BILAT-UKR*AINA project completes its activities

30 June 2015 was the last day of the EU funded project BILAT-UKR*AINA (Enhancing the BILATeral S&T Partnership with UKRraine * Advanced INnovative Approach). The project aimed to provide a framework to foster cooperation in Research, Technological Development and Innovation (RTDI) between the European Union and Ukraine. It was was launched in 2012 and based on previous projects dealing with Ukraine, in particular BILAT-UKR (2008-2012). A follow-up project on EU-Ukraine cooperation in research and innovation is currently under preparation. 

Through its diverse activities, BILAT-UKR*AINA:

• supported the institutional S&T Policy Dialogue between the European Commission, the EU Member States and Ukraine;
• provided analytical input and operational tailor-made support to the Joint S&T Cooperation Committee and ensured practical follow-up;
• monitored and analysed the STI cooperation between EU and Ukraine;
• transferred best practice concepts and know-how on funding programmes, technology transfer, innovation support measures etc.;
• supported the association process of Ukraine to HORIZON 2020 programme though analytical inputs;
• supported the establishment of the Ukrainian NCP network and training of NCPs;
• promoted the Ukrainian participation in HORIZON 2020;
• provided training for researchers, organised targeted events webinars, in-house trainings, workshops, a summer school and HORIZON 2020 promotion events;
• facilitated implementation of the joint EU-Ukraine STI Roadmap through pilot activities (i.e. established of the Ukrainian National Technology Platform for Advanced Materials – UNTPAM) and identified mutual research topics in the fileds of Nanotechnologies and Biotechnologies to further support the road-mapping process between EU and Ukraine and
• reached relevant policy-level institutions, funding bodies, NCPs, researchers, research managers/institutions, research-oriented SMEs and industry, other relevant EU projects and the public at large.

The project activities were implemented by a project consortium consisting of nine renowned institutions from EU Member States and Ukraine and coordinated by the Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) in Austria.

The project website and the related web portal S&T Gate UKR.EU were hosted and maintained by the DLR Project Management Agency, Germany.

All project outputs as well as other project related information are publicly accessible here.

Contact:

Gorazd Weiss, Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI), weiss@zsi.at