WORKPACKAGE 3 TRAINING OF RESEARCHERS

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WORKPACKAGE 3TRAINING OF RESEARCHERS

• Melis Yurttagül
• Prof. Dr. Nuri Akkas
• TUBITAK / TURKEY
• October 6, 2004
• Network Meeting - Istanbul

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OVERALL AND SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

• TARGET
• Successfull Participation of Candidate Countries
  Researchers in FP6
• Training of Researchers from Academia and
  Industry
• Especially from SMEs
• Especially in Candidate Countries
• Capacity Building of Candidate Countries
  Research
• Communities

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TASKS

• TASK 3.1 IDENTIFICATION OF RESEARCHERS
• TO BE INVITED TO ATTEND THE TRAINING
  SESSIONS
• TASK 3.2 ORGANIZATION OF TRANS-NATIONAL
  TRAINING SESSIONS
• TASK 3.3 ORGANIZATION OF NATIONAL
• TRAINING SESSIONS

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TASK 3.1IDENTIFICATION OF RESEARCHERS
DURING MONTHS 5 6

• RESEARCHERS FROM ACADEMIA INDUSTRY, WHO ARE
  QUALIFIED AND INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN FP6
  PROJECTS OF TP5.
• We requested the potential participant
  researchers lists from partners
• in CC and NMS

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TASK 3.1IDENTIFICATION OF RESEARCHERS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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TASK 3.2TRANS-NATIONAL TRAINING SESSIONS

• 9 Trans-national Training Sessions in 3 years.
• (3 sessions per year) (Each session will last 2
  days)
• Will be held in Candidate Countries (CCNMS).
• will not necessarily involve the entire
  consortium
• will rather concentrate on regional
  cooperation
• will be adjacent to other trans-national
  events
• Estimated Dates In Months 6,9,12,15,18,22,25,28
  ,30

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TASK 3.2TRANS-NATIONAL TRAINING SESSIONS

• 2 Trans-national Training Sessions have been
  organized
• 8-9 July, 2004, Ljubljana / Slovenia
• (New Member State, Central Europe)
• 9-10 September, 2004, Plovdiv / Bulgaria
• (Candidate Country, Eastern Europe)

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TASK 3.2TRANS-NATIONAL TRAINING SESSIONS

• LJUBLJANA SESSION (organized by Livija Tuar)
• Title
• What are the critical points in the project
  proposal preparation and how to solve them
  successfully and Meeting of project proposers
  looking for additional partners
• Subjects covered
• 2005/2006 Food Workprogram, Instruments of FP6,
  2-stage Submission, Management and Work Planning,
  Financial Issues, Major Reasons for Proposal
  Failures, IPR, SMEs Participation, Evaluation
  and Negotiation Process.
• Trainers and Speakers
• Dr. Paul Vossen, EC-DG Marie-Louise Hoffman, IPR
  Helpdesk
• APRE, BIT, BEA, MESS and ACTIA

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TASK 3.2TRANS-NATIONAL TRAINING SESSIONS

• LJUBLJANA SESSION (organized by Livija Tuar)
• 50 participants (excluding the speakers)

Nearly all of them are researchers
13 PROJECT IDEAS AND 4 INSTITUTES WERE PRESENTED
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TASK 3.2TRANS-NATIONAL TRAINING SESSIONS

• LJUBLJANA SESSION (organized by Livija Tuar)
• Evaluation 18 participants returned the
  evaluation forms (36 )
• Nearly 90 of the participants found the general
  aspects of the training session good or
  excellent.
• Some Ideas from the evaluators
• Practical exercise, simulation, role play
• Getting the materials in advance
• Standard abstracts to avoid too long
  presentations
• Collecting the questions beforehand, grouping
  them and sending them to the expert
• Project Presentations starting on the first day
  and proposal discussion

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TASK 3.2TRANS-NATIONAL TRAINING SESSIONS

• PLOVDIV SESSION (organized by Ivan Minkov)
• Title
• Some Important Issues of the 6th Framework
  Program, close to The Third Call of the Food
  Quality and Safety Priority
• Subjects covered
• Facilitators and Anxiety Reducers vis a vis FP6,
  Financial Issues, TNF and the Process of
  Match-making in the Project, The Third Call of
  TP5, INCO Program Possibilities for FP6,
  Experience with Successful EU Projects, How to
  Identify and Join Promising Consortia in FP6
• Trainers and Speakers
• Karina Angelieva INCO NCP BG,
• Kostadin Fikiin Technical University of Sofia,
  BG
• ISERD, BEA, ETAT S.A., INRA

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TASK 3.2TRANS-NATIONAL TRAINING SESSIONS

• PLOVDIV SESSION (organized by Ivan Minkov)
• 58 participants (excluding the speakers)

Nearly all of them are researchers
8 INSTITUTES WERE PRESENTED
We havent received the evaluation summary
report, yet
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TASK 3.3NATIONAL TRAINING SESSIONS

• 12 National Training Sessions in 3 years.
• (4 sessions per year) (Each session will last 2
  days)
• Will be held in Candidate Countries.
• Estimated Dates In Months 6,8,10,12,16,18,20,22
  ,26,28,30,32
• Will be in coordination with trans-national
  meetings,
• in terms of timing and content.
• For each session, 4 persons of consortium may
  attend.

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TASK 3.3NATIONAL TRAINING SESSIONS

• 2 National Training Sessions are organized
• 2-3 September, 2004, Bucharest / Romania
• (Candidate Country, Eastern Europe)
• 20-21 September, 2004, Riga / Latvia
• (New Member State, Central Europe)

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TASK 3.3NATIONAL TRAINING SESSIONS

• BUCHAREST SESSION (organized by Claudia Mosoiu)
• Title
• Info Day and Training of Researchers, Food
  Quality and Safety
• Subjects covered
• The Opportunities of Participating in FP6 for
  ACCs, TNF Project, The Critical Points for Being
  Successful in FP6, Technical and Administrative
  Management in Proposals, SMEs participation and
  Opportunities in FP6
• Trainers and Speakers
• Mr. Laurent Bochereau, EC-DG
• APRE, IBNA, HSTF

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TASK 3.3NATIONAL TRAINING SESSIONS

• BUCHAREST SESSION (organized by Claudia Mosoiu)
• participants

Nearly all of them are researchers
8 INSTITUTES WERE PRESENTED
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TASK 3.3NATIONAL TRAINING SESSIONS

• BUCHAREST SESSION (organized by Claudia Mosoiu)
• Evaluation Nearly 90 of participants have
  evaluated the efficiency and content of the
  training session as Good or Excellent

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TASK 3.3NATIONAL TRAINING SESSIONS

• RIGA SESSION (organized by DaceTirzite)
• We havent received the
  information, yet

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UPCOMING TRAINING SESSIONS

• 15-16 November,2004 Vilnius / Lithuania
• NATIONAL TRAINING SESSION
• December, 2004 Warsaw / Poland
• NATIONAL TRAINING SESSION

ANY FURTHER SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE TRAINING
SESSIONS?
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DISCUSSIONS

• SMEs involvement is very low. (Maybe because the
  title is researcher training session. Should we
  include the brokerage event to the title to
  attract SMEs ?)
• Lecturers?
• Budget?

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ANY COMMENTS?...
THANK YOU !!!

• Melis Yurttagül
• Prof. Dr. Nuri Akkas
• TUBITAK / TURKEY
• October 6, 2004
• Network Meeting - Istanbul