The organizers of the event were the National Science Center “Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology” and Euratom National Contact Point in Ukraine
The “Euratom NCP in Ukraine Workshop 2022” dedicated to Ukraine’s participation in the Euratom Research and Training Programme was held on October 20, 2022. This Program is complementary to the European Framework Program for Research and Innovation Horizon Europe.
“Euratom NCP in Ukraine Workshop 2022” was organized online by the National Science Center “Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology” and Euratom National Contact Point in Ukraine.
The event was attended by 50 Ukrainian specialists whose activities relate to the areas of work of the Euratom Program, i.e. nuclear and thermonuclear research, innovation and training. The representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Scientist Support Office at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Euratom NCP in Ukraine, research institutes, universities, private and state-owned manufacturing enterprises and the representatives of the project to support European NCPs Euratom “NetEuratom” were among the participants.
The NSC KIPT scientists Oleksandr Volobuyev and Sergii Pugach,the representatives of the Euratom NCP in Ukraine, made presentations at the “Euratom NCP in Ukraine Workshop 2022”.The issues of the results of participation in the previous Euratom Programme (Horizon 2020), the real-time performance under the Euratom Work Programme 2021-2022 (Horizon Europe), work plans of the Euratom NCP and the directions of assistance to the Ukrainian community regarding integration into scientific, technical, innovative activities and educational activities under the Euratom Programme were discussed in their speeches.
Vasiliki Kalodimou, a representative of the Horizon Europe NCPs Greek network (PRAXI Net) and a member of the CSA consortium of the NetEuratom project, shared an example of support for the activities of Euratom European NCPs and the work of the Euratom European community in her report.
Hryhoriy Mozolevych, the head of the working group on integration into the European research space of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, presented the results of Ukraine’s participation in all areas of the Horizon 2020 Program and provided the information on financial opportunities of the Horizon Europe Programme. It was also useful to learn hear about the initiative to create the National portal of international scientific and technical cooperation and to hear the news about the continuation of work on the competitive support of projects at the expense of the EU’s external assistance tool.
Euratom projects, that are already being implemented and those in which Ukrainian scientific research teams are currently involved or may be involved,have been reviewed by the participants during the “Euratom NCP in Ukraine Workshop 2022”. Igor Garkusha, the head of the EUROfusion Ukrainian research unit, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, told in detail about the direction of research in thermonuclear fusion and the possibility of expanding participation in this direction. The head of the NSC KIPT research team working in the EURAD and PREDIS projects told about the work on the disposal of radioactive waste and the possibility of expanding the participation of Ukrainian organizations in future projects in this Euratom Programme research area.
The issues of the war influence on current project activities, examples of support from the EU to Ukrainian scientists in Euratom projects were considered at the end of the event in the presentations of Sergii Pugach and in further discussions.
Ukraine is participating in 15 projects under the Euratom programme (Horizon 2020) by the end of 2022. According to the Euratom Work Program 2021–2022, Ukraine joined 8 more projects out of 28 Euratom projects initiated by the EU under the Horizon Europe Program.
Despite the circumstances, Ukraine maintains the pace and works to expand participation in the Euratom Programme, a Programme focused on global energy technologies of the future.
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“Euratom NCP in Ukraine Workshop 2022” was held under the implementation plan of UAinEuratom21 project funded by the European Union via Euratom research and training programme (Horizon Europe), CSA GA#101072693.
