Russia ratified the financial agreements
The duma ratified the financial agreements of the ENPI programmes on 16th July 2010.
Ratification of the agreements enables the implementation of the ENPI programmes: the Joint Managing Authority of the Karelia programme starts contracting of the projects as soon as the Monitoring Committee has comfirmed the project selection of the first call for proposals and the second call for proposals will be opened in autumn 2010 as planned.
5th NEEBOR Annual conference in September
5th NEEBOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE: 7 - 10 SEPTEMBER 2010, PREŠOV
Innovative Regions in the context of EU Eastern external border
Each year NEEBOR organises an annual conference in a different region
in order to provide its members, partners, and neighbours with
specific issues and related EU policies. This year the network plans
to bring together innovation policy and external relations of the EU.
The theme of the annual conference is “Innovative regions in the
context of EU Eastern external border.” The conference is structured
into five thematic blocks dedicated to research, development, and
innovation and their perception from European, national, regional,
local, academic, and private sector perspectives. Indeed, the
conference aims to interlink distant areas, which are of a great
development potential for NEEBOR members and neighbours.
I. Block: Innovation in the context of European policy and external EU
border cooperation
II. Block: Role of regional authorities in the field of innovation
III. Block: Research & Development & Innovation: Universities and new trends
IV. Block: Research & Development & Innovation: Relations between
universities and private sector
V. Block: Future cooperation of the network NEEBOR
Registrations
Additional information:
www.neebor.eu
Project Manager Gregán Orsolya,
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524 760 (extension number is 177)
Project Manager Anne Raja-Hanhela,
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Communication Officer Johannes Aalto,
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+32 493 790622
The Concept Notes of the first Call for Proposals evaluated
Altogether 59 concept notes were submittted to the JMA during the first phase of the first call for proposals. 51 concept notes passed the administrative check.
The Selection Committee evaluated the concept notes on its meeting on 21st April. In order to be invited to submit a grant application the concept note needed to get at least 12 points on relevance (of a maximum of 15) and an overall score of at least 30 (of 50). 18 of the concept notes passed the evaluation and are invited to the second phase of the call. Some of the concept notes not selected were, however, considered to be of a high level, but more relevant from the point of view of some other theme.
The grant applications are submitted to the JMA on 17th June at 3 pm. the latest. The decisions of the applications are to be made in September.
A grant application is asked of the following concept notes:
| Lead Partner | Name of the project |
| Friends of Kinerma Association | Better life for Karelian villages |
| Joensuu Regional Development Company JOSEK Ltd | Cities by the water - new opportunities for business development |
| Petrozavodsk State University | Complex development of regional cooperation in the field of open ICT innovations |
| Creative Industries and Cultural Tourism Development Fund | Craft & Desing Business Incubator |
| Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA) | Cross-Border Innovation Paltform |
| Univeristy of Oulu, NorTech | Green cities and settlements - Sustainable spatial development in remote border areas |
| Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for Lapland | Ground water suplly in Sortavala district |
| MTT Agrifood Research Finland | Improved potato chain in the Republic of Karelia |
| Autonomous non-profit organisation "Energy Efficiency Center" | Improvement of the environment and living standards is the basis for modern rural development |
| The Municipality of Suomussalmi | Impriving the gravelroad Kostomuksha-Kalevala |
| City of Joensuu, Youth Department | IMPULS |
| Universtiy of Eastern Finland | Learning together - fostering economic development of border areas |
| Juminkeko Foundation | PoCoBus - The Possibilities of Cooperation, Business and Trade across the Border between enterprises |
| ADC Ltd | Road Arkhangelsk - Karelia - Finland |
| Iin Micropolis Oy | Service Center for Finnish and Russian companies starting product or IPR business in Russia and EU |
| Municipality of Suomussalmi | Sheephusbandry in the Kalevala district |
| Technoreactor Oy | Support to sustainable development of Sortavala town for the improvement of environmental situation |
| North Karelia Municipal Education and Training Consortium | The qualified cross-border VET in support of sustaineble economic development |
Tender on interpretation services
The Karelia ENPI CBC Programme asks tenders for Finnish-Russian interpretation services.
Tendering document (in Finnish)
Annual Work Programme for grants 2010
Karelia ENPI CBC Programme's Joint Monitoring Committee has approved the indicative work programme for grants 2010 in its first meeting. According to the Work Programme two Calls for Proposals will be launched in 2010.
Call for Proposals closed
The first phase of the first call for proposals closed on 17th March. Within the deadline 56 concept notes were submitted to the JMA.
Searches for partners added
Frequently asked possibility to search for project partners has been now added to our website. It is possible to leave a proposition or just to search for partners.
Even the announcements are moderated by the JMA, publishing of a proposition isn't an opinion in favor of the idea. Readerss are supposed to judge the quality and relevance of the idea and the organisation by themselves.
Questions and answers
Answers on questions asked about the first call for proposals has been added to the frequently asked questions.
The material of the information seminars
The material of the information seminars organised in February is available in Finnish and in Russian.
