A workshop with the Delegation of the European Research Council was held in Moscow

19.09.2012

On September 19, 2012 a workshop with the Delegation of the European Research Council (ERC) was held in Moscow in the conference hall of the RAS Presidium (Leninsky, 14). The purpose of the meeting was the discussion of opportunities for cooperation between RAS and ERC.

On September 16-23, 2012 an official visit of ERC Delegation was held in Russia. ERC was organized in 2007 in order to enlarge and strengthen international multilateral scientific cooperation in the field of fundamental research in European Union (EU) countries. ERC worked through the Calls of the 7-th Framework Programme of EU – Subprogramme “IDEAS”.

The ERC Delegation included:

- Prof. Donald Dingwell, ERC Secretary General;

- Prof. Pavel Exner, ERC scientific council member;

- Prof. Sergej S. Zilitinkevich, University of Helsinki;

- Prof. Yuliya I. Troitskaya, University of Helsinki, Institute of Applied Physics of RAS, Nizhny Novgorod;

- Dr. Manuel Hallen, Minister Counsellor, Science & Technology, Delegation of the European Union to Russia;

- Dr. Alice Rajewsky, ERC officer.

The Russian side was represented by the RAS Administration and other scientific and state organizations, such as Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Russian Foundation for Humanities, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, etc. Representatives from the Delegation of the European Union to Russia and a number of embassies of the European countries also attended the workshop.

The workshop was held under the chairmanship of Academician Mikhail Ugrumov, Advisor to President of RAS for International Scientific Cooperation, and Prof. Donald Dingwell, ERC Secretary General.

At the meeting on September 19, 2012 it was discussed current state and opportunities for RAS-ERC collaboration within the framework of multilateral scientific cooperation with European countries in the field of fundamental studies.

One of the main decisions taken at the meeting was the address to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Union with the proposal to reopen negotiations with the European Commission concerning participation of the Russian Federation in the next EU Framework Programme “Horizon 2020’’ as an associated member.

The workshop was organized by the Department for Multilateral Scientific Cooperation with European Countries of RAS Presidium Administration and the Delegation of the European Union to Russia .

Besides RAS Presidium, the ERC Delegation attended M.V. Lomonosov MSU and NRU «Higher School of Economics» during its Moscow visit. Also, The ERC Delegation visited Saint-Petersburg Scientific Center and the Siberian Branch of RAS.

For video and photo coverage use following links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEFgtijXgXE&feature=player_embedded

http://ras.ru/photo_archive/private/multimedia/2012+год+-5/2012-22.aspx

 

Presentation of Mikhail Ugrumov 'RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: OVERALL PERFORMANCE AND PROSPECTS FOR COOPERATION WITH EUROPEAN COUNTRIES", 19.09.12 (in english) (pdf, 1 Мб)

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