Training for managers of European research projects “V4 Training”

On April 26-28, another edition of the training for managers of European research projects “V4 Training” took place, which was organized by PolSCA together with the Czech National Agency for International Education and Research (CZELO), the National Office for Research, Development and Innovation in Hungary (NRDIO) and the Slovak Liaison Office for Research and Development (SLORD).

The second virtual edition of the event was attended by 36 experts dealing with projects financed from European funds, who came from Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. In addition, the training was also attended – through the IGLO network – by representatives of R&D organizations in Lithuania, Estonia, Belgium, Switzerland and Austria. Among Polish participants, we hosted seven female leaders from the following centers:

• Julia GOŚCIAŃSKA-ŁOWIŃSKA, director of the Łukasiewicz-Industrial Institute of Agricultural Machines in Poznań
• Katarzyna KOPAŃCZYK, director of the Department of International Research Programs at the University of Life Sciences in Wrocław
• Anna LEŚNODORSKA, Head of the TCS AH Executive Office at the Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Krakow
• Joanna PRZEDRZYMIRSKA, deputy director for organization and development at the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Sopot
• Izabela RASZCZYK, director of administrative matters at the International Center for Research on Anticancer Vaccines at the University of Gdańsk
• Agnieszka TADRZAK, Director’s Plenipotentiary for Research and Development Funding at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw
• Monika SKOWRON, legal advisor at the Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences A. Krupkowski in Krakow

During the three-day training “V4 Training”, the following topics were discussed: new elements introduced to the Horizon Europe framework program, innovation ecosystems of the European Innovation Council (EIC) and the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT), and the comitology procedure in the EU European Union, preparation of Work Programs or Open Science policy. The issue of best practices was also discussed, incl. in the areas of communication, dissemination and valorisation of project results. In addition, the director of the PolSCA Office – Dr. Tomasz Poprawka – discussed the subject of awareness of stakeholders such as R&D organizations with the participants of the training. on the example of associations and networking organizations.

The PolSCA office hosted the second day of the training, which was devoted to investing in scientists and their networking, mainly based on the instruments of Horizon Europe. The first meeting on attracting and developing talents was led by Ewa Kocińska-Lange from NCBR / Business Science Poland together with Marcela Groholova from the Research Executive Agency, Marie Curie Actions. Then, Ewa Kocińska-Lange spoke again about supporting international cooperation through the Horizon Europe program, this time with Katalin Alföldi from COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). Finally, Anne Pépin from DG Research and Innovation presented the topic of Gender Equality Plans.

These issues were raised again by the same panellists during interactive sessions in the form of exchanging experiences, in which participants of previous V4 Training also took part. From Poland, they were Anna Pawlus, coordinator of the research group at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and Anna Stachowiak-Szrejbrowska, head of the Grant Application Support Section at the Adam Mickiewicz University.

We invite you to participate in the next edition of “V4 Training”, which – also in the online version – will take place in the second half of November 2021!