Partnership is a two-way street the FP vs. national instruments Jerzy M Langer Polish Academy of Sciences “Researchers in Europe without Barriers” Prague, April 28 –29, 2009

SCIENTISTS WORK AND PUBLISH TOGETHER JOURNAL Papers analysed authors/ paperInstitutions/paper Nature v ,86 ± 0,733,42 ± 0,17 Science v ,70 ± 0,433,49 ± 0,15 Phys.Rev. B 71 June ,99 ± 0,252,26 ± 0,14 Phys.Rev. C 71 June ,9 ± 6,64,39 ± 0,88 Astroparticle Physics v ,5 ± 9,64,67 ± 1,17 COURTESY - PROF. A. K. WRÓBLEWSKI,

JOINT PUBLICATIONS with the USA with the EU Hungary - 8 times Poland - 6 times Hungary, Poland 5 times 2nd EUROPEAN REPORT ON S&T INDICATORS, EC This is why science in the EU NMS survived 3

SCIENTISTS WORK TOGETHER cooperation tools welcome, but coordination acceptable only at the project level (we know best what is good for us) ADMINISTRATORS, POLICY & DECISION MAKERS have another perspective, hence coordination likely, provided they do not lose power and importance TWO POINTS OF VIEW 4

EU-25 NETWORKS OF EXCELLENCE 5

THE 2 SPEED EUROPE 6 A huge and so far unused potential lies dormant in the new EU states The western part of our continent has so far been sending assembly plants rather then scientific knowledge or research know-how to the East. The EU should seek to redress the imbalance by establishing reserach infrastructures in struggling countries. Miroslav Topolanek – Czech Prime Minister 22 Jan 2009

SCIENCE SPECIALISATION IN EU KEY FIGURES 2005, DG Res, EC vvvvvvvv 7

FP7 AND MS GERD (2006) 8 GERD 2006 EU bln € USA 274 bln € Japan 118 bln € China 30 bln € GERD 2006 EU bln € USA 274 bln € Japan 118 bln € China 30 bln €

AVERAGE CONTRACT IN FP6 Av 112 k€ Av 250 k€ 9

RETOUR AND GERD ORDERING OF MS IS BY INCREASING GERD 10

THE FP IS NOT THAT SMALL MONEY! 11 GERD 2006 EU bln € GERD 2006 EU bln €

THE NEED FOR RADICAL REFORMS Putting R&D and innovation as a pillar of Lisbon Strategy is correct, but......accelerating the transition from a resource- based society to a knowledge-based society requires mobilisation of a broad range of actions beyond R&D and innovation "Creating an Innovative Europe" Innovative Europe", Report of the E. Aho group, Feb

BARRIERS FOR JOINT UNDERTAKINGS Specific national rulings –Review schemes (national - must) –Resident vs. non-resident financing –What allowed (e.g. stem cells, GMOs, etc) Diverse funding schemes –Ministries vs. Research Councils Different fiscal rules and scales –Full vs. partial cost, backup funds Different budgetary rules (e.g. yearly base) Different priorities and legal consequences Different scale of resources –GERD (0,35 – 4,5%) 13

A NEW DEAL URGENTLY NEEDED ! European Commission an initiator an observer –ERA watch a guardian a „facilitator” (financial, personnel) a legal advisor information provider externalise fund distribution Member States abandon „just retour” accept a „common pot” agree on benchmarking and its consequences - openness harmonise procedures (e.g. on peer review, English as acceptable legal language in proposal submittals, timing,…) EU- portability of grants Evolution of fund distribution EC DGs Executive Agencies European Councils 14

LEGAL FRAMEWORK EU TREATY – CHAPTER XVIII Art. 166 Framework Program Art. 165 Community and MS shall coordinate their research … to ensure that national and Community Policy are mutually consistent Art. 169 EC + MS jointly funded programs Art. 171 New structures possible (EU Parliament involved) 15

16 EUROPEAN EXCELLENCE THROUGH GLOBAL COOPERATION AND COMPETITION EUROPEAN EXCELLENCE THROUGH GLOBAL COOPERATION AND COMPETITION EUROPE´S MOTIVE FOR FP8 AND BEYOND Back to roots of science, rules of good practice, focus on talents, excellence and ideas, to a mission! SCIENCE IS NOT ABOUT MONEY! FP6 Ex-post evaluation: Report on Findings of the Expert Group

17 1.Grand Challenges Large Problem-driven programmes Quality and originality but also relevance 2.Great Ideas – Moving frontiers Bottom-up approach Quality and originality are the sole criteria 3.Help to realise what MS cannot do alone Research Infrastructure and access to it Stimulate and ease multilateral collaboration (ERA-NETs +) A NEW ROLE OF FP ON EUROPEAN MAP The European grant should become the highest distinction and a career milestone

EUROPEAN SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS Currently the dialogue is mostly between MS and EC Some role (no adequate) of EUROHORC Creation of the ERC showed what can research society at large accomplish, if united. Learned societies have always been a „glue” for researchers. Example of AAAS shows that may also be powerful (involves society at large! 18 Europe lacks such bodies and this is a missing pillar of a research triangle: ESF, EUROSCIENCE, ALLEA, EUA backed by large pan-European Foundations must get stronger and be heard and listened by decision makers

How is it possible to expect that mankind will take advice, when they will not so much as take warning? Jonathan Swift The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces If Europe in the XX century could agree on common coal & steel and then agricultural policies, why then not to have common Research, Education and Innovation policies for the XXI century? From ERA to REI 19

20 Our glorious intellectual past must make young Europeans involved. THERE!!! Alcalá de Henares – the town of Cervantes, 2009