EU-Russia S&T Co-Operation on Environment Protection

Abstract

On 15 June, 2010, the Information Day on the Thematic Research Priority “Environment (including Climate Change)” of the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development of the EU (FP7)  took place at the National Research University - Higher School of Economics. The event was organized in the framework of the “S&T International Cooperation Network for Eastern European and Central Asian Countries” (IncoNet EECA) project funded by the European Commission. The main goals of the event were: to discuss practical instruments to support national research priorities setting in the field of environment; to announce forthcoming calls for proposals under “Environment (including Climate Change)”; to present the relevant success stories and outline the thematic areas for further EU-Russia cooperation.