| KRATKA VSEBINA | In the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) of the EU is research activities prepared by the European Commission, Slovenia, asan associated state, has been eligible to be a participating partner. FP5 is closing at the end of 2001/begining of 2002. Slovenian participants havebeen very successful, sometimes with a success rate even exceeding the European average. The success rate has varied from programme to programme and from call to call. Autumn 2001 calls, especially for NAS (Newly Associated States, including Slovenia), were dedicated to add extra partners from pre-accession countries to the on-going projects, for fascilitating the integration of NAS into the European Research Area, from pre-accession countries to the on-going projects, for fascilitating the integration of NAS into the European Research Area, for Strategic action ontraining/excellence, etc. The application procedure was simplified. The information including procedures, application forms and eligible projects for joining were available on the EC CORDIS website (http://www.cordis.lu/fp5/home.html), and accessible from the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport website, too (http://www.mzt.si/mzt/med/5okvp/index.html). Some calls for SMEs will close in spring 2002. The European Union is establishing the European Research Area (ERA) with new priorities, new procedures, new challenges andnew opportunities. At present, the European Commission is preparing the next Framework Program, FP6, for the period 2002-2006 in order to stimulateit. The proposal for FP6 began in the European Parliament's procedures in second the half of 2001. // Slovenija sodeluje v 5. okvirnem programu raziskovalnih aktivnosti Evropske unije (EU) kot pridružena članica; program se bo končal v začetku leta 2002. Slovenski udeleženci so bili zelouspešni, včasih je uspešnost celo presegla evropsko povprečje. Jeseni 2001 je Evropska komisija pripravila nekaj razpisov, namenjenih predvsem vključevanju v potekajoče projekte za udeležence iz NAS (Newly Associated States), kamor spada tudi Slovenija. Razpisi naj bi olajšali vključevanje držav kandidatk v evropski raziskovalni prostor. Postopki prijav so bili poenostavljeni. Informacije, skupaj s postopki, obrazci in spiskom ustreznih potekajočih projektov so dosegljivi na spretnih straneh CORDISa Evropske komisije (http://www.cordis.lu/fp5/home.html), in tudi na spletni strani (http://www.mzt.si/mzt/med/5okvp/index.html) Ministrstva za šolstvo,znanost in šport. Prvi NAS razpis se je končal že decembra 2001, večina drugih pa do februarja 2002. Evropska unija ustanavlja evropski raziskovalni prostor z novimi prioritetami, postopki in izzivi. Naslednji, 6. okvirni program, ki bo potekal od 2002-2006 in je namenjen spodbudi za vključevanje, je že v parlamentarnem postopku Evropskega parlamenta. |