Michele Genovese DG Research Specific International Cooperation Activities

1. Cooperation with China under the European 7th Framework Programme (FP7) for Research and Development INCO BILAT-SILK June 2009 Michele Genovese DG Research Specific International Cooperation Activities

2. Cooperation : € 32 413 Ideas : € 7510 Collaborative research 10 thematic areas Frontier Research ERC Marie Curie Actions Research Capacity People : € 4750 Capacities : €4097 JRC : € 1751 Euratom : € 2751 Nuclear research FP7 overview (2007-2013) EU’s main instrument for funding research Aim : Contribute to the Union becoming the world’s leading research area FP7 breakdown (€ million) Evolution of annual budget

3. FP7Structure

4. Public calls for proposals detailed in annual work-programmes Peer review, competitive selection based on scientific excellence Trans-national cooperation Cost-sharing Participants own the results Basic Principles

5. International cooperation in FP7: more ambitious • More inclusive • More substantial • More integrated • More competitive • More targeted • More coordinated

6. To support European competitiveness through strategic partnerships with third countries On the basis of mutual interest and mutual benefit To address specific problems faced by developing countries Why International Cooperation?

7. 1- Associated countries ► Same prerogatives as Member States (Switzerland, Israel, Norway, Lichtenstein, Iceland, + Turkey, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia) 2- International Cooperation Partner Countries (ICPC): Countries neighbouring the EU (Mediterranean Partner Countries, Western Balkans, Eastern European and Central Asian Countries) Emerging economies (e.g. China, India, Brazil, Russia, South Africa) ► Funded 3- Industrialised countries (USA, Canada, Japan, Australia….) and other high-income countries and territories ► Funded only exceptionally Typology of countries

8. Signed in 1998 renewed in 2004 Regular Joint Steering Committee meetings to define common priorities More balanced and equal participation (Concept agreed at JSC meeting in Beijing November 2007) More strategic cooperation based on common interest through the principles of: Co-decision to launch projects in areas which are high on the agenda of both EU and China Co-selection of balanced groups of EU China research teams Co-funding of projects Coordinated calls at the study to be inserted in 2010 WPs Priority areas of cooperation: Health (i.e. infectious diseases, diabetes, etc.) Energy/Climate Change/Emission reduction and environmental protection Biotechnology and food (food safety, animal health, etc.) EU – CHINA Science & Technology Agreement

9. General opening (Eligibility criteria; Minimum 3 different EU Member State (MS) or Associated Countries (AC)  Beyond this minimum, all 3rd countries can participate Targeted opening (The participation of third countries is particularly welcomed) Coordinated calls / Twinning of projects (Co-funding) Specific International Co-operation Activities (SICA) (Novelty in FP7 foreseeing dedicated cooperative activities. Eligibility and evaluation criteria: minimum 4 participants from different countries: 2 ICPC + 2 MS or AC) Exchange partnership scheme / Mobility of researchers (People SP) ERA-NET, BILAT, INCO-NET, INCONTACT, etc. (International cooperation activities) Options for International Cooperation

10. China Participation in FP7

12. China Participation in FP7

15. Why focus now on S&T international cooperation? Major global challenges (climate change, securing energy suplies, biodiversity and ecosystems, etc) need effective global S&T cooperation Changing pattern of research expertise and investment Growing level of international competition for researchers Increasing cost of research infrastructures Lack of co-ordination between Member States and with the EU on research with third countries The strategic European framework for international S&T cooperation

16. Widening the ERAand making it more open to the world Ensuring coherence of policies and complementarily of programmes between MS and EC Fostering strategic cooperation with key third countries on a priority research areas Developing the attractiveness of Europe as a research partner Geographic and Thematic targeting With industrialised and major emerging economies priorities should focus on areas of mutual interest requiring broad international efforts to address global S&T and societal challenges Principles underlining the Startegic Framework

17. CAPACITIES - International CooperationERA-NET - Objectives Coordination of national policies and activities on international S&T cooperation (ERA-NET): Objective: To increase the cooperation and coordination of research programmes carried out at national or regional level in the Member States and Associated Countries and which target one third country or several third countries in a given region

18. CAPACITIES - International CooperationERA-NET - Activities ERA-NET actions can network four types of activities: • Information exchange amongst Member States, Associated Countries and Community on S&T international cooperation, thus promoting an effective and efficient international scientific cooperation strategy at EU level; • Definition and preparation of joint activities; • Implementation of commonly agreed objectives and joint activities by facilitating innovative programmatic approaches; • Funding of joint trans-national research actions.

19. CAPACITIES - International CooperationERA-NET – target groups and country coverage Target groups: - programme owners (e.g. ministries)and - programme managing institutions (e.g. research councils or funding agencies), and others Countries/regions covered in the first call (2008): - WBC, Russia, India, Black Sea, South Korea Target region/country in WP2010: - Africa, - Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, USA

20. CAPACITIES - International CooperationERA-NET – Specific activities Africa: The proposals should help implement the Africa-EU Joint Strategy and its Action Plan. The joint activities should: • be embedded in a coherent and co-ordinated long term vision and sustainable strategy; • cover collaborative research, networking, training and/or mobility activities, and should aim at increasing the research capacity of African centres of excellence; • be developed in complementarity with the projects supported by the EC.

21. CAPACITIES - International CooperationERA-NET – Specific activities Brazil, Canada, China, Japan & USA: The proposals should focus either at the coordination of research, innovation and/or mobility programmes of MS & AC. The proposal should strengthen collaboration between existing and new programmes, aim to create the best possible framework conditions for research and/or innovation, identify good practices, promote the use of e.g. programmes both in the private and the public sector, and establish a favourable legal and regulatory policy environment that will promote and protect research findings.

22. CAPACITIES - International CooperationERA-NET – Specific activities • The details of the joint funding activities should be prepared during the first 12 months of the project. • The project should deliver a strategy and/or recommendations for future joint activities. The strategy should prepare the way for joint programming and needs to be backed up by a traceable roadmap describing: • The implementation steps for joint funding activities; • A clear plan describing how programmes will be initiated, trans-national mobility (when applicable) realised and the working conditions of the final beneficiaries enhanced; • Budgetary aspects of the contributions of each participating project partner (ie financial commitments); • Monitoring and evaluation plans on project and programme level.

23. CAPACITIES - International CooperationERA-NET – Expected impact • Reinforce the impact of the ongoing bilateral S&T cooperation between MS & target countries, • Enhance complementarities between the Community & MS and broaden the institutional cooperation, • Reduce the fragmentation of the ERA by increasing coordination between national research programmes across the MS & AC, • Avoid overlap between the programmes of MS & AC and to develop expertise from mutual learning, • Help increase the international dimension of projects, which coordinate national thematic programmes in Europe successfully. • Achieve critical mass, to ensure the better use of scarce resources, • Develop common governance principles (e.g. with respect to ethics, good practices); • Bring together national programmes which deal with cooperation with third countries, and enable them to speak with a 'single voice‘.

24. Call identifier: FP7-INCO-2010-3 Call publication date: 30/07/09 Call closure date: 19/01/10 Indicative budget: 6 M€ incl. 2 M€ for Africa Funding scheme: CSA-CA, typ 2 M€/project for 3 years Eligibility criteria: min 3 independent legal entities which finance or manage publicly funded national or regional programmes. Each of these must be established in a different Member State or Associated Country. Evaluation criteria: threshold of 3 on criteria and 10 on total, specific ERA-NET evaluation criteria CAPACITIES - International CooperationERA-NET – Call fiche

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