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The Israel-Europe R&D Directorate For EU FP6. The European Union R&D Landscape. Rehovot, July 2006. On the Agenda. The European R&D Framework Program (FP) The European Technology Platforms (ETP) Joint Technology Initiative (JTI).
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The Israel-Europe R&D Directorate For EU FP6 The European Union R&D Landscape Rehovot, July 2006
On the Agenda • The European R&D Framework Program (FP) • The European Technology Platforms (ETP) • Joint Technology Initiative (JTI)
Objectives of the Framework Program:Political, Economic, Social • Increasing the competitiveness of the European Market, Creating Employment, Improving the standards of living • Solving issues important to Europe • Reaching Critical Mass through European Synergy: • Performing R&D by Consortia • Submitting proposals in reaction to Calls for Proposals
Benefits of Israeli Participation • Access to European markets • Opening new opportunities • Better understanding and closer links to Europe • Business Intelligence – customers, vendors, competitors • Exposure to, and involvement in development of new technologies • including standard definition • Leverage into high volume, high profile and visionary projects • Funding of R&D projects
ISERD – Who are we ? • An inter-ministerial body, established by a governmental decision • Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor – Chief Scientist • Council of Higher Education – Planning & Budgeting Committee • Ministry of Science & Technology • Ministry of Foreign Affairs • Ministry of Finance Note: As an associated country to the program – Israel pays a participation fee
ISERD – What is our Role ? • The national Contact Point • Creating awareness and promoting the Framework Program to the Israeli R&D community • Assisting and escorting the Israeli participants • Industry, Academia and other institutes • The national delegate to EC program committees Maximizing the benefits of the Israeli participation in the Framework Program
Technology Platform (ETP) – What is it ? • Brings together the main stakeholders in an R&D field to identify common R&D goals of industrial relevance • Develops a Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) to achieve these goals, addressing technology & non-technology barriers • Stakeholders include mainly industry, but also academia and the investors in research, public or private • A forum for networking and creating alliances and consortia for collaborative R&D
Examples of ETPs (ICT domain) • European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council (ENIAC) • Advanced R&D on Embedded Intelligent Systems (ARTEMIS) • Mobile and wireless communications technology (eMobility) • Networked and electronic media platform (NEM) • Networked European Software and Services Initiative (NESSI) • European Robotics Platform (EUROP) • Photonics • The Integral Satcom Initiative (ISI) • Photonics for the 21st Century (Photonics) • European Technology Platform on Smart System Integration (EPOSS)
Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) – What is it ? • A public-private partnership to execute (part of) the Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) of a Technology Platform, combining national and European public funding with private sector investment • Implemented through dedicated legal structure • Proposed JTIs (ICT domain) • European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council (ENIAC) • Advanced R&D on Embedded Intelligent Systems (ARTEMIS) • Timeline • Finalize preparation – End 2006 • European Council decision – Mid 2007 • First calls – End 2007 • Projects launched - 2008
Further information • Dorit Geifman – IST Director • Dorit@iserd.org.il • 03-5118121 • Neomy Soffer – NMP Director • Neomy@iserd.org.il • 03-5118120 • Information resources • ISERD web-site http://www.iserd.org.il • FP-IST web-site http://www.cordis.lu/ist • FP-NMP web-site http://www.cordis.lu/nmp/home.html • ETP web-site http://www.cordis.lu/technology-platforms/home_en.html