Environmental projects open to NAS - call for proposals
The European Commission has announced a call for proposals to extend existing contracts under the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration on 'Energy, environment and sustainable development - Part A', to include partners from the newly associated States (NAS). This call relates to proposals called by a fixed deadline. The indicative budget for this call is 10 million euro. Those eligible to participate in indirect RTD actions under the specific programme are invited to submit proposals for research and technological development projects, demonstration projects, combined RTD/demonstration projects, thematic networks and concerted actions that address Annex III of the work programme. The new version of the work programme can be obtained from the reference below. Proposals for partnership extension of projects currently running will only concern the integration of new participants from the NAS: Bulgaria, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. One or more new partners from NAS may be included in the extension. The additional participants should clearly add value to the existing projects. The duration of the existing contract should be such that an extension to partners from NAS is useful. It is recommended that the minimum duration of an existing contract is that of at least one year running from the request for extension (deadline 15 February 2002) until the end date of the existing contract. Proposals can be submitted for all activities of the programme 'Energy, environment and sustainable development - Part A', and should be submitted by the coordinator, acting on behalf of all the existing participants in the project, together with the new participants from the NAS.Information on how to prepare and submit proposals is given in the guide for proposers, which can be obtained, along with the work programme and other information relating to this call, from one of the following addresses: http://cordis.europa.eu/home.html E-mail: eesd@ec.europa.eu Fax: +32-2-296 3024