Area 8: New Actions for building the European Research Area (ERA) in the social sciences and humanities Presented by Henry Scott, NCP

Contents Why area 8? The instruments used The content of the measures Timing and indicative budgets

Why area 8? addressing the ERA in SSH focussing on knowledge society objectives with a view to maximise the present and future potential of SSH to address the key challenges & issues involved in the transition towards a KBS includes –strategy development –assistance to the development of research infrastructures –dissemination and exploitation –forward-looking aspects

Priority 7, Area 8: the instruments STREPs & CAs (call citizens 5) Specific Support Actions (call citizens 6) Expert groups and tenders (specific calls)

KBS, Area 8: The instruments Thematic AreasInstruments CALL CITIZENS-4IP XXXXXX CITIZENS-4NoE XXXXXX CITIZENS-5STREP XXXXXXXX CITIZENS-5CA XXXXXXXX CITIZENS-6SSA X OUTSIDE Calls for tender / Expert groups X

STREPs / CAs Understanding and measuring social sciences and humanities and their impact knowledge about social sciences and humanities in Europe; their institutional context; knowledge content; functions and contributions in economy and society Promotion and support for comparative research, methodologies and data generation promote and support comparative research through the development and diffusion of tools, methodologies, research designs and large scale data-sets of wide applicability for comparative research and across disciplines

Specific Support Actions Increasing the visibility and impact of research infrastructures and activities for social sciences and humanities in Europe to facilitate the mobilisation of research communities and to promote the use of research infrastructures (feasibility studies) New approaches for policy-research dialogues in the ERA: targeted dissemination of EU research in national and multi-national contexts national / regional / local dissemination days

Specific Support Actions Promoting international research and policy cooperation in social sciences and humanities workshops and conferences New converging technologies and their wider implications for a European KBS studies, workshops, meetings, state-of-the-art studies, network-stimulation activities, formation activities, conferences etc.

Other: To be implemented through expert groups and tenders Providing the basis of European R&D indicators and statistics in the field of social sciences and humanities studies, linked with Eurostat and OECD Stimulating the coherence of social sciences and humanities within Europe and the mobilization of its research communities a conference and a European Observatory of SSH Enhancing the linkages between European data archives in social sciences and humanities an expert group to analyse needs

Other: To be implemented through expert groups and tenders Clustering projects in order to address key policy challenges for the EU Improving and exploiting the knowledge base of social sciences and humanities in support of the knowledge based economy in Europe Enhancing the integration of socio-economic dimension in European research Promoting the participation of the humanities in the European Research Area

Timings and indicative budgets Citizens 5 – 17 topics, of which 2 are for area 8 – total budget = 52 M Euros –…indicative budget for area 8 = 6 M Euro (approx) – deadline 13 th april Citizens 6 –timing as in Citizens 5 –budget: 4 m Tenders and expert groups –timing (as appropriate, calls within 2005) –budget: 4 M of which 3M in project-clusters

AreaTypeTitleM EuroDate 8.4.1TenderBasis for R&D indicators in SSH (studies) 0.42 nd semester Expert group(s) “ “ “ “ “0.12 nd semester TenderThe observatory for SSH0.21 st semester Expert group(s)“ “ 0.41 st semester Expert group(s)Data archives0.151 st semester TenderOrganisation of project clust3.01 st semester Expert group(s)SSH & KB economy0.102 nd semester Expert group(s)Socio economic dimension0.151 st semester Expert group(s)Humanities0.52 nd semester 05 Total5.0