KYIV. June 30 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli has called on Ukrainian scientists to more actively participate in the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation “Horizon 2020.”
Ukraine should be one of the key participants of the Horizon 2020, the largest programme supporting research in the world, he said at the international conference “Ukraine – EU: Integration in a Changing World” in Kyiv on Thursday.
He said that Ukraine has a scientific potential. The country should take active part in the programme.
As reported, in December 2016, Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers created a coordination center to implement the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation “Horizon 2020.”
In 2015, Ukraine has become an associated member of the Horizon 2020 Programme. In 2016, Ukrainian scientists are participants of 61 consortiums involved in the programme. Their share of the project budgets exceeds EUR 11.5 million. The annual fee paid by Ukraine to the programme budget is around EUR 5.8 million. The country would receive the half of it back via technical assistance tools.
