Project Full Name : Trans-national co-operation among NCPs for International Cooperation

Project Target: Cooperation among the FP7 International Cooperation (INCO) National Contact Points (NCPs)

Project Duration: 2 years (1 January 2008-2010)

Project Partners : Help-Forward-FORTH (Greece-Coordinator), PT-DLR (Germany), TUBITAK (Turkey), VINNOVA (Sweden), APRE (Italy), CONACyT (Mexico), HSE (Russia), DST (South Africa): 8 Partners.

Project Budget: € 370 000

Project Targets:

• The transfer of experience between INCO-NCPs and from ERA-Net,
especially from the more experienced ones to the less experienced ones

• form a dynamic and active network between European INCO NCPs and 3rd
country NCPs

• build an active exchange with the thematic NCP Networks to deliver better
services and so contribute to a higher participation of research stakeholders from 3rd countries in the European Research Area

• to secure the information flow with the INCO-Nets being established for the
different world regions

• involve appointed NCPs in industrialised countries like Canada, Australia,
New Zealand, USA, Japan, etc.

Work Packages:

1. Project Management and Coordination
2. Regional Workshops
3. Networking Activities

The Roles of TÜBİTAK in this Project:

• WP 2;  In the “Regional Workshop” part, co-leadership/support to the workshop organized by Russia
• WP 3; support to the publication of written material and web-site related activities (like e-handbook)