Research infrastructure vision European and national perspectiveAssoc.Prof. Dr. Albena Vutsova

European research infrastructure roadmap

EU policy towards RIs

Guidelines - Lisbon Agenda, Lubljana process and Europe 2020RIs as a main element of ERAEvolution of community science policyCoherence of the various community policies

What are Pan EU RIsFacilities attractive for international users- strong international quality benchmarkingApplying open access policy access of users only on peer review basisUnique or rare needing rare resources, costlyVarious type single to multiple sites, physical to virtual, from data banks to shipsImportant for training and RTD activities All fields of RTD use RIs

The meaning of RIsRIs instrument for EUs long standing tradition of excellence in RTDHowever, increase in requirements, limit of RTD budget availability, continuous update, if policies are fragmentedTo overcome these limits and keep competitive level EU and MS should bring resources together and increase cost effectiveness in RIs at all levelsThe answer is ESFRI and national roadmaps

EU roadmap and ESFRIWhy European approach towards RI?

At the core of the Knowledge Triangle of Education, Research and Innovation in order to:Extend the frontiers of knowledgeSupport industrial innovation and address societal research issuesExchange and transmit knowledgeTrain the next generation of top researchersConcentration of the resources

By now 44 EU project under ESFRI11 of them under implementation3 new projects in energy field just approvedMobilizing of resources Necessity of financial resourcesNational fundingDevelopment financial instrumentsUtilization of structural fundsActive business participation

European roadmap- newsInvolving of new thematic areas Increasing role of distributing RIsIncreasing role of e- RIsOn going process New areas :EnergyBiomedical researchEcology and environment

Role of EU roadmapTo support a coherent and strategy led approach to policy making on RIs in EUTo facilitate multilateral initiatives leading to a better use and development of RIsTo bring initiatives and projects to a point where joint actions are possiblePreparation suggestions on best practices and long term vision at the EU level, to support the development of EU policy in RIs

National roadmaps: approach and criteria

What happens at national levels?Some countries adopting an ESFRI-led approach (prioritising from ESFRI list with national additions)Some countries adopting a National interest-led approach (establishing a national roadmap and noting the ESFRI overlap)Where roadmaps are drawn up, national budgets are usually presented.Not all countries that produce roadmaps have clearly specified prioritisation procedures

Member States national RI roadmaps

Bulgarian roadmap on RIs- general aspects

Adopted by the Council of the ministriesBottom up approachNational consultationMultilevel discussions Benchmarking

Generally used approachTechnique-oriented - exploitation of the S&T potential, access to Research infrastructures, solving problems in the constructions or maintenance and access;Problem-oriented Identification of research capacity shortcomings as a preconditionSocio-economic objective sustainable development and impact on human capacity and training

ApproachSTEP 1: Awareness-raisingPresentation of ESFRI; information days and development of questionnaires;Forming a national working groupCollect the responsesCluster the interests; themes and teamsSTEP 2: Inviting researchers to develop their proposals

Approach2STEP 3: National consultation on proposed complexesPossibility to add new partners; discussions with the applicants for re-design the projectsAlignment with the ESFRI roadmapSTEP 4: Presentation of concrete projectsSTEP 5: ToR for international evaluation panels

Approach3STEP 5: International validation Evaluation of the project proposals, i.e. scientific meritOn spot visitHearing procedure of the proposals and feedbackFiltering the proposalsFinal arranging and approval Consultation procedure of the National roadmap projects with the ministries;Council of the ministries decision

Characteristics of the national roadmapDesigning on the basis of combination of ESFRI-Led and national- led approachesWide agreed with the scientific community on the basis of research merit Agreed with the political bodies on the basis of the socio economic meritCoordinated with EU policy decisions in the area of RIsLack of lump sum for supporting Possible various funding for supportDirect state support SFNSFOther sources

National research complexesNational complex

Distributed infrastructure for sustainable development in the area of marine researchInfrastructure for genome, proteome and metabolome researches, computer simulation and drug design

Bulgarian supercomputing center

E-infrastructure for integration and development of Bulgarian language electronic resources

Distributed infrastructure for: production and research of new materials having application in biomedicine and environment; research, diagnostics, restoration and preservation of metal artifactsInfrastructure in the area of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency

European RI

EURO-ARGO

BBMRI

PRACE

CLARIN

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Possibility to approach the newest energy infrastructures: WindScanner and EU-SOLARIS

Challenges :RIs from the roadmap can be localized as a supra regional complexThere are plenty of possibilities to enter in the playRoadmap provide unique opportunities for frontier research and training as well as for stimulating knowledge and technology transfer in brief for capacity buildingThe government can contribute the upgrade construction and open access and reap the benefit

Thank you !

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