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Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC. Swiss Contribution to Poland sciexNMS ch and the Swiss Research Landscape Warsaw, 2nd of March 2010 Heinz Kaufmann Head of the Swiss Contribution Office, Warsaw. 1. 1. Main Features.

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Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC

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  1. Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Swiss Contribution to Poland sciexNMSch and the Swiss Research Landscape Warsaw, 2nd of March 2010 Heinz Kaufmann Head of the Swiss Contribution Office, Warsaw 1 1

  2. Main Features • Amount: CHF 1 billion + CHF 257 million • Duration: 5 years commitment period 8-10 years disbursement period • Beneficiaries: 10+2 new member states of the EU • Fields of activity: Security, stability and support for reforms Environment and infrastructure Promotion of the private sector Human and social development • Rules: General rules in the field of state aid, public procurement, taxes and co-financing • Implementation: Autonomous, in close cooperation with the partner states 2

  3. Distribution Key 3

  4. The Polish-Swiss Cooperation Programme Main Areas and Financial Allocations in million CHF Total: 489.02 million CHF 4

  5. Implementation by December 2009 5

  6. Education Basic Research Applied Research TechnologyTransfer Industrial R&D Innovative Economy Education and Research in a Value chain Education recognized as contribution to a sustainable economy 8 of 10 states invest in Scholarships (Sciex) Research foremost on the way to be recognized as part of the value chain of a nation’s economy only 3 states invest in Joint research projects 6

  7. Research Fellowships: SCIEX-NMSchScientific Exchange Programme NMS-CH • Goals: • Develop individual researchers‘ capacities • Foster scientific progress and innovation • Establish or enhance networks between researchers • Open to all topics • Calls once per year • Instruments: • Research Fellowships for Junior Researchers • ShortTerm Research Visits of Senior Researchers • Managed by CRUS – Rectors‘ Conference of the Swiss Universities and FRSE in Poland 7

  8. Framework for the Scientific Exchange Programme Sciex-NMSch • PARTICIPATING STATES: CZ, EE, HU, LT, LV, PL, SI, SK • DURATION: 2009 - 2016 • BUDGET: Total of CHF 29.08 mio is available for the programme • Poland 12 mio CHF • Hungary 3 mio CHF • Czech Republic 4 mio CHF • Slovak Republic 1.5 mio CHF • Estonia 1.58 mio CHF • Latvia 2 mio CHF • Lithuania 4 mio CHF • Slovenia 1 mio CHF 8

  9. Two Sciex-NMSch Researchers‘ Categories Junior Researchers: Research training placement Fellowships, reserved for promising graduate and postgraduate NMS Researchers (no age restriction). • Aims: Doctoral Degree or postdoctoral research. • Duration: between a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 18 (for postDocs) and 24 (for Doctoral Candidates) months. Senior Researchers: Knowledge exchange Short Term Visits, open to Senior Researchers from the NMS and Switzerland (no age restriction). • Aims: establish a cooperation, visit a Junior Researcher and to discuss a follow-up project. • Duration: Up to five days, funds only available after succesful 9

  10. Switzerland's University Landscape 10

  11. Switzerland signed the Bologna Declaration in 1999 • A three level system: 3 + 2 + 3 degree system: Bachelor (180 Credits), Master ( 90 or 120 Credits) and PhD • Introduction of a Credit-Systems ECTS – 1 Credit corresponds to a workflow of 25 to 30 hours • Acceptance of a Bachelor of a Swiss University without conditions to the Master studies of the same field • Flexible and transparent system • Academic year: mid September to end of June 11

  12. R&D Investment as % of GDP (2005*) Poland invests 0.56% of GDP in 2006, of which 57.5% is financed by the public sector and only one-third by the business sector. 12

  13. Swiss Universities - Students 13

  14. European Top Universities(Leiden ranking 2008) 14

  15. Compare Sciex and the Research Programme 15

  16. Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Thank you for your attention For more information, visit the following websites: www.sciex.plwww.sciex.ch www.swiss-contribution.admin.ch/poland www.programszwajcarski.gov.pl 16

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