1. EUPHRESCO UP TO NOW Review of development, testing and producing trans-national funding approaches and processes/tools for joint activities Sylvia Blümel & Eric Regouin (WPs 3 & 4) EUPHRESCO Workshop Braunschweig (DE), 26./27. May 2009 Acknowledgement to our team: Susanne, Manuela, Paul, Alois

2. EUPHRESCO-European Workshop, Braunschweig, May 2009, WP3&4 2 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES  To develop INSTRUMENTS, MECHANISMS and PROCESSES to enable joint trans-national activities and FUNDING of a FUTURE TRANS-NATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME  To trial (pilot), EVALUATE and REFINE the instruments needed for trans-national collaboration and trans-national funding of research to establish COMMON, PROVEN instruments and mechanisms for use beyond the end of the ERA-Net.

3. EUPHRESCO-European Workshop, Braunschweig, May 2009, WP3&4 3 Survey - REVIEW Financial matters Facilitation of the process Diversity in experiences Preliminary conclusions

4. EUPHRESCO-European Workshop, Braunschweig, May 2009, WP3&4 4 EUPHRESCO UP TO NOW Financial matters SUCCESSFUL TESTING of three different funding mechanisms Non-competitive mechanism4 projects Virtual Common Pot 5 projects Real Common Pot2 projects

5. EUPHRESCO-European Workshop, Braunschweig, May 2009, WP3&4 5 Identification of potato cyst nematode (Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida) pathotypes and variety resistance testing Diagnostic methods for Erwinia stewartii ssp. stewartii (Pantoea stewartii ssp. stewartii) Diagnostic methods, including real-time PCR, for Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. sepedonicus (potato ring rot) and Ralstonia solanacearum (potato brown rot) Validation of diagnostics methods for the detection and identification of whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) transmitted viruses of regulatory or quarantine concern to the EU SURVEY NC Pilot Projects (4)

6. EUPHRESCO-European Workshop, Braunschweig, May 2009, WP3&4 6 SURVEY VP PILOTS (5)  PEKID - Phytosanitary efficacy of kiln drying  DEP - Detection and Epidemiology of Pospiviroids  ERWINDECT - Development and validation of innovative diagnostic tools for the detection of fire blight (Erwinia amylovora)  PROPSCAPH - Evaluation of the risk of spread of Scaphoideus titanus, the vector of Grapevine Flavescence doree, with commercial grapevine propagation material  AMBROSIA - Strategies for Ambrosia control

7. EUPHRESCO-European Workshop, Braunschweig, May 2009, WP3&4 7 SURVEY RP PILOTS (2) Q-AMP – Development of validated procedures for whole genomic amplification of DNA/RNA for quarantine plant pathogens and pests (complements EU QBOL project) DeCLAIM – Decisions Support Systems for Control of Alien Invasive Macrophytes

8. EUPHRESCO-European Workshop, Braunschweig, May 2009, WP3&4 8 EUPHRESCO UP TO NOW Facilitation of the process Successful ADAPTATION or DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS for the following four generic steps:  From policy priority to project identification (Topic selection and prioritisation)  Procurement, call preparation & implementation up to contracting  Supervision and monitoring of the pilot projects  Receipt of the research product and inserting it into policy development or application

9. EUPHRESCO-European Workshop, Braunschweig, May 2009, WP3&4 9 EUPHRESCO UP TO NOW The resulting OPERATIONAL (Tool) HANDBOOK contains: Descriptions of processes Guides and manuals Forms Formats aiding uniformity of written materials Facilitation of the process

10. EUPHRESCO-European Workshop, Braunschweig, May 2009, WP3&4 10 EUPHRESCO UP TO NOW Diversity in experiences EUPRHESCO is “Learning by doing”  Different funding mechanisms  Different procurement routes competitive and non-competitive  Different scientific disciplines and subject areas  Almost all partners involved in at least one project

11. EUPHRESCO-European Workshop, Braunschweig, May 2009, WP3&4 11 Evaluation & Refinement covered: Processes applied in Pilots Tools / Documents Transparency (communication) Involvement Timeline Differences to national (call) processes Diversity in experiences EUPHRESCO UP TO NOW

12. EUPHRESCO-European Workshop, Braunschweig, May 2009, WP3&4 12 Overall impression and satisfaction Call – Evaluation Preliminary Results - VP, CSC + NMG

13. EUPHRESCO-European Workshop, Braunschweig, May 2009, WP3&4 13 Call – Evaluation Preliminary Results - VP, CSC + NMG Overall - management and execution selected comments: problems to find peer reviewers

14. EUPHRESCO-European Workshop, Braunschweig, May 2009, WP3&4 14 Call – Evaluation Preliminary Results - VP, Peer Reviewers Suitability of the evaluation criteria: Evaluation of the quality of proposals

15. EUPHRESCO-European Workshop, Braunschweig, May 2009, WP3&4 15 Call – Evaluation Preliminary Results - VP, Applicants Call documents & procedures

16. EUPHRESCO-European Workshop, Braunschweig, May 2009, WP3&4 16 EUPHRESCO UP TO NOW Preliminary conclusions What we learned while we did it… Very motivated partners in the EUPHRESCO Network SMALL research BUDGETS available (from funders’ view) SMALL research BUDGETS available (from researchers’ view) Very good QUALITY of research proposals

17. EUPHRESCO-European Workshop, Braunschweig, May 2009, WP3&4 17 Thank you! euphresco@ages.at