Providing the necessary support for the implementation by the SMF of projects under the OP IR priority axis IV, Action 4.3. Support for the establishment of International Research Ages and 4.4. Increasing the human resources capacity of the R & D sector. This objective will be achieved by (a) ensuring adequate institutional, personal and technical capacity for the implementation of the above-mentioned projects of the POIR priority axis IV (personal salaries, job equipping, upgrading of staff qualifications), (b) ensuring the highest level of project selection of projects IV priority axis POIR (development of competition documentation, contract designs and IT applications, reviews and panels of experts, on-site visits, legal and economic expertise)