Join the Baltic Science Network Discussions in Riga
22 February 2019 - 23 February 2019
Latvia
Baltic Science Network aims at providing national and regional ministries responsible for science and research, as well as national agencies, universities and transnational actors with an overall Baltic Sea region-wide coordination framework to develop and implement science policy in a macro-regional dimension.
On 22 February 2019, the Baltic Science Network Closing Conference will be taking place under the umbrella of the Council of the Baltic Sea States' High Level Meeting on Science in Riga, hosted by the University of Latvia on the occasion of its centenary celebrations. This gathering marks the closure of the Interreg Vb Baltic Sea Region Programme funded project phase. Likewise, the Baltic Science Network Closing Conference marks a transition towards the implementation of the jointly selected support measures for strengthened science excellence and researcher mobility in the Baltic Sea region.
If the Sustainable Development Goals have been called a gift to humanity, then Baltic Science Network can be praised for being a notable gift to the Baltic Sea region. Thus, Baltic Science Network is a valuable source of lessons learnt for the whole EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) and the European Research Area (ERA). Such a considerable potential was initially recognised by the unprecedented high-level and political endorsements received from the Council of the Baltic Sea States, the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference, the Baltic Council of Ministers and the Baltic Assembly.
Baltic Science Network has undergone a thorough analysis of an impressively broad scope of higher education, research and science support measures, spanning from regionally, nationally, transnationally and concluding with the European funded activities and incentives. It has also explored certain project activities, as it is depicted in the latest publication titled “Research and Innovation Excellence in the Baltic Sea Region”. In addition, Baltic Science Network has obtained a closer insight in several science domains, selecting for its specific focus photon and neutron science, life sciences and welfare state.
Due to this cross-disciplinary and wide ranging analytical exercise performed during the three-year-long project phase, Baltic Science Network has supported not only the immediate work of the EUSBSR Policy Area Education, Research and Employability, but its findings are of relevance to a considerable scope of the EUSBSR Policy Areas and Horizontal Actions. Baltic Science Network co-hosted conference “The Baltic Sea Region – A Science Powerhouse” in Brussels was an excellent example of how various science and research stakeholders from the Baltic Sea region engage in a vibrant and detailed discussion on synergies and complementarities from which the macro-region either has benefited by smart combination of various EU, transnational, national and regional funding measures. Likewise, the gathering offered more information how certain actors aim at streamlining various financial support tools to achieve the desired effect to sustain and enhance an internationally acclaimed scientific excellence and the innovation performance. Consequently, the upcoming occasion of the Baltic Science Network facilitated public debates is pointed out in order to indicate the most recent concerted efforts to advance an evidence-informed debate revolving around Horizon Europe as a key enabler of a further advancement of the European Research Area.
On 22 February 2019, the Baltic Science Network Closing Conference will be taking place under the umbrella of the Council of the Baltic Sea States' High Level Meeting on Science in Riga, hosted by the University of Latvia on the occasion of its centenary celebrations. This gathering marks the closure of the Interreg Vb Baltic Sea Region Programme funded project phase. Likewise, the Baltic Science Network Closing Conference marks a transition towards the implementation of the jointly selected support measures for strengthened science excellence and researcher mobility in the Baltic Sea region.
If the Sustainable Development Goals have been called a gift to humanity, then Baltic Science Network can be praised for being a notable gift to the Baltic Sea region. Thus, Baltic Science Network is a valuable source of lessons learnt for the whole EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) and the European Research Area (ERA). Such a considerable potential was initially recognised by the unprecedented high-level and political endorsements received from the Council of the Baltic Sea States, the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference, the Baltic Council of Ministers and the Baltic Assembly.
Baltic Science Network has undergone a thorough analysis of an impressively broad scope of higher education, research and science support measures, spanning from regionally, nationally, transnationally and concluding with the European funded activities and incentives. It has also explored certain project activities, as it is depicted in the latest publication titled “Research and Innovation Excellence in the Baltic Sea Region”. In addition, Baltic Science Network has obtained a closer insight in several science domains, selecting for its specific focus photon and neutron science, life sciences and welfare state.
Due to this cross-disciplinary and wide ranging analytical exercise performed during the three-year-long project phase, Baltic Science Network has supported not only the immediate work of the EUSBSR Policy Area Education, Research and Employability, but its findings are of relevance to a considerable scope of the EUSBSR Policy Areas and Horizontal Actions. Baltic Science Network co-hosted conference “The Baltic Sea Region – A Science Powerhouse” in Brussels was an excellent example of how various science and research stakeholders from the Baltic Sea region engage in a vibrant and detailed discussion on synergies and complementarities from which the macro-region either has benefited by smart combination of various EU, transnational, national and regional funding measures. Likewise, the gathering offered more information how certain actors aim at streamlining various financial support tools to achieve the desired effect to sustain and enhance an internationally acclaimed scientific excellence and the innovation performance. Consequently, the upcoming occasion of the Baltic Science Network facilitated public debates is pointed out in order to indicate the most recent concerted efforts to advance an evidence-informed debate revolving around Horizon Europe as a key enabler of a further advancement of the European Research Area.