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Lithuanian Presidency
2nd half of 2013:
Research
RWP, 24 06 2013
Overview • Context
• Priorities
• Agenda and ambitions
• Meetings
• Conferencies
• Visualities
European Union in 2013
EU moving towards economic recovery •Need to ensure growth, job creation and better competitiveness
•Implementation of EU political agreements
End of EU legislative cycle •New elections of European Parliament in May 2014
Finalization of legal framework related to EU Budget
2014–2020 •Agreement on EU budget 2014
Focus Europe
Credible Europe •Restore confidence in EU economy
Growing Europe •Boost employment and competitiveness
Open Europe •Strengthen openness and security
Priority in research
Working towards the commencement of Horizon 2020 for 2014
Legislation
- Euratom
(8, 12, 15 July)
- Programme on ITER
(asap)
- Partnerships in research and innovation
(art. 185,187 proposals + a communication)
(asap)
And also
• Reply to a special report from The Court of Auditors
• ERIC
CC September 27
- ITER (state-of-play)
- Art. 187/185 (pres. by the Commission, state-
of-play)
Innovation Union and
(poss.) the European Research Area
(policy debate)
CC December 3
- ITER (general approach)
- Art. 185 (first reading agreement/general
approach)
- Art. 187 (progress report/general approach)
(poss.) Monitoring Research and the Innovation Union
(policy debate)
Meetings planned • RWP
July: 1, 4, 8, 12, 15
September: 2, 5, 9,16, 23, 30
October: 3, 7, 14, 16, 21, 28, 31
November: 4, 7, 11, 13, 18
December: 16
French invitation : the 3-4th of October (Cadarache)
RWP trip: the 10-11th of October (Vilnius)
• ERAC the 10-11th of Oct. (Vilnius) and the 12th of December
• GPC the 4th of September and the 5th of December
• SFIC the 12th of November
Informal Competitiveness Council
(Vilnius, 22-24th of July)
What skills do we lack in Europe
now and in the future
to serve the needs of science and innovation
Presidency conferences - Horizons for Social Sciences and Humanities
23-24 September 2013 - Enhancement of Eastern Partnership in R&D&I 30 September - 1 October 2013 - “MANUFUTURE 2013“ 6-8 October 2013 - Joint FISA 2013 and Euradwaste’13 14-17 October 2013 - Human resources in R&D 14-15 November 2013 - Vilnius Innovation Forum (4-6 December)
Venues in Vilnius
National Gallery of Art:
14 informal councils
July–October
LITEXPO:
3 high-level meetings
November
Palace of the Grand
Dukes of Lithuania
Gala dinners and cultural
programme
Cultural projects
Poetic Documents
More than 100 photos
and 30 poems
Documents of Cinema
7 documentaries are
restored and digitized
Fragment of Larger:
Lithuanian Contemporary Art
20 contemporary Lithuanian
artists in one exhibition
Lithuania
in a Mail Parcel
10 Lithuanian objects inscribed into
UNESCO heritage list
Lithuania in Europe.
Europe in Lithuania
Lithuanian historical, cultural, political
links with 27 EU member states
Visual style
Presidency logo symbolizes EU
unity and responsibility of
Lithuania as Council Presidency
Motif of traditional straw
decoration “Garden”
More information
Presidency website •www.eu2013.lt
Twitter •@EU2013LT
•@EU2013LTpress
Facebook •www.facebook.com/eu2013LT
Youtube •www.youtube.com/eu2013LT
Informal get-together
On 4th of July, 7pm
at
The English Bookshop ‘Waterstones’
Boulevard Adolphe Max 71-75, 1000 Brussels
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