jean emmanuel faure

The European Union actionsfor Research Infrastructures

The case of biobanks

Jean-Emmanuel FaureEuropean Commission

jean-emmanuel.faure@ec.europa.eu

Our global position

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ERA building blocks

Well-coordinated research programmes and priorities (joint programming)

Effective sharing of knowledge

Opening to the world through international cooperation in S&T

World-class research infrastructures

Single labour market for researchers

European Research

Area

Excellent research institutions and universities

Importance of Research Infrastructures for Europe

Facilities, resources, and related services used by the scientific community

At the core of the Research, Innovation, Education triangle

Extending the frontiers of knowledge Supporting industrial innovation Exchanging and transmitting knowledge Training the next generation of top researchers

For their construction and operation: A European market of 9 billion Euro per year, with an annual growth of 5.5%

Towards a coherent policy for Research Infrastructures:

ESFRI A European Strategy Forum on Research

Infrastructures (launched in April 2002)

Brings together representatives of the 27 Member States, Associated States, and one representative of the European Commission (EC)

To discuss the long term vision at European level and to support the development of a European RI policy

A Roadmap Report with 44 projects Worth ~18 B€ investments over the next ~10

years

Infrastructures for the Life Sciences

BBMRI - Biobanks INSTRUCT - Structural biology facilities Infrafrontier - Mouse archives and clinics EATRIS - Translational research facilities ECRIN - Clinical trial plateform ELIXIR – Data repositories EuroBioImaging – Imaging facilities EU-Openscreen - Chemical libraries EMBRC - Marine biology resources HBSL4 - High-security labs

BBMRI The preparatory phase

Close to € 5 million of Community contribution

Catalytic support towards an agreement between Member States and stakeholders for construction/upgrade

Activities: development of the concept, the strategy, the financing, the governance, the legal structure, etc.

An EC initiative for a European legal framework

ESFRI concluded about the need to develop a new dedicated legal instrument at Community level

A Legal Framework, at Community level, for the construction and operation of new European Research Infrastructures (ERI)

A legal personality recognised in all Member States

To facilitate the joint establishment and operation throughout Europe

Council Regulation (EC) No 723/2009 of 25 June 2009, published in the Official Journal of the European Union L 206/1 EN on 8.8.2009

BBMRI Beyond the preparatory phase

Central role of the Member/Associated States

Community support Structural Funds Risk Sharing Finance Facility FP7 contribution to construction Current FP7 calls for proposals

INFRA-2010-1.1.12: Large-scale bio-banks for clinical and epidemiological studies (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010-1)

HEALTH.2010.1.1-1: Harmonisation of phenotyping and biosampling for human larges-cale research biobanks (FP7-HEALTH-2010-single-stage)

Conclusions

A major support to biobanks A priority for ESFRI FP7 funding of BBMRI « Preparatory Phase » Several future topics for the next FP7 calls for

proposals A newly available legal framework

Expected impact Provide researchers with the best resource to

carry out excellent research Open access to users across Europe Develop harmonised procedures, standards, and

improved services Plan the future in a more coherent, less

fragmented way

For further information

ESFRI http://cordis.europa.eu/esfri/

Research Infrastructures in Europa http://ec.europa.eu/research/infrastructures

FP7 and Capacities Specific Programme http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/capacities/