1. Venue: WIIW, Vienna Andrea Mervar, EIZ
I3U “Scientific Cooperation with Third Countries (commitment #31)” I3U Project Meeting and Technical Workshop – 14 September 2015
Venue: WIIW, Vienna
Andrea Mervar, EIZ

2. Scientific cooperation with third countries
Innovation Union (EC, 2010: 28); commitment #31:
“The European Union and its Member States should treat scientific cooperation with third countries as an issue of common concern and develop common approaches. This should contribute to global approaches and solutions to societal challenges and to the establishment of a level-playing field (removing barriers to market access, facilitating standardisation, IPR protection, access to procurement etc.). “

3. Economic rationale behind commitment #31
Scientific cooperation with third countries should:
increase spillovers from outside the EU in order to strengthen excellence and attractiveness in R&D and improve competitiveness (as the dominance of US, EU and Japan in R&D has been recently challenged by countries such as China, Brazil, India,…)
better address global societal challenges (climate change, pandemics, etc.)
support EU external policies by increasing spillovers to certain countries/regions outside the EU (for example, Western Balkans; EU has clear interest in its neighbouring countries to help them improve research and innovation capacity).
Literature:
international R&D spillovers; internationalisation of R&D; ‘global innovation paradigm’

4. What has been done so far?
Since 2008 unified strategic approach to international research cooperation (establishment of the Strategic Forum for International Cooperation (SFIC) in research to enhance the political dialogue among the Member States, and between the states and the European Commission).
In 2012 the European Commission adopted a new strategy for international cooperation in research and innovation, in particular with a view to implementing Horizon 2020.
In 2014 the European Commission provided for the first time information about the progress of the implementation of the strategy accompanied by ‘Multi-Annual Roadmaps for international cooperation’ with eleven key partner countries and regions (Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, Russia, South Africa, USA, Eastern Partnership countries and Southern Mediterranean).

5. Major impact channels… two sets
General opening allowing partners from third countries to participate in various research programmes and activities financed by the EU:
entities from across the world can participate in Horizon 2020;
researchers from anywhere in the world can apply for grants provided by the European Research Council (research should be carried out in a Member State or Associated Country);
participation in the Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) of the European Institute for Innovation and Technology is open to legal entities from across the world;
e -Infrastructures have a strong international dimension ;
the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions should during Horizon 2020 enable around 15,000 researchers from outside Europe to start or pursue their careers in Europe; researchers from Europe are encouraged to temporarily pursue their careers elsewhere in the world;
…..
Targeted international cooperation initiatives:
Horizon 2020

6. Commitment #31 map

7. Tentative list of indicators…
Indicators on international cooperation in Horizon 2020:
number of targeted international cooperation actions and the total budget associated with them;
total budget invested by Member States in international cooperation through Horizon 2020;
total budget invested by third countries in international cooperation through Horizon 2020;
number of projects with participants from third countries and their share of the total number of projects funded through Horizon 2020;
number of participants from third countries and the amount of funding they receive from Horizon 2020, and their shares in the total number of Horizon 2020 participants and Horizon 2020 budget.

8. Tentative list of indicators…continued
Indicators on international cooperation policies and programmes of the Member States and Associated Countries:
number of joint programmes of Member States and Associated Countries with third countries and the total budget associated with them;
investment of Member States and Associated Countries in international cooperation activities coordinated at European level (e.g. through the SFIC). 
Indicators on internationalisation of research and innovation:
scientific co-publications with authors from different countries; growth over time;
exchange of researchers, between the EU and key third countries; growth over time;
world map of innovator networks based on co-patent activities between different countries; growth rates over time;
overall cross-country flows of business R&D;
international flows of royalties and licences.

9. Tentative list of sources…
Research and Innovation Observatory;
ERAWATCH;
NETWATCH;
CORDIS;
Innovation Union Competitivness database
Ex-Post Evaluation of International Cooperation activities of FP7 (EC, 2015);
European Union Open Data Portal (Eurostat); …

10. Thank you Andrea Mervar amervar@eizg.hr
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