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καινοτομια
ερευνα & τεχνολογια | 03 - 05/2017
Highlights
Europe
faces
major
social
challenges. This is why the role
of the European programmes,
particularly those that support
the most talented researchers, is
undoubtedly important. Marie
Skłodowska Curie Actions (MSCA)
and the European Research Council
(ERC), two European initiatives that
contribute not only to the career
development and the mobility
of researchers but also to high
quality research based on scientific
excellence, are presented in this
issue.
You can also find statistical data
on the Greek case and the upward
trend of its participation in these
two programmes. The National
Documentation Center, National
Contact Point for Horizon 2020,
organized two events on March
2017 in order to celebrate the 20
years of implementation of MSCA
and 10 years of implementation of
ERC.
The feature ends with interviews
given by three researchers who
have benefited from these two
programmes: Assistant Professor
Thanasis Papathanasiou of the
National and Technical University
of Athens, Chemical Department,
who has received funding from
the ERC twice; Kalliopi Dasyra,
astrophysicist and research fellow
t the University of Athens and the
National Observatory of Athens,
who has received two MSCA
scholarships, and George Kapellos,
research fellow at the University of
Patras, who has achieved a highly
competitive scholarship from the
MSCA.
European Programmes for researchers' ca-
reer development and scientific excellence
info
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Αctions
European Research Council
Over the last decade, the
knowledge triangle has become
one of the key innovation tools
with which to improve innovative
potential and, ultimately, the
economic development of a
country. EKT's new two-part
publication, Research, Education,
Innovation.
Dimensions of the Knowledge
Triangle in Greece', is in response
to the Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development's
(OECD) request for reports from
its member states on various
aspects of the knowledge triangle,
particularly the involvement of
universities and research centres.
EKT's publication analyses how
the knowledge triangle operates
in Greece and covers the overall
outcomes of this synergy. Part one
is an overviewof the dimensions of
the knowledge triangle in Greece,
while part two presents case
studies from three universities: the
Aristotle University ofThessaloniki,
the University of Crete and the
Athens University of Economics.
The publication concludes that,
in the Greek case, the Higher
Education sector is the main
research producer, playing the
key role in education and the
development of the potential of
human resources, however, its
contribution to innovation is, for
the present, relatively limited.
To rectify the latter, the Higher
Education sector is seeking
alternative funding which is
leading to increased links with the
local community.
To that end, the current funding
partnershipbetweentheEuropean
Commission and Greece for 2014-
2020 (EU Structural Funds) is
based on smart specialisation and
entrepreneurial discovery with the
ultimate aim of strengthening the
partnerships of Higher Education
Institutes with mainly regional but
also national businesses.
Dimensions of the Knowledge Triangle
in Greece highlighted in a new EKT
publication
info
metricsEKT – Research,
Development, Innovation
Two new scientific journals, the
'Conatus Philosophy Journal'
of the Applied Philosophy
Research Laboratory, Faculty
of
Philosophy,
Pedagogy
and
Psychology,
National
and Kapodistrian University
of Athens and the 'Bulletin
of the Geological Society of
Greece' are now available on
the National Documentation
Centre's (EKT) ePublishing
platform. Both journals are
welcome additions to EKT's
eJournals
platform.
Their
inclusion is intended to meet
the needs of the domestic
scientific
community
and
to internationally promote
academic
publishers
and
Greek scientific journals. As the
host, EKT provides the required
infrastructure to support the
digital version of the journals,
while the Applied Philosophy
Research Laboratory and the
Greek Geological Society are
responsible for the scientific
content.
Two new journals now available on
EKT's ePublishing platform
info
The 10th Helioupolis Primary
School won 1st place in the
4-11 age group of the European
Competition eTwinning 2017 for
their project ‘In Darwin’s Steps’. The
project was put together by the two
classes of year six 2015-2016. The
environmental project ‘In Darwin’s
Steps’ made use of material which
is available through the National
Documentation Centre’s (EKT)
online platform MITIDA and the
eTwinning programme.
Through
the
environmental
programme ‘In Darwin’s Steps’,
pupils had the chance to discover
many interesting facts about
Darwin and his theory. The
programme involved the pupils
first studying species adaptation
and
evolution,
then,
using
audiovisual media they became
producers of their own learning as
opposed to passive users. With the
support of and guidance from their
teachers, the pupils formed teams,
took on specific roles, collaborated
with pupils from other Greek
schools (10th Primary School of
Peristeri) and schools from abroad
(Lithuania and Turkey), took
part in training workshops with
representatives of environmental
organisations, visited museums
and used digital material from
EKT’s MITIDA platform, to create
a game using Socrative software
to share knowledge with their
eTwinning partners. Not only
was participation in the project
beneficial for pupils involved
but also the wider European
educational community.
The 10th Helioupolis Primary School win
European competition eTwinning 2017
with ‘In Darwin’s Steps’
info
etwinning - European Prizes:
Winners 2017
Mitida
