Research tools: What Europe should provide

1. Research tools: What Europe should provide XIX Euragri Members Conference York, 23 September 2005 Christian Patermann Directorate Biotechnology, Agriculture, Food Research DG Research European Commission

2. EURAGRI EC – EURAGRI joint conferences • 2005, Brussels: Science and Society: How to adapt and use the knowledge base for an optimal functioning of the food-health-agriculture system in the EU • 2003, Athens: New vision on European Food and Agricultural Research • 2002, Brussels: Science and Society: How can research on food and agriculture in Europe better respond to citizen`s expectations and demands? • 2000, Versailles: Agricultural Research in the European Research Area

3. Implementing the results of these conferences: Tools on European level • Better cooperation within the agricultural knowledge base in Europe: • Permanent tools • The launch of the “new” SCAR • EURAGRI • From FP6 to FP7 • ERA-Nets • Technology Platforms • Project funding “Food Quality and Safety”, “Scientific Support to Policies”

4. Tools for the future: FP7 • Networks of Excellence and collaborative research • ERA-Net plus • Joint Technology initiative • Funding of infrastructures • European Research Council

5. The launch of the “new” SCAR • Main role for SCAR: • Support the Commission and MS towards better coordination of agricultural research across the ERA • This will involve: • Strategic discussions on the agricultural research agenda in Europe in the long term (FP7 and beyond) • Enhanced cooperation between MS (joint research programmes, common infrastructures) • Research agenda in scientific support to the CAP • Exchange of information withcomplementary mechanisms under EU Framework Programmes

6. Main conclusions from the SCAR meeting of 2-3 February 2005 • Priority topics for a Common Research Agenda • Mapping infrastructures / institutions / activities • Development of a prototype for a SCAR web portal • Establishment of a permanent SCAR Working Group

7. Main conclusions from the SCAR meeting of 9-10 June 2005 Towards a Common Research Agenda • Agreement on priority topics • Strategic discussions on the agricultural research agenda in Europe based on existing and possible future coordination fora (e.g. ERA-Nets, Technology Platforms,Networks of Excellence) • Identified areas for possible cooperation between Member States • Establishment of collaborative working groups • Commitment for coordinating CWGs on 13 themes • SCAR input to FP7 • Discussion paper on FP7

8. Mapping of EU agriculture research capacity • Mapping infrastructures: adraft paper • Identification of key-agriculture infrastructures of EU relevance • Sharing existing infrastructures among MS research teams • Targeted proposals for future activities of SCAR • Links with ESFRI • Mapping activities: a project • Building on EU-funded projects from recent calls (e.g. SSP4 “Mapping and foresight of the EU agricultural research capacity”) • Mapping institutions: a website • Development of a prototype for a SCAR web portal building on existing EU websites and linking with relevant MS/institution

9. Standing Committee for Agricultural Research (SCAR): main challenges Towards a Common Research Agenda: • Examples of priority topics for collaborative working groups: • ICT and robotics in agriculture: DK • Renewable raw materials for non-food industry: DE • Animal health: UK • Agricultural and sustainable development: FR • Sustainable livestock production from grasslands: IE • Mediterranean agriculture: IT • Functional animal foods: BE • Ecological networks and corridors: NL, FR • Enzyme biotechnology in Food and agro-industrial processing: DK • Human nutrition: FR, NL • Drought and disease resistant crops: HU • Advanced technologies for climatic control of greenhouses and livestock housing: IL • Development of sustainable agriculture in the Baltic Sea region: PL European infrastructures: • Proposals for critical large scale infrastructures: • Genetic and biological resource centres • Agriculture, forestry and environment observatories • Human nutrition research centres • Advanced experimental facilities for infectious diseases

10. Next steps • Fourth meeting of the SCAR-WG: 29 September 2005 • Third meeting of the “new” SCAR: 1-2 December 2005 • Report to the European Parliament and to the Council: in 2006 ? • Article 11 Council Regulation N° 1728/74

11. Research Tools - What Europe should provide: ERA-net Some ERA-nets in Agricultural Research • European Research Area on plant genomics (CA); • Towards sustainable integration of animal welfare in food production (SSA); • Processing for food safety (SSA); • Food Safety – Forming a European platform for protecting consumers against health risks (CA) • Pan-European pro-active identification of emerging risks in the field of food production (SSA); • Networking and integration of national programmes in the area of wood material science and engineering (SSA); • Towards a European-wide exchange network for improving dissemination of integrated water resources management research (SSA) • Coordination of European Transnational Research in Organic Food and Farming (CA) • Agricultural Research for Development (CA) • Bioenergy (CA)

12. Research Tools - What Europe should provide -Technology Platforms - Overall Concept Stakeholders, led by industry, getting together to define a Strategic Research Agenda on a number of strategically important issues with high societal relevance where achieving Europe’s future growth, competitiveness and sustainability objectives is dependent upon major research and technological advances in the medium to long term. The

13. Technology Platforms: Central Concept Framework to unite stakeholders around: • A common “VISION” for the technology concerned. • Mobilisation of a CRITICAL MASS of research and innovation effort. • Definition of a STRATEGIC RESEARCH AGENDA.

14. Technology Platform: Plant Genomics and Biotechnology • Stakeholders: EuropaBio; EPSO (plant science); Copa-Cogeca (farmers); BEUC (consumers) & other NGOs; food, feed and seed industries; research organisations • Vision paper “Plants for the future” (June 2004) • Strategic research agenda: 1st draft to be presented in June 2005; Member States consultation events mid 2005-early 2006 • Website:http://www.epsoweb.org/Catalog/TP/ • Commission contact:waldemar.kutt@cec.eu.int Status: May 2005

15. Technology Platform: Animal breeding • Stakeholders: EFFAB (animal breeders); Copa-Cogeca (farmers); Eurogroup (welfare), EAAP (science) & other NGOs; research organisations • Vision paper “in preparation” (Dec 2005) • Strategic research agenda: 1st draft to be presented in 2006 • Website:http://www.faip.info/ (lead industry) • Commission contact:John.Claxton@cec.eu.int Status: May 2005

16. Technology Platform: Global Animal Health • Stakeholders: IFAH (animal health industry); Copa-Cogeca (farmers); EuropaBio; FVE (Veterinarians); research organisations; universities; OIE; FAO; WHO; ILRI; consumers; EFSA, CVOs; EMEA; HMA; IABs • Vision paper “ETP Global Animal Health” (interim version December 2004, final May 2005) • Strategic research agenda: in preparation • Website: http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/research/agriculture/index_en.html • Commission contact:isabel.minguez-tudela@cec.eu.int Status: May 2005

17. Technology Platform: Food for Life • Stakeholders: Confederation of the EU Food and Drink Industries (CIAA), Food and Drink SME’s, - Retailers, Consumers, Copa-Cogeca- Research organizations • Vision paper “Food for Life” (June 2005) - currently under consultation – see website • Strategic research agenda:1st draft expected for the end of 2005 or early 2006 • Website/contacts:http://www.ciaa.beJan Maat - Jan.Maat@unilever.com & Daniele Rossi -direzione@federalimentare.it • Commission contact:antonio.di-giulio@cec.eu.int Status: May 2005

18. Technology Platform: Industrial Biotechnology (part of CTP) • Stakeholders: EuropaBio;ESAB (applied biocatalysis section of EFB); Chemical, pharmaceutical, food and drinks and feed, pulp and paper, textile, detergents, starch, energy and agriculture industrial sectors • Vision paper “Industrial or White Biotechnology: a driver of sustainable growth in Europe” (April 2005) • Strategic research agenda: in preparation • Website:www.suschem.org • Commission contact:maurice.lex@cec.eu.int Status: May 2005

19. Forestry-based Sector Technology Platform • Stakeholders: CEPI (paper industry); CEPF (forest owners); CEI-BOIS (wood product industry) & other forest related groups and research organisations • Vision paper “Innovative and sustainable use of forest resources” (February 2005) • Strategic research agenda: input process started in April 2005; final version: December 2005 • Website:http://www.forestplatform.org • Commission contact:martin.greimel@cec.eu.int Status: May 2005

20. Nutrient status Coeliac disease Dental disease prevention Pork quality Beef safety Unintended microorganisms Emerging traceability technologies Quality & safety control strategies Milk and dairy Food intake Health and well-being of Consumer IP NoE STREP CA Safe, high-quality foods Production Processing Crop pest control Waste management E. coli research Soil microbes for fertilizer reduction Poultry cage systems Feed safety control Plant composition analysis Processing for nutrition & environment TSE inactivation Environmental factors Asthma & allergy causes Disinfection by-products Pathogens in drinking water Research Tools:Research projects FP 6 – Food Quality and Safety -Fourth Call

21. FP6 4th Call Deadlines • Research projects and networks: (IP, NoE, STREP, CA) • 5 October 2005 • Specific Support Actions (SSA) • 7 September 2005 (Call 3C) • 8 February 2006 • Workprogramme and Call information: http://fp6.cordis.lu/food/calls.cfm

22. Research Tools:Research projects FP 6 – Scientific Support to Policies -Fifth Call Research in support of CAPDriving Force: CAP reform, WTO negotiations Fifth call Research in support of international negotiations Supporting CAP market reform Cross-Compliance Widening the scope of rural development Sustainable agriculture, sustainable forestry Indicative Call publication: mid November 2005, deadline mid February 2006 Further information: http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/ssp/index_en.htm

23. The vision of the knowlege based bio-economy in FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME 7

24. What’s new ? Main new elements compared to FP6: • Annual budget doubled • Total: EUR 5 billion ►10 billion per year • Basic research (~ EUR 1.5 billion per year) • Simplification of procedures • Management: • ERC (Basic Research) • Logistical and administrative tasks transferred to external structures • Joint Technology Initiatives, Research Infrastructures

25. FP7 Specific Programmes (2007-2013) Cooperation – Collaborative research Ideas – Frontier Research People – Human Potential Capacities – Research Capacity + JRC (non-nuclear) JRC (nuclear) Euratom

26. Cooperation – Collaborative research 9 themes • Health • Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology • Information and Communication Technologies • Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies • Energy • Environment (including Climate Change) • Transport (including Aeronautics) • Socio-Economic Sciences and the Humanities • Security and Space

27. Cooperation – Collaborative research • Under each theme there will be sufficient flexibility to address both Emerging needsand Unforeseen policy needs • Dissemination of knowledge and transfer of results will be supported in all thematic areas • Support will be implemented across all themes through: Collaborative research (Collaborative projects; Networks of Excellence; Coordination/support actions) Joint Technology Initiatives Coordination of non-Community research programmes (ERA-NET; ERA-NET+; Article 169) International Cooperation

28. Joint Technology Initiatives Global Monitoring for Environment and Security Hydrogen and Fuel Cells for a Sustainable Energy Future Aeronautics and Air Transport Towards new Nanoelectronics Approaches Innovative Medicines for the Citizens of Europe Embedded systems Other possible themes to be identified later…

29. “Fork to Farm”Food, health and well-being THE EUROPEAN KNOWLEDGE-BASED BIOECONOMY QUALITY ASSURANCE STRATEGIES TRACEABILITY, CONSUMER SCIENCE STABILITY - BIODEGRADABILITY FUNCTIONALITY (Chirality) SOCIETAL NEEDS Life sciences & biotechnology for sustainable non- food products + processes WHITE BIOTECH CLEAN BIOPROCESSES RAW MATERIALS/WASTE ADVANCED FOOD TECHNOLOGIES, FOOD QUALITY DETERMINANTS, NUTRITION PROCESSING GREEN/BLUE BIOTECH OPTIMISED RAW MATERIALS LOW INPUT FARMING - BIODIVERSITY ANIMAL HEALTH - RURAL DEVT. PRODUCTION Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest, and aquatic environments

30. Activity 1:Sustainable biological resources from land, forest, and aquatic environments • Enabling research (‘omics’, converging technologies, biodiversity) for micro-organism, plants and animals • Improved crops and production systems incl. organic farming • Sustainable, competitive and multifunctional agriculture, forestry and rural development • Animal welfare, breeding and production • Infectious diseases in animals, including zoonoses • Policy tools for agriculture and rural development

31. Activity 2“Fork to farm”- Food, health and well being • Consumer, societal, industrial and health aspects of food and feed • Nutrition, diet related diseasesand disorders • Innovative food and feed processing • Improved quality and safety of food, beverage and feed • Total food chain concept • Traceability

32. Activity 3:Life sciences and biotechnology for sustainable non-food products and processes • Improved crops, feed-stocks, marine products and biomass for energy, environment, and high added value industrial products; novel farming systems • Bio-catalysis; new bio-refinery concepts • Forestry and forest based products and processes • Environmental remediation and cleaner processing

33. Ideas – Frontier Research ERC – European Research Council Commission Scientific Council* • Approval of work programme, as defined by the Scientific Council • Instruction to implement work programme • Approval of annual implementation report • Information to programme committee • Preparation of work programme • Set up of peer review: pool of reviewers, nomination of review panels, evaluation guidelines • Oversight of the evaluation procedure • Annual scientific report Externalised tasks** • Information and support to applicants • Reception / eligibility of proposals • Organisation and execution of evaluation • Selection decision • Scientific and financial follow-up of contracts • Annual implementation report * Created by Commission decision * * Under the responsibility of the Commission

34. People– Human Potential Initial training of researchers Marie Curie Networks Life-long training and career development Individual Fellowships Co-financing of regional/national/international programmes Industry-academia pathways and partnerships Industry-Academia Scheme International dimension Outgoing International Fellowships; Incoming International Fellowships International Cooperation Scheme; Reintegration grants Specific actions Excellence awards

35. Capacities – Research Capacity 6 parts • Research Infrastructures • Research for the benefit of SMEs • Regions of Knowledge • Research Potential • Science in Society • Activities of International Cooperation

36. FP7 budget(EUR billion, 2004 constant prices)

37. FP7 2007-2013‘Cooperation’ budget More on the budget

38. FP7 Timetable