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ILN meeting Brussels, September 24th 2009. KORANET Pilot Joint Call. Specificity of European RTD projects with Korea. Small and very new European experience on the Korean side (going beyond already existing purely bilateral cooperation) Need for training on FP7/ERA-NET scheme
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ILN meeting Brussels, September 24th 2009 KORANETPilot Joint Call
Specificity of European RTD projects with Korea • Small and very new European experience on the Korean side (going beyond already existing purely bilateral cooperation) • Need for training on FP7/ERA-NET scheme • Need for explaining what is expected from Korean partners
Common standards for the selection & funding of RTD projects • Identification of priorities and preferred funding schemes of the programme owners on the basis of a questionnaire (-> elaboration of the global structure of the Pilot Joint Call) • Discussion and validation of a KORANET Concept Paper by all partners -> common understanding • Publication of the KORANET PJC in all countries • Clear definition of the standards • Problem of a common understanding (what and who can be financed, by which means, what is the amount of funding…)
Ensuring the selection of the best proposals • Through a very good selection of the evaluators (e.g. avoiding conflicts of interest, national balance, thematic expertise) • Two-step evaluation procedure (min. 2 written peer reviews per proposal – one Korean, one European; then selection panel consisting of European and Korean panelists) • Funding parties need to endorse the result of the evaluation before the (individual national) funding of the selected proposals • Problem: how to reach a relatively important number of proposals? -> keep the PJC topic large and broad (esp. with a ‘smaller’ country such as Korea)
Easy, transparent systems - attractive to fundingorganisations • Lessons learnt from other joint calls: keep the process as simple as it can be, thorough planning of all steps and common understanding of joint call of all funding partners necessary • Eligible costs: one package for all partners • National contact point system with a joint call secretariat for a better communication with national applicants • Proposal submission and written peer review: electronic (PT-Outline, already successfully used with other calls)
Budgetary aspects • What is funded? Mainly mobility/workshops/smaller other costs • PJC -> small funding (25.000 euros per year per project for 2-year projects) • Avoid imbalance of budget allocated to the joint call by each funding partner • Virtual common pot • Confirmation letters of the funding parties announcing the respective contribution to the budget (12/2009)
Thank you! • Céline Delacourt-Gollain