The Polish Science Contact Agency – PolSCA Office activities in 2018
In 2018, the PolSCA Office team actively participated in over 70 seminars, conferences and study visits. Among them, a seminar devoted to Polish business representations in Brussels is certainly worth of mentioning. The first part of the meeting took place in the European Parliament and included the presentation of foreign stations of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Paris and Brussels as subjects implementing the tasks of scientific diplomacy. The results of research published in the book “Representation of economic and social interests in the EU” [PL: Reprezentacja interesów gospodarczych i społecznych w UE], edited by U. Kurczewska and K. Jasiecki were also presented. The second part of the seminar, organized in cooperation with the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland in Brussels, was the debate entitled “Lobbying in the EU” with the participation of authors of the above mentioned monograph and employees of the EU institutions.
In addition, together with the Polish Embassy in Brussels, the PolSCA Office co-organized a conference “Women in Science. Past and Present”. PolSCA was also a partner of the event “3Revolution: Reduce-Reuse-Recover”, during which the director of PolSCA Office – Małgorzata Molęda-Zdziech, participated in the discussion panel entitled “Poland for European Innovations”. What should also be emphasized, is the active participation of the PolSCA Office in the 8th European Forum of New Ideas (EFNI) in Sopot, under which M. Molęda-Zdziech moderated the panel on Polish lobbying in Brussels and participated in a panel discussion on Polish business leaders. PolSCA Office was also present at the Science Festival in Jabłonna. As part of the IGLO network (Informal Group of RTD Liaison Offices), the so-called IGLO OPEN seminar was organized and chaired by the PolSCA, covering the issue of the Horizon Europe. The Office was involved in co-organizing a training on framework programs for international project administrators from Polish research institutions. In 2018 a series of meetings for representatives of Polish regional offices in Brussels was initiated – the topic of one of ten meetings was the issue of “smart cities”. A very fruitful cooperation was established with the Polish Academy of Sciences Office in Paris, under which two study visits, the presentation of both stations in the European Parliament and a debate on scientific diplomacy in practice during the Science Festival in Jabłonna took place.
More information about the activities of the remaining scientific stations of the Polish Academy of Sciences can be found at the link:
Sources:
Polska Akademia Nauk
V4 Training
Report by the Polonium Foundation “Beyond recognition: Polish scientific diaspora as a source of social capital”
Do you know that every second polish scientist working abroad does not intend to return to Poland? The return is considered by less than one-third of respondents (27 percent). Among those who want to stay abroad (47%), more than half see benefits in networking and cooperating with scientists from Poland, yet only 6% is actively looking for these contacts. The lack of cooperation between scientists results from the lack of opportunities to make contact – this is the opinion of the authors of the report, experts from the Polonium Foundation.
PUBLIC HEARING
„Horizon Europe, EU’s Research and Innovation Excellence”
V4 Breakfast
ERA Chairs Group Leader position at the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw, Poland
The International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw (IIMCB) invites applications for the position of a Group Leader with a planned starting date in November 2018.
Deadline for applications is October 31st, 2018.
Open competition for ERA Chairs Group Leader_IIMCB
Meeting for the representatives of the Polish regions in Brussels
Bike sharing revolution! Positive (and negative!) aspects of urban bike systems.
This month PolSCA meeting is about bicycle systems – one of the most dynamically developing means of urban transportation. Seen as an opportunity to minimize traffic in the European agglomerations, bicycles are enthusiastically welcomed by users and remain interesting topic for media. Good practices and new trends in European bike systems will be shared by Adam Michalewicz from Next Bike Poland.
The following topics will be addressed:
- good practices, new trends, nameley how urban bike systems function in Poland and Europe,
- the future of urban bikes – opportunities and challenges of urban bike systems development,
- inclusion – how everybody can profit from urban bike systems.
Mission-Oriented Research & Innovation in the European Union
The call for feeback on different aspects of future research and innovation missions was published by the European Commission. The results will feed into the preparatory work for the post-2020 EU R&I programme and its implementation.
We invite all the stakeholders to take part!
https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/482a79de-3fad-17e1-c60d-2e4418c1a95d
PolSCA participates already in this process.
Meeting with the Vysehrad Research Liaison Offices – V4 Breakfast
The plans related to the next training for research managers will be discussed as well as a strategy to disseminate the V4 Academies of Sciences Position Paper on FP9.
Position Statement by the V4 Academies of Sciences on Framework Programme 9
The Academies of Sciences of the Visegrad countries took part in the public consultation on EU funds in the area of investment, research & innovation, SMEs and single market and elaborated the position paper on Framework Programme 9.
https://informacje.pan.pl/images/media/materialy/2018/03/V4_Position_statement.pdf
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