Projects archive

NUCL-EU 2020 is set up in order to provide EURATOM NCPs with all the required skills in such a way that they can ensure the best support for Horizon 2020 potential applicants and raise the average quality of proposals submitted under the new EURATOM Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (R&I).

NUCL-EU 2020 is a 48 months project having the following specific objectives:

1. Enhancing the competence of NCPs, raising the level of know-how of the EURATOM network in particular helping less experienced NCPs rapidly acquire the experiences accumulated in other countries.
2. Consolidating the network of EURATOM NCPs.

The mission of the project is to provide all EURATOM NCPs with the necessary tools, guidelines and training to carry out their duty efficiently and, most importantly, to be part of a dynamic network which will allow the exchange of experiences and good practices, learning from each other and reporting back to the European Commission (EC) on identified management issues susceptible of improvement.

The project RICH (Research Infrastructures Consortium for Horizon 2020) is built on activities of previous project EuroRIs-Net +. The project aims at more effective collaboration of national contact points (NCPs) for research infrastructures in order to improve their services to applicants in Horizon 2020. 11 project partners and 30 associated partners will benefit from the project activities. Project activities will lead to better and more professional service of national contact points across Europe and facilitate access to information on the H2020 Calls.

COSMOS 2020, the EU funded network of National Contact Points (NCPs) for Space Research and Aeronautics  aims to strengthen NCP mutual cooperation. In 2007 under FP7 the EU started funding an NCP Space network which was named COSMOS. This enabled the NCPs to benefit from each other’s experience and thus raise the level of the overall quality of their services. Additional services were established like a joint website and news service providing information about Space and EU Framework Programme related topics. Within COSMOS2020 the network activities are continued under Horizon 2020.

EU H2020 PROVIDE project (PROVIding smart DElivery of public goods by EU agriculture and forestry) is a 3 year project which seeks to provide conceptual bases, evidence, tools and improved incentives and policy options to support the “smart” provision of Public Goods (PG) by the European Union (EU) agriculture and forestry ecosystems.
TC´s  task is to formulate a case study of the agricultural policy and its impact on the  region of northern Bohemia.

SEREN3 is a 36-month Coordination and Support Action with the overall aim of facilitating trans-national co-operation among NCPs for Secure Societies, identifying and sharing good practices, and raising the general standard of the support to programme applicants across the EU, Associated and Third countries. To reach the objective above, the project will develop three main activity axes, corresponding to the projects’ specific objectives: 1) capacity building of NCPs; 2) strengthening the participation of relevant stakeholders to Horizon 2020 funding opportunities; 3) and supporting networking opportunities within the Secure Societies constituency. Cross-cutting activities of dissemination and communication will add up to this main set of activities, helping to enhance their impact.
SEREN3 is the continuation and evolution of the precedent network, SEREN2, whose results and lessons learnt have been taken into consideration with the logic of improving the future network and in order to valorize the network’s strengths. SEREN3 will also take into account the paradigmatic change brought by Horizon 2020. This will be reflected in particular in a stronger attention of the network in terms of multidisciplinary competences, consideration of related societal challenges, and linkage with other EU relevant initiatives, funding programmes and policies. Finally, the network will seek further opening to a wider target of stakeholders and businesses in the Secure Societies field.
SEREN3 consortium comprises 17 beneficiaries, with a good mix of well-experienced and less experienced NCPs, and representing Member States, Associated Countries and Third Countries. Besides beneficiaries, the project services will be offered to all officially appointed H2020 Secure Societies NCPs, who will be involved as “associated partners”.

CIMULACT has as a main objective to add to the relevance and accountability of European research and innovation – Horizon 2020 as well as national - by engaging citizens and stakeholders in co-creation of research agendas based on real and validated societal visions, needs and demands. The project will expand the outlook and debate on STI issues, increase scientific literacy in a broad sense, which includes the understanding of the societal role of Science, Technology and innovation (STI), and create shared understanding between scientific stakeholders, policy-makers and citizens. This multiactor approach will embrace EU28 plus Norway and Switzerland.

The CIMULTACT builds on the principle/conviction that the collective intelligence of society gives Europe a competitive advantage, which may be activated to strengthen the relevance of the European science and technology system. By establishing genuine dialogue between citizens, stakeholders, scientists, and policymakers visions and scenarios for the desirable futures will be developed and debated, and transformed into recommendations and suggestions for research and innovation policies and topics.

Project CZERA 2 (Czech Republic in the European Research Area 2) follows previous activities of Research Infrastructure CZERA (2010-2015) and provides it´s continuity and deepening of expertise. CZERA 2 represent an expert system which provides a wide range of professional consulting and support services to submitters and participants of the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, and analytical-information services to decision makers responsible for R&D policy, particularly in the field of international scientific cooperation, so as to achieve a broader and more effective Czech integration into European research area (ERA).

The project is structured into eight sub-areas of activities which correspond to the EC requirements for the operation of the national contact points (NCPs) system.

The public tender for elaboration of the Regional Innovation Strategy of the Central Bohemian Region for the period 2015-2020 (RISCBR) aims to make a common policy document for the research and innovation business in the Central Bohemian Region.

As a highly attractive region in many respects, the Central Bohemian Region has a number of specific features. Systematic support and development of research and innovation business was, however,
for a long period of time non-existing and of rather marginal interest. For a functional innovation system, effectively connected key actors and knowledge capacities in the corporate and public sectors, there must necessarily be a properly formulated strategy which is widely accepted and manifested by the partnership principle and commitment of public authorities to actively fulfill defined goals.

The Regional Innovation Monitor (RIM) is an initiative of the European Commission's Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry. The overall objective of RIM is to contribute to improved competitiveness of EU regions through increasing the effectiveness of their innovation policies and strategies. It does so by providing policymakers and other innovation stakeholders with the analytical framework and tools for evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of regional policies and regional innovation systems. RIM covers 20 EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

The principal goal of the CZERA project is a development of already existing research infrastructure providing analytical, information and organizational support for strategic decisions and conceptual planning of the state administration with a basic aim to contribute to the active and efficient participation of the Czech Republic in European Research Area (ERA) namely in international collaboration in research, development and innovation. The project includes also providing a complex system of services to research organizations and entrepreneurs (SMEs in particular) to participate in cooperative research projects in particular through Framework Programmes of EU for research, development and innovation.

Project coordinator: Mr. Karel Klusacek

Module I Manager "Oriented research for strategic decision in reserach, development and innovation": Mr. Michal Pazour

Module II Manager "Servises to national research teams, research organizations and industrial companies to engage in ERA: Mrs. Nada Konickova