Competitiveness of Europe: Will the Seventh Framework Programme help to win the Lisbon Strategy?

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Competitiveness of Europe Will the Seventh
Framework Programme help to win the Lisbon
Strategy?
Turkey Position in the European RD

• JERZY BUZEK
• MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
• RAPPORTEUR FOR FP7

Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, 23.06.2006
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Lisbon Strategy

• to become by 2010 the most dynamic and
  competitive knowledge-based economy in the world
  capable of sustainable economic growth with more
  and better jobs and greater social cohesion and
  respect for the environment

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Towards a European Research Area

• In 2000 a new political project was announced by
  the Commissioner Philippe Busquin creation of
  the European Research Area aiming at integrating,
  strengthening and structuring research efforts
  all over Europe
• Towards a European research area, Communication
  from the Commission, January 2000

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Current Performance
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Source European Innovation Scoreboard 2005
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since 2000

• Growth gap with North America and Asia widened
• Challenges of low population growth and ageing
  more visible
• Expenditure on RD raised only up to 1.9 of GDP
• European Paradox in generating splendid
  scientific knowledge and insufficient ability to
  convert this knowledge into innovation and
  commercial products
• Budget of Framework Programmes the only one
  which is growing in the EU, but not satisfactory

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lagging behind

• European funding, mostly through the Framework
  Programmes, represents only around 5.36 of total
  public funding for research in Europe. In other
  words, about 94 of public funds for research are
  invested at national level.
• Europe is lagging behind the leading economies of
  the world performance on RD in both the public
  and the enterprise sectors. Gross expenditure on
  RD is currently at 1.95 of GDP in the EU,
  compared with 2.7 in the US and 3.1 in Japan.
• The gap between the EU and the US in terms of
  investment in RD in 2001 has reached  128
  billion a year, 80 of which can be attributed to
  the difference in private sector spending in
  research and development.

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Research is a Significant Part of European
Heritage and Identity

• Europe was a world leader in research.
• Why not take this position now?

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Necessary pre-condition

• The research career in Europe must become
• more attractive than in the USA (or elsewhere).
• Otherwise
• the outflow of European researchers will continue
• the inflow of foreign researchers will not
  increase

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• Competitiveness of Europe
• We cannot stop in the middle of our way
• New Lisbon Strategy is requiredTriangle of
  Knowledge
• education, research, innovation

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Renewed Lisbon Strategy

• The Wim Kok Report has identified as one
• of the top five areas of the development
• of a knowledge-based society policy.
• The following actions were recommended

• setting up of an area of research and
  innovation
• boosting spending on RD - 3 of GDP
• making Europe more attractive for its best
  brains
• promoting new technologies

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Triangle of Knowledge education - research
- innovation

• Education
• high level education (new concept of
  universities)
• integrated MSc PhD, European scientific carrier
• competing for talents
• providing best opportunities to generate and
  develop new ideas
• multi/interdisciplinary approach
• entrepreneurial skills, risk taking, creativity

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Triangle of Knowledge education - research
- innovation

• Research as the key factor for growth in all
  Member States
• all EU members should reach the level of 3 of
  GDP expenditure on RD (no money no results)
• political support in all MC
• stimulation of investments in industrial RD

the necessary condition 3 of GDP expenditure on
RD
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Triangle of Knowledge education research -
innovation

• Research
• reinforce the scientific excellence in new, fast
  growing research areas
• biotechnology, medical research, nanotechnology,
  information and communication technologies, clean
  energy
• competing for the finest talents, supporting
  young researchers

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Triangle of Knowledge education research
- innovation

• Innovation
• centers of excellence, Networks of Excellence
• linking research to technological innovation
• industrial RD centers,
• technology parks,
• technology incubators
• creation of spin-offs
• key problem bringing research closer to
  industry

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Triangle of Knowledge
Programme Description Budget
7th Framework Programme The central action in support the development of the knowledge economy 55 billion euro from 2007 to 2013
Structural and Cohesion Funds Support less advanced regions in EU will have a strong focus on development RD capacities 345 billion euro for 2007-2013
Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme New programme aimed at enhancing European innovation capacity, through support to innovating SMEs, innovation networks, the dissemination of results, technology transfer and the funding of technology innovation through risk capital 3.6 bilion euro
Education and Training Programmes Programmes such as Socrates and Leonardo da Vinci, are aimed at raising the capacity to produce, master and exploit knowledge in Europe through an integrated action on life-long education and training covering in particular university education and training of researchers approx. 2 billion euro
The Quick-start Programme The Quick-start programme identifies key areas for investment in network and knowledge. The split between private and public investment will vary depending on the type of projects supported. total investments 60 billion for 2003 - 2010.
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Growing Budget of the Framework Programmes
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7th Framework Programme
Cooperation Collaborative research
Ideas Frontier Research
People Human Potential
Capacities Research Capacity

JRC (non-nuclear)
JRC (nuclear)
Euratom
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7th Framework Programme
Cooperation
health bio food agri IST nano materials production energy environ transport socio- econom security space
budget billion euro 8.4 2.5 12.8 4.9 3.0 2.6 6.0 0.8 4.0
Ideas
People
Capacities
JRC
ERC Marie Curie infrastr. SMEs regions of knowledge research potential science society INCO JRC
budget Billion euro 11.9 7.2 4.0 1.9 0.16 0.6 0.6 0.4 1.8
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Cooperation Collaborative research

• 92 pririties
• health
• food, agriculture and biotechnology
• information and communication technologies
• nanosciences and nanotechnologies, materials and
  new production technologies
• energy
• environment and climate change
• transport (including aeronautics)
• socio-economics and the humanities
• space and security
• fusion energy EURATOM
• nuclear fission and radiation protection

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European Research and Innovation Area

• Now, the next step forward should be commenced
  development of the European Research and
  Innovation Area (ERIA), which will orient our
  efforts towards closer integration of research
  with innovation, development of technologies with
  demonstration and commercialization, development
  of pools/centers of scientific and technological
  excellence and large infrastructure that can
  attract and retain high value added business
  investments.

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PARTICIPANTS IN NoE (2003)
UNLOCKING EXISTING RD POTENTIAL IN ALL REGIONS
1 point 1 participant
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RD perspectives for Turkey

• Turkey, as an Associated country, has full
  opportunities to benefit from all the schemes of
  FP7

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• Collaborative projects and networks together with
  coordination of research programmes (including
  international cooperation) 32.5 bln euro
• Supporting individual teams competing at European
  level in the field of frontier research - 7.5
  bln euro
• Training and career development of researchers
  4.7 bln euro
• Infrastructures supporting SMEs, regional
  clusters, international cooperation, convergence
  regions 3.9 bln euro

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Competitiveness of EuropeWill Europe Win the
Lisbon Strategy?

• Yes, if research and innovation become a booster
  for the knowledge based economy!
• The 7th FP flywheel of the Lisbon Strategy