1. Standing Committee on Agriculture Research
1974: Council Regulation N° 1728/74 establishing SCAR
July 2004: SCAR management transferred from DG AGRI to DG RTD
22 November 2004: Dutch Presidency report calling for a high-level decision platform: a new role for SCAR
End November 2004: MS to nominate two high-level representatives
2-3 February 2005: first “new” SCAR meeting
New mandate
Establishment of a standing oversight working group
Nomination of Observers
5th June 2013: 18th plenary meeting
Standing Committee on Agriculture Research
Main role for SCAR
Support the Commission and MS towards better coordination of agricultural research across the ERA
SCAR countries: EU 15 + EU Observers
(AL, BH, CH, HR, IL, IS, ME, MK, NO, SB, TR)

2. SCAR initiatives towards a European Research Area for Agriculture
2. COMMON RESEARCH AGENDAS
1. FORESIGHT PROCESS
3. MAPPING
EU CAPACITIES
SCAR Working Group
Agreement on priority research topics
Identify Scenarios Foresight Conferences
Mapping Activities
Mapping Infrastructures
Collaborative Working Groups
Regular Survey &
Alert Mechanism
Report on gaps, trends & needs
Joint Programming
EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA FOR AGRICULTURE
Input to FP7
SP Theme 2 : FAB
ERA-Net
proposals
Identify priority research needs
Proposals of new, sharing existing, infrastructures
4. Communication SCAR WEBSITE
Communication to EP and Council
Adopted by the Commission on 15 December 2008

3. On-Going SWGs On-Going CWGs SCAR Collaborative/Strategic
Working Groups Towards common research agendas
Update 12/12/2012
On-Going SWGs
Co-ordinator
SCAR Countries
Kick-Off Meeting
Sustainable supply and processing of biomass and bioresources for food and biobased industries and markets – BIOMASS NEW NL 15
7/09/2012
Fisheries & Aquaculture – SCAR FISH NEW DK 18
14/06/2012
Agriculture Knowledge & Innovation Systems - AKIS
FR-NL 16
04/05/2010
On-Going CWGs
Integrated pest management for the reduction of pesticide risks and use – IPM upcoming ERA-NET FR
13/05/2011
European transnational Research Cooperation Forest value chain in the light of climate change – ERCF upcoming ERA-NET
AT-DE 12
3-4/05/2011
Risk Research on GMOs AT
13/10/2009
Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Baltic Sea Region PL 8
17/11/2006

4. CWGs leading to ERA-NETs
Co-ordinator
SCAR Countries
Kick-Off Meeting
Sus. food production for wealth, welfare & health ‘ERA-NET SUS FOOD’
Coordinated research agenda for EU rural policy ‘ERA-NET RURAGRI’ DK 17
06/05/2010
SE-NL 7
23/11/2006
Agriculture & Sustainable Development ‘ERA-NET RURAGRI’ FR 11
06/12/2005
ICT & Robotics in Agro-Food Industries ‘ERA-NET ICT AGRI’
01/09/2005
Relevant Issues for Med. Agriculture ‘ERA-NET ARIMNet’ 12
02/12/2005
Animal Health ‘ERA-NET EMIDA’ (now ANIWHA, incl welfare) UK 21
08/12/2005
‘Stand-By/Finished CWGs’:8 covering such topics as Infrastructure; Energy; Ecosystems; Climate Control of Housing, Renewable Raw Material and Sustainable Livestock Production from Grasslands.

5. PLANTS GENOMICS www.erapg.org
KBBE RELATED ERA-NETs
ICT-AGRI
ARIMNET (MED)
EMIDA (Animal Health)
RURAGRI
ACENET (APPLIED CATALYIS)
CORE-ORGANIC II
ERA-ARD II
ERA Trans-Bio (biotech SMEs)
EUPHRESCO II
BIOENERGY
SAFEFOODERA
MARIFISH
ERASysBio
EUPHRESCO (Plant Health)
INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
CORE-Organic
BiodivERsA
ARD: Agricultural Research for Development
PLANTS GENOMICS
NANOSCIENCES
FP6
WoodWisdomNet
FP7

6. SCAR foresight process
Overall objective
To analyse possible scenarios for European agriculture in a 20-year perspective, allowing the identification of specific research needs for the medium and long term
1st Foresight exercise : Disruption Scenarios (June 2006 – June 2007)
- June-December 2006: Appointment of a Foresight Expert Group (FEG)
March 2007: Stakeholders workshop in Stockholm
June 2007: Conference “Towards Future Challenges of Agricultural Research in Europe => Key messages for research priority setting
- 15 December 2008: Communication from EC to EP and Council
FORESIGHT
SIGNALLING
&
MONITORING
MECHANISM
2nd Foresight exercise : Horizon Scanning and analysis (June 2008 – January 2009)
- June-December 2008: Appointment of a Consultancy Expert Group (CEG)
- January 2009: Synthesis report + SCAR comments + dissemination
May 2009: Conference “Sustainable development - a challenge for European Research” - Foresight session "global change and agriculture"
3rd Foresight exercise looking at scarcities in the long term (May 2010 – May 2011)
- May Appointment of a Foresight Expert Group (FEG3)
Oct. – Dec Workshop with KBBE ERA-NETs & ETPs + draft conclusions at SCAR-Plenary
- 4-5 May Conference on "Transition towards sustainable food consumption and production
in a resource constrained world", "Budapest Declaration" 6

7. The SCAR foresight process:
Future plans – direction, procedure & timeline
Proposed direction
Umbrella for all sectors:
"Sustainable Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry and Bioeconomy"
A Challenge for Europe –
Proposed procedure
Widening of the SCAR Foresight Group – involvement of relevant groups
SCAR Foresight has an oversight function – Sector studies should run in parallel with linkages - same approach, same goal and expected results for comparison & recommendation
Proposed timeline
Proposal discussed by SCAR WG (March & April 2013)
Paper prepared on topic “Sustainable Agriculture and Bioeconomy“ as basis for agreement and decision making.
Formal decision and agreement by SCAR Plenary (June 2013)
Common workshop with experts in autumn 2013 (back to back with SWG Biomass)
End of 2013 ? – Call text ready for new SCAR Foresight study (Horizon 2020)

9. linking with relevant MS/institutions
SCAR WEBSITE

10. Global challenges: Key reasons why SCAR can help
- Strong legislative base
Influential at both COM & MS level
- Comprises rich mix of research policy makers, funders and performers
- Active across all areas of the Bio-Economy
- No. of CWGs dedicated to in-depth analysis in areas of relevance to ARD – a proposed SWG will be discussed at SCAR Plenary on the 6th June
- Active on-going Foresight exercises that take a broad global view of research needs in light of developments on the mid and far horizon

11. CONCLUSIONS
- SCAR has status and influence by virtue of its mandate, composition and role
- SCAR is outward looking and very aware of global issues and challenges
- SCAR is amenable to linking with other similar initiatives to help better coordinate AR and ARD