Special Event 1: Cooperation in South East Europe – Programs, Projects, Initiatives
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Hotel Böglerhof
Breakout
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in englischer SpracheIn accordance with the EU-Balkan countries Action Plan in Science and Technology and in addition to specific support activities in FP 6, Austria has developed programs, projects and initiatives to meet actual demands of the scientific community, to strengthen human resources in the countries concerned and to address the innovative potential in the region. The working group will discuss the role of science and research in the process of socio-economic stabilisation and growth in the region and present concrete measures that could enhance the role of the region in the European Knowledge Area.
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Dipl.-Ing. Martin Felix GAJDUSEK
Director of the Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office (ASO) Sofia
| 1993-1997 | Part of the faculty council at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Austrian Students Union(ÖH) |
| 1994-2002 | Engagements in LLL, NGO-Engagements, in charge of education programmes "Environmental Detectives", presentations and practical excursions (about 150 times), Students Association at university (Management and organization of events) |
| 1998 | film-events with Bulgarian Short films, TU-cine-Studio |
| 1999 | Fieldwork(6 months) in Bulgaria, grant by the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna(BOKU) University degree, Diploma study "Landscape Architecture"(2000) |
| since 2001 | Project Proposal for the Austrian Institute of East and Southeast European Studies(5.FP, "Rural Development in the CEEC") |
| 2000 | , 2001, 2002 Organization of the Austrian Bulgarian Summerschool |
| 2002-2003 | Director of the Sofia branch office of the Austrian Institute of East and Southeast European Studies |
| since 2004 | Director of the Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office Sofia |
Mag. Hans-Jörg HUMMER
Austrian Developement Agency, Country Desk South East Europe
| World University Service Austria | |
| 1999-2000 | Head of Montenegro Office (Podgorica) |
| 2001 | Executive Secretary (Graz) |
| Austrian Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs | |
| 2002-2003 | Country Desk South East Europe |
| Austrian Development Agency | |
| 2004 | Country Desk South East Europe |
| from 09/2004 Head of Coordination Office Belgrade |
Mag. Peter Bernhard MAYR
Policy Officer, Unit D.3 - Specific international cooperation activities, Directorate-General for Research, European Commission, Brussels
| 1998-1999 | Festival of Central European Culture, Austrian Cultural Centre, London |
| 1999-2003 | Specialisation in the field of European and International higher education, Austrian agency for international mobility and cooperation in education, science and research (ÖAD) and the Austrian Research Association (ÖFG) |
| 2004-2008 | Coordination, EU project "The South-East European ERA-NET", fourteen European ministries and three RTD funding institutions as project partners, Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) as coordinating institution, Vienna |
| 2007 | Consultant, The World Bank |
| since 2008 | Policy officer (SNE) in the field of International Cooperation, DG Research, European Commission |
DI Iulia Cecilia MIHAIL
Director, Department of European Integration and International Cooperation, National Authority for Scientific Research, Ministry of Education, Research and Youth, Bucharest
| 1993-1994 | Fine Mechanics Factory of Bucharest: Physicist engineer - technologist in the "Watch" department, head of the Vacuum Deposition Laboratory |
| 1993-2004 | Ministry of Education and Research. In charge with bilateral cooperation, regional cooperation, relations with International organisations |
| since 2004 | in charge with the European research programs; Duties: management, negotiation and concluding bilateral, international, European specific programs NCP for INCO |
Mag. Georg PANHOLZER
Deputy Head, Department C1.12, Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth, Vienna
| Vienna University of Business Administration and Economics (branch: International Business Administration) | |
| 1994 | Graduation, Master Thesis: "The Sanctions of the US against Panama; A Case Study: Sanctions against a |
| Tertiary Economy" | |
| 1994-1996 | Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs: Division for Small and Medium Enterprises: Project leader of national |
| programme to the "Community Initiative for Small and Medium Enterprises" (Structural Funds) | |
| since 1996 | Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Labour, Division for International Technology and Innovation |
| 1996-2002 | National Delegate/National Expert in INCO-Committee of EU- Framework Programme for FTD (DG Research) |
| 2000-2002 | National Delegate to the eContent Programme of the EU (DG INFSO) |
| since 2002 | Project leader for the programme STRAPAMO (Formation of Strategic S&T-Partnerships |
| with Central and Eastern Europe) | |
| since 2004 | Project leader for the programme "Technology Initiative Internationalization East" (Technology initiative towards |
| Central and Eastern Europe), with the programme CIR-CE (Co-operation in Innovation and Research with | |
| Central and Eastern Europe) as the central element | |
| 2004 | Traineeship in European Commission/DG Research Unit B2 - "Coordination of National Research Policies"/ |
| ERA-Net |
Dr. Miroslav POLZER
Direktor des Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office (ASO) Ljubljana (im Auftrag des BMBWK)
| 1987-1992 | Diplomstudium der Betriebswirtschaftslehre an der Karl- Franzens- Universität, Graz; |
| 1992-1995 | Doktoratstudium der Sozial- und Wirtschafts- Wissenschaften, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und -politik, Graz |
| 1995-1996 | Aufbaustudium Technischer Umweltschutz, TU Graz |
| Beruflicher Werdegang: | |
| 1994-1995 | Ost- Mitteleuropa- Koordinator der Koordinierungsstelle der Österreichischen Bischofskonferenz für internationale Entwicklung und Mission, Wien |
| 1995 | pädagogischer Mitarbeiter des slowenischen Bildungshauses SODALITAS, Tainach/Tinje |
| 1996-2003 | Leiter der Laibacher Außenstelle des Österreichischen Ost- und Südosteuropainstituts |
| seit 2004 | Leiter des ASO Ljubljana (Dienstgeber: Zentrum für Soziale Innovation (ZSI), Wien), Aufgabenbereich: Unterstützung österreichisch-slowenischer Wissenschaftskooperationen und Mitwirkung bei der BMBWK-Westbalkan-Wissenschaftsinitiative |
Dr. Klaus SCHUCH
Strategic Research Manager, ZSI - Centre for Social Innovation, Vienna
| Studied Geography and Economic Sciences; History and Social Sciences at the University of Vienna | |
| 1987-1992 | Research fellow, Department of Economic Geography, Vienna University of Business Administration and Economics and Austrian Research Centres Seibersdorf |
| 1992-1994 | Research Assistant, Department of Economic and Social Geography, Vienna University of Business Administration and Economics |
| 1992-1995 | Lecturer, Vienna University of Business Administration and Economics and Johannes Kepler University in Linz |
| 1994-1996 | Head, branch office Sofia, OSI - Austrian Institute of East and Southeast European Studies, Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 1996-2001 | Head, unit for Third Country Co-operation, BIT - Bureau for International Research and Technology Co-operation in Vienna/Austria (INCO-NCP) |
| 1997 | Lecturer, master class "Central and Eastern Europe", Vienna University of Business and Economics |
| Topic: Transformation of the Economic Geography and Regional Development in the CEECs | |
| 1998 | Lecturer, Regional Competitiveness, Vienna University of Business and Economics |
| 1999 | Consultant, PHARE-Project "Polish Participation in EU-RTD Programmes", Poland |
| since 2001 | Senior Researcher, Centre for Social Innovation (CSI), Vienna (Managing Director from 2002-2012) |
| since 2006 | Lecturer, "Design, Evaluation and Monitoring", University of Vienna |
| Lecturer, postgraduate SOQUA course for vocational education in social scientific research | |
| 2012 | Member of the International STI Cooperation Expert Group of DG Research and Innovation |
Dr. Viktor STEFOV
Ministry of Education and Science, Ilindenska bb, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Institute of Chemistry (Department of physical chemistry), University "Sv. Kiril i Metodij"
| Completed studies in 1984, University "Sv. Kiril i Metodij" | |
| Postgraduate studies completed in 1992, University "Sv. Kiril i Metodij" | |
| Doctoral studies completed in 1997, University "Sv. Kiril i Metodij" | |
| 1986-1998 | Assistant lecturer for subjects in the field of physical chemistry, University "Sv. Kiril i Metodij" |
| in 1993, 1994, 1996 Dept. of chemistry and physics at King s College, London, England | |
| 1997 | Faculty of Chemistry, Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 1998 | Assistant Professor, University "Sv. Kiril i Metodij" |
| 1998-2002 | Head of Department of physical chemistry, Faculty of Science |
| 1999 | nstitute of Inorganic Chemistry at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
| 2000 | , 2002 nstitute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Siegen, Germany |
| 2001 | University of Janina, Greece |
| 2003 | Associated Professor, University "Sv. Kiril i Metodij", in the following subjects: Selected topics of physical chemistry, Spectroscopic methods (IR, Raman, NMR, UV, Mass Spectrometry), Sources and use of chemical information |
| Current position: Head of the Department of Science, Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of Macedonia |
Dr. Albena VUTSOVA
Executive Director, National Science Fund, Ministry of Education and Science, Sofia
| since 1991 | National Science Fund, General secretary |
| 1993-1996 | University of world economy-Sofia, Study of Financial Management |
| 1999 | HRK Germany and ERASMUS University Netherlands, NATO-Internship on Research evaluation |
| since 1999 | Coordination Council of Association at the Council of Ministers, Head of Work Group 17 for EU association |
| negotiations on Chapter 17 "Science and Researches" | |
| Ministry of education and Science, National Coordinator for EU Sixth Framework Programme | |
| 2002 | Twente University, Course for European research evaluation |
| 2004 | Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) |
| Ministry of Education and Science, Director Department "Scientific research and projects" |
Dr. Anneliese STOKLASKA
Ehemals stellvertretende Sektionsleiterin sowie Leiterin, Abteilung II.6 - Internationale Forschungskooperationen, Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung, Wien
| 1970-1971 | Austrian newspaper "Kurier" |
| 1971-1991 | Administrative Assistant, Vienna University of Technology |
| 1984 | Ph.D. Degree, Medieval History, University of Vienna |
| 1991 | Department for International Research Co-operation, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture |
| 1994-2011 | Head, Department for International Research Co-operation, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture |
| 2009-2011 | Deputy Director General, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research |
