WELCOME SEE.ERA.NET KICK-OFF

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WELCOMESEE.ERA.NET KICK-OFF

• Monday, 20 September 2004

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Introduction
Thanks to everybody for the punctual delivery of
all the necessary signatures, documents etc!
Agenda1. Introduction Round2. Approval of the
Agenda3. State of the Art of the Project (Peter
B Mayr)4. Finances (Klaus Schuch)5.
Discussion6. State of the Art of the Consortium
Agreement (Peter B. Mayr)7. Discussion12.00 h
short Lunch break (next room buffet)8.
Decisions as regards work to do in the next 12
monthsWP1, WP2, WP3, WP7 and WP89. Next
meeting, next agenda10. Conclusions of the
Meeting
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State of the Art of the Project Implementation I

- 19 May presentation of SEE.ERA.NET at the
official meeting on the preparation of the
Austrian EU Presidency 2006 hosted by the
Austrian Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs - 22
June, first informal SEE.ERA.NET meeting with
partners at the Center for Social Innovation
CSI - 25 June, presentation of SEE.ERA.NET at the
Workshop on Bilateral cooperation in education
and research with CEE and SEE countries in the
enlarged European Union in Berlin,
Germany hosted by the BMF Germany - 10 August,
European Commission signs the SEE.ERA.NET Contract
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State of the Art of the Project Implementation
- 01 September, official starting date of
SEE.ERA.NET implementation of the
SEE.ERA.NET secretariat in the Center for Social
Innovation - 02 September, informal meeting
with Marco Weydert (EC) in the Center for Social
Innovation- 02 September, attendance of the
information workshop on ERA net at the BIT (ERA
Net NCP) Bureau for International Research and
Technology Cooperation- 08 September, all signed
A forms sent to the European Commission
punctual delivery!- 13 September, informal
meeting with the Institute for the Danube Region
and Central Europe with General Secretary
Othmar Huber (president Dr Erhard Busek)- 16
September, production of an Public Relations
article for the European Commission and the
European Service Network- 20 September,
SEE.ERA.NET project kick-off meeting and 1st
Steering Board meeting- 30 September, first
European ERA net co-ordinators meeting at the
European Commission in Brussels
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State of the Art of the Project Implementation

• What are the next steps?
• 1. Agree on a a transparent and efficient way to
  fulfill the Contract details and
• nominate official representatives and
  substitutes for SEE.ERA.NET Steering Board
• (SEE.ERA.NET - Consortium Agreement)
• 2. Sign SEE.ERA.NET Consortium Agreement by 06
  October 2004
• 3. Work package leaders
• nominate Work Package leaders, who come forward
  with a detailed and chronological master plan for
  each Work Package (a brief step-by-step work plan
  with dates and deadlines) and
• send it to the SEE.ERA.NET Co-ordinator by 20
  October
• 4. Each of us collect all original versions of
  receipts and any document related to finances
  (Audits!)