Projects/ Programmes

In this section, you will find a list of ongoing projects in which Ukraine is participating. The projects focus on a wide range of different fields and are being carried out with the help of bilateral and multilateral cooperation. Furthermore, you will find an overview of the most important programmes and programme databases for the support of international cooperation in research and education.

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Projects with Ukrainian participation | EU supported projects in Ukraine | Inventory of  EU-Ukraine S&T cooperation programmes and agreements | Good practice examples

ACTIONPLAN-BS

The aim of the ActionPlan-BS Project has been the preparation of an Action Plan in Science and Technology for the Black Sea countries and its adoption at the level of relevant Ministers. To achieve its goal the project included preparatory work on a draft Action Plan and the organisation of two events: a High Level Officials meeting and a Ministerial Meeting.
http://icbss.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=69

ASCABOS

ASCABOS is an supporting programme for capacity building in the black sea region towards operational status of oceanographic services. ASCABOS is designed to strengthen the communication system ensuring flexible and operative infrastructure for data and information exchange between partners and end users. It aims to increase public awareness and to stimulate and motivate the utilization of operational oceanographic information in regional management and decision-making practices.
http://www.ascabos.io-bas.bg/index.html

BILAT-UKR

The projects objective is to strengthen the S&T cooperation between the EU and Ukraine in particular through a stronger participation of Ukraine in FP7 and other Community programmes and initiatives and through a better link between activities on Member States and Community level. Also it aims to improve the framework for enhanced future and sustainable S&T cooperation between the EU and Ukraine and contribute to develop optimum instruments.
http://www.bilat-ukr.eu/

BS-ERA.Net

The Black Sea ERA-NET is a networking project aimed at integrating the participating countries from the Black Sea extended region in the European Research Area by linking research activities within existing national, bilateral and regional RTD programmes.
http://www.bs-era.net/

BSI

The Black Sea Interconnection project intends bridging the digital divide that exists between the South Caucasus countries and Europe by establishing a regional research and education network in the South Caucasus and connecting it to GÉANT2. The project involves the development of strategies for interconnecting the existing infrastructures in the region, realization of the connections and supplying operational support for the established network.
http://www.blacksea-net.org/

BS-RESPOT

The Research Potential of the BSEC countries (BS-ResPot) is a project coordinated by the ICBSS and funded by the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Commission. BS-ResPot covers the twelve countries that form the Organisation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), namely the Republic of Albania, Republic of Armenia, Republic of Azerbaijan, Republic of Bulgaria, Georgia, Hellenic Republic, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia*, Republic of Turkey and Ukraine. The aim of BS-ResPot has been to transform the political will for cooperation into concrete actions.
http://icbss.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=62

ERANIS FP6 project

ERANIS project is a Specific Support Action (SSA) financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Program, whose aim is to contribute to more active involvement of NIS partners into the EU Seventh Framework Programme.
http://www.kpk.gov.pl/eranis/

Global SSH

Global SSH is an Action that aims at promoting transnational research cooperation between the Europe, Russia, the CIS countries, and China in the social sciences and humanities. The action intends to identify prerequisites for transnational research networks as well as common agendas for transnational research in the future structuring of the enlarged European Research Area (ERA).
http://www.globalsocialscience.org/index.php

Ideal-ist

Ideal-ist reduces the barriers faced by organisations wishing to participate in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) programme by offering transnational partner search. The project provides an entirely web-based platform and thus making it the ideal tool for: joining ICT projects, finding partners for your project idea, finding services to support you in your ICT project within the Seventh European Framework Programme.
http://www.ideal-ist.net/  

INCOMAT

The field of medical biomaterials has recently developed a major growth potential as the demand for cardiovascular, orthopaedic as well as dental implant devices is tremendously increasing worldwide. The ageing of Europe's population will be a crucial challenge for the 21st century. Furthermore there are specific problems concerning RTD resources and capabilities existing in the Third countries (Western Balkan, Newly Independent States) having been isolated and excluded from the cooperation with EU, their networking works rather on regional level. INCOMAT contributes to eliminate these deficiencies and will create cooperation teams of excellence with experts from EU, Third countries and US.
http://www.ssa-incomat.com/

INJOY AND TRAIN

InJoy and Train is a 24 months Specific Support Action which aims at improving the quality and quantity the participation of researchers, multipliers and NCPs in the Food sector from R-U-A-B countries in European research.This objective is relevant and responds to the following major needs of policy coordination in the Food sector.
http://www.ist-world.org/ProjectDetails.aspx?ProjectId=2f8a49f4787847e08624bba05a2a214e 
http://www.injoyandtrain.eu/injoyandtrain/

JOINT SUPPORT OFFICE FOR ENHANCING UKRAINE's INTEGRATION INTO THE EU RESEARCH AREA

Content of the project: to raise public awareness on the EU research and development activities and technological areas, in particular the 7th Framework Programme (FP7) funded by the EU. To increase the opportunities and participation of the Ukrainian research and business communities for integration into the European networks that support innovation and commercialisation of research and development output. To ensure capacity building and institutional strengthening of the Ministry of Education and Science, and the National Information Point for EU-Ukraine scientific and technology cooperation. To encourage the participation of the Ukrainian R&D institutions and SMEs in the EU programmes in the field of innovation and technology transfer and to support the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine to prepare the ground for future accession of Ukraine to the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP).

NIS-NEST

The project aims to contribute towards closer and mutually beneficial collaboration between the EU and the Eastern European partner countries, in the field of novel exploratory research within the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development of EU. The trans-national consortium of the project is composed of seven partners originating from: Greece, France, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus and Republic of Moldova.
http://www.nisnest.gr/ 

SCOPE-EAST

The project "Scenarios for a coordinated approach to sustainable S/T co-operation with the Eastern Neighbours of the EU (SCOPE-EAST)" intends to take sustainable steps in view of an enhanced coordination of the R&D cooperation of interested EU-Member States and Associated Candidate States with Russia and Eastern Europe. SCOPE-EAST will address the question of how to achieve optimum coherence between national cooperation strategies and the EU R&D cooperation strategy and of how cooperation in R&D can contribute to other policies of the EU such as the European Neighbourhood policy. Target countries of SCOPE-EAST are in the first step Russia and Ukraine.
http://www.scope-east.net/

Projects of the Month

In September 2008 the new category "Project of the Month" on the web portal incrEAST was launched. Following the "Project Coordinators Meeting" of IncoNet EECA in Bonn, June 2008 the idea to present different EU projects related to EECA within the format "Project of the Month" as "Main Topic" at the IncoNet EECA-webportal incrEAST was born. Here you may also find projects with Ukrainian participation.
http://www.increast.eu/en/214.php#Projects_of_the_month

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EU supported projects in Ukraine

Banking & Financial Services

• EU Contribution to EBRD Ukraine Micro Lending Programme Regional Expansion 2008-2009
• EU Contribution to the EBRD SME Finance Support to Regional Banks and Banks with Large Regional Branch Network

Conflict prevention

• Border Management Improvement: Equipment Supply to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine

Economic Development

• Transfrontier tourism development and promotion network in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, and Maramuresh, Romania

Education

• Supply of software/hardware, presentation/office equipment and software development for Management Information System Networking in Vocational Education and Training, Ukraine
• Support to the joint World Bank ? European Commission Initiative on the Development of Human Capital for Economic Growth, Competitiveness and Innovation in Ukraine

Energy generation and supply

• Institutional Strengthening of the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)
• Support to the strengthening of the decision-making process in the field of energy security in Ukraine

Environment

• Improving Cross-Border Cooperation in Integrated Management of Water Resources in the Lower Danube Euroregion
• PANNet 2010 - Protected Area Networks - Establishment and Management of Corridors, Networks and Cooperation
• Protection and sustainable development of the Carpathians in a trans-national framework
• Spatial Planning in Coastal Zones

Governance and institutional reform

• Support to National Coordinating Unit (NCU) in Ukraine
• Support to PCA Implementation in Ukraine

Human rights and democracy

• Active Women in Local Community
• Building Community Media Centres in Rural Areas
• GDISC Ukraine Capacity Building and Technical Support to Ukrainian authorities to Effectively Respond to Irregular Transit-Migration (ERIT).A comprehensive and complementary approach to migration management support in Ukraine
• Giving a Voice to Marginalised Sections of Ukrainian Society
• Improving Knowledge of Villagers About Their Rights and Opportunities
• Legal help to families that want to adopt children, to single parents, other vulnerable families with children, orphans
• Reducing the occurrence of torture and ill treatment by the policemen in Chernivtsi, Lviv, Rivne and Transcarpathian regions
• Reforming of the state system of residential institutions for orphans and children without parental care in Ukraine: the significant step for protection of their rights
• Reggio Terzo Mondo for the Promotion of Civil Society Dialogue in Transcarpathia
• Strengthening of The Democratic Voice of Youth by The Way of Development of Community Media
• We Care About Our Future

Industry

• Boosting Ukrainian Space Cooperation with European Union
• Support to the Development of Business Capacity of Ukrainian SMEs International Dimension

Mineral resources and mining

• Assistance to Ukraine on Establishment the Management System for Strategic Oil Reserves
• Preparation of the Terms of Reference for the Project Assistance to Ukraine in setting up the Eastern Europe Regional Centre for Metrology of Gas, Oil and Oil Products in Boyarka

Nuclear safety

• EC Contribution to EBRD Chernobyl Shelter Fund (3rd pledge - 2nd part)
• Equipment for Scientific, technical and organisational support to the institute SE-SETC
• Equipment for Scientific, technical and organisational support to the institute SE-SETC
• Joint Support Office additional services
• On-Site assistance to Medzamor NPP
• On-Site assistance to Rovno NPP
• On-Site assistance to Zaporozhe NPP
• Procurement of a facility for the production of steel drums and reinforced concrete containers for radwaste storage at ChNPP (ref AP 7.2.4.1)
• Scientific, technical and organisational support to the institute SE-SETC at Kiev, Ukraine
• Technical Support to the SNRCU and its TSO in assessing Probabilistic Safety Analysis Reports (PSA) and Assistance in the licensing of Radioactive Waste Processing
• Technical assistance to Chernobyl EZ entities for implemenattion and management of EC funded Projects in Waste management
• Technical support to SNRCU and its TSOs to develop their capabilities on the basis of transferred Western European safety principles and practices (ref AP 7.2.3.1)

Territorial planning

• Protecting Historical Cultural Landscapes to stregthen regional identities and local economies

Transport

• European Development Corridor III
• Harmonisation with EU norms of the legislation and standards of Ukraine in the field of civil aviation

Water resources management

• Improvement of flood management system

Unspecified

• Accession of and implementation by Ukraine of international agreements and conventions in transport
• Reform of official statistics in Ukraine - Statistics 10
• Supply of Electronic Broadcast and IT Equipment
• Support to Secondary Health Care Reform in Ukraine

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Inventory of programmes and agreements supporting EU-Ukraine S&T cooperation

The inventory provides information on General Scientific Research Programmes of the European Union, other international grants and programmes (mobility), International Science Foundations, Science Foundations and Institutions supporting S&T cooperation in/ with Ukraine, Bilateral cooperation between the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the EU countries and associated states and on Bilateral cooperation agreements between the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the EU countries and associated states. Download here

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Good practice examples

• Reduction of CO2 - and energy consumption through collaborative logistical structures with and within the Ukraine
  download information in English or in Ukrainian
• Additives for motor oils and bio fuels on the basis of business waste recycling
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