INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL CO-OPERATION March 2007 Yair Amitay Managing Director

Why Israeli High-tech? High-Tech is over 50% of industrial production. Over 50% of industrial export are High- Tech. World highest per-capita science graduates and scientific workforce: 140 per 10,000

Why Israeli High-tech? (cont.) R&D spending 4.5% of GNP - among the world’s highest. Civilian spin-offs of defense technologies. Global JV’s takeovers and international alliances. Hundreds of new "Start-up" companies emerge yearly

OCS Industrial R&D Programs Generic R&D Magnet Magneton ISERD (Eu FP6) National International Pre-Seed Technological Incubators Nofar Tnufa Eureka Bi-national Funds Bi-national Agreements Seed Fund Industrial R&D Fund MATIMOP IRC Galileo C ompetitive R&D

Matimop – Israeli Industry Center for R&D in charge of implementing international cooperation programs for industrial R&D on behalf of the Office of the Chief Scientist, Ministry of Industry Trade and Labor

International Cooperation in R&D KORIL - with KOREACIIRD - with Canada SIIRD - with Singapore Bi-national Funds: BRITECH - with the UK BIRD - with the U.S.A

Bi-national R&D Support Agreements: The Netherlands Spain Belgium France Portugal I taly Taiwan Ireland Sweden Finland Germany China India Victoria (Australia) Russia

International Cooperation in R&D European Commission Seventh Framework Program EUREKA Multinational Agreements: Multinational Agreements: GALILEO

EUREKA The Leading European Industrial R&D Program, in the competitive area. “Bottom up” Industrial R&D projects Umbrella projects Cluster projects

Israel in Eureka Project Generation 10\06, source: Eureka Secretariat

Bi-National and Multi-National Industrial R&D Projects Eureka Bi-nat’- Europe Bi-nat’ Funds Asia Bi-nat’ Asia New Ongoing Total 65 Total 102 Total 152 No. projects Total 102Total

Russia-Israel R&D Industrial Cooperation Matimop and the Federal Agency of Science and Innovation (ROSNAUKA) launched a new program The program is implemented within EUREKA scheme. Open Call Joint Industrial R&D projects within this framework are eligible for R&D grants from the national funding authorities in Russia and Israel (Office of the Chief Scientist). In Israel, OCS grants cover up to 50% of R&D costs MATIMOP and ROSNAUKA assist in Partner Search

Contacts Israel Russia Mrs.Ilana Gross Mrs. Lidia Kovaleva Program Manager Deputy Director MATIMOP ROSNAUKA (495)

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