Prospects for Research

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• Prospects for Research
• in Food Safety and Quality
• in the Future EU Framework Programme
• Working together in EU Research in Food Quality
  and Safety Challenges and Opportunities for
  Young Scientists
• Praha 1 November 2005
• Christian Patermann
• European Commission
• Directorate-General Research
• Directorate E Biotechnology, Agriculture and
  Food

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Content

• Overview of how the Commission provides money to
  EU research
• Proposal for the Seventh Framework Programme
• European Technology Platforms

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Community Research Policy

• The Community shall have the objective of
  strengthening the scientific and technological
  bases of Community industry and encouraging it to
  become more competitive at international level,
  while promoting all the research activities
  deemed necessary by virtue of other Chapters of
  this Treaty.
• Article 163 of the Treaty Establishing the
  European Community
• (Treaty of Rome 1957, amended through the Treaty
  of Amsterdam 1997)

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Legal Framework
International Agreements
EC Treaty
Framework Programme
Rules for Participation and Dissemination
Other relevant EU regulations
Specific Programmes
Contracts
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How to Participate?

• Trans-European consortia
• Given format, strict deadlines
• Evaluation by experts/peers
• Negotiation
• Funding rates
• 100 for networks, training, management
• 50 for pre-competitive research
• 35 for demonstration
• 100 for academic participants in general

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Seventh Framework Programmefor Research
(2006-2013)

• Lisbon agenda Make the EU the most competitive
  economy in the world
• Commissions proposal for FP7 published in April
  2005 request for substantial increase in
  research spending (67.8bn)
• FP7 web site http//www.cordis.lu/fp7/

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FP7 Proposal Whats new?

• Main new elements compared to FP6
• Annual budget doubled
• Total EUR 5 billion ?10 billion per year
• Basic research ( EUR 1.5 billion per year)
• Simplification of procedures
• Management
• European Research Council (ERC, Basic Research)
• Logistical and administrative tasks transferred
  to external structures
• Joint Technology Initiatives, Research
  Infrastructures

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FP7 (2007-2013) Proposed Structure

• Seventh Framework Programme

Specific Programme Cooperation
Theme 2 Food, agriculture and biotechnology
Annual workprogrammes
Framework Programme proposed by the European
Commission on 6 April 2005
Specific Programmes proposed by the European
Commission on 21 September 2005
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Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology Objectives

• Build a European Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy
  (KBBE)
• Respond to social and economic challenges
• High quality food and sustainable food production
• Food-related disorders (cardiovascular, obesity
  )
• Infectious animal diseases and zoonoses
• Sustainable agriculture/fishery and climate
  change
• Clean biomaterials from renewable bio-resources
• Involve all stakeholders (incl. industry) in
  research
• Support Common Agricultural and Fishery Policies
  (CAP, CFP)
• Respond quickly to emerging research needs

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Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology Rationale

• Biotechnology and food companies / SMEs need to
  be competitive on the world market (European
  Strategy on Life Sciences and Biotechnology)
• Society demands safer and healthier food
• Renewable resources and biomass for non-food
  applications helps reducing dependence on
  hydrocarbon-based economy
• Society demands sustainable and eco-efficient
  production methods in agriculture/fishery/forestry
  
• International cooperation ensures optimal
  exploitation of resources and application of
  results

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FP7 Theme Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology

• Three activities
• Sustainable production and management of
  biological resources from land, forest, and
  aquatic environments
• Fork to farm Food, health and well being
• Life sciences and biotechnology for sustainable
  non-food products and processes

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Activity 1 Sustainable production
andmanagement of biological resourcesfrom land,
forest, and aquatic environments

• Enabling research (omics, converging
  technologies, bio-informatics, biodiversity) for
  micro-organism, plants and animals
• Sustainable, competitive and multifunctional
  agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and aquaculture
• Animal welfare, breeding and production
  Infectious diseases in animals, including
  zoonoses
• Policy tools for the knowledge-based bio-economy,
  agriculture, fisheries, rural and coastal
  development

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Activity 2 Fork to farm-Food, health and well
being

• Consumer and societal aspects of food
• Nutrition, diet-related diseases and disorders,
  nutrigenomics, food development
• Innovative food and feed processing and
  packaging, smart control, waste management
• Improved quality and assured microbiological and
  chemical safety of food and feed, detection
  methods, risk governance
• Environmental impacts on/of the food chain, total
  food chain concept

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Activity 2 Fork to farm-Food, health and well
being
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Activity 2 Fork to farm Players along the
Chain


Policy
Medical doctors public health authorities
Fisheries Aquaculture
Food suppliers/ preparation
Food industry esp. SMEs
Consumers
Agriculture
Analytical laboratories
Food and nutrition scientists in universities and
research institutes
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Activity 3 Life sciences and biotechnology for
sustainable non-food products and processes

• Improved crops, feed-stocks, marine products and
  biomass for energy, environment, and high added
  value industrial products novel farming systems
• Bio-catalysis new bio-refinery concepts
• Forestry and forest based products and processes
• Environmental remediation and cleaner processing

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Technology PlatformsOverall Concept
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Technology PlatformsThree Stages

• 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

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Technology Platforms in Food, 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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European Technology PlatformFood for Life
http//etp.ciaa.be/asp/home.asp
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FP7 Past Activities
2004 June Communication on the future of
research Autumn Choice of structure and
operational methodology Autumn Broad
consultation Web-consultation, position papers,
scientific community conferences, . 2005 6
Apr Commission Proposal for Framework
Programme 18 Apr Council Exchange of views on
FP 7 Jun Council Orientation debate 21
Sep Commission Proposal for Specific
Programmes 11 Oct Council Exchange of views
on SPs
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FP7 Tentative Roadmap

• 2005
• ? Oct Commission - Proposal on Rules for
  participation and
• dissemination
• 23 Nov Commission - Proposals under Articles 169
  and/or 171
• 28-29 Nov Council - Orientation debate on SPs and
  Rules
• 12-15 Dec EP - 1st reading on EC FP. Opinion on
  Euratom FP
• 2006
• Feb/Mar Council - Common position on EC FP
• EP - 1st reading on EC Rules. Opinion on
  Euratom Rules
• April Common position on EC Rules
• May/June EP - 2nd reading on EC FP Opinion on
  SPs 2nd reading on EC Rules (earliest)
• June Council - Adoption of FP and Rules
  (earliest)
• July Council and EP - Adoption of FP and Rules
• July Council - Adoption of the SPs
• Oct Commission - Adoption of Work programmes and
  necessary materials
• Nov Commission - Publication of 1st calls

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• For further information
• CORDIS Web Site
• http//www.cordis.lu/fp6/home.html
• http//www.cordis.lu/fp6/food.htm
• Research DG Site
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/research/index_en.html