ABSTRACT SUBMISSION AND REGISTERATION

All participants are expected to fill in the registration form and submit via e-mail to JRC contact persons. Participants who want to give an oral or poster presentation are expected to also submit an Abstract (in word format) not exceeding 400 words by e-mail to the JRC contact persons. After the workshop a European Commission JRC scientific report with Workshop Proceedings will be published. The number of participants is limited and preference will be given participants who submit an abstract or participants from target countries. 

All participants may apply for a grant; direct link to the information and grant application:
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/downloads/enlargement/eia2013/2013-iet-a-04.pdf

Applications for the grants should be sent to: Jrc-enlargement@ec.europa.eu
with the subject: 2013-IET-A-04

The application should include a CV and a motivation letter.
These applications will be redirected to the JRC contact persons for review.

REGISTERATION FEE & FUNDING

There is no registration fee for the workshop. The refreshments at the coffee breaks, the lunches and the workshop dinner will be free of charge for all participants. The travel costs of attendees with grant (economy flight + hotel + daily allowance) from the target countries will be reimbursed after the workshop. European Commission reserves the right to decide on the grants on a case by case basis depending on the available budget.

TARGET COUNTRIES

In the frame of E&IA (Enlargement & Interaction Action), the JRC offers specialized workshops, advanced training courses, and small projects with a focus on experts from the new member states (Romania, Bulgaria), candidate countries (Croatia, Turkey, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Montenegro), Potential candidate countries (Serbia, Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina), FP7 Associate countries (Switzerland, Israel, Norway, Lichtenstein, Faroe Island, Moldova), European Neighborhood Policy countries (Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Georgia, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Syria, Tunisia, Ukraine) and Russia.

WORKSHOP FORMAT

The purpose of the workshop is to bring together scientists and researchers from the EU member states and the target countries of E&IA (Enlargement & Interaction Action) of European Commission. The workshop will be a 2.5 day event based on the oral presentations from the invited international lecturers, presentations by participants and a poster session. A number of grants to cover travel and accommodation is available for participants from the E&IA target countries (citizen or place of work). In addition to the invited experts and the participants from the target countries, the workshop is open to the international community who are willing to attend or present their work. Participants could be graduate students or scientists from academia or industry.