REMARKS ON MANAGEMENT AND NETWORKING FOR
THE ACTIVE RESEARCH IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL
FIELD
Katarzyna Jarmołowicz-Szulc
PGI CoE
Ul. Rakowiecka 4
00-950 Warsaw
Tel. 48 22 848 41 43
[email protected]
• The united Europe and framework programs of
the European Commission give new
perspectives and new demands for the
individual European states and for the
European researchers.
• The human being’ s health and the
environment in its all aspects have been the
most significant priorities.
A formation of research centers and
international groups
• seems to be one of the best and proper ways for the
realization of the integration policy in the closest
future. These groups should co-operate and apply for
the EC projects as well as participate in them.
• The more people of the former “Eastern Europe”
form the networks and join their efforts, the better
results will be gained.
The PGI Centre of Excellence and its
project REA may be shown here as an
example for a further follow.
• This positive and good example, as well as the
experience gained, should be followed in the
closest future due to the newest PGI project
and the proposal for the FP 7 call of the
European Commission aiming at the effective
use of the joint intellectual and technical
potential.
PGI working groups
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Groundwater: sustainable management
Marine abiotic environment
Geohazards
Human induced hazards
Global change: climate & environment
„ Geological Aspects of Environment
Centre of Excellence
• to expand and
• The Centre of
strengthen the coExcellence operative links in
Research on Abiotic geo-environmental
Environment (REA) – sciences with
was created within
national and foreign
the Polish Geological centres
Institute’s
organisational
structure in 2002
CoE REA tasks
• To co-ordinate pro-environmental studies carried out by
individual specialists and/or groups active in different
organisational units of the Institute aiming at
development
of modern tools for sustainable
management of environment and hazard assessment, as
well as cost-effective rehabilitation methods for strongly
polluted on- and off-shore sites.
• Other fields of activity of the Centre include a wide array
of groundwater issues, global and regional climatic
changes in landscape and environment and geological
studies related to natural hazards, floods, landslides etc.
Participation of PGI’s Centre of
Excellence in the EU Framework
Programme 5
• In 2002 the project :
• SUPPORT FOR THE INTEGRATION OF THE
Polish
Geological Institute’s
Centre of Excellence:
• Research on Abiotic Environment
IN THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA
• Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development
(Accompanying Measures)
• EVK1-CT-2002-80006 REA was signed.
• This project totally remained under the coordination of the PGI’ s Centre of Excellence.
Framework Programme 5
Accompanying Measures
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Duration: 3 years, prolonged
December 2002 - May 2006
Budget - around 580 000 Euro
EC contribution : 450 000 Euro
Project REA organisation
• The REA programme • The planned
was organised in seven dissemination
measures as well as
Work Packages, five of
the co-ordination
which (WP1-WP5)
represented the leading were contained in
next separate Work
research themes of the
Packages (WP6five Working Groups of
WP7).
Centre of Excellence.
REA project
• Objective – integration of PGI CoE in ERA
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Realization tools:
- conferences (organised and participated in)
- workshops (organised and participated in )
- training courses
- capacity building (training, invited EU lectures)
- twinnings and networks (national and
international)
Project REA organisation
„WP1 :Integration of the Polish groundwater
research with the European priorities
„WP2 : Sustainable use of the marine environment
and resources
„WP3: Research on landslides and floods
„WP4: Research on man-caused environmental
hazards
„WP5: Present and past environmental changes
„WP6: Dissemination
„WP7:Co-ordination
Project REA objective –
integration of PGI CoE REA in ERA
Project realization tools applied in
years 2002 - 2006
• 65 tasks and 28 deliverables:
• - conferences, workshops and training
courses (organised and participated in )
• - capacity building (trainings, invited EU
lectures)
• - twinnings and networks (national and
international)
Results of the REA project
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11 international
conferences/workshops
organised by CoE in Poland
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10 Abstract volumes (243
abstracts published) and
training course booklets
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8 printed volumes of
Proceedings
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Participation in European
scientific activities (43 events)
- numerous oral and poster
presentations
- papers published
Results of the REA project
International thematic conferences, seminars &
workshops organised in PGI prior to and by CoE
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Number
14
5
12
10
6
8
REA
PGI
2
6
9
4
2
8
8
7
11
7
2003
2004
2005
0
2000
2001
2002
CoE
Years
Results of the REA project
Capacity building :
- training of Polish scientists in the
Netherlands, France, Germany,
Italy, England,Sweden
- training in PGI CoE
of young researchers
from Germany, Czek
Republic, Slovakia,
Lithuania, Bielarus ,
Ukraine (grants)
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PGI CoE REA
Results of the REA project
International European Projects in PGI prior to and
by CoE
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Number
10
8
6
11
PGI
2005
Years
4
2
6
7
7
2002
2003
2004
2
0
2000
2001
CoE
• Results of the REA project
Networkings
steps,
exploratory
missions and
twinning
agreements
with the East
and West
European
institutions
Results of the REA project
Invited lectures: 24 European lecturers and
speakers
Public seminars and
CoE dissemination
materials
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(17 Newsletters)
Discussion
• Current realization of a
rich programme
• Research contacts –
direct and indirect
• Exchange of
information on activities
in different EU scientific
centers and
participation possibility
• PGI CoE and self
presentation.
• Language training
Scientific integration in the
European Research Area is
a complicated & long-term
process which demands a lot
of time and efforts.
• It should not be limited to
three-year-period
of AM
project.
• Steps should be undertaken
for a further continuation of
CoE activities .
• Necessities
• Higher interest of the western institutions
in the cooperation, not – the absence of
reaction onto the propositions
• & The implementation of new members to
the already existing projects
• -------• That implies a permanent support not
only for individuals to participate a
meeting within the project/s, but also for
groups involved in the research.
• Standardisation in the understanding of
the meanings, procedures, methods and
technology is also an important factor for
the integration.
Conclusions
• Thus it is imperative further to strengthen bi- and
multi-lateral long-term efforts
• by organisation of joint conferences, seminars and
workshops,
• by exchange of information and specialists,
• reciprocal use of laboratory facilities,
• advanced training of young scientists and active
participation in and organisation of regional and
European thematic networks.
• The network environment - soil - groundwater will
be the 2007 activity result joining the East and West
European participants and co-workers.
Summing up:
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A proper management in the field of the environmental sciences
should be connected with active European networking comprising
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Exchange of information on and assistance with organisation of
conferences, lectures, summer schools, courses etc.
Undertaking initiatives to prepare inter-disciplinary research
projects.
Creation of a database and exchange of information about
accessible measurement equipment and research infrastructure,
software etc.
Creation of a database and exchange of information about ongoing
research projects and their results,
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Exchange of information about activities
undertaken within the EU and the 7th
Framework Programmes including:
• announcing a search for scientific partners,
• mutual consulting of the prepared projects,
• preparing joint projects.
• Mutual access to address lists of partners and foreign
organisations undertaking activities in appropriate
thematic priorities towards the EC 7th Framework
Programme.
• Promotion and dissemination of information on research
needs within government and local administration and
mass-media.
Thank you for attention!