1. School of Business & Humanities Research Day
Presentation to
School of Business & Humanities Research Day
4 May 2017
Ruth Taillon
Director
Centre for Cross Border Studies
39 Abbey Street,
Armagh BT61 7EB
Tel:

2. Research & Challenges of Brexit
Collaboration, Networks & Relationships
Free Movement
Funding

3. Civic Dialogue
Opportunities for attracting researchers -- to promote the island as a Centre of Excellence for research, project management and world-wide collaboration.
However necessary to address key infrastructural needs, such as housing, childcare and other social factors.
Ireland should be promoted, within the EU and internationally, as a welcoming destination for researchers and students.
Risks and opportunities for research funding, public and private, including EU funding.
Innovation key to addressing challenges posed by Brexit
Opportunities to build and deepen relationships both with the UK, and outside the UK.
Contribution of research to the economy and jobs

4. Until 2020 UK government statement on 13 August 2016:
European Commission research grants, including Horizon 2020 programme grants, awarded while the UK is still a member of the EU will be guaranteed by the Treasury.
This will be the case even when the project continues beyond the UK's departure from the EU.
Projects continue to run and be funded, British universities can continue to apply and respond to new calls

5. Cooperation & Collaboration
Michel Barnier (EU chief negotiator): “We are ambitious in our research and innovation networks, our laboratories and universities, even if the regulatory and financial framework of our current cooperation will obviously change in the future.” Theresa May Lancaster House speech: “(…) we will also welcome agreement to continue to collaborate with our European partners on major science, research, and technology initiatives.”

6. Cooperation & Collaboration
European University Association has underlined the importance of keeping close ties between the UK and the rest of Europe in order to safeguard and develop the valuable collaboration that exists today.
UK is the most active participant in Horizon 2020
UK institutions coordinate about 20% of all H2020 projects that have been funded (4793 projects)
Any country can participate in Horizon 2020 projects, but they cannot receive funding without some form of association

7. Cooperation & Collaboration
Universities UK and European Universities Association call on negotiators on both sides to approach research and higher education in a pragmatic and flexible manner, aiming to fulfil the common ambition of continued close collaboration.
“Collaboration between UK and European universities demonstrably increases the quality of research, science and innovation. May’s attention to this topic proves that the UK is aware that these collaborations cannot be replaced and gives hope that Brexit will not damage ties long established through generations of exchange and hard work.” 
Thomas Jorgensen, EUASenior Policy Coordinator

8. Cooperation & Collaboration
March 2016 Joint statement of university leaders from 25 European countries: We as European university leaders wish to reaffirm our commitment to international cooperation and exchange in this turbulent time for Europe. We are strongest when we tackle issues collaboratively, when we exchange ideas and people, and when we open our hearts and minds to new perspectives and new knowledge. Collaboration is also a cornerstone of innovation and excellence. It is by pooling infrastructure, data and expertise that we can best pursue ground-breaking research which improves people's lives and help to build strong and sustainable knowledge economies. ​ The outcome of the UK's referendum on EU membership will mean a new relationship between the UK and the rest of Europe, but we will work together to ensure that the long-standing research and exchange relationships between Europe's universities continue, for the benefit of people across the continent.

9. Cooperation & Collaboration
Statement by Stephen Hawking and 150+ scientists, mathematicians, engineers and economists:
EU funding has boosted UK science and has raised greatly the level of European science as a whole
Being able to attract and fund the most talented Europeans assures the future of British science and also encourages the best scientists elsewhere to come here.
If the UK leaves the EU and there is a loss of freedom of movement of scientists between the UK and Europe, it will be a disaster for UK science and universities.
Investment in science is as important for the long-term prosperity and security of the UK as investment in infrastructure projects, farming or manufacturing; and the free movement of scientists is as important for science as free trade is for market economics.
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10. Free Movement Directive (EU) 2016/801
gives easy access to the EU for students and researchers from third countries accepted by an EU host organisation in addition to rights concerning mobility, work and residence in the EU.
a coherent legal framework for different categories of third-country nationals coming to the Union
aims to facilitate intra-EU mobility for researchers and students by reducing the administrative burden related to mobility in several Member States.

11. Directive (EU) 2016/801
Immigration from outside the Union is one source of highly skilled people
students and researchers play an important role in forming the Union's key asset, human capital, and in ensuring smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, and therefore contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy.
people-to-people contacts and mobility, are important elements of the Union's external policy, e.g. countries of the European Neighbourhood Policy or the Union's strategic partners.
Opening the Union up to third-country nationals for the purpose of research is also part of the Innovation Union flagship initiative.
Creating an open labour market for Union researchers and for researchers from third countries was also affirmed as a key aim of the European Research Area, a unified area in which researchers, scientific knowledge and technology circulate freely.
Family members of third country researchers should be allowed to accompany them and access labour market
Where appropriate, Member States should be encouraged to treat doctoral candidates as researchers
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12. Horizon 2020
Horizon 2020 is the current EU framework programme for research and innovation, is €74.8 billion until 2020.
Participants from around the globe, regardless of their place of establishment or residence, can participate in most of the Horizon 2020 calls.
However, they are not all automatically eligible for Horizon 2020 funding.

13. Horizon 2020 EU member states:
contribute to the programme through the EU budget
eligible to participate in all parts of the programme
part of the decision-making process that establishes the programme and are represented in the respective policy bodies.

14. Horizon 2020 Associated countries:
non-EU member states that have a formal agreement on full or partial association to the programme
gives access to the entire programme or only to specific strands/actions
The association covers a maximum of one programme period - - association has to be renegotiated for every programme
Associated countries pay a financial contribution to the programme based on their GDP. They are represented in key policy bodies.

15. Horizon 2020 Non-associated third countries: non-EU member states
not formally associated to the programme
not represented in programme management committees
Entities from these countries can become consortium partners, but do not count towards the minimum number of consortium partners needed to fulfil the eligibility criteria
Non-associated third countries -- Industrialised countries:
Participants have to determine the sources of funding and find the resources for their part of the action.
In exceptional circumstances, can receive EU funding if:
there is a bilateral agreement between the country and the EU, e.g. reciprocal EU - US/NIH arrangement;
the country is explicitly identified in the relevant work programme and call for proposals as being eligible for funding
their participation is deemed by the European Commission to be essential for carrying out the action.

16. Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Individual researchers from any country in the world seeking to work in Europe for a certain period of their career can apply for funding through the European Research Council and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions.

17. Erasmus+ budget of €14.7 billion until 2020
offers opportunities for mobility and cooperation for individual participants and participating organisations
Programme countries can take part in all actions of Erasmus+
all EU member states
five non-EU countries: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Turkey.

18. Erasmus+ Partner countries (or third countries):
can only take part in certain actions of the programme
subject to specific criteria or conditions
most do not contribute financially to the programme, but are funded through instruments related to other policies such as development cooperation or policies for the European Neighbourhood.
Adopted in 2000, UNSCR 1325 is a landmark international legal framework that addresses not only the inordinate impact of war on women, but also the pivotal role women should and do play in conflict management, conflict resolution and sustainable peace.
1325 complemented and strengthened:
UNSCR 1820 (2008) recognising direct relationship between sexual violence as a tactic of war and maintenance of international peace and security;
UNSCR1888 (2009) calls for appointment of Special Representative to the Secretary General on Sexual Violence
UNSCR 1889 (2009) Calls for the development of indicators to monitor implementation of 1325
UNSCR 1960 (2010) Calls for a mechanism to compile data and listing of perpetrators of sexual violence in armed conflict
The Security Council acknowledged the changing nature of warfare, in which civilians are increasingly targeted, and women continue to be excluded from participation in peace processes.
The experiences of men and women in war are different. In these differences, women offer a vital perspective in the analysis of conflict as well as providing strategies toward peacebuilding 
Importance of gender analysis in conflict and peacebuilding that is inclusive of both men and women – not just women as victims, but addressing ‘masculinity issues’
In the area of international law, the Resolution highlights the importance of women at the peace table and to involve them in international decision-making. We must see women as leaders, not victims. We must also view their participation not as a favour to women, but as essential to peace and security.

19. Norway model
member of the European Economic Area (EEA), thus adhering to the EU's internal market
Associated to Horizon 2020 through an amendment to Protocol 31 of the EEA agreement
Norwegian universities, researchers and companies participate on the same basis as their counterparts in the EU
Norway contributes to the programme financially,
Norway also participates in all activities of Erasmus+
(but limited to working only with Programme countries)

20. Swiss model: Erasmus Swiss HEIs can engage in Erasmus+
mobility activities -- but no European funding
cooperation projects
by applying for national funding
by demonstrating that they bring added value to the project, in which case they can also benefit from Erasmus+ funding
Switzerland is unable to participate in capacity building projects in the field of higher education.

21. Swiss model: Horizon 2020
Switzerland partially associated to Horizon 2020 under the agreement from 15 September The association covers :
"Excellent Science" pillar containing the European Research Council, Future and Emerging Technologies, Research Infrastructures
Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
actions under the specific objective "Spreading excellence and widening participation";
Euratom programme
activities carried out by the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion for Energy for
With regard to all other parts of the programme, Switzerland remains a non- associated third country.
If Switzerland does not provide free movement to nationals of all EU member states by 2017, the agreement associating Switzerland to parts of Horizon 2020 will be terminated with a retroactive effect as of 31 December

22. Brexit Negotiations Universities UK (Feb 2017):
The positive contribution of UK higher education to the UK economy and society will be greatest if British universities are magnets for international talent, are welcoming to international students and are leaders in international research collaboration.
Concerns for universities posed by UK exiting the European Union include:
Increased barriers to recruiting talented European staff
Damage to international research collaboration
Increased barriers to recruiting European students
Loss of funding for research and innovation
Reduced outward mobility opportunities for staff and students

23. UUK priorities for exit negotiations
Residency rights for EU nationals currently working in the university sector, and their dependants.
Continued UK participation in the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme to the end of the programme period in 2020,
Close collaboration with European partners to deliver excellent research. International collaboration is essential to the success of research and innovation in the UK.
Government should seek access to the 9th Framework Programme (FP9) for research and innovation (the successor to Horizon 2020) as well as influence over its future shape
The government should equally prioritise developing new collaborative funding arrangements and provide enhanced support for collaboration with both European partners and major research powers outside of Europe, with a focus on delivering excellent research.
Continued access to Erasmus+ and the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions programmes.
continued recognition of professional qualifications between the UK and the remaining 27 EU member states

24. UUK proposals for domestic policy change
A simplified and improved visa regime for international staff
Enhanced support for international research collaboration
Improved regulation and infrastructure to make the UK the best place in the world to do science and research.