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WHAT IS COST HIG - Heritage Interest Group?
COST is an intergovernmental framework
for European Cooperation in Science and Technology. COST is supported by the EU
Sixth Framework Programme, and its scientific secretariat is provided by the
European Science Foundation (ESF), through the COST Office based in Brussels.
COST's objective is to add value to
research investment by coordinating, integrating and synthesising results from
ongoing nationally-funded research within and between COST member countries.
COST does not fund the research itself, although synthesising research is a
valuable scientific exercise in its own right. COST funds coordination,
management, workshops, meetings, exchange visits and training schools through
its COST Actions which normally have a duration of 4-5 years.
COST stimulates European research by
bringing researchers together in Actions (networks) to exchange knowledge,
synergise working groups, conduct comparative studies and jointly synthesise
findings. Actions are proposed by active scientists (rather than being designed
in a "top-down" manner), and, by involving both young and more experienced
scientists, COST helps to create international networks for the future.
COST Actions aim to deliver scientific
syntheses and analyses of best available practice to aid problem
identification, risk assessment and policy development.
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