EU-Russia Cooperation in Biotech Area in FP6/7

1. EU-Russia Cooperation in Biotech Area in FP6/7 Results Lessons Prospects

2. Outline • Russian aims in biotech • Instruments of support • EU-Russia co-operation • Russian technology platforms • FP6 results • Instruments available

3. Biotechnology development – a strategic goal for Russia Trends & Priorities Measures of support

4. Modern hits in biotechnology • System biology • HTP “omics” • genomics • transcriptomics • proteomics • metabolomics • fluxomics • etc. • Information technologies • Nanobiotechnology • Industrial biotechnology • Biofuels (bioethanol, biodiesel, biogas)

5. National priorities • National priorities in science, technology and technique areas • Information- and telecommunication technologies and electronics • Nanotechnologies and materials • Life sciences (Technologies of the live systems) • Environment protection and rational nature management • Energy and energy-saving • Security and anti-terrorism activities • Advanced weapons, military and special machinery and equipment • Critical technologies in Life sciences • Bioengineering technologies • Bioinformatics technologies • Cell technologies including stem cells • Biomedical technologies for life support and human protection • Genomic and postgenomic technologies for drug development • Biocatalytic, byosynthetic and biosensing technologies

6. Instruments of state regulationand support • Russian Academy of Sciences Grant/year, K€ • Basic research projects 10-100 • Support of innovative projects 20-50 • Funds Grant/year, K€ • Russian Fund for Basic Research 10-30 • State Fund for Support of SMEs 20-100 • Russian Fund of Technological Development 50-1000 • Ministry of Education and Science • Federal R&D programme in Life Sciences 2007-2009Sum, M€ Grant/year, M€ • “Mega” projects ~30 >5-10 • Integrated projects ~150 1-3 • Others 70 >0.3

7. Examples of ME&S sponsored projects • Megaproject • Plant biotechnology • Biochips • Integrated projects in FAB area • New generation enzymes for food, textile, pulp industries and agriculture • Bioplastics and biobinders • Research projects in FAB area • Biocatalysis for fine organic synthesis • Bioremediation of contaminated soils and VOC abatement • etc.

8. Non-governmental support activities • Russian Biotechnology Programme • Developed under the leadership of Russian Society of Biotechnologists • Associations of biofuel manufacturers • Established and steered by business community • State-private partneships • Venture funds • Regional • Sectoral

9. Expected results of supportive measures • Development of Russian high-tech biotechnological products and technologies • Capacity building in biotechnology sector of economy;creation of a growing and stable market of import- substituting biotechnological products • Education and training of highly qualified personnel; • Prevention of brain-drain; • Ensuring biological and environmental security and biosafety

10. EC-Russia co-operation Technology platforms for structuring Russian biotech

11. Goal • Facilitate integration of Russian scientific community into European Research Area

12. Objectives • Develop a mechanism of defining Russian R&D priorities which are relevant to European FP7 topics • Develop a mechanism for decision making and implementation of joint EC-Russia decisions

13. Technology Platforms • Essential element of FP7 • Choice of R&D strategic areas • Evaluation of technology market potential • TPs enable harmonization of interests of diverse stakeholders, countries and regions • Mobilization of diversified financial resources

14. TP-FAB technology platforms • Industrial Biotechnology (Sustainable Chemistry) • Biofuels • Forest-based Sector • Plants for the Future • Food for Life • Global Animal Health • Sustainable Farm Animal Breeding and Reproduction

15. Structuring Russian biotech community • WG established in 2006 • Provides a mechanism for decision making Comprises leading Russian scientists NCP advises to and implements WG decisions

16. Structuring Russian biotech community • The main objectives of the NCP Steering Group: • establishing national Technology Platforms • facilitating formulation of Russian research priorities for co-operation with EU in FP7 • establishing direct work contacts with the relevant EU Technology Platforms and decision making bodies • formation of Russian pre-consortia for FP7

17. Russian Technology Platform “Food for Life”(example)Mission: • To integrateleading Russian organizations in the field of food manufacturing, food safety and healthy nutrition • To assistin international collaboration for joint development of novel efficient approaches in food science and technology • To createsubstantial infrastructure of expertise and information exchange for human health protection though harmless, healthy nutrition

18. Russian Technology Platform “Food for Life”Structure: National FAB Contact Point FP6/7 Contacts with governmental & legislative bodies 20 members Lines of activities: Food industry Food quality control Healthy nutrition

19. Russian Technology Platform “Food for Life”Priorities: • Harmonization of legislation and methods in the area of food quality control between Russia and EU • Biotechnologies for new food ingredients • Development of functional food for specific categories of consumers • Microbial growth and distribution of contaminants in food/feed chains • Development of new analytical techniques to ensure manufacturing of safe foods • Support in training and technology transfer for specialists in different areas of food industry • Creation of open platform information resources about Russian food industry

20. Russian Technology Platform “Food for Life”Instruments of cooperation: • Groups of Russian experts in food production & control • Analysis of regional features of food manufacturing & consumption • Preparation of joint research proposals • Proposition of business projects • Participation in the discussion of food-related problems of international importance • Creation of systems for bidirectional informational exchange

21. Russian Technology Platform “Food for Life”Participation in the 6th Framework Programme: • Calls 1-3 5 projects (1IP, 2STREP, 2SSA) • Call 4 and TTC 9 projects (6IP, 1STREP, 2SSA)

22. Russian participation in FP6 FAB(all calls, all instruments)

23. EC-Russia co-operation Some numbers

24. 3.000.000 2.500.000 2.000.000 EUR 1.500.000 1.000.000 500.000 0 IN IN ID JP LB AL JO LA BY ZA KZ KE CL DZ ET FO NZ TH PK PS PE BA PY TN KR UA CA AU UY SC BD PH EC US VN SG BR AR CS GA BO EG AM UG CN RU HR CO MX GH NG MK MA TW Country Russian Participation in FP6 FAB(all calls, all instruments) Leaders (from 2.5M€ to 1M€): CN, BR, ZA, RU, AR, MA

25. 6.000.000 5.000.000 Support to Policies 4.000.000 INCO Top-up Call FOOD-4 Euros 3.000.000 FOOD-3 FOOD-2 2.000.000 FOOD-1 1.000.000 0 Int. Org. Not WB RU-NIS MED ACP Asia LA INCO Target Regions Abbreviation FP6-TP5 Third Countries:EC Grant per Region in Selected Proposals (Requested Grant in the Proposal or Final Grant in the Contract –Depending on each Negotiation Process)Food Quality and Safety, all FP6 Calls, all instruments

26. Food Quality and Safety, all FP6 Calls, all instruments 16 14 12 Support to Policies 10 INCO Top-up Call FOOD-4 Count of Partners 8 FOOD-3 FOOD-2 6 FOOD-1 4 2 0 RU UA AM BY KZ RU-NIS Countries Abbreviation FP6-TP5 INCO Target Russia-NIS Countries:Count of Partners per Country in Selected Proposals

27. EC-Russia co-operation Instruments

28. Top-up call • Russia participated on the same grounds as all other 3rd INCO countries • In total 18 grants allocated in FAB area with participants from 45 countries • 3 with Russian participation • The first joint EC-RF call • Russia additionally funded those Russian teams that succeed in European evaluation

29. InJoy&Train Project • InJoy&Train project – 2-years SSA grant from FAB-Directorate EC • Objective– involving R&D specialists, multipliers and SMEs from Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, and Belarus (KRUAB) for enhancing of participation in EC FP7 Programme on FAB priorities • Participants - teams from Italy, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, and Ukraine joined their efforts in the project

30. InJoy&Train Project • InJoy&Trainproject will improve national expertise on the EU's Framework Programmes and its instruments in KRUAB countries • The project will: • provide preferable possibilities for information exchange in FAB research areas • promote competencies of KRUAB countries in the relevant fields in EU countries • ensure awareness and training activities • provide all-round assistance in proposal preparations within FP7 Programme on FAB priorities.

31. InJoy&Train Project • Web-site of «InJoy&Train» project • Training of EC FP7-FAB participants • News Letters dissemination • «CATALOGUE» of EC FP7 FAB Profile Forms

32. National FP6/7 FAB contact point Establishing Russian Regional Contact Centers Arkhangel’sk, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Magadan, Nizhniy Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Petrozavodsk, Rostov, Saratov, Vladivostok, Voronezh, Yekaterinburg

33. EU-RUSSIA Symposia on FP6/7 FAB priorities • An important instrument to strengthen EU-Russia cooperation in biotech area • I Moscow 2004 • II Moscow 2005 • III St. Petersburg 2006 • IV Suzdal 2007

34. EU-RUSSIA Symposium “Prospects for R&D cooperation in biotechnology in FP7”5-8 June 2006 St. Petersburg Objectives: • Discussion of key issues and prospective of R&D cooperation between Russia and EU in Biotechnology in FP7 • Discussion of Russian participation in FP7 European Technology Platforms • Presentation of Russian Technology Platforms Main results: • Joint Declaration of the EC-Russia Working Group on Agro-Bio-Food • More than 200 scientists, SME representatives and multipliers from Russia and NIS countries • About 50 experts from EU • International School of Young Scientists «Biotechnology for the Future» • more than 60 young scientists from EU and NIS • Brokerage Events and Poster Sections • InJoy&Train meeting • posted Catalogue of Profile Forms (119 proposals) for participation in EC FP7 FAB priorities • Russian-German Satellite Symposium on Bioinformatics Network

35. Perspectives for FP7 • Russia is one of International Cooperation Partner Countries (ICPC) • Russia has a special bilateral S&T agreement with EU • The priorities for Specific International Co-operation Actions (SICA) havebeen identified in close cooperation with stakeholders from these regions and countries(Mediterranean, Russia, Balkan, etc.) through specific workshops

36. Perspectives for FP7 • Increase in Russian participation • Taking into account Russian priorities when formulating a call • There will be 3 topics with obligatory Russian partners in Calls 1 and 2 of FP7 • Joint calls • Special bilateral EC-RF calls in specific areas • Provision of additional funding for Russian participants (like top-up) • Funding of EC teams by the Russianside • Up to 20 M€ allocated in 2007-2009 for joint calls with business community and foreign participation

37. FP7 should lay down a new era of EC-Russia RDT co-operation • Mechnisms of collaboration of EC and Russia are in place • Working Group ЕС-МE&S established • Regular Biotechnology EC-RF Symposia • discussion forum • brokerage place • First joint calls implemented • Russian TPs mirroring EC TPS formed • EC-Russia R&D priorities along the lines of these TPs agreed (joint Declaration)

38. Thank you for attention Good luck in FP7!