EU-Med Countries conference soon in Jordan

An international conference aimed at spurring synergies and complementarities among different research and innovation projects co-funded by European Commission under the FP7 (seventh framework programme 200713) Capacities Programme, will be held in Amman (Jordan) on 22 and 23 October 2012. According to the Enpi website (www.enpi-info.eu), the Conference, organised in the framework of the Mediterranean Innovation and Research Coordination Action (MIRA), seeks to: boost the principle of a renewed partnership and coordination of research and innovation actions; increase awareness of EU policies and opportunities in Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPCs); contribute to the definition of multi-annual strategies of EU-MPC in science, technology and innovation; share knowledge and best practises in managing EU projects; encourage the establishment of national/regional joint centres for technology innovation. The two-day Conference will feature six sessions during which will be addressed how to find concrete solution to existing barriers for cooperation, explore fields of common interest, initiatives and strategies to ensure the necessary participation of industry and INNO labs representatives to projects co-financed by European Commission.