WP2. ARIMNet2 2nd call - 2016 ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting 27-28 October 2016, Rome, Italy WP2. ARIMNet2 2nd call - 2016 Sanaa zebakh, sanaa.zebakh@yahoo.com , IAV Morocco Fabrice Dentressangle, fabrice.dentressangle@agencerecherche.fr , ANR, France 1 ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy

General information about proposals submission ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy

ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy Some History : 3 calls 3 joint calls have been launched by the 14 ARIMNet-ARIMNet2 participating countries: 1st call in 2011 (ARIMNet). 3 Topics Production system Food chain Landscape management 2nd call in 2014-2015 (ARIMNet2). 3 Topics Production system including aquaculture Food chain / Agro-industry & Policies 3rd call 2016 (ARIMNet2). 2 Topics Promoting sustainable agriculture for socio-economic development Valorising local products through food value chains improvement ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy

ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy History - Fund raising 2014/2015 FUNDING TABLE: 7 M€ 2016 FUNDING TABLE: 5.8 M€ 2011 FUNDING TABLE: 6.5 M€ ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy

ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy 2nd Arimnet2 call - 2016 Schedule for call Call publication: 1st April 2016 Call deadline: 1st June 2016 Participating : - 14 countries: MA, TN, IL, FR, DZ, TR, SI, IT, SP, EG, PT, GR, MT, KR - 15 Funding agencies Total budget: 5.82 million euros One-step submission ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy

ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy Call Main Topics Topic 1: “Promoting sustainable agriculture for socio-economic development” Topic 2: “Valorising local products through food value chains improvement” Expected Impact Integrated approaches to address complex challenges linking technical and socio-economic issues; Improved soil and water quality and agronomic practices with limited input use (e.g. pesticides, chemical fertilisers, energy and water); Improved local products and farming systems best suited to Mediterranean conditions; Diversification and increase of farmers' incomes through access to new markets; Innovations along the whole food chain contributing to local development. ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy

Submitted proposals by topic ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy

Coordinated proposal/country submitted proposals Total: 102 proposals ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy

Distribution of proposals according to the country submitted proposals Total: 399 participants ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy

ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy Number of partners involved in the consortium 48% proposals are led by consortium of 3-4 partners Number o proposals Number of partners ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy

Call SEC eligibility criteria Involve researchers from a minimum of three countries among the funding partners Maximum duration: 3 years. Proposals in English, using ARIMNet2 Application Forms PART A filled on-line and PART B uploaded correctly Fit the formal requirements for proposal submission. Be in line with the call’s scope and topics 13 proposals are not eligible ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy

Call SEC eligibility criteria 13 proposals are not eligible Main reasons: Min partners (3) not respected Partners are not registered online (Part A not completed) DOW not completed No budget for the partners Same proposal submitted twice (one draft and other completed 3 cases) ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy

Call SEC Eligibility Criteria 11 not approved by FA + National regulation criteria ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy

After CS and FA evaluation Status Number Submitted 102 Not approved by call SEC 13 Not approved by call FA 11 Approved 78 ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy

1st SEC Meeting: Lisbon, 1-2 July 2016 Proposals attribution to 17 SEC (Scientific Evaluation Committee) experts… … around 10-15 proposals evaluated each as reader and rapporteur. ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy

External evaluation Number of contacted experts: 350 experts Experts involved in the evaluation: 110 experts Starting date of experts’ contracts: July 2016 1732 emails exchanged between call SEC, SEC and external reviewers Main difficulties: summer period; for some focused thematic, we could not find easily the relevant experts; very short time for expertise; technical problems experienced on the website; possible conflicts of interest

ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy 2nd SEC Meeting: Paris, 27-28-29 September 2016 Each proposal has been evaluated by 2 external evaluators + 2 SEC members (among them a reader and rapporteur) Proposals has been classified according to the mean mark received from the evaluators Specific discussion about the proposals with a large difference between expert’s marks Some proposals need another evaluation; they have been attributed to additional SEC members during the meeting for additional opinion (10 proposals) Proposals have been ranked as: A = excellent project (30), B = good project (20), C = not of sufficiently high quality but for further consideration (28). ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy

Number of projects by level of excellence ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy

Ranking of projects by topic ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy

Evaluation timing Action Date Time interval Call publication 1 April 2016 2 months Call deadline 1 June 2016 SEC eligibility 3 June 2016 2 days FA eligibility 15 June 2016 (delay for some FA) 13 days Attribution of proposals to SEC members 8-20 June 1 week 1st SEC meeting in Lisbon (final attribution of proposals ) 1-2 July 2016 Identification of external reviewers and contacts 12 July-August (external evaluation +SEC evaluation before 15 sept 2016) 1.5 months 2nd SEC meeting in Paris: (scientific ranking list) 27-28-29 Sept 2016 Validation of reports by the SEC chairman 2 months from 1st meeting Presentation at AKIS conference 13-14 October 2016 Emails to non eligible proposals 20 October 2016 Call board meeting (selection of final list of funded projects) 27-28 October 2016 Announcement of results November 2016 ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy

Thank you for your attention, your questions and your participation to this evaluation committee ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting, 27-28 October 2016, Rome,Italy