The International Cooperation Department/The Higher Council for Science and Technology conducted a three-day, Health thematic workshop entitled “Writing Proposals for Projects in Health, (EU-JordanNet), during the period July 11-13, 2011.

This workshop was held within the implementation of an EU funded project entitled Enhancement of Jordan-European S&T Partnership- EU-JordanNet that aims at increasing the research cooperation between Jordan and Europe through providing information on programs and funding opportunities and promoting the participation of Jordanian researchers in the Seventh Framework Programme FP7.

The workshop addressed the following topics: Creating Awareness of the Possibilities of R&D Cooperation in FP7; Training on Proposal Writing, understanding how to turn an idea into a proper proposal, meeting the objectives; Creating Partnerships, and establishing concrete contacts between Jordanians and Europeans.

EU-JordanNet is the first bilateral project funded by FP7 under the Capacities Programme, coordinated by the “National Contact Point” at the Higher Council (HCST).