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FutureConstructUusinta uutta Euroopan TKsta
Rakennusinsinööripäivät 31 Oct 2002, Helsinki
FI

• Olavi Tupamäki
• Villa Real Ltd/SA
• Merivalkama 12 Avenue
  Louise 65
• FIN-02320 Espoo Finland B-1050
  Bruxelles Belgique tel [phone]
  http//www.villareal.fi tel [phone]
• fax [phone] olavi.tupamaki_at_villareal.
  fi fax [phone]

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Alkusanat

• EUssa teknologian kieli on englanti.
• Jos tekee projektiehdotuksen suomeksi tai vaikka
  ranskaksi, se käännätetään Euroopan komission
  toimesta englanniksi ? virheitä ja
  väärinkäsityksiä ? ei menestystä.
• Tästä syystä tämäkin esitys on englanniksi.
• Tärkeimmät asiakirjat ovat kuitenkin saatavilla
  myös suomeksi osoitteessa http//europa.eu.int/com
  m/research/fp6/documents_en.html. Suomenkielistä
  opastusta löytyy myös Tekesin sivuilta
  osoitteesta http//www.tekes.fi/eu/index.html.
• Tammikuussa valmistuu myös allekirjoittaneen
  toimesta rakennus- ja kiinteistöklusterin
  käyttöön suomenkielinen opas Eurooppalaiset
  teknologiaohjelmat 2003.

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Construction and CREC

• In the EU construction represents 11 of the
  total GDP,
• and
• CREC nearly 30 of the same GDP!

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EU6RTD (1)European Research Area - ERA

• EU6RTD is aimed at contributing towards the
  creation of the European Research Area ERA,
  described below (17 directly for ERA).

National RD Programmes
European Research Area - ERA
National Research Organisations JRC
Open Cooperation Coordination
EU6RTD and other European RD
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EU6RTD (2) Interesting themes for CREC

• The EUs 6th Framework Programme for Research and
  Technological Development EU6RTD offers 17,500
  MEUR for European RTD projects in 2002-06. The
  most interesting thematic priorities for the CREC
  are the following (final, as approved by the
  European Parliament and the Council Jun 2002)
• 1.1.2 Information society technologies 3,625
  MEUR
• 1.1.3 Nanotechnologies and nanosciences,
• knowledge-based multifunctional materials and
  
  new production processes and
  devices 1,300 MEUR
• 1.1.6 Sustainable development, global change and
  ecosystems 2,120 MEUR
• Sustainable energy systems 810 MEUR
• Sustainable surface transport 610 MEUR
• Global change and ecosystems 700 MEUR

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EU6RTD (3)Specific Programmes (1)

• Specific Programmes add flesh on the bones
  information to the EU6RTD. The most interesting
  priorities for the CREC are the following (final,
  as approved by the Council late September 2002)
• Integrating and strengthening the European
  Research Area - ERA
• 1.1.2. Information society technologies
• (i) Applied IST research addressing major
  societal and economic challenges
• 1.1.3. Nano-technologies and nano-sciences,
  knowledge-based multifunctional materials and new
  production processes and devices
• (ii) Knowledge-based multifunctional materials
• (iii) New production processes and devices

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EU6RTD (4)Specific Programmes (2)

• 1.1.6. Sustainable development, global change and
  ecosystems
• 1.1.6.1. Sustainable energy systems
• 1.1.6.2. Sustainable surface transport
• 1.1.6.3. Global change and ecosystems
• 1.2.2. Horizontal research activities involving
  SMEs
• (i) Collective research
• (ii) Cooperative research
• The specific programmes as well as other
  documents can be found at http//europa.eu.int/co
  mm/research/fp6/documents_en.html in all EU
  languages. Myös suomeksi.

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EU6RTD (5)Work Programmes

• Work Programmes are documents containing more
  detailed descriptions of the Specific Programmes.
  For project proposal preparation Work Programmes
  are the most important documents.
• Work Programmes will be prepared and issued by
  the Commission alone.
• Work Programmes are said to be drafted after the
  results of the EoI call for important RD topics
  (closed date 07 June 2002) will be available.
  These (some 11,700 EoIs) are now publicly
  available.
• No drafts for Work Programmes are publicly
  available yet. They are supposed to be finalised
  by the end of November 2002 latest.

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EU6RTD (6) Project Types Instruments (1)

• Integrated Projects - IP
• Clearly defined development objectives
• Typically industry-led project
• Duration 3-5 years
• Magnitude gt50 MEUR
• EU funding max 50
• Networks of Excellence - NoE
• Advancing research and integrating the activities
  of the consortium partners on a particular
  research topic and spread excellence
• Research centre/university-led project 100-500
  researchers
• Duration over 5 years plus continuation
  thereafter without EU funding
• Magnitude gt10 MEUR
• EU funding as per the number of researchers, max
  25

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EU6RTD (7) Project Types Instruments (2)

• Specific Targeted Research Projects STRP
• Similar to earlier RTD projects
• Typically industry-led project
• Duration 2-4 years
• Magnitude 2-10 MEUR
• EU funding max 50
• This is what was required by European Council of
  Civil Engineers - ECCE and several EU member
  states.

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EU6RTD (8) Project Types Instruments (3)

• Specific research projects for SMEs any topic
• Cooperative research - CRAFT as before EU
  funding max 50.
• Collective research Medium-term research
  activities carried out by technical research
  centres for industrial associations or industry
  groupings in entire sectors of industry dominated
  by SMEs at the European level EU funding max
  50.
• The ITRE Committee of the European Parliament
  proposed that Exploratory Award (valmisteluraha
  25,000 50,000 EUR) should be returned into
  EU6RTD, as required by European Council of Civil
  Engineers ECCE. The parliament, however, gave
  up after compromise negotiations.

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EU6RTD (9) Project Types Instruments (4)

• Other instruments available, not described here
  in more details, are
• National programmes carried out jointly - Article
  169 By governments or national research
  organisations and industries. Apparently for no
  good use.
• Networking of national programmes ERA-Nets to be
  implemented as specific support action (for
  preparation) and/or coordination action
  (running) see below.
• Specific support actions Similar to earlier
  accompanying measures.
• Coordination actions Similar to earlier thematic
  networks and concerted actions.

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EU6RTD (10)Participation Rules

• Partners At least three (3) independent partners
  established in three (3) different member or
  associated state. In practice, for a successful
  IP or NoE partners from several (gt10) states are
  needed.
• Two-stage procedure (For IP and NoE) calls for
  proposals may involve a two-stage evaluation
  procedure. In this case, following a positive
  evaluation of an outline proposal in the first
  stage, the proposers concerned shall be requested
  to submit a complete proposal in the second
  stage.
• Small and medium size enterprise SME
• less than 250 employees
• no more than 40 MEUR annual turnover or no more
  than 27 MEUR annual balance sheet total (may
  change...)
• less than 25 of the capital or voting rights is
  owned by big enterprise(s), except public
  investment corporations (eg banks, venture
  capital, SITRA)

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EU6RTD (11) Timetable

• As the European Parliament, the Council (of
  Ministers) and the European Commission achieved a
  compromise about the basic EU6RTD, Specific
  programmes and Participation rules it looks like
  the first calls could open 15 Dec 2002 with a
  closing date of 15 Mar 2003. This call is
  principally for stage 1 ? outline proposals.
• For stage 2 ? complete proposals a subsequent
  closing date of 31 July 2003 is envisaged.
• Useful Events
• Brokerage Event on CREC-related topics 03-04 Oct
  2002, Brussels BE 185 EUR (see
  http//www.e-core.org/frames/index_workshops.html)
  .
• European Research 2002 Conference 11-13 Nov 2002,
  Brussels BE 180 EUR (see http//www.cordis.lu/fp6
  /).

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EU6RTD (12) Who can participate?

• Companies (industrial), Research Institutes,
  Universities, Industry Associations etc
• Small and large organisations
• EU Member States (15)
• Associated States Norway, Iceland,
  Liechtenstein Israel, Switzerland
• Newly Associated (Candidate) States Estonia,
  Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech, Slovakia,
  Hungary, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus,
  Malta Turkey
• Other Countries on specific conditions, usually
  no EU funding yet there is 600 MEUR available
  for (1) Mediterranean countries (including the
  Western Balkans), (2) Russia and the Newly
  Independent States (NIS) and (3) developing
  countries.

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CREC-related EoIs (1)

• Over 11,700 EoI - Expression of Interest were
  received by the European Commission by 07 Jun
  2002 targeting at EU6RTD. They are now publicly
  available at http//www.cordis.lu/fp6/eoi-analysis
  .htm.
• e-CORE - European Construction Research Network
  project, headed by CSTC BE, has compiled a list
  of CREC-related EoIs (see http//www.e-core.org/fr
  ames/index_database_eoi.html). Their total number
  is 311 EoIs (3 of total). Yet, 166 only are
  described on the above website.
• In the Brokerage Event on CREC-related topics
  03-04 Oct 2002, Brussels BE, 82 selected EoIs
  were discussed in more details representing the
  following classifications, as per e-CORE
• IP 66
• NoE 33

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CREC-related EoIs (2)

• By priority thematic areas (79)
• 1.1.2 IST 15
• 1.1.3 Materials processes 37
• 1.1.6 Sustainable development 27
• Most important sub-priorities (77)
• 1.1.3 iii New production processes and
  devices 26
• 1.1.6.1 Sustainable energy systems 24
• 1.1.2 i Applied IST research addressing major
• societal and economic
  challenges 12
• 1.1.3 ii Knowledge-based multifunctional
• materials 9
• 1.1.6.2 Sustainable surface transport 6

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Actions towards EU6RTD

• In the Brokerage Event aforesaid, an idea was to
  develop 15-20 IP and/or NoE proposals out of 311
  EoIs listed, actually 82 EoIs discussed. No
  report on this work, however, is to be prepared.
• Villa Real participated in 4 EoIs and is taking
  part in 1 IP proposal on Sustainable City as an
  active contributive partner (plus in 2 other as
  a sleeping partner).
• What to do next?
• IP and EoI (1) study the list of EoIs, carefully
  (2) select the most interesting ones, (3) contact
  the coordinator to find out if an actual proposal
  is under preparation and (4) express your
  willingness to join the consortium.
• STRP and SMEs Prepare your own proposals on new
  ideas requiring further development or to solve
  existing problems, and then select suitable
  partners (total 5-8) for its implementation.
• Thanks Olavi Tupamäki