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Title: Objectives and Activities
Posted on: 04 Feb 2009
Updated on: 14 Jul 2011

Objectives and Activities

Working Group Leaders: Scotland Europa, Bremen

Objectives:

Cover the “education corner” of the Research-Innovation-Education triangle, including science communication to stimulate interest of the public, boost human resources and fill the gap between research and innovation
Explore new ways to participate in FP7: the whole PEOPLE programme, the Science in Society strands in CAPACITIES, the Social Sciences theme in COOPERATION
Creating synergies between the Framework Programme and other EU Initiatives and Programmes (Life Long Learning, Leonardo da Vinci, Socrates, Erasmus, Vocational training…)

Activities:

Joint participation in the following EU programme: FP7, Structural Funds, LdV, Socrates, Erasmus, LLL
Briefing sessions with the EU Commission and Agencies
Market places for practitioners
Dissemination among members of good regional/local practices or projects (the City of Sciences, the Researcher’s Nights, the Sciences Centers, …)
Participation in open consultation on the “human dimension of sciences and research” if considered relevant for members
Facilitating the members’ participation in ESOF2010 (Turin)

Work Plan 2011