Science and society

On June 23, 2019 ARC Fund hosted a half-day citizen meeting in Sofia to discuss the topic of precaution and innovation. The meeting brought together 27 participants representing different social groups, professions, cities and age. Similar meetings were organised in four other countries – Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands and Italy. The aim of the meetings was learn what EU citizens think about fairness, risk and safety in relation to research, precaution and innovation. Prior to the event in Sofia, participants received an information material which aimed to assist them in their reflections...

Pathways to Transformation conference was the concluding event for two EU-funded projects NUCLEUSand RRI-Practice. The jointly organised conference took place in Brussels on June 20-21, 2019 and explored the pathways that institutions may follow in order to become more socially responsive: • What can research-performing organisations learn from the projects’ institutional RRI experiments (Practical Pathways)? • And how can research policy incentivise stakeholders to contribute to more responsive science and innovation systems (Policy Pathways)? More details about the conference are available...

The Applied Research and Communications Fund and the Joint Innovation Centre of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences are pleased to invite all interested persons to take part in the seminar, which will be held on 11.06.2019 at 10.00 a.m. in the conference hall of the Unified Innovation Centre of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, ul. Acad. 26 B, Sofia. The aim of the training is to familiarize the participants with the essence of a patent, the ways of obtaining a patent, the specifics of the European and International (PCT) patent systems and the use of databases with patent information. The...

The ResInfra@DR project launched an Open Call for experienced evaluators who want to be included in a registry of research infrastructure (RI) reviewers. Reviewers in the registry must have the knowledge, experience and ability to conduct ex-ante assessments of upcoming RI instruments and/or planned RIs in the Danube macro-region countries. The registry will be used primarily by relevant ministries, financing authorities, agencies in charge of RIs, and research organisations planning RI investments from the Danube region countries. Participation in the registry is open to experts from both...

ResInfra@DR project partners would like to announce an open call for the involvement of research infrastructures and thematic experts in the mutual learning exercise. Designed to strengthen Research Infrastructures in the Danube macro region, the project develops a mutual learning activity resulting in practical recommendations. Eligibility criteria, financial framework, evaluation criteria, and special call conditions are described in the Terms of References here. Applications must be submitted electronically no later than 25 June 2018, 14:00 CET (date and time of entry of the e-mail as...

International ENERGISE team, in which ARC Fund participates, launches new online interactive dataset, which maps over 1000 sustainable energy initiatives across Europe! For more information, please read here.
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Applied Research and Communications Fund, as partner in the ResInfra@DR project, is organising a training to build capacity for ex-ante evaluation of research infrastructures, planning of RIs, monitoring of existing RIs and identification of expected impacts of RIs. The training is primarily aimed at RI programme owners and the funding authorities, RI managers and operators (hosts), as well as potential reviewers of RIs. The participation is restricted to citizens of the Danube macro-region countries. Please see the attached Open Call for Participation in Training for more information, and if...