Projet ORCA (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Staff Exchanges
Panel : Economic Sciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

With a focus on five Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), ORCA is a pilot programme dealing with science performance and science management with a specific focus on economics and social sciences. Across the world, the academic ranking business has turned into a multi-million industry with dozens of surveys implemented to rank universities, bringing with it pressure to improve performance on these same rankings. As a result, most universities have been attempting to improve their performance measured against the metrics and criteria used. While debates advance within the EU and high-performing countries, training paths to increased research performance remain limitedly available. Central Asia is a good starting point to address this gap, given the excellent tradition it has in hard sciences (especially engineering) that has resulted in continued international collaborations, while research in the economic and social sciences has remained largely under-developed. ORCA will produce a generation of experts in research policy with focus on the region as a pilot attempt to a) contribute to informing EU (and member state) policies and attitudes towards the region, and how to enhance excellent and open science, and b) act as multipliers and contribute to the formation of further specialists that will then be able to explore and operate in other regions. ORCA brings together 18 leading institutions and organisations across Eurasia, with experience on science excellence and sufficient links with national governments to influence the development of science in the region, including policies on ethics, integrity, open access and data management. The effects of ORCA will live on through the formation of a dense network based on secondments and knowledge exchange, building a vibrant community of researchers interested in enhancing collaboration, knowledge exchange, co-authorship, seminars, presentations and future projects.

Mots clés : open science, anti predatory training, research management, open access, research culture

Participants :
- Tashkent State University of Law (Ouzbékistan) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université d'État d'économie de Tachkent (Ouzbékistan) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Center for sociological research ltd (Azerbaïdjan) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Gender-centru (Rép. Moldave) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 184000.0 €
- Süleyman Demirel University (Kazakhstan) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université Vytautas-Magnus (Lituanie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 184000.0 €
- Université de Brême (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 184000.0 €
- Université nationale kazakhe Al-Farabi (Kazakhstan) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Public fund postsovetistan (Kirghizistan) — Partner, associated partner, Autres, subvention : 0.0 €
- Magtymguly institute of language, literature and national manuscripts (Turkménistan) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Marmara (Turquie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 184000.0 €
- Université de la ville de Dublin (Irlande) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 184000.0 €
- Université de Lettonie (Lettonie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 184000.0 €
- Center for Economic and Policy Research (Géorgie) — Partner, beneficiary, Autres, subvention : 184000.0 €
- Université de technologie de Tallinn (Estonie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 184000.0 €
- Ala-Too International University (Kirghizistan) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Institute of entrepreneurship and service (Tadjikistan) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Centro per la cooperazione internazionale (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Autres, subvention : 184000.0 €