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International Cooperation in the Capacities programme

The Capacities Programme of FP7 aims enhance research and innovation capacities. International activities under Capacities focus on dialogue on current and future research priorities between different stakeholders in and outside the EU.

The outcomes of these dialogues contribute to developing research policy, offer input to the respective FP7 Specific Programmes, and inspire research topics for future international cooperation, in particular in the Cooperation Programme.

The Capacities programme does not focus on a specific theme or research area, but works across FP7.

Opportunities in the 2012 work programme:

Bi-regional coordination of Science and Technology (S&T) cooperation including priority-setting and definition of S&T cooperation policies (FP7-INCO-2012-1,INCO-NET). 
This INCO-NET call focuses on addressing societal challenges, supporting policy dialogue, and developing cooperation on innovation.

Target regions: Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Meditarranean Partner Countries and South East Asian
Counties.

INCO-NET calls aims at:

• structuring and strengthening the bi-regional cooperation on Science, Technology and Innovation;
• supporting the institutional bi-regional policy dialogue in S&T
• monitoring progress in the bi-regional S&T cooperation.

For full details of the call, visit the EC website.

Bilateral coordination for the enhancement and development of S&T
This BILAT call targets individual countries that concluded or are in the process of negotiating bilateral S&T agreements with the European Union.

Countries covered by the call are:

• Area 1: Australia, Brazil, China, India, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, United States of America.
• Area 2: Argentina, Chile, Jordan, Mexico, Morocco, Ukraine.

BILAT aims are:

• supporting the institutional dialogue under the bilateral S&T agreement between the EU and the targeted country
• promoting bilateral cooperation between research and innovation actors
• monitoring progress in the bilateral S&T cooperation.

For full details of the call, visit the EC website.