The CEEC AGRI POLICY project aims at creating a network of experts involved in agricultural policy analysis in the New member States, in the Candidate Countries and in the countries from the Western Balkan. The overall objective is to support the formulation of community agricultural policies with a main focus on market policy and on rural development policy. The major deliveries of the project are:

• A database of organisations and experts
  The database is a tool proposed for those who have an interest in agricultural policy in the New Member States, in the Candidate Countries and in the Western Balkan. It is designed to help experts & organisations to initiate cooperation with others and to identify experts or organisations with specific competencies.
• A mapping report
  A mapping report, identifying the research potential in the field of agricultural policy analysis, will be delivered in 2006. The report will produce data on the organisations (type of organisation, average size, production and productivity) and on the scientists (level and sector of education, age, gender etc.). The report will also identify the main players of agricultural policy analysis in each country covered by the project. It will be elaborated through a survey.
• A 6-monthly report
  The experts of the network will provide four reports over a two-year period. The report will be published every 6 months (November 2005, May 2006, November 2006 and May 2007).

The CEEC IST NET project aims at establishing a sustainable network of researchers and entrepreneurs active within the fields of IST (ICT, electronics…) in the CEEC (Central & Eastern European Countries, namely Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey). They will be hosted via our web-based community portal. The communities will be opened to stakeholders from all Europe, with a special focus on the CEEC concerned, where pro-active promotional and data collection activities will be carried out.

The project also plans other activities:

• Mapping of IST competencies in the CEEC and publication of a mapping report in each country
• Assistance to the preparation of FP6 proposals
• Network consolidation activities to sustain and enforce the network created