Objective Mission The 3-year project ERA-SPOT aims to consolidate the research funding activities in Optical Technology (OT) throughout Europe. This shall be realised by the co-ordination of national programmes by means of developing and implementing joint strategies and actions. While research and innovation in OT play increasingly important roles in several Member States, funding activities at national level are still fragmented. A joint effort of all Member States engaged in the promotion of OT is an indispensable precondition for the exploitation of Europes high economic and societal potential of OT. The critical mass required to compete on the world stage can only be achieved by combining the specific competencies, strengths and resources throughout Europe. Objectives - Set the stage for the open co-ordination of national research and innovation policies. - Develop common instruments, mechanisms and strategies for joint activities. - Institutionalise ERA-SPOT and implement long-term collaboration. At large, ERA-SPOT is expected to lead to a higher degree of synergy, to a more efficient use of resources and to durable co-operation throughout Europe. Consortium The consortium comprises representatives of all significant OT-related funding programmes throughout Europe. Representing six Member States, all participants are key actors and/or the primary governmental bodies in the research systems of their respective countries. Altogether they are responsible for relevant programmes with a total annual budget of more than 85 million EUR. Moreover, information exchange beyond the consortium and the preparedness to integrate newly emerging programmes and further Member States will ensure an exhaustive pan-European co-ordination. Programme(s) FP6-COORDINATION - Support for the coordination of activities: specific programme strengthening the foundations of the European Research Area under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 (FP6) Topic(s) COOR-1.1 - Networking of national or regional programmes or parts of programmes; actors: public authorities, research agencies, open call for proposals (ERA-NETs) Call for proposal ERA-NET/1/CA-SSA See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CA - Coordination action Coordinator VDI TECHNOLOGIEZENTRUM GMBH Address Graf-recke-strasse 84 Duesseldorf Germany See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Paris See on map Links Website Opens in new window ENTERPRISE IRELAND Ireland EU contribution € 0,00 Address The plaza, east point business park Dublin 3 See on map Links Website Opens in new window FEDERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Heinemannstr. 2 Bonn See on map Links Website Opens in new window MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Slovenia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Kotnikova 38 Ljubljana See on map Links Website Opens in new window MINISTÉRE DE L'ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR ET DE LA RECHERCHE -- DIRECTION GENERALE DE LA RECHERCHE ET DE L'INNOVATION France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rue descartes, 1 Paris See on map Links Website Opens in new window OESTERREICHISCHE FORSCHUNGSFÖRDERUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH Austria EU contribution € 0,00 Address Sensengasse 1 Vienna See on map Links Website Opens in new window THE SWEDISH AGENCY FOR INNOVATION SYSTEMS Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address Mäster samuelsgatan 56 Stockholm See on map Links Website Opens in new window
