ETPs and FP7

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• ETPs and FP7
• Food for Life Stakeholders Meeting
• Brussels 2 February 2006
• Dr Antonio di Giulio
• Head of Unit
• D-G Research- European Commission
• Directorate Biotechnology, Agriculture and Food
• Unit Food Quality

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Content

• Policy context
• Technology Platforms General aspects
• The three stages of a Technology Platform
• Decision process for a Framework Programme

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Policy Context
WE SEE THE 3 TARGET AS AN INDICATOR OF AN
INNOVATIVE EUROPE, NOT AS AN END IN ITSELF
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Policy Context
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Technology Platforms
Industry-Driven, Competitiveness-Focused
European Technology Platforms - Concept
Stakeholders, led by industry, get together to
define a Strategic Research Agenda on a number of
strategically important issues with high societal
relevance where achieving Europes future growth,
competitiveness and sustainable objectives is
dependent upon major research and technological
advances in the medium to long term.
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Technology Platforms
Bottom-Up Approach with Industry in Lead
Wide Stakeholder Involvement
Flexibility No One Size Fits All
EU Role Facilitating and Guiding but not Leading
or Owning
Majority of Strategic Research Agendas, where
Appropriate, Taken into Account in Thematic
Priorities of FP7
Minority of Strategic Research Agendas Identified
through Dialogue with Industry as Potential
Joint Technology Initiatives
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Technology Platforms
The Strategic Research Agendas (SRA) can be
implemented through - Collaborative research for
most Technology Platforms - Joint Technological
Initiatives (JTI), for a few selected Technology
Platforms
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The three Stages of a TP

• Stage 1 Stakeholders get together and define a
  common vision
• Stage 2 Stakeholders define a Strategic
  Research Agenda
• Stage 3 Stakeholders implement the Strategic
  Research Agenda

Source Technology Platforms from Definition to
Implementation of a Common Research Agenda -
Report compiled by a Commission Inter-Service
Group on Technology Platforms. 2004. EUR 21265
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Stages of a TP
Stage 1 Stakeholders define a common vision

• Players (1)
• Industry
• Public authorities in their role of
• Funding agencies
• Commission facilitator of the consultation
  process
• Research Institutes and the academic community
• Financial community
• Private banks including the EIB
• Venture capital
• Business incubators
• Civil society, including users and consumers

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The three Stages of a TP
Stage 2 Stakeholders define a Strategic
Research Agenda

• Deployment of a Strategy
• Technological framework (including regulatory
  issues, IPR etc.)
• Mechanisms to mobilize private and public
  investments
• Community Framework Programmes
• Programming documents of the Structural Funds
• National, regional and private research funding
• European Investment Bank (EIB)
• EUREKA
• Actions related to education and training
• Establishment of an ongoing communication process
  
• Public awareness

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The three Stages of a TP

• Stage 3 Stakeholders implement the Strategic
  Research Agenda

• Research implementation phase coincides broadly
  with the timeframe of FP7
• Use of existing instruments for collaborative
  research
• Community support through open calls for
  proposals for collaborative research
• Participation of the Community in national
  research programmes - ERA-Nets (Art. 169)
• In specific cases Joint Technology Initiatives
  (Art. 171)

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Levels of Decisionin a Framework Programme

• 1. Political level
• Framework Programme
• Rules of participation and dissemination of
  results
• 2. Technical/administrative level
• Specific Programmes
• 3. Technical/operational level
• Workprogrammes

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Players in the Decision Processesin a Framework
Programme

• Political Bodies
• European Commission
• External Advisory Groups
• High Level Expert Groups
• Programme Committees
• Specific Workshops
• European Parliament
• European Council
• Committee of the Regions
• Economic and Social Committee
• European Technology Platforms
• Lobby groups

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Technology Platforms inFood, Agriculture and
Biotechnology

• Plants for the Future
• www.epsoweb.org/Catalog/TP/index.htm
• Innovative and Sustainable Use of Forest
  Resources
• www.forestplatform.org
• Global Animal Health
• www.europa.eu.int/comm/research/agriculture/index_
  en.html
• Animal Breeding
• www.fabretp.org
• Food for Life
• http//etp.ciaa.be/asp/home.asp
• Sustainable Chemistry
• www.cefic.org/

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Further Information
EU research http//europa.eu.int/comm/research Se
venth Framework Programme http//europa.eu.int/co
mm/research/future/index_en.cfm Information on
research programmes and projects
http//www.cordis.lu Information on European
Technology Platforms http//www.cordis.lu/technol
ogy-platforms/home_en.html RTD info
magazine http//europa.eu.int/comm/research/rtdi
nfo/ Information requests research_at_cec.eu.int