USP - Unique Selling Points for SEE-ERA.NET

• SEE-ERA.NET is the main European Union networking project f­or the integration of the Southeast European countries into the European Research Area

• SEE-ERA.NET is a network of 14 ministries and 3 agencies in 14 European countries that includes all Western Balkan countries and works directly on the level of policy makers

• the SEE-ERA.NET partner countries will provide funding for multinational research teams through Joint Calls for Proposals

• SEE-ERA.NET puts forward a joint reviewing system for research project proposals where the assessment procedures are transparent, fair and dedicated to scientific excellence

• SEE-ERA.NET provides new perspectives for scientists and already existing networks in Southeast Europe by opening up a European-wide perspective for scientific cooperation and funding

• SEE-ERA.NET will be linked to the "EU-Western Balkan Countries Steering Platform" by providing strategic and operational input

• SEE-ERA.NET focuses on an important target region of the 6th and 7th Framework Programme of the European Community

• SEE-ERA.NET is a long term project of 5 years duration and will develop scenarios for sustainable cooperation beyond 2009