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Nano‐ and material technologies in the Eastern Partnership countries

Building Together Knowledge‐oriented and Forward‐ looking EU Neighbourhood

Giles Brandon Managing Director, Intelligentsia Consultants

31 March 2015

Armenia

 Institute for Physical Research  Participant in FP7 NANOMAT‐EPC

 Developing magnetic nanoparticles with Laser Zentrum Hannover for medical applications

 Participant in H2020 INTELUM

 Developing new fibres with CERN and CNRS Lyon for future particle detectors for high energy physics

Belarus

 Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics  Coordinator of FP7 BELERA

 Developed nanostructured materials for biosensor devices with Universidad Politecnica de Valencia

 Participant in FP7 NANOMAT‐EPC

 Developing hybrid CNT/graphene electrodes with Cleancarb Sarl for supercapacitors

Georgia

 Georgian Technical University  Coordinator of FP7 SENS‐ERA

 Developed radiation sensor elements based on rare earth semiconductors with Cranfield University and TEI Piraeus

 Participant in FP7 SECURE‐R2I

 Developing smart sensor systems for environmental monitoring with TEI Piraeus

Ukraine

 Frantsevitch Institute for Problems of Materials Science  Participant in FP7 NANOMAT‐EPC

 Developing zirconia anodes with University of Birmingham for solid oxide fuel cells

 Participant in FP7 FIBRALSPEC

 Improving the production of carbon‐fibres using PAN precursors with Yuzhnoye SDO

Looking ahead: Association to H2020

 Moldova (1/1/14) and Ukraine (1/1/15) are associated  Hopefully, Armenia and Georgia to associate soon  Increasing participation of Eastern Partnership countries in H2020

 SME Instrument  Widening (Teaming, Twinning and ERA‐Chair)  European Technology Platforms (e.g. ENIAC) and Joint Technology Initiatives (e.g. Clean Sky)  Marie Skłodowska‐Curie actions