1. SEE-ERA.NET PLUS Joint Call Final Results + Planning Follow-up Martin Felix Gajdusek, Centre for Social Innovation – ZSI, Austria Meeting of the Steering Platform on Research for Western Balkan Countries Becici/Budvar, 11 November 2010

2. 2 Background Follow up to the Pilot Joint Call in SEE-ERA.NET ERA-NET PLUS: EC Top up of 33.00% for highest ranked projects Call Secretariat (JCS by DLR) Rule: 2 WBC+1EU minimum 2 Stages procedure for selection and ranking of projects EoI, review,Full Proposal, review Selection and Ranking List assisted by Scientific Council SEE-ERA.NET PLUS Joint call

3. 3 AgroFood Preservation of indigenous species and traditional food products (in SEE/WBC) Interdisciplinary field: Land use impact in agriculture on biodiversity ICT Software systems for learning process management and support ICT for energy efficiency Call topics: Link to WBC-INCO.NET thematic consultation sessions

4. 4 EoI Phase I Full Proposal Phase II RANKING LIST Application Phase and Full Proposal Call launch 1 September 2009 Open until 3 November 2009 190 EoI received by JCS at PT-DLR 163 passed the eligibility check 75 invited to Full Proposals Invitation 15 January 2010 Open until 15 March 2010 71 FP handed in 70 eligible 23 ICT+47 AGROFOOD 210+36 reviews SEE-ERA.NET Database for evaluators

5. 5 Funding Decision 22/23 June 2010 in Belgrade: 20 projects Not accepted by EC: 33% rule includes preparation+ management New scenario during summer 2010: 23 projects Agreed by all partners The countries overspending EC top up had to reduce funding for partners form their countries with 21% Acceptance by EC, Start for contracting of projects by JCS Reconfirming contributions needed for formal EC letter (…AL/SR/BG) Results 23 projects = 23 coordinators + 74 partners Call: 3005.19 T 2224.18 T National (74.01%) 781.01 T EC (25.99%) Management + Preparation + Joint Call Secretariat 210.70 T EC till mid 2010 (Reporting) 120.35 T National Contributions till 03/2013

6. 6 SEE ERA.NET PLUS funds 23 projects (in T)

7. Distribution of partners and coordinators

8. 8 Partnership in funded projects (including coordinator) Coordinators 23 Partners 64 Sum involved97

9. 9 Future Sustainability - possible directions Danube Strategy SEE-ERA.NET ++ (2012 ? 5 Mio ?) SEE Transnational Programme AoI 1.1: Develop technology and innovation networks in specific fields AoI 1.2: Develop the enabling environment for innovative entrepreneurship AoI 1.3: Enhance the framework conditions and pave the way for innovation Memorandum of Understanding for continuation …SB / WG Meeting in February 2011 (Serbia?) Regional Programme for Cooperation with South-East Europe (ReP-SEE)

10. 10 Reporting (end July 2010) Call monitoring ex-post started Survey assessing user satisfaction EoI and FP: 25% responses (link to consultation sessions in WBC-INCO.NET) Planning Sustainability meeting THANKS TO ALL INVOLVED!

11. SEE-ERA.NET PLUS contact details Coordinator: Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) Martin Felix Gajdusek see-era.net@zsi.at gajdusek@zsi.at Linke Wienzeile 246 A-1150 Vienna, Austria Phone: + 43 1 49 50 442 - 67 Mobile: + 43 699 114 802 80 Fax: + 43 1 49 50 442 – 40 http://plus.see-era.net http://www.see-era.net