December 28, 2010
India-EU and Member States Partnership for a Strategic Roadmap in Research and Innovation
Focal theme: Water and Bioresources Related Challenges

Dr. Klaus Schuch (ZSI, board member of KEF) participated as the delegate of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research (BMWF) and reported about the conference during the last board meeting of KEF.

Excerpt from the programme:
'The new European Partnership for International Science and Technology Cooperation launched in 2008 aims to develop greater coherence in terms of cooperation between the EU and Member States on the one hand and major strategic partner countries worldwide. A Strategic Forum for International S&T Cooperation (SFIC), composed of high level representatives of the European Commission and the Member States, has been set up to steer the implementation of this new EU and its Member States partnership. It has chosen India as strategic partner country with which to start implementing its first pilot initiative, focusing on water-related challenges.'

Date: November 11-12, 2010
Ort: Delhi, India

Downloads:

• Presentation by Dr. Klaus Schuch 72.71 kb
• Joint Chairpersons' Statement 144.22 kb
• Technology Mission: WAR for Water 362.21 kb (Plan Document prepared by Union Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India)
• Programme of the conference 424.72 kb