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Eva Carnestedt och Birgitta Boman National Contact Points (NCP) Socio-economic sciences and Humanities (SSH) eva.carnestedt@vinnova.se birgitta.boman@vinnova.se 08-473 30 00. Budget 2007 to 2013 : total 623 million € (last political agreement). This call 130.5 miljoner €.
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Eva Carnestedt och Birgitta Boman National Contact Points (NCP) Socio-economic sciences and Humanities (SSH) eva.carnestedt@vinnova.se birgitta.boman@vinnova.se 08-473 30 00
Budget 2007 to 2013: total 623 million € (last political agreement). This call 130.5 miljoner €. • Evaluation procedure: single stage evaluation (so far). • Structured along issues and challenges, not along disciplines. • Timetable: Official call planned for July 2009. Closure (December) February. Calls published on europaprogrammen.se. • No of topics for this call: 17 whereas 5 challenges/BB. • Ljubljana process: Grand challenges and Great ideas.
Statistics call 1 - SSH Ist call: 54 projects (?) 1 Swedish coordinator. UK, 28 participants, 13%. Sverige no 8 with 11 participants, 4.65% (of participations), 4.10% (of contracting funds).
Statistics Call 2 - SSH • 170 experts from 23 member states and 5 associated countries evaluated the proposals. 10 from third country. Gender balance 43% female, 57% male. • 482 proposals received and 467 were fully evaluated. 227/467 passed the threshold. • Call 2009A: Collaborative projects, one Research for the Benefit of Specific Groups. 20 topics in 7 activities. • Call 2009B: Collaborative projects dedicated to international cooperation. 2 topics in 2 activities. • Call 2009C: Coordination and support actions. 4 topics in 4 activities.
Challenges / Building blocks (BB) • Metris report – emerging trends in SSH in Europe . Road map 2010-2013. • Preparing the path for FP8. • Structure ERA by linking disciplines. MS to give Commission better feeding policy making through research, foresight and dissemination. • Bigger grip on large issues. Both vertical and horisontal work programmes. • One project (and contract) between 6.5-10 M€, 4-5 years to combine a group of research activities and other activities (foresight, coordination, management, dissemination). • Professionalisation of management. Coordinator needs to have sufficient time and resources. Full-time staff. • Probably around15 participants depending on Challenge. • 4 regional info events in the autumn. Transnational. Brokerage events.
Activities in SSH • Activity 8.1. Growth, employment and competitiveness in a knowledge society: the European case. • Activity 8.2. Combining economic, social and environ-mental objectives in a European perspective: paths towards sustainable development • Activity 8.3. Major trends in society and their implications. • Activity 8.4. Europe in the world. • Activity 8.5. The Citizens in the European Union. • Activity 8.6. Socio-economic and scientific indicators. • Activity 8.7. Foresight activities. • Activity 8.8. Strategic activities.
Area 8.1.1 Changing role of knowledge throughout the economy • Demand-driven research and innovation policies for growth, welfare and wellbeing. • Area 8.1.2 Structural changes in the European knowledge economy and society • Changing the role of the financial system to better serve economic, social and environmental objectives. • (Challenge/BB) • Area 8.1.3 Strengthening policy coherence and coordination in Europe • The public sector of the future.
Area 8.2.1 Socio-economicdevelopmenttrajectories • Creating and adapting jobs in Europe in a context of the socio-ecological transition (Challenge/BB). • Local welfare systems favouring social cohesion. • Analysis of the impacts of global changes. • Social Platform on Sustainable Lifestyles. • Quantification of climatechangeimpact on economicsectors in the Arctic (joint call). • Area 8.2.2 Regional, territorial and social cohesion • EU regions and their interaction with the neighbourhood regions.
Area 8.3.2 Societal trends and lifestyles • Addictions and lifestyles in contemporary European societies. (Challenge/BB) Area 8.4.1 Interactions and interdependences between world regions and their implications • Europe facing a rising multi-polar world. (Challenge/BB) • Collective challenges for Latin American and Carribbean Countries (LACC). • Understanding modernities in urbanisation in China. Area 8.4.2 Conflicts, peace and human rights • Cultures of governance and conflict resolution in Europe and India.
Area 8.5.1 Participation and citizenship in Europe • Democracy and the shadows of totalitarianism and populism: the European experience. (Challenge/BB) Area 8.5.2 Diversities and commonalities in Europe • European Identities: Inner and outer perceptions of Europe and the EU. • Reinterpreting Europe’s cultural heritage: towards the 21st century library and museum.
At last some more points • Less deliverables. • Research should have multidisciplinary views and meet the challenge from different angles. • Each challenge addressed by a specific set of research actions. • Size is important. Big is possible. RECON (FP6) – reconstituting democracy in Europe (IP). • If not all issues covered. Clarify and explain why. • Management: I have done it before (successfully). • Evaluators make a ”risk analysis”. • Net4Society.
Evaluations/hearings • Co-ordinators whose proposals have passed the thresholds are invited to Brussels. • Intended to clarify any points raised by the experts in advance.Not an occasion to ”improve” the proposal. • Evaluation of C/BB: aims at least 5 evaluators with at least one generalist and/or research management specialist. • Organised hearings, which would lead to Panel review in two steps (1: preliminary ranking and formulating questions 2: finalise ESR, score and ranking – 3 weeks later).
diverse • Hur hitta partners: 50% från previous collaboration. 25% other consortium members. 10% via NCP webbased search. 10% via meetings, 5% other. • Green paper-discussion papers on a specific policy area. White paper-containing proposals in a specific area.
Portals that offer free on-line information and practical assistance for researchers looking for research jobs and/or moving… …to and from Europe: http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess …to and from Sweden: www.researchinsweden.se