Introduction. Izabela Ratman-Klosinska International Business Manager

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Introduction Izabela Ratman-Klosinska International Business Manager Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas (IETU), Katowice, Poland an RTD unit acting under the Polish Ministry of

1 Introduction Izabela Ratman-Klosinska International Business Manager Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas (IETU), Katowice, Poland an RTD unit acting under the Polish Ministry of Environment Our offer for this event: - Integration4Water an FP6 SSA project - ENVITECH-Net an International Scientific Thematic Network for Environmental Technologies

2 The project Initiative for facilitating integration of research potential from the New Member States (NMS) and Associated Candidate Countries and the Old Member States in the Area of Water Cycle including Soil-related Issues of the FP6 sub-priority and a relevant priority of FP7 Co-ordinating unit: Project Partners: Institute of Fundamental Technological Research of the Polish Academy of f Sciences - EU FP National Contact Point, Warsaw, Poland UFZ-Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle Halle,, Germany Fraunhofer-Institut für Umwelt-, Sicherheits- und Energietechnik, Oberhausen,, Germany International Centre for Ecology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland The project is an FP6 Specific Support Action with a primary objective to facilitate participation of NMS and ACC in the FP6 sub-priority in the area of Water Cycle Including Soil-related Issues, especially in the 4th call and in the upcomming FP7

3 What does the project offer? The 4th call dedicated offer: database of NMS/ACC organisations active in the area of water and soil research as potential partners in the FP calls & a partner search engine structured adequately for the needs of an effective partner search for the 4th call to provide maximum information on their expertise in relation to the specific topics of the 4th call. After the deadline of the 4th call, the database will be supplemented for the needs of developing contributions to the FP7 workprogramme. Integration4Water internet service A one- stop- shop to facilitate partner search, promotion & information dissemination on RTD activities in the field of water and soil conducted by the database users and users of the instant messager service Towards FP7: 3-day workshops event to train potential project partners in building integrated research approaches with an aim to jointly identify and define the research topics as a contribution to the development of the FP7 Workprogramme, especially these areas and topics in which the researchers from NMS and ACC could become leaders due to their expertise setting up Topical Expert Groups as potential research teams capable to approach the identified FP7 topics and developing the strategies for researchers co-operation in these groups in this program

5 International ScientificThematic Network for Environmental Technologies net.org Mission: Integrate applied research with the needs of industry and development of innovative environmental technologies for building sustainable future established and co-ordinated by IETU since research organisations from 11 countries Project for international co-operation co-financed by the Polish Ministry of Science and Information Technology Research fields adopted to ETAP s trends in environmental technology development Water RTD potential gathered in RESEARCH FIELDS 1 & 3: Water resources protection and technologies for sustainable production and consumption ENVITECH-Net serves also as a scientific mirror to the Polish Environmental Technologies Platform established and co-ordinated by IETU

Social Innovation & Social Experimentation: European strategic perspectives. Seminar of the project leaders of the PROGRESS grants

Social Innovation & Social Experimentation: European strategic perspectives Seminar of the project leaders of the PROGRESS grants Brussels, 9-10 November 2011 Innovation at the core of the Europe 2020