1. The European Union R&D Landscape The Israel-Europe R&D Directorate For EU FP6 Rehovot, July 2006

2. On the Agenda  The European R&D Framework Program (FP)  The European Technology Platforms (ETP)  Joint Technology Initiative (JTI)

3. Objectives of the Framework Program: Political, Economic, Social  Increasing the competitiveness of the European Market, Creating Employment, Improving the standards of living  Solving issues important to Europe  Reaching Critical Mass through European Synergy:  Performing R&D by Consortia  Submitting proposals in reaction to Calls for Proposals

4. Framework Program Budget

5. Benefits of Israeli Participation  Access to European markets  Opening new opportunities  Better understanding and closer links to Europe  Business Intelligence – customers, vendors, competitors  Exposure to, and involvement in development of new technologies  including standard definition  Leverage into high volume, high profile and visionary projects  Funding of R&D projects

6. ISERD – Who are we ?  An inter-ministerial body, established by a governmental decision  Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor – Chief Scientist  Council of Higher Education – Planning & Budgeting Committee  Ministry of Science & Technology  Ministry of Foreign Affairs  Ministry of Finance Note: As an associated country to the program – Israel pays a participation fee

7. ISERD – What is our Role ?  The national Contact Point  Creating awareness and promoting the Framework Program to the Israeli R&D community  Assisting and escorting the Israeli participants  Industry, Academia and other institutes  The national delegate to EC program committees Maximizing the benefits of the Israeli participation in the Framework Program

8. Technology Platform (ETP) – What is it ?  Brings together the main stakeholders in an R&D field to identify common R&D goals of industrial relevance  Develops a Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) to achieve these goals, addressing technology & non-technology barriers  Stakeholders include mainly industry, but also academia and the investors in research, public or private  A forum for networking and creating alliances and consortia for collaborative R&D

9. Examples of ETPs (ICT domain)  European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council (ENIAC)  Advanced R&D on Embedded Intelligent Systems (ARTEMIS)  Mobile and wireless communications technology (eMobility)  Networked and electronic media platform (NEM)  Networked European Software and Services Initiative (NESSI)  European Robotics Platform (EUROP)  Photonics  The Integral Satcom Initiative (ISI)  Photonics for the 21 st Century (Photonics)  European Technology Platform on Smart System Integration (EPOSS)

10. Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) – What is it ?  A public-private partnership to execute (part of) the Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) of a Technology Platform, combining national and European public funding with private sector investment  Implemented through dedicated legal structure  Proposed JTIs (ICT domain)  European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council (ENIAC)  Advanced R&D on Embedded Intelligent Systems (ARTEMIS)  Timeline  Finalize preparation – End 2006  European Council decision – Mid 2007  First calls – End 2007  Projects launched - 2008

11. Further information  Dorit Geifman – IST Director  Dorit@iserd.org.il  03-5118121  Neomy Soffer – NMP Director  Neomy@iserd.org.il  03-5118120  Information resources  ISERD web-site http://www.iserd.org.il  FP-IST web-site http://www.cordis.lu/ist  FP-NMP web-site http://www.cordis.lu/nmp/home.html  ETP web-site http://www.cordis.lu/technology-platforms/home_en.html

12. Thank you !