COST 279

COST in general

COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research) is a framework for scientific and technical research cooperation among European countries. COST activities were started in the early 70's by 19 countries and includes currently 25 countries with members also from the eastern European countries. By nature, the research within COST is usually basic or precompetetive research as well as public utility.

 COST activities include research in many fields, e.g. telecommunications, physics, informatics, meteorology. The four principles governing COST activities within these fields are:

1. All COST member countries, as well as the European Commission, can propose COST Actions.
2. Participation in these Actions is voluntary and associating only interested countries.
3. The research to be coordinated is funded nationally. The coordination costs are funded both by the participating countries and by the European Commission.
4. A COST Action aims to coordinate national research at a European level (concerted action). The work undertaken by each Action is administered by a Management Committee.

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