SINCIERE. Annual Report 2008

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1 SINCIERE Annual Reprt 2008

2 Table f cntents Shrt descriptin f main activities in Shrt descriptin f main achievements in Main activities in Outline f SINCIERE activities SINCIERE Balance f accunts Attachments Agenda fr Bard Meeting: Minutes frm Bard Meeting Agenda fr Cuncil Meeting: Minutes frm Cuncil Meeting Agenda Wrking cmmittee Minutes Wrking Cmmittee Agenda Wrking Cmmittee Minutes wrking cmmittee Agenda Wrking Cmmittee Minutes wrking cmmittee Agenda Wrking Cmittee Minutes wrking cmmittee Minutes Member Frum Meeting Minister f Higher Educatin and Research with delegatin visited SINCIERE in Beijing n the 4 th f Nvember 2008.

3 Shrt descriptin f main activities in th January Meeting with a delegatin frm Nanjing University at the Dept. f Gesciences, University f Osl t discuss prspects f future jint cperatin and utlined the plans fr a future wrkshp in envirnmental water sciences. 4 th March Meeting at the Ministry f Freign Affairs t discuss pssible funding f the research utlined in the Beijing Tianjing Cncept paper. 7 th March Meeting with dean f Faculty f Scial Sciences, and representatives frm the Faculties f -Law and Ecnmy as well as Centre fr Develpment and the Envirnment at the Faculty f scial sciences, at the University f Osl fr representatives t discuss invlvement in SINCIERE activities. 30 th March Dinner at the Nrwegian Embassy in Beijing. 1 st April Dinner with the Rectr f UiO and the 22 member delegatin frm UiO-HUMSAM (Faculty f Humanities, -Scial Sciences and Law) in Beijing. 3-4 th April SINCIERE Bard and Cuncil meetings. 17 th April Meeting with the Nrwegian Agency fr Develpment Cperatin (NORAD) t discuss funding pssibilities fr plicy-riented envirnmental research cperatin between China and Nrway 13 th May Meeting between CIENS Osl Centre fr Interdisciplinary Envirnmental and Scial Science and HUMSAM (Envirnment and Energy Research, Osl Centre fr Interdisciplinary Envirnmental and Scial Research, University f Osl. 16 th May Meeting with the Directr General and staff Internatinal unit, Divisin fr Strategic Pririties, Department fr Glbal Issues, and ther persns in charge f research funding in Asia and China at the Nrwegian Research Cuncil t infrm them f SINCIERE activities and gain infrmatin abut the cuncil s pririties and strategies. 16 th June Meeting with administratin and researcher at the Nrwegian Institute fr Agricultural and Envirnmental Research (Bifrsk) t present and discuss SINCIERE strategies and main fcus issues. 13 th Octber Meeting with at the secretariat fr business develpment in the suth at the Cnfederatin f Nrwegian Enterprise (NHO) t discuss participatin in a Chinese televisin series n energy efficiency and sustainability t be prduced in Nrway and the pssibilities fr jint effrt t prmte Nrwegian participatin in envirnmental research in China and thereby becme link between prblem wner and Nrwegian small- and medium size industry as prblem slvers. 1 st September Kathinka Fürst and Lin Gan started in the psitins as administrative crdinatrs in SINCIERE Beijing ffice and Osl, respectively. 11 th September Breakfast meeting at NORAD arranged by Partnerfrum. SINCIERE presented a talk titled Life and Learning n Plicyriented envirnmental research fllwed by discussin and prepared cmments frm the research Cuncil f Nrway and NORAD.

4 Octber 2008: SINCIERE Beijing ffice was mved frm the 7 th t the 6 th flr. A new desk was added s nw there is space fr three peple t use the ffice. 23 rd Octber Submitted draft prpsal presenting an utline f a Sin- Nrwegian Frum n Envirnmental Plicy t the Nrwegian Embassy in Beijing. 20 th Octber Meeting at the Ryal Nrwegian Embassy in Beijing with representatives frm the Embassy. During the meeting Lin Gan gave a brief intrductin t SINCIERE and the recent activities in Nrway and China. 4 th Nvember 2008: The Nrwegian Minister f Research and Higher Educatin, Tra Aasland with delegatin visited The Research Center fr Ec- Envirnmental Sciences and SINCIERE in Beijing. In additin t representatives frm the Ministry f Educatin and Research a number f representatives frm Nrwegian Research and Higher Educatinal institutins (UiO, NTNU, BI, NHH), the Nrwegian assciatin fr higher educating, and The Research cuncil f Nrway were a part f the fficial delegatin. In additin a delegatin frm Gjøvik University Cllege, Telemark University Cllege and The University f Agder als participated in the meeting. Chinese representatives included members frm The Office fr Internatinal Cperatin, Chinese Academy f Sciences, The Research Center fr Ec- Envirnmental Sciences and The Eclgical Sciety f China. The meeting ended with a lunch hsted by The Research Center fr Ec- Envirnmental Sciences. In cnnectin with the meeting Nrwegian University f Science and Technlgy, represented by Pr-Rectr f Research and Innvatin Astrid Lægreid and Osl University Cllege, represented by special adviser at the Internatinal Office, Anne Beate Aubert bth expressed interest in jining the SINCIERE netwrk. 5 th Nvember Meeting at the Ryal Nrwegian Embassy in Beijing. During this meeting SINCIERE expressed their intentins cncerning establishing a netwrk with a sustainable amunt f funding. This netwrk wuld be able t assist the Nrwegian Gvernment in their effrts t prmte interdisciplinary and enable cntinuality in questins related t envirnment and develpment. SINCIERE als present the idea n develping an envirnmental plicy frum with relevant Chinese partners. 27 th Nvember Lunch with the attaché f science and technlgy at the Chinese embassy in Osl t discuss pssibilities fr a MU frm the embassy t supprt the aim f SINCIERE and t discuss cmmn activities in Nvember-December Dr. Geir Orderud frm The Nrwegian Institute fr Urban and Reginal Research (NIBR) visited and used the SINCIERE ffice in Beijing. 2 nd December Meeting with Delegatin frm the Chinese Academy f Scial Sciences (CASS) at CIENS arranged by The Research Cuncil f Nrway t discuss pssibilities fr interdisciplinary envirnmental research. 19 th December Meeting at the Research cuncil f Nrway t discuss SINCIERE s participatin in EXPO2010.

5 Shrt descriptin f main achievements in 2008 Cncept paper The SINCIERE Cncept Paper - Sin-Nrwegian Cperatin n Envirnmental Research in the Beijing-Tianjin alng with a letter f endrsement frm the Chinese Academy f Sciences area was submitted t the Sectin fr East Asia and Oceania at the Ministry f Freign Affairs in February and fllwed up with a meeting n March 4 th. Negative reply was received in May. Disseminatin activities Annual reprt 2007 submitted in March Newsletter 1 submitted in March Web page pened in the beginning f Hwever, after a trial perid it was decided that the design f the webpage was nt very gd. Therefre it was decided that the webpage shuld be redesigned. This wrk started in the beginning f Mem n SINCIERE s Visin and challenges submitted t the Nrwegian minister f Higher Educatin in preparatin fr the visit t China. SINCIER NewsFlash s NRK P2, Verdt å vite, Radiprgramme abut SINCIERE and Tianjin. Abut Sin-Nrwegian research cperatin n envirnemntal issues. < Kina & Vi, Nr. 1, 2008, Reasn fr ptimism? (In Nrwegian: Grunn til ptimisme? Red. Christine Surlien, p Freningen Nrge-Kina, Hegdehaugsveien 10, Osl, Nrway. Crdinatin f NORKLIMA applicatins NORKLIMA is a Nrwegian Research Cuncil funded research prgramme. The primary bjective f the NORKLIMA prgramme is t generate vital new knwledge abut the climate system, abut climate trends in the past, present and future, and abut the direct and indirect impacts f climate change n the natural envirnment and sciety, as a basis fr adaptive respnses by sciety. In Octber 2008 NORKLIMA annunced a call fr the research prpsal earmarked Sin-Nrwegian research prjects fcusing n climate change and the cnsequences fr Nrway. The Nrwegian Research Cuncil received 32 applicatins. Seven SINCIERE affiliated institutes applied fr tgether 17 prjects. The ttal amunt applied fr frm all 32 prjects was NOK, nly NOK is available fr funding. The result will be available in April/May Future strategy Outline f cre activities fr SINCIERE

6 Main activities in 2008 Cuncil meeting: 4 th April 2008 at RCEES in Beijing (minutes in attachment 2) Bard meetings: 3 rd April 2008 at RCEES in Beijing (minutes in attachment 4) Member Frum meetings: 4 th Nvember 2008 (minutes in attachment 13) Nrwegian wrking cmmittee meetings: 11 th January 2008 (minutes in attachment 6) 13 th February 2008 (minutes in attachment 8) 12 th March 2008 (minutes in attachment 10) 10 th December 2008 (minutes in attachment 12) Presentatins f SINCIERE 7 th January 2008 at the Dept. f Gesciences, University f Osl fr a visiting delegatin frm Nanjing University. 7 th March 2008 at the Faculty f scial sciences, University f Osl fr representatives frm Faculties f Scial Sciences, -Law and Ecnmy as well as Centre fr Develpment and the Envirnment 17 th April 2008 at and fr The Nrwegian Agency fr Develpment Cperatin (NORAD). 13 th May 2008 at CIENS Osl Centre fr Interdisiplinary Envirnmental and Scial Science fr HUMSAM (Envirnment and Energy Research, Osl Centre fr Interdisciplinary Envirnmental and Scial Research, University f Osl). 16 th May 2008 at the Nrwegian Research Cuncil, fr the respnsible fr Asia and China. 16 th June 2008 at and fr The Nrwegian Institute fr Agricultural and Envirnmental Research (Bifrsk) 13 th Octber 2008 at the Cnfederatin f Nrwegian Enterprise (NHO) fr the secretariat fr business develpment in the suth 4 th Nvember 2008 at The Research Centre fr Ec-Envirnmental Sciences (RCESS) fr representatives frm University f Agder (UiA), Telemark University Cllege (HiT), Gjøvik University Cllege (HiG) and Osl University Cllege (HiO). 5 th Nvember 2008 at the Ryal Nrwegian Embassy in Beijing fr the New Envirnmental Cunsellr Mrs. Nina Rør and Cunsellr fr Develpment, Mrs. Mnika P. Thwsen. 11 th September Breakfast meeting at NORAD arranged by Partnerfrum. SINCIERE presented a talk titled Life and Learning n Plicyriented envirnmental research fllwed by discussin and prepared cmments frm the research Cuncil f Nrway and NORAD.

7 2 nd December Meeting with Delegatin frm the Chinese Academy f Scial Sciences (CASS) at CIENS arranged by The Research Cuncil f Nrway t discuss pssibilities fr interdisciplinary envirnmental research.

8 Outline f SINCIERE activities 2008 Date Acticity Place Participants SINCIERE Presentatin Dep. Of Gesciences, UIO Rlf Vgt Wrking cmmittee meeting 1/2008 NIBR Rlf Vgt Wrking cmmittee meeting 2/2008 NIBR Rlf Vgt SINCIERE Presentatin Faculty f Scial Sciences, UIO Rlf Vgt Wrking cmmittee meeting 3/2008 NIBR Rlf Vgt Bard meeting RCEES, Beijing Rlf Vgt Cuncil Meeting RCEES, Beijing Rlf Vgt SINCIERE Presentatin Nrad Rlf Vgt SINCIERE Presentatin HUMSAM Rlf Vgt SINCIERE Presentatin NFR Rlf Vgt SINCIERE Presentatin Bifrsk Rlf Vgt Executive Directr Internatinal Affaires, Kari Kveseth visit SINCIERE ffice in Beijing RCEES, Beijing Zhang Xiashan, Kari Kveseth Kathinka Furst start wrking as an administrative crdinatr at the SINCIERE Beijing ffice RCEES, Beijing Kathinka Furst SINCIERE Presentatin NHO: Cnfederatin f Nrwegian Rlf Vgt

9 Enterprises Renvatin f SINCIERE ffice in Beijing : nw with three desks. RCEES, Beijing SINCIERE Presentatin cncerning funding pssibilities fr research exchange activities Kathinka Furst, representatives frm The Nrwegian University Shanghai Jiatng University, China Agricultural University and SINCIERE Presentatin RCEES, Beijing UiA, HiT, HiG and HiO, Rlf Vgt, Kathinka Furst Minister f Higher Educatin and Research with delegatin visit RCEES and SINCIERE RCEES, Beijing Rlf Vgt, Kathinka Furst, Zhang Xiashan, Wang Zhangwei Meeting Nrwegian Embassy in Beijing Ryal Nrwegian Embassy, Beijing Rlf Vgt, Kathinka Furst, Nina Rør, Mnika Thwsen Meeting Nrwegian Embassy in Beijing Ryal Nrwegian Embassy, Beijing Rlf Vgt, Kathinka Furst, Nina Rør, Mnika Thwsen Geir Orderud frm NIBIR visit SINCIERE ffice in Beijing RCEES, Beijing Meeting with Chinese Embassy in Osl Chinese Embassy, Osl SINCIERE Presentatin UiO Visiting CAS delegatin Wrking cmmittee meeting 4/2008 CICERO, Osl Rlf Vgt EXPO2010 meeting NFR

10 SINCIERE Balance f accunts 2008

11 Attachments Agenda fr Bard Meeting: Date: Thursday April 3 rd, 2008 Time: 09:00 12:00 Venue: RCEES, Beijing Agenda: 1. Apprval f the Agenda 2. Appintment f referee 3. Infrmatin t the SINCIERE Bard a. Beijing Tianjin Cncept paper b. Appintment f new SINCIERE Crdinatr psitins c. Increasing student and research mbility d. Hmepage 4. Sanctin the SINCIERE Annual reprt incl. financial statement fr 2007 See enclsed reprt (Appendix I) Prpsed reslutin: The Bard submits the SINCIERE Financial statement fr 2007, with the amendments made by the Bard, t the Cuncil 5. Recmmendatins t the The Cuncil regarding the prpsed SINCIERE Yearly Operatin Plan 2008 See enclsed list f prpsed activities (Appendix 2) Prpsed reslutin: The Bard Recmmend t the Cuncil that the enclsed list f activities fr 2008, with the amendments made by the Bard, be apprved by the Cuncil 6. Apprval f SINCIERE budget fr 2008 See enclsed budget (Appendix 3) Prpsed reslutin: The Bard apprve the enclsed prpsed budget fr 2008, with the amendments made by the Bard. 7. Recmmendatins t the Cuncil regarding amendments t the SINCIERE Statutes See enclsed Statutes (Appendix 4) - The Nrwegian Env. Cunsellr in China, Per Schieve, withdrew frm his psitin in the Cuncil in SINCIERE shrtly after the initiatin f the Centre. This creates a cnflict with Article 5 Chapt. 2 in ur statutes. Prpsed reslutin: The Bard sanctin that the last subsectin f Article 5 Chapt. 2 in SINCIERE statutes be stricken. - Fr practical reasns the Bard and Cuncil meeting are held n cnsecutive days. This creates a cnflict with Article 5 Chapt. 15 in ur statutes. Prpsed reslutin: The Bard sanctin that the Article 5 Chapt. 13 in SINCIERE statutes be stricken. 8. Funding f the Bejing-Tinajin cperatin The best ptin fr funding is thrugh the NORAD system.

12 This requires a request thrugh SEPA/FECO. Hw is this feasible? 9. Date fr Bard meeting Alt. dates: March 23 rd, March 30 th r April 6 th 10. Other Minutes frm Bard Meeting MINUTES Present: Nt present: Bard Meeting SINCIERE Zhang Xuliang (CAS), Chai Fahe (CRAES), Zhang Xiashan (RCEES), Jn Naustdalslid (NIBR), Kristin Aunan (CICERO), Rlf D. Vgt (UiO) Qu Jinhui (RCESS), Frde Strdal (UiO), Annik Myhre (UiO) Meeting n.: Date: Time: 09:00-12:00 Lead by: Minutes by: Zhu Wang Case Cmment Dead line 1. Apprval f the Agenda Agenda was apprved 2. Appintment f referee SINCIERE secretary Wang Dangba was appinted t take minutes frm the meeting 3 Infrmatin t the SINCIERE Bard a. Beijing Tianjin Cncept paper The Cncept paper, that was handed in t the Nrwegian Ministry f Freign Affairs in February, was presented. We are pending the respnse frm the ministry befre taking further actin b. Appintment f new SINCIERE Crdinatr psitins It has been decided that the psitin as SINCIERE crdinatr after Anne Kari Jhansen will be split in 2 15% psitins t be allcated in Beijing and Osl respectively. c. Increasing student and research mbility There are several means t achieve funding fr travel and bard fr student and researcher exchange between China and Nrway. The prblem is the lack f cntingency funding t d any research. This is necessary in rder fr the independent research Inst. t participate in this exchange. d. Hmepage The SINCIERE hmepage is running but it is in n gd shape. We need t put emphasis n this in rder fr it t be acceptable. 4. Sanctin the SINCIERE Annual reprt incl. financial statement fr 2008 Res pns ible

13 Case Cmment Dead line The SINCIERE Annual reprt incl. financial statement fr 2008 was sanctined. 5. Recmmendatins t the The Cuncil regarding the prpsed SINCIERE Yearly Operatin Plan 2008 The Bard Recmmend t the Cuncil that the enclsed list f activities fr 2008, with the amendments made by the Bard, be apprved by the Cuncil 6. Apprval f SINCIERE budget fr 2008 The Bard apprve the enclsed prpsed budget fr 2008, with the amendments made by the Bard. 7. Recmmendatins t the Cuncil regarding amendments t the SINCIERE Statutes The Nrwegian Env. Cunsellr in China, Per Schieve, withdrew frm his psitin in the Cuncil in SINCIERE shrtly after the initiatin f the Centre. This creates a cnflict with Article 5 Chapt. 2 in ur statutes Fr practical reasns the Bard and Cuncil meeting are held n cnsecutive days. This creates a cnflict with Article 5 Chapt. 15 in ur statutes. The Bard sanctin that the last subsectin f Article 5 Chapt. 2 in SINCIERE statutes be stricken. The Bard sanctin that the Article 5 Chapt. 13 in SINCIERE statutes be deleted. 8. Funding f the Bejing-Tinajin cperatin The best ptin fr funding is thrugh the NORAD system. This requires a request thrugh SEPA/FECO but this is nt practically feasible. 9. Date fr Bard meeting Alt. dates were prpsed: March 23 rd, March 30 th r April 6 th 10. N cases under Other Res pns ible Agenda fr Cuncil Meeting: Date: Friday April 4 rd, 2008 Time: 09:00 12:00 Venue: RCEES, Beijing Agenda: 1. Apprval f the Agenda 2. Appintment f referee 3. Infrmatin t the SINCIERE Bard e. Budget 2008 apprved by the SINCIERE Bard f. Beijing Tianjin Cncept paper g. Appintment f new SINCIERE Crdinatr psitins h. Increasing student and research mbility i. Hmepage

14 4. Apprval f the annual reprt, including the annual financial statements f the Centre Bard s recmmendatin: t be given at meeting by an appinted Bard member 5. Apprval f SINCIERE Yearly Operatin Plan 2008 Bard s recmmendatin: t be given at meeting by an appinted Bard member 6. Amendments t the SINCIERE Statutes See enclsed Statutes (Appendix 1) - The Nrwegian Env. Cunsellr in China, Per Schieve, withdrew frm his psitin in the Cuncil in SINCIERE shrtly after the initiatin f the Centre. This creates a cnflict with Article 5 Chapt. 2 in ur statutes. - Fr practical reasns the Bard and Cuncil meeting are held n cnsecutive days. This creates a cnflict with Article 5 Chapt. 15 in ur statutes. Bard s recmmendatin: t be given at meeting by an appinted Bard member Prpsed reslutin: The Cuncil reslve that the last subsectin f Article 5 Chapt. 13 and the Article 5 Chapt. 13 in SINCIERE statutes be stricken. 7. Funding f the Bejing-Tinajin cperatin The best ptin fr funding is thrugh the NORAD system. This requires a request thrugh SEPA/FECO. Hw is this feasible? 8. Date fr Bard meeting Alt. dates: March 24 rd, March 31 th r April 7 th Bard s recmmendatin: t be given at meeting by an appinted Bard member 9. Other Minutes frm Cuncil Meeting MINUTES Present: Nt present: Cuncil meeting SINCIERE Fu Bjie (CAS), Lu Yufeng (NSFC), Lu Ynglng (CAS), Zhang Xiashan (RCEES),Jn Naustdalslid (NIBR), Kristin Aunan (CICERO), Rlf D. Vgt (UiO) Li Xinming (SEPA), Qu Jinhui (RCEES), Jiang Guibin (RCESS), Geir Ellingsrud (UiO), Meeting n.: Date: Time: 09:00-12:00 Lead by: Minutes by: Zhu Wang Case Cmment Dead line 1. Apprval f the Agenda Agenda was apprved Res pns ible

15 Case Cmment Dead line 2. Appintment f referee SINCIERE secretary Wang Dangba was appinted t take minutes frm the meeting 3 Infrmatin t the SINCIERE Bard a. Budget 2008 apprved by the SINCIERE Bard The SINCIERE budget fr 2008 was apprved by the SINCIERE bard withut cmments b. Beijing Tianjin Cncept paper The Cncept paper, that was handed in t the Nrwegian Ministry f Freign Affairs in February, was presented. We are pending the respnse frm the ministry befre taking further actin c. Appintment f new SINCIERE Crdinatr psitins It has been decided that the psitin as SINCIERE crdinatr after Anne Kari Jhansen will be split in 2 15% psitins t be allcated in Beijing and Osl respectively. d. Increasing student and research mbility There are several means t achieve funding fr travel and bard fr student and researcher exchange between China and Nrway. The prblem is the lack f cntingency funding t d any research. This is necessary in rder fr the independent research Inst. t participate in this exchange. f. Hmepage The SINCIERE hmepage is running but it is in n gd shape. We need t put emphasis n this in rder fr it t be acceptable. 4. Apprval f the annual reprt, including the annual financial statements f the Centre The SINCIERE annual reprt, including the annual financial statements f the Centre, was apprved 5. Apprval f SINCIERE Yearly Operatin Plan 2008 The SINCIERE Yearly Operatin Plan fr 2008 was apprved 6. Amendments t the SINCIERE Statutes The Nrwegian Env. Cunsellr in China, Per Schieve, withdrew frm his psitin in the Cuncil in SINCIERE shrtly after the initiatin f the Centre. This creates a cnflict with Article 5 Chapt. 2 in ur statutes. Fr practical reasns the Bard and Cuncil meeting are held n cnsecutive days. This creates a cnflict with Article 5 Chapt. 15 in ur statutes. The Cuncil reslve that the last subsectin f Article 5 Chapt. 13 and the Article 5 Chapt. 13 in SINCIERE statutes be deleted. 7. Funding f the Bejing-Tinajin cperatin The best ptin fr funding is thrugh the NORAD system. This requires a request thrugh SEPA/FECO but this is nt practically feasible. 8. Date fr Bard meeting Alt. dates were prpsed: March 24 rd, March 31 th r April 7 th 9. Other N ther issues Res pns ible

16 Agenda Wrking cmmittee 4 INNKALLING TIL ARBEIDSUTVALGSMØTE 4 I SINCIERE Sakspapirer tilgjengelig på Eller ved å klikke på de blå linkene. Møtedat: Fredag Møtetidspunkt: Kl. 09:00 12:00 Møtelkale: NIBR Dagsrden: Sak 1/08 Gdkjenning av dagsrden Sak 2/08 Valg av referent Sak 3/08 Orienteringsaker A. Regnskap fr 2007 Regnskapet fr 2007 er ikke helt fullført da det bl.a. er usikkerhet i frhld til utbetalt barselpenger sm skal refunderes fra Flketrygden. Inntil videre er lønnsutgifter beregnet. B. Beijing Tianjin Cncept paper Bevilgning på kkr. 400 fra UD er mttatt i hht. til signert kntrakt. Dette skal frdeles følgende: - NIVA (Larrsen) g NUPI (Angell) blir tildelt kkr. 140 hver - CICERO (Aunan), ECON (Vennem), NILU (Larssen), UiO-Ge (Strdal), UiO-Ge (Xu), UMB (Jenssen/Mulder), NIBR (Orderud) g TØI (Fridstrøm) fr kkr. 20 hver. Ttalt blir dette kkr Prgressjnsrapprt til UD ble levert før jul g Cnsept paper er under utarbeiding under ledelse av Dr. T. Larssen, NIVA, med assistanse fra Lin Gan, SINCIERE. C. Administrativ krdinatr Vår administrative krdinatr, Anne Kari Jhansen, g hennes vikar, Lin Gan, har akseptert å frsette i stillingene deres frem til Mars April. Etter dette er begge usikre på m de ønsker å frtsette i stillingen. Vi må uansett nå snarest lyse ut stillingen g må derfr ta stilling til m stillingsbeskrivelsen bør endres. D. Hjemmeside Det har vist seg å være mye vanskeligere enn tidligere antatt å få til en hjemmeside fr SINCIERE under sidene til RCEES. Dette arbeidet er imidlertid nå i gang g vi hlder på med å lage en hjemmeside basert på kmmentarer på en freslått design. Sak 4/08 SINCIERE Aktiviteter i 2008 I hht. til vedtatte SINCIERE Yearly peratin plan fr 2007 har vi ikke kmmet helt i mål på alle spesielt tre punkter: Hjemmeside, Newsletter g Fremming av student g Frskningsutveksling. Basert på dette g vedtatte SINCIERE Actin plan er SINCIERE Yearly peratin plan fr 2008 under utarbeiding g må diskuteres på møtet. - Frslag til handling: Oppgaver sm skal utføres av SINCIERE i 2008 legges inn i planen.

17 Frslag til tiltaksplan gdkjennes av AU g versendes Kinesisk direktør fr behandling i den kinesiske delen av Rådet frut fr Rådsmøte. Sak 5/08 SINCIERE Budsjett frslag til 2008 Basert på estimerte lønnsutgifter fr 2008 g frespeilende inntekter basert bl.a. på 6 asssierte medlemmer er et frslag til Budsjett fr 2008 utarbeidet med en ttal ramme på 1,3 mill. - Frslag til handling: Budsjett fr 2008 gjennmgåes g avstemmes i frhld til freslåtte tiltaksplan fr 2008 (Sak 5/08). Frslag til budsjett gdkjennes av AU g versendes Kinesisk direktør fr behandling i den kinesiske delen av Rådet frut fr Rådsmøte. Sak 6/08 Leder fr SINCIERE CIENS har fått ny leder, I Fullmaksavtalen pkt. 4, sm binder CIENS partnere til å støtte SINCIERE, står det: Den av ClENS-partnerne sm har ledervervet i CIENS har ansvaret fr, på vegne av ClENS, å administrere g stå fr den praktiske implementeringen av CIENS sitt engasjement i NICER. Det gjelder gså ansvaret fr å frvalte g føre regnskap fr ClENS Øknmiske bidrag til NICER. Fr dette frmålet skal det pprettes et "NICER prsjekt" ved instituttet. Dette prsjektet rapprteres til CIENS Lederfrum. Utver dette skal prinsipielle spørsmål sm berører ClENS sitt engasjement i NICER bringes inn fr CIENS Lederfrum. I artikkel 5 pkt. 6 i våre statutter står det: 1. The Cuncil elects a Chairpersn and a Vice-Chairpersn. The term f ffice f the Chairpersn and Vice-Chairpersn is tw years. I artikkel 6 pkt. 3 i statuttene står det: 1. The Chairman f the Gverning Bard is als the chairman f the Cuncil. The psitin rtates between the Chinese and the Nrwegian side n a tw-year basis starting Nvember 22 nd, Frslag til handling: AU ber lederfrum i CIENS, ved leder Ølnes, å avklare hvrdan hun ønsker å ivareta de interessene CIENS har i SINCIERE Sak 7/08 Finansiering av drift fr SINCIERE fra UD På et møte på ambassaden ble jeg under hånden infrmert av 1ste sekretær i Utviklingssamarbeid, Mnika P. Thwsen, at direktør ved Asiaseksjnen i Utenriksdepartementet, Eivind Hmme, har ytret ønske m at UD skal finansiere drift av SINCIERE. I denne frbindelse er det relevant å se til hva UD gjør i Latin Amerika. Se web siden 007/la_frskning.html?id= I samtaler med lederen fr Senter fr Utvikling g Miljø (SUM) ved UiO, Kristi Anne Stølen, har jeg fått rede på at UD vil m krt tid lyse ut midler til å drifte et senter fr frskningssamarbeid i Latin Amerika identisk med det SINCIERE er i Kina. - Frslag til handling: AU nedsetter et utvalg sm i samarbeid med Valter Angel ved NUPI skal arbeide mt UD fr å få til en tilsvarende rdning fr Kina. Sak 8/08 Oppfølging av UDs bevilgning til NFR

18 I frb. med lanseringen av Regjeringens Kina strategi signaliserte de en bevilgning til NFR på 15 mill.i året i 2 år fr å styrke frskningssamarbeidet med Kina. Jeg har prøvd å finne ut av hva NFR skal gjøre med disse midlene, men har kun lykkes å få på det rene ta de ikke skal pprette et eget prgram siden det er et fr lite beløp. Vi bør følge pp NFR g sørge fr at disse midlene ikke frsvinner i det stre sluket - Frslag til handling: Det AU nedsatte utvalget under pkt. 07/08 fr gså sm mandat å jbbe pp mt NFR fr å sørge fr at disse midlene blir tilgjengelig fr våre medlemmer. Sak 9/08 Endring i statuttene Miljøråd ved den Nrske Ambassaden i Kina, Per Schive, ønsker ikke lenger å sitte Rådet til SINCIERE. Vi har ikke fått nen fra UD til å ta hans plass. I Artikkel 5 pkt. 2. i våre statutter står det: The Cuncil f SINCIERE has Chinese representatives frm RCEES/CAS (Chinese side chairman), NSFC (Natinal Natural Science Fundatin f China), SEPA (State Envirnmental Prtectin Administratin) and CREAES as well as Nrwegian representatives frm CIENS (Nrwegian side chairman), UiO, and Ministry f Freign Affairs (UD) r Ministry f Envirnment (MD). I Artikkel 10 står det: Amendments f the Statutes f SINCIERE may nly be made by a reslutin passed at a duly cnstituted Cuncil meeting. - Frslag til handling: Utvalget nedsatt av AU I frb. med sak 7/08 undersøker m en i staben til Hmme i UD (fr eksempel Jannike Graatrud) kunne tenke seg å sitte i Rådet. Det fremmes frslag til Rådsmøte at siste ledd i Artikkel 5 pkt. 2 strykes. Sak 10/08 Øke student g frskerutvekslingen UiO har vist seg å være et attraktivt studiested fr studenter fra Kina. Studenter fra Asia utgjrde en femtedel av alle utenlandske Bachelr g Master studenter ved UiO. Kinesere var den nest største gruppen utenlandske studenter. På dktrgradsnivå var Kinesere var den største gruppen utenlandske studenter. Det å ha studenter fra Kina er et nyttig verktøy til å bygge relasjner g utvikle frskningssamarbeid. Det finnes en rekke muligheter fr finansiering sm kan utnyttes bedre hvis frhldene blir lagt til rette. Et prblem med Kvterdningen g Statsstipender er at det ikke følger driftsmidler eller dekningsbidrag med studenten. Opptak av studenter på disse prgrammene frutsetter derfr at man har eksterne driftsmidler. Imidlertid er dette i utgangspunktet ikke nk da instituttene i økende grad krever inndekning av de reelle utgifter studentene medfører, ne sm tilsvarer ca. 30% av stipendet. NUFU prgrammet er i terien åpen fr søknader fra Kina, men i realiteten setter SiO en stpper fr slike søknader. Dette er ne vi bør ta pp med NORAD. I et møte rektr ved UiO hadde med ME (Deputy Directr General i ME Dr. Jiang Feng g Deputy Directr Zhang Jin) i 2006 ble det skissert et prgram sm skulle innehlde stipender til Kinesere øremerket miljø. Disse stipendene skulle være til kinesiske studenter sm ville ta PhD eller en Pst-Dc peride ved UiO/CIENS. Ola Breidal har tilbudt seg å gjøre ne i frhld til MU hvis vi ber ham. Hva skal vi gjøre? Det er mulig å pprette Frskerskler med finansiering fra Nrdiske g Nasjnale kilder, samt fra UiO.

19 - Frslag til handling: AU nedsetter et utvalg ledet av Undervisningsdekanen ved MatNat fr å Rydde pp i usikkerheten rundt kravet m dekningsbidrag fr Kvte studenter Sette press på NUFU til å akseptere søknader fra Kina Følge pp invitasjnen fra ME Sak 11/08 Tidspunkt g sted fr Råds g Styremøte Møtene freslås hldt i Kina i uke 14 ( ) - Frslag til handling: Frslag til møtetid gdkjennes av AU g versendes Kinesisk direktør fr behandling i den kinesiske delen av Rådet. Sak 12/08 Tidspunkt fr neste AU møte Vi bør følge pp tiltakene med et møte i slutten av februar - Frslag til handling: Frslag til møtetid gdkjennes av AU Sak 13/08 Eventuelt Minutes Wrking Cmmittee 4.. Nrsk Krdinatr MINUTES Meeting in Wrking Cmmittee (AU), SINCIERE Møtenr.: Dat: Tilstede: Jn Naustdalslid (JON), Kristin Aunan (KAN), Frde Strdal (FST), Rlf D. Vgt (RDV) Tid: 09:00-11:00 Ikke tilstede: Annik Myhre (ANM) Møtelede r: RDV Referat sendt til: SINCIERE Wrking cmmittee, Members f SINCIERE, Anders Elverhøi, Zhang Xiashan (ZXS), Dngya Wang (DYW), Trygve Lande, Per Schive, Valter Angell (VAA) Referent: RDV 1/08 Apprval f Agenda There were n cmments t the agenda The Agenda was accepted 2/08 Electin f reprter

20 RDV was elected reprter 3/08 Fr Infrmatin A) Accunt fr 2007 is pending clarificatin f maternity leave refund fr A.K. Jhansen Accunts will be cmpleted befre fr next AU meeting Febr. 13 th. B) Beijing Tianjin Cncept paper, under the lead f Dr. Thrjørn Larssen (THL) and with assistance frm Valter Angell (NUPI) and Lin Gan (LIG) (SINCIERE), is under cmpletin after receiving NOK frm the Ministry f Freign affairs (UD). A ttal f NOK is allcated amng the fllwing fr their expenses related t the Cncept paper: - NIVA (Larrsen) g NUPI (Angell) with kkr. 120 each - CICERO (Aunan), ECON (Vennem), NILU (Larssen), UiO-Ge (Strdal), UiO-Ge (Xu), UMB (Jenssen/Mulder), NIBR (Orderud) and TØI (Fridstrøm) receive kkr. 20 each. The Cncept paper will be cmpleted within week 5 in rder fr us t arrange a presentatin ceremny and fllw-up meeting with the Ministry f Freign affairs during week 6. See Case 8/08. The cntract f ur administrative crdinatr Anne Kari Jhansen ended and she has reclined frm cntinuing in her psitin. The pst needs nw t be advertised a.s.a.p. and the Wrk Descriptin must therefre be revised. - N new persn will be engaged t replace A.K. Jhansen befre pst has been advertised. - The pst will be reduced t 40% r pssibly divided int 2 x 30% psitins with ne persn in Beijing and ne persn in Osl. - The Wrk descriptin will be revised by the members f the wrking cmmittee and cmments sent RDV within Jan 16 th. - New Wrk descriptin and advertisement text be cmpleted within week 4 - Psitin be advertised in Chinese bulletins during February Hmepage is under cnstructin by ur Chinese secretary Wang and a draft view f the pen and membership page need t be cmmented. Cmments shuld be sent t RDV a.s.a.p. The hmepage is up and running by within week RDV THL, LIG JON, KAN, FST RDV RDV, LIG RDV ZXS, DYW

21 4/08 SINCIERE activities 2008 We have nt accmplished all the planned activities f 2007 accrding t the SINCIERE Yearly peratin plan fr This is mainly related t the publicatins f bi-annual newsletters, setting up a SINCIERE web page and prmting student and scientist mbility. Based n these shrt cmings and the SINCIERE Actin plan the SINCIERE Yearly peratin plan fr 2008 is prpsed RDV The prpsed SINCIERE Yearly peratin plan fr 2008 is pending final acceptance by the next Wrking Cmmittee meeting Feb. 13 th. 5/08 Prpsed SINCIERE budget A prpsed budget fr 2008 based n estimated salary expenses fr 2008 and freseen incme frm 10 funding and 6 assciated members as well as the Nrwegian Research Cuncil (NRC) funding was presented with a ttal budget f 1,3 mill. NOK RDV The prpsed SINCIERE budget 2008 is pending final acceptance by the next Wrking Cmmittee meeting n Feb. 13 th. 6/08 SINCIERE Chair CIENS has appinted JON as their representative in SINCIERE and he has agreed t cntinue his rle as Chair f SINCIERE. The Wrking cmmittee supprts that JON cntinues in ffice. JON cntinues as Chair f SINCIERE in 2008 under the JON cnditin that CIENS assess the rle f JON in SINCIERE prir t next bard meeting. 7/08 Financing f running csts f SINCIERE There are pssibilities that UD will be interested in funding the running csts f a centre crdinating research cperatin between Nrway and China alng the same lines as they are planning in Latin America JON JON will lead a task frce where we will hpefully have the assistance by VAA t apprach UD t seek the pssibility fr funding. This will be initiated by a Presentatin ceremny f the Cncept paper during week 6 (SEE Case 3B/08) 8/08 Fllw-up f grant frm UD t NRC In cnnectin with the Gv. China strategy UD granted the NRC 15 mill NOK yearly fr 2 years t set up (qute) a new Stipend and research prgramme. Apparently this will nt result in a dedicated NRC prgram but instead be spread ut amng existing prgrams prmting new research cperatin between China and Nrway.

22 Reslutins: The Task frce established under case 8/08 will after meeting and discussin with UD have fllw-up meetings with Ministry f Envirnment (MD) and NRC t seek the pssibility f a Dutch treat t finance the research activities utlined in the Cncept paper. RDV, in his psitin in the secretariat f the CIENS Science lead (Fagledelse), will prmte the research cncept utlined in the Cncept paper as an ideal pssibility t implement the visins, gals and task elements in SACRE. With the cllective supprt and backing by CIENS/UiO we shuld be able t allcate sme funding frm MD JON RDV 9/08 Amendments t the SINCIERE Statutes The Nrwegian Env. Cunsellr in China, Per Schive, withdrew frm his psitin in the Cuncil in SINCIERE shrtly after the initiatin f the Centre. This is in cnflict with Article 5 Chapt. 2 in ur statutes RDV AU will prmte t the Bard and Cuncil that the last subsectin f Article 5 Chapt. 2 in ur statutes be stricken. 10/08 Increased student and research mbility UiO is attractive fr students frm China, whm cnstituted 20% f all freign Bachelr and Master students making them the secnd largest cntingent at UiO. On PhD level the Chinese are the largest grup f freign students. - There are a several surces fr funding thugh a prblem with the Quta prgramme and State stipends are the lack f subsidiary funding t cver actual running csts. - The NUFU prgramme is in thery pen fr applicatins fr research prjects in China, thugh in reality SiO blcks such applicatins. This we shuld bring up n meetings with NORAD. - In a meeting between the Rectr at UiO (Arild Underdal) and the ME (Deputy Directr General i ME Dr. Jiang Feng g Deputy Directr Zhang Jin) back in 2006 a prgramme was suggested that shuld cver stipends fr Chinese PhD r Pst Dc students within the field f envirnmental science at UiO/CIENS. This has nt been fllwed up FST, ANM FST will fllw this up with ANM 11/08 Date fr Bard and Cuncil meeting The Bard and Cuncil meeting fr 2008 is suggested set t The date fr Bard and Cuncil meeting are t be prpsed t Chinese Directr RDV

23 12/08 Date and Time fr next AU meeting Next AU meeting must be held in time t place mtins befre the Cuncil and Bard within 2 weeks f the meetings. Next meeting will be held at NIBR March 13 th at hr Summn and agenda fr meeting must be issued 1 week in advance 13/08 Any ther business N ther cases were addressed RDV Agenda Wrking Cmmittee 5 INNKALLING TIL ARBEIDSUTVALGSMØTE 5 I SINCIERE Sakspapirer tilgjengelig på Eller ved å klikke på de blå linkene. Møtedat: Onsdag Møtetidspunkt: Kl. 09:00 12:00 Møtelkale: NIBR Dagsrden: Sak 14/08 Gdkjenning av referat. Referat fra frrige møte ble sendt ut til medlemmene i SINCIERE Sak 15/08 Gdkjenning av Dagsrden Sak 16/08 Orienteringsaker C. Dat fr Rådsmøte Råds g Styremøte er freløpig berammet til Jn N. g Kristin A. har signalisert at de vil kunne dra til Beijing på den tiden. T. Larssen vil sannsynligvis da være i Beijing. D. Beijing Tianjin Cncept paper Cncept paper er ferdigstilt g skal versendes Hmme i UD etter at Angell har tatt pp saken med byråkratiet Videre møter med MD g NFR (Sak 08/08) avventer møte med Hmme I dialgene med Hmme vil mulighetene fr finansiering av SINCIERE bli diskutert (Sak 07/08) Vi jbber med å få til et møte mellm Rektr med Ølnes g Slheim etter at vi har presentert knsept paperet til Hmme. E. Administrativ krdinatrer Vår administrative krdinatr, Anne Kari Jhansen, har valgt å slutte i stillingen fm Hennes vikar, Lin Gan, har akseptert å frsette i stillingene deres frem til Mars April. Etter dette er begge usikre på m de ønsker å frtsette i stillingen. Utlysningstekst fr 2 stk. 30% stillinger, 1 i Osl g 1 i Beijing, er

24 utarbeidet g sendt persnal ansvarlig på fakultetet. Vi ansetter Ruikai Xie i midlertidig stilling. E. Hjemmeside Hjemmesiden er fremdeles ikke perativ. En test side er tilgjengelig på E. Leder fr SINCIERE Lederfrum i CIENS har bedt JON frtsette i rllen sm leder fr SINCIERE. I artikkel 5 pkt. 6 i våre statutter står det: 2. The Cuncil elects a Chairpersn and a Vice-Chairpersn. The term f ffice f the Chairpersn and Vice-Chairpersn is tw years. I artikkel 6 pkt. 3 i statuttene står det: 2. The Chairman f the Gverning Bard is als the chairman f the Cuncil. The psitin rtates between the Chinese and the Nrwegian side n a tw-year basis starting Nvember 22 nd, JON frtsetter derfr i rllen sm leder i SINCIERE ut 2008 uten videre saksbehandling Sak 17/08 Regnskap fr 2007 Legger fram regnskap på møtet - Frslag til handling: - Regnskap gdkjennes av AU g versendes Kinesisk direktør fr behandling i den kinesiske delen av Rådet frut fr Rådsmøte. Sak 18/08 SINCIERE Aktiviteter i 2008 Basert på vedtatte SINCIERE Actin plan er SINCIERE Yearly peratin plan fr 2008 utarbeidet - Frslag til handling: Frslag til tiltaksplan gdkjennes av AU g versendes Kinesisk direktør fr behandling i den kinesiske delen av Rådet frut fr Rådsmøte. Sak 19/08 SINCIERE Budsjett fr 2008 Basert på resultat av Regnskap fr 2007 (Sak 17/08) g inntekter basert bl.a. på 6 asssierte medlemmer er et frslag til Budsjett fr 2008 utarbeidet med en ttal ramme på 1,3 mill. - Frslag til handling: Budsjett fr 2008 gjennmgåes g avstemmes i frhld til freslåtte tiltaksplan fr 2008 (Sak 18/08). Frslag til budsjett gdkjennes av AU g versendes Kinesisk direktør fr behandling i den kinesiske delen av Rådet frut fr Rådsmøte. Sak 20/08 Tidspunkt fr neste AU møte Vi bør følge pp tiltakene med et møte i slutten av Mars - Frslag til handling: Frslag til møtetid gdkjennes av AU Sak 21/08 Eventuelt

25 .. Nrsk Krdinatr Minutes wrking cmmittee 5 MINUTES Present: Meeting in Wrking Cmmittee (AU), SINCIERE Jn Naustdalslid (JON), Kristin Aunan (KAN), Annik Myhre (ANM), Rlf D. Vgt (RDV) Meeting n.: Date: Time: 09:00-11:00 Nt present: Frde Strdal (FST), Lead by: RDV Minutes issued t: SINCIERE Wrking cmmittee, Members f SINCIERE, Anders Elverhøi, Zhang Xiashan (ZXS), Dngya Wang (DYW), Trygve Lande, Per Schive, Valter Angell (VAA) Minutes by: RDV 14/08 Apprval f minutes There were n cmments t the Minutes f AU meeting 4 The Minutes were apprved 15/08 Apprval f Agenda There were n cmments t the agenda The Agenda was accepted 16/08 Fr Infrmatin C) Date fr Cuncil and Bard meeting Date fr Cuncil and Bard meeting are set t April 3-4 th. JON and KAN will attend alng with RDV. T. Larssen will be stand in fr FST in the Gverning Bard. B) Beijing Tianjin Cncept paper is cmpleted. The plan was t arrange a presentatin ceremny and fllw-up meeting with the Ministry f Freign Affairs (UD) during week 6. See Case 8/08. JON will fllw the Cncept paper up with VAA and submit the reprt t UD and request a meeting with the department t present the cntent, receive feedback and discuss hw and under what terms we shuld prceed. RDV will request a Letter f Endrsement (LE) frm CAS expressing their fcus n the Beijing- Tianjin envirnmental issues and interest in cnducting jint research with SINCIERE members, JON RDV

26 as well as their cmmitment t the prject. Fllw-up meetings with NRC and the ther ministries (Case 08/08) is pending the meeting with MD. In the dialgue with ÙD the prspect f funding f SINCIERE will be discussed (see case 07/08). RDV will, pending the meeting with UD, attempt t set up a meeting between the Rectr f UiO alng with the Leader f CIENS with the Minister f Envirnment and Freign Aid, Erik Slheim, t discuss the Beijing Tianjin prject peningn fr enhanced cperatin between UiO and CIENS and China. Jb annuncement fr new administrative crdinatrs The pst will be divided int 2 x 30% psitins with ne persn in Beijing and ne persn in Osl. The ad with Wrk descriptin is presently awaiting apprval by labur unins befre it can be annunced in Nrway and in Beijing. - Psitin be advertised in thrugh Nrwegian free channels and in Chinese bulletins during week JON JON RDV RDV 17/0 8 Hmepage is under cnstructin We are nt satisfied with the current versin f the hmepage but wish t priritize ther issues at present. The hmepage f SINCIERE will be wrked n by Gan and while we are in Beijing in cnnectin t the Cuncil and Bard meetings E) Chair f SINCIERE JON is re-appinted by the CIENS bard t cntinue in the rle as Chair f SINCIERE ut his 2 year term. SINCIERE accunts fr 2007 The accunt fr 2007 is pending clarificatin by UiO accunting dept. f maternity leave refund fr A.K. Jhansen ANM will set pressure n the UiO accunting dept. t finalize the accunts Accunts will be cmpleted by RDV within week 8 18/0 SINCIERE activities The SINCIERE Yearly peratin plan fr 2008 can nt be assessed befre we knw what budget we have. This is again pending case 17/08 The prpsed SINCIERE Yearly peratin plan fr 2008 is pending facceptance by the next Wrking Cmmittee meeting March 13 th 19/0 Prpsed SINCIERE budget ANM RDV RDV

27 8 The prpsed budget fr 2008 need t be revised pending n the balance f the budget f The prpsed SINCIERE budget 2008 is pending final acceptance by the next Wrking Cmmittee meeting n March. 13 th. 20/0 8 21/0 8 Date and Time fr next AU meeting Next AU meeting must be held in time t place mtins befre the Cuncil and Bard within 2 weeks f the meetings. Next meeting will be held at NIBR March 13 th at hr Summn and agenda fr meeting must be issued 1 week in advance RDV RDV Any ther business Student and Researchers mbility We addressed the task f facilitating fr mre Chinese students t study at UiO. The main prblem is the increasing demand fr cntingency funding t cver actual csts fr the university institutes. Reslutin The issue will be addressed in a planned meeting with the dean f Research and the leader f Gescience Inst at UiO. The gal is t make the inst. at the MatNat faculty t state that they are willing t wave the demand f cntingency fr students in rder t prmte research cllabratin with China. Anther pssibility is t facilitate mre Nrwegian scientists t act as c-advisers fr Chinese PhD students in China. This is a cmmn practice in the Nansen Zhu centre. The main challenge here is that there is given n Univ. credit fr this srt f advising. ANM culd infrm us that the plans fr cututelle and jint sandwich schemes will nt be fllwed up by UiO RDV Agenda Wrking Cmmittee 6 INNKALLING TIL ARBEIDSUTVALGSMØTE 6 I SINCIERE Sakspapirer tilgjengelig på Eller ved å klikke på de blå linkene. Møtedat: Trsdag Møtetidspunkt: Kl. 12:00 Møtelkale: NIBR Dagsrden:

28 Sak 22/08 Gdkjenning av referat. Referat fra frrige møte ble sendt ut til medlemmene i SINCIERE Sak 23/08 Gdkjenning av Dagsrden Sak 24/08 Orienteringsaker F. Dat fr Rådsmøte Råds g Styremøte er freløpig berammet til Dette er bekreftet av vår Kinesiske Direktør G. Oppfølging på Beijing Tianjin Cncept paper Orienteringsmøte på UD. Viser til e-pst sent til deltakere i Knseptet. Det km klart til utrykk at det er muligheter fr en videre finansiering av SINCIERE (Sak 07/08) gjennm Ambassaden/UD Videre møter med MD g NFR (Sak 08/08) tilrettelegges av Valter Angell (NUPI) RDV vil frfatte en Krnikk sm vi skal frsøke å få inn i Aftenpsten. H. Administrativ krdinatrer Utlysningstekst fr 2 stk. 30% stillinger, 1 i Osl g 1 i Beijing, er annnsert med søknadsfrist 25 mars. Vi har ansatt Ruikai Xie i midlertidig 20% stilling. I. Miljøskle Werner Christie ved Ambassaden har fremmet ideen m at SINCIERE kan være med å bidra til Miljøsklen sm SFT g DN har prmtert venfr Ambassaden. Vi har signalisert klart at vi er interessert i å være med videre på en slik prsess hvis det er ønske m det fra ambassaden + SFT/DN. E. Øke student g frskerutvekslingen Oppfølging av sak 10/08 Det er interesse fr tilrettelegge mer fr samarbeid gjennm felles kinesiske PhD studenter. Vi må utrede prblemstillinger rundt bidragsmidler g mulighetene fr Jint Degrees. Det ble nedsatt et utvalg ledet av Frde sm skal se på dette. Sak 25/08 Regnskap fr 2007 Årsppgjøret fr 2007 er ferdigstilt basert på regnskapstall fr Frslag til handling: - Regnskap gdkjennes av AU g versendes Kinesisk direktør fr behandling i den kinesiske delen av Rådet frut fr Rådsmøte. Sak 26/08 SINCIERE Aktiviteter i 2008 Basert på vedtatte SINCIERE Actin plan er SINCIERE Yearly peratin plan fr 2008 utarbeidet - Frslag til handling: Frslag til tiltaksplan gdkjennes av AU g versendes Kinesisk direktør fr behandling i den kinesiske delen av Rådet frut fr Rådsmøte. Sak 27/08 SINCIERE Budsjett fr 2008 Basert på resultat av Årsppgjøret fr 2007 (Sak 24/08) g inntekter basert bl.a. på 6 asssierte medlemmer er et frslag til budsjett fr 2008 utarbeidet med en ttal ramme på 1,66 mill. - Frslag til handling:

29 Budsjett fr 2008 gjennmgåes g avstemmes i frhld til freslåtte tiltaksplan fr 2008 (Sak 25/08). Frslag til budsjett gdkjennes av AU g versendes Kinesisk direktør fr behandling i den kinesiske delen av Rådet frut fr Rådsmøte. Sak 28/08 Tidspunkt fr neste AU møte Det vil ikke bli avhldt flere AU møter før Bard g Cuncil møte i April - Frslag til handling: Frslag til møtetid gdkjennes av AU Sak 29/08 Eventuelt.. Nrsk Krdinatr Minutes wrking cmmittee 6 MINUTES Meeting in Wrking Cmmittee (AU), SINCIERE Meeting n.: Date: Present: Jn Naustdalslid (JON), Kristin Aunan (KAN), Annik Myhre (ANM), Rlf D. Vgt (RDV) Time: 12:00-14:30 Nt present: Frde Strdal (FST), Lead by: RDV Minutes issued t: SINCIERE Wrking cmmittee, Members f SINCIERE, Anders Elverhøi, Zhang Xiashan (ZXS), Dngya Wang (DYW), Trygve Lande, Per Schive, Valter Angell (VAA) Minutes by: RDV 22/08 Apprval f minutes There were n cmments t the Minutes f AU meeting 5 The Minutes were apprved 23/08 Apprval f Agenda There were n cmments t the Agenda The Agenda was accepted 16/08 Fr Infrmatin D) Date fr Bard and Cuncil meeting Date fr Cuncil and Bard meeting are set t April 3-4 th. JON and KAN will attend alng with RDV. FST will nt attend the Gverning Bard meeting. UiO Rectr Ellingsrud, and Sælthun will nt attend the Cuncil meeting.

30 Effrts will be made by RDV t find a stand-in fr Rectr. C) Beijing Tianjin Cncept paper is cmpleted. Meeting with the Ministry f Freign Affairs was held March 4 th. Feedback was that they wished us t reframe especially the Budget part allwing a distinctin f csts t the running f the centre, including research facilitating and integrating activities, as a fundament fr an integrated research apprach f related research activities funded thrugh varius surces. Fllw the Cncept paper up accrding t cmments frm Hmme and submit the revised reprt t UD in cperatin with Thrjørn Larssen. Attempt t lift the issues up n a plitical level Discuss the financing f centre and Cncept activities with Env. Cncellr Per Shieve and persnnel frm Innvatin Nrway in a meeting scheduled t April 2 nd. Pssibilities f channelling a request fr scientific cllabratin with Nrwegian researchers with CAS clleagues thrugh the lcal Beijing-Tianjin EPAs will be addressed during the upcming Bard and Cuncil meetings. Jb annuncement fr new administrative crdinatrs Annuncement fr tw 30% psts fr adm. SINCIERE Crdinatrs, ne in Beijing and ne in Osl, are psted at relevant disseminatin sites in China and Nrway. The deadline fr sumitting jb applicatins are set t March 25 th. P.t. mre than 15 applicatins are received. Ruikai Xie is emplyed in 20% temprary psitin t relieve wrk lad f RDV. All applicatins are handled by Faculty and a schematic frm prviding an verview f the applicants will be generated. During the stay in Beijing fr the Cuncil and Bard meeting interviews will be made with relevant Chinese psitin seekers RDV JON, VAA VAA, JON JON, KAN, RDV JON, KAN, RDV JON, RDV Schl f Envirnment Werner Christie at Innvatin Nrway has prmted the idea that SINCIERE shall cntribute t the prpsed Schl f Envirnment prmted by SFT and DN. SINCIEREs rle in the prpsed Schl will be discussed during the upcming meeting at the embassy. F) Increase student and research mbility Jint degrees are nt facilitated at UiO. Instead it is JON, KAN, RDV