This document summarizes a meeting that aimed to integrate the physics community in Central and Eastern European countries into the European Research Area. Six working groups were established to further specific actions, including an initial training network for PhD students, promoting excellence through European research infrastructures, widening participation, training and education for science teachers, preparing projects under COST actions, and identifying opportunities for scientific research projects. The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions program was also discussed, which funds mobility and career development of researchers through innovative training networks, individual fellowships, and research and innovation staff exchange. Key eligibility rules and funding opportunities under Horizon 2020 were outlined.

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2. PROJECT OBJECTIVES

3.  Central European Initiative
 European Physical Society
 ICTP Trieste
 Southeastern European Network - MTP
 UNESCO Venice Office

4. Widening Participation; Science with and for Society
European Institute
of Innovation and
Technology (EIT)
Joint Research
EURATOM Centre (JRC)

5. Six Working Groups were established for six specific actions:
 Initial Training Network for PhD students.
Vladimir Gerdjikov. Larisa Jonke, Maria Krawczyk, Nikolai Iorgov, Dragoljub Dimitrijevic.
 Excellent Science through European Research Infrastructures.
Ana Proykova. Livius Trache, Denes Lajos Nagy.
 Speading Excellence and Widening Participation.
Darko Jeremovic. Viktor Urumov, Viorel Ciornea, Dragoljub Dimitrijevic, Corina Babalic.
 Training & Education (for science teachers):
Eugenia Kypriotis. Roxana Zus, Iuliana Stanescu, Viktor Urumov.
Advisers: Joe Niemela, David Lee
 Preparation of a project in the frame of COST actions.
Kayhan Ulker. Roxana Zus, Iuliana Stanescu. Adviser: Maria Moragues
Canovas
 Identifying the opportunity of a project in scientific research.
Sabin Stoica. Mihai Visinescu, Valery Gromak. Advisers: Mario Scalet, Alexei Morozov.

6. Marie Curie researchers coming from
all over the world (around 130
nationalities)

7. MSCA objective
Ensure the optimum development and dynamic use of Europe’s
intellectual capital in order to generate new skills and
innovation
Total budget (2014-2020): € 6.162 billion (current prices)
1. Fostering new skills through excellent initial training of
researchers
2. Nurturing excellence through cross-border and cross-sector
mobility
3. Stimulating innovation through cross-fertilisation of knowledge
4. Increasing structural impact by co-funding the activities
5. Specific support and policy action

8. Horizon 2020
ITN Innovative Training Networks
(Early Stage Researchers)
IF Individual Fellowships
(Experienced Researchers)
RISE Research and Innovation Staff Exchange
(Exchange of Staff)
COFUND Cofunding or regional, national and
international programmes
NIGHT Researchers’ Night

9. The ITN scheme consists of 3 strands:
Other new features:
• Participants defined as ‘academic’ and ‘non-academic’
• Early stage researchers (ESRs) only
• Innovative Doctoral Programme strand only through COFUND

10. Mobility rule for CAR and RIG: “researcher has not resided or carried out
their main activity in the country of their host organisation for more than 3
years in the 5 years immediately prior to the relevant deadline”
*) AND “researcher has not been active in research for at least 12 months”
**) AND “researcher has previously been active in Europe for at least five
consecutive years”

11.  New type of exchange of staff action to stimulate transfer of
knowledge and sharing of ideas
 Flexible inter-sector and international exchanges of highly
skilled research and innovation staff
 Based on a common research and innovation project
 Secondments only, no recruitment foreseen
 Single eligibility rule for partnership consortia
 Exchanges between institutions within Europe cover only
inter-sector secondments
 Exchanges with institutions from outside Europe can be both
inter-sector and within the same sector
 No support for secondments between institutions located
outside Europe

13. Call Opens Budget
ITN 2015 2 Sep 2014 370 M
RISE 2015 6 Jan 2015 80 M
IF 2015 12 Mar 2015 213 M
COFUND 2015 14 Apr 2015 80 M
Note: draft and subject to change