who we are and where we come from?
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Who we are and where we come from?. Foundation Archimedes. Founded by government (Ministry of Education and Scien c e) C oordinat ion and implement ation of training, education and research programmes Celebrating 15 th anniversary this summer. Teretulemast head kolleegid!. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Who we are and where we come from?
Foundation Archimedes• Founded by government (Ministry of Education and Science)• Coordination and implementation of training, education and
research programmes• Celebrating 15th anniversary this summer
Teretulemast head kolleegid!
Implementing Agency of Structural Support for the period 2007-2013 in the field of R&D
Accredited as an implementing agency for the programming period of 2007-2013
The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF) are structural funds.
Implementing Agency of Structural Support
In Estonia we have three Operational Programmes (OPs) Our agency is implementing structural funds
through Operational Programme for Human Resource Development and Operational
Programme for the Development of Economic Environment
The main tasks of the Structural Support Unit are to assess project applications in the area of
R&D, to consult applicants, to make outpayments and check the eligibility of costs
Responsibilty for the activities of the Structural Support Unit (SSU) lies with the member of the board of the Archimedes
Foundation
In the bureaus are working coordinators.Coordinators are consulting applicants. Coordinators are following how the
programmes and projects are reaching their coals.
Structural Support Unit and the role in Archimedes foundation?
There are 2 bureaus in SSU. Bureau of R&D Human Resource Development mediates activities supported by ESF and Bureau of R&D Economic Environment Development mediates activities supported by ERF.
Payment Specialists are checking that all costs are in accordance with the EU and Estonian legislation and
documentation.
SSU is the 2nd level intermediate body of the structural support so
the separation of the duties between applicants inside the Foundation has to be followed.
Supervisory Officer makes sure whether the activies of
applicants are correct.
Lawyer of SSU verifies the correctness of the documentation and settlements of SSU and participates in
the development of legislation.
SSU costs are covered by horizontal technical aid of
EU. For the eligibility of costs of SSU stands by our
Accountant.Our Assistant provides information about SSU and helps us with our activities.
The Bureau of R&D Human Resource Development has implemented 5 open calls through which 27 165 840,03 euros are mediated to the projects. There are 9 state programmes coordinated in the amount of 76 005 544,21 euros. All in all, more than 24 thousand people have participated in different activities, among them are lecturers, Masters, doctoral students, foreign lecturers and other people who are involved in the R&D area.
Structural Support Unit in numbers
The Bureau of R&D Economic Environment Development has implemented 21 open calls (3 of them in process) through which 133 million euros are mediated to the projects. There are 5 state programmes coordinated in the amount of 32 million euros. All in all, there are 4 buldings already built or renovated, 14 university or research institution buildings are still under construction, the budget for this activity is 115 million euros. 9 objects of R&D infrastructure of state level importancy are financed in the amount of 26 286 861 euros.
