Science Counsellors meeting, Brussels, 02/07/2009 Aurélie Pancera Specific International Cooperation Activities Capacities Programme State of the play and Work Programmes in 2010

Science Counsellors meeting, Brussels, 02/07/2009 People Capacities Cooperation Ideas FP7 More inclusive More substantial More integrated More targeted More coordinated More inclusive More substantial More integrated More targeted More coordinated International Cooperation FP7 approach

Science Counsellors meeting, Brussels, 02/07/2009 CAPACITIES – Specific programme Areas: Research infrastructures……………………... Research for the benefit of SMEs…………. Regions of Knowledge…………………………… Research Potential………………………………... Science in Society…………………………………. Coherent development of policies………… Activities of International Cooperation…. Total budget: (in million): € 1800 € 1336 € 126 € 340 € 330 € 70 € 180 EUR 4 097

Science Counsellors meeting, Brussels, 02/07/2009 Participation of MPCs in the ’s calls: Opened calls under 2010: –INFRA : Research Infrastructures for earthquake hazard (ICPC) –Targeted opening or encouraging international cooperation –Deadline: 3 december 2009 CAPACITIES - Research infrastructures

Science Counsellors meeting, Brussels, 02/07/2009 Participation of MPCs in the ’s calls: Opened calls under 2010: –FP7-SME –Deadline: December 3 rd 2009 –Budget: 136 Meuros –Opened to all research fields CAPACITIES - Research for the benefit of SMEs

Science Counsellors meeting, Brussels, 02/07/2009 Participation of MPCs in the ’s calls: CAPACITIES - Research Potential

Call opened under 2010 focus on Balkans countries FP7-REGPOT –Unlocking and developing the research potential of research entities in the EU´s convergence regions and outermost regions –Deadline: December 17th

Science Counsellors meeting, Brussels, 02/07/2009 Participation of MPCs in the ’s calls: Opened calls under 2010 SiS Women in Science: Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation CAPACITIES - CAPACITIES - Science in Society

Visit Jordan Liaison Officers, Brussels, 09/11/2009 SiS Women in Science: Euro- Mediterranean Cooperation Objectives Increase knowledge on the situation of women in science, engineering, and technology (SET) in the Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPCs). Conditions SICA-CP : 2 entities from two different MS or AC + 2 entities from 2 different ICPC Mediterranean Partner Countries Budget: € 2 million (1 proposal) analyzing all the ICPC Mediterranean Partner Countries : Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestinian-administered area, Syria and Tunisia. Key dates: Deadline: 21 January 2010 Evaluation: March-April 2010 Contracts signed: from September 2010

Science Counsellors meeting, Brussels, 02/07/2009 Bi-regional Coordination of S&T Cooperation (INCO-NET) Coordination of National INCO Policies and Activities (ERA-NET) Coordination of National INCO Policies and Activities (ERA-NET) Bilateral S&T Cooperation Partnerships (BILAT) Bilateral S&T Cooperation Partnerships (BILAT) CAPACITIES - International Cooperation Work Programme Transnational cooperation among NCP (INCO NCP) Transnational cooperation among NCP (INCO NCP) Supporting the EU access to third country programmes (ACCESS4EU) Supporting the EU access to third country programmes (ACCESS4EU)  

Science Counsellors meeting, Brussels, 02/07/ /02/08, Entebbe, Uganda1/01/2008 Association of Commonwealth Universities, UK CAAST-Net 26/03/08, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1/03/2008 Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia, Spain EULARINET 10/01/08, Seville, Spain1/01/2008 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain MIRA 21/01/08, Bonn, Germany1/01/2008 Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V., Germany SEA-EU-NET 16/01/08, Athens, Greece1/01/2008 International Center for Black Sea Studies, Greece IncoNet EECA 01/02/08, Ljubljana, Slovenia1/01/2008 Zentrum für Soziale Innovation, Austria WBC-INCO.NET Kick-off meetingStart DateCoordinatorProject Call FP INCO-1 INCO-NET – Results

Science Counsellors meeting, Brussels, 02/07/2009 Call FP INCO-1 INCO-NET – Project Information WBC: EECA: LAM: Sub-Saharan Africa: MPC: ASEAN: INCO site:

Science Counsellors meeting, Brussels, 02/07/2009 Cover regions, which were either left aside or not sufficiently represented in the first INCO-NET call (FP INCO-1). Areas targeted by the activity:  Arabic Gulf countries; → Participation of Morocco and Egypt  Caribbean region;  Central America region;  Pacific region;  South Caucasus and Central Asian region. Call FP INCO-1 INCO-NET – Geographical coverage

Science Counsellors meeting, Brussels, 02/07/2009 Call FP INCO-1 INCO-NET – Main list Pacific - EU Network for science and Technology PACE-Net244514Pacific FOSTERING EUROPEAN UNION - CARIBBEAN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NETWORKS EUCARINET244510Carribean Increasing FP7 awareness in Central America ENLACE Central America International Cooperation Network for Central Asian and South Caucasus countries IncoNet CA/SC South Caucasus and Central Asia Science and Technology International Cooperation Network for Gulf Cooperation Countries aiming at the promotion of bi-regional dialogue INCONET- GCC Gulf Countries EC Recom Contribution Total Cost Number of Participants TitleAcronym Proposal Number Target area

Science Counsellors meeting, Brussels, 02/07/2009 Call FP INCO-2 BILAT – Country coverage USA New ZealandJordan South KoreaTunisiaMexico JapanSouth AfricaChile CanadaUkraineMoroccoIndiaBrazil AustraliaRussiaEgyptChinaArgentina Industrialised countries EECAAfrica - MPCASIALAM  13 countries covered by the first BILAT call  6 countries targeted by the second call

Science Counsellors meeting, Brussels, 02/07/2009 Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Mexico Bureau for EU-Mexican Science and Technology Cooperation – Step II UEMEXCyT IIMexico Centre for Strategic Management and Studies, Brazil New Brazilian Bureau for Enhancing the International Cooperation with European Union BB.BiceBrazil Department of Science and Technology, South Africa Strengthening the European-South African Science and Technology Advancement Programme ESASTAP2 South Africa The Australian National University, Australia FEAST Extension, Enhancement and Demonstration project FEEDAustralia Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France Enhancing the bilateral S&T Partnership with Ukraine BILAT-UKRUkraine Korea Foundation for International Cooperation of Science and Technology, Korea Korea-EU Science and Technology Cooperation Advancement Programme KESTCAPKorea Europa Media Public Service Corporation, Hungary European Union and India Enhanced Cooperation Framework for Improved Bilateral Dialogue in the Fields of Science and Technology EUINECIndia Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Technology, Tunisia European Tunisian CooperationETCTunisia National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research, Chile Strengthen Chilean European Science and Technology Partnerships CHIEP-IIChile Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation System, Sweden Bilateral Support for the International Linkage with Kina BILAT SILKChina ministère de l'education nationale, enseignement supérieur, formation des cadres et recherche scientifique, Morocco MOROCCO TO ERAM2ERAMorocco Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V., Germany Enhancing the bilateral S&T Partnership with the Russian Federation BILAT-RUSRussia University of Canterbury, New Zealand Facilitating Research Co-operation between Europe and New Zealand FRENZ New Zealand CoordinatorTitleAcronymcountry

Science Counsellors meeting, Brussels, 02/07/2009 Call FP INCO-2 BILAT – Main list Bilateral coordination for the enhancement and development of S&T partnership with the United States of America BILAT-USA244434USA European Research Area - Canada Information and Support Service ERA-Can II244426Canada Shaping Egypt’s association to the ERA and Cooperation Action ShERACA244364Egypt Argentinean Bureau for Enhancing Cooperation with the European Community in the Science, Technology and Innovation Area. Phase II ABESTII244327Argentina BILAT in JapanJ - BILAT244310Japan Enhancement of Jordan-European S&T Partnerships EU-JordanNet244082Jordan EC Contrib Total Cost Number of Participants TitleAcronym Proposal Number Country

Science Counsellors meeting, Brussels, 02/07/2009 Coordination of national policies and activities on international S&T cooperation (ERA-NET): Objective: To increase the cooperation and coordination of research programmes carried out at national or regional level in the Member States and Associated Countries and which target one third country or several third countries in a given region  Promote an effective international scientific EU cooperation strategy at EU level;  Set clear common goals, strategies and policies (amongst MS + participation 3rd countries)  Reinforce the efficiency and impact of the ongoing bilateral S&T cooperation initiatives between Member States and third countries;  Facilitate innovative programmatic approaches. CAPACITIES - International Cooperation ERA-NET

Science Counsellors meeting, Brussels, 02/07/2009 Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., Germany An Initiative to Intensify and Strengthen the Regional S&T-Cooperation between Korea within the Asian Region and the ERA CSA ERANET KorA-NetKOREA National Centre for Programme Management, Romania NETWORKING ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE BLACK SEA REGION CSA ERANET BS-ERA.NET BLACK SEA Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., Germany Linking Russia to the ERA: Coordination of MS´/AC´ S&T programmes towards and with Russia CSA ERANET ERA.Net RUSRUSSIA Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France Initiative for the Development and Integration of Indian and European Research CSA ERANET New INDIGOINDIA Centre for Social Innovation, Austria Further integrating key research institutions from Southeast Europe into the European Research Area CSA ERANET PLUS SEE-ERA.NET PLUS WBC CoordinatorTitleAreaAcronym Region / country Call FP INCO-3 ERA-NET – Results

Science Counsellors meeting, Brussels, 02/07/2009 Supporting the EU access to third country programmes (ACCESS4EU): Objective: This activity aims at increasing the awareness and dissemination in the Member Sates and Associated Countries of access opportunities for European researchers and research organisations in national research and innovation programmes managed by third countries. CAPACITIES - International Cooperation ACCESS4EU – Objectives

Science Counsellors meeting, Brussels, 02/07/2009 ACCESS4EU proposals should target only one of the following countries:  Australia,  Brazil,  Canada,  China,  India,  Japan,  Mexico,  New Zealand,  Russia,  South Africa,  South Korea,  United States of America CAPACITIES - International Cooperation ACCESS4EU – Country coverage

Science Counsellors meeting, Brussels, 02/07/2009 ACCESS4EU actions:  Mapping of the access opportunities in the target country;  Dissemination of the results to European research organisations and multipliers (information and awareness activities in MS and AC, web...);  Monitoring of the participation of researchers from the Member States and Associated Countries to the programmes managed by the target country;  Provide a feedback for use by the Commission in the context of the Joint Committee meetings of the S&T agreements and make appropriate recommendation to ensure matching reciprocity from the target country. CAPACITIES - International Cooperation ACCESS4EU - Activities

Science Counsellors meeting, Brussels, 02/07/2009 Transnational Cooperation among NCPs (INCO NCP): Promote trans-national cooperation between the National Contact Points (NCP) of the International Cooperation activities of the Capacities Programme. First phase: INCONTACT, 0.4M€, start: 01/01/08; Second phase: INCONTACT one world, 2 M€ ( under negotiation) CAPACITIES - International Cooperation INCO NCP - Objectives

Science Counsellors meeting, Brussels, 02/07/2009 INCONTACT one world should address the following: Enhancing cooperation of INCO NCP; Increasing the visibility of the Framework Programme in third countries; Expanding the NCP network – Networking with Thematic NCPs; Developing good practices.  13 partners in consortium (all NCPs)  The activities and deliverables of the project will be made available to ALL the INCO NCPs. CAPACITIES - International Cooperation INCO NCP - Activities

Science Counsellors meeting, Brussels, 02/07/2009 Call FP INCO-4 INCO NCP – INCONTACT one world RussiaState University Higher School of Economics ThailandNational Science and Technology Agency - NSTDA NorwayNorges Forskningsrad EgyptMinistry of Higher Education ChinaChina Science and Technology Exchange Center FranceInstitut de Recherche pour le Developpement - IRD MexicoConsejo Nacional de Cienca Y Tecnologia - CONACYT South AfricaDepartment of Science and Technology EstoniaSihtasutus Archimedes ItalyAgenzia Per La Promozione della Ricerca Europea - APRE SwedenVerket For Innovationssystem GermanyDeutsches Zentrum Fuer Luft und Raumfahrt ev – PT-DLR GreeceFoundation for Research and Technology Hellas - FORTH

Conclusions CAPACITIES – Total MPCs participation

Integrating Europe's neighbours into the ERA (ERA-WIDE): Objective: To reinforce the cooperation capacities of research centres located in the ENP countries, which are not associated to FP7, in the areas of the thematic priorities of FP7. Coverage: Mediterranean Partner Countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Lebanon, Syria Eastern Europe and South Caucasus: Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan CAPACITIES - International Cooperation WP ERA-WIDE

The call is addressed to research centres of proven high level S&T capacities, which are located in an ENP country not associated to FP7; The proposal should target only one such centre; The consortium should however include additional participants, in particular from the MS and/or AC so as to fulfil the objectives of the activity; The research centre targeted by the proposal should be the coordinator of the proposal. CAPACITIES - International Cooperation WP ERA-WIDE – Participants profile

4th EU-Jordan Sub-Committee on Research and Innovation October 2 nd, 2009 ERA-WIDE actions: Networking with research centres in MS or AC in view of disseminating scientific information, identifying partners and setting up joint experiments; Developing training modules to build competency and facilitate the participation of these centres in FP7; Developing research centres’ strategy in order to increase their scope (regional coverage, activities) and to improve their responses to the socio-economic needs of their countries and of the region. CAPACITIES - International Cooperation WP ERA-WIDE - Activities

ERA-WIDE impact: Contribution to RTD capacity building in the target country, Enhanced participation of the country in FP7, Increased scope (regional coverage, subjects, activities) of the centres with increased linkage with economic and social environment, Networking with research centres in MS and AC (mobilising human and material resources, disseminating scientific information, facilitating communication…), Increased job opportunities in the country for young scientists. CAPACITIES - International Cooperation WP ERA-WIDE – Expected Impact

ERA-WIDE impact: Contribution to RTD capacity building in the target country, Enhanced participation of the country in FP7, Increased scope (regional coverage, subjects, activities) of the centres with increased linkage with economic and social environment, Networking with research centres in MS and AC (mobilising human and material resources, disseminating scientific information, facilitating communication…), Increased job opportunities in the country for young scientists. CAPACITIES - International Cooperation WP ERA-WIDE – Expected Impact

4th EU-Jordan Sub-Committee on Research and Innovation October 2 nd, 2009 CAPACITIES - International Cooperation WP 2010 BILAT Bilateral S&T Cooperation Partnerships (BILAT): Targeted country: ALGERIA Objective: Strengthen the cooperation partnership between the EU and countries, which have an S&T cooperation agreement or are in the process of negotiating one. Actions:  Improving the process of providing information on programs and funding designed to promote cooperation of third countries in the FP;  Develop national information platforms;  Reinforce promotion and awareness activities;  Sharing best practices via joint fora such as workshops and presenting the state of the art and the prospects for cooperation in particular fields;  Assistance in forming research partnerships; etc… Deadline: January 19th 2010

Visit Jordan Liaison Officers, Brussels, 09/11/2009 Coordination of national policies and activities on international S&T cooperation (ERA-NET): Objective: To increase the cooperation and coordination of research programmes carried out at national or regional level in the Member States and Associated Countries and which target one third country or several third countries in a given region Targeted countries: Area INCO : Africa; Area INCO : Brazil; Canada; China; Japan, United States of America. CAPACITIES - International Cooperation ERA-NET

4th EU-Jordan Sub-Committee on Research and Innovation October 2 nd, 2009 CAPACITIES - International Cooperation WP 2010 INCONET – General objectives and activities The new activities should add value to existing coordination efforts of the targeted INCONET projects by either: Increasing the participation of the key stakeholders in Europe and/or fostering the participation of political decision makers inside and outside Europe; Bridging gaps between regional, national and multinational S&T, aid and development programmes and policies, Deepening ownership and partnership in the existing consortia, Promoting synergies between regional, national and multinational S&T cooperation and international relations policies of the EU member states outside Europe. Strengthening the inter-sectoral dialogue between higher education, research and innovation actors. Assuring the quality of the existing and new deliverables by e.g. integrating external scientists in the development of recommendations and/ or external peer review of deliverables.

4th EU-Jordan Sub-Committee on Research and Innovation October 2 nd, 2009 CAPACITIES - International Cooperation WP 2010 INCONET – Objective for MIRA Secure the participation of the remaining Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPC) in the consortium; Increase the participation of Member States and Associated Countries in the consortium; Support the building of the Euro-Mediterranean Innovation Space (EMIS) in order to foster innovation in the MPC in strong collaboration with the European countries; FP7 Capacities Work Programme: Activities of International Cooperation 2010 Page 8 of 36 Establish a network of Research Centres, Public Institutions and other Stakeholders aimed at supporting the implementation of the Horizon 2020 Programme1. Support the creation of working groups covering the S&T aspects of the cooperation priorities identified in the Paris Summit of the Union for the Mediterranean in July 2008.

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