1. SEE-ERA.NET PLUS Marion Haberfellner Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI)

2. 2 MISSION STATEMENT SEE-ERA.NET PLUS is based on the SEE-ERA.NET project and its Regional Programme for Cooperation with South-East Europe (ReP- SEE), which was developed to enhance S&T cooperation with the Western Balkan countries (WBC). Fostering of collaboration between research teams from the Western Balkans and EU Member States through first major joint call for Joint European Research Projects (JERPs) in SEE. SEE-ERA.NET PLUS will launch a call for Joint European Research Projects (JERPs) with a planned call budget of around EURO 3.5 Mio.

3. 3 PROJECT CONSORTIUM Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI), Austria (Coordinator) Federal Ministry of Science and Research (BMWF), Austria Ministry of Education and Science (MOeS), Albania Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MVP), Bosnia-Herzegovina Ministry of Education and Science (MON), Bulgaria Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (MZOS), Croatia Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (MAEE), France Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR), France Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany Project Management Agency of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research at the German Aerospace Centre (PT-DLR), Germany General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT), Greece Ministry of Education and Science (MON-MK), Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Ministry of Education and Science (MPIN), Montenegro National Authority for Scientific Research (ANCS), Romania Ministry of Science and Technological Development (MSTD), Serbia Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MHEST), Slovenia The Scientific and Technological Research Council (TÜBITAK), Turkey

4. 4 SEE-ERA.NET PLUS JOINT CALL Launch of call: 1st of September 2009 Deadline: 3 November 2009, 16:00 CET Budget: 3,5 Million Euros (funding from EC and national sources) Call Topics: ICT and AgroFood

5. 5 CALL TOPICS As thematic areas for the Single Joint Call of SEE-ERA.NET PLUS, the following four fields have been identified: Within the theme ICT: 1) Software systems for learning process management and support 2) ICT for energy efficiency AgroFood: 3) Preservation of indigenous species and traditional food products (in SEE/WBC) 4) Interdisciplinary field: Land use impact in agriculture on biodiversity

6. 6 JOINT EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROJECTS FUNDED BY SEE-ERA.NET PLUS Composition of project consortium: at least 2 WBC and one of the other SEE-ERA.NET PLUS consortium countries Budget available: maximum 150.000 Euros Project duration: between one and two years 2 Step Procedure: 1. Expressions of Interest 2. Full Proposal

7. 7 PROJECT SCHEDULE September 1, 2009:Launching of the call November 3, 2009: Deadline for the submission of EoI Followed by Peer review of the EoIs January 2010: Decision about EoIs and call for full proposals March 15, 2010: Deadline for full proposals Followed by Peer Review of the full proposals June 2010: Final decision on the JERPs October 1, 2010: Start of JERPS 2011/2012/2013: End of the JERPs and end of SEE- ERA.NET PLUS

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9. 9 SEE-ERA.NET PLUS contact details Project coordinator and National contact point for Austria: Marion Haberfellner Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) Linke Wienzeile 246 1150 Wien mhaberfellner@zsi.at Tel.: ++43-1-4950442-67 GSM: ++43-699-1148 0280 Fax: ++43 1 4950 4420-40 http://www.see-era.net http://www.zsi.at

10. 10 Funding for SEE-ERA.NET PLUS National sources from all consortium members European Commission funding: SEE-ERA.NET PLUS is a Coordination and Support Action (Contract Number: 226156) co-funded by the European Community's Programme for International Cooperation under the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (2007-2013)