The main objective of the project is to raise funds for the payment of membership fees related to VZLU‘s participation in the Association of European Research Establishments in Aeronautics (EREA) and the financing of business trips of project team members in connection with their work in the governing bodies of EREA. Financial support of the project allows keeping full membership of VZLU in EREA and active participation in their governing bodies.
Nowadays there are 9 EREA´s members, one for each country: DLR (Germany), CIRA (Italy, ONERA (/France), FOI (Sweden), INTA (Spain), NLR (Netherlands), VZLU (Czech Republic), ILOT (Poland) and INCAS (Romania).
Akronym: EREA INGO
Title of project: Členství VZLÚ v Asociaci evropských leteckých výzkumných ústavů (EREA)
Identification code: LA10018
Project start: 1. 5. 2010
Project end: 31. 12. 2012
Contractor: Výzkumný a zkušební letecký ústav, a.s.
Principal investigatior: Ing. Josef Kašpar
EREA was set up in 1994 as a non-profit associations with the following goals:
- Support and represent a common interest of its members
- Develop cooperation among its members, integrate their activities in civil and military aviation and related space activities
- Enhance and intensify collaboration of EREA with third parties in aviation
- Integration of research resources and capacities to render research on aviation more effective with the goal of maintaining the European privilege position in a global context
- Create and implement common programmes of activities of its members
Expected project benefits for VZLU:
- promotion of interests of the Czech aeronautical research in the European Research Area
- influencing conditions and orientation of research programs supported by the EU
- greater cooperation with other European aeronautical research institutions
- participation in joint research projects supported by the EU
- acquisition of new technological knowledge and its transfer to the Czech business sector and to professional public
- acquisition of strategic information needed to update the strategic research agenda of the Czech aviation
The Association has strong relations with the European aviation industry, particularly through ASD (Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe) and IMG4 (Industrial Management Group). EREA is a partner to the EU and its directorates (particularly DG Research and DG TREN). It tries to harmonize national interests by means of GARTEUR (the Group for Aeronautical Research and Technology in Europe). To this category also belongs cooperation with ACARE (Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe), the technological platform for aeronautical research, which is the European Commission´s advisory body for aeronautics.
