Moldova has become the 38th COST Member. The decision to make Moldova a full COST Member was taken by the Committee of Senior Officials (CSO), during their 204th meeting, held during 7-8 November 2018, in Vienna, Austria.
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The decision of the CSO was taken as Moldova had met the requirements for becoming a full Member. Moldovan institutions have participated in at least two consecutive EU Framework programmes, FP7 and Horizon 2020. They have also participated in at least 5% of running COST Actions. Moldova are currently involved in 13 COST Actions, which equals 5.65% of total running Actions.
The Committee of Senior Officials are comprised of official representatives from COST Members and Israel, however the latter of which has no voting rights. The CSO are chaired by the President of the COST Association, Prof. Sierd Cloetingh and act as the general assembly of the COST Association.