Overview of the INT-ER-LINK project

Promoting International Cooperation for Environment Research Through Dissemination and Networking Activities

The major objectives of this Specific Support Action are to promote the role played by the Framework Programme in enabling International Cooperation on Global Change and Ecosystems research and to facilitate the uptake of the results of the research being carried out. This will be done by using a combined approach of awareness-raising and networking activities.

The project will focus in particular on two groups of Third Countries: Africa and the Newly Independent States since enhanced cooperation with these third countries would have a high impact on the implementation of both Research and Sustainable Development policies of the European Union.

In order to have direct access to the Environmental scientific community a consortium has been composed of National Contact Points, International Organisations and National Information Points, spanning across Europe, Africa and the Newly Independent States.

Project proposed activities:

The networking activities will help build interfaces/linkages between

1. the European scientific community and the Third Country scientific community
2. the scientific and the development cooperation communities
3. the network of National Contact Points to other networks in Third countries who are active in the promotion of the Framework Programme or could potentially play this role
4. The NCP community for environment, and related fields

The dissemination and networking activities will pave the way to an enhanced cooperation with Third Countries. The project does not cover the normal duties of NCPs but the additional networking activities.