COST

One of the largest frameworks for networking collaboration in Europe.

Established in 1971 COST has developed into one of the largest frameworks for networking collaboration in research in Europe. National COST offices and COST National Coordinators (CNC) in each member country disseminates information on COST activities and procedures.

Working from the bottom up, COST Actions are initiated and proposed by the researchers themselves based upon national or local needs. Finnish participants are mainly from universities and research institutes.

COST member countries are all EU countries, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway, Switzerland, Serbia and Turkey together with Israel as e informationassociated countries.

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