Networking Workshop Increasing coordination of internationalization activities of TAFTIE Agencies

In a rapidly evolving global context, stepping up the cooperation between Europe and partner countries outside the European Research Area contributes to Europe’s research excellence and economic competitiveness and helps to tackle commonly global societal challenges in specific fields of research. The EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation „Horizon 2020“ is open to participation from across the world, but countries such as the emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China, Mexico) and industrialized countries (USA, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Australia, …) do not receive automatic funding by the EU. In order to sustain and further develop STI cooperation with these countries through EU programmes complementary approaches by individual EU countries (respectively STI funding bodies) and their international counterparts should be envisaged. To assure multilateral/collaborative research and innovation cooperation between EU and international partner countries in a flexible and variable manner the approach of setting-up an international platform of STI funding agencies is foreseen within various international projects funded by the European Commission within FP7 and Horizon 2020. Projects that aim to support the enhancement of research and innovation cooperation with some of the Union’s key international partner countries are called Coordination and Support Actions (CSAs). These projects will implement measures to promote and support the cooperation and linkages of EU STI funding agencies with their counterpart organisations in targeted international partner countries in order to initiate joint funding of collaborative research projects.
This workshop is recommended to be the first occasion for agencies to get together and explore possibilities in this direction.