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Partnership is a two-way street the FP vs. national instruments Money, barriers , remedies. Jerzy M Langer Polish Academy of Sciences. “Research and Innovation Policies ” Brussels , July 14 , 2009. THE MONEY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. GERD 2006 EU -27 214 bln €.
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Partnership is a two-way street the FP vs. national instruments Money, barriers, remedies Jerzy M Langer Polish Academy of Sciences “Research and InnovationPolicies” Brussels, July 14, 2009
THE MONEY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GERD 2006 EU -27 214 bln €
FINANCIAL CRISIS AND R&D EC, May 2009 2009 GDP in the European Union 5% drop of the GDP causes an over 10 bln € hole in the EU GERD First likely victim – industrial R&D finances
Hint no 2 – Lund declaration To meet the GrandChallenges, European research must be focused. Institutions, member states and the EC must cooperate better and the systems must build on openness and trust A NEW DEAL URGENTLY NEEDED ! Hint no 1 – George Soros 2009 Capitalism must undergo fundamental transition from a free market game to a state controlled capitalism Hint no 3 – UNIQUE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY New EU parliament and new EC New financial perspective New Treaty and political consciousness about REI
BARRIERS FOR JOINT UNDERTAKINGS AT THE MS LEVEL • Specific national rulings • Review schemes (national - must) • Resident vs. non-resident financing • What allowed (e.g. stem cells, GMOs, etc) • Diverse funding schemes • Ministries vs. Research Councils • Different fiscal rules and scales • Full vs. partial cost, backup funds • Different budgetary rules (e.g. yearly base) • Different priorities and legal consequences • Different scale of resources • GERD (0,35 – 4,5%)
EU-25 NETWORKS OF EXCELLENCE DANGER OF A TWO-SPEED EUROPE
BARRIERS FOR JOINT UNDERTAKINGS AT THE EC LEVEL • Complex and time consuming decision procedures • Susceptibility to lobbying • Politically relevant factors overwhelming • Administrative rules before the goal • Legality and accountability – CoA (e.g. case of EA) • Compartmentalisation
A NEW ROLE OF FP ON EUROPEAN MAP • Grand Challenges • Large Problem-driven programmes • Quality and originality but also relevance • Great Ideas – Moving frontiers • Bottom-up approach • Quality and originality are the sole criteria • Help to realise what MS cannot do alone • Research Infrastructure and access to it • Stimulate and ease multilateral collaboration (ERA-NETs +) Evolution of fund distribution EC DGsExecutiveAgenciesEuropeanCouncils
A NEW DEAL URGENTLY NEEDED ! Member States European Commission European societies and associationsa missing partner
an initiator and policysetter an observer –ERA watch a „facilitator” (financial, personnel) a legal advisor information provider a guardian of goodpractices externalise fund distribution Implement REI and not 3 weaklylinked ERA, EHEA, EIA abandon „just retour” accept a „common pot” agree on benchmarking and its consequences - openness harmonise procedures (e.g. on peer review, English as acceptable legal language in proposal submittals, timing,…) EU- portability of grants A NEW DEAL URGENTLY NEEDED ! Member States European Commission
LUND DECLARATION To address Grand Challenges • European research must be focused. • Institutions, Member States and the EC must cooperate better • Openness and trusthave to becomefundaments • Freefrontier research is given enough room • Europe must increase its global cooperation • Competitionamong researchers in Europe a stimulus for excellence • Better use of research results – realinnovativeness • European universities must modernize and improve cooperation between themselves and with other research performers. • Create and maintain world-class research infrastructures.
