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COST
European COoperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research
European cooperation in the field of scientific and technical researchCOST
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• Intergovernmental co-operation– 1971– 17 Scientific & Technical domains
• Participation– 34 COST Member States + 1 Co-operating Country (Israel) – International organisations and research establishments from non-COS
T countries
– The European Commission
• COST Actions– Concerted Actions (Networks) of nationally funded R&D
What is COST ?
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COST Characteristics
• Networking & Co-ordination
• Pan-European• “Non-competitive” (pre-
normative; environmental and cross-border problems; public utility)
• National Financing of Researchers – national responsibility
• Bottom-up / Flexibility• “A la carte” participation• “Integration”• Complementarity• Exploratory • Commission involvement
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Advantages of COST
Fosters S&T Co-operation across Europe by creating lasting networks of scientists & researchers
Promotes co-operation between Candidate Countries and the EU (particularly the FP) and facilitates their integration
Explores new areas of co-operative research endeavour
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COST History 1971: Ministerial Conference, Brussels / 19 Member countries:
AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GR, IE, IT, LU, NL, NO, PT, SE, TU, UK, YU
1991: Ministerial Conference, Vienna + 4 Member countries: CS, HU, IS, PL
1992 - 1993: YU HR, SI; CS CZ, SK
1995: COST Interaction Conference, Basel
1997: Ministerial Conference, Prague + 3 Member countries: EE, MT, RO
1998: + 4 Observer countries: BG, CY, LT, LV
1999: + 4 Member countries: BG, CY, LT, LV
2000: + Israel Co-operating State
2001: + YU
2002: + FYR of Macedonia
2003: Ministerial Conference Dubrovnik
COST Office with ESF as implementing agent
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COST Member States
The 25 EU Member States1
EFTA Member States Iceland
Norway
Switzerland
Candidate Countries Bulgaria
Romania
Turkey
Other Countries Serbia and Montenegro2
Croatia2
FYR of Macedonia (FYROM)2
COST Co-operating States Israel
1 from 1 May 04
2 Not Associated to FP
COST Countries
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COST Domains1971 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS *
- METEOROLOGY *
1972 - MATERIALS *
- ENVIRONMENT *
1973 - INFORMATICS
- TRANSPORT *
1979 - OCEANOGRAPHY
1980 - BIOTECHNOLOGY *
- AGRICULTURE *
- FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY *
1982 - MEDICINE*
1983 - SOCIAL SCIENCES *
1991 - URBAN CIVIL ENGINEERING *
1992 - CHEMISTRY *
- FLUID DYNAMICS
1994 - FORESTS and FORESTRY PRODUCTS *
1995 - PHYSICS*
- NANOSCIENCE *
2000 - BIOMATERIALS *
* with a Technical or other Committee
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COST- Sixth Framework Programme
FPCouncil &
EP Decision
ESF/CSOMoU
EuropeanCommission
CSO
ESF
ESFCOSTOffice
TCs
Actions
Contract Implementation
Consultation
Negotiation
EuropeanResearch
Community
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COST Financing
ESF
Council COSTSecretariat
COST Fund
EU FrameworkProgrammeEuropean
Commission
Member StatesContributions
SpecificSupport Action
Contract
COSTOffice
CSO
COSTBudget
Miscellaneousexpenditures
Non-FP CountriesContributions
ESF
Council COSTSecretariat
COST Fund
EU FrameworkProgrammeEuropean
Commission
Member StatesContributions
SpecificSupport Action
Contract
COSTOffice
CSO
COSTBudget
Miscellaneousexpenditures
Non-FP CountriesContributions
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COST GovernanceMinisterial Conference
Committee of Senior Officials
JAFEuropeanCommission(observer)
COSTSecretariat.
General Secretariat of the Council of the EU.
Agr
icul
ture
, Bio
tech
nolo
gy &
Food
Sci
ence
sC
hem
istry
Env
ironm
ent
Fore
sts
& F
ores
try P
rodu
cts
Med
icin
e an
d H
ealth
Met
eoro
logy
Mat
eria
ls &
Phy
sics
Soc
ial S
cien
ces
& H
uman
ities
Tele
com
mun
icat
ions
Info
rmat
ion
Sci
ence
and
Tec
hnol
ogy
Tran
spor
t
Bio
mat
eria
ls
Technical Committees
Actions Management Committees
Working Groups
COST
Office
Scientific
SecretariatNan
otec
hnol
ogy
Ad HocGroups
Urb
an C
ivil
Eng
inee
ring
Ministerial Conference
Committee of Senior Officials
JAFEuropeanCommission(partner)
COSTSecretariat.
General Secretariat of the Council of the EU.
Agr
icul
ture
, Bio
tech
nolo
gy &
Food
Sci
ence
sC
hem
istry
Env
ironm
ent
Fore
sts
& F
ores
try P
rodu
cts
Med
icin
e an
d H
ealth
Met
eoro
logy
Mat
eria
ls &
Phy
sics
Soc
ial S
cien
ces
& H
uman
ities
Tele
com
mun
icat
ions
Info
rmat
ion
Sci
ence
and
Tec
hnol
ogy
Tran
spor
t
Bio
mat
eria
ls
Technical Committees
Actions Management Committees
Working Groups
COST
Office
Scientific
SecretariatNan
otec
hnol
ogy
Ad HocGroups
Urb
an C
ivil
Eng
inee
ring
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Committee of Senior Officials(CSO)
2 representatives per COST Country
Responsible for:
• the overall strategy and steering of COST
• deciding on the launching of individual Actions
• approving participation of institutes from non-COST countries
• approving the prolongation/extension of Actions
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Up to 2 representatives per country
Responsible for:
• selection of new COST Actions
• monitoring of ongoing COST Actions
• evaluation of completed COST Actions
• dissemination and valorisation of COST activities
• strategic developments in its domain
• synergies
Technical Committees (TC)
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• Maximum of 2 representatives per signatory country
• 1 representative per non-COST institution
• Scientific Officer
• Representatives of the Commission services
Each signatory has one vote
Responsible for :
• supervising and co-ordinating implementation of the Action
• ensuring scientific coordination at a national level
Management Committee (MC)
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Working Group (WG)
• a small number of researchers working together per WG
• MC members or other scientists from the signatory countries
• Invited experts• Members from non-COST countries
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COST Office Structure
IT Team
Communications / Publications
Director &
Deputy Director
Directorate Team Finance, Human
Resources, Office Services, Reception
Science Teams
Agr
icul
ture
, Bio
tech
nolo
gy &
Foo
d
Sci
ence
sC
hem
istry
Env
ironm
ent
Fore
sts
& F
ores
try P
rodu
cts
Med
icin
e an
d H
ealth
Bio
mat
eria
lsM
eteo
rolo
gy
Mat
eria
ls &
Phy
sics
Nan
otec
hnol
ogie
s
Soc
ial S
cien
ces
& H
uman
ities
Tele
com
mun
icat
ions
Info
rmat
ion
Sci
ence
and
Tec
hnol
ogy
Tran
spor
t
Human Resources, Financial Planning,
Accounting & Audit,
Payments, IT,Procurement
ESF Strasbourg
Urb
an C
ivil
Eng
inee
ring
IT Team
Communications / Publications
Director &
Deputy Director
Directorate Team Finance, Human
Resources, Office Services, Reception
Science Teams
Agr
icul
ture
, Bio
tech
nolo
gy &
Foo
d
Sci
ence
sC
hem
istry
Env
ironm
ent
Fore
sts
& F
ores
try P
rodu
cts
Med
icin
e an
d H
ealth
Bio
mat
eria
lsM
eteo
rolo
gy
Mat
eria
ls &
Phy
sics
Nan
otec
hnol
ogie
s
Soc
ial S
cien
ces
& H
uman
ities
Tele
com
mun
icat
ions
Info
rmat
ion
Sci
ence
and
Tec
hnol
ogy
Tran
spor
t
Human Resources, Financial Planning,
Accounting & Audit,
Payments, IT,Procurement
ESF Strasbourg
Urb
an C
ivil
Eng
inee
ring
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COST - ESFESF MemberOrganisations
National ResearchCouncils, Research
Organisations & Academies
ESF Governance
Assembly, Governing Council & Executive
Board
COSTCSO
COST MemberStatesNational
Ministries
ESF Strasbourg
Chief Executive
DirectorScience & Strategy
DirectorAdministration & Finance
Director COST Office
Science TeamsScience Units
Management LineLiaison
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Number of Actions per domain 2003(Status on 31st December)
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5
10
15
20
25
AgriB
io
Chem
istry
Enviro
nmen
t
Fluid
dyna
mics
Food
Scienc
es
Fores
try
Mat
erial
s
Med
icine
Met
eoro
logy
Misc
ellan
eous
Physic
s
Social
Scie
nces
TIST
Trans
port
UCE
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Chemistry, 11%
Environment, 6%
Fluid dynamics, 1%
Food Sciences, 3%Miscellaneous, 2%
Physics, 4%
Social Sciences, 5%
TIST, 14%
Transport, 4%
UCE, 6%AgriBio, 14%
Forestry, 9%Materials, 7%Medicine, 8%Meteorology, 6%
Proportion of Actions per domain 2003(Status on 31st December)
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Agriculture and Biotechnology 1,540,861Chemistry 1,722,139Environment 715,031Fluid Dynamics 24,286Food Technology 643,574Forests and Forestry Products 1,489,600Materials 851,795Medicine and Health 943,334Metereology 670,120Physics 534,276Social Sciences 887,844Urban Civil Engineering 680,629Miscellaneous 262,681TIST 1,541,795Transport 698,811NANO STAG 66,838BIOMAT 86,385
TOTAL (€) 13,360,000
COST Domain
Allocation 2004
(Calculated using the 2:1:2 formula)(Calculated using the 2:1:2 formula)
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Yearly Evolution of the Number of COST Actions
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20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
200
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03
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oduc
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of M
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Fra
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(FP
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- F
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bers
- F
P 4
- P
ragu
e - F
P 6
- F
P 5
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COST Budget Statistics
Average for Actions / Year 80,000 €Average / Meeting / Participant 880 €Short Term Scientific Missions 5,000 €Average for Publications 4,000 €Average for Workshops 7,000 €Final Evaluation up to 2,500 €
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Action Budget Calculation Formula
Total Actions Budget--------------------------No. Action years
x Duration x (0.4 + 0.2 Sign std deviation + 0.4 Part std deviation)
Example
11,000,000 €-----------------
173.5x 0.8 x (0.4 + 0.2 x 0.9 + 0.4 x 1.12) = 52,140 €
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Type of expenses covered
• Meetings (MC and WG)• Printing of Proceedings, Final Reports, COST
brochure• Workshops, Seminars• Short Term Scientific Missions (STMS)• Evaluations• Studies
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Short Term Scientific Missions
Aim: to contribute to the realisation of the Action’s scientific
objectives.
How: by allowing scientist to go to a laboratory in another COST
country to learn a new technique or to make measurements using instruments and/or methods not available in their own laboratory.
Means: Average contribution for a mission will not normally exceed
EURO 2,000
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A. Background
B. Objectives and benefits
C. Scientific programme
D. Organisation
E. Timetable
F. Economic dimension
G. Dissemination Plan
Additional Information (includes List of Experts)
Technical Annex (MoU) - Structure
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Action Life Cycle
CSO approves draft MOU
Preparation(6 months-1 year)
Dissemination(years)
time
5 countries sign MOU
1st Draft(2 months)
Implementation(4 years)
MonitoringTC adopts draft MoU
TC assesses proposals
Assessment
Evaluation
1st MC Meeting
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May participate on an Action by Action basis given:
there is mutual S&T benefit
the CSO approves (following MC and TC approval)
participation is confirmed by an exchange of letters between the organisation and the CSO
Non-COST institutions may not vote in the MC
Organisations from non-COST countries
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Number of Non-COST Participation 2003
Total number of participations in running Actions: 78
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COST Information
• Conference and Workshop proceedings
• COST Action Scientific Publications
• WWW pages: http://cost.cordis.lu– Information on COST– COST Action data-base