Final Report Summary - HUNPOL-TRANS (Stimulating, Encouraging and Facilitating the Participation of Hungarian and Polish Surface Transport Research Organisations To FP6)
The enlargement of the European Union in 2004 gives also the opportunity to enlarge the scientific cooperation. In fact, cooperation with east and south-east European countries is essential to tackle topics in environmental research with a wider regional dimension such as climate change, biodiversity and water.
Although Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey have very good research capacities at their disposal, the building up of collaborations has not yet reached a sufficient level. More participation of new Member States and Associated Candidate Countries in global change and ecosystems research is needed.
The HUNPOL-TRANS project's aim was to increase Hungarian and Polish participation in Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) and the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) in the surface transport sector. The activities planned were also to contribute to the creation of European Research Area (ERA) by facilitating the Hungarian and Polish research potential wider cooperation within EU initiatives as well as other ways of cooperation between Member States, Associated Candidate Countries and third countries. The plan of HUNPOL-TRANS was also to renew enthusiasm in science and research for the surface transport all over Europe.
The main work in the project was carried out by the Polish and Hungarian partners while the German partner supported their activities in tasks relating to enhancement cooperation between new and old Member States. The German partner was also responsible for contacting coordinators and providing the Polish and Hungarian partners with information on the need of project coordinators for incorporation Polish and Hungarian organisations in their projects.
Their results included:
- identification of target groups, organisation of introductory seminars, call conferences, brokerage events;
- creation of partner search tool, internet database of researchers and research organisations;
- renewing and enhancing enthusiasm of young researchers;
- presentation of success stories and pathway from the project idea to consortium creation and proposal submission;
-presentation of technology needs of industry;
- setting up new contacts with student associations;
- organisation of several meetings in Brussels for Polish project coordinators to consult their projects with project officers of DG Research before submitting proposals.
Polish Technology Platforms were interested in cooperation with HUNPOL-TRANS in identifying industrial partners. This activity was very successful and proved that new and old Member States are interested in collaboration and that it will bring results in the near future.
Although Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey have very good research capacities at their disposal, the building up of collaborations has not yet reached a sufficient level. More participation of new Member States and Associated Candidate Countries in global change and ecosystems research is needed.
The HUNPOL-TRANS project's aim was to increase Hungarian and Polish participation in Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) and the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) in the surface transport sector. The activities planned were also to contribute to the creation of European Research Area (ERA) by facilitating the Hungarian and Polish research potential wider cooperation within EU initiatives as well as other ways of cooperation between Member States, Associated Candidate Countries and third countries. The plan of HUNPOL-TRANS was also to renew enthusiasm in science and research for the surface transport all over Europe.
The main work in the project was carried out by the Polish and Hungarian partners while the German partner supported their activities in tasks relating to enhancement cooperation between new and old Member States. The German partner was also responsible for contacting coordinators and providing the Polish and Hungarian partners with information on the need of project coordinators for incorporation Polish and Hungarian organisations in their projects.
Their results included:
- identification of target groups, organisation of introductory seminars, call conferences, brokerage events;
- creation of partner search tool, internet database of researchers and research organisations;
- renewing and enhancing enthusiasm of young researchers;
- presentation of success stories and pathway from the project idea to consortium creation and proposal submission;
-presentation of technology needs of industry;
- setting up new contacts with student associations;
- organisation of several meetings in Brussels for Polish project coordinators to consult their projects with project officers of DG Research before submitting proposals.
Polish Technology Platforms were interested in cooperation with HUNPOL-TRANS in identifying industrial partners. This activity was very successful and proved that new and old Member States are interested in collaboration and that it will bring results in the near future.