The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) Synergies with RTD policy Elena Sachez Science Counsellor EC Delegation in CAIRO European Commission MOCO Meeting MOCO Meeting 7-8 November, Istanbul 2008

OUTLINE ENP policy Synergies ENP and RTD: –the case of Egypt –Other programmes in MPCs countries and sinergies Sum up

ENP ENP added value: Bilateral complementary & differentiated approach (e.g. reinforced ENP in some countries) More integration (e.g. participation in EU programes and agencies) Additional financial instruments (e.g TAIEX) while building on existing instruments (AAs, SPs & NIPs, subcommitees,etc)

Bilateral ENP Action Plans 2005: Israel, Jordan, Morocco, occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), Tunisia 2007: Egypt Lebanon. Algeria, having only recently ratified its Association Agreement with the EU, has chosen not to negotiate an Action Plan yet.

ENP How does it work? BiIateral: country national strategy papers/ indicative programmes & ENP Action plans Regional: multi- country strategy papers and indicative programmes – ENPI Eastern Region (223 mill) – ENPI Southern Region (343 mill)- EUROMED priorities Interregional & cross border cooperation (260 mill) (e.g Tempus, EMEW, CBC Med sea basin programme)

Regional Euromed partnership Research/S&T milestones Barcelona (1995) –MOCO Barcelona Action plan 2005 First Ministerial HE & SR, June 2007, Cairo –Cairo Declaration Ministerials ICT –First EUROMED Ministerial Conference, Ireland(Dundalk, April 2005) –Second EUROMED Ministerial Conference, Cairo Feb 2008, Cairo EC Com on the preparation of the Lisbon Euro- Med Foreign Affairs Conference (5-6 Nov 2007) Barcelona process: Union for the mediterranean. MOCO

ENP New EC financial support European Neighbourhood & Partnership Instrument (ENPI): Almost €12bn Plus increased EIB lending mandate: €12.4 bn (over 8 bn for MEDA region) Bilateral + multi-country: 90% funds ( over 10bn) Cross-border cooperation and other: 10% (550 m) (MEDA programme total expenditure ) : 5,5 bn

The ENPI regulation: Main features The programming process Strategy Papers Multi-annual Indicative Programmes Action Programmes ► Analysis of the situation ► Response strategy ► Priority sectors ► 7 years ► revised at mid-term ► normally attached to Strategy Papers ► set global and per priority allocations ► cover 3 – 4 years ► annual ► describe projects identified for financing ► define the budget per project ► lead to EC decision & commitments of funds

Institutional involvement EC DG AIDCO – EuropeAid Cooperation Office DG RELEX External relations Others consulted (e.g DG RTD) Mediterranean partner country –Ministry of International Cooperation –Ministry of Foreign affairs –Other relevant ministries

Synergies ENP and RTD: the case of Egypt

S&T Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Egypt  Signed on 21 June 2005  Implementation started 2006 –Joint Committee Meeting for follow up –Road map: Priority areas for cooperation/EU and Egypt actions –Sinergies between FP7 and other EC instruments (e.g MEDA RDI programme)

ENP Action Plan (March 2007) Joint plan EC/EGYPT Sub-committee, for follow up of progress under AP(yearly) Financial resources (ENPI: NIP , 558 millions)

Action Plan: science, research and technological development 1.Accelerate Egypt’s integration into the European Research Area 2.Develop scientific and technological capacity for SMEs 3.Integration of Egypt into high-level scientific exchanges

RDI Programme - Egypt  Beneficiary: Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research  Budget: 11 million Euro grant  Implementation Period: 3 years  Start: October 2007  Launching 1 st calls for Proposals: May 2008  Programme Management Unit: Programme Implementing Office under MHESR  End Beneficiaries: Universities and R&D institutions, researchers, private sector

RDI Programme: General features  Specific Objectives:  Strengthen the link between (R&D) sector and the industry with better dissemination of the innovation and technology transfer culture.  Facilitate Egyptian participation in the European Research Area.  Three Components: 1- EU/Egypt Innovation Fund – € 6,5 m- 2-Research, Development and Innovation Networking (RDIN) 3-Policies for monitoring and evaluating R&D projects, programmes and institutions

Examples of RDI/FP7 complementarities RDI Training of FP7 focal points Training on Proposal writing and administration of FP7 projects RDI supports INFO days on FP7 calls in Egypt RDI supports Thematic NCPs to participate in meetings and info days in Brussels RDI organised Mobility days to promote Peoples programme in Egypt RDI will support regional thematic workshops for priority setting under MIRA RDI contributes to national priority setting and S&T agreement implementation RDI Innovation calls facilitate networking and competition Landscape of Research& innovation in Egypt

MEDA & ENPI Programmes on RTDI and sinergies

–Regional Programmes Medibtikar (MEDA) Support the Development of the Information Society in the Euro- Mediterranean Region (ENPI) –Bilateral Programmes RDI – Egypt (MEDA) SRTD – Jordan (MEDA) Tunisia- (ENPI)

MEDIBTIKAR  Euromed Innovation and Technology Programme  Beneficiary Countries: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, occupied Palestinian territory (oPt),Tunisia, and Turkey  Budget: 7.3 million Euro grant  Implementation Period: 3 years  End: 30 March 2009  Beneficiary Organizations: public and private enterprises

Programme to Support the Development of the Information Society in the Euro- Mediterranean Region: Eumedconnect2  Beneficiary: Mediterranean Region ENPI Southern Region (except Turkey and Israel)  Budget: estimated EUR 5 Million  3 years, started August 2008 Follow up of Eumedconnect (80%)

SRTD Programme - Jordan General features  Support to Research & Technological Development & Innovation Initiatives and Strategies in Jordan (SRTD)  Beneficiary: Science & technology community, governmental sector, CSOs, NGOs, private sector  Budget: 5 million Euro grant  Implementation Period: 3 years  End: 31 December 2012  Programme Management Unit: Higher Council for Science and Technology (HCST) in Amman

RDI Synergies with Medbtikar RDI’s Innovation Fund (EEIF) –Dissemination of EEIF to Medibtikar Network –Identification of potential innovation networks –Common participation in Events –Periodic Meetings –? TA

RDI Synergies with MIRA MIRA WP4 & RDI Component II –RDI’s national priority setting (Thematic work groups) –RDI’s regional brokerage events (Health, Energy & NMT) –Joint organization of MIRA Thematic workshops (Energy & Environment) RDI Component I –MIRA’s Euro-Med Innovation Space (EMIS)

Potential synergies with Other Regional Programmes Regional Centre for Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Regional Thematic Projects Projects under the Union for the Mediterranean Similar EU-funded Programmes in MPCs

Sum up Research & innovation should be part of the national priorities under country AP/NIP in order to be considered by EC for capacity building ENPI is the main EC instrument supporting institutional capacity building at bilateral level and help to implement S&T cooperation agreements At regional level, ENPI: EUROMED priorities+ Union for the Med projects. MOCO role. EGYPT: RDI programme complement FP7 activities both at national and regional level.

INFO EC EGYPT RDI website: AIDCO website AIDCO-ENP en.htm AIDCO-ENP-Egypt y-cooperation/egypt/egypt_en.htm