CORDIS Archive

CORDIS is offering key information, tools and features to help people and organisations from the Candidate States to participate in and benefit from the EU research schemes and to fully integrate into the European Research Area.

Most of the Candidate States have already negotiated specific agreements with the EU for participation in FP5 and assumed the status of Newly Associated States (NAS) to the Programme.

This section of the CORDIS FP5 service encourages the integration of Newly Associated States' organisations to ongoing research projects and programmes.

Participation of Newly Associated States in FP5

• Rules of participation
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• Assistance for potential participants

Project Funding Opportunities

• Opportunities under the INCO programme
• Special opportunities for NAS in the Growth programme
• Dedicated additional measures to further improve participation of Newly Associated States (NAS) in FP5
• Access to calls, specifically related to NAS
• Search on-going FP5 projects

Taking advantage of the CORDIS Partners Service

• NAS organisations with prior experience
• Search for FP6 potential partners from the Candidate States
• Geographical search
• CORDIS Partners Service

Information and Assistance

• FP6 National Contact Points in the Newly Associated States
• European Commission Info Desks
• IRCs in the Candidate States
• Other contacts
• DG Enlargement
• European Enlargement Policy

Publications

• EU enlargement: A new frontier for European research, RTDinfo Special Edition October 2002
• EU R&D;, Innovation and Enlargement: a focus on the newly associated states (NAS), CORDIS focus Supplement December 2001
• Innovation policy issues in six applicant countries: the challenges (PDF)
• Candidate States BEST Report - good practices for access to research and innovation

News and Events

• Conference on European Enlargement: New Opportunities for Research Funding
• Browse the latest FP5 news on enlargement

Other initiatives involving the candidate states

• JRC support for EU enlargement
  • Call for expression of interest for Visiting Scientists
• IPTS "Futures" Enlargement project
• COST projects
• EUREKA projects
• eEurope 2003: A Co-operative effort by the Candidate Countries to implement the Information Society in Europe