Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 23
By Huseyn Veliyev – Trend:
Azerbaijani scientists will submit project proposals in the ICT sphere for participation in the Horizon 2020 EU Research and Innovation Program, director of the Regional Information Technologies Academy (RITA) of Azerbaijan Tofig Babayev told Trend Aug. 23.
He said that Azerbaijan's scientific community projects within the Horizon 2020 program will be presented at the ICT Bratislava conference to be held September 26-27 in Bratislava, Slovakia.
“Preparation for this conference is currently underway: it will be preceded by a two-day preparatory conference, within the framework of which the project proposals of Azerbaijani scientists will be evaluated for their compliance with the purposes and objectives of Horizon 2020,” Babayev said. “The conference with the participation of foreign experts is scheduled for September 15-16 in Baku.”
The main objective of the project is to ensure interaction of Azerbaijani and European research institutes for further cooperation within the framework of joint projects, which will make it possible for the Azerbaijani academic institutions to participate in EU tenders for the funding of scientific research and innovation within the Horizon 2020 program.
In mid-2016, the European Commission proposed a draft budget for 2017 in the amount of 134.9 billion euros.
Some 74.6 billion euros will be allocated in 2017 to maintain the economic growth against 69.8 billion euros in 2016, according to the European Commission's report.
Some 10.6 billion euros have been also allocated to scientific research and innovation within the Horizon 2020 program.