Korean scientific cooperation network with the European Research Area

KORANET (Korean scientific cooperation network with the European Research Area) aims at intensifying and strengthening S&T cooperation between Korea and Europe. The project is funded under the 7th EU Research Framework Programme and runs from January 2009 until December 2012. Eleven partners from nine European countries and Korea form the KORANET consortium. The five work packages include analytical and foresight exercises, the development of a joint funding programme for European-Korean research activities and the organisation of conferences and workshops.

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Latest news: Report from the KORANET policy foresight workshop, 7/8 June 2010, Vienna/Austria

The two-day policy foresight workshop aimed at discussing the first results of the foresight exercise and developing its further implementation. More information on the workshop, the agenda and conference presentations can be found here.

S&T programme database now online

The KORANET database with information on national funding programmes for S&T cooperation between the European countries and Korea is online since the beginning of May 2010. Click here to get information on your future cooperation opportunities.  

Pilot Joint Call now in evaluation phase

The KORANET Pilot Joint Call (PJC) on Research for Life-long Health was closed on 2 April 2010. Proposals are now in the evaluation stage. More information on the PJC can be found here.  

 

SWOT analysis on drivers and barriers of S&T cooperation published

The SWOT analysis on patterns of S&T cooperation was prepared by the KORANET consortium partner VDI/VDE-IT. It compiles the results of an online survey on drivers and barriers of transregional S&T cooperation that was collected from European and Korean programme coordinators and executive agencies, as well as beneficiaries of support programmes in the second half of 2009.

Report from the Pilot Joint Call Partnering Event, 1/2 February 2010, Seoul/Korea

To support consortium building for the KORANET Pilot Joint Call (PJC) on Research for Life-long Health and to offer networking opportunities for interested researchers from Europe and Korea, a Pilot Joint Call Partnering Event was organised on 1/2 February 2010 in Seoul/Korea. During the morning of the first day of the event, the KORANET project itself as well as the requirements for the participation in the KORANET PJC were presented to the interested audience. At the end of the two-day event, a face-2-face networking session presented another highly accepted opportunity for networking. Download the conference documents (agenda, presentations) here.  

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