FP7 IRSES PROJECT: ENLARGING INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION IN EUROPEAN STUDIES

Abstract

This article presents the analysis of international scientific collaboration in European Studies developed within four years international project 7th European Community Framework Programme Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme Fellowship “Possibilities and limits, challenges and obstacles of transferring CEE EU pre-accession best practices and experience to Moldova’s and Georgia's pre-accession process” which became possible thanks to the funding from the European Commission of the experience exchange program. This project uniqueness lies in the fact that it allowed the Moldovan representatives to do field research in challenging conditions of economic crisis, to study colleagues’ experience, to analyze and evaluate the progress of reforms in the political, legal, economic and educational areas. During the Project implementation the researchers focused on the specific circumstances and policy trends analyses of Moldova and Georgia as the transition countries on the EU border and states between EU and Russia and exchange of EU studies experience, including successes and failures, realities and prospects of inter-university scientific relationship.