This is a Joint workshop by Danube-INCO.NET, the EUSDR Priority Area 07 “Knowledge Society” and PA07 Working Group 3: DRRIF and Coordination of National Funds within the Danube Region. It will be held at the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy – Media Rooms (Freyung 3, 1010 Vienna, Austria) and is an event upon invitation only.  

The workshop aims at firstly underlining the key findings from the DRRIF Feasibility Study as well as the R&I relevant issues to be addressed in the newly Danube Transnational Programme (DTP). First project ideas to be submitted under the upcoming DTP call should ideally be put forward and further developed. Nevertheless other applicable calls under for instance the German BMBF instruments, Horizon 2020 Work Programmes 2016-2017, in Horizon 2020 Work Programmes 2016-2017, other Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation Calls, Eureka and Era-NET, etc. will be tackled.

A draft agenda is available as below. Results from the workshop will be reported as soon as possible after the event.

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09:00 – 09:30 Registration & Welcome Coffee
09:30 – 09:45 Welcome by the organizers
Heribert Buchbauer | Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy,
Austria
Elke Dall| ZSI | Danube-INCO.NET Coordinator
SETTING THE SCENCE
09:45 – 10:15 Workshop objectives & expected outcomes and
Key findings from the DRRIF Feasibility Study
Martina Hartl | Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy , Austria
Danube Transnational Programme – opportunities to address key R&I challenges
in the Danube Region
10:15 – 10:45 Outline of the DTP Prgramme with special focus on R&I relevant issues
N.N. | Austrian Conference on Spatial Planning (TBC)
10:45 – 12:00 First project ideas for the Danube Transnational Programme
3-4 presentations expected
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee Break
12:00 – 12:20 General Discussion / Tour de Table
Refining project ideas and indicating interest in participation
Current national initiatives
12:20– 12:35 German BMBF Call activities
Matthias Hack | BMBF Germany (TBC)
Ulrike Kunze | German Aerospace Center, Project Management Agency,
Germany (TBC)
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12:35 – 12:45 Opening up bilateral agreements
Martina Hartl | Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy , Austria
12:45 – 13:15 General Discussion / Tour de Table
on the implementation experiences and interest in participation
13:15 – 14:15 Lunch Break
Multilateral activities and Danube Region relevant Calls
in Horizon 2020 Work Programmes 2016-2017
14:15 – 14:35 COST
N.N.|
14:35 – 14:55 Other Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation Calls
N.N.| FFG
14:55 – 15:15 EUREKA
Olaf Hartmann | Austrian Research Promotion Agency, Austria
15:15 – 15:35 ERA-Net activities
15:35 – 16:00 Selected thematic focused topics of potential relevance for the Danube Region
16:00 – 16:20 Coffee Break
16:20 – 16:45 General Discussion / Tour de Table on potential interest in participating in one of these activities
16:45 – 17:00 Conclusions, Outlook, Next Steps

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