This booklet intends to highlight the scientific impact of the projects carried out in the frame of the SEE-ERA.NET Pilot Joint Call.

SEE-ERA.NET has started as a regional ERA-NET, implemented by the national key stakeholders in fourteen European countries, including EU member states and all Western Balkan countries (WBC). The SEE-ERA.NET has created a strong commitment among the participating countries towards supporting multilateral research cooperation through a Pilot Joint Call (PJC) which was launched in 2006. All the 14 countries from the SEE-ERA. NET project participated with national contributions in the funding of the call and around 160 research teams from all participating countries in 31 selected projects have received funding for cross-national research and networking.

In the frame of this Pilot Joint Call, 321 eligible proposals involving 1437 research teams have been submitted. It is to note that among them 739 teams have come from the Western Balkan countries. This clearly proves both the need for cooperation and the scientific potential of those countries to successfully participate in multilateral and international science and technology (S&T) cooperation.