The Federal Ministry of Education and Research

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• The Federal Ministry of Education and Research -
• Germanys RD System and
• International Cooperation

Matthias Frattini International Bureau of the
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Florianópolis, November 2008
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Overview

• The Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• Funding Research
• The High-Tech Strategy
• Internationalization Strategy
• International Cooperation and the EU
• Perspectives

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BMBF
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Four Priorities
High Tech
Training
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Overview

• The Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• Funding Research
• The High-Tech Strategy
• Internationalization Strategy
• International Cooperation and the EU
• Perspectives

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Public Funding Joint Competence

• The Federal Government especially the BMBF
  is funding research in high-priority areas
  within special funding programs.
• The State Governments (Länder) are funding the
  universities.
• - All universities are involved in research.
• Federal and State Governments are funding the
  most important research oranizations together.

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Basic funding for institutions
Research

• Research in Germany is recognized worldwide.
• Science and research are the central strategic
  factors in international competition.
• Together with the Länder, the BMBF is funding the
  most important research organizations
• Max Planck Society (MPG)
• Helmholtz Association (HGF)
• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (FhG)
• Leibniz Association (WGL)
• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

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Project Support
Research

• The BMBF is funding research programmes with
  future-oriented projects in important
  cutting-edge technologies such as
• Health research
• Biotechnology
• Nanotechnology
• Information and communication technologies
• Optical technologies

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Haushalt Entwicklung 1998 -
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Budget 2007

• Increasing support for research, innovation and
  
• excellence in science
• Budget increased by 6.1 up to 8.5 billion
  Euro.
• Support in 2008 expected to reach 8.9 billion
  Euro.
• Project funding as important focus in
  particularly
• promising areas of technology.
• Funding for the humanities and cultural
  sciences
• increased by 18 to about 43 million Euro.
  

Priority to Education and Research
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High Tech
Innovation and Growth

German research produces excellent results, but
today many countries are competing for the best
innovations We must be quicker in translating
good ideas from science and research into
products for the world market! Conditions for
innovation in Germany have to improve
continuously.
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Global RD- Networks/Clusters
From funding single (national) projects...
... to the support of (global) networks
and clusters
Strategic Projects Regional Innovation Networks
Traditional Targeted Programmes Single projects
RD Cooperation Support (Industry Involvement)
2010
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How does Germany react to globalisation and the
current and future challenges in RD?

• International dimension of the High-Tech Strategy
  (August 2006)
• and
• Internationalisation Strategy (February 2008)

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Overview

• The Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• Funding Research
• The High-Tech Strategy
• Internationalization Strategy
• International Cooperation and the EU
• Perspectives

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The High-Tech Strategy for Germany

• First national strategy involving all ministries
• Four priorities for innovation policy
• 17 cutting-edge fields for common innovation
  policy
• Impetus for turning research results into
  products more quickly
• Pooling of forces from science and industry
• Improved conditions for high-tech start-ups and
  SMEs (PYMES)
• Germany aims to become a leader on the most
  important emerging markets

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Overview
HIGH-TECH STRATEGY
OPEN UP LEAD MARKETS
STRENGTHEN COOPERATION BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND
THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
IMPROVE FRAMEWORK CONDITIONS FOR THE
APPLICATION OF RESEARCH RESULTS
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Strategy Opening up lead markets

• Specific strategies for 17 important high
  technology sectors

Innovation through generic technologies
Innovations for a healthy and secure life
Innovations for a communicative and mobile life

• Health research and medical technology
• Security technologies
• Plants
• Energy technologies
• Environmental technologies

• Nanotechnologies
• Biotechnology
• Microsystems engineering
• Optical technologies
• Materials technology
• Production technologies

• ICT
• Automotive and transport technologies
• Aviation technologies
• Space technologies
• Maritime technologies
• Services

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Overview

• The Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• Funding Research
• The High-Tech Strategy
• Internationalization Strategy
• International Cooperation and the EU
• Perspectives

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Key elements of the Internationalisation Strategy
Four main priorities
3. Strengthening the cooperation with developing
countries in education, research and development
4. Assuming international responsibility to
master global challenges
1. Strengthening research cooperation with global
leaders
2. Opening up international innovation potentials
Accompanying measures
Presence abroad and international monitoring of
the developments in RD
Marketing Germany as ideal location for higher
education, research and innovation
European strategy
Country and regional strategies
Strategic monitoring and revision
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Internationalization Strategy

• Internationalizing the training of young
  researchers
• Supporting the mobility of researchers
• Enhancing the possibilities for international
  research collaborations
• Continuing to strengthen internationally oriented
  research infrastructures
• Increasing the presence of German universities
  and research institutions abroad
• Making optimum use of synergies with EU measures
  and instruments (FP7, etc)

Priority 1 Strengthening research cooperation
with global leaders
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Overview

• The Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• Funding Research
• The High-Tech Strategy
• Internationalization Strategy
• International Cooperation and the EU
• Perspectives

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Participation in European Research
Networks ERA-NETs

• Aiming at a better integration and harmonization
  of national RD policies and funding of the EU
  member states
• Expected results Joint Calls
• Specific and horizontal ERA-NETs
• Horizontal ERA-NETs are aiming at the
  establishment of biregional cooperation
• ERA-NET Latin America EULANEST
• Consortium
• Partner - 8 Ministries from 5 EU member states
• Observer from 5 other EU member states
• Partner from LA Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
  Mexico, Uruguay

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INCO-NETs

• Improving the biregional policy dialogue
• Joint identification of RD priorities for the
  cooperation in the 7th Framework Program for
  research
• Supporting and Enhancing the participation of
  third countries in the 7th Framework Program
• Evaluation of the impact of current activities
• Transnational cooperation between the Nacional
  Contact Points
• Latin America INCO-NET EULARINET started in
  2008

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Overview

• The Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• Funding Research
• The High-Tech Strategy
• Internationalization Strategy
• International Cooperation and the EU
• Perspectives

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Perspectives for International Cooperation Toward
s Global Strategic Partnerships
Global strategic partnerships/networks
Joint research facilities
Current importance in public research
Degree of networking
Joint projects
Exchange of Scientists
Information exchange
Intensity of cooperation
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