed by the
COMPERA network: The selection of these
activities was based on an extensive
consultation amongst CRC managers and CRC
programme managers. We also bring you news from
Norway, Sweden and The Netherlands on new CRCs
and CRC-events.
We hope that the
activities of COMPERA are of interest to you and
that we will meet you either through our e-tools
or in person at one of our events. Please contact us if you have any
comments, either positive or negative,
questions, or if you would like to have your
news listed.
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01 Crucial
milestone for COMPERA: joint activities between
CRCs
COMPERA,
the network of programmes that are funding
Competence Research Centres (CRCs) within the
framework of the creation of the European
Research Area (ERA), has achieved a crucial
milestone. An in-depth consultation round of
identification and analysis of the different
cooperation and coordination options between the
participating CRCs and their programmes, has led
to the development of a series of joint
activities. The programme managers as well as
participating CRCs will undoubtedly benefit from
these proposed activities. The launch of an
extensive portal website is just one of many
initiatives that will create exciting new ways
to enhance cooperation between the participating
CRCs.
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03 News
from COMPERA-partners :
• How to
succeed with joint research initiatives
(Sweden)
Expectations are high for
the new “Centre of Excellence in Research and
Innovation” which VINNOVA is supporting. The
recent Centrumdagen, an annual seminar day for
centre participants arranged by VINNOVA and the
Swedish Energy Agency, saw delegates from the
former competence centres sharing experiences
and advice to help make the new venture at least
as successful. (read
more...)
• 15 Excellence
Centres approved in Sweden
In June
2006 VINNOVA selected 15 VINN Excellence Centres
for funding in the second call of the VINN
Excellence Centre programme. In the previous
call already four centres were selected for
funding in the field of transport and working
for live. VINNOVA's ambition is to establish 25
different VINN Excellence Centers that will be
funded for a period of 10 years. (read
more...)
• Fourteen New
Norwegian Competence Research Centres to be
established
Norway will establish
fourteen Centres for Research-based Innovation
(CRIs). The scheme is an all-out effort to
enhance the cooperation between prominent
research groups and research-active enterprises.
(read
more...)
• EUR 100
million available for seven large research
programmes in The Netherlands
The
Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs and the
General Board of the Netherlands Organisation
for Scientific Research (NWO) agreed to fund 7
research programmes in the first tender of the
Smart Mix Programme. Smart Mix is a subsidy
programme, which supports innovators who work
together. Smart Mix encourages economic,
civil-societal and cultural innovation that will
enable the Netherlands to excel both nationally
and internationally. Companies and/or
civil-society organisations will work together
with knowledge institutes like universities on a
very broad range of subjects to realise this, on
the basis of questions from the market and
society. (read
more...)
• Point-One
takes a major step with large network event (The
Netherlands)
On 12 June 2007, the
annual Point-One event took place in the PSV
Stadium in the Dutch city of Eindhoven.
Elaborating on the theme “Society Needs,
collaborating on innovative, feasible and
applicable solutions”, strategic innovation
programme Point-One and co-organiser SenterNovem
brought together big and small players from the
Dutch high-tech industries. Together they
searched for new ideas for R&D projects in
the fields of nanoelectronics and embedded
systems. (read
more...)
• Dutch
Minister van der Hoeven inaugurates Top
Institute Food and Nutrition
On
Monday 4 June, Mrs Maria van der Hoeven,
Minister of Economic Affairs, officially opened
the Top Institute (TI) Food and Nutrition. TI
Food and Nutrition will build on the success
achieved by WCFS, one of the first top
institutes, which was founded in 1997. During
the festive inauguration, Managing Director
Driek Vergouwen emphasised the growth that the
organisation had made in recent years. “A solid
foundation has been laid for TI Food and
Nutrition. We have learned how to cluster
strengths and how important it is to divide
before we can multiply.” (read
more...)
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04 European
Consultation on Green Paper ERA: New
Perspectives
The
European Commission launched an open
ERA-consultation that allows you to comment on
the Green Paper The European Research Area: New
perspectives. The EC is interested in receiving
your views on the overall priorities for ERA, as
well as on six main dimensions on which the
consultation is focused, namely:
- Realising a single labour market for
researchers;
- Developing world-class research
infrastructures;
- Strengthening research institutions;
- Sharing knowledge;
- Optimising research programmes and
priorities; and
- Opening ERA to the world.
The
public consultation will be open until 31 August
2007.
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05 "Speed
dating" workshop for managers of CRCs
On 3rd and 4th October 2007
the second speed dating workshop of COMPERA in
the field of Information Technology will be held
in Bucharest, Romania. This workshop is aimed
for managers of CRCs and offers them the
possibility to meet and discuss common issues
with other managers of CRCs in Europe in this
domain. By meeting colleague CRC managers in
one-to-one meetings, the workshops allows to
exchange and share experiences on strategies,
activities, best practices, etc., and explore
first ideas about potential cooperation.
Representatives of over 50 CRCs from COMPERA
partner countries are invited to join the
workshop.
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