{"id":144,"date":"2020-08-30T19:07:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T19:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cost.eu\/?page_id=144"},"modified":"2025-01-14T15:06:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T14:06:19","slug":"cost-mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cost.eu\/about\/cost-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"COST mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The COST Mission was approved in 2018 by the decision-making body of the organisation, the Committee of Senior Officials (CSO), according to which:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"aos-wrapper\" data-aos=\"fade-left\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-text-align-left alignfull has-background has-green-600-background-color is-style-solid-color has-text-base-color has-text-color\"><blockquote><p><strong>COST provides networking opportunities for researchers and innovators in order to strengthen Europe\u2019s capacity to address scientific, technological and societal challenges.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Our three strategic priorities:<\/h3>\n\n\n<div\n    class=\"text-white text-center bg-orange-500 wp-blocks-block wp-block-facts  alignfull\"\n>\n    <div class=\"container md:flex py-16 lg:py-24\">\n                    <div class=\"w-full px-8 lg:px-16 md:border-r border-white\"\n                data-aos=\"fade-up\"\n                data-aos-delay=\"0\"\n            >\n                <span class=\"inline-block text-5xl mb-4\">\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-fw fal fa-file-certificate\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"color:currentColor\"><!--! 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COST Actions connect R&amp;I communities from Europe and beyond, helping to closing geographical gaps and bridging the innovation divide. To complement, COST offers dedicated training and mentoring through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cost.eu\/academy\/\">COST Academy<\/a> to empower and retain researchers and innovators, with a special attention to Young Researchers and Innovators. COST is an incubator both for new projects and priorities with many Actions attracting follow-on research projects as well as identifying emerging topics through their bottom-up approach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The COST Mission was approved in 2018 by the decision-making body of the organisation, the Committee of Senior Officials (CSO), according to which: COST provides networking opportunities for researchers and innovators in order to strengthen Europe\u2019s capacity to address scientific, technological and societal challenges. 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