International Cooperation in the European Research Area

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1 International Cooperation in the European Research Area FFG/EIP Services for FP7 and International Cooperation Ralf König FFG Austrian Research Promotion Agency Division European and International Programmes Page 1

2 Strong services are effective. FFG Austrian Research Promotion Agency Established in 2004 Austrian central organisation for public promotion of research and innovation Budget: ~ 600 Mio. EUR year 2008 Competitiveness, networking through national funding of applied research FFG offers not only funding but also high-quality services to the R&D community in Austria

Division of European and International Programmes (EIP) based on contract with 5 Ministries and Economic Chamber Objectives: Strengthening the Austrian participation in European & international R&D

3 Division of European and International Programmes (EIP) based on contract with 5 Ministries and Economic Chamber Objectives: Strengthening the Austrian participation in European & international R&D Programmes (FP!!) Host of: FP National Contact Points, EUREKA, EEN, econtent Activities: Awareness, Information, Training (FFG Academy), Consultation, Coaching, International Networking (Consortium building) EIP projects: providing expertise in how to develop FP cooperation

4 or.ffg/eip: we are your GPS through European R&D! FFG/EIP Services 6) Proposal Check We increase your chances for successful evaluation 5) Legal Issues (IPR) Assistance in legal matters of your R&D projects 7) Project Management Trainings for effective R&D project management 2) Individual Coaching Should you invest time & money for getting involved in European R&D? 1) Services Information on relevant R&D Programmes straight to your PC! 4) Partner Search We help in finding the right partners for your projects 3) Preparatory Co-funding Co-funding for European R&D project development 8) Exploitation Tech transfer and exploitation assistance for your R&D projects Project Development Phases

5 Successful participation in FP7: Coaching is most effective! Year 2008: app proposals incl AT partners submitted under Cooperation out of which 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 22% 31% 14% 15% General Assistance 143 Detailed Assistance/ Proposal Checks No contact EU Average not funded funded Services provided by FFG/EIP in 2008: 7000 assistance/consultancy sessions, 28% long, 72% short

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7 International S&T Cooperation in FP7 Cooperation Health Health Food, Food, Agricultureand and Fisheries, and and Biotechnology Information Communication Technologies Nanosciences + Nanotechnologies, Materials + New New Production Technologies Energy Energy Environment (incl. (incl. climate climate change) Transport (incl. (incl. Aeronautics) Socio-economic Sciences + Humanities Space Space Security Page 7 Ideas Frontier Research Single Single Teams, Teams, Criteria Criteria Excellence, Excellence, European European Research Research Council Council People Mobility Mobility and and Career Career Development Development of of People People Capacities Research Research Infrastructure Infrastructure Research Research for for SMEs SMEs Regions Regions of of Knowledge Knowledge Research Research Potential Potential Science Science in in Society Society Coherent Coherent development development of of research research policies policies International International cooperation cooperation

8 International S&T cooperation in FP7 1. EU Member States 2. Associated Countries same conditions as for Member States 3. Third Countries a) International Cooperation Partner Countries (ICPC) are defined as the countries that are classified as low or middleincome third countries, Organisations from ICPC Countries can also receive funding (e.g. Russia). b) High Income Countries Industrialised Countries (e.g. USA, Canada, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, ) Page 8 Vienna, 03 December 2009 Page 8

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14 FP7 Cooperation SP Participation of selected countries (countries with an S&T Agreement in yellow) Mexico Japan Viet Nam Thailand Egypt Chile Tunisia Tanzania Uruguay Uganda New Zealand Philippines Colombia Senegal Kenya Algeria Peru Cameroon Nigeria Morocco Brazil South Africa Canada Ukraine Argentina Australia China (PRC) India United States Update 18/09/ countries Russian Fed 0 Page

Specific Activities of FFG/EIP towards cooperation with USA Link2US (Access4EU) Beteilung von EU Teams an US Programmen BILAT Trans-atlantischer Dialog Plattform, Information, Awareness, Kooperation,

15 Specific Activities of FFG/EIP towards cooperation with USA Link2US (Access4EU) Beteilung von EU Teams an US Programmen BILAT Trans-atlantischer Dialog Plattform, Information, Awareness, Kooperation, Projekte BILAT-USA : Aktivitäten: trans-atlantischer Dialog, Stärkung der Kooperation und Beteiligung von US ForscherInnen am 7. RP, Erleichterung des Zugangs zu Informationen und Kooperationsmöglichkeiten, Forschung und Technologietransfer Access4EU: Link2US : Maßnahmen zur Beteiligung von EU Teams an US Programmen Page 15

Specific Activities of FFG/EIP towards cooperation with USA AAAS - American Association for the Advancement of Science (Coordinator for Link2US) www.aaas.

at/eip www.rp7.ffg.at FFG - Austrian Research Promotion Agency Division European and International Programmes (Coordinator for BILAT-USA) www.ffg.at/eip www.rp7.ffg.at AAAS APRE APRE - Agenzia per la Promozione della Ricerca Europea www.

16 Specific Activities of FFG/EIP towards cooperation with USA AAAS - American Association for the Advancement of Science (Coordinator for Link2US) FFG - Austrian Research Promotion Agency Division European and International Programmes FFG - Austrian Research Promotion Agency Division European and International Programmes (Coordinator for BILAT-USA) AAAS APRE APRE - Agenzia per la Promozione della Ricerca Europea TETALAP - Hungarian Science and Technology Foundation Page 16 TETALAP INTRASOFT INTRASOFT International S.A

17 Specific Activities of FFG/EIP towards cooperation with USA: BILAT-USA Reinforcing the implementation of the EU-US S&T Agreement by increasing the Trans-Atlantic Dialogue Strengthening participation of US research organisations in FP7 Provide easy access to information by setting up effective dissemination channels Identify and promote best practices and raise awareness on cooperation opportunities Create synergies with other existing projects and initiatives Page 17

18 Neben der europäischen Dimension: Nutzen für Österreich? Kooperation EU US hoch auf der politischen Agenda, Window of Opportunity!! Mit diesen Projekten den Zugang für österreichische ForscherInnen zu Kooperationen EU-USA eröffnen/erleichtern. Unmittelbarer Kontakte zu wesentlichen US Organisationen möglich AAAS als Brückenkopf zur US Community Von FFG Seite: www page, Newsletter, Übersichten/Guiding Documents, Veranstaltungen, konkrete Projekte Page 18

19 EU-US S&T Cooperation Web-Portal Page 19

20 Specific Activities of FFG/EIP towards cooperation with Russia IncoNet EECA support and facilitate bi-regional EU EECA S&T policy dialogue, strengthen the participation of EECA in FP7, raise capacities of EECA countries, implement strategic analysis BILAT-RUS focuses on enhancing bilateral S&T Partnership between Russia and EU. The project aims at contributing to the implementation of Common Space on Research between the EU and Russia RUSERA-EXE increase quantity & quality of cooperation between Russian and EU researchers by creating long lasting "researcher-toresearcher" RTD partnerships. The project focused on the 5 most promising and advanced Regional Information Nodes RUSERA fostering RTD-cooperation between advanced and promising Russian regions and the European Union researcher organizations CREATION Development of efficient and sustainable infrastructure for information support to Russia's participation in FP6 and the ERA, and involvement of Russian enterprises into innovation process via establishing links with EU partners SITE to increase cooperation between Russian and EU researchers in the area of the IST Priority ADMIRE-P promote co-operation between EU and Russian research teams in IST, focused on a specific region called the Privolzhsky Federal District (Volga Region) Ideal-IST Ideal-ist is the first quality-labeled international ICT partner search network, part-funded by the European Commission. Ideal-ist supports ICT research organisations and companies worldwide to find partners for their project ideas, to join projects or to find services which help to succeed in FP7 Page 20

21 Specific Activities of FFG/EIP towards cooperation with Russia Multilateral Bilateral Joint participation in EU funded projects Participation in EU FP7 NCP Networks Enterprise Europe Network Austrian-Russian Science Days WKÖ/AWO-GUS Working Committee on Cooperation in Innovation and Applied Sciences of Special Information and Brokerage Events Cooperation with res. Org. and Univ. Page 21

22 Specific Activities of FFG/EIP towards cooperation with Western Balkan Countries WBC-INCO Net CO-ORDINATION OF RESEARCH POLICIES WITH THE WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES ERA WESTBALKAN+ INTENSIFYING ACTIVITIES BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA AND WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES ERA WESTBALKAN OPENING UP THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA TO THE WESTERN BALKAN FP6 NIP BIH FP6 NATIONAL INFORMATION POINT SYSTEM FOR BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA see-science.eu INFORMATION OFFICE OF THE STEERING PLATFORM FOR THE WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES Page 22

23 Contact: Berna Windischbaur, Project Manager BILAT-USA Elli Stepanovic, Project Manager LINK2US, WBC-INCO.NET Irina Slosar, Project Manager BILAT-RUS, IncoNet EECA Bereichsleiterin Europäische & Internationale Programme Austrian Research Promotion Agency

24 International S&T cooperation in FP7 Information sources EUROPA INCO Service CORDIS: INCO List of International Co-operation Partner Countries (ICPC) ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/wp/cooperation/cooperation-generalannexes201101_en.pdf Countries with RTD Association and Cooperation Agreements List of Countries associated to FP7 ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/third_country_agreements_en.pdf R.König / FFG - European and International Programmes (EIP)

25 International S&T cooperation in FP7 Information sources FP7 Seventh Framework Programme FP7 Specific Programme COOPERATION FP7 Specific Programme IDEAS FP7 Specific Programme PEOPLE FP7 Specific Programme CAPACITIES R.König / FFG - European and International Programmes (EIP)

26 International S&T cooperation in FP7 Information sources The European Union in the World The EU's External Relations R.König / FFG - European and International Programmes (EIP)

27 International S&T cooperation in FP7 Information sources FP7 Contact Points at FFG FFG/EIP Unit for International Cooperation and Mobility FP7 Open Calls Specific FP7 ICPC Calls R.König / FFG - European and International Programmes (EIP)

28 19 June 2008 PMB Meeting Bonn Any questions? Ralf König Head of Unit for International Cooperation, Mobility and ERC Division European & International Programmes FFG Austrian Research Promotion Agency / Page 28 R.König / FFG - European and International Programmes (EIP)

WELCOME! Sabine Herlitschka. Director - European & International Programmes FFG - Austrian Research Promotion Agency Page 1

WELCOME! Sabine Herlitschka. Director - European & International Programmes FFG - Austrian Research Promotion Agency Page 1 WELCOME! Sabine Herlitschka Director - European & International Programmes FFG - Austrian Research Promotion Agency Page 1 FFG - Austrian Research Promotion Agency Mission Established in 2004 Largest Austrian