INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL CO-OPERATION
INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL CO-OPERATION
March 2007
Yair Amitay
Managing Director
Why Israeli High-tech?
• High-Tech is over 50% of industrial production.• Over 50% of industrial export are High-Tech.• World highest per-capita science graduates and
scientific workforce: 140 per 10,000
Why Israeli High-tech? (cont.)
• R&D spending 4.5% of GNP - among the world’s highest.
• Civilian spin-offs of defense technologies.
• Global JV’s takeovers and international alliances.
• Hundreds of new "Start-up" companies emerge yearly
OCS Industrial R&D Programs
Generic R&D
Magnet
Magneton
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Pre-Seed
Technological Incubators
Nofar
Tnufa
Eureka
Bi-national Funds
Bi-national Agreements
Seed Fund
IndustrialR&D Fund
MATIMOP
IRC
Galileo
Competitive R&D
Matimop – Israeli Industry Center for R&D
in charge of implementing international cooperation programs for industrial R&D on
behalf of the Office of the Chief Scientist, Ministry of Industry Trade and Labor
International Cooperation in R&D
KORIL - with KOREA
CIIRD - with Canada
SIIRD - with Singapore
Bi-national FundsBi-national Funds::
BRITECH - with the UK
BIRD - with the U.S.A
Bi-national R&D Support Agreements:
The Netherlands
Spain
Belgium
France
Portugal
Italy
Taiwan
Ireland
Sweden
Finland
GermanyChina
India
Victoria(Australia)
Russia
International Cooperation in R&D
• European Commission Seventh Framework
Program
• EUREKA
•
Multinational AgreementsMultinational Agreements::
GALILEO
EUREKA
The Leading European Industrial R&D Program, in the competitive area.
•“Bottom up” Industrial R&D projects•Umbrella projects•Cluster projects
Israel in Eureka
Project Generation 10\06, source: Eureka Secretariat
Bi-National and Multi-NationalIndustrial R&D Projects
EurekaBi-nat’-Europe
Bi-nat’ FundsAsia
Bi-nat’Asia
New New New New
Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing
Total 65 Total 102 Total 152
No. projects 200
2200
3 2004
Total 102 Total 185
20050
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Russia-Israel R&D Industrial Cooperation
• Matimop and the Federal Agency of Science and Innovation (ROSNAUKA) launched a new program
• The program is implemented within EUREKA scheme.• Open Call • Joint Industrial R&D projects within this framework are
eligible for R&D grants from the national funding authorities in Russia and Israel (Office of the Chief Scientist).
• In Israel, OCS grants cover up to 50% of R&D costs• MATIMOP and ROSNAUKA assist in Partner Search
ContactsIsrael Russia
Mrs.Ilana Gross Mrs. Lidia Kovaleva
Program Manager Deputy Director
MATIMOP ROSNAUKA
+972-3-5118184 +7(495)115 9766
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