INCO in FP6 and FP7

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INCO in FP6 and FP7

• Klaus PENDL
• European Commission
• DG Information Society and Media
• International Relations Unit

Belgrade Workshop 21 March 2006
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EU International Research Cooperation

• EU Research Framework Programmesopen for third
  country organisations
• International IST Research Co-operationin mutual
  benefit of partners

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Advantages for Third Countries

• Participation in EU Research Programme offers
• - scientific opportunities
• - wide contacts
• - productive partnerships
• - enhanced mobility
• - international benchmark
• - secure and growing budget

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Benefits for EU

• Strategic partnerships
• Access to knowledge, expertise, skills and
  technologies
• Supporting economic growth, promoting EU
  industry
• Addressing world-scale problems

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Participating Countries
25 EU Member States (MS) Austria, Belgium,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain,
Sweden, Portugal, United Kingdom, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,
Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia 4 Associated
Candidate Countries (ACC) Bulgaria, Croatia,
Romania and Turkey 5 Associated States
(AS) Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Norway and
Switzerland  INCO target countries (receive
funding) Other third countries (funding only
exceptionally)
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Proposals in IST calls 1 - 5 FET
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Top 10 participants
304
294
294
116
114
97
79
76
62
88
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Successful proposals with organisations from
Third Countries
42
31
28
21
18
16
11
10
9
13
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Retained Proposals by Region
Russia NIS 33
USA/CAN 44/21
WB 20
Asia 82
Mediterranean 3
Africa 3
Latin America 16
AUS/NZ 20/1
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FP6/IST Western Balkans

• FP6/IST Calls 1-5 FET C FET-PI
• retained project proposals
• CRO 8 1 0
• SM 6 0 0
• FYROM 2 1 0
• ALB 1 0 0
• BH 1 0 0

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Some Projects on WB

• ? GREAT-IST
• workshops on harmonisation of IST research
  policies
• ? IS2WeB Extending Information Society
  Networks to the WB
• assisting/facilitating participation in IST,
  mentoring
• ? SEEFIRE South-East Europe Fibre
  Infrastructure for Research and Education
• inclusion into eInfrastructures Community
  (applications/ GEANT)
• ? SEEREN Connectivity with GEANT

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Success Rates
9,2
14,6
9,7
18,4
8,5
16,5
29,3
10,6
6
7,8
19,6
28,6
12,1
6,2
S. Africa
FYROM
Singapore
Canada
Serbia/M.
Brazil
India
USA
China
Australia
Japan
Russia
Croatia
Ukraine
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Research Network GEANT

• Pan European Research Network
• Linking NRENs, nearly 4000 universities in 40
  countries
• Supported by EU Research Framework Programme
• With a global perspective international
  connectivity
• WB SEEREN

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Interconnecting the World
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Human Resources and Mobility

• Outgoing Fellowships Marie Curie
• Worldwide
• up to 2 years outside Europe
• up to 1 year return phase
• Incoming Fellowships
• Worldwide
• Return phase possible if from emerging,
  transition or developing country

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Framework Programme 7

• 2007-2013
• 4 specific programmes
• Ideas (ERC, Basic Frontier Research)
• Co-operation (Applied research, 9 themes)
• People (mobility, career development, training)
• Capacities (infrastructures, INCO, SME, regions,
  science/society)

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FP7 Ideas

• Ideas
• European Research Council
• Scientific Council of 22 scientists
  implementation structure
• Independence / Scientific autonomy
• Supporting excellence
• Minimum 1 participant

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FP7 Co-operation

• Co-operation 9 Themes
• ICT
• Health
• Transport (incl. Aeronautics)
• Nanotechnologies
• Security and Space
• Energy
• Environment
• Food, Agriculture, Biotech
• Socio-economic sciences, humanities

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FP7 Capacities

• Capacities
• Resources for the research community
• Research infrastructures
• Supporting SMEs
• Supporting regions
• International Cooperation (Horizontal)
• Science and society

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FP7 People

• People
• Human Resources (FP6 Marie Curie)
• Training (initial, career-development)
• Mobility (fellowships, secondments)
• Workshops and conferences

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International Cooperation in FP7

• Cooperation Programme
• 1. Opening Open for ICPC (as under FP6)
• 2. Specific international cooperation projects

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New Partnerships in FP7

• Specific international cooperation projects
• Balanced 2 partners EU 2 partners INCO
• Targeted calls Country/Region Topic

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Further information
klaus.pendl_at_cec.eu.int Thank you