Patermann presentation at EURAGRI

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The EUs new Research Framework Programme
(2007-2013) focus on food agriculture and
biotechnology
Meeting of the CEI Working Group on Agriculture
FAO Headquarters, Rome, 22 May 2006
François Constantin Project officer European
Commission - DG RTD E.3 francois.constantin_at_cec.eu
.int
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Overview

• From FP6 to FP7
• The ERA-Net scheme
• The Technology Platforms
• FP7 outline
• Overview
• Theme 2 Food, Agriculture Biotechnology the
  Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy
• Perspectives for International Cooperation
• The Standing Committee for Agricultural Research
  (SCAR)

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FP6 (2002-2006)
Anticipating S/T Needs
Priority Thematic Areas
Scientific support to policies
New and emerging S/T needs
Food quality and safety
Life Sciences, genomics biotechnology for
health
Information society technol.
Sustainable development ...
SME activities
Citizens governance
Nanotechnologies ...
Aeronautics and space
International cooperation
JRC



Structuring the ERA
Strengthening the foundations of ERA
Research Innovation
Training Mobility
Research Infrastructures
Science Society
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Food Quality and Safety
Fork-to-Farm
685 M over the four years (EU15)
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A wide range of instruments in FP 6

• COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
• New Instruments
• Integrated Projects (IP)
• Networks of Excellence (NoE)
• Traditional Instruments
• Specific Targeted Research Projects (STREP)
• Coordination Actions (CA)
• Specific Support Actions (SSA)
• COORDINATION OF RESEARCH ERA-Net scheme
• ERA-Nets should support the cooperation and
  coordination of research activities that are
• strategically planned (programmes)
• executed at a national or regional level
• financed or managed by national or regional
  public bodies

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ERA-net activities

• Examples of ERA-nets in Agricultural Research
• European Research Area on plant genomics (CA)
• Towards sustainable integration of animal welfare
  in food production (SSA)
• Processing for food safety (SSA)
• Towards a European-wide exchange network for
  improving dissemination of integrated water
  resources management research (SSA)
• Coordination of European Transnational Research
  in Organic Food and Farming (CA)
• Agricultural Research for Development (CA)
• Reinforcement of ERA-Net in FP7
• Continuity of ERA-NET as the scheme providing a
  framework for the coordination of public research
  programmes (new topics)
• Broadening the partnership and scope of ERA-NETs

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Technology Platforms - Overall Concept
Stakeholders, led by industry, getting together
to define a Strategic Research Agenda on a number
of strategically important issues with high
societal relevance where achieving Europes
future growth, competitiveness and sustainability
objectives is dependent upon major research and
technological advances in the medium to long term
Stage 1 Stakeholders get together and define a
common vision Stage 2 Stakeholders define a
Strategic Research Agenda Stage 3 Stakeholders
implement the Strategic Research Agenda
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• Technology Platform on
• Plant Genomics Biotechnology
• Plants for the future vision paper
• launched on 24th June 2004 by representatives
• of research, biotech and food industry, farmers,
• consumers and other stakeholders
• Produce better quality, healthy, , diverse
  foods
• Enhance agricultural and environmental
  sustainability
• Increase competitiveness of European agriculture
• Actors EPSO, EUROPABIO
• Participants wide range of stakeholders
• Home page www.epsoweb.org

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Other Technology Platforms in Agricultural
Research Areas

• Forest Resources
• Animal Breeding
• Global Animal Health
• Food Technologies
• Water Sanitation
• Sustainable Chemistry incl. White Biotechnology
• Bioenergy
• .

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FP7 Whats new ?

• Main new elements compared to FP6
• Annual budget doubled (initial proposal)
• Total EUR 5 billion ?10 billion per year
• Basic research ( EUR 1.5 billion per year)
• Simplification of procedures
• Management
• ERC (Basic Research)
• Logistical and administrative tasks transferred
  to external structures
• Joint Technology Initiatives, Research
  Infrastructures
• International cooperation will be implemented
  under the Co-operation Specific Programme in each
  thematic area and across themes

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FP7 structure (2007-2013) Specific Programmes
Cooperation Collaborative research
Ideas Frontier Research
People Human Potential
Capacities Research Capacity

JRC (non-nuclear)
JRC (nuclear)
Euratom
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Cooperation Collaborative research

• 9 themes
• Health
• Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology
• Information and Communication Technologies
• Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new
  Production Technologies
• Energy
• Environment (including Climate Change)
• Transport (including Aeronautics)
• Socio-Economic Sciences and the Humanities
• Security and Space

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THE EUROPEAN KNOWLEDGE-BASED BIOECONOMY
QUALITY ASSURANCE STRATEGIES TRACEABILITY,
CONSUMER SCIENCE
STABILITY - BIODEGRADABILITY FUNCTIONALITY
SOCIETAL NEEDS
Life sciences biotechnology for sustainable
non- food products processes
WHITE BIOTECH CLEAN BIOPROCESSES RAW
MATERIALS/WASTE
PROCESSING
ADVANCED FOOD TECHNOLOGIES, FOOD QUALITY
DETERMINANTS, NUTRITION
GREEN/BLUE BIOTECH OPTIMISED RAW MATERIALS
PRODUCTION
LOW INPUT FARMING - BIODIVERSITY ANIMAL HEALTH -
RURAL DEVT.
Sustainable production and management of
biological resources from land, forest, and
aquatic environments
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Pillar 1Sustainable production and management
of biological resources from land, forest, and
aquatic environments

• Enabling research (omics, converging
  technologies, biodiversity) for micro-organism,
  plants and animals
• Improved crops and production systems incl.
  organic farming
• Sustainable, competitive and multifunctional
  agriculture, forestry and rural development
• Animal welfare, breeding and production
• Infectious diseases in animals, including
  zoonoses
• Policy tools for agriculture and rural development

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Pillar 2Fork to farm- Food, health and well
being

• Consumer, societal, industrial and health aspects
  of food and feed
• Nutrition, diet related diseasesand disorders
• Innovative food and feed processing
• Improved quality and safety of food, beverage
  and feed
• Total food chain concept
• Traceability

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Pillar 3Life sciences and biotechnology for
sustainable non-food products and processes

• Improved crops, feed-stocks, marine products and
  biomass for energy, environment, and high added
  value industrial products novel farming systems
• Bio-catalysis new bio-refinery concepts
• Forestry and forest based products and processes
• Environmental remediation and cleaner processing

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International Cooperation in FP7 PARTNERS for
the EU

• Third Countries
• Industrialised countries
• Associated countries
• International Cooperation Partner Countries
• Countries neighbouring the EU (Mediterranean
  partner Countries, Western Balkans, Eastern
  European and Central Asian countries)
• Developing countries (ACP, ASIA, Latin America)
• Emerging economies (China, India, Brazil, Russia,
  South Africa)

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International co-operation in FP7 Cooperation
Collaborative research RULES OF PARTICIPATION -
DEFINITIONS

• International cooperation partner country
• means a third country which the European
  Commission classifies as a low-income,
  lower-middle-income or upper-middle-income
  country as identified in the work programme
  addressing international cooperation activities
  ( previous definition of INCO targets in FP6)
• Third country
• means a State that is not a European Union
  Member State

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International Cooperation in FP7A coherent
strategy

International co-operation will be implemented in
each FP7 Specific Programme
International Cooperation in FP7
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Cooperation Collaborative research

• International cooperation will be implemented
  under the Co-operation Specific Programme in each
  thematic area and across themes

Collaborative research (Collaborative projects
Networks of Excellence Coordination/support
actions)
Joint Technology Initiatives
Coordination of non-Community research
programmes (ERA-NET ERA-NET Article 169)
International Cooperation
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International co-operation in FP7 Cooperation
Collaborative research IMPLEMENTATION

• International cooperation in the Co-operation
  - Collaborative Research Programme will be
  implemented directly in each thematic area
  through
• The opening of all activities carried out in the
  thematic areas
• Specific co-operation actions in each thematic
  area dedicated to third countries in the case of
  mutual interest in co-operating on particular
  topics.

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International cooperation in FP7 Theme 2 Food,
Agriculture and Biotechnology

• The opening of all activities carried out in the
  thematic areas
• Specific cooperation actions with priority target
  regions / countries
• 2.1 Regional dialogues, bilateral agreements,
  neighbours and emerging economies based on
  mutual interest and benefits
• 2.2 DEV countries taking into account their
  needs
• 2.3 Global challenges multilateral cooperation
  for global challenges

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International cooperation in FP7 Theme 2 Food,
Agriculture and Biotechnology

• 2.2 For DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
• Research of specific interest for developing
  countries will be supported, taking into account
  UN Millennium development goals and already
  ongoing activities.
• eradicating extreme poverty and hunger
• (under theme Food, Agriculture and
  Biotechnology)
• ensuring environmental sustainability, including
  access to safe drinking water
• (under themes Food, Agriculture and
  Biotechnology and Environment)
• combating HIV/AIDS malaria and other poverty
  related diseases
• (under theme Health)

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International cooperation in FP7 Cooperation
Collaborative research RULES OF PARTICIPATION
(draft)

• Opening of all activities
• the minimum number of participants shall be 3
  independent legal entities established in three
  different Member States or Associated countries
  (Third countries can be partners)
• Specific co-operation actions
• Article 5. Minimum numbers of participants and
  their place of establishment
• the minimum number of participants shall be 4
  independent legal entities of which
• at least 2 are established in two different
  Member States or Associated countries
• and
• at least 2 are established in two different
  international cooperation partner countries

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International cooperation in FP7 Cooperation
Collaborative research FUNDING (draft)

• A Community financial contribution may be granted
  to
• any legal entity established in an international
  cooperation partner country,
• any legal entity established in a third country
  other than a country covered by subparagraph (a),
  participating in an indirect action,
• if provision is made for this purpose in the
  specific programmes or in the relevant work
  programme or
• if it is essential for carrying out the indirect
  action or
• if such funding is foreseen in any bilateral
  scientific and technological agreement, or other
  arrangement between the Community and the country
  in which the legal entity is established, that
  opens the research funding schemes of the
  Community to such an entity.

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International Cooperation in People Human
Potential

• International outgoing fellowships
• International incoming fellowships
• Partnerships to support exchange of researchers
• Support of common initiatives between European
  organisations and countries with ST agreements
• Measures to counter the risk of brain drain
  from developing countries/emerging economies

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International Cooperation in Ideas Frontier
Research

• Aim to integrate the Community into the
  world-wide research community
• Open to INCO partner countries on basis of mutual
  benefit or according to relevant concluded
  agreements
• Participation of INCO partner countries to be
  justified on basis of added scientific value

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International Cooperation in Capacities
Research Capacity
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FP7 budget(EUR billion, 2004 constant prices)
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FP7 Tentative Roadmap

• 2006
• 21 Feb EP Adoption of FP report in committee
• Mar/Apr Council - Common position on FP and Rules
• 12 June EP - 1st reading of FP and Rules
• July Council and EP - Adoption of FP and Rules
• 13 July EP Adoption of SP report in committee
• Sep EP - 1st reading of SPs
• Sep Council and EP - Adoption of SPs
• Oct Commission - Adoption of Work programmes and
  necessary materials
• Nov Commission - Publication of 1st calls

Earliest!
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The launch of the new SCAR Standing Committee
for Agricultural 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
• 9-10 June 2005 Second plenary meeting
• 1-2 December 2005 Third plenary meeting
• 15-16 June 2006 Fourth plenary meeting
• ________
• SCAR countries EU 25 8 Observers (BG, RO, TR,
  CH, IL, IS, NO, HR)

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SCAR tasks

• Main role for SCAR
• Support the Commission and MS towards better
  coordination of agricultural research across the
  ERA
• This will involve
• Strategic discussions on the agricultural
  research agenda in Europe in the long term (FP7
  and beyond)
• Enhanced cooperation between MS (joint research
  programmes, common infrastructures)
• Research agenda in scientific support to the CAP

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Main SCAR initiatives

• Priority topics for a Common Research Agenda
• Foresight activities EU outlook agriculture
  2020
• Mapping infrastructures / institutions /
  activities
• Launch of the SCAR website

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1. Towards a Common Research Agenda

• Agreement on priority topics
• Strategic discussions on the agricultural
  research agenda in Europe based on existing and
  possible future coordination fora (e.g. ERA-Nets,
  Technology Platforms, Networks of Excellence)
• Identified areas for possible cooperation between
  Member States
• Establishment of collaborative working groups
• Report on national programmes, capacities and
  infrastructures (mapping activity)
• Identification of research gaps
• Identify priorities for collaborative research
  activities between Member States
• Proposals for ERA-NETs
• Input to FP7 Specific Programme Theme 2 Food,
  Agriculture,
• Biotechnology

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• Towards a Common Research Agenda Collaborative
  Working Groups on 11 themes

• ALREADY STARTED
• ICT and Robotics in Agriculture Coordinator
  DK
• Renewable Raw Material for Industry
  Coordinator DE
• Sustainable Livestock Production from
  Grassland Coordinator IE
• Relevant Issues for Mediterranean
  Agriculture Coordinator IT - FR
• Agriculture and Sustainable Development
  Coordinator FR
• Animal Health Coordinator UK
• Advanced Technologies for Climatic Control of
  Greenhouses
• and Livestock Housing
  Coordinator IL
• IN PREPARATION
• Adaptation of Human Nutrition to Environment
  Evolution Coordinator FR

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2. Foresight Agricultural Research in Europe

• 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
• Methodology
• A set of foresight papers by an appointed expert
  group on major driving forces like science and
  technology, rural economy, health, societal
  changes, economy and trade, environment, climate
  change
• Main steps
• A review report from the expert group
• A conference in 2007 on Foresight for European
  Agricultural Research
• A report of the Commission to the Council and
  Parliament

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3. Mapping of EU agriculture research capacity

• Infrastructures
• Identification of key-agriculture infrastructures
  of EU relevance
• Sharing existing infrastructures among MS
  research teams
• Proposals for critical large scale
  infrastructures
• Genetic and biological resource centres
• Agriculture, forestry and environment
  observatories
• Human nutrition research centres
• Advanced experimental facilities for infectious
  diseases
• Links with ESFRI
• Activities Institutions
• Building on EU AGRI MAPPING project (SSP4)
  Mapping and foresight of the European
  agricultural food research capacity
• Coverage 33 SCAR countries
• Database on research establishments
• Mapping report identifying the main players
• Consolidated report on the trends and the needs
• Recommendations towards the development of the
  research potential

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4. SCAR website
Development of a prototype for a SCAR web portal
building on existing EU websites and linking with
relevant MS/institution http//europa.eu.int/co
mm/research/fp6/scar/index_en.cfm
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Next steps

• 8th meeting of the SCAR-WG 18 May 2006
• 4th SCAR plenary meeting 15-16 June 2006
• Report to the European Parliament and to the
  Council in 2007
• Article 11 Council Regulation N 1728/74

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More information
CORDIS - information space devoted to
European research and development (RD) and
innovation activities - To facilitate
participation in European research (FPs) -
www.cordis.lu/ General - http//cordis.europa
.eu.int/fp7/ FP7 - www.cordis.lu/food/ FP6
/ Food - www.cordis.lu/food/inco.htm FP6 /
INCO and Food - http//cordis.europa.eu.int/inco/
home_en.html new INCO portal EUROPA -
information space of the European Commission -
FP6 http//europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/ -
Conference The Knowledge-based bio-economy,
Brussels, Sept. 2005 www.europa.eu.int/comm/resear
ch/conferences/2005/kbb/ - FP7
http//europa.eu.int/comm/research/future/index_en
.cfm Data base evaluators https//emmfp6.cordi
s.lu/index.cfm?fuseactionwel.welcome