INCO-CONNECT: A collaborative platform for all INCONETs

A new website INCO-CONNECT permits to provide information about international cooperation in the 7th Framework Programme for: - INCONTACT: this is the official Network of National Contact Points (NCP) for International Scientific Cooperation Activities (INCO) funded in the 7th Framework Programme of the EU (more info at: http://www.ncp-incontact.eu) - NETWATCH: this is a European information platform on transnational R&D programme collaboration, with an initial focus on the ERA-NET scheme. (development platform available at: http://netwatch.jrc.ec.europa.eu/nw/) - ERA-LEARN: This support action will assist the ERA-NET Learning Platform (launched by the Commission in 2008) by generating tools that will be made available via NETWATCH to the whole ERA-NET community, such as a toolbox "Call Implementation", recommendations for evaluation standards and funding modes, definition of assessment criteria for internal review of ERA-NET participation etc. - ILN (International Learning Network): this is an initiative from the European Commission; representatives from various INCO projects are invited regularly to discuss specific topics of common interest. - INCONets Synergies Workgroup: exchange of information on INCO-NET coordinators level (more information at:http://www.miraproject.eu/INCONets-synergies-public-area) Besides these initiatives some other groups have emerged, such as the Network of INCO-NET coordinators, or non-official cooperations between organisations such as initiatives in the field of administration or dissemination. INCO-CONNECT is a community platform for the people and organisations working in INCO projects; the various INCO-NETs, ERA-NETs, BILATs and ACCESS4EUs. At the moment the platform comprises: - all INCO projects (with links to the relevant websites to avoid duplication of information) - all organisations working in INCO-projects - all people working in the projects (and those that have been working there in the past) - a document repository with a collection of public deliverables - a collection of news and events (from those projects that offer RSS and Ical feeds) - working groups in thematic fields (with moderation): - coordinators - analysts - disseminators - administrators - FP7 trainers

The link address is: http://www.inco-connect.eu/