Completed Projects

ERANet-LAC

Network of the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean Countries on Joint Innovation and Research Activities

Duration:
01/10/2013 to 30/04/2017

Total:
Contribution to Uruguay – Euros 24.085
Financed by the 7th Framework Programme for Research of the European Union

It is an international cooperation network, whose main objective is to develop a range of activities between the countries of Latin-America and the EU, to strengthen the research and national formation ERANet-LAC.

This network of countries aims to encourage bi-regional partnerships in science, technology and innovation by the planning and implementation of concrete joint activities.

Two joint calls are planned for research projects, financed by economic contributions of the partner countries of the project.

Coordinator:
Deutsches Zentrum Fuer Luft (DLR– Alemania)

Partner:

·         Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva (MINCyT – Argentina)

·         Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimiento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq – Brazil)

·         Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (CONICYT – Chile)

·         Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO – Spain)

·         Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FECYT- CYTED – Spain)

·         Suomen Akatemia (AKA – Finland)

·         Institut de Recherche Pour le Developpement (IRD – France)

·         Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT – Mexico)

·         Norges Forskningsrad (RCN – Norway)

·         Consejo Nacional de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica (CONCYTED – Peru)

·         Secretaría Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (SENACYT- Panama)

·         Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT – Portugal)

·         Ministerio de Educación Superior, Ciencia y Tecnología (MESCYT – Dominican Republic)

·         Unitatea Executiva Pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior, a Cercetarii Dezvoltarii si Inovarii (UEFISCDI – Romania)

·         Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Ara?t?rma Kurumu (TUBITAK – Turkey)

·         Ministerio de Educación y Cultura (MEC – Uruguay)

Working Packages (WPs)

·         WP1 Identification of procedure, topics, instruments and actors

·         WP2 Definition of a Project strategy and development of an action plan for ERA-NET (MEC)

·         WP3 Promotion of mutual opening and coordination of existing programs and infrastructure of EU-LAC

·         WP4 Implementation of joint calls (MEC)

·         WP5 Lead the way for innovation and sustainability of joint bi-regional activities

·         WP6 Coordination and management

NMP-LA

Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production Technologies Development in Latin American Countries

Duration: 01/10/2013 to 01/10/2015

Total:
Contribution to Uruguay: Euros 38.170
Financed by the 7th Framework Programme for Research of the European Union

The Project NMP – of LA brings together partners and experts from all over Latin-America and Europe to develop a range of activities between the two regions, in order to encourage research and the formation of local potential, as a way to reach the aim of implementing advanced technologies and allow….. in the areas of the biggest social challenge in Latin-America: energy, water and health.

El proyecto NMP- de LA reúne a socios y expertos de toda América Latina y Europa para desarrollar una serie de actividades entre las dos regiones, con el objetivo de fortalecer la investigación y la formación del potencial local, como medio para lograr el objetivo de la implementación de tecnologías avanzadas y permiten en las áreas de mayor desafío social en América Latina: la energía, el agua y la salud.???????????QUE?

Coordinator:
Private Foundation ASCAMM (ASCAMM – Spain)

Partner:

·         Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva (MINCyT – Argentina)

·         Zentrum Fuer Soziale Innovation (ZSI – Austria)

·         Universidade Federal do Parana (RELANS – Brazil)

·         Funcación Empresarial Comunidad Europea Chile Eurochile (EUROCHILE – Chile)

·         Malsch Technovaluation (MTV – Netherlands)

·         REDINN SRL (REDINN – Italy)

·         Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT (VTT – Finland)

·         Centro de Investigaciones en Materiales Avanzados SC (CIMAV – CONACYT – Mexico)

·         Institute of Nanotechnology (IoN – United Kingdom)

·         Ministerio de Educación y Cultura (MEC – Uruguay)

Working Packages (WPs):

·         WP1 Coordination and Management

·         WP2 Mapping, Development of Strategy and Recommendations

·         WP3 EU-LAC networks, consultations, dialogue and open platform for innovation(MEC)

·         WP4 Education, training and provision of expertise (MEC)

·         WP5 Communication and dissemination