Building a Europe of Knowledge

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The CAPACITIES Programme
ERA
building the ERA
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TWO CONCEPTS for ERA
CAPACITIES
COOPERATION

• actor-driven
• process-oriented
• ratio CPs/CSAs lt 1
• qualitative effects
• formulated through verbs

• theme-driven
• goal-oriented
• ratio CPs/CSAs gt 1
• quantitative effects
• formulated through names

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CAPACITIES
COOPERATION

• BRIDGING
• POOLING
• MEDIATING
• FACILITATING
• STRUCTURING
• ENABLING

• HEALTH
• FOOD
• ICT
• etc

For the elites of the ERA
For the builders of the ERA
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CAPACITIES
for the builders of the ERA
Infrastructure operators
Regional developers
Civil society
Policy-makers
Science diplomats
Drivers of clusters
Investors
SMEs
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FP7 budget 50,521 million, current prices
CAPACITIES 4,291 million
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CAPACITIES Programme
To enhance research and innovation capacities
throughout Europe

• reinforcement of actions of previous FPs,
  notably those of the STRUCTURING programme
  under FP6
• addition of novelties, in particular
• Development of new RD infrastructures
• Research-driven clustering of regions
• Unlocking the research potential of
  convergence and outermost regions

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CAPACITIES
NEW

1. Research infrastructures
2. Research for the benefit of SMEs
3. Regions of Knowledge
4. Research Potential
5. Science in Society
6. Activities of International Cooperation
7. Coherent development of policies

NEW
NEW
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CAPACITIES
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Research Infrastructures
Existing Infrastructures
New Infrastructures
Design studies
Integrating activities
ESFRIRoadmap
Construction (preparatory phase construction
phase)
e-infrastructures
Policy Development and Programme Implementation
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Research for the benefit of SMEs
Target groups outsourcing research activities

• Research for SMEs
• Low to medium technology SMEs with little or no
  research capability
• Research intensive SMEs that need to outsource
  research to complement their core research
  capability
• Research for SME associations
• SME associations representing their members and
  their common technical problems

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Regions of Knowledge
Two objectives for all European regions
Strengthen their capacity for investing in RTD
and carrying out research activities
Produce research strategies that contribute to
regional economic development

• Through the development of regional
  research-driven clusters

Research entity
Regional authority
Others (bank )
Local enterprise
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Research Potential

• OBJECTIVES
• to stimulate the realisation of the full research
  potential of the enlarged Union by unlocking and
  developing the research potential in the EUs
  convergence regions and outermost regions
• to strengthen the capacities of their researchers
  to successfully participate in research
  activities at EU level

CONVERGENCE REGIONS Regions eligible for
financing by the Structural Funds (2007-2013)
under objective  convergence  - whose per
capita gross domestic product (GDP) is less than
75 of the average GDP of the EU-25. OUTERMOST
REGIONS
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Science in Society
Our science system in Europe and its professional
codes
SSH research
Societys engagement on science issues
More dynamic governance of the science and
society relationship
The view of the humanities on the co-evolution of
SS
Role of the universities in the social fabric
Gender and research
Strengthening potentials, broadening horizons
Young people between science education and
research careers
Science and society communicate
Two-way communication of science and the public,
and role of the media
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Activities of international cooperation

• INCO-NETs for bi-regional or bi-lateral dialogue
• Policy-makers, stakeholders
• Identification ST priorities
• West Balkan contries, Med partner countries,
  Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Asia, ACP and
  Latin America

• Networking for research capacity under bi-lateral
  ST cooperation agreement
• Research fabric
• Information facilities, partnership building

• ERA-NETs for coordinated European approach to
  international ST cooperation
• National owners and managers of bi-lateral
  programmes
• Sharing, pooling, prioritising towards same
  target country

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We have seen so far ...

• Building CAPACITIES through
• shared infrastructures
• outsourcing research for SMEs
• clustering regional actors
• releasing the potential of less favoured regions
• integrating societal aspects
• partnering with the world
• And now
• policy programme coordination across the ERA
• where the actors are authorities
  in charge of
  R I policies and actions

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Co-ordination Integration with
research authorities in the ERA
Why coordinate our directions?
Makes the community fit for the goal by birds
71 gain of efficiency
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Policies Programmes
RoK ERA-NET Potential
European
National
Regional
OMC ERA-NET
Public
ERA-NET Plus Art.169
FP7
Art.171
Private
Co-funding
Support
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Coherent Development of Research Policies

• Monitoring and analysis of research related
  public policies/industrial strategies
• Information and intelligence service (ERAWATCH)
• Industrial research investment monitoring
• Indicators on research activity and its impact on
  the economy
• Coordination of research policies
• Implementing the Open Method of Coordination
• Bottom-up initiatives undertaken by several
  countries and regions (OMC-NET)

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Co-ordination Integration of research
programmes in the ERA

• Policy level
• open method of coordination
• mapping, benchmarking, etc.
• legislation

• Programme level
• ERA-NET
• ERA-NET Plus
• Article 169 initiatives

• Project level
• FP7 funding schemes

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ERA-NET in FP7
Cooperation and Capacities programmes

• Only programme owners and/or managers
• Normally a 4-step approach
• Systematic exchange of information best
  practice
• Definition and preparation of joint activities
• Implementation of joint activities
• Funding of joint, trans-national research
  actions (as much as possible)

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ERA-NET in FP7
Joint Call

• Implemented under Cooperation and Capacities
• for the benefit of SMEs, and activities of
  INCO
• In addition, support for actions of a horizontal
  nature or not directly linked to Cooperation or
  Capacities

Cooperation
Ideas
Capacities
People
ERA-NET