2nd meeting of the working group Coordination of national funds within the Danube Region and Danube Region Research and Innovation Fund DRRIF
The DRRIF Working Group has been set up to enhance and accelerate the implementation of the goals set in the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) Action Plan and Priority Area 07 (PA7) Roadmap.
Working Group aims at “better coordinating national, regional and EU funds to stimulate excellence in research and development, in research areas specific for the Danube Region”. The abbreviation DRRIF in this context stands for “Danube Region Research and Innovation Fund” and it is to be the assignment of the Working Group and a related feasibility study to investigate the DRRIF as one of the potential co-operation scenarios for the future.
Therefore the main tasks identified for the group are:
- To follow-up the implementation and results of the DRRIF feasibility study and other PA7 relevant projects;
- To prepare concrete steps for further co-operation based on the results of the project, studies and in line with the national/regional R&I priorities.
The workshop is only for invited people and working group members, WP6 of the Danube-INCO.NET project is also actively engaged in the discussion on the coordination of funds in the Danube Region: the joint initiative together with EUREKA was presented and the H2020 twinning call for proposal promoted.
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Working Group 3: DRRIF and Coordination of National Funds within the Danube Region
