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Towards the 7th European Framework Programme for
Research and Technological Development October,
2004
Dr Keith Sequeira DG Research, European
Commission
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Contents

• Policy
• Policy process
• Policy challenges

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Contents

• Policy
• Policy process
• Policy challenges

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Strategic Objectives for EU Research Policy

• Strengthening research excellence
• Creating the European Research Area
• Greater coordination of research policies and
  activities
• Increasing research investment
• Towards 3 of GDP by 2010, with 2/3 financed by
  industry
• EU to become the worlds most dynamic and
  competitive knowledge economy

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Commission proposals financial perspectives

• Commission communications (February, July 2004)
  on the proposed Financial Perspectives covering
  the period 2007-13
• Lisbon agenda, sustainable development,
  competitiveness as priorities
• Significant increase (doubling) of research
  budget as a necessity to progress more rapidly on
  the Lisbon agenda
• Increasing the added value of EU actions,
  complementing and reinforcing national actions

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Commission proposals focusing support on major
objectives
6 axes
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Commission proposalsContinuing and reinforcing
activities

• Collaborative research
• Creating European centres of excellence through
  collaboration between laboratories
• Continuity with FP6, but with improvements,
• e.g. regarding instruments, procedures etc.
• Focused priorities
• Where European value added is greatest
• To support EU policy objectives

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Commission proposalsContinuing and reinforcing
activities

• Human resources
• Making Europe more attractive for the best
  researchers
• Build on success of Marie Curie actions
• Trans-national, trans-sectoral, and
  industry-academia mobility
• Research careers and life-long learning
• International dimension

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Commission proposalsContinuing and reinforcing
activities

• Research infrastructure
• Developing research infrastructure of European
  interest
• Continued support for transnational access,
  networking and improved performance
• Support to construction and operation of new
  infrastructures
• Role for European Strategic Forum for Research
  Infrastructures (ESFRI)

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Commission proposalsContinuing and reinforcing
activities

• Coordination of programmes
• Improving the coordination of national and
  regional research programmes
• Reinforce ERA-Net scheme and extend funding to
  research activities
• Use of Article 169
• Reinforce links with other European research
  organisations

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Commission proposals Creating new approaches

• European technology initiatives
• Launching public private partnerships for
  research in key technologies
• Formation of technology platforms with key
  stakeholders
• Definition of strategic research agendas
• Implementation of research agendas
• In most cases via support to collaborate research
  (e.g. Integrated Projects)
• In limited number of cases via joint technology
  initiatives based on Article 171

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Commission proposals Creating new approaches

• Basic research
• Stimulating creativity and excellence in basic
  research
• All fields of science
• Excellence as sole criterion
• Grants to individual research teams
• Establish a European Research Council/ Agency

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Commission proposalsadditional aspects

• Raising research performance and utilising
  capabilities across the enlarged EU
• Increased complementarity with the Structural
  Funds
• Improved procedures and management

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Contents

• Policy
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Overview
Informal
Stakeholder Consultations
Impact Assessment
Formal
European Commission proposal
Codecision by European Council and European
Parliament
Implemen-tation
Advisory structures Work Programmes Calls for
Proposals Contracts Monitoring/reporting
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Timetable informal stage
June 2004 Communication on the future of EU
research policy Oct 2004 Open consultation on
the Communication 2004- Development work in
consultation with the onwards community (e.g.
identifying research topics, instruments,
procedures) http//europa.eu.int/comm/research/fut
ure/index_en.html Early 2005 FP7 proposal,
extended Impact Assessment
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Open Consultation on the Communication

• Open from 30 July to 15 October 2004
• Overall a good response
• Over 1700 responses received.
• Over 100 responses from Germany, UK, Italy,
  Belgium, France , Spain
• Lower level of response from new Member States
• From different types of organisations
• Universities, SMEs, government bodies, large
  companies, associations, individuals, other
  organisations.

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Open Consultation on the Communication

• Very strong support (97) for strengthening EU
  support for research
• Strong support (over 80) for the six objectives
• Strongest support for human resources and for
  collaborative research.
• Results and analysis to be made available on
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/research/future/index_en
  .html

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Contents

• Policy
• Policy process
• Policy challenges

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• EU value added and subsidiarity
• When to fund at EU vs national level?
• What link between EU and national funding?
• How to identify which research areas to fund
• When to decide, at what level of detail?
• Who decides, on what basis?
• Role of the European Commission
• Policy maker, funder, user

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Commission proposals Value added of EU actions

• Pooling and leveraging resources
• Assembling critical mass, enabling big science,
  leveraging private investment
• Fostering excellence in research
• Supporting European research careers and mobility
  of researchers, creating world class centres of
  excellence, EU level competition to drive up
  quality and creativity
• Better integration of EU research
• Addressing pan-European challenges, coordinating
  national and regional policies, conducting
  comparative research at EU level, disseminating
  research results more widely