1. European Space Activities under the EU Research Programme
7th European Space Weather Week
Brugge, 15 November 2010
Mats Ljungqvist
Space Research and Development
European Commission
Brussels

2. A New Decade: 2010-2020 Political background
President Barroso‘s second term of office
Entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty
Article 189 of the Treaty: EU is given the power to establish a ‘European space programme‘
Establish ‘appropriate relations with ESA‘

3. A New Decade:
Strong link to the Commission‘s main programme ‘Europe 2020‘
Smart, sustainable and inclusive growth
Developing an economy based on knowledge and innovation
Investing 3 % of GDP in R&D (EU at present: 2%, US: 2.6 %, Japan: 3.4 %)
Developing an effective space policy to address some of the key global challenges

4. A New Decade: 2010-2020 Priorities for future programmes Galileo
GMES - Climate change
Space and Security (including SSA)
Space exploration
Move from research to operations
Achieved for Galileo
In the pipeline for GMES (GMES Regulation approved on 16/09/2010)

5. A New Decade: 2010-2020 Factors for success
New multi-annual financial framework to be agreed between Commission, Council and European Parliament
Commission’s proposal 5+5 years
Stable budgetary conditions: > 2024
Rebalancing between spending blocks, i.e. agriculture, regional aid and research

6. Space in the EU Research Framework Programmes
7th Framework Programme for research and development - FP7 (2007 – 2013)
About € 1.4 billion over 7 years
Programme administration by the Research Executive Agency (REA)
Two main areas of research:
Global Monitoring of Environment and Security - GMES
Strengthening Space Foundations 

7. Strengthening Space Foundations
Focus on upstream aspects, i.e.:
innovative launch/propulsion technologies
Space science and exploitation of science data
Space technologies and components
Space Situational Awareness
Open to international cooperation

8. European Space Situational Awareness – SSA
A capability for the monitoring and surveillance of the space infrastructure and of space debris
Space weather: impact on telecom infrastructure, power transmission, air transport etc.
Active debris removal
NEO mitigation
Complementary to ESA SSA prep. programme
New Space Weather Projects will be presented in Session 1 today!

9. Opportunities for third countries to participate in FP7
Space is a global endeavour
Participation in the above areas is possible for researchers from all countries
The active participation of third country partners represents an added value to our programme
Financing of third country participants is possible and has to be justified in the proposal
Strong focus on cooperation with space faring nations like US, Russia, Japan
Also emerging space powers like China, India, South Africa, Brazil

10. Results of the 2009 Call for proposals (Third Country Participation)
RUSSIA

11. Topics in the 4th Call for Proposals
Focus on upstream aspects, i.e.:
Innovative launch/ propulsion technologies
Exploitation of mission data
Space exploration technologies (robots, access to planetary surfaces)
Prevention of impacts from collision with Near Earth Objects (possibly with US; RU)
Access to space for small scale research missions (e.g. cube- and nanosats)
All open to international cooperation

12. Calls for Proposals Call 4 July 2010 ~ 670M€ Call 3 Call 2 Call 1
Services, SSF R&D
Call 4 July 2010
~ 670M€
Call 3
Call 2
Call 1
710 M€
48 M€
Space data
Space Infrastructure

13. Timeline for the 4th Space call:
20 July 2010 publication
ec.europa.eu/embrace-space
cordis.europa.eu/fp7
25 November 2010 deadline
Dec-Feb 2010/2011 evaluation (peer review) by independent experts
5th call 2011 to follow a similar schedule
Finally, please find above an indicative timeline for our next call
Please note that this is preliminary information that might be subject to changes

14. Space Research brochure series

15. More information: ec.europa.eu/embrace-space
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16. Thank you for your attention