Romanian Office for Science and Technology to the European Union (ROST) was setup in Brussels in 2006 by the National Authority for Scientific Research of Romania.

Mission of the office

• to promote the efficient participation of the Romanian research community
  Scientific community
  The scientific community consists of the total body of scientists, its relationships and interactions. It is normally divided into "sub-communities" each working on a particular field within science. Objectivity is expected to be achieved by the scientific method...
  
   to the EU
  European Union
  The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
  
   R&D programmes;
• to efficiently introduce to the interested organisations the Romanian research, development and innovation policies and the S&T potential;
• to support and promote the co-operation between the industrial and services companies, universities and research institute
  Research institute
  A research institute is an establishment endowed for doing research. Research institutes may specialize in basic research or may be oriented to applied research...
  
  s, for jointly participating in European R&D consortia;
• to stimulate the setting up groups of interest at European level, by focusing the existent competencies at national level in order to increase the chances of participation in European projects/programmes.

Clients

Public and private institutions, research community from universities, national R&D institutes and other public/private R&D institutes, small and medium enterprises, industry and non-governmental organisations

Non-governmental organization

A non-governmental organization is a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any government. The term originated from the United Nations , and is normally used to refer to organizations that do not form part of the government and are...

.

Services

• promotion of the Romanian research, development and innovation system
  Innovation system
  The concept of the innovation system stresses that the flow of technology and information among people, enterprises and institutions is key to an innovative process...
  
  ;
• searching and facilitating links with European partners;
• specific dissemination and promotion;
• facilitating connections with European institutions, similar bodies, national institutions and organizations;
• recommendations regarding the European best-practice.

External links

For more detailes see http://www.rosteu.net