International Policy

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International Policy
INRA International Strategy
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What is meant by international cooperation?

• Science International
• within cooperation / competition, mobility and
  exchanges.
• Nowadays with
• International training and curicula
• news connecting tools (internet, e-mail)
• new approach through competive grants through
  calls for proposals, large networks, consortium,
• new needs for larger facilities facing global
  challenges.

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INRAs International Scientific Production

• Products Articles (5 in the World), Congress
  Lectures, Patents, Contracts, Softwares, Datas
  bank Biological Materials and Gene Banks.
• Attractivity international graduate students
  (master and PhD) and young scientists (1200/year,
  65 post-doc)
• Activities Missions (4500/year), Long term
  position (60/year)
• 53 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with
  institutions from 33 countries
• Offices abroad China (Beijing) and Brasil
  (Brasilia), both shared with Cirad, in progress
  New-Dehli en 2007 Office at Bruxelles (EU)
  shared with all French Research Institutions.

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• Towards Internationalisation approach
• Global Challenges climate changes,
  biodiversity, human nutrition and food safety,
  emerging epidemiologic risks, energy cost,
  biotechnologies, etc.,
• Generic research potential for agriculture in
  the World,
• Larger facilities needs sequencing,
  bioinformatics, P3 or P4..,
• International staff and training  competitive
  open market ,
• New and stronger Public Concerns bioethics,
  biosurvey
• New tools for international collaborativecompeti
  tive programs FP (EU system), Funding Agencies
  (ANR, NSF, JSPS, NSFC)

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Internationalisation

• Main Partnerships
• Coordinated approach with CIRAD, Cemagref,
  Ifremer, IRD, CNRS, INSERM, Universities.
• Europe European Research Area (FP) and specific
  bilateral partnerships (D,GB,H,I,PL,NL,S)
• Méditerranean countries Tunisia, Morocco,
  Algeria, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria Bilaterals,
  Networks, CIHEAM, Era Net
• USA, Japan, Canada, Australia, Israël, New
  Zealand
• China, India, Brasil, Mexico, Russia
• CGIAR (15 International Research Centre / ICARDA,
  CIMMYT, IPGRI, IFPRI, ILRI)

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Internationalisation
INRA tools

• Bilateral framework agreements (MOU),
• Spectrum from a letter of intents to a detailed
  agreement with specific sub-contracts
• Building on joint research projects for common
  interest on scientific topics with identified
  project leaders/coordinators on both side.
• Facilitate exchanges of personnel and students,
  fellowships programs,
• Promote joint initiatives Seminars-workshops,
  Networks, Calls of proposals, joint research unit
  or labs real or  without walls 
• Contribute for building on common proposal for
  international programs and grants EU, ESF,
  International Agencies, WB

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Internationalisation

• Report from last month
• Strengthen bilateral cooperation in Europe
• Marion Guillou, President, CEO in Pologne July
  19-20, 2005
• Agreement July, 26, 2005 with CRA (Italy) on
  Grapewine Genomic Project
• Agreement September28, 2005 with BBSRC (UK) for
  a joint call of proposals on Crop Sciences
• Joint Lab creation, October10, 2005, INRA BV
  Versailles and Umeå University, Sweden,
• Renew October 20, 2005, joint call of proposals
  with FORMAS (Swedish Research Granting Agency),
• Agreement January 26, 2006 between BBSRC, WUR
  (NL) and INRA
• International Coopération
• China Marion Guillou visit, November1-4, 2005,
  and creation of 2 joint laboratories
• Mexico Scientific visit November 4-11, 2005,
• India meeting with Chairman of BAIF, an
  important NGO,
• Brasil May 8-13, 2006, INRA Cirad visit.
• Lebanon June 1-2, Marion Guillou for a meeting
  on bilatéral programs.

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Internationalisation

• Mediterranean activities and futures
• European programs
• Emerisk emerging disease network proposal (SSA)
  with teams from EU and Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt,
  Lebanon.
• ERA Net coming INRA initiative with Italy
  (general meeting in Bari June 20, 2006 on a first
  draft)
• CIHEAM
• Training programs and capacity building
• bilateral tools
• Integrated cooperative programs (PAI) i.e.
  Bosphore Turkish-French Program Agricultural
  bilateral Committee.
• Working with Cirad
• Twining - INRA Antibes and Tunisian Lab in
  Tozeur for Oasis and Palm Tree disease.

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INRA / Turkey (I)

• Existing Collaborative Projects mainly on
• Horticulture,
• breeding (Cherry, Peach, Tomato, Eggplant,
  Cantaloupe and Watermelon )
• greenhouse systems and cultivation
• Plant protection viruses, bacteria, biological
  control,
• Post-harvest systems,
• Durum Wheat breeding
• Forest Genetic Resources and biodiversity.
• With mainly
• Universities of Cukurova, Adana.

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INRA / Turkey (II)

• 2003 - 2005
• INRA MISSIONS
• 2003 7 101 days
• 2004 31 202 days
• 2005 32 236 days
• REPARTITION PAR DEPARTEMENTS 2003 2004 2005
• ALIMENTATION HUMAINE 1 1
• ECONOMIE SOCIOLOGIE RURALES 4
• ELEVAGE NUTRITION DES ANIMAUX 13
• EFPA 1 2
• GENETIQUE ANIMALE 4 1
• GENETIQUE ET AMELIORATION
• DES PLANTES 1 2 3
• MATHEMATIQUES ET INFORMATIQUE 1
• PHASE 1
• SANTE ANIMALE 1 1
• SANTE DES PLANTES ET ENVIRONNEMENT 1 8 5
• SYSTEMES POUR L'ACTION DEVELOPPEMENT 5

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INRA / Turkey (III)

• BOURSIERS 2003 2004 2005
• Nombre 3 8 11
• POST DOC 2 1 1
• PRE DOC 1 7 10
• Including PhD 1 3 4
• Total Mois 19,17 48 65,4
• REPARTITION PAR DEPARTEMENTS
• Alim. H 1 1
• Bio. Végétale 1 1
• CEPIA 2 2
• Envt. Agronomie 1
• Génétique animale 1
• Génétique am. des plantes 1
• MIA 1
• Microbiologie (Food) 1 1
• Physio. animale, élevage 1 1 1
• SAE2 2
• Santé animale 1 1 1

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Inra and FP6

• 337 projects submitted and evaluated
• 145 projects financed by the Commission including
  33 projects coordinated by the institute
• 43 success rate
• Principal thematic priorities
• Food quality and Safety (thematic priority 5)
• Research for Policy Support in particular CAP
  (thematic 8.1)
• Global change and ecosystem (thematic priority
  6.3)
• Life Sciences Genomics and Biotechnology for
  health (thematic priority 1)

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Inra and FP6 (contd)Coordinated projets

• 3 Networks of Excellence
• Eadgene (Inra Versailles MH Pinard) European
  Animal Disease Genomics Network of Excellence for
  Animal Health and Food Safety 
• Endure (Inra Antibes P. Ricci) on Reducing the
  use of plant protection products
• Evoltree (Inra Bordeaux A. Kremer) on Genomics
  for terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem
  research
• 2 Integrated projects
• Co-Extra (Inra Versailles Y. Bertheau) on GMO
  traceability
• Basysbio (Inra Jouy P. Noirot) on understanding
  the regulation of gene transcription
• 12 STREPs (thematic priority 1, Inco and Research
  for policy support)