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SCAR-Engage Programme
CALL FOR SECOND-YEAR APPLICATIONS
ABOUT THE SCAR-ENGAGE PROGRAMME
The SCAR-Engage Programme is an initiative designed to support new members of SCAR Working Groups (WGs) and to increase country-level visibility. It aims to empower new SCAR WG members, especially those from countries that are under-represented or less visible in SCAR, with knowledge, supports and connections to enable their active participation and smooth integration into WG activities.
The SCAR-Engage Programme will run four times from 2024 to 2027 with the second Call for expression of interest launched in November and the first SCAR-Engage Programme currently running. Each SCAR-Engage Programme year lasts twelve months from its official beginning date.
PROGRAMME BENEFITS
Each of the programme participants will receive the following benefits:
- Peer-to-peer support and networking: Various in-person and online networking and support meetings during the SCAR-Engage Programme
- Country-level Individual Action Plans: Tailored document to address needs and ambitions regarding participation in future SCAR activities.
- Financial support: The Programme will offer financial assistance to support new SCAR WG members to travel to physical SCAR Working Group meetings, up to a maximum of €600 per member. The fixed rate attendance fee can be provided for a maximum of three physical meetings per member per year.
- Alumni Involvement and Certificate of Completion.
SECOND CALL FOR EXPRESSION
The Second Call for Expression of Interest around the SCAR Engage Programme has officially been launched. This cycle we are opening up two streams of application aimed at providing the most appropriate support.
We are inviting member of the National Delegation to the Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR) who are interested in increase their country’s representation in SCAR and accelerating the country’s research and innovation (R&I) agenda to apply to the RefreSCAR SCAR-Engage Programme using the Country Expression of Interest application form! Application submitted by the National Delegation to SCAR are official and will be considered in the evaluation process for the Second Year SCAR-Engage Programme.
Please note that under the 1st year of the Programme, Bulgaria, Greece, Iceland, Poland and Romania were selected for participation, therefore further applications cannot be accepted from these countries.
Please find the SCAR-Engage Supporting Document below for more details such as expectations and selection procedures along with a fillable pdf version of the Country Expression of Interest Application Form. Please, note that the application must be formally submitted via the
online application form ONLY.
Please, note that SCAR-Engage is planned to be launched for the third time by the end of 2025 and that applications submitted for the second year may be considered for participation in the subsequent Programme years.
Call Documents:
- Call for Expressions of Interest Supplementary Document
- Fillable PDF version of the form (to facilitate collaboration on an application)
The RefreSCAR SCAR-Engage Committee is also inviting experts who are interested in joining SCAR but are not sure how to reach their Country’s SCAR Delegate to submit their interest
using the Expert Interest application!
As an expert if you are aware of how to reach your National Delegation to SCAR we encourage you to contact them directly to express your interest to join SCAR.
SECOND CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
APPLICATION SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR EXPERT INTEREST APPLICATIONS:
Monday 10th of February 2025, 17:00 CET
APPLICATION SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR COUNTRY EXPRESSION OF INTEREST APPLICATIONS:
Friday 28th of February 2025, 17:00 CET
INVITATION OF SELECTED COUNTRIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SECOND YEAR PROGRAMME:
Information will be distributed the week of 17-21 of March 2025 via email with official invitation letters sent.
ORGANIZATION OF THE KICK-OFF MEETING AND THE OFFICIAL START OF THE SECOND SCAR-ENGAGE PROGRAMME:
The meeting will be held virtually with more information disclosed to the participants of the programme the week of 24-28 March 2025.
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ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
Please contact: refrescar@teagasc.ie
ABOUT REFRESCAR:
https://www.scar-europe.org/refrescar
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)
Applications are invited from national delegations to SCAR, including from EU Member States, Associated Countries and Candidate Countries. As SCAR WG members are nominated by national delegates in the SCAR Plenary (SCAR’s governing body), applications must be submitted by Plenary level delegates and will not be accepted from SCAR WG members or individual experts. Only these applications will be eligible for evaluations for the Second Year SCAR-Engage Programme.
FIRST CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
The First SCAR-Engage Programme has successfully began in September 2024 with the official Launch Meeting.
New SCAR members from Poland, Iceland, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece have been admitted to the programme.
If you are interested in the First Year SCAR-Engage Programme application documents please find them below:
- Call for Expressions of Interest Document (not the one to be used for the application to the second call)
- Fillable PDF version of the form (not the one to be used for the application to the second call)