SEA-EU-NET Profile

Overview

The SEA-EU-NET project is based on the program Capacities under the 7th Framework Program of the EU-Commission with the strategic objective of "Integrating and Strengthening the EU-ASEAN Science and Technology Dialogue through coordination and supporting activities".

Duration : 4 years (2008-2011)

Budget : 2.9 Million EUR

Objectives :

• Networking: To facilitate a bi-regional dialogue involving stakeholders from policy making, science community and industries. The dialogue will address the respective S&T potentials, policy goals and demands in order to define common priorities and to develop joint scenarios and implementation strategies for strengthening the S&T cooperation.
• Reporting: To report to the EU-Commission, EU-presidencies, the ASEAN-secretariat and the ASEAN-COST Chairman in order to incorporate recent political developments and to generally highlight EU-ASEAN initiatives within the political decision process.
• Analysis: To identify key-players and institutions in national research systems and to analyse the current S&T cooperation between EU and ASEAN member states by conducting a strategic mapping exercise and analysing bi-lateral EU-ASEAN relations. The strategic mapping exercise will facilitate information exchange and highlight opportunities for future cooperation.
• Advising: To support the coordination of S&T cooperation activities with other EU policies and thus to ensure a coherent approach towards the SEA-ASEAN with emphasis on the Neighbourhood Policy (External Relations).
• FP7- Participation: To strengthen the participation of EU-SEA-collaboration projects in the 7th EU Framework Program with emphasis on the "Cooperation" and "Peoples" part of the program by establishing a network of National Information Points for EU-FP7 in SEA.
• Topic Identification: To assist in joint identification of topics for collaboration under FP7 thematic programmes.
• Scenario Development: To develop joint scenarios and setting up S&T related implementation activities addressed to deal with global challenges (in particular Millennium Development Goals.
• Foresight: To provide EU and ASEAN S&T policy-makers with strategic policy recommendations on future research cooperation between these two regions.

The Roles of RISTEK in this project :

• Co-leader of Work Package 2 : Coordination with other EU and multi-lateral policies
• Task Leader 1.2 : "Recruitment" of stakeholders and network support
• Task Leader 2.2 : Compiling and maintaining the directory
• Contributor of Task 1.4. : Planning and organising conferences and meetings
• Contributor of Task 2.1. : Identifying EU-ASEAN-bi-lateral and multi-lateral patterns
• Contributor of Task 2.3. : Active partnering with stakeholder institutions
• Contributor of Task 2.5. : Identifying new partners and ongoing evaluation of consortium structures
• Contributor of Task 2.6. : Inventory of EU and SEA Policies on Standardisation (Scientific, industrial, legal metrology, organisations in metrology and standardisation)
• Contributor of Task 3.2. : Increased information about of FP7 in SEA-countries and enhanced participation
• Contributor of Task 3.3. : Establishment of EU-Info-points within the SEA-region
• Contributor of Task 3.4. : Increased participation of SEA in the "Peoples" part of the 7th FP
• Contributor of Task 4.1. : Review of national S&T statistics and statistical capacities in SEA
• Contributor of Task 6.2. : Financial Management, reporting and auditing procedures
• Contributor of Task 6.3. : Creating and maintaining the Web-based communication platform for the project