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TETRAPARTITE 2008 French country report Research towards sustainable agricultures

TETRAPARTITE 2008 French country report Research towards sustainable agricultures. Marion Guillou. French policy: towards strong autonomous universities. Regulation, 18 April 2006 Clusters of excellence (PRES, RTRA) National agency for performance evaluation (AERES)

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TETRAPARTITE 2008 French country report Research towards sustainable agricultures

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  1. TETRAPARTITE 2008 French country report Research towards sustainable agricultures Marion Guillou

  2. French policy: towards strong autonomous universities • Regulation, 18 April 2006 • Clusters of excellence (PRES, RTRA) • National agency for performance evaluation (AERES) • Reinforces the national research agency (ANR) • Regulation 7 August 2006 • Graduate schools, formalization by contract open to research institutes • Regulation 10 August 2007 • Universities’ autonomy • “Campus’ initiative • May 2008 • Reshaping of research institutes • On-going

  3. French policy: sustainable development as a priority • Ministry of ecology, energy, sustainable development and area development • One minister, 4 secretaries • Transportation • Ecology • Development of capital region • Town and country planning • 5 main missions : • Areas and habitats; • Energy and climate; • Sustainable development; • Risk prevention; • Infrastructures (transportations & see) • Grenelle de l’environnement to shape the French environmental policy

  4. French policy: food before agriculture • Importance of the food chain • Reform of the administration • Impact of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy

  5. INRA Budget and activities Total budget: 745.7 M€ for 2008 (+2.2 % vs. 2007) 80% from the national research budget • 1,800 scientists; 2,400 research assistants; 4,200 technicians • 1,700 PhD students • 1,000 scientists coming from partner organizations • more than 1,200 international visiting fellows / year

  6. INRA in the new French research landscape • ANR • Proposals for programs and foresights • AERES • Evaluation of the laboratories in 2008 • Institute in 2009 • Definition of performance criteria specific to targeted research • Attractivity • Larger dissemination of the positions • Evolution of the recruitment procedures • On-going mobility and career diversity • On-going training and salary conditions of the managers

  7. How to improve partnership and social implication ? • Partnership as a basis for orientation • Partnership “mission” • Evolution of the scientific council of the research centers • Collective expertises • Foresight studies • CAP 2013 • « Agrimonde » • Novel ruralities • New « rendez vous » • Carrefours de l’Innovation agronomique every 6 months on a specific application

  8. How to reinforce our international anchoring • Involvement in world agriculture research with CIRAD • Common organization: French Initiative for International Agriculture Research • Common scientific actions (animal health, forests, horticulture) • International symposium 3rd June, Paris • Development of founding partnership • Ways and means • Cooperation • Packages: balanced contribution to launch calls • Permanent representations: India, Brazil, China • Beyond bilateral projects: European projects (Era-net Arimnet; Metahit)

  9. Impact of the strategic orientations f % of the publications

  10. Developments and issues • Grenelle de l’environnement • “CAP environnement” initiative, application of the results • Presentations at the scientific councils of the departments, questionnaire => proposals • Adaptation to global change • Infrastructures for observations and experimentation on continental ecosystems • Integrated productions • Trademarks for production systems • Agriculture and biodiversity • Plant biotechnologies • Reinforcement on specific issues • Biomass for bioenergy and green chemistry • Innovative farming systems • Human nutrition • Water management • Global change

  11. Developments and issues • Internationalization • Attractiveness • Balance between capacity building and competitive projects • Towards a greater specialization of our regional research centers • Research and higher education: cross fertilization

  12. INRA Team Delegation: • Marion Guillou, Chair and chief executive officer • Guy Riba, Deputy General Director • Xavier Leverve, Scientific Director for Human Nutrition and Food Safety • Michel Dodet, Vice President • Bernard Chapentier, Director of International Affairs • Muriel Mambrini, Adviser • Benoît Fauconneau, President of Bordeaux Research Centre • Laurence Garmendia, Vice head of Plant and plant productions department in charge of partnership • Wanda Fasoli, Foreign Visitors and Congress, International affairs To welcome you:

  13. Thank you for your attention

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