ASO Sofia: Closing End of March 2010
The Austrian Science and Reseach Liaison Office Sofia finished its activities at the end of March 2010!
Established 1994 and headed since then by Klaus Schuch, Sigrid Berka, Reinhold Jawhari and from 2002 to 2010 by Martin Felix Gajdusek, the ASO Sofia has been a major instrument for research co-operation between Austria, Bulgaria and the Western Balkan Countries. The approaches to funding and co-operation during these years demonstrated a shift from assisting bilateral joint initiatives to a policy relevant and embedded regional initiative with a dedicated outlook on the internationalisation of scientific institutions.
We would like to thank the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research and all partners of the ASO Sofia for their good cooperation over the last 16 years!
Contacts:
Martin Felix Gajdusek, Centre for Social Innovation, gajdusek(a)zsi.at
or
Andrea Christiane Mayr, ASO coordinator, mayr(a)zsi.at
Please find enclosed a farewell by Klaus Schuch in view of the closure of the ASO Sofia.
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ASO Sofia
The Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office Sofia has been established in 1994 to intensify scientific contacts between Austria and Bulgaria as well as to initiate scientific co-operation. The ASO Sofia is operated on behalf of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research (bmwf). Since March 2004 the Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office (ASO) Sofia is being coordinated by the Center for Social Innovation (ZSI) .
The Austrian Science and Research Liaison Offices in Ljubljana and Sofia support the science policy of the bmwf in South Eastern Europe.
Since October 2002, Martin Felix Gajdusek is the head of the ASO Sofia. Operational partner in Bulgaria is the General Department of Archives to the Council of Ministries. They provide the ASO Sofia with an office and a qualified co-worker, Ms. Zlatka Pandeva.
Adresse:
ASO Sofia
ul. Moskovska 5
BG-1000 Sofia
Tel.: +359 2 9872069
Fax: +359 2 9861754