Romanian Office for Science and Technology to the European

Union - ROST -

Rue Montoyer no. 23

1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

Contacts:

Iulia Mihail – director

Cristina Anania – deputy director

Tel.: +32.2.505.3000,

Fax: +32.2.513.3200

Tel. from RO: 021 303 21 28

iulia.mihail@ancs.ro; cristina.anania@ancs.ro

http://www.research.edu.ro

Brussels, 21 March 2006

Legal frame

The establishment in Brussels of the Romanian Office

for Science and Technology to European Union, was

approved by the Government Decision no. 787/2005,

having the goal to strengthen the Romanian participation

in the ERA.

ROST belongs to the National Authority for Scientific Research

and Innovation, the research department of the Ministry of

National Education and Scientific Research.

Romanian Office for Science and

Technology to the European Union

- ROST -

Following services are provided to the Romanian R&D and

Innovation institutions and scientific community:

•promotion of the Romanian research-development-

innovation system;

•searching and facilitating links with European partners;

•specific dissemination and promotion;

•facilitating the connections with the European institutions,

similar bodies, national institutions and organisations;

•recommendations regarding the European best-practices in

the research-development-innovation field.

Expected results on long term:

* achieving a participation level of the Romanian scientific

community in the research framework-programmes

comparable to the European average;

* gradually increasing the integration of the Romanian

scientific community in the research framework

programmes.

6 vacancies are reserved for the R&D&I Romanian public

and private institutions interested in participating in the

European research programmes. Specific Protocols of

cooperation are signed to this end...

Protocols of cooperation with ROST

• “Centru” Regional Development Agency, Alba-Iulia

• National R&D Institute ICPE-CA, Bucharest

• Romanian National Council for SMEs

• National R&D Institute for Physics and Nuclear

Egineering “Horia Hulubei”, Bucharest

• ROSA – Romanian Space Agency

• Tehnopol Galati

• PATROMIL

and

ASM - Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova

ROST, happy to be with you!

ROST to the European Parliament