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22/05/2009
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EU-Russia: A multi-faceted partnership
Richard BurgerScience Counsellor
Delegation of the European Commission to Russia
22 May 2009
EU-Russia science cooperation: Where are we?
What could be done?
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EU-RU S&T Cooperation
Outline of this presentation:
1. Overview & context: current state-of-affairs & recent milestones
2. Inventory of EU-funded S&T policy & management projects
3. Some thoughts on future areas of cooperation on the “enabling conditions”
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International S&T Cooperation
Guiding principles for the EU:
• Support competitiveness through strategic partnerships with third countries in selected fields of R&D
• Address global challenges
• Address specific problems facing third countries on the basis of mutual interest and mutual benefit
• Use S&T cooperation to reinforce EC external relations and other relevant policies
• Coordination b/n European Community and EU member states
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EU-Russia S&T Cooperation: Overview
“EU”-Russia S&T cooperation:- 27 EU Member States – Russia- European Community – Russia
(=> see Compendium on EU-Russia Science Cooperation)
Legal bases:- EU Member States - Russia bilateral Agreements (MoU) - EU-Russia Partnership & Cooperation Agreement- EC-Russia S&T Cooperation Agreement- Euratom-Russia Cooperation Agreement in Nuclear Fusion- Euratom-Russia Cooperation Agreement in Nuclear Safety
Road-map for the Common EU-Russia Space in Research, Education & Culture
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EU-Russia S&T cooperation: Steering bodies Policy & scientific dialogue “top down”
• Permanent Partnership Council (PPC) in Science (ministerial level)
• Joint EC-Russia S&T Cooperation Committee(S&T Agreement)
• Joint EU-Russia Thematic Working Groups in priority areas (DG Directorate level)
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Joint EU-RU Thematic Research Working Groups
• Nanotechnologies & New Materials• Health• Food, Agriculture, Biotechnologies• Non-nuclear Energy• Aeronautics• Space• Nuclear Energy Fission Research• Information & Communications Technologies• Environment• […]
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EU-RU S&T cooperation:Policy & scientific dialogue
“Bottom-up”: EU & Russian scientists themselves (!!):
- scientific advisory councils and committees
- expert advice to governments
- joint evaluation committees
- peer reviews
- joint projects & publications
- scientific conferences
- research visits
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EU-Russia S&T Cooperation (1):Main instruments – EU member states
The bilateral S&T, R&D cooperationprogrammes of the 27 individual EU member states (see Compendium on Science & Research Cooperation between the EU and Russia).
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EU-Russia S&T Cooperation (2):Main instruments – European Community
• European Community Framework Programme for Research & Technological Development (2007-2013, ~€50 billion)
• Euratom Framework Programme for Research & Training Activities (2007-2011, ~€4.0 billion).
• [TACIS], Common Spaces Facility, TAIEX - e.g. projects on the commercialisation of scientific results
• European Community Competitiveness & Innovation Programme (to promote innovation, entrepreneurship & growth among SMEs, 2007-2013, €3.6 billion)
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EU-Russia S&T Cooperation (3):Main instruments – pan-European organisations
• Eureka - a pan-European network for market-oriented, industrial R&D (www.eureka.be)
• ESF - European Science Foundation (www.esf.org)
• [INTAS - International Association for the promotion of scientific cooperation with the countries of the former Soviet Union]
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EU-Russia S&T Cooperation (4):International initiatives
• ISTC – International Science & Technology Centre (www.istc.ru)
• ITER - International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (www.iter.org)
• CERN - the world's largest particle physics centre (www.cern.ch)
• International Space Station (ISS)
• (…)
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Russia in the EU Framework Programmes for Research & Technological Development
• Overall, Russia continues to be the most active “third country” in the EU FPs
• e.g. Russia was most successful “third-country” in FP6: ~330 signed FP6 contracts, incl. 60 Marie Curie fellowships), worth ~€ 2.8 billion
• Total EC contribution to RU participants in FP6 was ~€ 120 million (including INTAS)
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EU-RU S&T cooperation…
…also extends to related areas such as…
Higher Education:
- Russia’s participation in the “Bologna process”
- Tempus programme
- Erasmus Mundus programme
Space (research):
European Commission - European Space Agency - Roscosmos
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…EU-RU S&T cooperation
…and also includes Russia’s active participation in major European research infrastructures and facilities such as…
CERN - European Organization for Nuclear ResearchFAIR - Facility for Antiproton & Ion ResearchGLORIAD - Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications
DevelopmentGÉANT - European computer network for research & educationXFEL - European X-ray Free Electron Laser…
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Recent milestones (1):An equitable partnership
• 2007-2008: Launch of EU-RU coordinated calls for co-funded research proposals in Energy and Food-Agriculture-Biotechnology
• 2008-2009: Launch of EU-RU coordinated calls for co-funded research proposals in Health and Nano-technologies & New Materials and in Nuclear Fission Energy research
• Preparation of EU-RU coordinated calls for co-funded research proposals in Aeronautics in 2009-2010
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Recent milestones (2):
• 10/04/2008: Russian expression of interest in association with EC and Euratom Framework Programmes for Research
• 26/05/2008: ministerial-level EU-Russia Permanent Partnership Council (“noted that an eventual association of the Russian Federation to the 7th Framework Programme on Research & Technological Development would take Russia-EU S&T cooperation to a new qualitative level” and “stated that the European Research Area would be enriched and strengthened by Russia also becoming a full part of it”).
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EU-RU S&T cooperation:Main conclusions (1)
1. S&T cooperation covers virtually all scientific areas & includes a very broad spectrum of different activities.
2. S&T cooperation is a very dynamic, multi-dimensional & fast developing area of cooperation of & by itself.
3. S&T cooperation is an integral component and an important part in the overall EU-Russia relationship.
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EU-RU S&T cooperation:Main conclusions (2)
Arguably, the S&T relationship of the European Union with Russia is as broad & deep as (if not broader & deeper than) the EU’s S&T relationship with any other non-EU member state, and one of the most dynamically developing areas of the EU-Russian relationship overall.
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EU-RU S&T cooperation
Science policy & management –the “enabling” conditions:
at the EC-level, there have been numerous projects & initiatives supported by
FP5, FP6, FP7, TACIS
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S&T policy & management projects (1) - General
FP6 RUS-ERA & FP6 RUS-ERA.EXE (“Extending the ERA to Russia”)
INTAS ININ (“Information Network in the NIS countries”)FP6 CREATION (support RU SMEs participation in FP6 & in ERA) FP6 ERA-NIS (strengthening S&T cooperation b/n ERA and NIS)FP6 RegionERA (RU regional support network for S&T cooperation
with EU)FP6 NIS-NEST (opening up New & Emerging S&T to NIS)FP6 ScopeEast (“Scenarios for a Coordinated Approach to S&T
Cooperation with the Eastern Neighbours of the EU")FP6 BRUIT (“Benchmarking RU& UA with Innovation TrendChart”)
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S&T policy & management projects (1) - General
FP7 INCONTACT (Network of INCO-NCPs)
FP7 BILAT-Rus
FP7 ERA-Net.RUS
FP7 INCO-Net EECA (Eastern Europe & Central Asia)
FP7 Access4EU.Rus
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S&T policy & management projects (2) - Thematic
FP6 SITE (ICT)FP6 InJoy&Train (Food Quality and Safety)FP6 Admire-P (ICT)FP6-INTAS GlobalSSH (Social Sciences & Humanities EU-
Russia-CIS-China)FP6 Ideal-IST (ICT)FP6 ISTOK-RU (ICT)FP7 ISTOK-Soyuz (ICT)FP7 EURAL (Environment)FP7 “Nano mapping” (Nano-technologies)
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S&T policy & management projects (3)
Tacis “S&T Development in the Russian Market Economy (EDRUS9512)
Tacis “Science Cities and Innovation Centres” (FINRUS 9804)
Tacis "Science & Technology Commercialisation“ (AP 2002)
Tacis "Innovations & strategy in the use of intellectual property" (AP 2002)
“Gate2RuBIN” (RUITC-RA-RTTN) partner in CIP Enterprise Europe Network (EEN)
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Some (not all!) “lessons learnt”
1. Need to listen to all partners & stakeholders (scientists & researchers, policy-makers) in east & west.
2. Realise that learning from experience and applying in practice the lessons & recommendations from past projects takes time.
3. Learn to understand, and navigate, one’s own flexibilities & rigidities and those of one’s partners.
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Reported weaknesses in EU-Russia S&T cooperation / Possible areas of future attention (1):
Language barriers, differences in “working cultures”, weak networking
Mobility of researchers (visa issue) and of materials & equipment (customs issue)
Banking issues – international transfer of funds into & out of Russia
IPR issues – e.g. full & direct enforcement of IPRs in Russia in joint (transnational) S&T projects
Compatibility of standards & methodologies for performance assessment, independent project evaluation, bench-marking of organisations & activities
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Reported weaknesses in EU-Russia S&T cooperation / Possible areas of future attention (2):
• Access to & use of S&T infrastructures & facilities (including in Russia)
Joint identification of priority areas for joint activities
Development of mechanisms & instruments for joint / coordinated actions
Participation of European researchers in Russian S&T programmes
Recognising & using the scientific capacities & the cooperation potential of the Russian regions
Information & contact points in key Russian regions
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Possible areas of future attention (3):
• Understanding & using the synergies & complementarities of different European Community schemes (e.g. TAIEX, Common Spaces Facility, Framework Programme, Erasmus Mundus, Tempus, CIP, etc.)
• Synergies & coordination between instruments of EU Member States, the European Community, and Russia (“variable geometries”) - linking bilateral & multilateral schemes
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Thank you for your attention.
Richard Burger Science Counsellor
Delegation of the European Commission to Russia <Richard.Burger@ec.europa.eu>
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