Policy Research and Innovation Research and Innovation IGLO Open Brussels, 3 February2015 EU Research and Innovation cooperation with EaP countries Thierry

PolicyPolicy Research and Innovation

Research and Innovation

IGLO OpenBrussels, 3 February2015

EU Research and Innovation cooperation with EaP countries

Thierry Devars

European Commission

DG Research and Innovation

[email protected]



S&T landscape:-same tradition of S&T excellence; same difficulties (scarcity of funding, brain drain/ human capital issues, centralised systems,…)- different levels of modernisation efforts, policy reforms + framework conditions for innovation, private sector involvement and development

Differences in terms of size, population, resources, stage of economic and institutional development + relations vis à vis EU and Russia



Policy Framework

- Common Knowledge and Innovation Space (CKIS)= key priority of the European Neighbourhood Policy (Warsaw EaP Summit, 09/2011)

- New EU international cooperation strategy in research and innovation (COM O9/2012): facilitate the integration of ENP countries into the ERA

- Lithuanian Presidency Conference EEAP 2013, (Vilnius 09/2013)

- Outcome of the 3rd EaP Summit (Vilnius, 11/2013): differentiation/more-for-more principle

- Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas (Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine; 06/2014)



Building-up on previous initiatives

- Results from several platforms to promote regional cooperation: INCONET EECA (White paper); INCONET CA/SC; BS-ERA-NET, …

- Outcome of policy stakeholders conferences; mapping activities; scientific workshops

- Experience from technical assistance programmes, TAIEX missions, Twinning activities + Bilateral EU MSs programmes

- FP7 results



FP7 2007-2013

Specific Programme

Participations Number of projects

Cooperation 230 192

People 141 120

Capacities 151 105

Euratom 13 10

Eastern Partnership countries (EaP)

Total of 535 participations

in 427 FP7 projects

-ParticipationParticipation ProjectsProjects



2007-2013FP7 financial aspects



FP7 2007-2013

Cooperation + Capacities + Euratom :Stakeholders from 85 countriesin projects includingEaP partners

Total of 3171 participations



2007-2013FP7 SP cooperation

217 participations in 126 projects



2007-2013FP7 SP cooperation

Participant Country Name

ENERGY ENV HEALTH ICT KBBE NMP SEC SPA SSH TPT Grand Total

Armenia 1 2 5 1 3 2 14

Azerbaijan 4 2 1 4 11

Belarus 3 10 1 4 1 4 2 25

Georgia 4 5 3 4 3 4 1 24

Moldova 1 1 6 4 1 1 3 17

Ukraine 9 24 8 8 16 20 3 10 9 19 126

Grand Total 10 34 24 32 24 30 3 11 24 25 217



Issues

- Need to further increase application/ success rate

- Low industry (and SMEs in particular) participation

- Lack of coherence between identified potential and actual thematic participation : need for more strategic and focused approach and promotion activities

Cooperation based on mutual interests: mapping strategies and strengths in Horizon 2020



Participation+success rate : ERA-WIDE projects (2012-2015)

• Twinnings between leading EaP research organisations and several peers in Europe

• Definition of a joint cooperation strategy• Training, staff exchanges, joint experiments• Promotion activities, workshops• Examples : IPERA (Institute for Physical Research,

NAS Armenia); SENS-ERA (Georgian Technical University); NANOTWINNING (Institute of Physics, Ukraine)



Industry involvement : R2I projects (2014-2016)

• Based on the ERA-WIDE twinning model, regional scope• Network different actors of the knowledge value chain :

research-industry partnerships• Focus on a single challenge• Identify concrete opportunities /bottlenecks related to

knowledge transfer and exploitation• Capacity-building, staff mobility schemes, innovation

vouchers• Provision of actual innovation support services



EaP R2I cluster: 6 regional projects

Energy efficiency and renewable energy

sources

SecurityAgri-food &

Forest and wood



Strategic approach: BILAT/INCONET (2013-2015)

- Bilateral level: BILAT UKR*AINA+ promotion of bilateral cooperation with Ukraine (S&T Agreement)+ supports Joint S&T Cooperation Committee+ 4 joint priorities : new materials, biotechnology, health, transport

(aeronautics)- Regional level: INCONET EaP

+ reference coordination platform for mobilizing stakeholders on the ground (e.g. H2020 opportunities)

+ specific focus on energy, climate change, health+ synergies (Black Sea, Danube, Central Asia..)+ direct support to the Panel implementation

- New BILAT + New INCONET expected out of 2015 Call (2016-2018)



Strategic approach: new EaP R&I Panel

- Research and Innovation Panel implemented through the EaP Platform 4 + launch of a bi-regional policy dialogue gathering officials and experts from EU Member States and the 6 EaP countries+ co-ownership, mutual interests+ definition of a regional cooperation roadmap+ 2 Panel meetings 13/11/2013; 21/05/2014 : elaboration of a joint strategy to boost the cooperation

Next meeting: 26 March 2015, Brussels



EaP R&I Panel: joint roadmap - 3 priority challenges for collaborative R&I activities: health;

energy; climate/environment + particular focus on ICT and nanotechnologies

- 4 cross-cutting priorities to improve framework conditions for cooperation:

- Sharing best practices on R&I management +regional evaluation platform- Technical assistance/training to improve national R&I systems- Mobility of researchers + research infrastructures (regional network of

Centres of Excellence)- Promoting EaP participation in EU clusters and technology platforms, PPPs


Research and Innovation http://www.geant.net

[email protected]: regional interconnection with GEANT-launch: 4th EaP Summit in Riga, May 2015-1st phase: 13M€, 3 years



Bilateral/Regional level: differentiation

Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas (DCFTAs): Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine

Protocols covering participation to EU programmes: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine

Association to Horizon 2020 (Art 7 of the programme regulation)- Moldova: Associated to FP7 (2012-2013); Association to H2020 effective since

January 2014- Ukraine: bilateral S&T Agreement; negotiation on association to H2020

concluded, Association to be signed on 20 March 2015, Ukrainian entities can already participate in 2015 calls with an associated country status

- Armenia: 1st negotiation meeting planned on 10 February 2015 - Georgia: request for Association to H2020 positively assessed, negotiations

also expected in February 2015



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