COST Presentation

COST Presentation
COST Office
Brussels, 2013
COST is supported
by the EU Framework Programme
ESF provides the COST Office
through a European Commission contract
What is COST?
COST is the oldest and widest European
intergovernmental framework for transnational
Cooperation in Science and Technology.
For 40 years COST has supported networking of
research activities across all its Member countries
(36 today) and beyond.
COST is open to all disciplines, to all novel and
ground-breaking S&T ideas, to all categories of
partners, to the world where mutual benefit is real.
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What is COST Mission?
COST enables breakthrough scientific
developments leading
to new concepts and
products.
It thereby contributes to
strengthen Europe’s
research and innovation
capacities.
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What are COST Principles?
Highest S&T Quality
S&T-driven (bottom-up)
Transdisciplinarity
Young researchers
Sharing knowledge
Inclusive
Leverage
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What are COST features?
Intergovernmental
Pan-European
Open to global cooperation
on the base of mutual interest
Light-weight administration
Easy implementation
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COST Strengths
networking of researchers (its Actions), which are
open to:
all fields of S&T (including interdisciplinary, new
and emergent fields)
any novel and original idea (innovative)
all partners (public and private, big and small)
all career stages (young and senior investigators)
all countries (small and big, leader and follower
countries), and to non-COST countries (fostering
international cooperation)
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COST in Figures
Established in 1971
19 founding COST countries now 35 + 1 Cooperating State
4 reciprocal agreements with NonCOST countries
250 MEUR of FP7
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COST Organisation
Governance
Operations
EC Grant
Agreement FP7
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COST Countries
The 28 EU Member States
EU Acceding & Candidate
Countries
former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia
Iceland
Republic of Serbia
Turkey
Other Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Norway
Switzerland
COST Cooperating States
Israel
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Country participation
in COST Actions
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Luxembourg
Malta
Iceland
Latvia
Cyprus
Estonia
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Lithuania
Slovakia
Croatia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Serbia
Slovenia
Romania
Hungary
Czech Republic
Israel
Austria
Norway
Ireland
Sweden
Finland
Portugal
Poland
Netherlands
Denmark
Switzerland
Greece
Belgium
France
Italy
Spain
Germany
United Kingdom
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43
69
72
77
81
Total running Actions 2012: 301
90
92
108
115
137
139
145
149
163
165
174
181
194
204
214
215
220
243
245
250
250
250
251
258
259
288
294
296
297
300
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
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Near Neighbour countries participation
165 Participations in running COST Actions (16 countries) – May 2013
Russia (47)
Belarus (5)
Moldova (2)
Ukraine (31)
Montenegro (7)
Georgia (6)
Albania (13)
Azerbaijan (4)
COST Countries Morocco (12)
Armenia (4)
Syria (1)
Tunisia (10)
Lebanon (7)
NN countries
Jordan (1)
Algeria (7)
Egypt (8)
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International Partner Countries
Participation in COST Actions excluding Near Neighbour
Countries
Canada (39)
China (27)
Japan (12)
USA (109)
Iraq (1)
Mexico (9)
Costa Rica (1)
Rep of Korea (3)
Saudi Arabia (1)
Pakistan (3)
UAE (1)
India (07)
Sudan (1)
Colombia (2)
Taiwan (1)
Hong Kong (2)
Thailand (1)
Bangladesh (1)
Singapore (3)
Peru (1)
Brazil (11)
only one Action
COST Countries
Indonesia (1)
Chile (3)
Mauritius (1)
Namibia (1)
Uruguay (1)
Australia (112)
South Africa (36)
RA Countries
Argentina (29)
New Zealand (62)
482 Participations in running Actions (31 countries) – May 2013
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COST Action
At least 5 countries
Expanding networks
Average 20 countries
Across 9 Domains or interdisciplinary
Obtains funds for networking research
activities
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COST Action networking tools
Science management meetings
Working Group meetings
Scientific workshops & seminars
Training schools
Scientific Exchange Visits (STSMs)
Dissemination + publications
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COST Action - Statistics 2012
300 Actions (943 since 1971)
> 1000 scientific workshops and
meetings > 15-20 000 participants
1250 STSMs ~ 3 weeks
> 90 Training Schools > 1200
participants
COST cited in around 1400 peer
review publications (2010)
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COST Office
Scientific and technical
implementation of COST activities
Science operations:
Domain Committees
COST Actions
Strategic activities:
S&T-driven
Policy-driven
Communication policy
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Developing space weather products and
services in Europe
COST Action
ES0803
Develop reliable
European Space
Weather forecasts
Near real time
space weather
information
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European procedures for flood
frequency estimation (FloodFreq)
COST Action ES0901
Compile dataset and
inventories of existing
data and methods
Use of statistical
methods for flood
frequency estimation
Flood frequency
analysis using rainfallrunoff methods
Flood frequency
estimation methods and
environmental change
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Euroberry Research: from Genomics to
Sustainable Production, Quality & Health
Berry production is
economically
significant
COST helped berry
growers to grow
Specific thematic
area has been
included in FP7
COST Action 863
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COST Action 219 ter
How new telecommunications can benefit
people with disabilities
Accessible
communication
infrastructure
Smart houses
Equipment design
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COST Action P9
Sunshine makes water safer to drink
Radiation Damage in
Biomolecular Systems
Solar Disinfection (SODIS)
1 Mio Bacteria to 0
EU Millennium Development
Goals
EU Water Initiative (EUWI)
World Summit on Sustainable
Development (WSSD)
Implementation Plan
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