FIFTH EU RTD FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME (FP5) (1998-2002):

Four Thematic programmes :
• Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources;
• User-Friendly Information Society;
• Competitive and Sustainable Growth;
• Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development & Research and
• Training in the Field of Nuclear Energy.

Three horizontal programmes : International Cooperation Programme (INCO-2), Innovation, Human Research Potential, the first two are open to the NIS countries and are described below.
http://cordis.europa.eu/

In principle, no funding for NIS organisations except through INCO-2.
Project by project participation (funding only in exceptional cases if high EU interest).

INCO - Copernicus-2 (dedicated part of FP5)

• pre-competitive research
• NIS + Mongolia + non associated European Third States
• areas: selected themes in environment; health; industrial technologies.
• budget: 28 million euro 1999- 2002 (4 years);
  cost-shared activities: 1 main call for proposals in 1999 accompanying measures:
  • awareness & training (FP5)
  • conference support (in above- mentioned areas)
• http://cordis.europa.eu/inco2

OTHER EU POLICIES:

• nuclear safety;
• space;
• environment;
• transport;
• industry;
• information society;
• telecommunications;
• education.
• http://ec.europa.eu/dgs_en.htm

EXTERNAL POLICY

• TACIS Programme: NIS + Mongolia
  • budget: 500 million euro/year for all domains of intervention
  • areas: infrastructure; expertise; science policy and innovation (SMEs).
• Partnership and Cooperation Agreements
• http://ec.europa.eu/external_
  relations/tacis/intro/index.htm

Innovation programme in FP5
http://cordis.europa.eu/
innovation-smes/

INTAS (Secretariat in Brussels)

basic and pre-competitive research;

• 19 INTAS Member States <> NIS beneficiaries;
• budget: 70 million euro 1999- 2002 (4years) from FP5;
• 7 main areas:
  • Physics;
  • Mathematics, Telecommunications, Information Technology;
  • Chemistry; Life Sciences; Earth Sciences, Environment, Energy;
  • Engineering Sciences, Aeronautics, Space;
  • Economics, Social and Human Sciences.
• 3 main calls for proposals: open and joint calls (1999, 2000, 2001);
• research projects and networks; conferences, workshops;
• infrastructural actions; young scientists programme;
• agreements on scientific cooperation with NIS.
• http://www.intas.be/

ISTC/STCU (Secretariats in Moscow & Kiev)

• non-proliferation programme and conversion of military scientists;
• EU: Party to the ISTC and the STCU Agreements (also other Western countries);
• budget (EU): +/- 20 million euro/year from TACIS;
• 7 main areas:
  • nuclear science;
  • information/communication;
  • physics/chemistry;
  • materials;
  • life sciences/biotechnology;
  • environment;
  • aeronautics, space.
• partner programme (organisations from EU, US, Japan);
• business management training programme;
• patent support programme;
• ISTC: http://www.istc.ru/
  STCU: http://www.stcu.kiev.ua/

COST (Secretariat in Brussels at Commission)

• coordination of national pre-competitive research/public utility;
• 32 Member countries;
• budget for coordination ˜ 48 million euro (1999-2002) from FP5; national research funding;
• "à la carte" cooperation and mainly bottom-up approach;
• 200 ongoing Actions in 18 main areas, NIS organisations involved in 27 Actions;
• NIS organisations may participate project/project subject to mutual benefit.
• http://www.belspo.be/cost/

EUREKA (Secretariat in Brussels)

• mainly cooperation of companies, mainly market-oriented;
• 26 full member countries - including Russia - plus EC;
• research funding from participants;
• 9 main technology areas (+7 clustered projects);
• "à la carte" cooperation and mainly bottom-up approach;
• 670 ongoing projects, including 31 projects involving Russia (clusters excluded).
• http://www.eureka.be/