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COST
Workshop on Developing KnowledgeSharing Partnerships in Europe and Central
Asia
Orsolya Tóth
National Innovation Office
Gödöllő, 4 December, 2013
COST is supported
by the EU Framework Programme
ESF provides the COST Office
through a European Commission contract
Introduction
Founded in 1971
 First and widest European
framework for the transnational
coordination of nationally funded
research activities
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Member Countries
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35 member states: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and
One cooperating state: Israel
Hungary joined in 1991
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Mission
 Strengthen Europe’s research
capacity
 Support cooperation between
European researchers
Covers both basic and more
applied research
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Key features of COST
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Bottom-up approach
Inclusiveness and equality of access
Flexible structure
Commitment to build capacity by connecting
scientific communities
 Providing networking opportunities for early
career researchers
 Increasing the impact of research on decision
makers
Governance
and administration
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Committee of Senior Officials (CSO)
COST National Coordinators (CNC)
COST Office
Open call for proposals and evaluation
Two collection dates per year
Next deadline: 28 March, 2014
How does COST work - What is a
COST Action?
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Networking instrument;
Expanding over 4 years;
Trust-building and integration;
Knowledge sharing, creation, spreading,
application.
 Tools: Scientific/Working Group meetings; Workshops
and Seminars; Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs);
Training Schools; Dissemination activities.
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Domains
 Biomedicine and Molecular Biosciences (BMBS)
 Chemistry and Molecular Sciences and Technology (CMST)
 Earth System Science & Environmental Management
(ESSEM)
 Food and Agriculture (FA)
 Forests, their Products and Services (FPS)
 Individuals, Societies, Cultures and Health (ISCH)
 Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
 Materials, Physics and Nanosciences (MPNS)
 Transport and Urban Development (TUD)
 Trans-Domain Proposals (TDP)
Food and Agriculture (FA)
 Aspects of research within the domain:
Biological functions of organisms
Human Nutrition and the Food Chain
Agriculture and Food Production as a Human
Activity
Agriculture, Food and Environment
Recently approved
FA Actions
 FA1304 Swimming of fish and implications for
migration and aquaculture (FITFISH)
 FA1305 The EU Aquaponics Hub: Realising
Sustainable Integrated Fish and Vegetable
Production for the EU
 FA1306 The quest for tolerant varieties:
Phenotyping at plant and cellular level
 FA1307 SUstainable Pollination in Europe: joint
Research on Bees and other pollinators
(SUBERB)
 FA1308 DairyCare
http://www.cost.eu/domains_actions/fa/Actions
COST Association
 Established on 19 September, 2013
 it provides the legal entity for the implementation of
COST activities under Horizon 2020
 the governing bodies and administration are
integrated; roles and responsibilities are clearly
defined
 it provides COST with administrative autonomy in
order to preserve COST specificities and qualities
 It utilizes COST’s long lasting experience and core
activities and its light administration and adaptability
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The COST Association shall:
 serve COST mission
 function according to principles of good governance
 operate according to the principles of efficiency, efficacy
as well as assure sound, lean and cost-effective
management
 be built on the values of integrity, commitment and
transparency
 secure the management of funds through high quality
accountability and financial auditing measures
 not entail any additional costs to COST Member
Countries compared to the FP7 period.
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Thank you!
Orsolya Tóth
National Innovation Office
1061 Budapest,
Andrássy út 12.
T: 484-2526
[email protected]
www.nih.gov.hu
www.cost.eu