Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Education, Science and Sport Slovenian participation in FP5 and preparation on FP6 Dr. Livija Tušar 26 November 2002, Warszawa Republic of Slovenia

Ministry of Education, Science and Sport Preparatory measures for participation in the 5 th Framework Programme Development of a National organisational network for the FP5 Establishment of the National Coordinating Committee Nomination of National Contact Points for specific programmes

Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Education, Science and Sport National Contact Points for the 5 th Framework Programme in Slovenia

Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Education, Science and Sport National network Ministry for Education, Science and Sport University of Ljubljana University of Maribor With Members: Faculties Science Parks in Ljubljana, Maribor, Nova Gorica IRC Slovenia Ministry of the Economy Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia Research Institutes Industry Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Education, Science and Sport Organised promotional activities Information days, seminars, meetings Conferences FP5 homepage Help desk Data basis for partner searches and informing CD ROM and internet based partner search “Find your R&D partner in Slovenia” Short guidelines for proposers in Slovenian language “Financial guidelines” and “Project preparation and management guidelines”

Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Education, Science and Sport Organised promotional activities Grants to successful Slovenian coordinators Assisting enterprises and research institutions in project preparation process/negotiations/reports preparations –Partner search –Company visits

Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Education, Science and Sport Organised promotional activities Leaflet in Slovenian language “European programmes” Encouragement of the participation Slovenian experts in evaluation process Promotion of applications for Marie Curie fellowships Participation of Ministry itself in other specific projects

Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Education, Science and Sport Accompanying Measures Projects

Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Education, Science and Sport Participation of Slovenia Total Response: 351 Total Selected: 58

Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Education, Science and Sport Success Rates (%) ( )

Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Education, Science and Sport Most Frequent Partners of Slovenian Participants in Successful FP5 QoL Projects

Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Education, Science and Sport

Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Education, Science and Sport High scientific quality in specific fields Good connections with other excellent scientific groups in Europe High interest of scientists to participate Sustained interest: resubmission of proposals Successful Participation of Slovenia in FP5

Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Education, Science and Sport No. of funded projects per Candidate Countries CORDIS: 22/11/2002

Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Education, Science and Sport No. of coordinators per Candidate Countries CORDIS: 24/10/2002

Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Education, Science and Sport No. of Projects in QoL CORDIS 22/11/2002

Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Education, Science and Sport No. of funded projects in QoL per inhabitants CORDIS: 22/11/2002

Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Education, Science and Sport Preparatory measures for participation in the 6 th Framework Programme Continuation of the national organisational network for the 5 th Framework programme Nomination of new members of National Coordinating Committee Nomination of new National Contact Points for specific fields of the 6 th Framework Programme

Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Education, Science and Sport Structure for nominations of NCPs 14 NCPs + Coordinator of NCPs NCP short name BiotechHealth NCP IST NCP NanoMatPro NCP Aeronautics NCP Food NCP Ecotech NCP Knowledge Society NCP NEST NCP SME NCP INCO NCP Co-ordination NCP Innovation NCP Mobility NCP EURATOM NCP Fields of FP6 covered Life sciences, genomics and biotechnology for health Information Society technologies Nanotechnologies and nanosciences, … Aeronautics and space Food quality and safety Sustainable development, global change … Citiziens and governance … New and emerging science and technologies SME participation in research activities under FP6 Specific measures in support of international cooper. Support for the coordination of activities Research and Innovation Human resources and mobility Nuclear energy

Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Education, Science and Sport National Contact Points for the 6 th Framework Programme in Slovenia

Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Education, Science and Sport National Institutions Ministry for Education, Science and Sport University of Ljubljana Science Park in Ljubljana lj.si/documents/English/mission.htm IRC Slovenia Ministry of Economy Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia Members: SMEs and other companies Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts University of Maribor EURO INFO CENTER

Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Education, Science and Sport Research Institutes-1. Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of sciences and Arts National Institute for Geology Jožef Stefan Institute National Institute of Chemistry National Institute of Biology Institute for Economic Research Agricultural Institute of Slovenia

Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Education, Science and Sport Research Institutes-2. Institute for Ethnic Studies Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia Institute of Metals and Technology Institute for Contemporary History Educational Research Institute Slovenian Forestry Institute

Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Education, Science and Sport Research Institutes-3. Institute of Information Sciences- IZUM Data Base Available of Slovenian Researchers and Registered Research Institutions Primorska Institute of Science and Technology Academic and Research Network of Slovenia - ARNES Science and Research Centre of the Republic of Slovenia, Koper http.// Institute for Hydraulic research Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute