1. International Collaboration of CRCs Interim Report- COMPERA Ljubljana Patries Boekholt Erik Arnold Jon van Til 16 september 2009

2. 2 This presentation Overview of what we have done so far Main results from literature review, survey and interviews Summary of conclusions Our proposal for six case studies at CRC level

3. 3 Overview of our approach and planning Preparation & Kick-off Generic study Desktop study and telephone interviews Generic study Desktop study and telephone interviews Questionnaire to CRCs Interim Report & Meeting 2 Case Studies Synthesis, Final Report & Meeting 3 Synthesis, Final Report & Meeting 3 May June-August September September/ October November/ December

4. 4 Method Survey 191 Invitations to CRC managers in the COMPERA programmes. Response: n=42; response rate: 22%. Response rate low in Slovenia (0%), Germany (8%), and Northern- Ireland (10%) For the other countries, generally a good response rate Interviews Interviews with programme managers We were not able to contact all managers.

5. 5 Attention to different levels of actors National & Regional Funding Agencies Private sector participants Public sector participants Competence Research Centres Private sector participants Public sector participants Competence Research Centres National & Regional Funding Agencies CRC programmes Country ACountry X, Y, Z

6. 6 Trends in internationalisation of S&T policy Spurred by discussions of the Lisbon agenda and particularly ERA EU Commission is pleading for better coordination in S&T policy: Debate on Joint Programming Debate on ‘Opening-Up’ of national programmes Via ERA-type measures such as ERA-NETs, but also Joint Technology Initiatives Political support more clear for basic research and ‘societal challenges’ than for industrially oriented research and public-private CRC type centres It is not a European development alone Non-European CRC programmes starting to include foreign partners BRICS are active in setting up more S&T collaborations

7. 7 External drivers for increased policy attention The emergence of the BRIC countries and particularly China as a country with a large research and technological development capacity that is becoming recognised for meeting high international quality standards The increased political debate and urgency of global challenges such as climate change, health issues and sustainable energy resources The globalisation of R&D, which is not a new phenomenon, but it is becoming more visible particularly in industrial research and also in the world wide mobility of researchers Particularly in Europe, general demographic developments and the decreasing share of graduates in science and engineering have made the shortage of research talent very urgent; STI collaboration can be used to attract talent from partner countries The ERA type debates in Europe

8. Internationalisation of CRC programmes

9. 9 Internationalisation in COMPERA countries In all but one case (Germany) no explicit and codified S&T internationalisation strategy Austria, Estonia and Sweden allow foreign participants (including funding), Flanders through subcontracting only, Germany allows membership without funding, for others it is not allowed Still political resistance against funding flows going abroad Internationalisation a secondary role, partly because many programmes are very young

10. 10 Barriers at programme level Absence of policy (and political) incentives to co-operate internationally Lack of funding Fear of losing competitiveness advantage Different national framework conditions (incl. IPR) Practical issues

11. 11 However, CRC-managers feel supported….

12. International collaboration at CRC-level

13. 13 Modes of collaboration

14. 14 Drivers for international collaboration

15. 15 Desired collaboration partners

16. 16 For who is collaboration important?

17. 17 Planned cooperation modes in next 5 years

18. 18 Selection criteria for partners

19. 19 Geographical direction of collaboration

20. 20 Barriers to international cooperation for CRC-managers

21. 21 Main conclusions International collaboration not yet common across CRC (programmes) At programme level: lack of political support main barrier At CRC level: funding/time, finding partners, IPR Mostly using international research programmes as mode to overcome the funding barrier Foreign research institutions most popular as partner CRC-CRC cooperation not very high on the agenda

22. 22 We used a set of criteria for the selection of case studies: The number of international co-operations; The visibility of the co-operations to the programme managers; Good geographical spread; Mix of virtual and physical CRCs; Mix of regional and national CRCs; Mix of different instruments Mix of EU co-operations and co-operations with third countries (i.e. extra-EU co-operation) The extent to which CRCs are internationalised.

23. 23 Suggested case studies K2 Mobility Centre in Austria (Automotive) VIB in Flanders (Life Sciences) ELIKO in Estonia (ICT) AIDICO in Valencia (Construction) Sweden GigaHerz Centre BalticNet Plasmatec in Germanny (Plasma Technology)

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