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Dear PA7 friends and supporters, dear newcomers, We would like to kindly draw your attention to our first online public stream, where we intend to promote renowned Danube Region researchers,

The year 2020 has brought unexpected challenges and opportunities. It has been an intense year for all of us, teaching us the value of professional and casual collaboration in the

ERA Fellowships Programme was launched by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.   The ERA Fellowships – Science Management action supports capacity building in the field of science

The 8th Annual Forum will cover topics of particular importance for the Danube region: connectivity and regional mobility, fostering  clusters development, including digitalization, people to people links and tourism. The

A group of 9 Danubius Young Scientists Award Winners  (Péter Borza, Daniel Martínek, Halyna Palamarchuk, Janka Vogel, Jelena Molnar Jazić,  Jelena Vladic, Kaja Prislan, Kristijan Kotarski, Raimund Haindorfer and Tzvetelin Gueorguiev) had

Through the Enlargement & Integration Initiative the JRC will support a pre-paid travel and accommodation of selected researchers/experts from Albania, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo*, Turkey, Armenia, Georgia,

The Danubius Award was created in 2011 by the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM) and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research (BMBWF) to

The Joint Research Centre released the S2E Technical Report on „Mobilising European Structural and Investment Funds and Horizon 2020 in support of innovation in less developed regions“. It states that while newer

Coordinators of the Priority Area 7 “Knowledge Society” of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region are inviting you to participate in a public online consultation related to EUSDR Action plan

In order to address common challenges of the Danube region, the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) was jointly developed by the European Commission together with the Danube Region

Start-Ups in Innovation Ecosystem in South-East Europe Workshop in Ljubljana. Start-Ups in Innovation Ecosystem in South-East Europe workshop was held in Ljubljana on 15 and 16 November 2018. The workshop

The DSPF Networking Event took place in Vienna City Hall on 31st of October 2018. The event was dedicated to the 12 projects of the Danube Strategic Project Fund which

In view of the 3rd call, the DTP is organising four thematic events addressing topics relevant to the DTP Priority Areas (i.e. innovation, environment, accessibility, governance). The events will be organised in

Projects involved in the Thematic Pole 9 (TP9) “Educational Governance” of the Danube Transnational Programme (DTP) and Coordinators of the Priority Areas 7 and 9 (PA7 and PA9) of the EU Strategy of

Representatives of Danube Region countries recognize excellence as the basic principle in the EU framework programmes for research and innovation. A well balanced European Research Area is a crucial element of Europe´s competitiveness. In

The UIA Initiative has launched its fourth Call for Proposals. The call is aimed at providing urban areas throughout Europe with resources to test new and unproven solutions to address

In this FAQs sub-page DTP has prepared answers for many questions you maybe would like to ask. They are divided in 6 sections: Project generation and application, Project management, Reporting, Communication,

The DTP 14th newsletter informs on the European Week of the Regions and Cities, 7th EUSDR Annual Forum and DTP brochure publication. It further contains relevant information on the upcoming

The Union of Slovak Clusters (UKS) cordially invites you to “Brokerage Event – Smart and Innovative Precision Farming“ which will bring together the representatives of SMEs, R&D institutions and academia to foster local innovation capacity through good

The event organised by Scientific Knowledge Services in collaboration with University of Belgrade will be held on 12th November 2018 in Belgrade. This one-day workshop will address the following critical

liflet-Interreg.pdf The Third call for proposals of the Danube Transnational Programme will be opened soon.   The Third call will follow a two-step approach.   In the “First step”, applicants

For 2019, funds available for Erasmus+ are expected to increase by €300 million or 10% compared to 2018. On 24 October 2018, the European Commission published its 2019 call for proposals for the Erasmus+ programme. From an expected

CERIC-ERIC has launched a new open call for photographic material, the CERIC Science Picture Contest 2018, aiming at showing the research environment and its results around the world and at the

COST Connect, Sustainable Energy in the Danube Region was held in Belgrade, Serbia on October 10th, 2018. Representatives from 15 COST Actions who are working within the Danube region met

Biotechnology, food and nutrition, material testing, holocaust and natural environment are among the topics covered by the six new pan-European research infrastructure projects that were announced as part of the

Made in Danube, with the support by the Croatian Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts (PA8 co-coordinator) and the Ministry of Regional Development and EU funds are co-organizing this event as an opportunity for

The 7th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, taking place on 18-19 October 2018 in Sofia, is jointly organized by Bulgaria (current Presidency of the EUSDR)

The EUSDR Presidency in Bulgaria and the European Commission jointly organise the 7th EUSDR Annual Forum from 18-19 October 2018. The event takes place at the National Palace of Culture

In line with one of the actions of EUSDR PA5 “to support anticipating local and regional impacts of climate change regarding the Danube Region through research”, priority area coordination is intended to collect

With the launch of the macro-regional EU Strategy for the Danube region (EUSDR) in 2011, the need for enhanced cross-border cooperation and coordination in research and innovation was clearly expressed. EUSDR is

The Danube Participation Day gathers representatives from civil society organizations, local, regional and national public authorities, university and research from the 14 EUSDR partner countries, representatives from the EUSDR governance as

By investing in people and making the best use of its human capital, the Danube Region can progress and grow in a smart and inclusive way. To arrive at a knowledge-based

European Early Innovators Initiative (EEII) is a project mainly funded from Danube Strategic Project Fund, initiated by competent actors from 4 countries (Romania, Italy, Ukraine and Slovakia) and which resulted

The ResInfra@DR project has launched an Open Call for experienced evaluators who want to be included in a registry of research infrastructure (RI) reviewers. Reviewers in the registry must have the

Since 2016 EuroAccess has been a central online information point on EU funding opportunities in the Danube region. Over the time it has proven to be a success, therefore, a decision to extend

Austria will hold the Presidency from July to December 2018. This comes at the end of the trio presidency composed of Estonia, Bulgaria, and Austria, based on the European Council’s

JOINT EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES (JESH)   Via the Joint Excellence in Science and Humanities (JESH) programme, the Austrian Academy of Sciences promotes the development and intensification of cooperation

The CEI is glad to announce two new Calls for Proposals for the CEI Know‐How Exchange Programme (KEP). KEP – ITALY Call for Proposals KEP – POLAND Call for Proposals  The two Calls have

AIMS AND CONTENTS OF THE COOPERATION PROGRAMME:   The basic aim of the cooperation programme in Baden-Württemberg is to promote the exchange of expert personnel from the field of university

The call for application to the 2018 Edition of the Danube:Future Interdisciplinary School is now online! “Project Management and Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development of the Regions in the Danube River Basin” University of

The ”Danubius Young Scientist Award“ will be granted to 14 young scientists – one in each country that is part of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region[Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,

The Call for Applicants for the free pilot blended learning course Excellence-in-ReSTI on the management of research and innovation projects has already started! The pilot programme is primarily aimed at early-stage

Public and private institutions registered in a CEI Member State, as well as international and regional organisations, are invited to apply to the CEI Cooperation Fund for innovative actions favouring mobility and networking. Proposals need to focus

The Norwegian Government intends to intensify its efforts in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia) to contribute to lasting stability and democratic development. The

DTP project Excellence-in-ReSTI event in Belgrade „BRIDGING THE GAPS IN RESEARCH, SOCIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN DANUBE REGION“, was organised on March 1st at the Faculty of economics. The

DTP has created a HANDBOOK which provides answers to questions related to the implementation of the Capitalisation Strategy. In the past months, the MA/JS carried out an analysis of the

The goal of EDU-LAB ELCs is to create a greater awareness of the possible benefits of linking education to employment in the Danube Region and offer an overview of the

The meeting of the EUSDR PACs was organized on February 1st, 2018 in Sofia, Bulgaria. In October 2017, Bulgaria officially took over the presidency of the Danube Strategy for a

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) opens its scientific laboratories and facilities to those working in academia and research organizations, industry, SMEs, and more in general to the public

The EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Regional Cooperation was launched on 24 January 2018 and  targets projects that strengthen cross-border and transnational cooperation between the donor countries, the beneficiary

The European Commission (EC) prepares comprehensive proposals for the post 2020 funding programmes within the next multiannual financial framework (MFF). For this purpose, the EC launched an open public consultation that

14th PA7 Steering Group meeting was organised on November 27-28th 2017 in Belgrade, Serbia. It gathered PA7 SG members, leaders of Thematic Poles of DTP Capitalisation Strategy and relevant stakeholders

The JRC Macro-Regional Innovation Week 2018 will focus on Science and Technology knowledge for policy support and on collaboration with the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission’s science and

We are happy to announce that the selection of the projects within the Danube Strategic Project Fund has been concluded! Out of the 37 project proposals that were submitted in

The 6th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) that took place on 18-19 October 2017 in Budapest, jointly organised by Hungary (current Presidency of the EUSDR), the European

The Danube Participation Day gathers representatives from civil society organisations, local, regional and national public authorities, university and research from the 14 EUSDR partner countries, representatives from the EUSDR governance

DEAR SIR OR MADAM,   a common European Higher Education Area has already become reality. This necessitates an increasing professionalization of management structures as well as collaborations between universities. The

1ST CALL OF THE SEED MONEY FACILITY The first Call of the Seed Money Facility is launched on 2 October 2017 and closes on 7 December 2017. Applicants need to fill in and submit

Dear PA7 stakeholders, dear readers and followers, please find hereafter an information that our colleagues from DG CONNECT kindly ask us to diffuse as much as possible: Let the Commission and

The Danube Project Support (DPS) Toolkit offers guidance for organisations who wish to establish their own project-support instrument, or who wish to revise an existing one. It provides: Questions to

Ukrainian Institute for International Politics in partnership with the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine organizing the international conference “Waste management within the European Strategy for the Danube

The overall objective is to conduct a feasibility study into whether there is a place for additional EU level initiatives in order to increase the level of intersectoral mobility in

CERIC-ERIC offers access through a single entry point to more than 50 different and complementary state of the art techniques and support laboratories, distributed in 8 countries, with the submission of

The EC’s intention is to help regions build resilient economies in the era of globalisation, by proposing a new set of actions to further help Europe’s regions invest in their

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission is offering costs reimbursement to researchers (age up to 45) from the Enlargement countries (Albania, Bosnia and Hercegovina, FYROM, Montenegro, Serbia,

Dear colleagues, we are pleased to invite you to the conference on the occasion of 40th anniversary of the founding of the Faculty of Civil Engineering „Water in Environment“ which

In line with the Horizon 2020 initiative BILAT USA 4.0, a workshop titled “Fundamentals of U.S. Sponsored Project Administration” is taking place in Vienna, Austria, on September 18-19, 2017. The goal of this workshop

What is the Seed Money Facility?   Seed Money Facility (SMF) is a funding opportunity provided by the Danube Transnational Programme to support the development of projects in line with the 12 Priority Areas of the EU Strategy for

CERIC-ERIC is bringing together researchers from its partner facilities and industry representatives, for a one day meeting at the CERIC headquarters in Trieste on October 20th, with the objective of presenting

The term  ‘innovation project’ refers to joint R&D projects designed to lead to innovative products, services or processes of significant economic and/or societal value. There are no restrictions regarding the

ERA-LEARN 2020, a support platform for the Public-Public-Partnerships community, has published a policy brief on stakeholder engagement. This policy brief summarises the current state-of-play of stakeholder engagement among Joint Programming Initiatives (JPIs),

The next deadline of the “Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation” Programme is 15 November 2017. This webinar provides an overview on SEWP funding opportunities and in particular highlights the upcoming call WIDESPREAD-05-2017 which has

On 12 July 2017, the Council’s Permanent Representatives Committee agreed the Council’s position on the 2018 EU draft budget, ahead of the negotiations with the European Parliament starting in October

The Hungarian Presidency of the Danube Region Strategy has presented its views on the current level of implementation and of the future perspectives for the Strategy in front of the European

The countries currently participating in the ERA.Net RUS Plus Call for ‘Innovation Projects’ are Austria, Germany, Greece, Romania, Russia, and Turkey. For updates please check the call website: www.eranet-rus.eu. Eligible projects can be funded in research areas assigned to

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) opens its scientific laboratories and facilities to people working in academia and research organisations, industry, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and more in general

We have been intensively working to support the research and innovation community of the Danube Region for three and a half years. Our activities have fostered policy dialogue and integration

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) provides quick access to science data for scientists, policy makers, data journalists and other users by means of its JRC Data Catalogue. The Data

In the name of the Hungarian Presidency of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, we would like to wish you all happy Danube Day celebrations! 🙂

Various calls will open up for proposals for breakthrough innovations that have the potential to create new markets. The applications for EIC funding will need to be evaluated by experts

The Danube Summer School 2017 team welcomes students, recent graduates and young professionals, who are interested in the Danube region to apply to the 4th edition of the Danube Summer School in

JRC Evidence for Policy Summer School: a professional training which offers policymakers and scientists the opportunity to meet each other and together develop skills in using evidence for creating robust policy solutions. This

The Hungarian Presidency of the Danube Region Strategy has launched a discussion in Brussels on the future cooperation between macro regional strategies. Over 100 experts, from 23 different countries (including 3

On 31 May 2017, the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade – with the support of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade – organized a conference entitled „Danube

The Second call for proposals of the Danube Transnational Programme is open from 09.05.2017 to 06.06.2017 (by 15:00 h. CET). Potential applicants are required to carefully read all the documents included in the Applicants

The workshop “Training in advanced material characterisation in Large Scale Research Infrastructures” is organized by the Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium – CERIC  and co-funded by the Central European Initiative Cooperation Fund and the

The European University Association (EUA) has published a position paper advocating ambitious EU funding for research and innovation (R&I) in Europe post-2020. It contributes to the upcoming discussion on the EU’s Multiannual

Dear PA7 SG members, WG members, DFCN members and observers, Dear colleagues and friends, Please save the dates of 26th and 27th June 2017 for the 13th SG Meting and the 3rd DFCN (Danube

Industry experts and government regulators hail this moment as a turning point in the history of human electricity-making. An inspiring “Washington Post” article on the immense potential of the solar

The Interreg Annual Meeting took place this year in Malta, from Wednesday 26 April afternoon to Friday 28 April. It was kicked off by the Opening remarks of DG REGIO

The second Call for Proposals of the Danube Transnational Programme will be open very shortly. For those who are still looking for a partner / for a project idea, here is

The conference, which takes place for the 4th time, deals with the question ”Digital Divide in the Danube Region: Is it still significant in explaining ICT adoptions in eDemocracy and eGovernment?” and

The ROMACT Transnational Cooperation and Capacity Building programme (ROMACT T.C.C.) launched an online platform in order to facilitate cooperation between local administrations, governmental agencies and NGOs working in the field

Public and private institutions registered in a CEI Member State, as well as international and regional organisations, are invited to apply to the CEI Cooperation Fund for innovative actions favouring mobility and networking.

The European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) – with the  institutional and financial support of 10 European public sector partners from different levels of government – invites applications for the

The European Commission currently has two open public consultations on EU Neighbourhood Policy. Citizens, representatives of public authorities, non-governmental organisations, academics, development agencies, think tanks, consultancies, private sector organisations and

The Transnational Cooperation and Capacity Building component of the ROMACT programme (ROMACT TCC) aims at assisting local authorities in better integrating marginalised people, in particular non-nationals of Roma ethnicity. It

The report was developed within the Danube-INCO.NET and is based on a series of three policy dialogue events held between 2014 and 2016 in the non-EU Member States of Serbia,

In addition to the 325 early-career scientists awarded Starting Grants in September last year, the ERC announced another 65 winners of the 2016 competition on 3rd April 2017. The grantees will receive funding,

The Danube Transnational Programme (DTP) has submitted to the EC for its approval the revised Cooperation Programme for the financial involvement of Moldovan and Ukrainian partners through the full integration

First issue of 2017 heralds a double celebration – it is 10 years since Bulgaria and Romania joined the EU and a lot has changed during that time. Panorama takes a closer

Are you developing a project application for Interreg Europe? Here you can find information related to project design and their assistance to you!

In partnership with the University of Mons, on 22 and 23 May GreenWin is organizing the 3rd international conference dedicated to “Green chemistry” and “White biotechnology: the factory of the future”. The purpose

Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE will fund 50 new cooperation projects following the second call for proposals. Around 90 million Euro from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) will be transferred to transnational

The international networks and funding programmes CORNET and IraSME are hosting this event in Berlin facilitating the search for project partners with regard to the upcoming Call for Proposals with

The main focus of this workshop organised by the European Commission is the exchange of good practices for the development and management of Science and Technology Parks (STPs) and Incubators

  This paper will serve as EARTO contribution to the European Commission’s public consultation on Joint Undertakings. As one of the key missions of RTOs is to support industry, EARTO members are

The competition for ERC Consolidator Grants 2017 closed for applications on 9 February 2017. The ERC has now released the preliminary statistics on submitted proposals: Number of applicants increased: the

This paper will serve as EARTO contribution to the European Commission’s public consultation on Joint Undertakings. As one of the key missions of RTOs is to support industry, EARTO members are great