Eastern Partnership : cooperation status in FP7 and perspectives in H2020

PolicyPolicy Research and Innovation

Research and Innovation

EEP 2013 Lithuanian Presidency ConferenceVilnius, 30 September 2013

Eastern Partnership : cooperation status in FP7 and

perspectives in H2020

Thierry Devars

European Commission, DG Research and Innovation

[email protected]



IDEAS

Supporting, investigator-driven research projects

carried out across all fields

COOPERATIONCollaborative research

10 Thematic Areas

Health

Food, Agri & Biotech

ICT

Nano-sciences/technology

Materials and new production technologies

Energy

Environment

Transport (incl. AERO)

Socio Economic Sciences and the Humanities

Space

Security

PEOPLE

Strengthening the human potential in research and

technology in Europe

Initial Training of Researchers

Life-long training & Career Development

Industry-academia pathways

International Dimension

Specific support action

CAPACITIES

Research Infrastructures

Research for the benefits of SMEs

Regions of Knowledge

Research Potential

Science in Society

International Cooperation

FP7 2007-2013

+ EURATOM+ Joint Research Centre (JRC)



FP7 budget 2007-2013



FP7 2007-2013

Specific Programme

Participations Number of actions

Cooperation 217 126People 135 115Capacities 151 58Euratom 13 10

Eastern Partnership countries (EaP)

Total of 516 participations

in 309 collaborative actions

Success rate

SP1-Cooperation 14%

SP2-Ideas 0%

SP4-Capacities 16%

SP5-Euratom 44% - Ukraine only EaP country having a bilateral S&T Agreement with the EU- Moldova only EaP country Associated to FP7



FP7 SP cooperation 2007-2013

(32413M€)



2007-2013FP7 SP cooperation

217 participations in 126 projects



2007-2013FP7 SP cooperation

Participant Country Name

ENERGY ENV HEALTH ICT KBBE NMP SEC SPA SSH TPT Grand Total

Armenia 1 2 5 1 3 2 14

Azerbaijan 4 2 1 4 11

Belarus 3 10 1 4 1 4 2 25

Georgia 4 5 3 4 3 4 1 24

Moldova 1 1 6 4 1 1 3 17

Ukraine 9 24 8 8 16 20 3 10 9 19 126

Grand Total 10 34 24 32 24 30 3 11 24 25 217



2007-2013FP7 SP people

Initial Training Networks

Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways

International Research Staff Exchange Staff Scheme

International Incoming Fellowships

International Outgoing Fellowships

Grand Total

Armenia 0 0 8 2 0 10

Azerbaijan 0 0 3 0 0 3

Belarus 0 1 14 1 0 16

Georgia 0 1 10 0 0 11

Moldova 0 0 12 2 0 14

Ukraine 1 4 66 9 1 81

Grand Total 1 6 113 14 1 135



2007-2013FP7 SP capacities

Participant Country Name

INCO INFRA REGIONS SiS SME Grand Total

Armenia 14 6 1 21Azerbaijan 8 3 11

Belarus 12 7 19Georgia 14 13 1 28Moldova 14 6 2 22Ukraine 23 17 3 3 4 50

Grand Total 85 52 3 5 6 151



2007-2013FP7 financial aspects



2007-2013FP7 financial aspects



FP7 2007-2013

Cooperation + Capacities + Euratom :Stakeholders from 85 countriesin projects includingEaP partners

Total of 3171 participations



Issues

- Success rate (16%) below third countries average (22%)

-Low industry (and SMEs in particular) participation

- Lack of coherence between identified potential and actual thematic participation : need for more strategic and focused approach and promotion activities

Preparing transition to Horizon 2020



Bi-regional Coordination of S&T Cooperation (INCO-NET)Bi-regional Coordination of S&T Cooperation (INCO-NET)

Coordination of national INCO policies & activities

(ERA-NET/ERA-NET+)

Coordination of national INCO policies & activities

(ERA-NET/ERA-NET+)

Bilateral S&T Cooperation

Partnerships (BILAT)

Bilateral S&T Cooperation

Partnerships (BILAT)

FP7 CAPACITIES - International CooperationFP7 CAPACITIES - International Cooperation

Awareness-raising of H2020 in third countries(INCO H2020)

Awareness-raising of H2020 in third countries(INCO H2020)

Supporting the access to third country Programmes

(ACCESS4EU)

Supporting the access to third country Programmes

(ACCESS4EU)

Reinforcing cooperation with Europe's neighbours

(ERA-WIDE)

Reinforcing cooperation with Europe's neighbours

(ERA-WIDE)

Strengthening European research facilities in

third countries (INCO-LAB)

Strengthening European research facilities in

third countries (INCO-LAB)

Strengthening joint European S&T centres

in third countries(INCO-HOUSE)

Strengthening joint European S&T centres

in third countries(INCO-HOUSE)

Bi-regional level

Bilateral level

Coordination level

Bridging the gap between Research and innovation

(R2I-ENP)

Bridging the gap between Research and innovation

(R2I-ENP)



Success rate : ERA-WIDE projects (+training of NCPs, capacity-building, technical assistance…)

• Twinnings between leading EaP research organisations and several peers in Europe

• Definition of a joint cooperation strategy• Training, staff exchanges, joint experiments• Promotion activities, workshops• Examples : IPERA (Institute for Physical Research,

NAS Armenia); SENS-ERA (Georgian Technical University); NANOTWINNING (Institute of Physics, Ukraine)



Industry involvement : R2I projects

• Based on the ERA-WIDE twinning model, regional scope• Network different actors of the knowledge value chain :

research-industry partnerships• Focus on a single challenge• Identify concrete opportunities /bottlenecks related to

knowledge transfer and exploitation• Capacity-building, staff mobility schemes, innovation

vouchers• Provision of actual innovation support services



Strategic approach: BILAT/INCONET

- Bilateral level: BILAT UKR*AINA+ promotion of bilateral cooperation with Ukraine (S&T Agreement)+ supports Joint S&T Cooperation Committee+ 4 joint priorities : new materials, biotechnology, health, transport (aeronautics)

- Regional level: INCONET EaP+ reference coordination platform for mobilizing stakeholders on the ground (e.g. H2020 opportunities)+ synergies (Black Sea, Danube, Central Asia..)+ direct support to the Panel implementation



Strategic approach: new R&I Panel

- Research and Innovation Panel implemented through the EaP Platform 4

+ launch of a bi-regional policy dialogue gathering officials and experts from EU Member States and the 6 EaP countries

+ co-ownership, mutual interests+ definition of a regional cooperation roadmap+ first Panel meeting : Brussels, 13

November 2013



The New EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation

2014-2020

HORIZON 2020



What is Horizon 2020:

• A 70 billion euro research and innovation funding programme (2014-2020);

• A core part of Europe 2020, Innovation Union & European Research Area:

• - Responding to the economic crisis to invest in future jobs and growth

• - Addressing people’s concerns about their livelihoods, safety and environment

• - Strengthening the EU’s global position in research, innovation and technology



What’s new

• A single programme bringing together three separate programmes/initiatives*

• Coupling research to innovation – from research to retail, all forms of innovation

• Focus on societal challenges facing EU society, e.g. health, clean energy and transport

• Simplified access, for all companies, universities, institutes in all EU countries and beyond.

*The 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7), innovation aspects of Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP), EU contribution to the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)



Three priorities

•Excellent Excellent sciencescience

•Industrial Industrial leadershipleadership

•Societal Societal challengeschallenges



Priority 1: Excellent Science

• Why:

• World class science is the foundation of tomorrow’s technologies, jobs and wellbeing

• Europe needs to develop, attract and retain research talent

• Researchers need access to the best infrastructures



• Proposed funding (€ million 2014-2020)

European Research CouncilFrontier research by the best individual teams

13 095

Future and Emerging TechnologiesCollaborative research to open new fields of innovation

2 696

Marie Sklodowska-Curie actionsOpportunities for training and career development

6 162

Research infrastructures (including e-infrastructure)Ensuring access to world-class facilities

2 488



Priority 2: Industrial leadership

• Why:

• Strategic investments in key technologies (e.g. advanced manufacturing, micro-electronics) underpin innovation across existing and emerging sectors

• Europe needs to attract more private investment in research and innovation

• Europe needs more innovative SMEs to create growth and jobs



Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (ICT, nanotechnologies, materials, biotechnology, manufacturing, space)

13 557

Access to risk financeLeveraging private finance and venture capital for research and innovation

2 842

Innovation in SMEsFostering all forms of innovation in all types of SMEs

616 + complemented by

expected 20% of budget of societal challenges + LEITs and

'Access to risk finance' with strong SME focus

Proposed funding (€ million 2014-2020)



Priority 3: Societal challenges• Why:

• Concerns of citizens and society/EU policy objectives (climate, environment, energy, transport etc.) cannot be achieved without innovation

• Breakthrough solutions come from multi-disciplinary collaborations, including social sciences & humanities

• Promising solutions need to be tested, demonstrated and scaled up



• Proposed funding (€ euro 2014-2020)

Health, demographic change and wellbeing 7 472

Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research & the bio-economy

3 851

Secure, clean and efficient energy* 5 931

Smart, green and integrated transport 6 339

Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials

3 081

Inclusive and reflective societies 1 309

Secure societies 1 695

Science with and for society 462

Spreading excellence and widening participation 816

*Additional funding for nuclear safety and security from the Euratom Treaty activities (2014-2018)



Simplification: summary

• Single set of simpler and more coherent participation rules

• New balance between trust and control

• Moving from several funding rates for different beneficiaries and activities to just two

• Replacing the four methods to calculate overhead or «indirect costs» with a single flat rate

• Major simplification under the forthcoming financial regulation

• Successful applicants to get working more quickly: time-to-grant of 8 months ("5 + 3 months"); exceptions for the ERC and in duly justified cases



Strong participation by SMEs

• Integrated approach - around 20% of the total budget for societal challenges and LEITs to go to SMEs.

• Simplification of particular benefit to SMEs (e.g. single entry point).

• A new SME instrument used across all societal challenges as well as for the LEITs.

• A dedicated activity for research-intensive SMEs in 'Innovation in SMEs'.

• 'Access to risk finance' will have a strong SME focus (debt and equity facility)



New strategy for international cooperation in research and innovation

Need to engage more actively and strategically in international cooperation:

• Three main objectives:• Strengthen the Union's excellence and attractiveness in research and

innovation as well as its industrial and economic competitiveness

• Tackle global societal challenges

• Support the Union's external policies

•Combining openness with better targeted actions

•Strengthened partnership with Member States

•Stronger contribution of research and innovation to external policies of the Union



International cooperation

• International cooperation is crucial to address many Horizon 2020 objectives.

• Principle of general openness: the programme will remain to be the most open funding programme in the world.

• Horizon 2020 shall be open to the Association of: all countries associated to FP7 and selected ENP countries that fulfil the relevant criteria (capacity, track record, close economic and geographical links to the Union, fair and sound IPRs systems).

• Targeted actions to be implemented taking a strategic approach to international cooperation (dedicated measures in the 'Inclusive and reflective societies' challenge).



Dual approach

• Openness: • Horizon 2020 open to participation from across the world• Revision to the list of countries which receive automatic funding

Targeted actions:1. Thematic: identifying areas for international cooperation on the

basis of the Union's policy agenda2. Differentiation by countries/regions to target partners for

cooperation

Scale and scope to maximise impact (regional approach)

multi-annual roadmaps for cooperation with key partners



Multi-annual roadmaps for cooperation with countries/regions

• Enlargement and neighbourhood countries, and EFTA• Focus on alignment with the ERA• Support enlargement and neighbourhood policies (support to

developing a Common Knowledge and Innovation Space)

• Industrialised countries and emerging economies• Focus on competitiveness• Tackle global challenges• Business opportunities and access to new markets

• Developing countries• Support development policy by building partnerships contributing to

sustainable development• Address relevant challenges (e.g. poverty-related diseases, energy and

food security, biodiversity)



Thematic targeting

• Starting point: Horizon 2020 societal challenges and enabling technologies

• Identify areas based on analysis of a set of criteria of the EU and potential partners:• Research and innovation capacity• Access to markets• Contribution to international commitments, e.g. MDG or Rio+20• Frameworks in place to engage in cooperation (EU, international

partners and MS) – including lessons learnt from previous cooperation



Partnership with Member States

• Union activities must add value and complement those of Member States

• Acknowledge progress made through SFIC• From national considerations to European shared

activities:• associate MS to development of EU roadmaps• prepare joint Union-MS roadmaps • common guidelines for international cooperation with

third countries (e.g. visa)



Next steps

• Formal political decisions on Horizon 2020

• Formal political decision on Multi-annual financial framework (2014-2020)

• Adoption of work programme and publication of first calls for proposals

• Horizon 2020 nationallaunch events

Autumn 2013

Autumn 2013

11 December 2013

October to January 2014



Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions

• Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions have a strong international dimension: researchers participating in these actions come from around 130 different countries. Strong opportunities for young researchers !! http://ec.europa.eu/research/

mariecurieactions/



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