Curortology – research possibilities in Latvia

1. Curortology – research possibilities in Latvia Dace Tirzite Ministry of Education and Science Phone: 7047963, e-mail: dace.tirzite@izm.gov.lv

2. The priority tasks for Research and Development • To invest public resources in research and development more efficiently and effectively; • To modernise scientific infrastructure in research institutes and higher education establishments, strengthen the leading role of higher educational establishments in the development of science and research; • Consolidate the intellectual potential of science and develop applied research in the area of innovative technologies; • To promote participation of Latvian science in the international co-operation projects.

3. The increase of the financial resources from the state budget for research(million LVL) Program “Science” Program “Higher Education” Structural funds

4. The financing of the state budget programme “Science” in 2008

5. Research priorities 2006-2009 • Biomedicine and pharmacy • Informatics • Agrobiotechnology • Energy • Material sciences • Forestry and wood processing technologies • Baltic Sea research • Medical sciences • Letonics – Latvian language, history and culture

6. Curortology • Creation of critical mass, • SWOT analysis, • Mapregional capacities for producing, transferring and using know-how, • Collaboration with regional stakeholders and other social actors, • International collaboration.

7. Possibilities of foundation • Research grants of Universities • Grants of Latvian Council of science • Structural founds • International collaboration

8. Structural founds • Activity “Human resources and emplyement” Involvement of human resources in research Objective: to involve additional human resources in research, creating new research groups Min. range of project – 140 560 LVL, Max. range of project – 1 405 608 LVL http://esfondi.izm.gov.lv/

9. http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/

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