Acronyms

AL:

Albania

ANCS:

National Authority for Scientific Research

ASO:

Austrian Science and Research Liaison offices (www.aso.zsi.at)

AT:

Austria

BA:

Bosnia and Herzegovina

BE:

Belgium

BG:

Bulgaria

BMBF:

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung)

BMWF:

Ministry for Science and Research in Austria: (Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung)

CA:

Coordination Action (FP 6)

CARDS:

Community Assistance for Reconstruction, Development and Stabilisation

CH:

Switzerland

CNRS:

French National Centre for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

CORDIS:

Community Research and Development Information ServiceThe objective of CORDIS is to disseminate public information on all Community RTD activities and their results, for the purpose of enhancing awareness of these activities, assisting interactions and cooperation among individual programmes and their participants, and helping to promote cooperation with similar RTD activities in the EU. www.cordis.lu

CS:

Serbia-Montenegro

CSI:

Centre for Social InnovationCoordinator of SEE-ERA.NET

CY:

Cyprus

CZ:

Czech Republic

DE:

Germany

EE:

Estonia

EL:

Greece

EP:

European Parliament

ERA:

European Research Area

ERA-NET:

Supporting the Cooperation and Coordination of Research Activities carried out at National or Regional LevelThe ERA-NET scheme is the principal means for the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) to support the co-operation and co-ordination of research activities carried out at national or regional level. The scheme will be financed as part of the specific programme 'Integrating and strengthening the European Research Area'. For more information: http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/era-net.html

ES:

Spain

FI:

Finland

FP 6:

Sixth Framework Programme (European Commission research)

FYRo Macedonia:

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

GSRT:

General Secretariat for Research and Technology of the Greek Ministry of Development

HES:

Higher Education Service

HU:

Hungary

IB-PT-DLR:

International Bureau of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Internationales Buero des BMBF beim Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt)

IE:

Ireland

IL:

Israel

IP:

Integrated Project (FP 6)

IS:

Iceland

IT:

Italy

Large:

large enterprise (as opposed to SME) with more than 249 employees (FP 6)

LI:

Liechtenstein

LT:

Lithuania

LU:

Luxemburg

LV:

Latvia

MAE:

French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministère des Affaires Étrangères)

MEC:

Romanian Ministry of Education and Research (MinisteruI Educatiei si Cercetrii)

MHEST:

Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Slovenia; Ministrstvo za visoko solstvo, znanost in tehnologijo

MK:

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

MoES:

Ministry of Education and Science, Albania

MON:

Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science

MON-MK:

Ministry of Education and Science of FYROM (Ministesrstvo za obrazovanie i nauka na Republika Makedonija)

MPIN:

Ministry of Education and Science of Montenegro (Ministarstvo Prosvjete i Nauke Crne Gore)

MS:

Ministry of Science of the Republic of Serbia

MSEP:

Ministry for Science and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia

MT:

Malta

MVP:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bosnia Herzegovina (Ministarstvo vanjskih poslova Bosne i Hercegovine)

MZOS:

Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (Ministarstvo znanosti, obrazovanja i sporta)

NKTH:

Hungarian National Office of Research and Technology

NL:

Netherlands

NO:

Norway

NoE:

Network of Excellence (FP 6)

PL:

Poland

PT:

Portugal

REC:

Research Centres (non-University)

RO:

Romania

RTD:

Research and Technological Development

SE:

Sweden

SEE:

Southeast Europe

SEE-ERA.NET:

Southeast European ERA-NETCoordination Action in the ERA-NET Scheme (FP6)

SI:

Slovenia

SK:

Slovakia

SME :

Small and Medium Enterprise (less than 250 emplyees; FP 6)

SSA:

Specific Support Action (FP 6)

S&T:

Science and Technology

STREP:

Specific Targeted Research Project (FP 6)

TR:

Turkey

UK:

United Kingdom

WP:

WorkpackageThe work of SEE-ERA.NET is structured in eight workpackages as described in the project contract.