Treffen Ukrainesterreich 15'6'2005

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BILATERAL CO-OPERATION A phase-out model in the
European Research Area?
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• The Austrian Academy of Sciences
• LEARNED SOCIETY
• Foundation of the "Kaiserliche Akademie der
  Wissenschaften"
• by Imperial Patent on May 14, 1847
• SCIENTIFIC ORGANISATION PROMOTING INNOVATIVE
  RESEARCHLeading non-university institution in
  Austria
• for basic research

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STRUCTURE

• LEARNED SOCIETY
• Election of scholars (highly qualified
  scientists) representing all fields of research
  (all disciplines) from Austria and abroad as
  Academys members
• ORGANISATION PROMOTING
• MORE THAN 60 RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
• Institutes (23) Research associations as
• Research Units (2) limited liability
  companies (3)
• Scientific Commissions (33)
• Approx. 1000 employees in research and
  administration

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• TASKS (I)
• "The Austrian Academy of Sciences is a legal
  entity under the special protection of the
  Federal Republic of Austria. (...) Its mission is
  to promote the sciences and humanities in every
  respect and in every field, particularly in basic
  research open for applications.
• (Quotation from the statutes of the Austrian
  Academy of Sciences)

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Lead Technologies stimulate Innovation
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Herodot von Halikarnassos ( 484 425 B.C. )
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TASKS (II)

• Research activities in its own research
  institutions
• initiatives for new research fields
• Advisory Function
• reports, expertises, statements related to
  research policy
• Participation (cooperation) in international
  large scale research projects and membership in
  international scientific organisations (e.g.
  CERN, ESA, EURATOM)
• Promotion of highly qualified (young) researchers
  with grants and awards

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Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt
( 14. 9. 1769 6. 5. 1859 )
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• THE ACADEMY AS A SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
• ORGANISATION PROMOTING INNOVATIVE RESEARCH
• Autonomous position the Academy is free to
  flexibly react to changing circumstances
• Initiatives for new trend-setting research areas
• Complementary research fields in view to
  Universities
• Bi- and Multilateral Co-operation as key
  essential academy criteria
• Medium- and long-term research (e.g. space
  research, publication of dictionaries and
  encyclopaedias, high energy physics)
• Ensuring excellence in the science based upon
  evaluation and quality assessment

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The European Research Area
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Diversity in the European Union
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The European Research Area

• Establishment of European Centers of Excellence
  through cooperation between laboratories.
• Establishment of European Platforms of
  Technology.
• Intensification of basic research through
  competition between research teams on a European
  level.
• Intensified support of scientists through
  continuation of Marie-Curie-promotions.
• Further expansion of infrastructures for research
  of European interest.
• Coordination of research programs of the member
  states.

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Finland Europes Innovation Powerhouse
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What can we learn from the Finnish Model?

• Increase of the attractiveness of Europe as a
  research location
• Removal of barriers to mobility, continuing
  efforts to create mobility-friendly framework
  conditions at the EU level and in the member
  states
• Increase of the research quota in enterprises
• Improval of the working conditions and the career
  perspectives of researchers
• Promotion of young researchers, in particular,
  increasing the human potential in the natural
  sciences and the technical disciplines
• Increase of the number of women in research

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the vision of a unified Europe
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Contact

• Mag. Bernhard Plunger
• Austrian Academy of Sciences
• http//www.oeaw.ac.at
• Tel. [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-Mail Bernhard.Plunger_at_oeaw.ac.at