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EU Policy & Funding Programmes

EU Policy & Funding Programmes. Heather Broomfield hbr@vestforsk.no. Presentation. Contextualise Programmes with a little on EU policy Only general information at this stage Culture Programme only on culture specific 7th Framework Research Programme Interreg eContent Plus eTen

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EU Policy & Funding Programmes

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  1. EU Policy & Funding Programmes Heather Broomfield hbr@vestforsk.no

  2. Presentation • Contextualise Programmes with a little on EU policy • Only general information at this stage • Culture Programme only on culture specific • 7th Framework Research Programme • Interreg • eContent Plus • eTen • Education Programmes • EU Programmes not just a source of funding but also a source of inspiration, knowledge and ideas • Majority only 50% funded - find projects which complement existing work

  3. Lisbon Strategy Research Growth & Jobs Education Innovation

  4. Research Framework Programme 7 2007-2013 • First call early 2007 – Launch Oct. 2006 - 54 Billion Euros • EU goal of 3% of GDP spent on Research, USA currently spend 2.59, Japan 3.12, EU 1.97 • Research Programmes building towards ERA • Cooperation – Collaborative Research • Integrated projects, STREPs, • Ideas – Frontier Research • Executive agency, individual teams etc. • People – Human Potential • Training & Mobility for Researchers - young, lifelong, International. • Capacities – Research Capacity • Building up capacity such as Regions of knowledge, SMEs etc.

  5. Themes • Health • Food, agriculture and biotechnology • Information and communication technologies e.g. ODIN Mobile • Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies • Energy • Environment and Climate Change • Transport and Aeronautics • Socio-economic sciences and the humanities • Space and Security Research

  6. CIP – Competitiveness & Innovation Programme • Brings together • Entrepreneurship and Innovation programme • ICT Policy Support Programme • Intelligent Energy Programme • 2007-2013 – 4 Billion Euros

  7. Interreg IV/Objective 3 • Goal – to stimulate interregional cooperation to strengthen economic & social cohesion • Interreg North Sea Region – • new round of funding Mid 2007 • Themes • Environment, • Innovation, • Accessibility & • Sustainable Communities

  8. Interreg Northern Periphery • First call Early 2007 • New programme for S&Fj • Themes • Innovation, • Technology Transfer, • Environment, • Accessibility & • Sustainable Urban Development.

  9. e-contentplus • Making digital content more available & accessible • content enrichment – making content more user friendly • Enabling infrastructure – • providing the basis for the provision of the content – challenging the legacy systems • Digital Libraries (Major EU goal) – (Museums, libraries & Archives) Written and Audiovisual heritage on internet • Up to 5 million euro, deadline October 31 • Users, content providers, technology companies

  10. e-Ten • Deployment of e-services with a Trans-European dimension • Exploiting services with European potential • Bringing R&D to market • i.e. Bring the Geoshare service to other regions • Micheal Plus – distributed platform to provide access to cultural collections

  11. Lifelong Learning • Comenius: To involve at least 5% of EU school pupils in joint educational activities. • Erasmus: To provide EU study abroad opportunities for a total of 3 million university students by 2011. • Leonardo da Vinci: To increase training placements in enterprises and training centres in another EU country to 150,000 in 2013. • Grundtvig: To help 25,000 adult education students benefit from studying abroad in 2013.

  12. Youth Programme • Current Call - Deadline: 1st July • Innovative co-operation, training and information projects • Contribute to strong cooperation between youth orgs and local/regional authorities • Aged between 15 and 25 years • 18-36 months • Aims to develop a sense of • personal responsibility, • initiative, • concern for others, citizenship and active involvement at local, national and European level among young people.  • The programme will also help to improve support systems for youth activities.

  13. Youth Contd. • Max grant 300k euros • Activities • conferences; • training activities; • seminars; • youth exchanges; • voluntary service activities; • information activities; • networking activities; • other activities …;

  14. Euro Info Centre • Role of EIC • EU Programmes • Rules and regulations • EU – policies • Can help to find partners in 300 locations around Europe and beyond • Proposal writing & editing • When specific culture opportunites come up, we can circulate this information • Feel free to come with ideas

  15. Urls • 7th FP – www.cordis.lu • Interreg – • North Sea – www.interregnorthsea.org • Northern Periphery - www.northernperiphery.net • eContentplus - europa.eu.int/econtentplus • eTen - europa.eu.int/eten • Youth - europa.eu.int/youth • Education – do google search Long urls!!

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