1 23 February 2004 COST European CO operation in the Field of S cientific and T echnical Research.

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23 February 2004

COST

European COoperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research

European cooperation in the field of scientific and technical researchCOST

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17 May 2004

• Intergovernmental co-operation– 1971– 17 Scientific & Technical domains

• Participation– 34 COST Member States + 1 Co-operating Country (Israel) – International organisations and research establishments from non-COS

T countries

– The European Commission

• COST Actions– Concerted Actions (Networks) of nationally funded R&D

What is COST ?


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COST Characteristics

• Networking & Co-ordination

• Pan-European• “Non-competitive” (pre-

normative; environmental and cross-border problems; public utility)

• National Financing of Researchers – national responsibility

• Bottom-up / Flexibility• “A la carte” participation• “Integration”• Complementarity• Exploratory • Commission involvement


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Advantages of COST

Fosters S&T Co-operation across Europe by creating lasting networks of scientists & researchers

Promotes co-operation between Candidate Countries and the EU (particularly the FP) and facilitates their integration

Explores new areas of co-operative research endeavour


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COST History 1971: Ministerial Conference, Brussels / 19 Member countries:

AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GR, IE, IT, LU, NL, NO, PT, SE, TU, UK, YU

1991: Ministerial Conference, Vienna + 4 Member countries: CS, HU, IS, PL

1992 - 1993: YU HR, SI; CS CZ, SK

1995: COST Interaction Conference, Basel

1997: Ministerial Conference, Prague + 3 Member countries: EE, MT, RO

1998: + 4 Observer countries: BG, CY, LT, LV

1999: + 4 Member countries: BG, CY, LT, LV

2000: + Israel Co-operating State

2001: + YU

2002: + FYR of Macedonia

2003: Ministerial Conference Dubrovnik

COST Office with ESF as implementing agent


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COST Member States

The 25 EU Member States1

EFTA Member States Iceland

Norway

Switzerland

Candidate Countries Bulgaria

Romania

Turkey

Other Countries Serbia and Montenegro2

Croatia2

FYR of Macedonia (FYROM)2

COST Co-operating States Israel

1 from 1 May 04

2 Not Associated to FP

COST Countries


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COST Domains1971 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS *

- METEOROLOGY *

1972 - MATERIALS *

- ENVIRONMENT *

1973 - INFORMATICS

- TRANSPORT *

1979 - OCEANOGRAPHY

1980 - BIOTECHNOLOGY *

- AGRICULTURE *

- FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY *

1982 - MEDICINE*

1983 - SOCIAL SCIENCES *

1991 - URBAN CIVIL ENGINEERING *

1992 - CHEMISTRY *

- FLUID DYNAMICS

1994 - FORESTS and FORESTRY PRODUCTS *

1995 - PHYSICS*

- NANOSCIENCE *

2000 - BIOMATERIALS *

* with a Technical or other Committee


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COST- Sixth Framework Programme

FPCouncil &

EP Decision

ESF/CSOMoU

EuropeanCommission

CSO

ESF

ESFCOSTOffice

TCs

Actions

Contract Implementation

Consultation

Negotiation

EuropeanResearch

Community


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COST Financing

ESF

Council COSTSecretariat

COST Fund

EU FrameworkProgrammeEuropean

Commission

Member StatesContributions

SpecificSupport Action

Contract

COSTOffice

CSO

COSTBudget

Miscellaneousexpenditures

Non-FP CountriesContributions

ESF

Council COSTSecretariat

COST Fund

EU FrameworkProgrammeEuropean

Commission

Member StatesContributions

SpecificSupport Action

Contract

COSTOffice

CSO

COSTBudget

Miscellaneousexpenditures

Non-FP CountriesContributions


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COST GovernanceMinisterial Conference

Committee of Senior Officials

JAFEuropeanCommission(observer)

COSTSecretariat.

General Secretariat of the Council of the EU.

Agr

icul

ture

, Bio

tech

nolo

gy &

Food

Sci

ence

sC

hem

istry

Env

ironm

ent

Fore

sts

& F

ores

try P

rodu

cts

Med

icin

e an

d H

ealth

Met

eoro

logy

Mat

eria

ls &

Phy

sics

Soc

ial S

cien

ces

& H

uman

ities

Tele

com

mun

icat

ions

Info

rmat

ion

Sci

ence

and

Tec

hnol

ogy

Tran

spor

t

Bio

mat

eria

ls

Technical Committees

Actions Management Committees

Working Groups

COST

Office

Scientific

SecretariatNan

otec

hnol

ogy

Ad HocGroups

Urb

an C

ivil

Eng

inee

ring

Ministerial Conference

Committee of Senior Officials

JAFEuropeanCommission(partner)

COSTSecretariat.

General Secretariat of the Council of the EU.

Agr

icul

ture

, Bio

tech

nolo

gy &

Food

Sci

ence

sC

hem

istry

Env

ironm

ent

Fore

sts

& F

ores

try P

rodu

cts

Med

icin

e an

d H

ealth

Met

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logy

Mat

eria

ls &

Phy

sics

Soc

ial S

cien

ces

& H

uman

ities

Tele

com

mun

icat

ions

Info

rmat

ion

Sci

ence

and

Tec

hnol

ogy

Tran

spor

t

Bio

mat

eria

ls

Technical Committees

Actions Management Committees

Working Groups

COST

Office

Scientific

SecretariatNan

otec

hnol

ogy

Ad HocGroups

Urb

an C

ivil

Eng

inee

ring


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Committee of Senior Officials(CSO)

2 representatives per COST Country

Responsible for:

• the overall strategy and steering of COST

• deciding on the launching of individual Actions

• approving participation of institutes from non-COST countries

• approving the prolongation/extension of Actions


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Up to 2 representatives per country

Responsible for:

• selection of new COST Actions

• monitoring of ongoing COST Actions

• evaluation of completed COST Actions

• dissemination and valorisation of COST activities

• strategic developments in its domain

• synergies

Technical Committees (TC)


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• Maximum of 2 representatives per signatory country

• 1 representative per non-COST institution

• Scientific Officer

• Representatives of the Commission services

Each signatory has one vote

Responsible for :

• supervising and co-ordinating implementation of the Action

• ensuring scientific coordination at a national level

Management Committee (MC)


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Working Group (WG)

• a small number of researchers working together per WG

• MC members or other scientists from the signatory countries

• Invited experts• Members from non-COST countries


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COST Office Structure

IT Team

Communications / Publications

Director &

Deputy Director

Directorate Team Finance, Human

Resources, Office Services, Reception

Science Teams

Agr

icul

ture

, Bio

tech

nolo

gy &

Foo

d

Sci

ence

sC

hem

istry

Env

ironm

ent

Fore

sts

& F

ores

try P

rodu

cts

Med

icin

e an

d H

ealth

Bio

mat

eria

lsM

eteo

rolo

gy

Mat

eria

ls &

Phy

sics

Nan

otec

hnol

ogie

s

Soc

ial S

cien

ces

& H

uman

ities

Tele

com

mun

icat

ions

Info

rmat

ion

Sci

ence

and

Tec

hnol

ogy

Tran

spor

t

Human Resources, Financial Planning,

Accounting & Audit,

Payments, IT,Procurement

ESF Strasbourg

Urb

an C

ivil

Eng

inee

ring

IT Team

Communications / Publications

Director &

Deputy Director

Directorate Team Finance, Human

Resources, Office Services, Reception

Science Teams

Agr

icul

ture

, Bio

tech

nolo

gy &

Foo

d

Sci

ence

sC

hem

istry

Env

ironm

ent

Fore

sts

& F

ores

try P

rodu

cts

Med

icin

e an

d H

ealth

Bio

mat

eria

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eteo

rolo

gy

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eria

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Phy

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Nan

otec

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s

Soc

ial S

cien

ces

& H

uman

ities

Tele

com

mun

icat

ions

Info

rmat

ion

Sci

ence

and

Tec

hnol

ogy

Tran

spor

t

Human Resources, Financial Planning,

Accounting & Audit,

Payments, IT,Procurement

ESF Strasbourg

Urb

an C

ivil

Eng

inee

ring


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COST - ESFESF MemberOrganisations

National ResearchCouncils, Research

Organisations & Academies

ESF Governance

Assembly, Governing Council & Executive

Board

COSTCSO

COST MemberStatesNational

Ministries

ESF Strasbourg

Chief Executive

DirectorScience & Strategy

DirectorAdministration & Finance

Director COST Office

Science TeamsScience Units

Management LineLiaison


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Number of Actions per domain 2003(Status on 31st December)

0

5

10

15

20

25

AgriB

io

Chem

istry

Enviro

nmen

t

Fluid

dyna

mics

Food

Scienc

es

Fores

try

Mat

erial

s

Med

icine

Met

eoro

logy

Misc

ellan

eous

Physic

s

Social

Scie

nces

TIST

Trans

port

UCE


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Chemistry, 11%

Environment, 6%

Fluid dynamics, 1%

Food Sciences, 3%Miscellaneous, 2%

Physics, 4%

Social Sciences, 5%

TIST, 14%

Transport, 4%

UCE, 6%AgriBio, 14%

Forestry, 9%Materials, 7%Medicine, 8%Meteorology, 6%

Proportion of Actions per domain 2003(Status on 31st December)


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Agriculture and Biotechnology 1,540,861Chemistry 1,722,139Environment 715,031Fluid Dynamics 24,286Food Technology 643,574Forests and Forestry Products 1,489,600Materials 851,795Medicine and Health 943,334Metereology 670,120Physics 534,276Social Sciences 887,844Urban Civil Engineering 680,629Miscellaneous 262,681TIST 1,541,795Transport 698,811NANO STAG 66,838BIOMAT 86,385

TOTAL (€) 13,360,000

COST Domain

Allocation 2004

(Calculated using the 2:1:2 formula)(Calculated using the 2:1:2 formula)


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Yearly Evolution of the Number of COST Actions

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

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COST Budget Statistics

Average for Actions / Year 80,000 €Average / Meeting / Participant 880 €Short Term Scientific Missions 5,000 €Average for Publications 4,000 €Average for Workshops 7,000 €Final Evaluation up to 2,500 €


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Action Budget Calculation Formula

Total Actions Budget--------------------------No. Action years

x Duration x (0.4 + 0.2 Sign std deviation + 0.4 Part std deviation)

Example

11,000,000 €-----------------

173.5x 0.8 x (0.4 + 0.2 x 0.9 + 0.4 x 1.12) = 52,140 €


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Type of expenses covered

• Meetings (MC and WG)• Printing of Proceedings, Final Reports, COST

brochure• Workshops, Seminars• Short Term Scientific Missions (STMS)• Evaluations• Studies


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Short Term Scientific Missions

Aim: to contribute to the realisation of the Action’s scientific

objectives.

How: by allowing scientist to go to a laboratory in another COST

country to learn a new technique or to make measurements using instruments and/or methods not available in their own laboratory.

Means: Average contribution for a mission will not normally exceed

EURO 2,000


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A. Background

B. Objectives and benefits

C. Scientific programme

D. Organisation

E. Timetable

F. Economic dimension

G. Dissemination Plan

Additional Information (includes List of Experts)

Technical Annex (MoU) - Structure


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Action Life Cycle

CSO approves draft MOU

Preparation(6 months-1 year)

Dissemination(years)

time

5 countries sign MOU

1st Draft(2 months)

Implementation(4 years)

MonitoringTC adopts draft MoU

TC assesses proposals

Assessment

Evaluation

1st MC Meeting


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May participate on an Action by Action basis given:

there is mutual S&T benefit

the CSO approves (following MC and TC approval)

participation is confirmed by an exchange of letters between the organisation and the CSO

Non-COST institutions may not vote in the MC

Organisations from non-COST countries


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Number of Non-COST Participation 2003

Total number of participations in running Actions: 78


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COST Information

• Conference and Workshop proceedings

• COST Action Scientific Publications

• WWW pages: http://cost.cordis.lu– Information on COST– COST Action data-base

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