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DESCRIPCIÓN PROYECTOS

MATERA

www.matera.fi

Regiones participantes:

MATERA is a European network project for public funding organisations having strategic activities in the field of materials science and engineering. MATERA began in February 2005 and the consortium, coordinated by TEKES from Finland, consists of 19 national funding organisations from 17 countries and regions.

País/Región Organismo Siglas Web

Finland Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation Tekes www.tekes.fi/eng/
Belgium/ Flanders The Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology of Flanders IWT www.iwt.be/
Belgium/ Wallonia Ministry of the Walloon Region DGTRE www.wallonie.be/
Finland The Academy of Finland AKA www.aka.fi/
Germany/ North Rhine Westphalia Ministry of Innovation, Science, Research and Technology of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia MIWFT www.innovation.nrw.de/
Iceland The Icelandic Centre for Research RANNIS www.rannis.is/
Ireland Enterprise Ireland EI www.enterprise-ireland.com/
Israel Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport MOST www.most.gov.il
Italy Ministry Of University and Resarch MUR www.miur.fi/
Latvia The Latvian Council of Science LCS www.lzp.lv/
Luxembourg The National Research Fund FNR www.fnr.lu/
Norway The Research Council of Norway RCN www.rcn.no/
Poland Ministry of Science and Higher Education MSHE www.nauka.gov.pl/
Slovenia The Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology MHEST www.mvzt.gov.si/index.php?id=94&L=1
Spain/ Madrid Madrid Region/Comunidad de Madrid madri+d www.madrimasd.org/
Switzerland KTI/ CTI Innovation Promotion Agency www.kti-cti.ch/
Turkey The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey TÜBITAK www.tubitak.gov.tr/
United Kingdom/ Northern Ireland Invest Northern Ireland Invest NI www.investni.com/

Área:

ERA NET

Programa:	6th Framework Programme - ERA NET

Duración:	March 2005 - February 2008

Objetivo:

The MATERA project has two main long term objectives:

to increase stepwise ambitious programme-type collaboration between European countries and regions in the field of materials science and engineering to deepen the European Research Area and
to strengthen new innovative material related expertise and its utilisation in European business life and industry

Actividades:

The MATERA activities include coordination, dissemination and network enlargement and will gradually lead to a durable cooperation platform for policy makers and managers.

Set up a structured overview of material programmes and other strategic activities in the participating countries and regions.
Promoting collaboration between national/regional programmes and other strategically targeted activities.
Elaborate a joint action plan for cooperation between national/regional programmes and to launch joint pilot exercises between programmes
Launch trans-national research and development Calls for project proposals within the area of materials science and engineering.
Network the policy making and public financing actors operating in the area of materials science and engineering in Europe.