Международное сотрудничество

incrEAST предоставляет информацию о направлениях и целях международного сотрудничества в области науки и технологий между Молдавией, странами ВЕСА, членами Евросоюза и ассоциированными странами и обеспечивает развивающуюся сеть для поддержки сотрудничества.

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Scope and objectives

• Integration into the European Research Area;
• Initiation and fostering of relations with similar institutions abroad;
• Facilitation of access to world-class research infrastructures abroad;
• Participation in international grant projects and programmes;
• Representation of Moldovan scientific community in international scientific organizations;
• Enhancing the international visibility of Moldovan scientific accomplishments;
• Taking over of success practices in the R&D area.

Co-operation with EECA-countries

The Academy of Sciences of Moldova (ASM) collaborates on the basis of bilateral scientific agreements with various research institutions from

• the Russian Federation (The Russian Academy of Sciences, The Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, The Russian Fund of Fundamental Research, the Russian Fund for Humanitarian Research);
• Belarus Republic (National Academy of Sciences, the State Committee for Science and Technologies of Belarusian Republic created on the basis of inter-governmental agreement between Republics of Belarus and Moldova regarding the cooperation in science and technology, and the Republican Fund of Fundamental Research);
• Ukraine (National Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Agricultural Sciences – including a Convention that implied a collaboration between the Academy of Agricultural Sciences “Gheorghe Ionescu-Şişeşti” from Romania and the Academy of Agricultural Sciences from Ukraine, the Southern Scientific Center of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine);
• Azerbaijan (signed an Agreement on scientific cooperation with the National Academy of Sciences in June 2007);

as well as scientific organizations like: International Association of Science Academies (MAAN), Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), the Science & Technology Center in Ukraine (STCU) and cooperation in the framework of Organization for Democracy and Economic Development between Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova (GUAM).

Thus, within the framework of the bilateral Agreement on scientific and technological cooperation between the Academy of Sciences of Moldova and the Russian Fund of Fundamental Research were financed 44 projects were selected and financed for the 2006-2007 time period, in 2008-2009 a new contest was promoted with 78 project proposals waiting to be evaluated.

ASM and the Republican Fund of Fundamental Research launched an open call for jointly funded projects for 2008-2010, having 33 projects to evaluate.

The Science & Technology Center in Ukraine (STCU) finances 6 projects of Moldovan researchers.

Co-operation with EU-member states and associated countries

Scientific cooperation between the European Union and Republic of Moldova is stipulated in the EU/Moldova Action Plan in the Chapter 2.6 Transport, energy, telecommunications, environment, and Research, development and innovation under “Research, development and innovation”. The immediate result of EU-RM collaborative relations is expressed in the participation of Moldovan scientific community in the Framework Programmes in the area of research. For example, from 65 project proposals submitted to the FP6, 19 were accepted.

ASM has concluded Agreement on scientific cooperation with Academies of Sciences from the following EU-member states and associated countries:

• Poland,
• Hungary,
• Bulgaria,
• Romania (including the Academy of Agricultural Sciences “Gheorghe Ionescu-Şişeşti”),
• Montenegro,
• Turkey and
• Austria.

Cooperative activities are also carried out in the framework of the following organizations:

• Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC),
• NATO Science for Peace and Security Committee,
• All European Academies (ALLEA),
• Central European Initiative (CEI),
• International Union of Academies (UAI-IUA),
• the International Council for Science (ICSU),
• Central and Eastern European Networking Association (CEENet), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),
• European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST),
• Scientific Co-operation between Eastern Europe and Switzerland (SCOPES),
• UNESCO etc.

EU-funded co-operation/ projects

2007

SCOPES (Switzerland)

• SNF IB 7320-110720 ”New Priority Disciplines and Algorithms in Queuing Analysis”  (2005-2008). Coord. m.c. Gh.Mişcoi, (51700 $).
• IB-7320-110935 “Investigation of the variability of aerosol optical thinckness and solar irradiance in an urban environment of Kishiney” (2005-2008). Coord. Dr. A.Aculinin, Institute of Applied Physics  (51700 $).
• IB-7320-110902/1 “Conversion of renewable kinetic energy of water: synthesis, theoretical modeling and experimental evaluation” (2005-2008). Coord. acad. I.Bostan, Technical University of Moldova (51700 $).
• IB-73AO 110988 “Elaboration of a low cost micromethod for identification, rapid cultivation and antibiotic susceptibility testing of Helicobacter pylori in clinical samples” (2005-2007). Coord. N.Sainsus, State University of Medical Studies and Pharmacy “N.Testemiţanu” (51700 $).
• IB 7320-110921/1 “New type of sensitive “con tenuous” focal plane array for teraherz radiation defection: development of the physical principles of operation” (2005-2008). Coord. dr. A.Nicorici, Institute of Electronic Engineering and Industrial Technologies (51700 $).
• IB 7320-111004 “Experimental and theoretical study of exchange and vibronic interactions in compounds containing orbitally degenerate or quasi-degenerate metal ions: prospects for practical applications” (2005-2008). Coord. dr. hab. S.Klokishner, Institute of Applied Physics (52000 $).
• New Approaches for Building Potential Magnetic Materials: from Isolated Metal Clusters to Molecule-based Magnets, (2006 –2008). Coord. Revenco Mihail, dr.hab., prof., Institute of Chemistry, (72000 CHF (770400 lei MD)).

European Commission

• Project INCO nr. 015040 „Future oriented Re-conversion: The Use of Foresight as a Driver for Industrial diversification” Agency for Innovation and Technology Transfer, Moldova (FP6-2002-INCO, Russia, NIS/SSA-4).
• Project FP6-2004-NEST-C-2-28964 “Opening up the New and Emerging Science and Technology in NIS countries”.
• Project Idealist 7FP partners-045059 “The IST Partner Search Network”.
• Project CIT2-CT-2004-506051 “The European Universities for Entrepreneurship – their Role in the Europe of Knowledge”.
• Project 026617 “Distributed Optical Gateway from Eastern Europe to GEANT (POS)”.
• Project 031775 “South-Eastern European GRID-enabled infrastructure Development 2 (SEE-GRID-2)”.
• Project 630/5323 “Nouveaux remedies d’origine algal”.
• Project BSEC/PDF/002/10.2004 „Promitheas Energy View of BSEC Countries”.
• Marie Curie International Fellowships Program of the FP6 Programme of European Union “MODULATED CONVERTERS”, 2005-2007.

TEMPUS

• “Problem based medical education for Moldova” (2005-2007). Coord.: Dr. V.Vovc, State University of Medical Studies and Pharmacy “N.Testemiţanu”.

In 2007 continued the implementation of projects financed jointly by ASM and INTAS for 2006-2008 (12 research projects of 1 million Euro and 8 projects for young researchers with the total amount of 112240 Euro), 9 excellence scholarships provided by the World Federation of Scientists.

Further co-operations

Agreements on scientific cooperation between the Academy of Sciences of Moldova and the following institutions were signed: the Royal Society of London, the U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF), the National Academy of Sciences of China.

A great support for the Moldovan science development is granted by CRDF through the Moldovan Research and Development Association (MRDA). In 2007, 7 grants were offered by the Cooperative Grant Program (CGP and RESC), 10 by the Bilateral Grant Program (BGP-III), 8 STEP Grants for the development of the entrepreneurship in the technological-scientific area, 14 grants by the Moldovan Travel Grants Program for Young Investigators (MTFP).

Source: CIT
Last up-date: 15.04.2008