basque participation in european r+d+i - 2011 strategic book

BASQUE PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN R&D&i ACTIVITY2011 STRATEGIC BOOK

BASQUE PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN R&D&i ACTIVITY 2011 STRATEGIC BOOK

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INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

EVOLUTION OF THE BASQUE PARTICIPATION

IN EUROPEAN R&D&I FRAMEWORK PROGRAMMES (FP1 TO FP6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

EVOLUTION OF THE FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME: FP7 AND CIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

BASQUE PARTICIPATION

IN THE EU SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME FOR R&D&i (FIRST PERIOD: 2007-2010) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

REVISION OF THE OBJECTIVES

OF BASQUE PARTICIPATION IN THE EU SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME FOR R&D&i (SECOND PERIOD: 2011-2013) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

ERA-NET

TRANS-NATIONAL COOPERATION PROJECTS . . . . . . . . . 100

INTRODUCTION TO THE EU FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME

FOR THE FUNDING OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION “HORIZON 2020” DURING THE 2014-2020 PERIOD . . . . . . 108

CONCLUSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

ANNEXES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

5BASQUE PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN R&D&i ACTIVITY | 2011 STRATEGIC BOOK

It seems like it was yesterday when we fi nished the Sixth EU Framework Progra-mme in 2006 and we were trying to foresee, with the collaboration of most of the Basque agents involved in R&D&i activities, how the new and promising FP7 would develop, which was assigned over 50,000 millions euros and had a duration of seven years (2007-2013) instead of the usual four.

With the fi rm conviction that you cannot improve what cannot be measured, we set a series of objectives and gathered them in the “Strategic Book of Basque R&D&i in Europe”. As a reminder, we can highlight the important increase in the fi gure of returns to be obtained from the European Union which, compared to the 131 million euros obtained from the Sixth EU Framework Programme, reached a total of 390 million euros for the entire FP7, distributed in 180 million euros for the 2007-2010 period and 210 million for the 2011-2013 period.

Today, from a different point of view after four years since setting these ambitious objectives and in spite of the serious economic crisis, we can be proud of how the participation of agents related to the R&D&i has improved in European projects, as they have not only met the objectives set, they have exceeded them. Therefore, we can affi rm that a European funding of 195.77 million euros has been obtained between 2007 and 2010 instead of the 180 million euros that had been set in the Strategic Book.

It is also worth mentioning that this success has been achieved in an environment of economic crisis, where there has been great competition by the Member States in the participation of R&D&i activities, and in a context marked by the novelty involved in the creation of new funding tools by the European Union.

If in 2006 we stated that it was a great satisfaction for the Government to verify that our country was leading towards higher ground in European Research, Deve-lopment and Innovation with success, today, following these fi rst four years of the Seventh European Framework Programme, we can confi rm that our society is making a considerable effort to occupy a leading position in the framework of ERA (European Research Area) and to ensure the sustainability of a society based on knowledge when faced with the globalisation of the economy.

However, although we are aware of the diffi culty involved in estimating long-term objectives for the FP7, when we were preparing the “Strategic Book of Basque R&D&i in Europe” in 2006, we realised the importance of performing this Revision and updating the Strategic Book for the 2nd period of the FP7 (2011-2013 period), which has been assigned signifi cant accumulated funding, with the aim of plan-ning the actions to perform and establishing new objectives and challenges for this fi nal stage of the FP7.

The new objectives that have been defi ned in the Strategic Book are integrated into the ambitious commitment entered in the 2015 Science, Technology and In-novation Plan, consisting in mobilising an expense in R&D equal to 3% of our GDP in that year. The task of attracting resources from European Union programmes is designed in this plan as an additional funding tool for the R&D&i performed by our companies and science and technology agents, thus contributing to the signifi cant increase of public funds and reaching in 2015 a participation of 38% over the total expense of R&D in the Basque Country.

José Manuel Salinero FeijooGeneral Secretariat

of the Presidency

1 BASQUE PARTICIPATIONIN EUROPEAN R&D&i ACTIVITY2011 STRATEGIC BOOK

1.1. Preamble ............................................................................................................. 8

1.2. Structure of the Book ................................................................................ 8

1.3. Target Audience and Objectives of the Book ............................ 9

INTRODUCTION

8 BASQUE PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN R&D&i ACTIVITY | 2011 STRATEGIC BOOK

1.1. Preamble

Following the fi rst period of the two comprising the Seventh Frame-work Programme (FP7), the Technology Directorate of the Depart-ment of Industry, Innovation, Trade and Tourism of the Basque Gov-ernment has decided to revise the objectives that were set in 2006 regarding Basque participation in European R&D&i activities. This re-vision is based on the infl uence and effects of a series of parameters such as:

• The end of the 2007-2010 period, which provides real experience of the FP7 as opposed to the objectives set in the 2006 Strategic Book based on predictions.

• The initiation of new instruments such as the Joint Technology Ini-tiatives (JTIs) or the Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs).

• The economic crisis which set off in 2007 and its consequences.• The consolidation of research groups in the Basque Country.

As a result, this revision of the Strategic Book gives a more realistic view of the prospects that Basque entities have in accessing Euro-pean R&D&i funds.

The procedure followed to update the objectives set for the 2011-2013 period has been the same procedure that was used in the 2006 edition: by directly consulting the agents (Universities, Technol-ogy Centres, R&D Units, Enterprises, etc.) which already intervened in the Sixth Framework Programme and those that participated in the fi rst calls of the FP7.

Therefore, the Strategic Book is the result of a work process that combines the solid experience of several players with the input of many others, without leaving out a criterion of general logic of the country.

In addition, this revision of the Strategic Book presents —in Chapter 4— the results achieved in the 2007-2010 period, which enables the actors of R&D&i to refl ect on each and all of the areas with the aim of detecting interesting areas that may have been overseen previ-ously.

This Strategic Book also includes several annexes in which informa-tion of great value can be found on the entities that are embarking or are considering embarking on the adventure of European R&D. This information includes:

• Successful cases of participation in the FP7 (Annex 1).• List of projects funded during the 2007-2010 period of the FP7 (An-

nex 2).• Support services for enterprises in European R&D&i Programmes

(Annex 3).

• An explanatory glossary of the most frequent terms used in Euro-pean R&D&i (Annex 4).

With all this information, the fi nal objective pursued is that the cur-rent Revision of the Strategic Book of Basque R&D&i in Europe be-comes an updated Guide that will serve as a measurement of Basque progress in the FP7 and so each player may apply a method-ology to set its own objectives by programme and themes, and on the other hand that will serve as a supporting tool for whoever lacks extensive experience in themes related to Basque R&D&i. As a re-sult, everybody’s contribution to the collective work of the Basque Country in the FP7 is expected to translate into better results for each agent and ultimately into the consolidation of an economic-industri-al culture based on knowledge in the Basque Country.

1.2. Structure of the Book

This document, in addition to revising the objectives set in 2006 re-garding Basque R&D&i in Europe, intends to summarise all the infor-mation required to understand the past, present and, above all, the future of the Basque Country on its path towards the European R&D&i programmes.

To this end, the book has been organised in chapters and annexes covering the following themes:

• A summary of Basque participation throughout the European R&D&i Framework Programmes (FP1 to FP6), its trajectory and general results are presented in Chapter 2. This chapter refl ects the increasing strength of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, which provides credibility to future ambitious proposals.

• Chapter 3 presents relevant information on the FP7 and its evolu-tion throughout the 2007-2010 period, including updated informa-tion on the new instruments (JTIs, PPPs), the CIP, etc.

• Chapter 4 presents the result of what has been obtained in the 2007-2010 period of the FP7. This information is available thanks to the collaboration of all the agents participating in the European R&D&i through the Observatory, managed by Innobasque with the aim of supervising the European action. As a result, exact and de-tailed information is provided on the Themes, Agents, instruments and Europeanization policy.

• While previous chapters provide information of interest, Chapter 5 presents the results of the revision carried out on the estimates for the 2011-2013 period. In addition to presenting the methodology used to forecast the 2011-2013 period, this chapter presents the new objectives that have to be achieved by the Basque participa-tion in European R&D&i.

• Chapter 6 includes extensive information on what the ERA-NET Pro-gramme represents: it provides coverage to cross-border Coopera-


Framework Programmes is to identify the strengths and weak-nesses of the Basque R&D&i system.

• Being aware of these strengths and weaknesses and the analysis of the experience and knowledge acquired during the 2007-2010 period will allow establishing new challenges for the second peri-od of the Seventh Framework Programme (2011-2013).

• In addition, this Revision of the Strategic Book permits the planning of actions that will allow facing the last three years of the Seventh Framework Programme in the best of conditions.

• On the other hand, this information will allow conducting an analy-sis of the Basque technological competitiveness in certain areas, and specifi cally of the technology agents. Therefore, this Book may be considered as a guide to support the presentation of proposals to the FP7 and CIP and aimed at potential participants in future calls.

• Lastly, this Revision of the Strategic Book of Basque R&D&i in Eu-rope can be used as a tool to present the Basque Country as a technology-smart territory due to the fact that the results almost treble the position it should have in Europe according to its GDP. Therefore, this Book may be used to accompany proposals for in-dustrial investment in the Basque Country, for the establishment of external innovation centres, or simply for selling the Country to the service of added value projects. Its users would be investors, in-vestment recruiters, funds, industrial corporations, etc.

tion projects. Its special method of operation provides an opportu-nity for enterprises that do not have the size for projects included in the Framework Programme or have not initiated R&D&i activities in cross-border cooperation.

• The FP7 has been the fi rst Framework Programme to cover a 7-year period and it is close to an end; therefore, the next Framework Programme is an incipient reality. As a result, Chapter 7 includes preliminary information on how the new Framework Programme is being approached, which will also cover 7 years —from 2014 to 2020.

• Chapter 8 presents a series of conclusions with the aim of provid-ing a global vision of the Basque R&D&i’s path towards Europe.

• To complete the vision of the Basque presence in Europe from a less general viewpoint, Annex I includes several specifi c cases of successful practice of Basque enterprises in R&D&i activities on a European level.

• Annex II presents a general vision of Basque participation in the 2007-2010 period of the FP7 by providing a list of all the projects funded up to this date.

• For this Book to become a useful tool —not only for those who al-ready know the details of the European Union’s Framework Pro-grammes but also for those enterprises wishing to initiate their path in these Programmes—, Annex III includes information of great value on the different support services offered to enterprises with the aim of facilitating their participation in the different Euro-pean R&D&i Programmes.

• Lastly, an explanatory glossary of the most frequent terms used in European R&D&i is presented in Annex 4.

1.3. Target Audience and Objectives of the Book

This Revision of the Strategic Book of Basque R&D&i in Europe has been prepared as an update of the Book carried out in 2006 with the aim of revising the Basque participation in European R&D&i following the 2007-2010 period, in which the operating structures of the new FP7 instruments have already been presented. As a result, this docu-ment is a tool that provides information on the reality of Basque R&D&i activity on a European level, as well as a measuring and con-trasting tool which may be used as a reference for the Basque indus-trial structure when deciding on the direction to follow in the access to community funding destined to their R&D&i.

Therefore, if the recipients and objectives in the 2006 edition are still relevant, the following objectives can be established for the second period (2011-1013) of the Seventh Framework Programme:

• The fi rst objective of this global revision of historical results ob-tained by Basque Agents in their participation in the different EU

EVOLUTION OF THE BASQUE

PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN

R&D&i FRAMEWORK

PROGRAMMES (FP1 TO FP6)

2.1. Introduction ....................................................................................................... 12

2.2. Evolution of the European R&D&i Framework Programmes .................................................................................................... 12

2.2.1. The First Framework Programme (FP1) .............................................. 12

2.2.2. The Second Framework Programme (FP2) ........................................ 12

2.2.3. The Third Framework Programme (FP3) ............................................. 13

2.2.4. The Fourth Framework Programme (FP4) ......................................... 13

2.2.5. The Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) .............................................. 14

2.2.6. The Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) ............................................. 14

2.2.7. The Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) ...................................... 15

2.3. Summary of the Basque Participation in the Framework Programmes ...................................................................................................... 16

2.4. Remarkable elements of the Europeanization of Basque R&D&i .................................................................................................. 18

2.4.1. Evolution of the returns ................................................................................ 18

2.4.2. Positioning of the Agents with respect to the Framework Programmes ........................................................................................................ 18


2.1. Introduction

Since the beginning of the European Union’s construction, which dates back to the signing of the Treaty of Rome of March 25, 1957 and the European Atomic Energy Community Treaty (Euratom) by seven European countries, the need to coordinate vigorous research activity on a European level was identifi ed.

Since then, the determined action in favour of Science on a European level has been reinforced and established as a main area of action.

The Single European Act, signed in 1986, defi ned Science amongst the community responsibilities, seeking the establishment of a Euro-pean political cooperation in research, technology and the environ-ment, as well as in security and defence.

Later on, in 1995, the Green Paper on Innovation was published with the aim of identifying the different elements —positive and negative— that European innovation depends on and drawing up proposals for action that allow increasing the European Union’s (EU) capacity for innovation. Therefore, Innovation was considered syn-onymous of successfully producing, assimilating and exploiting an innovation in economical and social spheres, in such a way that it provides unprecedented solutions to problems and thus answering people’s and society’s needs.

The First Action Plan for Innovation in Europe (1996) studied some of the channels opened by the Green Paper with the aim of establishing a common reference framework that would contribute to defi ning the priority options, as well as the opportunities for coop-eration between the Member States. The First Action Plan for Inno-vation suggested three scopes of action:

• Promote a culture of innovation.

• Establish a favourable framework.

• Organise better research and innovation.

The Lisbon European Council, celebrated on 23 and 24 March 2000, set one of the European Union’s objectives to become “the most competitive and dynamic, knowledge-based economy in the world capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion”. The role played by research and devel-opment in the generation of economic growth, employment and social cohesion was considered very important.

One of the key tools to obtain this ambitious goal was the decision to create a European Research Area (ERA) within the European Knowledge Area, in which research activities on a national and European Union level must be as integrated and coordinated as possible.

Furthermore, the instruments under the Treaty and all other appro-priate means, including voluntary agreements, had to be fully ex-ploited to achieve this objective in a fl exible, decentralised and non-bureaucratic manner. At the same time, innovation and ideas had to be adequately rewarded within the new knowledge-based econo-my.

2.2. Evolution of the European R&D&i Framework Programmes

The Framework Programmes for Research, Technological Develop-ment and Demonstration were designed and initiated in 1984 to coordinate and fund R&D activities in the framework of the European Union. Their budgets have signifi cantly increased over the years from 3,750 million euros in the First Framework Programme (FP: 1984-1987) to the 50,521 million euros of the Seventh Framework Pro-gramme (FP7: 2007-2013), as shown in graph (G.2.1) Budgetary evolution of the Framework Programmes.

This Graph shows how the budget increase results in a growing im-portance displayed by the Community policy towards R&D&i, as well as how the Framework Programmes, which used to cover 4-year periods, for the fi rst time start to cover a 7-year period from the FP7.

The different Framework Programmes have been noted for a series of characteristics which are revised below.

2.2.1. The First Framework Programme (FP1)

The FP1 was carried out between 1984 and 1987 and had a budget of 3,750 million euros. It covered the following technological areas: Energy, Industry, Agriculture, Environment and Raw Materials, al-though greater emphasis was given to Energy (EURATOM) and Infor-mation Technologies (ESPIRIT).

The incorporation of Spain in 1986 to the European Community had a decisive infl uence on the Basque participation in the FP1, a par-ticipation which, since then, is identifi ed with the technological pro-fi le of the Basque Country and a signifi cant concentration in Pro-grammes covering technologies related to Information (ESPIRIT) and Materials (BRITE).

2.2.2. The Second Framework Programme (FP2)

A budget of 5,396 million euros was allocated to the FP2 (1987–1990). Its objective was to promote Industrial Technology, Informa-tion Technologies, Telecommunications and Biotechnology.

The possibility of participating —for the fi rst time— during the entire FP2 meant that the total number of Basque participations consider-ably increased with respect to those in the FP1 and, once again,

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there was a strong concentration on BRITE and ESPRIT Programmes. The greater involvement of Technology Centres had a clear infl uence in this increase, whereas the activity of Universities and Enterprises was below their possibilities.

2.2.3. The Third Framework Programme (FP3)

The FP3 was carried out between 1990 and 1994 and was allocated a budget of 6,600 million euros. The number of specifi c programmes was rationalised in this Framework Programme, from 37 to 15. It was characterised by increasing the budgets in the areas of Environ-ment, Quality of Life, Biotechnology, Researcher Mobility and SMEs Mobility, for the maintenance of budgets in the areas of Information and Communication Technologies, Industrial and Materials Technolo-gies, and for a cut in the Energy budget.

As in previous Framework Programmes, the Basque participation concentrated —73 out of the 92 projects approved— on Information Technologies Programmes (ESPRIT) and Industrial and Materials Technologies (BRITE/EURAM), which followed the line of the Basque industrial structure present at that moment.

The participation of Technology Centres and Enterprises experienced a signifi cant growth with respect to the FP2, 32% and 59% res-pectively.

2.2.4. The Fourth Framework Programme (FP4)

The FP4, which took place between 1994 and 1998, was allocated a budget of 12,300 million euros —basically double the budget of the FP3— and was characterised by providing greater support to Life Sci-ences (Biotechnology, Agriculture) and by an increase in the funds destined to Information and Communication Technologies and to En-vironment.

Once again, Basque participation mainly concentrated on the two industrial programmes: the BRITE/EURAM Programme, which focus-es on production and materials technologies, and the ESPRIT pro-gramme, which concentrates on Information Technologies. Both programmes practically totalled 50% of the projects with Basque participation and 80% of the total funding —return— obtained in the FP4.

Enterprise participation reached 61% of the projects approved with a return of 48% of the total obtained, whereas the participation of Technology Centres added up to 27% of the total projects approved with a return of 44% of the total awarded. The Universities regis-tered a low participation with 2% of the projects approved and 1% in economic returns.


been defi ned in 2000 by the then Commissioner for Research Philippe Busquin as a “new global market that connects people (re-searchers), groups, centres, universities and enterprises and con-structs a real area for exchange, with rules of excellence, exigency and global competitiveness, and which ends the historical fragmen-tation suffered by this group in Europe”.

To initiate ERA, three Axis of work were defi ned:

• Integration of the ERA, where economic resources were allocated (78% of the budget) to the eight most important thematic priori-ties to build the Europe of Knowledge:

· Life Sciences, Genomics and Biotechnology for Health.

· Information Society Technologies.

· Nanotechnologies and Nanosciences, Knowledge-based Multi-functional Materials, New Production Processes and Devices.

· Aeronautics and Space.

· Food Safety and Health Risks.

· Sustainable Development and Global Change.

· Citizens and Governance in the European Knowledge-based So-ciety.

· Anticipating Needs.

• Structuring of the ERA, with the main aim of facilitating the mo-bility of researchers by means of actions related to sending, return-ing, post-doctoral grants, etc. Another three areas were also cov-ered:

· Science and Society: The development of structural links be-tween institutions and activities interested in the dialogue be-tween the scientifi c community and society in general.

· Infrastructures: The promotion of the development of a structure of large research infrastructures in Europe, including the e-infra-structures.

· Research & Innovation: Actions aimed at improving the opera-tion of European innovation by encouraging a better integration between research and innovation.

• Strengthening of the ERA. When taking into consideration that the funds allocated to the FP6 only covered 5% of the Research developed in the European Union, a long-term approach in the building of the ERA had to include a wider perspective. To this end, the FP6 started-up cooperation initiatives with R&D&i funds from Nations and Regions such as the Article 169 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the CREST initiative and, espe-cially, the ERA-NET Programme. As a result, the ERA-NET Programme became a coordination initia-tive between National and International Research Programmes with the aim of establishing specifi c and joint calls between Na-

These fi gures refl ect how the Technology Centres begin to show a high R&D&i capacity, as they obtain the same return as enterprises with only half the amount of participations.

2.2.5. The Fifth Framework Programme (FP5)

The FP5 covered the 1998-2002 period and was allocated a budget of 14,960 million euros. Its main difference with respect to previous Framework Programmes is that the FP5 was conceived to contribute to solving issues —“Key Actions”— and to tackle the most important socio-economic challenges of the European Union: improve the in-ternational competitiveness of community industry, sustainable de-velopment, employment creation, the quality of life or the globalisa-tion of knowledge.

With respect to the FP4, the FP5 introduced the following new as-pects:

• A focus on searching for solutions to the challenges faced by Eu-rope.

• Synergic effects are sought for amongst the all the proposals pre-sented. The cluster of projects is favoured.

• A competitive and sustainable industrial growth is supported, even by favouring the mobility of scientists towards enterprises. The least favoured regions are given special consideration.

• Research on the socio-economic impact, covering the whole spec-trum of the Programme, as well as having its own key action.

• The structure of the Programme is adjusted to the objective of tackling and solving specifi c problems, and therefore it favours the concentration on attainable objectives, the integration of competi-tors and fl exibility in management.

It is worth mentioning that 80% of the budget for the FP5 was de-voted to the following Themes: Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources, Information Society Technologies, Competitive and Sustainable Growth, Environment and Sustainable Development, and Energy.

Lastly, enterprise participation reached 51% of the total projects, ob-taining a return of 44%, while the Technology Centres participating in 38% of the Projects obtained a 48% return. The participation of Universities added up to 4% and 3% in economic returns.

2.2.6. The Sixth Framework Programme (FP6)

The FP6 covered the 2002-2006 period and had a budget of 17,833 million euros.

The main objective of the FP6 concentrated on the construction of the ERA, European Research Area, which was a concept that had


tional and Regional R&D&i Programmes with the support of com-munity funds destined to enterprises and especially at SMEs.

In addition to these Axis of work, three new instruments were de-fi ned to carry out the FP6:

· Networks of Excellence (NoE).

· Integrated Projects (IP).

· Article 169.

Which were added to the already existing instruments taken from the FP5:

· The Specifi c Targeted Research Projects (STREP).

· The Coordination Action and the Specifi c Support Action (CA and SSA).

· The Projects for SMEs (CRAFT and COLLECTIVES).

When analysing the results of the FP6 by Themes, the following clas-sifi cation can be provided based on the success rate of the returns obtained by Basque participation:

1. Nanotechnology and Nanosciences, Knowledge-based Multifunc-tional Materials and New Production Processes and Devices (NMP) added up to 27% of the total returns.

2. Information Society Technologies (IST) reached 18%.

3. CRAFT and COLLECTIVES obtained 13% of the returns.

4. Aeronautics and Space achieved an 11% of return.

5. Energy reached 10% of the returns.

6. Health obtained 3% of the total return.

When performing an analysis based on the Projects approved by the different Instruments, the most remarkable results would be:

1. Specifi c Targeted Research Projects (STREP) obtaining 30% of the total projects approved (191).

2. Integrated Projects (IP) achieving 26% of the total projects ap-proved (162).

3. Networks of Excellence (NoE) with 5% of the total projects ap-proved (32).

Lastly, Enterprises participated in 35% of the total projects and ob-tained 33% of the returns in the FP6, while Technology Centres par-ticipated in 48% of the projects and obtained a 54% return. Universi-ties participated in 12% of the total projects obtaining 8% in eco-nomic returns.

VERDI project: “Virtual Engineering for Robust manufacturing with Design Integration”. ITP is participating.

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2.2.7. The Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)

The FP7 is the fi rst Framework Programme to cover a seven-year period (2007-2013) and has a budget of 50,521 million euros. This Framework Programme is split in two periods:

• The fi rst period covers the 2007-2010 period, whose results are detailed in Chapter 4 and whose budget is an extension of the FP6.

• The second period covers the 2011-2013 period, has a signifi cant budget increase and the new objectives set for economic returns are presented in Chapter 5.

However, a complete description of the FP7 as well as its new Instru-ments is presented in Chapter 3.

2.3. Summary of the Basque Participation in the Framework Programmes

Basque participation in the different Framework Programmes has been characterised by a continued upward trend as displayed in graph (G.2.2), which shows the evolution of Basque participation in the different Framework Programmes.

Graph (G.2.3) shows the evolution of participation, in percentages, of the different agents taking part in the Basque R&D&i system. The data corresponding to the FP1, FP2 and FP3 regarding Universities has been integrated into the data regarding Technology Centres. From the FP4 onwards, their individual evolution is shown, which displays a continued increase in participation.

While graph (G.2.3) presents the weighted distribution of the differ-ent agents with respect to the total of participations, graph (G.2.4) shows the evolution of the number of participations of the different agents (this graph also integrates the fi gures for Universities and Technology Centres between the FP1 and FP3).

Graph (G.2.4) shows, in absolute values, how the participation of Technology Centres and Universities has grown since the FP1 and the FP4 respectively; Enterprise participation, following growing partici-pation fi gures, has experienced a downward trend since the FP5.

It is worth mentioning that the total number of participations has increased gradually in the Framework Programmes in spite of the FP5 being a turning point in the continued growing number of projects attained, as detailed in graph (G.2.5). In other words, despite a 22% drop in total projects approved from the FP4 to the FP5, the number of participations in the same period grew 65%, from which can be inferred that the cooperation between Basque Agents in the FP5 was greater than in the FP4.

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With regard to funding (or returns obtained), there is an upward trend throughout the successive Framework Programmes, see graph (G.2.6).

Graph (G.2.7) presents the weighted distribution of the returns ob-tained by the Basque Agents of the R&D&i System, which shows a progressive increase in the weight of Universities and Technology Centres and a progressive drop in the weight of Enterprises.

Graph (G.2.8) presents this fact in a much clearer way by showing the returns obtained by the Agents of the Basque R&D&i System, where we can see a strong increase in the Technology Centres, a progressive growth corresponding to the Universities and a slight increase of returns obtained by the Enterprises.

The information presented in graph (G.2.9) shows an upward trend from the FP3 in the return obtained by the Basque Country with re-spect to the total received by Spain in its entirety, but a drop in the FP6 —possibly due to the strong increase in returns obtained by Catalonia.

Despite the drop in the FP6 of the Basque Country’s share when compared to the total returns obtained by the State, it is worth men-tioning that with a 12.5% share it still remains the third Autonomous Community in the ranking of returns —after Madrid (35.3%) and Catalonia (24.4%) but in front of the Autonomous Community of Valencia (8.8%), Andalusia (5.2%), etc.

When analysing the returns obtained by the Basque Country to the total Community funds, see graph (G.2.10), there is an evident con-tinued growth —in spite of the slight drop experienced in the FP6, though a 68% global increase when comparing it to the FP3.

When taking into account the fact that each project has a single leader and that leading a project is an indicator of a prominent role of the entities that assume this function due to involving a greater effort in management, further responsibility and greater decision-making power during their execution, this indicator demonstrates the fi rm commitment of Basque Agents in their participation.

With the aim of providing a clear vision of the role that the Basque Agents play in the projects they participate, graph (G.2.11) shows the number of projects led by Basque Agents together with the total number of projects including Basque participation. Graph (G.2.12) presents the percentage of projects led by Basque Agents against the percentage of projects not led by Basque Agents.

From the above-information, we can infer that the Basque participa-tion in European R&D&i projects experiences, with one or two set-backs, a clear growing trend in the number of participations, number of projects and economic returns. This fact is even more remarkable, in both absolute and relative values, if the Basque returns are com-

Evolution of the number of projects approved

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pared to the returns obtained by the rest of the Spanish Autonomous Communities.

The conclusion that can be drawn from this Chapter is the evidence of a strong commitment of the Basque Agents with regard to R&D&i activities, much stronger than the Spanish average. This fact is sup-ported by the information provided by the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE), which states that the Expense in R&D for 2009 is 2.06 percentage points above the GDP while the Spanish average is 1.38 and the European Union’s average (EU-27) is 2.01. The aim of the European Commission for the year 2020 is to reach an expense in R&D of 3 percentage points above the GDP.

2.4. Remarkable elements of the Europeanization of Basque R&D&i

2.4.1. Evolution of the returns

When facing the FP6 in the year 2000, the Basque Government sug-gested the need of increasing Basque participation in the Framework Programme, setting the fi gure of 120 M€ as an objective. This en-tailed a considerable increase when comparing it to the amounts reached in previous Framework Programmes —see graph (G.2.13).

The return obtained at the end of the FP6 was 131 M€, thus exceed-ing the set objectives.

Again, when facing the FP7, the Basque Country set a series of ob-jectives, after consulting with agents of the Basque Scientifi c-Tech-nological-Entrepreneurial System, aimed at reaching a return —see graph (G.2.13)— of 180 M€ for the 2007-2010 period and 210 M€ for the 2011-2013 period.

Once again, as explained extensively in Chapter 4, the objectives have been surpassed by exceeding the amount of 190 M€, which has resulted in a revision of the established objectives —as detailed in Chapter 5— after consulting with the agents of the Basque Scien-tifi c-Technological-Entrepreneurial System regarding their estimates.

2.4.2. Positioning of the Agents with respect to the Framework Programmes

The fi rm commitment of the European Commission regarding Re-search and Development activities, which is proven by the growing economic support that it is providing to the successive Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development, makes them one of the most important tools when it comes to funding the Basque R&D&i activity.

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This is an opportunity for the different agents of the Basque R&D&i System as it opens the possibility of becoming involved in a signifi -cant number of cross-border relationships that provide a series of benefi ts, such as:

• A relationship of cooperation with research centres and European universities that help in the evolution of our centres towards excel-lence, as well as accomplishing new cooperation opportunities be-tween centres and enterprises by being able to jointly participate in larger-scale research projects, and even the possibility of gener-ating a critical mass of research that enables the acceptance of more ambitious goals.

• In the case of Basque Universities, they are provided with the op-portunity of imitating the actions of others, such as Catalonia, Ma-drid or Valencia, and initiating new activities with other European agents by providing their know-how in specifi c thematic sectors, such as biotechnologies or the socio-economic scope, as well as being able to take advantage of the important opportunities of-fered by the Ideas and People Programmes.

• Enterprises fi nding in the Framework Programmes the opportunity of internationalising their R&D activities by participating, whether individually or in conjunction with other enterprises or Technology Centres, in larger projects to those they are used to accessing, and the possibility of entering a series of foreign relationships that may result in new business opportunities.

In addition, the participation in Framework Programmes for Research enables all the agents of the Basque Scientifi c-Technological-Entre-preneurial System to favourably access funding for some research activities that would possibly not be funded via National and/or Re-gional programmes.

Leadership of the Projects with Basque participation, in absolute values

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3.1. The Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) ............................... 22

3.1.1. Evaluation of the 2007-2010 period of the FP7 by the EC ........ 22

3.1.2. Main specifi c programmes ......................................................................... 23

3.1.2.1. The Cooperation Programme ..................................................................... 23

3.1.2.2. The Capacities Programme ......................................................................... 24

3.1.2.3. The Ideas Programme ................................................................................... 26

3.1.2.4. The People Programme ................................................................................ 26

3.1.3. Initiatives led by the industry ................................................................... 26

3.1.3.1. European Technology Platforms (ETP) .................................................. 26

3.1.3.2. Joint Technology Initiatives (JTI) ............................................................... 29

3.1.3.3. Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) ............................................................ 30

3.1.4. Initiatives led by countries/regions ....................................................... 30

3.1.4.1. ERA-NET / ERA-NET Plus ............................................................................... 30

3.1.4.2. Art. 185 (ex Art. 169) .................................................................................... 30

3.1.4.3. EUREKA / EUROSTARS .................................................................................... 32

3.1.5. New instruments ............................................................................................. 33

3.1.5.1. Joint Programming Initiatives (JPI) ......................................................... 33

3.2. The Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) ........................................................................................... 35

3.2.1. Context in which the CIP was created .................................................. 35

3.2.2. Characteristics of the CIP .............................................................................. 35

3.2.2.1. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (EIP) ..................... 35

3.2.2.2. ICT Policy Support Programme (Information and Communication Technologies) ................................................................. 35

3.2.2.3. Intelligent Energy Europe Programme (IEE) ..................................... 35

3.2.3. Public consultation on a possible programme to succeed the CIP .................................................................................................................... 35

3.3. European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) ..... 36

3.3.1. Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KIC) .............................. 37

3.4. European Innovation Partnership (EIP) ......................................... 37

EVOLUTION OF THE

FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME:

FP7 AND CIP


3.1. The Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)

The context of the FP7 has changed drastically in the past years. While the European Union tries to emerge from the severe eco-nomic crisis, it has to face several challenges. The main slogan of the Europe 2020 Strategy “intelligent, sustainable and integrating growth” is aimed at socio-economic development.

Likewise, Europe will also have to face a long-term transformation such as the ageing population, the emergence of new competitors or the need to reduce carbon emissions. In these new areas, re-search plays a vital role in the generation of the necessary knowl-edge to facilitate the change, support innovation and allow society to adapt to the different challenges.

The Seventh Framework Programme, with a budget of 50,521 mil-lion euros, supports research, technological development and dem-onstration actions in the entire European Union. The actions are car-ried out within four specifi c programmes: Cooperation, Ideas, People and Capacities; support is also given to nuclear energy research (Euratom) and the Joint Research Centre (JRC).

3.1.1. Evaluation of the 2007-2010 period of the FP7 by the EC

The European Commission, in collaboration with a group of experts, proceeded to evaluate the FP7 when half of its duration had elapsed. The evaluation was carried out between March and October of 2010, and its results were included in the Report of the Expert Group on the Interim Evaluation of the Seventh Framework Programme. As many of the projects awarded grants are in their initial stages of execution and the gross amount of funds destined to grants has not been as-signed yet, only provisional conclusions can be drawn from the re-sults of the FP7 and the impact they will have on European science, economy and society.

This document summarizes the monitoring that has been carried out during the period elapsed of the FP7, the evaluation performed and the future expectations, as well as the guidelines that are being es-tablished for the design of the future Framework Programme.

The fi rst information obtained on the participation in the FP7 from this monitoring activity was:

• The total amount of proposals received by the EC is 41,000, with a total of, 234,000 applicants.

• 9,100 of the proposals presented have been retained, with 51,000 participants and a total community contribution of 15,000 million euros.

• The result of the participations by type of organisation show that 30% are universities, 25% are industrial participations and 23% are research organisations

The report shows that the FP7 is signifi cantly contributing to the development of the ERA, highlighting amongst its strong points:

• The wide reach that a real positive impact will have.

• The extensive excellence achieved.

• The important contribution to the mobility and training of research-ers (Marie Curie actions).

• The positive effects in Research Infrastructures.

• The effi ciency of the Risk-Sharing Finance Facility (RSFF).

• The effi cient processing of calls.

• The positive multiplying effect of national research efforts and the innovative capacity of the industry.

On the other hand, the report identifi es that the following areas re-quire improving:

• The administrative load.

• The balance of Risk-Mutual Confi dence.

• The improvement rate of women participation.

• The industry’s participation trend, which displays a continued drop.

• The increase of grants for SMEs, which do not reach 15%.

Some of the concerns highlighted in the study are:

• The great effort required to achieve an effi cient coordination of the research at Member State and the European Union level.

• The inconsistencies in the JTIs’ legal structures and procedures.

• The limited information on Article 185 and ERA-NET Plus.

• The low success rate in many areas of the FP7.

• The excessively long periods elapsed from the publication of the call to the awarding of the grant.

• That an effective impact of research cannot be effi ciently guaran-teed.


actions between the climate, biosphere, ecosystems and human activities, as well as by developing new technologies, instru-ments and services aimed towards an integrated treatment of worldwide environmental matters.

7. Transport (including Aeronautics and Air transport): This theme has set the objective of developing safer, further eco-logical and more intelligent pan-European integrated transport systems based on operating and technological progress and the European policy on transport.

8. Socio-economic sciences and humanities: The main objective of this Theme is to create a shared and deep knowledge of the socio-economic challenges faced by Europe, specifi cally with a view to providing a better knowledge base for the policies in their corresponding fi elds. Amongst these challenges, the fol-lowing stand out: growth, employment and competitiveness, social cohesion and sustainability, quality of life, education, cul-tural aspects and worldwide interdependence.

9. Space: Its objective is to support a European Space Programme focusing on applications, such as the GMES, (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) in the interest of the citizens and with a view to the competitiveness of the European space indus-try.

10. Security: The main aim of this Theme is to develop technologies and knowledge that guarantee the security of civilians against threats such as terrorism and organised crime, natural catastro-phes and industrial accidents while considering the basic human rights, including privacy.

The goals expected from the aforementioned objectives are:

• To contribute to sustainable development within the context of promoting research that helps achieving the highest level of excel-lence.

• Promote, amongst the public and private sectors, the creation of pan-European collaboration frameworks that, while aimed at am-bitious objectives, enable the development of fundamental tech-nologies for the launch of joint technological initiatives.

• Improve the coordination of national research programmes rein-forcing the ERA-NET mechanism and establishing a new mecha-nism: ERA-NET Plus.

• Initiate four specifi c initiatives in close cooperation with the Mem-ber States: the assistance to ambient assisted living, research in the Baltic sea, metrology and grouping national research pro-grammes focusing on SMEs.

• Direct the treatment of international cooperation in a better man-ner.

3.1.2. Main specifi c programmes

3.1.2.1. The Cooperation Programme

The aim of the Cooperation programme is to stimulate the coopera-tion and reinforce the links between the industry and research in a trans-national framework. This programme intends to build and con-solidate a European leadership in key areas of research. To this end, it includes ten Themes that are independent in their management but complementary in their application:

1. Health: This Theme is aimed at improving the health of Euro-pean citizens and increasing the competitiveness and capacity for innovation of European enterprises related to health while facing the worldwide health problems such as the new epidem-ics.

2. Food, agriculture and biotechnology: The objective of this Theme focuses on creating a bioeconomy in Europe based on knowledge by bringing together scientists, industrialists and other parties interested in exploiting new and emerging re-search opportunities that tackle economic, environmental and social challenges.

3. Information and Communication Technologies: Its objective is to increase the competitiveness of the European industry and fulfi l the socio-economic demands by means of dominating the future development of the Information and Communication Technologies.

4. Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new pro-duction technologies: Its aim is to improve the competitive-ness of the European industry and ensure its transformation by means of an effective transition of the industry (from being re-source-based to knowledge-based), the generation of a revolu-tionary and applicable new knowledge, the reinforcement of the European leadership in nanomaterials and production technolo-gies, and an emphasis on the integration of new technologies in the sectors they are applied.

5. Energy: The main objective of this Theme is to transform the current energy system into a more sustainable system that is less dependent on imported fuels and is based on a wide range of energy sources, especially renewable and non-contaminating sources, while paying special attention to the Themes related to energy effi ciency, including the rational use and storage of en-ergy. It tackles several challenges such as supply safety and the climate change while increasing the competitiveness of the Eu-ropean energy industries.

6. Environment (including Climate Change): Its main aim is to encourage a sustainable management of the environment and its resources by means of increasing the knowledge in the inter-


3.1.2.2. The Capacities Programme

The Capacities Programme aims to promote research and innovation in Europe, and therefore the European Commission suggests:

• Supporting the coherent development of policies.

• Complementing the Cooperation Programme.

• Contributing to Community policies and initiatives with the aim of improving the coherence and impact of the Member States’ poli-cies.

• Finding synergies with regional and cohesion policies, Structural Funds, education and training programmes and the Competitive-ness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP).

In order to reach these objectives, the Capacities Programme struc-tures its activity in seven specifi c Areas:

1. Research infrastructures.

2. Research for the benefi t of SMEs.

3. Regions of knowledge.

4. Research potential.

5. Science in society.

6. International cooperation.

7. Support to the coherent development of Research policies.

• Research infrastructures

The overall objective of this Area is to optimise the use and develop-ment of existing research infrastructures in Europe while promoting its creation and modernisation. In addition, planning support meas-ures with the aim of responding to the possible needs that could arise is advisable. The aim is to reinforce the European technological knowledge at the service of a more competitive and dynamic knowl-edge-based economy.

Research Infrastructures actions consist in:

• Stimulating the trans-national access to existing structures.

• Improving coordination by means of an integrated modernisation.

• Developing online infrastructures based on ICTs.

• Supporting the creation and construction of new infrastructures.

• Reinforcing cooperation in Europe and on an international level.

• Research for the benefi t of SMEs

The objective of this Area is to allow SMEs and SME associations to better exploit the progress of research in benefi t of their growth, technical knowledge and capacity for innovation. To this end, two specifi c regimes are provided:

• Prepare responses adapted to each Theme in order to face the emerging needs and the unforeseen policy requirements.

The Programme’s most important contribution consists in bringing together the European resources, disciplines and scientifi c excel-lence. The greater coordination of national policies, the circulation of results on a community scale, the creation of pan-European research networks and teams and the carrying out of work jointly aimed at the solution of the challenges that Europe currently faces are all fac-tors that strengthen the integration of research and development on a European level.

The launch of these ten Themes, which the EU action will focus on, presents several aspects required considering:

• The promotion of a multi-discipline approach with a joint focus that deals with the wide variety of themes on research and technologi-cal development.

• The adaptation of the agenda to the evolution of the needs and possibilities («emerging needs» and «unforeseen policy needs»).

• Strengthening the coordination in the circulation of knowledge and transferring the research results mainly through funding initiatives to create intermediary mechanisms or networks, as well as semi-nars and other events, with the assistance provided by external experts and information services.

• Boosting the participation of SMEs as a result of the improvement of administrative and funding procedures, the further knowledge of the needs of these enterprises and the implementation of sup-port measures in its favour, amongst others.

• The respect for the basic ethical aspects, amongst of which are the principles established in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, as well as for the social, legal, socio-economic and cultural aspects and those related to gender equality.

• The promotion of «collaborative research» with the aim of increas-ing the reputation of European technical competences world wide.

• The launch, in certain conditions (added value, solidness of the commitment, impossibility of reaching an objective with the exist-ing means, etc.), of joint technological initiatives that combine pri-vate investment and national and European public contribution.

• The coordination of non-Community research programmes (na-tional and regional) through the ERA-NET mechanism with the par-ticipation of the European Union.

• Supporting an international policy for science and technology mat-ters by means of international cooperation measures, such as the establishment with third countries of strategic collaboration frame-works in research matters or the solution of problems in accord-ance with the principle of mutual interest and benefi t.


• The exchange of knowledge and experiences.

• The contracting of experienced researchers in charge of training and transferring knowledge.

• The acquirement and development of certain research equipment.

• The arrangement of workshops and conferences.

• The carrying out of diffusion and promotion activities that will in-crease their visibility.

• Science in society

An effective and democratic European knowledge-based society re-quires the integration of science in the European social structure. In order to reach this goal, the aim of the activities in this Area must follow three signifi cant lines of action:

• The governance of relationships between science and society: strengthening and improving the European scientifi c system, fore-casting and solving political, ethical and social issues, better com-prehending the role of science and technology in society, and ad-dressing the changing role of universities.

• The potential and expectations of science: consolidating the role of women and the youth.

• Science communication: re-establishing the link between science and society

• International Cooperation

In this Area, the European Community sets the following objectives with the aim of establishing a strong and coherent international sci-ence and technology policy that allows becoming more competitive and playing a leading role on a worldwide level:

• Support European competitiveness through strategic partnerships with non-EU countries in selected fi elds of science and by engaging the best scientists from such countries to work with and in Europe.

• Enhance the production of knowledge and scientifi c excellence by enabling European universities, research institutions and enterpris-es to establish contacts with their partners in such third countries, thereby facilitating access to research environments outside Europe and promoting synergies on a global scale.

• Address specifi c problems that third countries face, or that have a global character, on the basis of mutual interest and benefi t.

• Support to the coherent development of research policies

This Area aims to enhance the effectiveness and coherence of na-tional and Community research policies and their articulation with other policies, improve the impact of public research and its links

• One aimed at supporting small groups of enterprises to solve com-mon or complementary technological problems on a short-term basis.

• And another which will allow fi nding technical solutions to prob-lems that are common to a large number of SMEs on a long-term basis.

• Regions of knowledge

The Regions of knowledge initiative aims to strengthen the research potential of European regions. This is achieved by encouraging and supporting the development, across Europe, of regional research-driven clusters associating regional authorities, universities, research centres, enterprises and other stakeholders. A better coordination of the regional policy and the policies related to research are also among the priorities of this Area.

The different projects undertaken in this Area must focus on the fol-lowing activities:

• Analysis, development and implementation of the research agen-das of regional clusters (plan focusing on R&D capacity and priori-ties).

• Mentoring of regions with a less developed research profi le by highly developed ones by means of the creation of trans-national regional consortiums.

• Initiatives to improve integration of research agents and institutions in the scope of research in the regional economic structure (for example: trans-national activities organised within the framework of regional clusters).

• Promote systematic mutual information exchange as well as inter-actions between similar projects (i.e. analysis and synthesis work-shops, round-tables, publications, etc.).

• Research potential

The action of this Area of the Capacities Programme must concen-trate on the less advanced regions of the European Union and on the outmost regions with the aim of fully exploiting their potential in research. This situation should in the long-term double the research-ing potential —by increasing knowledge, developing supplementary competences, and extending visibility— of the broadened European Union.

The actions will favour, specifi cally, strategic associations and se-condments between research groups of these regions (from both the public and private sector) and forefront research groups from other regions in Europe. These associations and secondments will enable the research groups selected (on the basis of quality and potential) in less advanced regions to benefi t from:


• The improvement of training and development opportunities of careers in the private sector (greater involvement of enterprises and further cooperation between enterprises and universities).

• The strengthening of the international dimension.

The launch of the following initiatives is necessary in order to strengthen the human potential in research:

• Stimulating research training for young people.

• Encouraging European researchers to stay in Europe.

• Attracting to Europe researchers from the entire world.

• Improving the circulation of knowledge between countries, sectors, organisations and disciplines.

• Strengthening the integration of women in research and techno-logical development.

The different objectives of the People Programme will be achieved by means of a coherent set of Marie Curie actions aimed at develop-ing the qualifi cation and competences of the researchers in all the stages of their careers, emphasising on trans-national and intersec-torial mobility, recognising the experience acquired in different sec-tors and countries, and optimising the working conditions.

3.1.3. Initiatives led by the industry

3.1.3.1. European Technology Platforms (ETP)

European Technology Platforms are clusters of European entities in-terested in a specifi c sector, led by industry but with a signifi cant representation of research organisations, whose objective is to de-fi ne a Vision of Europe’s position in the long-term with its respective Strategic Research Agenda on important strategic themes.

Technology Platforms perform an essential role in the structuring of the European Research Area as they group different agents involved in a fi eld with the aim of defi ning and implementing the Strategic Research Agenda.

European Technology Platforms follow a three-phase process in their development:

• Creation of European Technology Platforms: grouping of all the key agents in the sector. The role of leadership and management cor-responds to the industry. However, the European Commission’s function is essential in the fi rst steps of these technology plat-forms, as well as to ensure transparency in the process.

• Defi nition of a Strategic Research Agenda: establishing a common vision regarding the technological scenarios in the long-term, the objectives in the medium and long-term and the roadmap required to achieve them.

with industry, and strengthen public support and its leverage effect on investment by private actors..

3.1.2.3. The Ideas Programme

The main objective of the Ideas Programme is to raise the level of European research in fi elds which are growing rapidly and thus in-crease the competitiveness of European economies and welfare. The aim is to perform an exploratory research which, regardless of the limits of each discipline and the geographic borders, will allow deci-sive progress in the fi elds of science and technology, as well as on a university level. This Programme was initiated to support investiga-tor-driven frontier research on themes chosen by the researchers.

The programme will be executed according to the principles of sci-entifi c excellence, autonomy, effi ciency, transparency and accounta-bility with the help of a European Research Council (ERC) that will provide specifi c solutions to the excellence defi cit currently present in Europe.

The general objectives of this Programme are:

• To enhance the dynamism, creativity and excellence of European research.

• To improve the attractiveness of Europe for the best researchers from both European and third countries, as well as for industrial research investment.

• To take European research to the forefront of scientifi c progress.

• Open the path for new scientifi c and technological progress.

• Stimulate the circulation of ideas.

• Try to better exploit the opportunities of the European knowledge-based society.

3.1.2.4. The People Programme

The objective of the People Programme is to strengthen, quantita-tively and qualitatively, the human potential in research and technol-ogy in Europe. In other words, to adapt the European employment market with the aim of responding to the training, mobility and de-velopment needs of researchers and therefore encouraging them to stay in Europe.

This Programme includes signifi cant funding resources and builds on the experience acquired by means of a coherent set of Marie Curie actions. More specifi cally, special emphasis shall be given to the three following aspects:

• The creation of advantages and the structuring effects by means of co-funding regional, national and international programmes.


EDEFU project: “New design of ecological furnaces”. Tecnalia, Vidrala and Indal Casting are participating.

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Transport

Biofuels ARTEMIS FABRE TP ECTP ACARE

SmartGrids ENIAC Food ESTEP ERRAC

TPWind ISI GAH ETP SMR ERTRAC

Photovoltaics Net!Works NanoMedicine Manufuture Waterborne

ZEP NEM Plants FTC ESTP

SNETP NESSI Forestry WSSTP

RHC EUROP SusChem

EPoSS EuMaT

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European Technology Platforms

Source: http://cordis.europa.eu/technology-platforms/individual_en.html

• Implementation of the Strategic Research Agenda: mobilising sig-nifi cant human resources and funding; albeit by participating in normal calls of the Framework Programme or by managing part of the funds via the constitution of a Joint Technology Initiative —see section 3.1.2.2. Joint Technology Initiatives (JTI).

The industry must lead the creation of each platform and its develop-ment; however, other participants must also become involved in the process, such as public authorities, research centres and the aca-demic community, the fi nancial community, civil society, etc.

With the cooperation of key agents in a certain technological fi eld, the technology platforms can defi ne the technological and research priorities required for this sector in a medium and long-term basis; establish a series of guidelines to achieve them; and coordinate the national and European R&D investment (public or private). Therefore, they can signifi cantly contribute to the development of the European Research Area.

The current signifi cance of European Technology Platforms resides in that they are a consultation body which suggests part of the con-tents in the research priorities that the European Commission is initi-ating in the FP7.

Table (T.3.1) shows the 36 European Technology Platforms that have been created up to this date.

In some countries national mirror groups of ETPs have appeared, such as in Spain. These mirror groups are fora which:

• Allow a fl uid exchange of information with the aim of fostering the collaboration between interested parties in a sector or technologi-cal fi eld.

• Promote the association between the public and private agents of the sector under consideration, with the aim of identifying and giving priority to the research and technology needs in this sector on a medium or long-term basis.

• Allow providing advice on regional, national and/or European in-vestments, as well as on public and private R&D investments.

Spanish Technology Platforms have had a considerable impact. In a short period, these platforms have been organised in national scien-tifi c-technological cooperation networks, which are a meeting point for all the system’s actors (enterprises, researchers, technology and research centres, public authorities) where they can recommend ac-tions and behaviours to strengthen strategic sectors by means of their actions in Spain and Europe.

LearnForm project: “Self Learning sheet metal forming system”. The CIE I+D+i Foundation is participating.

http://cordis.europa.eu/technology-platforms/individual_en.html


• Evaluation of the European Technology Platforms

The European Commission requested an evaluation of Technology Platforms in order to examine their operation, conceptual develop-ment and objectives with the aim of revising and analysing their results and impact, specifying their achievements, limiting factors and better practices, and formulating recommendations for the fu-ture. In November of 2009, the report “Strengthening the role of European Technology Platforms in addressing Europe’s Grand Societal Challenges”1 was published.

This report highlighted the need for intensifying coordination and cooperation amongst Technology Platforms “to enlarge their fi nan-cial scale, resources, added value and infl uencing power to avoid duplication and ineffi ciency” and to fi nd common approaches for social issues. ETPs were called upon to pay special attention to the involvement of NGOs and consumers, and they were also warned of the negative effects of becoming ‘clubs’, as there is a danger that members will seek to use the ETPs to generate funding for their enterprises inappropriately.

The report recommended that the Commission clarify the possibili-ties for Platforms to extend beyond the EU, as several of them saw such international cooperation as essential to furthering competition with other world powers.

It was also important that policymakers consult and invite Platforms to provide their opinion and contribution during policy preparation in order that they might move beyond technology. A specifi c recom-mendation of the report, directed to the Platforms themselves, was to move beyond scientifi c and technical challenges, shifting their focus to regulations and standards that affect the commercialisation of research. According to the report, the ETPs should also be “facilita-tors, communicators and promoters for new and adapted training and education programmes”.

3.1.3.2. Joint Technology Initiatives (JTI)

Joint Technology Initiatives are European public-private consortiums in relevant areas for R&D on an industrial level. JTIs, which originate in Technology Platforms, are an instrument designed for the industry and the public research system to collaborate; most of them are in-tended to cover a period of 10 years (2007 to 2017) and are par-tially fi nanced with funds from the Cooperation Programme of the Seventh Framework Programme.

Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) are a means to implement the Stra-tegic Research Agendas (SRAs) of a limited number of Platforms. In

(1) ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/etp/docs/fa-industrialresearch-b5-full-publication-rp_en.pdf

these cases, the scale and scope of the objectives is such that they are too broad to be coordinated through ETPs.

The structures devoted to implementing JTIs are legal entities that manage research programmes in an integrated way, where the in-dustry combines efforts with other stakeholders. The JTIs have their own budget, as well as personnel managing them, organising calls for proposals, supervising the selection of procedures and establish-ing contract plans for the projects. Therefore, they enable funds from different sources to be jointly managed and are responsible for the communication and diffusion activities.

The ETPs that have already been approved and are currently operat-ing are:

• IMI, Innovative Medicines Initiative.

• Artemis, Embedded Computing Systems.

• Clean Sky, Aeronautics and Air Transport.

• ENIAC, Nano-electronics Technologies.

• FCH, Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Initiative.

• GMES, Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (although it has not been implemented as a JTI).

A matter of interest that usually arises is “what is the difference between Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) and European Technology Platforms (ETPs)”. The main difference is that ETPs enable the public and private sectors to jointly determine their research needs, while JTIs allow carrying out large-scale industrial research activities that are partially based on the needs pointed out by the Platforms. In addition, JTIs can receive funding from the Framework Programme while ETPs cannot.

In July 0f 2010, the fi rst interim evaluation of the JTIs, ARTEMIS and ENIAC was published2. The evaluation group recognised in this re-port, as a positive aspect, the value of the tripartite structure of the JTIs in these technological fi elds due to sharing resources from indus-try, the EU and the Member States.

However, the experts reported their fear in that ARTEMIS and ENIAC were not paying enough attention to the European strategic objec-tives. The evaluation group supported a reconsideration of the two JTIs’ strategy that would allow all stakeholders to participate and progress towards a truly joint effort. Within this context, the experts also requested the industry to resort again to high-level intellectual leaders in the industry, public authorities and the scientifi c commu-nity. They also considered that the funding commitment of Member States was signifi cantly below than what was expected, which en-

(2) http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/information_society/evaluation/rtd/jti/index_en.htm

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• Presentation of proposals in a single phase, thus achieving a swift-er evaluation and reducing the time to contract”.

3.1.4. Initiatives led by countries/regions

3.1.4.1. ERA-NET/ERA-NET Plus

It is a fact that national research represents up to 85%3 of the public expenditure allocated to research in Europe; therefore, the purpose-fulness of national programmes when facing national needs and priorities is an unquestionable factor. However, in order to amplify the impact of national research, the Member States must coordinate their efforts, accept sharing resources, and combine efforts to im-prove the impact in national investment in certain strategic scopes.

The ERA-NET scheme, which emerged as a new tool in the FP6 and has been carried through to the FP7, is a key instrument for the promotion of coordination and the coordination of research activities and policies developed by the Member States and Associated Coun-tries through their respective national and/or research programmes. This cooperation and coordination translates into an exchange of opinions and best practices, strategic planning and the design of joint research programmes, and the development and implementa-tion of joint activities, including joint calls.

The owners and managers of national/regional funding programmes started to work in collaboration, and even launched calls for joint proposals with national/regional funds. The experience and the suc-cess achieved in the fi rst years proved the need to continue with the ERA-NET scheme in the FP7.

In addition to carrying the classic ERA-NET scheme —nitiated in the FP6— into the FP7, a new scheme was designed called ERA-NET Plus with the aim of further improving trans-national funding for re-search.

The new dimension provided by this Plus tool is that the Commission gives incentives for organising joint calls, thus increasing trans-na-tional funding for research with community funds.

Chapter 6 provides a more complete vision of the ERA-NET and ERA-NET Plus schemes.

3.1.4.2. Art. 185 (ex Art. 169)

Art. 185 of the Lisbon Treaty (ex Article 169 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) allows the European Union to

(3) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Committee and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, July 15, 2010 called: «Towards joint programming in research: Working together to tackle common challenges more effectively» [COM(2008) 468].

dangered the establishment of a critical mass of activity and seri-ously limited the construction of suitable project portfolios.

3.1.3.3. Public-Private Partnerships (PPP)

As part of the European Economic Recovery Plan, the Commission launched three Public-Private Partnerships in 2009 and a fourth in 2010. These PPPs represent a boost of the research efforts in large industrial sectors (automotive industry, construction, manufacturing, etc.) that have especially suffered the economic recession and where innovation can decisively contribute to building a greener and more sustainable economy.

In order to achieve this objective, the Commission expects the FP7 to contribute with 50% of the total R&D budget, while the other half will be provided by the industry.

The four PPPs that are currently in operation are:

• Factories of the Future (FoF): Initiative to help EU manufacturers, in particular SMEs, to adapt to global competitive pressures by in-creasing the technological base and enabling technologies of the future.

• Energy effi cient Buildings (EeB): Initiative to promote green technologies and the creation and use of energy-effi cient systems and materials in buildings with a view to radically reducing their energy consumption and CO2.

• Green cars (GC): Initiative that puts special emphasis on encourag-ing renewable and non-polluting energy sources, safety and traffi c fl uidity. The integration of environmental considerations is required to meet the community and global objectives in the reduction of emissions.

• Future Internet (FI): Initiative funded by 16 European ICT enter-prises whose main ambition is that a new approach is adopted to tackle the challenges of future Internet in Europe.

The main advantages provided by PPPs are:

• Assurance when investing in long-term research, even when fac-ing short-term economic problems.

• Industry leadership, including SMEs, in the defi nition of strategic priorities and the implementation of research.

• Existence of a multi-annual integrated programme with a predeter-mined budget, guaranteeing continuity and allowing the industry to plan long-term investment.

• A transversal approach starting with basic and implemented re-search, followed by large-scale demonstration and validation, putting special emphasis on impact and exploitation.

• Further opportunities to support innovation in SMEs.


participate in research programmes jointly undertaken by several Member States.

According to article 185 of the Treaty: “In implementing the multian-nual framework programme, the Union may make provision, in agreement with the Member States concerned, for participation in research and development programmes undertaken by several Member States, including participation in the structures created for the execution of those programmes”.

Several programmes are currently initiated in accordance with the possibilities established in the Article:

• AAL (Ambient Assisted Living): This programme is aimed at pro-moting research in benefi t of healthy ageing. As the aging of pop-ulation is an opportunity for ICTs to improve the quality of life in this population niche, the AAL Programme is aimed at encouraging ICTs to create products and services that meet the needs of the older people, as well as creating a critical mass of research in the ICTs aimed at them, and thus improve the conditions for the indus-try to take advantage of the research results in this fi eld.

• EUROSTARS: Aimed at encouraging SMEs to conduct research ac-tivities in international collaboration and innovation projects by means of simplifying access to the obtainment of support and funding. (Further information in the next section).

• BONUS-169: This programme, aimed at research in the Baltic Sea, is fully aligned with the objectives of the European Strategy for Marine and Maritime Research. The Programme is an integral part of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea, which seeks to provide both a coordinated and inclusive framework in response to the key chal-lenges facing the Baltic Sea Region, as well as concrete solutions for these challenges. By implementing a policy-driven, fully integrated, joint research programme based on extensive and on-going stakeholder consul-tations, BONUS-169 will provide concrete scientifi c outputs facilitat-ing the implementation of ecosystem-based management of envi-ronmental issues in the Baltic Sea. BONUS-169 thereby supports sustainable development in the region while strengthening re-search collaboration and facilitating the use of common resources and infrastructure in the region.

• EMRP (European Metrology Research Programme): This pro-gramme, designed for the fi eld of metrology —the science of measurement—, is undertaken by 22 countries comprised by Member States and Associated Countries of the FP7 and is sup-ported by the European Commission and the European Association of National Metrology Institutes (EURAMET). The main aim of this programme is to expedite innovation and competitiveness in Eu-rope.

KUBIK by Tecnalia: Experimental Building for R&D&i focused on Energy in Buildings.


The procedure for granting projects is very simple; the Eureka’s Na-tional Project Coordinator is who initially examines the suitability of the proposals presented within the programme. Eureka guarantees a quality seal for each project approved which, in addition to being a symbol of recognition and serving as a promotional tool, provides them with access to public funding.

In Spain, the management of the Eureka programme is delegated to the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI), which entails encouraging the participation of Spanish enterprises in this initiative, as well as advising on the preparation of the project’s initial proposal, the search for partners, the preparation of project documentation and the access to sources of funding.

As mentioned above, Eureka projects do not have a preferential technological area, but sometimes, due to their themes, they may be framed within one of the following strategic actions:

• Umbrella: Is a facilitating element for the creation of Eureka projects whose theme is focused on a specifi c technology area or business sector. This strategic action is coordinated and implement-ed by a work group consisting of EUREKA representatives and in-dustrial experts and it is composed of representatives of the EU-REKA network and national experts. Spain is actively participating in the following Umbrella Projects:

– EUREKATOURISM: encourages competitiveness in the tourism and leisure sector by means of technological innovation.

– EUREKABUILD 2: promotes and stimulates projects aimed at sustainability in the construction sector.

– EULASNET II: supports projects that imply the creation of new products, processes and services using laser and optical tech-nologies.

– PRO-FACTORY: promotes and stimulates projects related to tech-nological improvement and progress in production.

– EUROAGRI FOODCHAIN: promotes and coordinates projects in the agri-food sector and in other sectors related to animal and vegetable production.

– LOGCHAIN +: specialises in the logistics of freight transport trains, and its main aim is to transfer freight transport by road to train or sea/river transportation.

– ENIWEP: fosters cooperation among industrial enterprises and research organisations in the fi eld of tribology.

• Cluster: Long-term, strategically signifi cant industrial initiatives that usually have a large number of participants and aim to de-velop generic technologies that cover the entire value chain. Spain is actively participating in the following Clusters:

• EDCTP (European Development Clinical Trials Parnership): This programme was created in 2003 and encourages studies fi ghting against aids, malaria and tuberculosis and aims to expedite the development of new or improved drugs, vaccines, microbicides and diagnostics against these three diseases, with a focus on phase II and III clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa. The EDCTP sup-ports multicentre projects that combine clinical trials, capacity building and networking. The aim of integrating these three activi-ties is to ensure that the developed capacities developed are opti-mally used in order to successfully conduct the clinical trials in a sustainable manner.

3.1.4.3. EUREKA / EUROSTARS

EUREKA is an intergovernmental initiative created in 1985 that sup-ports R&D&i and whose goal is to increase the competitiveness of European enterprises by means of encouraging technological projects aimed at developing projects, processes and/or services based on innovative technologies. This initiative has a clear com-mercial interest in the international market.

Most of the participants of Eureka projects are large enterprises and SMEs, although Eureka is open to other types of entities such as universities and technology centres.

Eureka has no predetermined technological lines; any technology is welcome provided that it is innovative. The content of the projects is promoted by the participants in accordance with the specifi c needs of each consortium, which does not prevent Eureka from encourag-ing the development of projects in technological areas considered of strategic importance.

Most of the Member States are involved in the Eureka Programme, and other European countries can also participate in Eureka provided that they do not collaborate with two member states; amongst these countries are Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina and Bulgaria. South Korea can also participate due to its status of State Associated to the Programme.

The projects are funded in a decentralised manner, that is, each Country assumes the funding of the entities in its territory.

Eureka calls are permanently open and require a minimum of bu-reaucracy, which is performed through the Eureka Offi ce of each Country participating in the project.


3.1.5. New instruments

3.1.5.1. Joint Programming Initiatives (JPI)

Although the ERA-NET scheme was implemented in the FP6 as an instrument aimed at improving the impact of national and regional investments, a new instrument called Joint Programming Initiatives has been created in the FP7.

The European Council of March 2008 called on the Commission and Member States to explore the potential of joint programming. To this end, the Commission made a series of proposals in a Communication entitled “Towards Joint Programming in Research: Working together to tackle common challenges more effectively”. The Council of Min-isters endorsed these proposals and agreed to launch the process in December 2008.

In March 2010, the European Commission launched its initiative “Eu-rope 2020 – A European strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth” and the fl agship initiative “Innovation Union”. The initiative established that the Commission would work towards completing the European Research Area by seeking to enhance joint program-ming with Member States and regions.

The aim of Joint Programming (JPI) is to reinforce cross-border coop-eration, coordination and the integration of research programmes of the Member States into a limited number of fi elds, such as food se-curity, health, sustainable development, security in energy supply, etc.

Suitable Joint Programming areas are identifi ed by a High Level Group on Joint Programming (GPC from the French “Groupe de Pro-grammation Conjointe”) consisting of nominees from Member States and the Commission, following a thorough consultation of stakehold-ers.

Joint Programming consists in defi ning a common vision of the main socio-economic and environmental challenges with the aim of pre-paring and initiating strategic research programmes and prospects. JPIs offer the Member States the possibility of tackling these com-mon challenges, broadening the range of research programmes in Europe and avoiding the waste of resources - thus favouring excel-lence. They also foster cooperation by sharing the existing knowl-edge in the different European countries, and allow for a reduction in management expenses thanks to the greater visibility of the pro-grammes.

In practice, it entails sharing resources, selecting suitable instru-ments, their implementation, monitoring, and the evaluation of common advances. The participation of the Member States is volun-tary.

– CELTIC: its aim is to strengthen European competitiveness in tel-ecommunications.

– ITEA2: its aim is to create platforms and the use of methods to develop software-intensive systems.

– EURIPIDES: is the continuation of a merge between two previ-ous Clusters: EURIMUS (Industrial Initiative for Microsystems Uses) and PIDEA (Interconnected Embedded Electronic Sub-sys-tems).

– CATRENE: is aimed at creating platforms to develop technologies and processes in microelectronics.

– EUROGIA +: focuses on the combination of all energies, Low-emission technologies, from fossil fuels to renewable resources.

• EUROSTARS: This Programme helps SMEs involved in R&D activities to carry out market-orientated trans-national projects by:

– Creating a sustainable European mechanism to support these organisations.

– Encouraging the creation of economic activities based on the results of that R&D and expediting the introduction of products, processes and services in the market.

– Fostering technological and entrepreneurial development and the internationalisation of those enterprises.

– Ensuring the public funding of the participants in the projects.

These projects must represent a separation from the technical state-of-the-art and a commercial challenge that enables these enterpris-es to take an important qualitative leap in their market position.

The projects approved by EUROSTARS are funded with national funds, and this funding is guaranteed until the budget limits that each country and the European Commission set for each call are exhaust-ed.

With regard to Spain, the funding of EUROSTARS projects is carried out via the “Interempresas Internacional” programme managed by the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) and, as in Eureka Projects, the calls for funding are permanently open, remaining closed an average of two dates per year..

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In each initiative —see graph (G.3.1), the participating countries start by:

• Developing a shared vision for the area.• Defi ning a Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) and SMART objectives

(Specifi c, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound).• Preparing for the implementation of the SRA by analysing the op-

tions, assessing expected impacts and defi ning the best mix of in-struments to be used in achieving these goals.

In December 2009, the Council of Ministers adopted a pilot Joint Programming Initiative on Neurodegenerative diseases (including Alzheimer’s disease). In April 2010, the Commission adopted a series of Recommendations to launch new JPIs in the following areas:

• Agriculture, food security and climate change.• Health, food, and prevention of diseases related to the diet.• Cultural heritage, climate change and security.

In May 2010, six new themes were identifi ed:

• The microbial challenge: an emerging threat to human health.• Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe (Clik’EU).• More years, better lives: the potential and challenges of demo-

graphic change.• Urban Europe: global challenges, local solutions.• Water challenges for a changing world.• Healthy and productive seas and oceans.

The tools used by the Commission to support these JPIs will be:

• Financing support actions.• Launching possible complementary measures undertaken by par-

ticipating countries as identifi ed in each JPI Strategic Research Agenda.

• Linking the JPIs to international actions and entities where the Commission represents the EU.

• Reporting on the JPIs’ progress to the Council and informing the European Parliament


• Facilitating access to funding for the launch and growth of SMEs and supporting investment in technological development, innova-tion activities and eco-innovation, technological transfer, and the expansion (cross-border) of its business activities.

• Offering enterprise services through the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), see Annex 3).

• Providing support aimed at improving innovation policies, by sup-porting the trans-national networking of innovative enterprises and the different actors in the innovation process with the aim of car-rying out benchmarking initiatives and the exchange of best prac-tice.

• Supporting pilot projects for commercial purposes, with the aim of encouraging the effective introduction in the market and the ex-ploitation of innovative technology or products which are aimed at reducing environmental impacts, preventing pollution or achieving a more effi cient use of natural resources, and whose technical demonstration has been performed successfully but have not been fully marketed.

• Supporting the innovation and SME policy-making through con-tracts and grants.

3.2.2.2. ICT Policy Support Programme (Information and Communication Technologies)

The ICT-PSP aims to incorporate and exploit Information and Com-munication Technologies (ICT). This programme mainly funds pilot actions —involving public and private organisations— with the aim of validating services based on innovative and interoperable ICTs in actual conditions. The ICT-PSP also supports network activity whose aim is to share experiences and prepare the use of innovative solu-tions based on ICTs, as well as monitoring the information society through comparative studies, analyses and awareness actions.

3.2.2.3. Intelligent Energy Europe Programme (IEE)

The aim of the IEE is to help in attaining the ambitious objectives set by the European Union regarding energy in the framework of the climate change. To this end, the IEE Programme supports concrete projects, initiatives and best practices via annual calls for proposals.

3.2.3. Public consultation on a possible programme to succeed the CIP

At the end of 2010, the European Commission opened a public con-sultation with the aim of establishing the basic ideas that the succes-sor of the CIP should include (the consultation was part of the impact assessment and of a wider refl ection on the next multiannual fi nan-cial framework of the European Union). The consultation, open until

3.2. The Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP)

3.2.1. Context in which the CIP was created

The Lisbon process, whose objective is “to make Europe the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world”, placed competitiveness at the heart of the European political agen-da. Particular attention has been given to ensuring coherence among the different programmes participating in the community effort aimed at increasing competitiveness, and in response to the objec-tives established in the renewed Lisbon Strategy, the European Com-mission decided to put forward a proposal for the implementation of a Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP).

3.2.2. Characteristics of the CIP

With small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as its main target, the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) supports innovation activities, provides better access to funding and delivers business support services.

The CIP programme encourages a better take-up and use of informa-tion and communication technologies (ICT) and helps in the develop-ment of the information society. It also promotes the growing use of renewable energies and energy effi ciency.

The CIP program covers the same period as the Framework Pro-gramme (FP7) and the Cohesion Funds (2007-2013), has an overall budget of 3,621 MÐ and four objectives which pay special attention to the SMEs.

The CIP is divided into three different operational programmes. Each programme has its specifi c objectives, aimed at contributing to the competitiveness of enterprises and their innovative capacity in their own areas:

• The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (EIP).

• The Information Communication Technologies Policy Support Pro-gramme (ICT-PSP).

• The Intelligent Energy Europe Programme (IEE).

3.2.2.1. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (EIP)

The EIP brings together activities to encourage entrepreneurship, in-dustrial competitiveness and innovation. The programme is aimed expressly at SMEs, focusing on:

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February 2011, gathered the opinions of all the stakeholders on the priorities that should be set in the next competitiveness programme. The survey was aimed at enterprises benefi ting from the CIP, bodies supporting innovation, national, regional and local public authorities and fi nancial institutions.

The European Commission, as established in the background docu-ment of the public consultation, considers that the CIP should have the potential to highlight the importance of competitiveness-related expenditure outside the research area. Competitiveness-related ex-penditure in areas which come after the research phase is important for the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy.

The survey explored the most suitable procedures to face the main challenges:

• How to improve the support to enterprises (specifi cally SMEs) through the programmes of the European Union.

• How to boost competitiveness and innovation in sectors with great development potential.

• How to encourage a greater incorporation of innovative services based on the ICTs and the use of digital contents in Europe.

• How to promote energy effi ciency and the use of renewable ener-gies.

In addition to the public consultation, the Commission has pro-grammed a public conference, meetings with the stakeholders and several evaluations. The services provided by the Commission will release the results obtained in an impact evaluation report.

3.3. European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) was estab-lished in March 2008. The main objective of the EIT is to contribute to increasing European sustainable economic growth and competi-tiveness by reinforcing the innovation capacity of the Member States and the EU.

It also expects to promote the integration of the three sides of the Knowledge Triangle —higher education, research and innovation— at a high level, see graph (G.3.2). The EIT also intends to facilitate and promote the creation of networks, cooperation, and the establish-ment of synergies among European innovation communities.

Amongst the most important actions carried out by the EIT, the fol-lowing are worth mentioning:

• The work aimed at the creation of a favourable environment to promote entrepreneurship in Europe. Through its commercial ap-proach and educational component, the EIT helps in the education

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aim of increasing competitiveness in Europe and tackling social challenges.

KICs have substantial overall autonomy to defi ne their legal status, internal organisation and work methods. They are open to new members provided that they bring added value to the association. The minimum condition to constitute a KIC must involve at least three independent partner organisations. The partners must be es-tablished in at least three different Member States and must include at least one higher education institution and one private enterprise. Organisations from countries which are not members of the Euro-pean Union must be able to participate in the KICs.

The KICs will meet their objectives by means of:

• Improvements of curricula and learning and teaching methods in higher education that give students the knowledge, personal de-velopment and the research and entrepreneurship skills consistent with the broad employability demand.

• Entrepreneurial education for top entrepreneurial people that de-velop entrepreneurial skills, cultures and governances to boost new business creation.

• Exploiting entrepreneurship towards new business creation.

In 2009, a fi rst call was launched and the fi rst three KICs that cur-rently exist were selected —see graph (G.3.3):

• Climate-KIC (climate change): http://www.climate-kic.org/

• EIT ICT Labs (Future Information and Communication Society): http://eit.ictlabs.eu/

• KIC (InnoEnergy: sustainable energy): http://www.kic-innoenergy.com/ (participa Tecnalia).

3.4. European Innovation Partnership (EIP)

The European Innovation Partnership is a new concept within the Innovation Union designed to face the great challenges of society such as ageing or the climate change via the successful diffusion of innovation.

EIPs are designed to launch new challenges, focusing on social ben-efi ts and a fast modernisation of associated sectors and markets. To this end, they must act in the entire research and innovation chain, try to rationalise, simplify and coordinate the existing initiatives and instruments, and try to complement the actions with new actions when necessary.

There is already a pilot EIP in the scope of Active and healthy ageing. This EIP will focus on the implementation of innovation, in a broader scope than today, in areas such as health promotion, prevention,

of a new generation of entrepreneurs that have the required qual-ifi cations and knowledge to transform ideas into opportunities.

• Higher education institutions that participate in the EIT must offer renowned Masters and PhDs that include the EIT seal as a guaran-tee of high quality and innovation.

• Give enterprises the chance of commercialising the most relevant and recent discoveries in research.

Since its creation, the EIT is gradually establishing itself, and has been allocated by the European Union 308.7 MÐ until 2013. The main offi ces of the EIT have been located in Budapest, Hungary, since April of 2010.

The EIT has created three Knowledge and Innovation Communities, KICs, and more are expected after adopting the Strategic Innovation Agenda, which will include the priorities of future EIT initiatives. In this line of action, the EIT should have the SIA prepared by mid 2011 and it will be renewed every 7 years. The Parliament and the Coun-cil are the pertinent bodies to adopt this agenda (SIA) at the Com-mission’s proposal.

The main elements of the SIA are:

• An overview of the planned higher education, research and inno-vation activities.

• An assessment of its socioeconomic impact and its capacity to gen-erate the best innovation added-value.

• An estimate of fi nancial needs and sources in view of the future operation, long-term development and funding of the EIT.

• An indicative fi nancial plan covering the period of the fi nancial framework.

The Communication from the Commission Europe 2020 commits the EIT to presenting the SIA in order to extend the activities as an exam-ple of innovation in Europe. The SIA should map out EIT’s long-term development within the Innovation Union, including the creation of new KICs, close links with the private sector and a stronger role in entrepreneurship.

3.3.1. Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KIC)

Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) are independent associations of higher education institutions, research organisa-tions, enterprises and other participants in the process of innova-tion (funding agencies for research, regional and national govern-ments, etc.). KICs are constituted as innovative networks of excel-lence and they aim for the joint planning of innovation in a me-dium or long-term in order to tackle the challenges of the EIT. KICs are the operating part of the EIT to promote innovation with the

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Scheme of the EIT and the KICsearly diagnosis and treatment, integrated and collaborating health and social services, independent life and supporting technologies for the elderly. The objectives set are:

• To add two years to the average healthy lifespan in the EU by 2020.

• To improve older people’s quality of life and to lead to more effi -cient care solutions.


PORTFASTFLU project “Portable automated test for fast detection and surveillance of infl uenza”. Biodonostia, Gaiker-IK4 and Ikerlan-IK4 are participating. Project co-funded by the FP7 and the MICINN.

4.1. Introduction ....................................................................................................... 42

4.2. The results of the FP7 on a European level ................................ 42

4.3. Spanish participation in the FP7 ......................................................... 43

4.4. Basque Participation in European R&D&i Programmes ...... 45

4.4.1. Global results ...................................................................................................... 45

4.4.2. Analysis of the evolution of Basque participation in the FP7 . 45

4.4.2.1. Traditional Activities and New Activities ............................................. 46

4.4.2.2. Analysis by Theme/sub-programme .................................................... 48

4.4.2.2.1. Cooperation Programme .............................................................................. 48

Health ..................................................................................................................... 49

Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and Biotechnology (KBBE) ..... 50

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) ................... 51

Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production Technologies (NMP) .................................................. 52

Energy ..................................................................................................................... 54

Environment (including Climate Change) ........................................... 55

Transport (including Aeronautics and Air Transport) .................... 56

Other Themes: Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities, Space and Security .......................................................................................... 59

4.4.2.2.2. Research for the Benefi t of SMEs ............................................................ 61

4.4.2.2.3. Ideas Programme ............................................................................................. 62

4.4.2.2.4. People Programme ......................................................................................... 64

4.4.2.2.5. Capacities Programme (except Research for the Benefi t of SMEs) ...................................................................................................................... 65

4.4.2.3. Analysis by types of Basque Agents ..................................................... 66

4.4.2.4. Conclusions .......................................................................................................... 68

BASQUE PARTICIPATION IN

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4.1. Introduction

In order to progress in the internationalisation of R&D&i, a true diag-nosis of the current position of our Scientifi c-Technological and Indus-trial Agents on an international level is required. One way of per-forming this diagnosis is to identify the participation of Basque Agents in European R&D&i projects. To this end, the “Observatory of the Participation of Basque Entities in European R&D&i Projects” (referred to as Observatory hereafter) was created in 2005, which was managed by Eurobulegoa in the past and currently by Inno-basque.

The Observatory (http://observatorio.innobasque.com) registers projects with the participation of Agents of the Basque Network for Science, Technology and Innovation which are funded by the main support programmes for R&D&i of the European Commission (EC), and fi rst and foremost in the EU Seventh Framework Programme for R&D&i (FP7).

It is a database that has a private registration per Agent (bottom-up validation) and dumps the participation data when the project offi -cially enters the negotiation phase with the EC. Innobasque, the Ad-ministrator, contrasts the data with the offi cial information provided by the EC via the CDTI (top-down validation).

The detail of the information provided by our Agents allows for an expedite identifi cation of their participation in Europe, facilitates the analysis of the participation status of the Basque Country in Europe-an R&D&i programmes, and permits contrasting the results with the challenges set in this Strategic Book.

The aim of this Chapter is to present the fi rst results of participation in the FP7 during the 2007-2010 period on a European, Spanish and Basque level.

4.2. The results of the FP7 on a European level

According to the latest FP7 monitoring report1 published by the Eu-ropean Commission, the global statistics up to this date on a Euro-pean level are impressive: 170 calls have been launched in the fi rst three years (2007-2009) and 55,379 project proposals have been presented. Out of these proposals, 41,474 passed the formal eligibil-ity criteria of their respective calls and 21.8% (9,121) were retained to initiate the negotiation process with the EC, which usually indi-cates that they will be funded. The average number of participants, in projects evaluated and projects in negotiation, is of 5.6. Around

(1) European Commission (2010): Third FP7 Monitoring Report (Monitoring Report 2009). Brussels 13.07.2010.

13,300 participations in the negotiation process (32.7%) correspond to profi t-based private organisations.

The success rates2 have slightly grown between 2007 and 2009, from just below a fi fth to almost below a fourth, but there is an up-ward trend towards 25% mainly due to the slight drop in applica-tions. The success rates vary signifi cantly from one programme to another. The highest success rate is recorded by the People pro-gramme (32.2% of the average), followed by the Capacities (18%), Cooperation (16%) and Ideas (13%) programmes.

According to the information provided by the Commission, in these fi rst three years SMEs represent 14.5% of all the participants that have signed Grant Agreements, 11% (1.8 billion euros) of the budg-et for projects and 11.3% (1.3 billion de euros) of the contribution requested by the EC. Almost two-thirds (63.6%) of the participation of SMEs are carried out in the Cooperation Programme and 27.4% in the Capacities programme, but there is almost no participation in the Ideas programme (3 out of 903). The participation of SMEs in the People Programme is, in general, low although it varies signifi cantly between the different Marie Curie actions.

All Member States participate in the FP7 with different intensity. In terms of number of applications, the list is led by Germany, the Unit-ed Kingdom, France, Italy and Spain. In terms of returns, Spain is sixth behind Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and the Netherlands. The participation of candidate and associated countries is very heterogeneous, led by Switzerland, Norway and Israel.

It is worth mentioning that the aggregate public investment in re-search is similar in both sides of the Atlantic. In 2008, the govern-ment budget and appropriations or outlays for R&D ( GBAORD )3 in the EU reached 89.8 billion, which is slightly below the 96.8 billion euros reached by the USA. However, if the expense in Framework Programmes (the entire FP7 and the later stages of the FP6) of 6.4 billion euros is added, the EU budget of 96.2 billion is fairly close to the USA’s budget.

Another signifi cant fact is that in spite of the Framework Programmes representing 6.7% of the total effort in public research (the increase in budget in the last years are closer to 10%), the annual budget of the FP7 exceeds the annual expense in research of all the Member States except for the largest fi ve. In addition, the change in the dura-

(2) Success rate: percentage of projects that reach the negotiation phase with the EC, which is the ratio between the number of project proposals presented and those considered eligible in their respective call.

(3) The Statistics regarding Government budget and appropriations or outlays for R&D (GBAORD) intend to determine the fi nancial resources that Public Authorities —central and autonomous— allocate to R&D activities by means of identifying the information in two stages: budgets approved by the Parliaments at the beginning of the budget year (initial credits) and fi nal budgets revised and approved during the budget year (fi nal credits). Source: Micinn.

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tion experienced in the FP7 has aligned the Framework Programmes with the duration of the Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF), thus positioning research in a more explicit way in the centre of EU activity. A further strategic approach is also achieved by providing it a longer duration than previous Framework Programmes —from four to fi ve years.

The Community budget also supports research via Structural Funds, although an estimate of this complimentary funding cannot be car-ried out due to the regional and national differences in the use of these resources. Data obtained from the REGIO Directorate General suggests that around 50 billion euros were allocated to the support of research in the 2007-2013 period, which is comparable to FP7’s amount. Therefore, for some recipients it is a signifi cant additional amount to the national funding of R&D.

4.3. Spanish participation in the FP7

According to the latest information published in September 2011 by the Centre for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI)4, Spanish entities have obtained a return of 1,325.7 M€5 in the FP7. This re-turn corresponds to 6.5% of the EU-27 in 2007, 7% in 2008, 8.2% in 2009 and 8.3% in 2010. Up to this date, 1,393 Spanish entities par-ticipate in 2,877 funded activities, out of which 806 are enterprises (76.2% SMEs). Enterprises, with 31% of the return, have obtained the best results, followed by Universities (21.9%) and Innovation and Technology Centres (10.5%)

By priority in themes, the highest returns in absolute values are obtained in ICT (263.3 M€), People (157 M€), NMP (145.3 M€), Ideas (131.6 M€), Health (115.9 M€) and Energy (104 M€). Graph (G.4.1) refl ects, in relative terms, the Spanish return by Theme/Programme of the FP7 and compares the results to the total budg-et that the EC allocates to each Theme/Programme (2007-2013); it also shows (y-axis) the percentage of Spanish return with respect to the EU-27.

When analysing the graph, we can see how Themes/sub-pro-grammes such as Regions of Knowledge, Research for the Benefi t of SMEs and Energy represent over 12% of the total return of the EU-27.

ICT is the Theme with the highest return in Spain and it also repre-sents the Theme, on a national level, with the highest percentage of the total budget allocated by the EC, despite being only 8% of the

(4) Global Report on the Seventh Framework Programme. Provisional results of Spanish participation (2007-2010). Update of Results. September of 2011.

(5) In addition, 10 Spanish entities would have obtained over 980 M€ (22.8%) in credits from the Investment Bank Group through the RSFF funded by the FP7.

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total return allocated by the EU-27. The same occurs with the Ideas Programme, which has a similar percentage than the ICT with re-spect to the EU-27 and the total budget allocated by the EC.

Health and Transport are the fi fth and seventh Theme in terms of return on a national level, respectively, but they only represent ap-proximately 6% of the return of the EU-27.

It is worth mentioning that the SMEs sub-programme represents al-most 14% of the total return allocated to the EU-27 in spite of not being one of the programmes with the highest return on a national level. The same occurs with the Regions of Knowledge sub-pro-gramme, which has a low budget in the FP7 but in which Spain has achieved extraordinary results representing 15% of the total return obtained by the EU-27.

Finally, NMP and Energy, third and sixth place in terms of return on a national level respectively, represent 10% and 13% of the total re-turn allocated to the EU-27.

The Basque Country is still third in the ranking of regional participa-tion in the FP7. By Autonomous Communities, Madrid (31%), Cata-lonia (28.9%) and the Basque Country (13.3%) stand out for their level of participation, globally representing over 73% of Spanish par-ticipations —see graph (G.4.2).

With regard to the most representative entities, according to infor-mation of May of 2010, Tecnalia and IK-4 were ranked second and fourth, while the CSIC and the Instituto de Salud Carlos III were fi rst and third, respectively. In the ranking of enterprises, Iberdrola was the sixth in terms of highest return. Lastly, there is no Basque Univer-sity in the Top 10 ranking of Spanish Universities with highest return in the FP7.

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4.4. Basque Participation in European R&D&i Programmes

4.4.1. Global results

During the fi rst quarter of 2011, Innobasque consolidated —through the Observatory— the information on the participation of Basque Agents in the following European Programmes:

• EU Seventh Framework Programme for R&D&i (FP7).• Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP).• Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS).• Ambient Assisted Living (AAL).• Research programmes in the Directorate General for Health & Con-

sumers (DG SANCO).

According to the Observatory, the global return obtained from 2007 to 2010 by Basque Agents in these programmes has amounted to 198.80 Million euros, out of which 96% corresponds to the returns obtained in the FP7 (190.74 M€); 5.03 M€ to the CIP; 2.31 M€ to the RFCS; 0.14 M€ to the AAL; and 0.58 M€ to the DG SANCO.

This return corresponds to a total of 661 participations by Basque entities in funded projects: 606 participations in the FP7, 34 par-ticipations in the CIP, 12 participations in the RFCS, 2 in the AAL and 7 in the DG SANCO.

With a return of 195.77 Million euros obtained for the FP7 and the CIP, Basque Participation considerably surpasses the partici-pation objectives set in the Strategic Book (180 M€) for the 2007-2010 period.

4.4.2. Analysis of the evolution of Basque participation in the FP7

This section presents a detailed analysis by theme and type of entity of the participation results of the Basque Country in the FP7 during the 2007-2010 period.

Basque participation during the fi rst period of the FP7 has improved with respect to the previous Framework Programme. When compar-ing the FP6 to the fi rst period of the FP7, which both cover 4 years and have a similar budget (approximately 18,000 M€), we can see a signifi cant increase in return, from 131 M€ to 190,74 M€. The number of participations is practically the same —from 632 partici-pations in the FP6 to 606 in the FP7.

It is also worth highlighting that the aim set in 2006 for the FP7 and CIP in the Strategic Book for 2007-2010 has been exceeded in terms of return. The global return for this period has been of 195.77 M€, resulting in an 8.8% growth with respect to the objective of 180 M€. The results obtained in this fi rst period of the FP7 represent a growth

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of 49.4% when compared to the results obtained during the FP6 —see graph (G.4.3).

The quantitative planning of the Basque Country’s activity in the FP7 was based on the obtainment of returns, the number of participa-tions and leaderships in projects, and it differentiated between two periods (2007-2010 and 2011-2013). In addition to all this, it was structured in accordance with the tradition of participation of the most relevant technological sectors/areas for the Basque Country (classifi cation Traditional Activities and New Activities); it established objectives in accordance with the Themes in the FP7 (classifi cation by Themes/sub-programmes); and it differentiated between objec-tives in accordance with the types of Agents (classifi cation Sectorial /Technological). The following sections provide a detailed analysis in terms of these classifi cations.

4.4.2.1. Traditional Activities and New Activities

The global planning for participation in the FP7 and CIP of the Strate-gic Book differentiates Basque activity in two types:

• Traditional Activities: areas in the Framework Programme in which the Basque Country traditionally participates, such as the Cooperation programme and the Research for the Benefi t of SMEs sub-programme.

• New Activities: áreas nuevas como el programa Ideas en el FP7 y aquellos programasnew areas such as the Ideas programme in the FP7 and programmes with little participation up to now by the Basque Country such as the CIP programme, People programme or some sub-programmes within the Capacities programme.

Traditionally, the participation of the Basque Country in the Frame-work Programmes has been aimed mainly at carrying out coopera-tion projects in the scientifi c and technological scopes specifi ed in Thematic Areas. Therefore, 86% of Basque participation during the FP6 was involved in cooperation projects in the Thematic Areas and in projects of Horizontal Research Activities Involving SMEs (Tradi-tional Activities). It is obvious that the opportunities offered by areas in the FP6 different from these were not suffi ciently exploited (the total return obtained by the Basque Country in these areas corre-sponds to 0.32% of the budget allocated to them by the EC). Some of these opportunities, such as the Marie Curie Programme, which encourages the mobility of researchers, could have received special involvement from Basque Science and Technology Agents.

For this reason, the main objective planned for the Basque Country’s activity in the FP7 regarding the Traditional Activities was to continue growing in the participation of projects, while putting special em-phasis on consolidating the participation in emerging strategic areas for the Basque Country, such as Health, and growing signifi cantly in all the Themes of the New Activities.

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In this sense, although the global results obtained in the 2007-2010 period considerably exceed the objectives set and the New Activities experienced a signifi cant growth in participation, the same cannot be said for the Traditional Activities (G.4.4).

As detailed in the following section, the return obtained in Tradi-tional Activities is the result of the excellent participation of Basque Agents in most of the ten Themes of the Cooperation programme within the FP7, in spite of the results registered in the Research for the Benefi t of SMEs sub-programme not reaching the objective set.

The most impressive growth has been achieved by some pro-grammes within the New Activities, such as those whose participa-tion was very low or almost inexistent: the People programme (re-turned in 2007-2010 over three times the objective set), Regions of Knowledge and Research Infrastructures. Basque Agents have also registered a very positive participation in newly created programmes within the FP7, such as the Ideas programmes, whose results double the objectives set.

The Strategic Book also suggested a growth in participation in these two types of Activities in accordance with the type of Actor.

The strategic objective set for Traditional Activities suggested that the enterprises recover their lost participation share in the previous Framework Programme. On the other hand, the strategy followed by Agents of the RVCTI should be based on consolidating the driving role of Technology Centres in the participation of enterprises, as well as the inclusion of new Science and Technology Agents that have not yet participated in European R&D&i. Lastly, an important challenge set for the FP7 was to achieve a signifi cant increase in activity by the Basque Universities in projects.

In this sense, the results show the good performance of Technology Centres, whose participation in Traditional Activities (90,81 M€) has increased with respect to its already excellent participation in the FP6 (70 M€). Enterprises continue without recovering any participation share (33,73 M€ in the FP7 compared to the 44 M€ in the FP6 and an objective set at 56 M€).Lastly, the level of cooperation between Technology Centres and Enterprises6 in the FP7 is set at 26.16%, which means that a Basque Technology Centre and a Basque enter-prise participate in approximately one out of each four projects ap-proved.

With regard to the New Activities, the objective set was to signifi -cantly increase participation in these activities and that this action would focus especially on the role that Technology Centres and Basque Universities could play in programmes of strategic interest,

(6) Percentage of TC-enterprise cooperation: number of projects funded in which a Technology Centre and a Basque enterprise participate with respect to the total number of participations by Technology Centres.

such as the opportunities provided by carrying out of basic research programmes in the Ideas programme or the mobility of researchers to other European research centres through the People programme. And the objective has been achieved: the return obtained in the Ideas programme (9.13 M€) is double the objective set (4 M€) and the People programme obtained a return of 20.35 M€ instead of the 6 M€ planned.

Likewise, the new CIP was presented in the Strategic Book as an-other great challenge of participation for Enterprises and Technology Centres in the development of projects related to enterprise innova-tion, ICTs and the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme. Although it has not yet reached the objective set for the fi rst period (9 M€), participation has been positive (5.03 M€) especially in the ICT Policy Support Programme and the Entrepreneurship and Innovation pro-gramme. However, it is the Science and Technology Agents who mainly participate in projects funded by the CIP, with still very few Basque enterprises involved in funded projects.

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4.4.2.2. Analysis by Theme/sub-programme

In addition to the global objectives set for the participation of the Basque Country, the Strategic Book also establishes specifi c objec-tives in the FP7 by Theme and sub-programme. The results, in terms of return, during the 2007-2010 period and their comparison to the results in the FP6 and the objectives set in the Strategic Book for this period are detailed in graph (G.4.5).

In the Cooperación programme, 4 out of 10 Themes exceed the re-turn objectives set: NMP, Energy, Environment and Space. ICT and Transport almost reach the objective (they obtain a return of 88% and 93% the objectives set, respectively). The KBBE and Security Themes are above 50% of the return planned (62% and 57%, re-spectively). Below 50% of the objectives set are two Themes: Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (36%) and Health (34%)

With regard to the Capacities programme, the Research for the Ben-efi t of SMEs sub-programme obtained a return of almost 60% of the objectives set in the Strategic Book. The positive Basque participa-tion in the Research Infrastructures and Regions of Knowledge sub-programmes have helped surpass the objective set for the Capacities programme (except the objective set for Research for the Benefi t of SMEs).

The positive results in the Ideas and People programmes are espe-cially signifi cant, and they considerably exceed the objectives set.

The participation of the Basque Country in Programmes, Themes and sub-programmes in the FP7 are detailed below.

4.4.2.2.1. Cooperation Programme

This Specifi c Programme supports trans-national cooperation on all levels, in and out of the European Union, in a series of Themes that correspond to the main scopes of progress in knowledge and tech-nologies and where it is convenient to support and strengthen re-search in order to overcome the social, economic, public health, environmental and industrial challenges that Europe faces.

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• Most of the Basque Agents whose projects are approved play a relevant role in them, something that can be inferred from the large amount of funding granted to each entity.

• There is a collaboration in projects between Agents of the RVCTI, although there has been no enterprise-RVCTI cooperation.

• The leadership performed by Basque entities in project propos-als is around 15%, a percentage that is lower in funded projects (2 RVCTI entities lead funded projects).

• In addition to the FP7, the participation of the Basque Health System in projects funded by the Directorate General for Health & Consumers (DG SANCO) is also worth mentioning with a global return of 0.58 M€ in European projects.

• The Basque success rate in Health is 18.18%.

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The main objectives of research in this Theme under the FP7 are the improvement of the European citizen’s health and the increase of competitiveness of industries and businesses related to health. The Health Theme is one of the main themes in the EC within the Coop-eration programme and it is ranked second in terms of budget with a total of 6,100 M€ for the 2007-2013 period.

The Basque Country obtains a return of 4.43 M€ for the 2007-2010 period (18 participations by Basque Agents in funded projects), which is a result very similar to that obtained during the FP6 (4.5 M€). However, it is the Theme whose results are furthest to the objectives set in the Strategic Book (13 M€ and 50 participations).

70% of the projects approved focus on 2 Sub-themes: Biotechnolo-gy, Generic Tools and Technologies for Human Health and Translat-ing Research for Human Health —see graph (G.4.6).

The Basque Agents participating in Health projects are varied. Most of the participation is carried out by Agents of the RVCTI (22.31% of the total return is obtained by Technology Centres, 9.80% by Univer-sities, 18.93% by CRCs and 12.40% by hospitals), and there is a re-duced participation by Enterprises (36.56% of the total return, thanks to the participation of 4 SMEs and a large enterprise).

In addition, regarding ordinary calls in Health, the Innovative Medi-cines Initiative JTI has launched 3 calls in the past three years, in which 1 Basque SME has had success.

The return obtained by the Basque Country is 0.18% of the budget that the EC had already allocated to calls for the 2007-2010 period. It also represents 3.91% of the total obtained by Spain (115.9 M€). On the other hand, the total Spanish return in this Theme is 5.3% of the budget of the EC in Health, thus positioning it in seventh place among the coun-tries that receive most funds (with the United Kingdom, Germany and France leading this ranking).

Lastly, the CDTI7 has registered 99 participations by Basque Agents in project proposals presented during the 2007-2010 period, out of which 18 have received funding. The success rate of 18.18% places it below the average success rate for the Cooperation programme (24%)8. Out of the 75 project proposals with Basque participation accounted for by the CDTI, 11 were led by Basque entities (3 by Technology Centres, 4 by SMEs, 2 by Universities and 2 by Associa-tions).

(7) The information provided by the CDTI in this and the remaining Themes dates back to June 2011.

(8) In the third monitoring report, the EC based the calculation of the Success rate on the number of eligible proposals, which are those that have met the eligibility requirements in their respective calls. Duplicated or rejected proposals of eligible proposals in the fi rst stage of calls with two phases have not been considered.

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4.4.2.2.1.2. Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and Biotechnology (KBBE)

KBBE has an allocated budget of 1,935 M€ in the Cooperation pro-gramme. The objective of this Theme focuses on creating a bio-economy in Europe based on knowledge by bringing together scien-tists, industrialists and others interested parties in exploiting new and emerging research opportunities that tackle economic, environ-mental and social challenges.

KBBE is structured on three thematic pillars: Sustainable Production and Management of Biological Resources from Land, Forest and Aquatic Environments; Food (including seafood), Health and Well-being (farm to fork); and Life Sciences, Biotechnology and Biochem-istry for Sustainable Non-food Products and Processes.

The Basque Country returns 3.74 M€ with 14 participations from Basque Agents in funded projects. These fi gures are far from the objectives set in the fi rst edition of the Strategic Book for the 2007-2010 period (6 M€ and 35 participations).

The return obtained by the Basque Country in this theme represents 7.47% of the national return and 0.47% of the budget allocated by the EC. On the other hand, the total return of Spain (50 M€) repre-sents 7.2% of the total budget allocated by the EC, placing it in sixth position in terms of return (the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany are the leaders).

Basque participation is distributed among projects related to the sub-themes Life Sciences, Biotechnology and Biochemistry for Sus-tainable Non-food Products and in Processes and Sustainable Pro-duction and Management of Biological Resources from Land, Forest and Aquatic Environments —see graph (G.4.7).

Most of the Basque participation is carried out by Technology Centres (11 participations with a return of 3,19 M€). Enterprise participation is very low. Only 2 Basque SMEs participate in 3 funded projects.

Lastly, the CDTI has registered 104 participations by Basque Agents in project proposals presented during the 2007-2010 period, out of which 14 have received funding. As a result, its success rate of 13.46% places it below the average success rate for the Cooperation programme (24%).

Out of the 85 project proposals with Basque participation accounted for by the CDTI, 16 were led by Basque entities (9 by Technology Centres and 7 by Enterprises, 6 of them SMEs). Out of the project proposals funded, only one is led by a Technology Centre.

Participation in the KBBE Theme

INFORMATION TO CONSIDER (KBBE Theme)

• The Basque return obtained in 2007-2010 (3.74 M€) accounts for 60% of the return set in the Strategic Book (6 M€).

• The participation of Enterprises in project proposals presented stands out (37 participations by Enterprises, 33 are SMEs, 43.53% of the total participations), which however is lower than the pro-posals funded (2 participations by SMEs, 21.43% of the total par-ticipations).

• There is no enterprise-RVCTI collaboration.

• There is only 1 leadership in spite of 18.82% of the proposals presented with Basque participation were led by Basque Agents.

• The Basque success rate is 13.46%.

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0.12

0.80.35

0.20

Sustainable Production and Management of Biological Resources

Food (including seafood), Health and Well-being (farm to fork)

Life Sciences, Biotechnology and Biochemistry for Sustainable Non-food

Products and Processes

Other activities

Enterprises RVCTI

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Participation in the ICT Theme

INFORMATION TO CONSIDER (ICT Theme)

• Basque participation in ICT has been growing throughout the fi rst 4 years of the FP7, and with 103 participations and a return of 25.51 M€ it is close to reaching the objectives set in the Stra-tegic Book (100 participations, 29 M€).

• The participation results of Agents of the RVCTI and Enterprises are positive.

• There are good results in leadership in both proposals presented (18.80%) and proposals approved.

• There is a good participation of Basque Agents in ARTEMIS and a notable collaboration between Basque Agents in projects funded by this JTI.

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0.54 0.31

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1.75 2.74 0.32

0.42 3.33

0.55 1.24

0.62

3.06

0.27

0.65

Components, systems and engineering

Libraries and Digital Content

Future and emerging technologies

Mobility, environmental sustainability and energy effi ciency

JTI. ARTEMIS, Embedded Computing Systems

Pervasive and trustworthy network and service infrastructures

Cognitive systems, Interaction and Robotics

Horizontal Support Actions

ICT for independent living and inclusion

JTI. ENIAC, Nano-electronics Technologies

Towards a Sustainable and Personalised Health Care


4.4.2.2.1.3. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

With the largest budget in the FP7 (9,050 M€), the EC states that Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are key to im-prove the competitiveness of the European industry and to face the demands of society and the economy. Therefore, the ICTs must be a catalyst in 3 key areas:

• Production and innovation, by facilitating creativity and management.• Modernisation of public services, such as health, education and

transport.• Progress in science and technology, by supporting cooperation and

the access to information.

Basque participation during the 2007-2010 period has increased (25.51 M€ and 103 participations). The total return exceeds the amount obtained in the FP6 (24.01 M€) and the participation objec-tive set in the fi rst version of the Strategic Book (100 participations), but it has not reached the objective established for return (29 M€).

The Basque return in ICT is 7.18% of the funding obtained by Spain (241.8 M€) and 0.47% of the total funding allocated by the EC dur-ing this period. On a national level, it is the Theme with the highest return in the FP7.

Something worth mentioning is the notable participation in the AR-TEMIS JTI (Advanced Research and Technology for Embedded Intelli-gence and Systems). There are 31 participations by Basque entities in 19 projects approved by this JTI, and 2 of them are led by a large enterprise and a Technology Centre —both Basque.

With respect to sub-themes within the ICT Theme, the projects with Basque participation are distributed among very diverse sub-themes, mainly: Cognitive systems, Interaction and Robotics, Components, systems and engineering, Mobility, environmental sustainability and energy effi ciency, Pervasive and trustworthy network and service infrastructures and ICT for Independent Living and Inclusion.

76.70% of Basque participation (70.21% return) is carried out by Agents of the RVCTI. Enterprises (7 SMEs, 6 large enterprises, 1 Busi-ness R&D Unit and a cluster) in funded proposals represent 17.48% of participation and 19.63% of return.

A positive aspect is the leadership in 15 projects by 8 Agents of the RVCTI and 3 enterprises.

According to the CDTI, 638 Basque participations have been account-ed for in project proposals for the 2007-2010 period, which translates into a success rate of 20.6% for the ICT. Out of the 500 proposals with Basque participation that have been presented, 94 were led by Basque entities: 61 by Technology Centres, 19 by Enterprises (11 SMEs), 9 by Universities and 5 by Associations.

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4.4.2.2.1.4. Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production Technologies (NMP)

With a total budget of 3,475 M€, the research in NMP in the FP7 aims to improve the competitiveness of the European industry and create knowledge to guarantee a transformation from an industry that uses resources intensively to an industry that uses knowledge intensively through the creation of radical changes in knowledge and by applying decisive knowledge that allows for new applications in the dilemma between different technologies and disciplines. This will benefi t both the new industries with higher added value in cut-ting-edge technology and the traditional knowledge-based indus-tries, paying special attention to the suitable circulation of the re-search results and the technological development of the SMEs. These activities are mainly related to support technologies that have an effect on all the industrial sectors and in many other themes of the Seventh Framework Programme.

is the Theme which historically has had more Basque participation and returns in the Framework Programmes, and it continues to be this way in the FP7. Its return has grown in 33% (53.23 M€) with respect to the objective set in the Strategic Book for 2007-2010 (40 M€) and 53.18% with respect to the return in the FP6 (34,75 M€).

With regard to the number of participations, 146 Basque Agents have participated in funded projects when the objective set was to reach 135 participations, which is also a signifi cant increase with respect to the 124 in the FP6.

NMP is the Theme with the highest participation of Basque enter-prises in the FP7. From 2007 to 2010, there has been 52 enterprise participations, obtaining a total return of 11.28 M€. The participation of 34 SMEs and 10 large enterprises is also worth mentioning.

The participation of Agents of the RVCTI represents over 78% of the return obtained in NMP. Technology Centres obtain 87% of the total RVCTI return, and Tecnalia and IK-4 achieve basically the same pro-portion in participation and return.

With regard to participation by sub-themes, the number of participa-tions is led by Production (36 participations, 11.5 M€) followed by Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies (37 participations, 14 M€), Materials (23 participations, 9.3 M€) and Integration of Technologies for Industrial Applications (21 participations, 8 M€).

There is a clear trend of participation of Technology Centres in the New Production sub-theme (23 participations, 9.41 M€), while in the other three main NMP sub-themes the participation is similar (Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies: 14 participations, 6.16 M€), Materials (12 participations, 7.25 M€), Integration of Technologies for Industrial Applications (11 participations, 5.09 M€). With regard to enterprise participation, there is also a higher participation in

Participation in the NMP Theme

1.05 6.02 1

1.78 7.52

4.88 7.88 1.21

1.74 9.72

5.60

3

1.01

0.84

Integration of technologies for industrial applications

Materials

Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies

New Production

PPP Factories of the Future (FoF)

PPP Energy Effi cient Buildings (EeB)


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INFORMATION TO CONSIDER (NMP Theme)

• This Theme registers the highest return and participation in the Basque Country. In 2007-2010, the return grew in 33% with re-spect to the objective set and 53% with respect to the FP6.

• The participation of Agents of the RVCTI represents over 78% of the return obtained in NMP.

• It is the Theme with the highest participation of Basque enter-prises (mainly SMEs).

• The leadership of projects is especially important (18% of the proposals, mainly led by Technology Centres).

• It is the Theme with the highest cooperation between Enterpris-es and Agents of the RVCTI.

• There is a good positioning of Basque Agents in the Factories of the Future and Energy Effi cient Buildings PPPs.

• The success rate is 64.22%.

projects within the New Production sub-theme with 12 participa-tions, out of which 8 are SMEs with a funding of 1.74 M€, followed by 15 participations (11 of them SMEs) in the Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies sub-theme (4.88 M€).

The positioning of our Agents in two Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) is very important. The Factories of the Future PPP has had 19 participations by Basque entities in the fi rst calls, obtaining a total return of 6.61 M€. The Energy Effi cient Buildings PPP had 10 partici-pations with a return of 3.84 M€.

Especially important is the leadership in this Theme. Out of the 146 participations, 27 are coordinated by Basque Agents (18%): 18 projects are led by members of the RVCTI (14 by Technology Centres) and 7 projects are led by Enterprises (6 SMEs) or Business R&D Units.

Another positive aspect is the cooperation between Enterprises and Agents of the RVCTI. NMP is the Theme in which there has been most collaboration between Basque Agents. Out of the 149 partici-pations, Basque enterprises and Network Agents have cooperated on 30 occasions (20.13%).

The return obtained by the Basque Country with respect to the State is excellent; it represents 32.68% of the total return obtained by Spain for NMP. Spain obtains a return of 145.3 M€, which represents 9.5% of the budget allocated by the EC in this Theme and positions it in fi fth place among the countries that receive most returns in NMP (Germany, the United Kingdom and Italy lead the ranking). Basque return, on the other hand, represents 2.75% of the total budget al-located by the EC to this date.

Lastly, the success rate is also impressive (64.22%). Out of the 232 project proposals presented with Basque participation, 149 participa-tions have been approved.

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4.4.2.2.1.5. Energy

With a total budget of 2,350 M€, the main aim of the research in Energy within the FP7 is to create and establish technologies to adapt the current energy system to a more sustainable, competitive and secure system that is less dependant on foreign fossil fuels and uses sources of renewable energy.

The return of the Basque Country in Energy (18.79 M€) in the 2007-2010 exceeds the objective set in the Strategic Book (13 M€) and the return obtained in the FP6 (12.72 M€).

This return represents 17.15% of the national return. The Basque return, on the other hand, represents 1.88% of the total budget al-located by the EC to this date. Spain obtains a return of 104.2 M€, which represents 12.5% of the budget allocated by the EC and posi-tions it in second place among the countries that receive most re-turns in Energy (Germany in fi rst place and Denmark in third).

Despite these positive results, there is a slight downward trend in participation throughout the 4-year period (2007: 15 participations and 7.12 M€; 2008: 6 participations and 0.84 M€; 2009: 14 partici-pations and 6.54 M€; 2010: 9 participations and 4.29 M€).

It is important to mention that Energy is the only Theme whose data on enterprise participation (19 participations, 7.06 M€) is practically equal to the participation of Agents of the RVCTI (19 participations, 6.54 M€). However, the collaboration between the Basque enter-prise sector and the RVCTI is low.

With regard to enterprise participation, it is the large enterprises that mainly participate in funded projects (8 large enterprises with 17 participations in approved projects), obtaining 34.73% of the total return in Energy. The joint presence between these large enterprises in funded projects stands out.

With regard to the Agents of the RVCTI, the Technology Centres reg-ister 18 participations —obtaining 33.53% of the total return— and the Universities one participation.

The participation of 3 public entities in 5 projects with a return of 26.61% of the total projects related to energy effi ciency in transport and SmartGrids in construction is worth mentioning.

The success rate is excellent —around 47%— and 44 Basque entities out of 93 participations have obtained funding. Out of the 64 propos-als presented, Technology Centres have participated in 40 and Enter-prises in 40 too. Despite these good results in participation, only 4 projects are led by Basque Agents. However, out of the 93 Basque participations, 15 were led by Basque entities.

Participation in the Energy Theme

INFORMATION TO CONSIDER (Energy Theme)

• The return obtained by Basque Agents in Energy (18.79 M€) ex-ceeds the objective set in the Strategic Book (13 M€).

• The participation of large enterprises and public institutions in this Theme stands out.

• There is an evident collaboration between Basque enterprises in large-scale projects.

• High success rate of 47%.

0.37

0.44 0.42

1.25

0.97 0.75

0.08

1.32 1.79

0.26

2.90 1.25

1.860.25

1.75 3.15Energy saving and effi ciency

Horizontal Actions

Hydrogen and fuel cells Initiative

JTI. FCH - Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Initiative

Knowledge aimed at preparing the energy policy

Generation of electricity from renewable sources

Renewable energy sources for heating and cooling

Smartgrids

Production of fuel from renewable sources

CO2 capture technologies and storage to generate electricity with close to no

emission

Clean carbon technologies

Transversal Actions

PPP Energy effi cient Buildings (EeB)

Enterprises RVCTI Universities Others

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4.4.2.2.1.6. Environment (including Climate Change)

The main objective of this Theme in the FP7 is to promote the sus-tainable management of natural resources by means of increasing the knowledge on the climate, biosphere, ecosystems and human activities, as well as the development of environmental services, technologies and tools. The EC has allocated a budget of 1,890 M€ for the entire duration of the FP7.

This Theme has experienced an interesting growth in comparison to the Basque participation obtained in the FP6. While participation in the FP6 was rather low (6 participations, 0.56 M€), the participation has increased during the 2007-2010 period of the FP7, reaching a total return of 5.95 M€ with 26 participations by Basque Agents. These results exceed the objectives set in the Strategic Book (25 participations, 4 M€).

The highest participation in projects (18) has been carried out by Agents of the RVCTI, with a return of 85% in this Theme and an 88% participation by Technology Centres. From the enterprise sector, 4 SMEs, a large enterprise and a cluster have participated. It is worth mentioning that these enterprise organisations participate in all the cases with Technology Centres. Lastly, two public institutions partici-pated in the development of a project.

The themes of the projects approved focus on 2 areas: sustainable management of natural resources (water, waste and soils) and envi-ronmental technologies (water, air, waste and construction materi-als).

The return obtained by the Basque Country with respect to the State is 12.20% and 0.72% of the budget allocated by the EC from 2007 to 2010. Spain obtained a return of 49.9 M€, which represents 6.9% of the total budget allocated by the EC and positions it in sixth place among the countries that receive most returns (Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands lead the ranking).

The success rate in this Theme is 20.63% (126 participations by Basque entities in project proposals presented against 26 participa-tions in funded projects). In 20 cases, the project proposals pre-sented were led by Basque Agents (15 by Technology Centres and 3 by SMEs). Out of the 26 participations by Basque entities in funded projects, two are led by a Technology Centre.

Participation in the Environment Theme

INFORMATION TO CONSIDER (Environment Theme)

• Interesting growth with respect to the participation in the FP6. The participation from 2007 to 2010 exceeds the objectives set in the Strategic Book for this period.

• The higher participation in projects is carried out by Technology Centres.

• The few enterprises that have participated collaborate in all cas-es with Agents of the RVCTI

0.12 0.41

0.190.35 1.91

0.21 2.04

0.10

0.61

Observation of the Planet and evaluation aimed at a sustainable development

Environmental technologies

Sustainable management of natural resources

Horizontal Actions

Climate change, pollution and risks

Enterprises RVCTI Others

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4.4.2.2.1.7. Transport (including Aeronautics and Air Transport)

The European transport system is an essential element in European social and economic prosperity. Its role is crucial when it comes to the transport of people and goods in an international, European, national, regional and local context. This Theme will cover some of the current challenges recognised in the Transport White Paper, and it is aimed at enhancing the contribution of the transport systems to society and industrial competitiveness within the broadened Euro-pean Union and minimising the negative consequences and effects of transport in regards to the environment, energy consumption, security and public health.

Based on the operative and technological progress and the European policy on transport, the aim of this Theme is: i) to develop safer, more ecological and more intelligent pan-European integrated trans-port systems —for the benefi t of the citizens, society and climate policy— that respect the environment and natural resources; and ii) to maintain and further the competitiveness reached by the Euro-pean industry in the worldwide market.

The main objective of the research on Transport in the FP7 is to de-velop safer, more ecological and more intelligent transport systems for Europe that will benefi t the citizens, respect the environment, and increase the competitiveness of the European industry in the worldwide market. The budget allocated by the EC for this Theme is the third highest amount (4,160 M€).

The results of Basque participation in Transport are positive (76 par-ticipations, 22.34 M€), and improve on the results of participation obtained in the FP6 (67 participations, 18.07 M€), although they do not reach the objectives set in the Strategic Book for the 2007-2010 period (87 participations, 24 M€).

The participation of enterprises in Transport is notable (37% of the total participations and 29.63% of the total return in this theme), especially due to the presence of 5 large enterprises in Aeronautics projects, the Green Cars PPP and the Clean Sky JTI.

The highest number of participations by Basque Agents is concen-trated in Aeronautics projects (33 participations, 10.25 M€), fol-lowed by Road (8 participations, 1.73 M€), Rail (8 participations, 1.65 M€) and Horizontal Activities for implementation of the Trans-port programme (5 participations, 2.19 M€). There are no participa-tions in Waterborne Transport. In addition, the participation in the Clean Sky JTI (13 participations, 3.52 M€) and the Green Cars PPP (7 participations, 2.6 M€) is worth highlighting. Two participations cor-respond to the Galileo Programme (0.39 M€).

The Technology Centres have the highest participation in Aeronautics with 16 participations and a return of 6.9 M€. The cooperation be-tween Basque enterprises and Technology Centres in Aeronautics

Participation in the Transport Theme

1.52

1.41 1.19

6.88 0.31

1.28

2.72

1.26

0.24

0.38

0.80

0.50

0.45

0.17

0.15

3.07Aeronautics and space

PPP. Green Cars

Sustainable surface transport (ROAD)

Horizontal activities for implementation of the transport programme

JTI. Clean Sky

Sustainable surface transport (RAIL)

Support to the European system of satellite navigation (Galileo and EGNOS)

Sustainable surface transport (WATERBORNE)

Enterprises RVCTI Universities Others


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INFORMATION TO CONSIDER (Transport Theme)

• The results of Basque participation in Transport are positive (76 participations, 22.34 M€) and are better than the results of par-ticipation obtained in the FP6, although they do not reach the objectives set for the 2007-2010 period (87 participations, 24 M€).

• The highest number of participations by Basque Agents is con-centrated in Aeronautics projects and the Clean Sky JTI, followed by the Green Cars PPP, Road and Rail. There are no projects ap-proved in the Waterborne Transport sub-theme.

• Enterprise participation in Transport is notable especially due to the presence of large enterprises in Aeronautics projects, the Green Cars PPP and the Clean Sky JTI.

• The cooperation between large enterprises and Technology Cen-tres in most of the Aeronautics projects is clear.

• High success rate of 41.19%

projects is clear. The collaboration of two large enterprises in most of their projects with Technology Centres stands out.

Out of the 33 participations in Aeronautics projects, the positive par-ticipation of Basque entities in the Clean Sky JTI with 5 Technology Centres and two large enterprises participating in 9 projects funded via this initiative (return of 3.52 M€) is also worth highlighting.

The Basque participation in land Transport is lower, with 3 Technol-ogy Centres and 4 enterprises participating in the Road project and 4 Technology Centres and a large enterprise participating in the Rail project.

Lastly, the signifi cant participation of Basque Agents in the Green Cars PPP with 3 Enterprises and 3 Technology Centres participating in 6 projects funded by this initiative and a total return of 2.6 M€ is worth mentioning.

The return obtained by the Basque Country with respect to the total return of Spain in Transport is one of the highest (26.98%), together with NMP and Energy. The Basque return, on the other hand, repre-sents 1.46% of the total budget allocated by the EC to this date. Spain obtains a return of 85.7 M€ in Transport, which represents 6% of the budget allocated by the EC and positions it in seventh place among the countries with most return (Germany, France and the United Kingdom lead the ranking).

The success rate of Basque proposals presented is of 41.19%, where 39 participations by Basque Agents were funded against 93 partici-pations of projects presented.

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4.4.2.2.1.8. Other Themes: Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities, Space and Security

These are 3 themes within the Cooperation programme of the FP7 with the lowest budget and whose Basque participation has been low too.

• Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (SSH)

The Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Theme has been a scope in which many entities have expressed their interest in par-ticipating. In fact, the number of project proposals presented with Basque participation is high (69 participations) with respect to the low number of Basque participations in projects approved (5). On the other hand, it is a Theme with a low budget (623 M€) and very few topics which are very restricted, thus making it diffi cult to fi t the ideas of many of these entities.

The aim of this Theme in the FP7 is the creation of a shared and deep knowledge of the socio-economic and interrelated challenges that Europe faces. The research in this Theme will help study and obtain answers to questions related to:

• Growth, employment and competitiveness.• The challenges regarding social, cultural and educational cohesion

in a broadened European Union.• The challenges of sustainability, the environment, demographic

change, migration and integration, quality of life and interdependence.

Compared to the participation results in the FP6 (9 participations, 0.75 M€) we could say that it is a Theme where participation does not improve (5 participations and a return of 1.09 M€, while the objectives set for 2007-2010 in the Strategic Book were 24 participa-tions and 3 M€).

Two Universities and an association are benefi ting from the projects approved in this Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Theme in the 2007-2010 period.

The Basque return represents 7.33% of the total national return for this Theme and 0.31% of the total budget allocated by the EC up to this moment. Spain obtains a return of 11.6 M€, which represents 4.7% of the budget allocated by the EC in this Theme and positions it in seventh place among the countries that receive most returns (the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy lead the ranking).

• Space

It is a new Theme in the FP7 which had been included in Transport in previous Framework Programmes. The total budget in the FP7 for this Theme is 1,430 M€. The aim of this Theme in the FP7 is to support the European Space Programme by focusing on applications such as the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) in the interest of the citizens and in view of the competitiveness of the European

Participation in the SSH Theme

0.41

0.210.03

0.43Growth, employment and competitiveness in a knowledge-based society

The main tendencies of society and their implications

The citizen in the European Union

The combination of economic, social and environmental objectives with a European

perspective

Europe in the world

Socio-economical and scientifi c indicators

Prospective activities

Strategic Activities

Enterprises Universities

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Participation in the Space Theme

Participation in the Security Theme

0.61 0.18 0.09

1.170.09

0.05

0.07

0.59

0.01

Citizen security

Security of infrastructures and public enterprises

Security system integration, interconnectivity and interoperability

Smart monitoring and border security

Science in society

Coordination and structuring of the research on security

Re-establishing security and the protection in cases of crisis


0 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00 1.20 1.40

0.47

1.73

0.22Transversal Activities

Space applications for the benefi t of the European society

RTD to strengthen the bases of the space sector

RVCTI

0 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00 1.20 1.40 1.60 1.80 2.00

space industry This activity intends to contribute to the development of a European Space Programme, complementing the effort of the Member States and other key actors, including the European Space Agency (ESA).

With 8 participations by Basque entities and a total funding of 2.41 M€, the objectives set in the Strategic Book for the 2007-2010 period (7 participations, 2 M€) have been achieved. These results are due to the excellent participation of two Technology Centres.

The return in this Theme is 12.07% of the total funding of Spain in this period. In addition, it represents 0.79% of the budget allocated by the EC.

Out of the 16 Basque participations in project proposals, 8 have been approved (success rate of 50%).

• Security

This is a new Theme in the FP7 and it has a total budget of 1,400 M€. The objectives of this Theme in the FP7 are:

• To develop the technologies and knowledge for building the capa-bilities needed to ensure the security of citizens from threats such as terrorism, natural disasters, and crime, while respecting funda-mental human rights and privacy.

• To ensure optimal and concerted use of available and evolving technologies to the benefi t of civil European security.

• To stimulate the cooperation of providers and users for civil secu-rity solutions, improving the competitiveness of the European se-curity industry and delivering mission-oriented research results to reduce security gaps.

The participation of Basque Agents are beginning to become present in this Theme in spite of the results for 2007-2010 (13 participations, 2.86 M€) not reaching the objectives set in the Strategic Book (20 participations, 5 M€).

Technology Centres register most of the participations (9 participa-tions, 2.07 M€) and in different sub-themes: security of citizens; security of infrastructures; border security; improving security sys-tems integration, interconnectivity and interoperability; and security and society. 2 SMEs and a large enterprise also obtain funding for their projects —see graph (G.4.15).

The return obtained by the Basque Country represents 6.6% of the total national return and 0.55% of the total budget allocated by the EC. Spain obtains a return of 43.5 M€ , which represents 5.3% of the total budget allocated by the EC and positions it in fi fth place among the countries that receive most returns (France, the United Kingdom and Italy lead the ranking).

The success rate is 20%, where 13 participations by Basque Agents were funded against 65 participations of projects presented.

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4.4.2.2.2. Research for the Benefi t of SMEs

This programme is aimed at those SMEs without the capacity for carrying out their own R&D&i and that need to subcontract third par-ties; it has a very interesting funding scheme both for enterprises and for the so-called RTD performers.

The aim of this programme in the FP7 is to reinforce the innovative capacity of SMEs in Europe and their contribution to the develop-ment of technology-based new products and markets. This pro-gramme is allocated a total budget of 1,336 M€. The programme will help them outsource research, increase their efforts in research, expand their networks, exploit the research results in a better way and acquire technological Know-how, thus bringing research closer to innovation. The SMEs represent 99% of the enterprises in Europe and contribute in over two thirds of the European GDP, providing 75 million job positions in the private sector. Therefore, the SMEs are key in the implementation of the renewed Lisbon Strategy for eco-nomical and employment growth.

Despite the expectations of high Basque participation in this pro-gramme, as it already happened in the FP6, Basque participation for the 2007-2010 has not met these expectations. Participation results (55 participations, 10.70 M€) do not reach the results obtained in the FP6 (116 participations, 17.25 M€) or the objectives set in the Strategic Book (122 participations,18 M€).

There are 24 participations by Basque SMEs (4.23 M€), two large enterprises (0.31 M€), one Business R&D Unit (0.17 M€) and 3 participations by a cluster (0.85 M€).

A signifi cant fact when analysing the participation in this programme is the degree of local cooperation between SMEs and the so-called RTD performers. Out of the 24 participations by SMEs, 8 subcontract Basque Technology Centres as RTD performers. The remaining Enter-prises with approved projects in this programme collaborate with Agents which are not in the Basque Country. On the other hand, there are 14 participations from Technology Centres in projects where there is no collaboration with Basque enterprises.

The return in the SMEs programme is 9.08% of the total funding of Spain in this period. In addition, it represents 1.12% of the budget allocated by the EC. Spain obtains a return of 43.5 M€ in this pro-gramme, which represents 13.8% of the budget allocated by the EC and positions it in second place among the countries that receive most returns (the United Kingdom leads and Italy is third).

Out of the 325 Basque participations in project proposals, 55 have obtained funding from the EC (success rate of 16.92%). 22 project proposals were led by Enterprises and 49 by Technology Centres. Out of all of them, 10 projects led by Basque entities were approved.

INFORMATION TO CONSIDER(Research for the Benefi t of SMEs)

• Basque participation in the FP7 drops with respect to the FP6 and it does not meet the objectives set in the Strategic Book.

• Spain is the second country of the EU-27 that obtains the highest return in this programme (43.5 M€). Basque return represents 9.08% of the total obtained by Spain.

• This programme allows enterprises without the capacity for car-rying out their own R&D&i to subcontract the so-called RTD per-formers (usually research centres or universities). In this sense, there is collaboration between Basque enterprises and Technol-ogy Centres in 33% of the cases.

• The success rate is almost 17%.

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4.4.2.2.3. Ideas Programme

The investigator-driven frontier research carried out by the initiative of the researchers within the framework of activities known com-monly as fundamental research is a key driving force of wealth and social progress as it opens new opportunities for scientifi c and tech-nological progress, and it can be used to produce new knowledge in future applications and markets.

Despite the achievements and the high level of performance reached in many fi elds, Europe does not take maximum advantage of its re-search resources and potential, and it urgently needs to reach a greater capacity for generating knowledge and turn this knowledge into economic and social value and into growth.

The aim of the Ideas programme is to enhance the dynamism, creativ-ity and excellence of European research and improve the attractive-ness of Europe for the best researchers from both European and third countries, as well as for industrial research investment, providing a competitive funding structure on a European level (that complements and does not replace national funding) for the investigator-driven frontier research carried out by independent teams. The communica-tion and circulation of the results from the research are important as-pects of this programme. To meet these objectives, the EC has allo-cated a budget of 7,510 M€ for the entire duration of the FP7.

Basque Participation in this Programme is excellent. The Basque Country obtains over double the objective set for return in the 2007-2010 period in the Strategic Book; the total funding obtained is 9.13 M€, while the objective set was 4 M€. The participation has also grown throughout these 4 years.

Out of the 16 participations by Basque entities in project proposals presented, 6 have been funded (success rate of 37.50%). The enti-ties that participate in approved projects are Agents of the RVCTI (University, CRC and BERC).

The return obtained by the Basque Country represents 1.72% of the national return and 0.10% of the budget allocated by the EC up to this date. Spain obtains a return of 96.7 M€, which represents 6.9% of the total budget allocated by the EC and positions it in seventh place among the countries that receive most returns (the United Kingdom, France and Germany lead the ranking).

INFORMATION TO CONSIDER (Ideas Programme)

• This programme has been newly created in the FP7 and its Basque participation has been most impressive. The Basque Country ob-tains over double the objective set for return in the 2007-2010 period in the Strategic Book.


CHAMALEON project: “Production Dependent Adaptive Machine-Tool”. Ideko-IK4, Soraluce, Fagor-Aotek, Goialde and Tekniker-IK4 are participating.

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4.4.2.2.4. People Programme

The Marie Curie Actions have been one of the most popular and valued mechanisms of the community Framework Programmes for technological and research development. The aim of these actions has developed signifi cantly in time, what started as a mere grant programme to facilitate mobility is now a programme aimed at pro-moting the professional development of researchers. Marie Curie Actions base their success on the response given to the needs of the European scientifi c community regarding matters such as training, mobility and their professional development. The total budget allo-cated by the EC for the FP7 is 4,750 M€.

The objective of the People programme is to consolidate, both quan-titatively and qualitatively, the human potential in research and tech-nology in Europe. The programme aims to stimulate research train-ing for young people, encourage European researchers to stay in Europe and attract researchers from the entire world to Europe; in other words, make Europe more attractive for the best researchers.

The programme plans to achieve this objective by implementing a signifi cant amount of Marie Curie actions while especially consider-ing the European added value with respect to its positive effect in the structuring of the European research area.

Basque participation in the People Programme is also excellent. De-spite a low participation in the Marie Curie programme included in the FP6 (2.7 M€), Basque participation in the fi rst period of the FP7 (2007-2010) is three times (20.35 M€) the objective planned in the Strategic Book (6 M€), thanks to the 36 participations by Basque entities. The considerable participation of some Agents of the RVCTI in this programme is noteworthy.

Most of the projects approved belong to the Marie Curie Actions for the Initial Training Networks (ITN), Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development (IEF), Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) and International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES).

The return obtained by the Basque Country represents 16.72% of the national return and 1.44% of the budget allocated by the EC up to this date. Spain obtains a return of 117.5 M€, which represents 9.5% of the total budget allocated by the EC and positions it in fourth place among the countries that receive most returns (the United Kingdom, Germany and France lead the ranking).

INFORMATION TO CONSIDER (People Programme)

• Basque participation in the People Programme is also excellent. Following a low participation in the FP6, Basque participation in the FP7 exceeds three times the objective set in the Strategic Book.


4.4.2.2.5. Capacities Programme (except Research for the Benefi t of SMEs)

The Strategic Book set a global objective for return of 4 M€ in the 2007-2010 period for all the sub-programmes of the Capaci-ties programme, bar the sub-programme Research for the Ben-efit of SMEs. The results in this period have considerably ex-ceeded the expectations —a total return of 7.10 M€ with 51 participations by Basque Agents. The total budget allocated by the EC to carry out these sub-programmes within the Capacities programme amounts to 2,761 M€. The results of each pro-gramme are detailed below:

• Research infrastructures

The main objective of this programme in the FP7 (1,715 M€) is to optimise the use and development of the existing research infrastructures in Europe. It is also aimed at creating new re-search infrastructures of pan-European interest in all fi elds of sci-ence and technology. The European scientifi c community needs them to face the progress of technology, and they will help the industry strengthen its technological knowledge base and know-how.

With a return of 3.5 M€, there is 12 Basque participations among the projects approved.

Out of the 20 participations by Basque entities in project proposals presented, 12 have been funded (success rate of 60%).

• Regions of Knowledge

Spain is the country in the EU-27 that obtains the highest return (4.6 M€) in this low budget sub-programme (126 M€).

The cooperation between the 18 Basque participations in all the ap-proved projects stands out.

Out of the 48 participations by Basque entities in project proposals presented, 18 have been funded (success rate of 37.5%).

• Other sub-programmes: Science in Society, Research potential and International Cooperation Actions

Within the Science in Society sub-programme (330 M€) there are 6 participations (0.51 M€) in 4 projects.

Within the International Cooperation Actions sub-programme (180 M€) there are 2 participations by Basque entities.

There are no Basque participations in the Research potential (340 M€) and Support to the Coherent Development of Research Policies (70 M€) sub-programmes.

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Tecnalia 192 39

IK-4 97 18

UPV/EHU 48 25

Ikerbasque 2 2

CIC Nanogune 12 9

Grupo Iberdrola 15 1

Grupo Mondragón 13 1

ITP - Industria de Turbo Propulsores 9 0

VISESA - Vivienda y Suelo de Euskadi 2 0

CIC biomaGUNE 8 3

Grupo Innovalia 8 5

CTA - Centro de Tecnologías Aeronáuticas 6 0

Bizkaia Xede 1 0

Ibermatica 3 2

Donostiako Udala - Ayuntamiento de San Sebastián 1 0

BCAM - Basque Center for Applied Mathematics 1 1

Ayuntamiento de Vitoria-Gasteiz 2 0

Progenika 3 0

CEGASA - Celaya, Emparanza y Galdós 5 1

INGEMA 6 0

T.4.1


4.4.2.3. Analysis by types of Basque Agents

In this section, an analysis is carried out of Basque participation by types of Agent. To this end, the participation information has been classifi ed according to the following groups:

• Enterprises: this term groups SMEs, Large Enterprises and Business R&D Units.

• Universities: this term groups the University of the Basque Coun-try (UPV/EHU), the University of Deusto and the University of Mon-dragon. The Higher School of Engineering of Navarra located in Guipuzcoa has no participation in 2007-2010.

• Science and Technology Agents (STAs): this term groups all the organisations belonging to the Basque Science, Technology and Innovation Network, except Universities and Business R&D Units.

In addition to these three groups, this section also includes the par-ticipation results of Basque Public Institutions that participate in FP7 projects.

In general terms, 58% of the participation corresponds to Agents of the RVCTI (63.7% return). The enterprise sector represents 29% of the participations (22.7% of the total return), the Universities 10% of the participations (8.7% of the returns) and Public Institutions 3% (4.9% of the returns).

The strategy followed by the Agents of the RVCTI and set in the Strategic Book was based on continuing the excellent participation of Technology Centres, in consolidating their driving role in the partici-pation of Enterprises, and the inclusion of new Science and Technol-ogy Agents that have not yet participated in European R&D&i.

Agents of the RVCTI obtained a total return of 121.55 M€, thus im-proving the objective set for this fi rst period (90 M€) and surpassing the supremacy set in the Strategic Book of maintaining a share of 50% of the results obtained by all the Basque Agents.

The Technology Centres of Technology Corporations IK-4 and Tecnalia are the main participants. The participation of Tecnalia in FP7 projects represents 31.7% of the total participations in the Basque Country and 33.7% of the global return obtained. The technology corporation IK-4 represents 16% of the participations and 17.2% of the global return obtained in the Basque Country.

The strategy of consolidating the driving role of Technology Centres in the participation of enterprises is becoming evident, at least in the projects fi nally funded by the EC. Lastly, the level of cooperation between Technology Centres and Enterprises9 is currently set in the


The 20 most representative Basque entities in the FP7 (listed by amount of return)

LeadershipsNo. of particip.

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UPV/EHU 48 25

Inasmet 35 13

Labein 37 9

Fatronik 29 5

Tekniker 23 4

Ikerbasque 2 2

Robotiker 27 3

Tecnalia Corporación Tecnológica, A.I.E. 4 1

CIDETEC 16 3

IKERLAN 15 3

GAIKER 15 1

CIC Nanogune 12 6

ESI - European Software Institute 22 2

CEIT 13 2

AZTI 14 1

Iberdrola Distribución Eléctrica 8 1

ITP - Industria de Turbo Propulsores 9 0

Ibermatica 3 2

Progenika 3 0

CEGASA 5 1

Gaia 8 0

Asociación Innovalia 3 0

Fagor Electrodomésticos 3 0

Innoprot 2 0

Aernnova Engineering Solutions 3 0

Estarta Rectifi cadora 2 0

Dominion Pharmakine 1 0

Proteomika 2 0

Noray Bioinformatics 2 0

Microliquid 2 0

T.4.2

T.4.3


Leaderships

Leaderships

No. of particip.

No. of particip.

The 15 most representative Agents of the RVCTI in the FP7 (listed by amount of return)

The 15 most representative Basque enterprises* in the FP7 (listed by amount of return)

* SMEs, large enterprises, Business R&D Units, clusters.

FP7 at 26.16%, which means that a Basque Technology Centre and a Basque enterprise participate in approximately one out of each four approved projects.

The objective set of new Agents of the RVCTI starting to participate in the FP7 during this period has been met. Clear evidence of this is the positive launch of some CRCs (representing 3.80% of the par-ticipations and 4.20% of the return). The participation of some BERCs is also taking place in the FP7 (3% of the participations and 1.38% of the total return). Lastly, it is worth noting how the Basque Health System is starting to internationalise its research by participating in 5 projects funded by the FP7 and 6 by the programmes in the DG SANCO.

The objective set for Basque Universities was focused on achieving a signifi cant increase of its activity in the FP7. An objective of 22 M€ of return was set, which was not reached (16.59 M€), but a signifi -cant rise in activity has been noticed with respect to the FP6 (10 M€), especially in the Ideas and People programmes (the objec-tive for New Activities of 7 M€ has been exceeded by obtaining a return of 9.09 M€). It is worth mentioning that 83% of the participa-tions in funded projects are carried out by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU).

As in Europe, the presence of Basque enterprises in the latest Frame-work Programmes has suffered a progressive downturn, from a par-ticipation of 61.6% during the FP4 (48% in return) to 34% during the FP6 (32% in return). It is therefore that one of the main challenges set in the Strategic Book for the FP7 was that Enterprises recovered their share of participation.

However, the information for the 2007-2010 period establishes that the participation of Enterprises continues to drop in the FP7. The participation of Enterprises is 22.7% of the global return in the Basque Country (43.22 M€) while the objective set for 2007-2010 was of 33% (56 M€).

Despite the number of participations by Enterprises in the FP7 (177 participations) has been lower than in the FP6 (223 participations), the return for the 2007-2010 period (43.05 M€) is slightly higher than the return obtained in the FP6 (42.73 M€).

The participation of Public Institutions represents a signifi cant 3% of the total (4.9% of return), and they are involved in many different programmes such as ERA-NETs, projects with themes related to sus-tainable construction or energy effi ciency in transport, projects with-in the Regions of Knowledge or initiatives related to the mobility of researchers via the People programme.

Finally, another interesting indicator is knowing which Agents coor-dinate or lead projects in the FP7. The general data indicates that the leadership is of 19.80%, which is an improvement compared to the


leadership results in the FP6 (13%), but it has still not reached the percentage achieved in the FP5 (25%). Out of the 606 participations by Basque Agents during the fi rst period, 120 projects are led by Basque Agents —mainly led by Technology Centres belonging to the Technology Corporations IK-4 and Tecnalia and the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU).

4.4.2.4. Conclusions

The participation of Basque Agents in projects funded by the EU Sev-enth Framework Programme for R&D&i (FP7) during the 2007-2010 period exceeds the expectations set in the Strategic Book of Basque R&D&i in Europe.

The Basque Country obtained a total return in the FP7 and CIP of 195.77 M€, out of which 5.03 M€ correspond to the CIP.

Basque entities obtained returns amounting to 190.74 M€ in the FP7, with 606 participations in funded projects. Therefore, Basque participation has grown 49.4% with respect to the return obtained during the Sixth Framework Programme (131 M€), exceeding in 8.8% the objective set at 180 M€ in the Strategic Book for the entire FP7 and CIP.

The partial objectives for participation set in the Strategic Book by Theme/sub-programme are met for NMP, Energy, Environment, Space, Ideas, People and Capacities (bar the Research for the Ben-efi t of SMEs sub-programme). The objectives set for ICT and Trans-port have almost been achieved. The Themes KBBE and Security are above 50% of the return established, and below 50% of the objectives set are two Themes: Socio-economic Sciences and Hu-manities and Health. The Research for the Benefi t of SMEs pro-gramme is the only programme that has suffered a downturn in Basque participation with respect to the FP6.

The highest growth registered in Basque participation has been achieved in the Themes/sub-programmes: People (exceeding in three times the objectives set), Ideas (double the objectives set), NMP (growing 33% in return), Research infrastructures and Regions of Knowledge.

The positioning of Basque Agents, especially of Technology Centres, in new initiatives such as the Joint Tecnology Initiatives (JTIs) and the Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) stands out. The participation in projects related to Factories of the Future and Energy Effi cient Buildings PPPs and the ARTEMIS JTI is also noteworthy.

Enterprise participation (50% of the participations are carried out by SMEs) focuses mainly on NMP, Aeronautics, ICT and Research for the Benefi t of SMEs. However, the return obtained by Basque enter-prises (43.05 M€) does not reach the objectives set in the Strategic Book (60 M€). Encouraging the participation of new enterprises is

essential, especially those with a background in R&D projects, which are local, national or even those that have participated in trans-na-tional cooperation projects (ERA-NET, EKAs, etc.), via new actions such as:

• Supporting enterprises in the internationalisation of their research and innovation activities (from local individual/cooperation projects —> to trans-national projects in the ERA-NET —> to international cooperation projects in the FP7).

• Launching training Courses of European R&D&i project managers.• Encouraging Enterprise-RVCTI cooperation.• Enterprises with high participation in the FP7 serving as a driving

force for SMEs.

With regard to the strategy of consolidating the driving role of Tech-nology Centres in the participation of Enterprises, this fact is becom-ing evident. The percentage of cooperation between Technology Centres and Enterprises10 is currently set in the FP7 at 26.16%, which means that a Basque Technology Centre and a Basque enter-prise participate in approximately one out of each four approved pro-jects.

With regard to the RVCTI, the participation of Technology Centres represents 48% of the total return and 50% of the Basque participa-tions obtained during this period. It is worth mentioning that the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has experienced a sig-nifi cant growth in its participation in the FP7 (7.85% of the total re-turn) with respect to the FP6. Some CRCs are already starting to participate in projects within the FP7, highlighting the participation of the nanoGUNE and biomaGUNE CRCs. It is also worth mentioning how the Basque Health System internationalises its research by par-ticipating in 5 projects funded by the FP7 and 6 by the programmes in the DG SANCO.

Finally, another interesting indicator is knowing which Agents lead projects in the FP7. The general data indicates that the percentage of leadership is of 19.80%, which is an improvement compared to the leadership results in the FP6 (13%), but it has still not reached the percentage achieved in the FP5 (25%). Out of the 606 participa-tions by Basque Agents during the fi rst period, 120 projects are led by Basque Agents —mainly led by Technology Centres belonging to the Technology Corporations IK-4 and Tecnalia and the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Basque SMEs lead 11% of the projects they participate in —mainly in the NMP Theme.



LAUNCH-MICRO project: “MicroTechnologies for Re-launching European Machine Manufacturing SMEs”. Soraluce, Ideko-IK4, Kendu, ONA Electroerosión, Mondragon Assembly and Mondragon Unibertsitatea are participating.

5.1. Introduction ....................................................................................................... 72

5.2. Methodology .................................................................................................... 73

5.3. Revision of the Basque Country’s Activity in the FP7 and CIP by Theme ......................................................................................... 74

5.3.1. Cooperation ......................................................................................................... 76

5.3.1.1. Health ..................................................................................................................... 78

5.3.1.2. Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and Biotechnology (KBBE) ..... 79

5.3.1.3. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) ................... 80

5.3.1.4. Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production Technologies (NMP) .............................................................. 81

5.3.1.5. Energy ..................................................................................................................... 82

5.3.1.6. Environment (including Climate Change) ........................................... 83

5.3.1.7. Transport (including Aeronautics and Air Transport) .................... 84

5.3.1.8. Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities ......................................... 85

5.3.1.9. Space ....................................................................................................................... 86

5.3.1.10. Security .................................................................................................................. 86

5.3.2. Capacities .............................................................................................................. 87

5.3.2.1. Research for the Benefi t of SMEs ............................................................ 88

5.3.2.2. Rest of Themes included in the Capacities Programme ............ 89

5.3.3. Ideas ........................................................................................................................ 89

5.3.4. People .................................................................................................................... 90

5.3.5. Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) ......................................................................................................................... 90

5.4. Revision of the Basque Country’s activity in the FP7 and CIP by agent .......................................................................................... 91

5.4.1. Science and Technology Agents .............................................................. 93

5.4.2. University System ............................................................................................ 95

5.4.3. Enterprises ............................................................................................................ 96

5.5. Global Revision of the Basque Country’s Activity in the FP7 and CIP ............................................................................................... 97

REVISION OF THE OBJECTIVES

OF BASQUE PARTICIPATION

IN THE EU SEVENTH

FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME

FOR R&D&I (SECOND PERIOD:

2011-2013)


5.1. Introduction

The Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7) focuses its performance on achieving the objec-tive of Lisbon to turn Europe into the most competitive and dynamic economy in the world for the year 2013. The trinomial knowledge-education, research and innovation is the main tool used to achieve this objective. The results obtained by the Basque Agents in the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) were summarised in a fi nancial return from the European Commission of 131.26 M€1. This fi gure has been exceeded in the fi rst period of the Seventh Framework Progra-mme (2007-2010) with a total return of 190.74 M€ (the objective set in 2006 for this period was 171 M€).

In the fi rst period of the FP7, the return has grown in 45% with re-spect to the FP6, which shows the effort invested by the entities involved in maintaining and improving Basque participation in the European R&D&i Programmes, thus reinforcing the presence of the Basque Country in the European Research Area (ERA).

However, the returns obtained by Basque enterprises during their participation in the aforementioned Framework Programmes have lost relative weight in global Basque participation despite similar absolute values between the FP6 and FP7. This is due to the pres-ence of enterprises having dropped with respect to the rest of agents from 33% in the FP6 to 21% in the fi rst period of the Seventh Frame-work Programme.

The University has been characterised by its low participation in Eu-ropean R&D&i Programmes which, in spite of having increased its presence, it can be reasonably improved.

This context demands an energising effort aimed at the different agents involved in the European R&D&i (Enterprises, SMEs, CRCs, Technology Corporations, Universities, etc.), in the same way as in the fi rst period of the FP7 (2007-2010), to face the second period of the FP7 (2011-2013) with a desire for improvement and taking fur-ther advantage of the opportunities that the participation in the Eu-ropean R&D&i Programmes involve.

A replanifi cation of the Basque activity in Europe required for the second period of the FP7 in order to carry out this action; this is achieved by setting objectives that establish coherent participation perspectives involving all the actors implicated in the Basque Coun-try’s R&D&i. This replanifi cation will be carried out in tune with the Basque Policy for the Internationalisation of R&D&i promoted by the Basque Government and with the objectives set by the European Commission in the FP7.

(1) The fi gures included in this Chapter are expressed in Millions of Euros (M€).

In addition to the FP7, the Basque Agents involved in R&D&i activi-ties also participate in the Competitiveness and Innovation Frame-work Programme (CIP), which is a programme managed by the Eu-ropean Commission’s Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry. To this effect, a series of objectives will be set for the Basque Agents and for both programmes, that is, the FP7 and the CIP.

The fi rst period of the FP7 (2007-2010) has been characterised by a new setting that is conditioned by two signifi cantly important fac-tors:

• The impact produced by the global crisis since 2007.

• The drop in public funding on a national and regional level in the Member States.

These factors, which induce to participate in European R&D&i pro-grammes, together with the evolution of the structure of the Basque Science, Technology and Innovation Network lead to the need of revising the objectives of Basque participation set in the R&D&i pro-grammes at the end of the FP6 (2006). As a result, the participation objectives of the Basque Country are updated in this document for the second period of the FP7 and CIP (2011-2013).

The aim of this revision is to obtain a clearer and updated forecast of the participation of Basque entities in European projects for the sec-ond period of the FP7 and CIP that will allow these entities to plan, in the short-term, the Basque R&D&i activity in Europe.

With this aim, the Department of Industry, Innovation, Trade and Tourism of the Basque Government has carried out a revision of the objectives of Basque participation in R&D&i in the Basque Country for the 2011-2013 period. Basque participation in R&D&i activities in the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) and the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme within the 2011-2013 period has to be suitably structured in order to achieve the greatest possible impact in involving the Basque enterprise and technological sectors within the European Research Area (ERA).

The planning of these activities framed within the FP7 are organised in four different Programmes: Cooperation, Capacities, Ideas and People. The global budget allocated by the European Commission for all the programmes included in the FP7 (2007-2013) amounts to 50,521 M€. The Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Pro-gramme (CIP), with a budget of 3,621 M€ is characterised by being a transversal programme that covers different Themes in the FP7, thus simplifying its operation. The budget allocations for the Seventh Framework Programme and the CIP are included in the table (T.5.1).

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T.5.1


EC budget for the FP7 and CIP 5.2. Methodology

A methodology has been designed for the planning of activities dur-ing the period 2011-2013 based on the participation perspectives of enterprises, associations, clusters, Technology Centres and Universi-ties which realistically establishes a series of objectives that can be reached by the different agents of the Basque Network for Science, Technology and Innovation. The steps that have been followed to complete the revision process of the objectives are described below.

Step 1

With the aim of knowing the expectations of the Basque Agents in-volved in European R&D&i activities, as in the fi rst period of the FP7 (2007-2010), a series of Questionnaires on the Planifi cation of the Activity during 2011-2013 in the FP7 have been prepared. These questionnaires included, individually, the forecast carried out in 2006, which is the year when the “Revision of the Strategic Book of Basque R&D&i in Europe” was drafted, therefore simplifying the forecast for the 2011-2013 period.

These Questionnaires on the Planifi cation of the Activity during 2011-2013 in the FP7 consisted of four tables including the following in-formation:

• Table I showed the objectives planned in 2006 for the fi rst period of the FP7 (2007-2010).

• Table II contained the results obtained by the agents in this fi rst period (2007-2010).

• Table III detailed the objectives planned in 2006 for the second period of the FP7 (2011-2013).

• Table IV was empty and was designed so the agents could include their respective estimates for the second period of the FP7 (2011-2013) following their experience in the fi rst period.

These Questionnaires were distributed to all the agents that had al-ready participated in the survey conducted in 2006 and that had been involved in projects, in some way or another, during the fi rst period of the FP7.

Step 2

The estimates included in Table IV provided by each agent were analysed and the information collected in the Questionnaires has been structured by Programmes and Themes (thematic input) and by type of agent (structural input).

From a total of 238 questionnaires sent, 204 questionnaires were received; the answers are distributed as follows:

Seventh Framework Programme for R&D&i 50,521

Cooperation Programme 32,413

Health 6,100

Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and Biotechnology 1,935

ICT 9,050

NMP 3,475

Energy 2,350

Environment 1,890

Transport 4,160

Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities 623

Space 1,430

Security 1,400

Capacities Programme 4,097

Research for the Benefi t of SMEs 1,336

Rest of Themes 2,761

Ideas Programme 7,510

People Programme 4,750

JRC - Joint Research Centre 1,751

Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) 3,621


• 51 questionnaires from Science and Technology Agents:

· Technology Corporations (19). · CRCs (6). · Other Science and Technology Agents (26).

• 7 questionnaires from the University System:

· Universities (3). · BERCs (3). · Ikerbasque (1).

• 133 questionnaires from Enterprises:

· SMEs (83). · Large Enterprises (50).

• 13 questionnaires from Other Institutions.

Step 3

Having reviewed the objectives set in Table IV and analysed the re-sults obtained in the fi rst period of the FP7 (2007-2010), a series of objectives by type of Programme, Theme and Agent have been es-tablished. The results for the fi rst period were obtained from the Observatory managed by Innobasque, which supervises the partici-pation of Basque Agents in the Framework Programme, and were subsequently compared to the information of the Centre for Indus-trial Technological Development (CDTI).

By following this methodology and with the aim of presenting the new objectives established for the second period (2011-2013), this chapter is structured in the following sections:

• Revision by Themes of the Basque Country’s Activity in the FP7 and CIP.

• Revision by Agents of the Basque Country’s Activity in the FP7 and CIP.

• Global Revision of the Basque Country’s Activity in the FP7 and CIP.

5.3. Revision of the Basque Country’s Activity in the FP7 and CIP by Theme

Based on the results obtained in the analysis of Questionnaires on the Planifi cation of the Activity during 2011-2013 in the FP7, the following revised objectives are presented for the second period (2011-2013) per Programme and Theme. With the aim of providing a more global vision, the results of the Basque participation in the FP6 are presented together with information related to the fi rst pe-riod of the FP7 (2007-2010).

This section follows the same structure as the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7), that

is, 4 main Programmes —with their respective division by Themes— and the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP):

• Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development.

· Cooperation:

– Health.

– Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and Biotechnology.

– Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

– Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Produc-tion Technologies (NMP).

– Energy.

– Environment (including Climate Change).

– Transport (including Aeronautics and Air Transport).

– Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities.

– Space.

– Security.

· Capacities:

– Research for the Benefi t of SMEs.

– Rest of Themes included in the Capacities Programme.

· Ideas.

· People.

• Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP).

The way in which the information has been presented is detailed in graph (G.5.1) Information display model. The results from the FP6, the fi rst period of the FP7 (2007-2011) and the second period of the FP7 (2011-2013) have been merged in this model, thus displaying the objectives planned in 2006 and those set in the current revision as a whole.

The information has been drawn from the following sources:

– FP6: Strategic Book of Basque R&D&i in Europe.

– Results FP7/CIP: Observatory managed by Innobasque, May 2011.

– Objectives FP7/CIP: Questionnaires on the Planifi cation of the Activity during 2011-2013 in the FP7 and the Basque Government.

– State’s Return: CDTI.

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PPP JTI JTIPPP

FP FP – (PPP + JTI) PPP JTI

XX M€

XX M€

XX M€

XX M€

XX M€

XX M€XX M€

G.5.1


Information display model

XX%

XX %

XX%

XX%

TOTAL INCREASE

XX%

100,000 €

FP7 BUDGET FOR THE THEME: X.XXX.XXX €

Return: XX% Return objective: XX%

ResultsProjects: XXLeadership: X

2011 RevisionProjects: XXLeadership: X

2006 ObjectiveProjects: XXLeadership: X

ResultsProjects: XXLeadership: X

XX,XXX,XXX € XX,XXX,XXX € / XX M€XX,XXX,XXX €

Projects: XLeadership: XX,XXX,XXX €




Graphic display of the returns obtained, in which each point represents, 100,000 €, simplifying the display of the results.

The information on the JTIs and/or PPPs are differentiated by colour and integrated in the Theme’s global returns.

Information corresponding to the JTIs and/or PPPs that may belong to the Theme.

Total budget destined to the FP7 for this Theme.

Graphs corresponding to the evolution of the returns obtained in the FP6 and the FP7 and the Revised Objectives.

These graphs show the difference between the global results of the Themes and the JTIs and/or PPPs, when required.

Results obtained in the FP6, FP7 and/or CIP (2007-2010).

Objectives revised for the second period of the FP7 (2011-2013) and/or CIP and Objectives set for this period in the year 2006.

Percentage representing the return based on the total budget of the Theme.

Results obtained in the FP6

Results obtained in the fi rst period of the FP7 (2007-2010) and/or CIP

Objectives for the second period of the FP7 (2011-2013) and/or CIP

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FP


5.3.1. Cooperation

The Cooperation Programme, with a budget allocated by the Com-munity of 32,413 M€, is the Programme which has been assigned the most funds in the FP7, representing 64% of its total budget (50,521 M€). Its main aim is to encourage the collaboration in re-search between European countries and other country members. The Cooperation Programme establishes as the main objective to contribute towards sustainable development through the promotion of research; therefore, it is structured in ten different Themes (in the FP6 they were called Thematic Areas) which are related to key tech-nological and scientifi c fi elds.

Graph (G.5.2) compares the global results obtained in the Framework Programme FP6 with the results obtained in the 2007-2010 period and the objectives established for the 2011-2013 period of the FP7.

The global returns, that is, the grants received from the European Commission, show a positive result as the fi rst period of the FP7 (2007-2010) exceeded the total amount of funding allocated in the FP6 by 44%: a return of 140.45 M€ and 453 Basque participations in European projects —72 as leaders.

With respect to the objectives set for the second period, established after analysing the questionnaires completed by the Basque Agents, the fi gures are even more ambitious, setting an estimated funding of 163 M€ with a total of 469 participations —68 as leaders. See graph (G.5.2) Cooperation Programme: Breakdown of the results in the FP6 and FP7 (2007-2010) and Objectives in the FP7 (2011-2013).

On the other hand, two new initiatives have been launched in the Cooperation Programme during the fi rst period of the FP7: the JTIs (Joint Technology Initiatives) and the PPPs (Public-Private Partner-ships). These two new initiatives have also been considered when establishing the objectives for the next period of the FP7 (2011-2013), and have been detailed separately in the analysis carried out in this document.

Tables (T.5.2) and (T.5.3) include the correspondence of the JTIs and the PPPs with the different Themes comprising the Cooperation Pro-gramme, respectively.

The following sections include information on the Basque participa-tion in the Cooperation Programme for each of the ten Themes. These Themes, which are presented in the same way as in graph (G.5.1) Cooperation Programme, include:

• The results obtained in the FP6.

• The results for the fi rst period of the FP7 (2007-2010).

• The objectives of Basque R&D&i activity for the second period of the FP7 (2011-2013), detailing both the forecast established in

Cooperation Programme: Breakdown of the results in the FP6 and FP7 (2007-2010) and Objectives in the FP7 (2011-2013)

G.5.2

140.35 M€

44%

68%16%

163 M€

97.13 M€

FP7 BUDGET FOR THE THEME: 32,365,000,000 €

Return: 0.43% Return objective: 0.50%

ResultsProjects: 453Leadership: 72

2011 RevisionProjects: 469Leadership: 68

2006 ObjectiveProjects: 586Leadership: 65


140,350,000 € 163,000,000 €/158 M€97,130,000 €

100,000 €

77

JTI

IMI - Innovative Medicine Initiative

ARTEMIS

ENIAC

FCH - Fuel Cells Hydrogen

Clean Sky

PPP

FoF - Factories of the Future

EeB - Energy Effi cient Buildings

Green Cars

T.5.2

T.5.3


2006 and the current forecast after considering the revision of ob-jectives.

In the case of Themes with any JTI or PPP within their scope, the fi gures corresponding to these initiatives are presented as part of the global fi gures of the Theme under consideration; they are also pre-sented separately on the bottom part of the respective Table.

List of JTIs of the FP7

List of PPPs of the FP7

Theme

Health

Information and Communication Technologies

Energy

Transport

Theme

Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production Technologies

Transport

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JTI JTI

FP FP – JTI JTI

G.5.3


5.3.1.1. Health

The Health Theme has been allocated 19% of the total Community budget for the Cooperation Programme, with a total value of 6,100 M€, placing it in second position in economic allocation. This, together with the consolidation of the activity of Cooperative Re-search Centres (CRC) in this technological scope, creates a certain amount of confi dence when it comes to the possibility of reaching a signifi cant improvement in the participation of Basque Agents throughout the second period of the FP7.

This is a necessary improvement, as the results for the fi rst period —with returns of 4.43 M€— have followed the same line as those obtained in the FP6 while there was a signifi cant increase in the available budget (200%).

Taking into consideration this higher allocation set aside for the Health Theme in the FP7 with respect to the FP6, an objective has been es-tablished for the second period of the FP7 of reaching an estimated amount of funding of 8 M€, that is 0.13% of the total budget allo-cated by the European Commission to this Theme (6,100 M€). The objective set entails the participation of 25 Basque entities in Europe-an projects and a leadership in 4 of them by agents part of the Basque R&D&i —see graph (G.5.3) Health Theme.

The objective for return set at 8 MÐ for the second period of the FP7 would involve an 81% increase with respect to the return obtained in the fi rst period 2007-2010 (4.43 M€) and 78% with respect to the FP6 (4.5 M€).

The JTI IMI (Innovative Medicines Initiative), whose objective is materialised in a project with an estimated return of 0.27 M€, is integrated into the Health Theme —see graph (G.5.3) Health Theme.

Health Theme

* The 4.43 M€ return represents 3.91% of the State’s return.

4.43 M€

0.25 M€

–2%

78%81%

8%

8 M€

0.27 M€

4.5 M€







4,430,000 €* 8,000,000 € / 16 M€4,500,000 €

IMIProjects: 1Leadership: 0250,000 €

IMIProjects: 1Leadership: 0270,000 €

100,000 €

79

FP7 (2007-2010)FP6 FP7 (2011-2013)

FP

G.5.4


5.3.1.2. Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and Biotechnology (KBBE)

The Basque participation in the Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and Biotechnology Theme has improved its results in the fi rst pe-riod of the FP7, obtaining a return of 3.74 M€ compared to the 1.77 M€ received in the FP6, thus growing in 111%.

Following the analysis of the estimates carried out by the Basque Agents, an objective has been established for the second period of the FP7 of reaching a return of 6 M€, 0.31% of the total budget al-located by the European Commission to this Theme (1,935 M€). Likewise, the objective set entails the participation of 19 Basque entities and 3 leaderships —see graph (G.5.4) Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and Biotechnology Theme.

Taking into consideration that the return obtained for the fi rst period 2007-2010 was 3.74 M€, reaching the objective of 6 M€ would in-volve a 60% increase with respect to this period and 239% with respect to the FP6 (1.77 M€).

Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and Biotechnology (KBBE) Theme


3.74 M€111%

239%

60%6 M€

1.77 M€







3,740,000 €* 6,000,000 €/8 M€1,770,000 €

100,000 €

80

FP7 (2007-2010)FP6 FP7 (2011-2013)

FP FP – JTIs ARTEMIS ENIAC

G.5.5


5.3.1.3. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

The technical area corresponding to the Information and Commu-nication Technologies Theme has been characterised by reaching signifi cant returns. However, the truth is that given the considerable funds allocated to this Theme (the largest budget in the Cooperation Programme by representing 28% with a total of 9,050 M€) and the structure of the Basque Country’s industry, the Basque sector of ICTs should be able to signifi cantly increase these returns.

Therefore, the results achieved in the fi rst period of the FP7 and the magnitude of the Community’s total budget should encourage the activity of Basque Agents and result in a considerable growth for the second period of the FP7. This drive is evidenced when comparing the weight of the Basque returns obtained in the fi rst period with the total budget allocated by the European Union, 0.28%, and its esti-mated growth for the second period, reaching 0.44%.

The objective for return set at 40 M€ for the second period of the FP7 involves a 57% increase with respect to the return obtained for the fi rst period (25.51 M€) the FP7 involves a 57% increase with respect to the return obtained for the fi rst period (25.51 MÐ) and 67% with respect to the FP6 (24.01 M€) —see graph (G.5.5) Infor-mation and Communication Technologies Theme.

The Information and Communication Technologies Theme includes two JTIs in its global fi gures:

• ARTEMIS: Advanced Research and Technology for Embedded Intelligence and Systems.

• ENIAC: European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council.

The objective set for the ARTEMIS JTI is a return of 4.96 M€ obtained from a total of 23 participations and a leadership in 1 project. With regard to the ENIAC JTI, the objective set is a return of 0.35 M€ with a total of 2 participations.

Information and Communication Technologies Theme

* The 25:51 M€ return represents 7.18% of the State’s return.







25,510,000 €* 40,000,000 € / 31 M€24,010,000 €

ArtemisProjects: 31Leadership: 24,810,000 €

ArtemisProjects: 23Leadership: 14,960,000 €

ENIACProjects: 3Leadership: 0270,000 €

ENIACProjects: 2Leadership: 0350,000 €

JTI JTIJTI JTI

25.51 M€

4.81 M€

0.27 M€

6%

67%57%

3%

29%

40 M€

4.96 M€

0.35 M€

24.01 M€

100,000 €

81

FP7 (2007-2010)FP6 FP7 (2011-2013)

FP FP – PPPs FoF EeB

G.5.6


5.3.1.4. Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production Technologies (NMP)

The Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Pro-duction Technologies Theme, with a total budget of 3,475 M€ (10.72%) for the FP7, has the 4th largest budget in the Cooperation Programme. This Theme achieves the largest number of participa-tions and obtains the highest return among the agents comprising the Basque R&D&i, continuing with the trend set by the technologi-cal profi le of the Basque Country since the FP1.

In synch with this reality, the results of the activity in the NMP Theme for the fi rst period of the FP7 display a strong growth (53%) with respect to the results achieved in the previous Framework Pro-gramme (FP6), obtaining returns amounting to 53.23 M€ compared to the 34.75 M€ obtained in the latter.

The analysis conducted on the Questionnaires allows setting an ob-jective for returns of 51 M€, that is, 1.47% of the total budget allo-cated by the European Commission to this Theme (3.475 M€), with an estimated 152 participations and a leadership in 25 projects —see graph (G.5.6) Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production Technologies (NMP) Theme.

When analysing the fi gures presented in the NMP Theme in detail, we see that the estimates of funding for Basque Agents are lower in the second period of the FP7 than in the fi rst period (2007-2010). Therefore, in spite of setting an objective in this Theme of 51 M€ for the Basque R&D&i in the second period of the FP7, this would entail a 4% drop with respect to the returns obtained in the fi rst period (2007-2010) of the FP7 (53.23 M€). This results from the fact that although the effort involved, which is very high in itself, is to be maintained, the second period only covers three years (2011-2013) while the fi rst period which covers four (2007-2010). In other words, the average annual return obtained during 2007-2010 has been of 13.31 M€, while the objective of an average annual return of 17 M€ is being suggested for the second period of the FP7.

The NMP Theme includes two PPPs in its global fi gures:

• FoF: Factories of the Future.

• EeB: Energy Effi cient Buildings.

The objective set for the Factories of the Future PPP is a return of 8.93 M€, obtained from a total of 28 participations and a leadership in 3 projects. The objective set for the Energy Effi cient Buildings is a return of 5.56 M€, obtained from a total of 21 participations and a leadership in 2 projects.

Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production Technologies (NMP) Theme








52,230,000 €* 51,000,000 € / 41 M€34,750,000 €

Factories of the Future (FoF)Projects: 19Leadership: 36,610,000 €

Factories of the Future (FoF)Projects: 10Leadership: 13,840,000 €

Energy Effi cient Buildings (EeB)Projects: 28Leadership: 38,930,000 €

Energy Effi cient Buildings (EeB)Projects: 21Leadership: 25,560,000 €

PPP PPPPPP PPP

52.23 M€

6.61 M€

8.93 M€

53%

47%

4%

58%

62%

51 M€

3.84 M€5.56 M€

34.75 M€

100,000 €

82

FP7 (2007-2010)FP6 FP7 (2011-2013)

FP FP – JTI FCH

G.5.7


5.3.1.5. Energy

The Energy scope, which is within the Sustainable Development and Global Change Thematic Area in the FP6, gains further importance in the FP7, establishing itself as a Theme in itself with a total budget of 2,350 M€.

This is a great opportunity for Basque Agents to achieve further par-ticipation in this Theme. Proof of this is the 18.79 M€ of funding obtained in the fi rst period of the FP7, which represents a 48% growth with respect to the return obtained in the FP6.

As a result, the objectives established from the questionnaires re-ceived set a slightly growing trend in the results forecasted for the second period of the FP7, even after taking into consideration that the second period of the FP7 covers only three years instead of the 4 comprising the fi rst period. The objective set for the Energy Theme during the second period (2011-2013) is a total return of 20 M€. This fi gure is 0.85% of the budget allocated by the European Commission to this Theme (2,350 M€). The estimated returns correspond to an objective of 53 participations by Basque entities in European projects and a leadership in 6 of them —see graph (G.5.7) Energy Theme.

The objective for return set at 20 M€ for the second period of the FP7 would involve a 6% growth with respect to the results obtained in the fi rst period (2007-2010) of the FP7 (18.79 M€). On the other hand, meeting the objective would entail a 57% increase with re-spect to the returns obtained in the FP6 (12.72 M€).

The Energy Theme includes the FCH (Fuel Cells and Hydrogen) PPP, whose objectives are 2 participations, out of the 53 estimated for the entire Theme in the 2011-2013 period, and a return of 0.51 M€.

Energy Theme








18,790,000 €* 20,000,000 € / 15 M€12,720,000 €

Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH)Projects: 4Leadership: 0850,000 €

Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH)Projects: 2Leadership: 0510,000 €

JTI JTI

18.79 M€

0,85 M€

48%

57%

6%

60%

20 M€

0,51 M€

12.72 M€

100,000 €

83

FP7 (2007-2010)FP6 FP7 (2011-2013)

FP

G.5.8


5.3.1.6. Environment (including Climate Change)

The fi rm commitment shown by the European Union in environmen-tal themes has been clearly materialised in the 1,890 M€ (5.83% of the total budget of the Cooperation Programme for the FP7) allo-cated to the Environment Theme, compared to the 1,700 M€ as-signed to the Sustainable Development and Global Change Thematic Area in the FP6 that also comprised the sub-areas Surface Transport, Energy and Governance.

This boost has also been refl ected in the results obtained by the Basque Agents from the activity in the Environment Theme during the fi rst period of the FP7, showing a considerable improvement with returns of 5.95 M€ compared to the 0.56 MÐ obtained in the FP6 —a 963% growth.

The estimates established in the Questionnaires allow setting an ob-jective for total funding of 6 M€, that is, 0.32% of the total budget allocated by the European Commission to this Theme (1,890 M€). The 6 M€ in returns entail reaching a participation of 23 Basque entities and a leadership in 3 projects —see graph (G.5.8) Environ-ment Theme.

Environment Theme

* The 5.95 M€ represents 12.2 % of the State’s return.

5.95 M€

963%

971%

1% 6 M€

0.56 M€







5,950,000 €* 6,000,000 €/7 M€560,000 €

100,000 €

84

FP7 (2007-2010)FP6 FP7 (2011-2013)

PPP JTI JTIPPP

FP FP – (PPP + JTI) PPP JTI

G.5.9


5.3.1.7. Transport (including Aeronautics and Air Transport)

The FP7, for the fi rst time, includes all types of transportation in one Theme. Despite the participation of Basque entities in projects re-lated to transport corresponding mainly to large enterprises with great R&D&i capacity and culture, the presence of Technology Cen-tres is gaining importance.

The results obtained from the activity in the Transport Theme dur-ing the fi rst period of the FP7 show a growing trend when compar-ing the return reached of 22.34 M€ to the 18.07 M€ obtained in the FP6, thus achieving a 24% growth.

The analysis conducted on the Questionnaires allows establishing for the second period of the FP7 an objective for returns of 26 M€ with an estimated 55 participations and a leadership in 3 projects. This estimated return of 26 M€ is 0.63% of the total budget allocated by the European Commission to this Theme (4,160 M€) —see graph (G.5.9) Transport Theme.

Given the technological diversity covered in this Theme, the follow-ing two sub-areas have been identifi ed:

• Aeronautics and Air Transport.

• Road, Rail and Waterborne Transport.

In this sense, the objective for the 2011-2013 period is to obtain an amount of European funding of 17.16 M€ for Aeronautics and Air Transport projects and 8.84 M€ for Road, Rail and Waterborne Trans-port projects. These estimates involve 36 and 19 Basque participa-tions, respectively.

Achieving the objective for return set at 26 M€ in the second period of the FP7 would involve a 16% growth of Basque activity when com-pared to the results obtained in the fi rst period 2007-2010 (22.34 M€). On the other hand, meeting this objective would entail a 44% in-crease with respect to the returns obtained in the FP6 (18.07 M€) —see graph (G.5.9) Transport Theme.

The Transport Theme includes a JTI and a PPP in its global fi gures:

• JTI: Clean Sky.

• PPP: Green Cars.

The objective set for the Clean Sky JTI is a return of 8.51 M€ obtained from a total of 5 participations, and the objective set for the Green Cars PPP is a return of 4.64 M€ obtained from a total of 12 participa-tions and a leadership in 1 project.

Transport Theme


22.34 M€

2.6 M€

3.52 M€

24%

44%16%

78%

141.76%

26 M€

4.64 M€

8.51 M€

18.07 M€







22,340,000 €* 26,000,000 € / 28 M€18,070,000 €

Green CarsProjects: 7Leadership: 02,600,000 €

Clean SkyProjects: 13Leadership: 83,520,000 €

Clean SkyProjects: 5Leadership: 08,510,000 €

Green CarsProjects: 12Leadership: 14,640,000 €

100,000 €

85

FP7 (2007-2010)FP6 FP7 (2011-2013)

FP

G.5.10


5.3.1.8. Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities

The Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Theme is gaining importance for the European Union, as can be inferred from the al-location of 623 M€ of the Cooperation Programme’s total budget for the FP7 compared to the 247 M€ allocated in the FP6 for the Citizens and Governance in the European Knowledge-based Society Themat-ic Area.

This fact portrays the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities theme as a an emerging sector that requires support in innovative research and the research implemented, as its transference to soci-ety helps resolving current and future management issues in or-ganisations, whether private (enterprises) or public (Institutions).

Despite Basque participation not having stood out for its relevance in themes related to socioeconomics, the results of the activity in the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Theme during the fi rst pe-riod of the FP7 show a signifi cant improvement, registering returns of 1.09 M€ with respect to the 0.75 M€ obtained in the FP6 —a 45% growth.

To this effect, the information collected in the Questionnaires show positive results that allow establishing objectives that entail an in-crease of activity in the socio-economic scope during the second period of the FP7: up to a total amount of funding of 2 M€, that is, 0.32% of the total budget allocated by the European Commission to this Theme (623 M€) —see graph (G.5.10) Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Theme.

Achieving the objective for return set at 2 M€ for the second period of the FP7 would involve an 83% increase with respect to the results obtained in the Basque Country for the fi rst period 2007-2010 (1.09 M€). On the other hand, meeting the objective would entail a 167% increase with respect to the returns obtained in the FP6 (0.75 M€).

Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Theme

* The 1.09 M€ return represents 7.33 % of the State’s return.

1.09 M€45%

167%

83% 2 M€

0.75 M€

FP7 BUDGET FOR THE THEME: 623,000,000 €






1,090,000 €* 2,000,000 €/3 M€750,000 €

100,000 €

86

FP7 (2007-2010) FP7 (2011-2013)

FP7 (2007-2010) FP7 (2011-2013)

FP

FP

G.5.12

G.5.11


5.3.1.9. Space

The Space Theme, with a total budget of 1,430 M€, plans to sup-port the European Space Programme focusing on applications such as the GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) in the interest of the citizens and in view of the competitiveness of the European space industry. This activity intends to contribute to the development of a European Space Programme, complementing the work of the Member States and other agents, including the European Space Agency.

The analysis conducted on the Questionnaires allows setting a return of 2 M€ as the objective of Basque activity in the Space Theme for 2011-2013, that is, 0.14% of the total budget allocated by the Euro-pean Commission to this Theme (1,430 M€). This return involves a participation of 4 Basque entities in Space related projects —see graph (G.5.11) Space Theme.

Achieving the objective for return set at 2 M€ in the Space Theme for the second period of the FP7 would involve a drop in activity of 17% with respect to the results obtained by the Basque R&D&i for the fi rst period 2007-2010 (2.41 M€). When considering the time period difference —from four to three years—, we can see that the annual effort in the second period is higher than the fi rst. Therefore, after obtaining an average annual return of 0.6 M€ in the fi rst period (2007-2010), the objective set for the second period of the FP7 is to increase the average annual return to 0.66 M€.

5.3.1.10. Security

The Security Theme, with a total budget allocated by the European Commission of 1,400 M€, aims to develop technologies and knowl-edge that will allow the creation of the necessary capacity to guar-antee the security of the European citizens against threats such as terrorism, organised crime, as well as the impact and consequences of natural catastrophes and industrial accidents while focusing in civil applications.

The activity objectives set for this Theme during the second period of the FP7, after analysing the Questionnaires fi lled-in by the Basque Agents, consist in reaching a European funding of 2 M€, that is, 0.14% of the total budget allocated by the European Commission to this Theme —see graph (G.5.12) Security Theme.

The objective for return set at 2 M€ for the Basque Agents in this Theme would involve a 30% drop with respect to the results ob-tained in the fi rst period (2007-2010) of the FP7 (2.86 M€). The fact that the second period is one year shorter than the fi rst should be taken into consideration in the analysis.

Security Theme

Space Theme



2.41 M€

2.86 M€

17%

30%

2 M€

2 M€






2,410,000 €* 2,000,000 €/3 M€






2,860,000 €* 2,000,000 €/6 M€

100,000 €

100,000 €

87

FP7 (2007-2010) FP7 (2011-2013)

FP

G.5.13

G.5.14


5.3.2. Capacities

The Capacities Programme aims to promote research and innovation in Europe, and therefore the European Commission has allocated a budget of 4,097 M€. To this effect, the Programme suggests:

• Supporting the coherent development of policies.

• Complementing the Cooperation Programme.

• Contributing to Community policies and initiatives with the aim of improving the coherence and impact of the Member States’ policies.

• Finding synergies with regional and cohesion policies, Structural Funds, education and training programmes and the Competitive-ness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP).

Graph (G.5.13) details information related to the Basque participation in European R&D&i in the Capacities Programme, showing the results obtained in the fi rst period of the FP7 (2007-2010) and the planifi ca-tion of the activity for the second period of the FP7 (2011-2013).

The activity objectives revised for this Programme during the second period of the FP7 set a return of 23 M€ to be reached by the par-ticipation of 94 Basque entities and 10 leaderships in projects —see graph (G.5.13) Capacities Programme.

The Capacities Programme covers seven specifi c knowledge-based themes, which are grouped in two for simplifying purposes:

• The fi rst subgroup comprises the Research for the Benefi t of SMEs Theme, which has a budget of 1,336 M€ allocated by the Euro-pean Commission and represents 32% of the total funds destined to the Capacities Programme.

• The second subgroup comprises the rest of Themes included in the Capacities Programme with a total budget of 2,761 M€:

– Research infrastructures. – Regions of knowledge. – Potencial investigador. – Research potential. – Science in Society. – Support to the Coherent Development of Research Policies.

In the Basque Country, the Research for the Benefi t of SMEs Theme is a driving force in the strengthening of the Capacities Programme, representing 78% (second period of the FP7) of the total estimated return compared to the 56% it represented in the results obtained in the fi rst period of the FP7 —see graph (G.5.14) Summary of the Ca-pacities Programme.

Capacities Programme

19 M€

121%23 M€




ObjectivesProjects: 94Leadership: 10

19,000,000 € 23,000,000 €

100,000 €

Summary of the Capacities Programme

Rest of Activities22%

Rest of Activities44%

Research for the benefi t of SMEs

56%


78%

Return FP7 2007-2011 by Theme

Objectives FP7 2007-2011 by Theme

88

FP7 (2007-2010)FP6 FP7 (2011-2013)

FP


5.3.2.1. Research for the Benefi t of SMEs

The aim of this Theme within the Capacities Programme is to strengthen the innovative capacity of European SMEs in the develop-ment of products and markets based on new technologies. To this end, the Programme supports the subcontracting of research, the increase in research efforts, the extension of research networks, the improvement of the exploitation of research results and the acquire-ment of technological “knowledge” with the aim of reducing the gap between research and innovation.

The results obtained by the Basque R&D&i in the FP6 within the Research for the benefi t of SMEs Theme represented 13% of the total amount allocated by Europe (131 M€). This indicator is only surpassed in returns by the NMP, ICT and Transport Themes. In this sense, a better Basque participation could have been expected for the fi rst period of the FP7. However, in spite of the increase in the Community budget, reality shows a drop in Basque participation as a result of obtaining a return of 10.7 M€ (representing a 38% drop with respect to the returns obtained in the FP6).

On the other hand, the information collected through the Question-naires allow for optimistic objectives such as reaching a return of 18 M€ in the second period of the FP7 by means of 75 participations and 8 leaderships in projects. This return represents 1.35% of the budget allocated by the European Commission to this Theme (1,336 M€) —see graph (G.5.15) Research for the Benefi t of SMEs Theme.

Achieving the objective for return set at 18 M€ for the second period of the FP7 in this Area would involve a 68% increase in Basque activ-ity when compared to the results obtained in the fi rst period (10.7 M€).

Research for the Benefi t of SMEs ThemeG.5.15


10.7 M€

38%

4%

68%

18 M€

17.25 M€







10,700,000 €* 18,000,000 €/10 M€17,250,000 €

100,000 €

89

FP7 (2007-2010) FP7 (2011-2013)

FP

FP7 (2007-2010) FP7 (2011-2013)

FP

G.5.16

G.5.17


5.3.2.2. Rest of Themes included in the Capacities Programme

The Themes included in this group of the Capacities Programme are:

• Research Infrastructures (1,715 M€).

• Regions of knowledge (126 M€).

• Research potential (340 M€).

• Science in Society (330 M€).

• International Cooperation Actions (180 M€).

• Support to the Coherent Development of Research Policies (70 M€).

The analysis conducted on the Questionnaires allows setting a return of 5 M€ as the objective of the Basque activity in the Rest of Themes included in the Capacities Programme for 2011-2013, that is, 0.18% of the total budget allocated by the European Commission to this Theme (2,761 M€). This return involves reaching a participation in projects of 19 Basque entities and an estimate of 2 leaderships —see graph (G.5.16) Rest of Themes included in the Capacities Programme.

When analysing the fi gures presented in graph (G.5.16), we can see that the estimates for return in the second period of the FP7 are lower than for the fi rst period. The fact that the second period is one year shorter than the fi rst should be taken into consideration in the analysis.

5.3.3. Ideas

The aim of increasing Basque participation in this activity is based especially on the role played by the CRCs, BERCs and Universities, which carry out activities of strategic interest. The results obtained in the fi rst period of the FP7 prove this fact, where 100% of the par-ticipations are from these entities.

The objective for return set at 17 M€ (0.23% of the Community budget) in the second period of the FP7 for the Basque Agents in the Ideas Programme entails the participation in projects of 16 Basque entities and 12 leaderships —see graph (G.5.17) Ideas Programme.

In this sense, achieving the objective for return set at 17 M€ for the second period of the FP7 in this Basque R&D&i Programme would involve an 86% increase of the activity with respect to the results obtained in the fi rst period (2007-2010) of the FP7 (9.13 M€).

Rest of Themes included in the Capacities Programme

8.21 M€

40%

5 M€





8,210,000 € 5,000,000 €

100,000 €

Ideas Programme


9.13 M€

86%17 M€





2006 ObjectiveProjects: –Leadership: –

9,130,000 €* 17,000,000 €/7 M€

100,000 €

90

FP7 (2007-2010) FP7 (2011-2013)

CIP (2007-2010) CIP (2011-2013)

FP

CIP

G.5.19

G.5.18


5.3.4. People

The objectives set for the second period of the FP7 (2011-2013) are a return of 12 M€ with the participation of 52 Basque entities and a leadership in half of them. This involves obtaining an amount of funding of 0.25% the total Community budget allocated (4,750 M€) —see graph (G.5.18) People Programme.

When analysing the fi gures presented in graph (G.5.18), we can see that the estimates for funding in the second period of the FP7 are 41% lower than the funding obtained in the 2007-2010 period. The fact that the second period is one year shorter than the fi rst should be taken into consideration in the analysis.

5.3.5. Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP)

The Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP), with an allocated budget of 3.621 M€, is the answer offered by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Enterprise and Indus-try to innovation. This Programme intends to serve as a sole legal base and be coherent with all the Community actions related to competitiveness and innovation within the framework of the Lisbon Strategy.

The CIP Framework Programme covers both technological and non-technological aspects, as opposed to the FP7, and focuses on the later phases of the research and innovation process of technological innovation. Therefore, its objectives are:

• To encourage the competitiveness of enterprises, especially of SMEs.

• To promote innovation, including eco innovation.

• To expedite the deployment of a competitive, innovating and inclu-sive Information Society.

• To promote energy effi ciency, new and renewable energy sources in all sectors.

In addition, the CIP Framework Programme aims to provide a com-mon framework for the sub-programmes of the FP7, integrating a series of measures that have already been initiated and establishing a much simpler structure.

The objective set for the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) during the 2011-2013 period involves obtaining a return of 5 M€, remaining constant with respect to the result ob-tained for the fi rst period and representing 0.14% of the total budg-et allocated by the European Commission to this Programme. The 5 M€ in returns would result from the participation in projects of 33 Basque entities and a leadership in 5 of them —see graph (G.5.19) Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme.

Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme CIP

People Programme


20.35 M€

5.03 M€

41%

1%

12 M€

5 M€





2006 ObjectiveProjects: – Leadership: –

20,350,000 €* 12,000,000 €/9 M€

BUDGET: 3,620,000,000 €




5,030,000 € 5,000,000 €

100,000 €

100,000 €

91

T.5.4

T.5.5


5.4. Revision of the Basque Country’s activity in the FP7 and CIP by agent

Following the revision of the objectives carried out up to now for the second period of the FP7 and CIP, which is based on the breakdown of Programmes and Themes, below are the objectives corresponding to each of the types of Agents of the Basque R&D&i System. The aim is to simplify the view of the role that each agent must play in the 2011-2013 period of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) and the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP).

In line with the results presented up to this moment, the following shall be detailed for each Agent:

• The results obtained by the Basque R&D&i in the FP6.

• The results obtained in the fi rst period of the FP7 and CIP

• The estimates carried out for the second period of the FP7 and CIP.

The criteria used to group the Agents of the Basque R&D&i System in the allocation of objectives for the second period of the FP7 have been:

• Science and Technology Agents: this term groups all the Science and Technology Agents of the Basque Science, Technology and In-novation Network (RVCTI), except Universities, BERCs, Ikerbasque and Business R&D Units. In other words, Technology Corporations, CRCs, BIOEF, Intermediate Bodies and other Science and Technology Agents have been included.

• University System: this term groups the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), the University of Deusto, the University of Mondragon, the Higher School of Engineering of Navarra (located in Guipuzcoa), Ikerbasque and the BERCs (Basic Excellence Re-search Centre).

• Enterprises: this term groups the SMEs, Large Enterprises and Business R&D Units.

Following this classifi cation, the tables (T.5.4) and (T.5.5) show the results obtained during the fi rst period of the FP7 and the CIP as well as the objectives set for the second period, which are broken-down by type of Agent and indicate the relative weight that the returns of each type of agent represent in the global Basque participation.

When analysing tables (T.5.4) ad (T.5.5), a series of global conclusions can be drawn:

• The objectives set for the Science and Technology Agents represent a maintenance of its returns, as although their relative weight drops in 10%, in absolute fi gures the annual return increases in over 7 M€ (taking into consideration that the fi rst period comprises 4 years and the second 3).

Breakdown of FP7 and CIP returns by Agent (Results 2007-2010)

Breakdown of FP7 and CIP returns by Agent (Objectives 2011-2013)

Type of Agent

Results 2007-2010

Return M€

Relative Weight

Participa-tions

Leader-ships

Technology Corporations 99.05 50.6% 306 68

CRCs 8.66 4.4% 25 13

Other Science and Technology Agents 8.81 4.5% 49 5

Science and Technology Agents 116.52 59.5% 380 86

University System 27.46 14% 67 31

SMEs 21.75 11.1% 94 12

Large Enterprises 19.74 10.1% 70 8

Enterprises 41.48 21.2% 164 20

Other Institutions 10.30 5.3% 29 3

General Total 195.77 100% 640 140

Type of Agent

Objectives 2011-2013

Return M€

Relative Weight

Partici-pations

Leader-ships %*

Technology Corporations 88.00 40.0% 267 39

CRCs 14.40 6.5% 45 11

Other Science and Technology Agents 7.60 3.5% 39 5

Science and Technology Agents 110.00 50.0% 351 55 –6%

University System 38.00 17.3% 87 36 38%

SMEs 33.00 15.0% 105 18

Large Enterprises 33.00 15.0% 97 10

Enterprises 66.00 30.0% 202 28 59%

Other Institutions 6.00 2.7% 24 2 –42%

General Total 220.00 100% 664 121 12%

* % variation of the FP7 and CIP returns for 2011-2013 with respect to the 2007-2010 period.


• The objective for the University System is to increase the total re-sults obtained in the fi rst period of the FP7 by 38% for the second period, thus increasing its relative weight among the Basque Agents participating in the FP7 and CIP.

• The objectives set for the Enterprises are a turning point, as they represent a strong increase of 59% of its returns and almost 9% of its relative weight.

A series of graphs are presented below that detail the relative weight of the agents in the results of the fi rst period of the FP7 (2007-2010) and in the objectives for the second period of the FP7 (2011-2013) —see graph (G.5.20) Summary of the Agent’s evolution.

Summary of the Agents’ evolutionG.5.20

Scientifi c-Technological

Agents50%

Scientifi c-Technological

Agents59.5%

Enterprises30%

Enterprises21.2%

University System17.3%

University System17.3%

University System

14%

University System

14%

Other Institutions2.7%




Return FP7 2007-2010 by Group of Agents

Return FP7 2007-2010 by Agent

Objectives FP7 2011-2013 by Group of Agents

Objectives FP7 2011-2013 by Agent

Technology Corporations

40%

Technology Corporations

50.6%

CRC6.5%CRC

4.4%Other ST

Agents3.5%

Other ST Agents

4.5%

SMEs15%

SMEs11.1%

Large Enterprises

15%

Large Enterprises

10.1%

93

FP7 / CIP (2007-2010)FP6 FP7 / CIP (2011-2013)

CIP (2007-2010) CIP (2011-2013)


5.4.1. Science and Technology Agents

This term groups all the Science and Technology Agents of the Basque Science, Technology and Innovation Network (RVCTI), ex-cept for Universities, BERCs, Ikerbasque (University System) and the Business R&D Units. In other words, the objectives of Technology Corporations, CRCs, BIOEF, Intermediate Bodies and other Science and Technology Agents are studied in this section.

En (G.5.21) shows the objectives established for the second period of the FP7 (2011-2013) for all the agents grouped under the concept Science and Technology Agents, together with the results obtained in the FP6 and the fi rst period of the FP7 (2007-2010), as well as the objectives set for the CIP Framework Programme in the 2011-2013 period regarding Science and Technology Agents (returns of 3.73 M€ with 26 participations and 4 leaderships) and its results in the 2007-2010 period.

The objectives of activity planned for this activity by the Science and Technology Agents in the second period of the FP7 consist in reach-ing a global funding of 110 M€, with 351 participations and 55 leaderships in projects —see graph (G.5.21) Science and Technology Agents.

The objective set for the Science and Technology Agents for the three years covered by the second period of the FP7 (110 M€) is a slight drop with respect to the amount obtained in the four years covered by the fi rst period of the FP7 (116.52 M€). Despite the global amounts refl ecting a drop in effort, the average annual return represents a 26% increase —from 29.13 M€/year in the fi rst period to 36.67 M€/year in the second.

However, despite the difference in length with respect to the FP6, obtaining a return of 110 M€ in the three years covered by the second period of the FP7 would involve a 56% increase with re-spect to the results obtained by the Basque Country in the FP6 (70.7 M€).

Science and Technology Agents: Breakdown of results in the FP6, FP7 and CIP (2007-2010) and Objectives in the FP7 and CIP (2011-2013)

G.5.21

116.52 M€

60%

56%

6%110 M€

70.7 M€




116,520,000 € 110,000,000 €70,700,000 €

100,000 € FP + CIP CIPFP

2.88 M€

30%

3.73 M€

Projects: 22Leadership: 62,880,000 €


94

G.5.22


The fi gures included in graph (G.5.22), which detail the global ob-jectives established for the Science and Technology Agents for the different Programmes in the FP7, represent the following facts:

• The Cooperation Programme with a return of 82.6 M€ would present the most activity, representing 75.1% of the total for the FP7 and CIP.

• The Capacities Programme, with a return of 13.08 M€, would rep-resent 11.9% of the total funding received by the Science and Technology Agents.

• The Ideas and People Programmes, with objectives set at 6.39 M€ and 4.20 M€ respectively, would represent a 5.8% and a 3.8% of the activity in the second period of the FP7.

Science and Technology Agents: Breakdown of Objectives in the FP7 and CIP (2011-2013) by Programme

Capacities11.9%

Cooperation75.1%

People3.8%

Ideas5.8%

CIP3.4%

95

FP7 / CIP (2007-2010)FP6 FP7 / CIP (2011-2013)

CIP (2007-2010) CIP (2011-2013)

G.5.23

G.5.24


5.4.2. University System

This term groups the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), the University of Deusto, the University of Mondragon, the Higher School of Engineering of Navarra (located in Guipuzcoa), Ikerbasque and the BERCs (Basic Excellence Research Centre).

Graph (G.5.23) shows the objectives established for the second pe-riod of the FP7 (2011-2013) for the entire University System, to-gether with the results obtained in the FP6 and the fi rst period of the FP7 (2007-2010), as well as the objectives set for the CIP Framework Programme in the 2011-2013 period regarding the University Sys-tem (returns of 1.27 M€ with 5 participations and 1 leadership) and its results in the 2007-2010 period.

The activity objectives set for the University System during the sec-ond period of the FP7 consist in obtaining a return of 38 M€ with 87 participations in projects and a leadership in 36 of them —see graph (G.5.23) University System.

The objective for return set at 38 M€ for the University System in the second period of the FP7 would involve a 38% increase with respect to the return obtained in the fi rst period 2007-2010 (27.46 M€) and 262% with respect to the FP6 (10.5 M€).

The fi gures included in graph (G.5.24), which detail the global objec-tives established for the University System in the different Pro-grammes of the FP7, represent the following facts:

• The participation of the University System in the Cooperation Pro-gramme, with an estimated return of 17.43 M€, would represent 45.9% of the total for the FP7 and CIP.

• The returns set for the University System in the Capacities Pro-gramme would reach an amount of 2.82 M€ and represent 7.4% of the total objective for the second period of the FP7 and CIP.

• In the Ideas and People Programmes, the University System, with objectives set at 10.20 M€ and 6.28 M€ respectively, would be the most active Agent by jointly representing 43.5% of the returns estimated for this agent in the entire FP7 and CIP.

University System: Breakdown of results in the FP6, FP7 and CIP (2007-2010) and Objectives in the FP7 and CIP (2011-2013)

27.46 M€

161%

262%

38%

38 M€

10.5 M€




27,460,000 € 38,000,000 €10,500,000 €

University System: Breakdown of Objectives in the FP7 and CIP (2011-2013) by Programme

Capacities7.4%

Cooperation45.9%

People16.5%

Ideas27%

CIP3.3%

1.38 M€8% 1.27 M€



100,000 € FP + CIP CIPFP

96

FP7 / CIP (2007-2010)FP6 FP7 / CIP (2011-2013)

CIP (2007-2010) CIP (2011-2013)

G.5.26

G.5.25


5.4.3. Enterprises

This term groups the SMEs, Large Enterprises and Business R&D Units.

Graph (G.5.25) shows the objectives established for the second pe-riod of the FP7 (2011-2013) for all Basque enterprises, together with the results obtained in the FP6 and the fi rst period of the FP7 (2007-2010), as well as the objectives set for the Basque Enterprises in the CIP Framework Programme and the poor results obtained by them in the 2007-2010 period. As we can see, the participation of Basque enterprises is not foreseen in the CIP, which shows the evident una-wareness of Enterprises regarding the opportunities offered by this Programme.

The objectives of activity planned for Enterprises in the second peri-od of the FP7 consist in obtaining a return of 66 M€ with 202 par-ticipations and 28 leaderships of Basque entities in projects —see graph (G.5.25) Enterprises.

Achieving the objective for return set at 66 M€ in the Basque Coun-try for the second period of the FP7 would involve a 59% increase with respect to the results obtained in the fi rst period (41.48 M€). On the other hand, meeting the objective would entail a 53% in-crease with respect to the returns obtained in the FP6 (42.73 M€).

From the fi gures included in graph (G.5.26), which detail the global objectives established for the Enterprises broken-down in the differ-ent Programmes of the FP7 and CIP, the following conclusions can be drawn:

• The Programme in which the Enterprises would participate the most would be the Cooperation Programme with a return of 57.45 M€, which represents 87% of the total returns obtained in the second period of the FP7 and CIP.

• The Capacities Programme, with a total return of 6,62 M€, would represent 10% of the activity of the Enterprises in the second pe-riod of the FP7 and CIP.

• The relative weight of the Ideas and People Programmes is residu-al in Enterprises, as they would all only reach 3% of the total re-turn.

Enterprises: Breakdown of Objectives in the FP7 and CIP (2011-2013) by Programme

Enterprises: Breakdown of results in the FP6, FP7 and CIP (2007-2010) and Objectives in the FP7 and CIP (2011-2013)

41.48 M€3%

53% 59%

66 M€

42.73 M€




41,480,000 € 66,000,000 €42,730,000 €

100,000 € FP - CIPFP

Capacities10%

Cooperation87%

People2%

Ideas1%

0.02 M€ 0 M€

Projects: 1Leadership: 020,000 €

Projects: 0Leadership: 00 €

97

T.5.6


5.5. Global Revision of the Basque Country’s Activity in the FP7 and CIP

The Basque Country faces a new stage in European R&D&i with the opening of the second period of the Seventh Framework Programme (2011-2013) and has the main aim of increasing the participation of Basque entities in these programmes.

With the aim of achieving a growth in received returns and an im-provement of the Basque position in Europe, the following guide-lines are established:

• Continue with the intensity of the efforts put into the consolidated fi elds among Basque Agents, such as the Nanosciences, Nanotech-nologies, Materials and New Production Technologies (NMP) Theme —whose return in the 2007-2010 period of the FP7 repre-sented 32.68% of the return obtained by the State— and the Trans-port Theme, which represents 26.98% of the State’s return.

• Increase the effort in the fi elds which still need consolidating: En-ergy, whose Basque returns represent 17.15% of the State’s return, the Environment (12.2%) and Space (12.07%).

• Strongly reinforce the activity in Themes that allow for a wide mar-gin of improvement, such as Research for the Benefi t of SMEs (9.07% of the State’s return), Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and Biotechnology (7.47%), Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (7.33%), ICT (7.18%), Security (6.6%) and especially Health (3.91%).

Table (T.5.6) presents the global fi gures of the returns obtained in the FP6, as well as those obtained in the fi rst period of the FP7 (2007-2010) and the objectives set for the second period (2011-2013) of the FP7 and CIP. These fi gures show a positive evolution of Basque participation in European R&D&i as a result of the continued effort invested by the Basque research agents. The information gathered refl ects a 12% growth when comparing the objectives set for the second period of the FP7 and CIP (220 M€) and the results obtained in the fi rst period (195.77 M€).

Graph (G.5.27) represents the annual distribution of the returns ob-tained in the fi rst period and the annual objectives for the second period of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) and the Com-petitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP).

Table (T.5.7) shows the breakdown of the objectives set for the dif-ferent types of Agents in each Programme within the FP7 and CIP.

Results in the FP6 (2002-2006), FP7 and CIP (2007-2010) and Objectives in the FP7 and CIP (2011-2013) by Programme and Theme

* Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and Biotechnology.** Other FP6: SSP, Marie Curie, Eranet, S&S, INCO, INNOV and Public Health.

Programme Theme FP6 (2002-2006)

ResultsFP7

(2007-2010)

Objectives FP7

(2011-2013)

Cooperation

Health 4.50 4.43 8

Food* 1.77 3.74 6

ICT 24.01 25.51 40

NMP 34.75 53.23 51

Energy 12.72 18.79 20

Environment 0.56 5.95 6

Transport 18.07 22.34 26

Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities

0.75 1.09 2

Space — 2.41 2

Security — 2.86 2

Total Cooperation Th. 97.13 140.35 163

Coordination of Research Activities

— 1.75 0

Total Cooperation 97.13 142.10 163

Capacities

Research for the Benefi t of SMEs

17.25 10.70 18

Rest of Themes included in the Programme

— 8.31 5

Total Capacities 17.25 19.01 23

Ideas — 9.13 17

People — 20.35 12

EURATOM — 0.14 —

OTHER FP6** 16.88 — —

TOTAL FP 131.26 190.74 215

CIP — 5.03 5

TOTAL FP and CIP 131.26 195.77 220

98

G.5.27

T.5.7

90

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0


The following can be inferred from analysing (T.5.7):

• The Cooperation Programme has the largest participation from all the Agents.

• The Ideas and People Programmes gather a low participation when it comes to Science and Technology Agents and Enterprises, but it is the second and third source of European returns for the Univer-sity System respectively.

• On the other hand, the lack of participation of Enterprises in the CIP Framework Programme is worth noting, which deserves a special study and effort from the entities involved in order to improve this situation.

Annual breakdown of returns in the FP7 and CIP (2007-2010) and Objectives in the FP7 and CIP (2011-2013)

195.77 M€

220 M€

12%

Breakdown of Objectives in the FP7 and CIP (2011-2013) by Programme and Agent

Objectives FP7 and CIP (2011-2013)

Cooperation Capacities Ideas People CIP TOTAL

ST Agents 82.60 13.08 6.39 4.20 3.73 110

University System 17.43 2.82 10.20 6.28 1.27 38

Enterprises 57.45 6.62 0.41 1.52 0 66

Other Institutions 5.52 0.48 0 0 0 6

Total Programmes 163 23 17 12 5 220

43.0746.98

50.9054.81

6672.60

81.40

Objetivos 2011-2013Resultados 2007-2010


FUTURE project: “Flutter-Free Turbomachinery Blades”. ITP and CTA are participating.

6.1. Introduction ....................................................................................................... 102

6.1.1. The ERA-NET Programme ........................................................................... 102

6.1.2. The ERA-NET Plus Programme ................................................................ 103

6.2. Positioning of the Basque Country in the ERA-NET Programme ................................................................................ 103

6.2.1. Relevance of the ERA-NET Programme for the Basque Country ............................................................................................... 103

6.2.2. Basque participation in the ERA-NET Programme ....................... 106

ERA-NET TRANS-NATIONAL

COOPERATION PROJECTS


6.1. Introduction

The ERA-NET scheme is a European Union initiative aimed at na-tional and regional governments and designed to fi nd the coordina-tion and cooperation among its research, development and innova-tion programmes. The ERA-NET programme is put into practice by means of open calls for cross-border cooperation proposals in any area of science and technology via a bottom-up approach.

Within the ERA-NET scheme, there are two instruments:

· The ERA-NET Programme. · The ERA-NET Plus Programme.

6.1.1. The ERA-NET Programme

The ERA-NET scheme is a support instrument for the progress to-wards the European Research Area and the promotion of the free circulation of researchers as well as of scientifi c and technological knowledge. When assessing the ERA-NETs’ activity, this scheme has successfully reached the objectives set for promoting the coopera-tion and coordination of national/regional research activities by link-ing different national/regional programmes.

The interest in the scheme has also continued to increase during the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) —47 new ERA-NETs were added in FP7 to the 71 already created under the FP6. However, the trend of agencies and ministries joining a large number of ERA-NETs has dropped in the past years. The participation in ERA-NETS has been increasingly decided by key criteria such as reaching a critical mass and adjusting better to the strategic objectives of other coun-tries/regions.

The European Commission supports two projects specifi cally de-signed for the collection of information on impacts and benefi ts of the ERA-NET. These projects, called ERA-LEARN and NETWATCH, help establish the additionality and value of participation in ERA-NETs against other European initiatives of similar nature.

The ERA-LEARN project is a two-year Support Action (2009-2010) funded under the FP7 and is aimed at:

· Identifying well working approaches and providing guidance in aligning the structures and procedures for joint call implementa-tion.

· Providing guidance in monitoring the ERA-NET portfolio and taking strategic decisions on which existing ERA-NETs to join and which new ERA-NETs to establish.

· Facilitating a structure for monitoring the long-term evolution of the ERA-NET scheme, helping to create a durable interaction be-tween funding programmes.

The NETWATCH project (www.ec.europa.eu/netwatch) is a platform on trans-national R&D programme collaboration that focuses on ERA-NETs; in other words, it is the front end for the ERA-LEARN project. The objectives of the NETWATCH project are:

· Provide information.· Analyse.· Encourage mutual learning.· Present examples, analysis and cases of best practice.

According to the document “ERA-NETs on Stage 2010 Final Report”, which collects the contributions made in the Annual ERA-NET Event celebrated in March of 2010 in Brussels, there are two approaches to the future positioning of the ERA-NET scheme.

One approach is based on the existence of a trend to evolve from an ERA-NET project to an ERA-NET Plus action that subsequently would be developed and implemented in a Joint Programme. This evolution would involve moving towards a larger scale structure.

Nevertheless, not all ERA-NETs would move on to a bigger and more supranational form or model: An alternative route could be the ‘ERA-NET light’ concept. This model is based on creating a limited number of core partners that manage the ERA-NET and a larger number of associated members, with the latter only deciding to join in for lim-ited periods of time and specifi c activities created by the ERA-NET, e.g. the implementation of Joint calls. It is important to remember that ‘structure follows strategy’ and that fl exibility is key to the for-mation of dynamic networks.

Other objectives set out in other active ERA-NETs are the possibility of working towards a sustainable programme. This sustainable pro-gramme would enable the continuation of the opening of Calls with-out the need for the Commission’s support. According to an initial study conducted by the Commission on the sustainability objectives in ERANETs, currently 50% of the ERA-NETs see the possibility of their activities continuing, while the other 50% see the need of econom-ic support from the Commission to carry out their joint activities.

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6.1.2. The ERA-NET Plus Programme

The ERA-NET Plus is a tool of the FP7 created to reinforce the ERA-NET scheme. Just like the ERA-NET, this new instrument is an incentive for managers and owners of R&D funding programmes to work in col-laboration by launching a joint call via national and regional funding programmes. The new dimension of the Plus instrument is that the Commission provides an economic incentive with the aim of increas-ing the amount of committed trans-national aid, an incentive that can reach up to 33% of the total by means of community funds.

ERANET Plus is an action comprised by two phases:

· 1st Phase ERA-NET Plus: This period begins with the set-up of the ERANET Plus, where the participating agencies commit to a virtual or real common pot for funding projects while the European Com-mission commits to a third of the common fund. In order to receive funding from the Commission, there are several basic criteria to be considered:

– One joint call to be implemented per proposal. – Minimum fi nancial volume of the joint call is 5 M€, including the

Commission’s contribution. – The duration of an ERA-NET Plus cannot exceed 5 years.

The contribution made by the Commission helps agencies fund a larger number of projects as it increases the grant’s total amount.

The proposals presented to the Call must pass a process divided in two stages.

– In the fi rst stage, the agencies belonging to the countries organis-ing the Call evaluate the pre-proposals presented in order to de-termine which will be invited to present a fi nal proposal.

– In the second stage, a centralised evaluation is performed by means of an evaluation panel composed of external evaluators. This evaluation results in a ranking of projects that is sent to the EC, prior consortium approval.

· 2nd Phase ERA-NET Plus: This phase begins with the EC’s accept-ance of the ranking of projects approved in the Call launched and concludes when the ERA-NET Plus ends. During this period, the projects awarded grants are monitored, and the agencies submit periodical reports of this monitoring to the EC.

It is worth noting that the Commission’s role is —for all purposes— that of a special funding partner, which may contribute with up to 33% of the total budget accumulated for the joint Call.

6.2. Positioning of the Basque Country in the ERA-NET Programme

As a result of the success achieved with the ERA-NET scheme in the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), the Commission has not only committed to this tool but it has reinforced it with the ERA-NET Plus action. The Basque Country has also committed to this tool; the re-gion’s activity during the FP6 was already signifi cant among the dif-ferent countries/regions with the Basque Country participating in 9 ERA-NETs. During the 2007-2010 period of the FP7, the Basque Coun-try did not only commit to increasing activity in the ERA-NET scheme but also decided to participate in one of the nine ERA-NET Plus start-ed-up.

6.2.1. Relevance of the ERA-NET Programme for the Basque Country

In the past few years, the Basque Country has made a great effort towards improving its R&D. The experience obtained during the FP7 has served as confi rmation that the ERA-NET scheme has been and continues to be an access path to internationalisation for those en-terprises that, without having had any prior experience in European projects, want to start internationalising their R&D. It is an intermedi-ate step, especially for SMEs, towards major R&D projects within the FP7. In coherence with this policy, the Basque Country has increased its participation by committing to ERA-NETs featuring themes that are aligned with the strategic areas proposed by the Science, Technology and Innovation Plan, such as micro and nanotechnology, manufac-turing, biotechnology, SmartGrids, eco-innovation, food security and lead markets. Graph (G.6.1) shows this relationship between the strategies of the Science, Technology and Innovation Plan and the participation in ERA-NETs.

The Basque Country has remained the region of reference in ERA-NET participation during the FP7. Proof of this is the support received from the European Commission in the MANUNET ERA-NET led by the Department of Industry, Innovation, Trade and Tourism of the Basque Government and coordinated by Innobasque. The EC has considered the MANUNET the best ERA-NET and defi ned it as “a key to success”.

Table (T.6.1) shows a complete list of the projects currently active including the leaders and their scope of action.

Below are the ERA-NET projects in which the Basque Country has participated or is participating:

· MANUNET (2006-2014): This ERA-NET was born as an initiative by the Basque Government to progress towards the ERA in the scope of Manufacturing technologies. This initiative, led by the Department of Industry, Innovation, Trade and Tourism of the

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ERA-NETs as a tool aligned with the Basque R&D Strategy and the FP7Basque Government and coordinated by Innobasque, began in 2004 with the study of a European map that identifi ed the re-gions and countries with a signifi cant weight in the manufactur-ing area and with self-funding programmes. This study served as a base for the creation in the FP6 of the ERA-NET MANUNET (2006-2010), which has opened annual calls offering enterprises the chance to participate in international research projects on manufacturing and especially encouraging SMEs to become part of the ERA. The participation has been such a success during the life of the ERA-NET (the number of SMEs and projects presented in 2009 doubled those in 2007) that the Commission has ap-proved a continuation proposal of the ERA-NET for four more years, which shall be led again by the Department of Industry, Innovation, Trade and Tourism of the Basque Government and coordinated by Innobasque (www.manunet.net).

· MATERA (2005-2011): This ERA-NET was created in the FP6 and is aimed at strengthening the collaboration among different funding programmes from European countries and regions within the scope of Materials technologies and reinforcing the knowledge in new innovative materials and their application in the European In-dustry. This project is coordinated by the Finnish agency TEKES and the Department of Industry, Innovation, Trade and Tourism of the Basque Government, is participating in this ERA-NET as an associ-ated member together with Innobasque, thus providing the op-portunity for Basque enterprises to participate in trans-national projects related to materials (www.matera.fi ).

· ERNEST (2008-2012): The objective of this ERA-NET —within the scope of Tourism— is to progress in the sustainable development of the sector via the coordination and collaboration between national and regional representatives. By means of this initiative, ERNEST aims to facilitate tourism research —especially sustainable and com-petitive tourism— that may infl uence the governance and develop-ment of policies on a European level. This project is coordinated by the Direzione Generale Sviluppo Economico of Tuscany (Italy), and the Department of Industry, Innovation, Trade and Tourism of the Basque Government is participating as a partner together with Bas-quetour and Innobasque (www.ernestproject.eu).

· SAFEFOODERA (2004-2009): This ERA-NET aims to strengthen the collaboration between European countries and regions and spur their joint participation in research projects within the scope of Food Security. As a result of the success of its two trans-national calls, some of the participating governments have decided to con-tinue their activities via a sustainable programme. This sustainabil-ity involves that the governments assume the management costs of a third trans-national call so Food Security projects can be fund-ed through their funding programmes. This project is coordinated

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SAFEFOODERA: Food Security Norway: NICe

SMARTGRIDS: SmartGrids The Netherlands: NL Agency

ETB-PRO: Biotechnology Austria: BMWA

EURONANOMED: Nanomedicine France: CEA

MNT-ERA.NET II: Micro & Nanotechnologies Austria: FFG

LEAD-ERA: Lead markets Walloon Region: DGOEER

ECO-INNOVERA: Eco-innovation Germany: PTJ-Julich

MATERA+: Materials Finland: Tekes

by the Nordisk Innovation Centre (NICe), and the Department of Environment, Regional Planning, Agriculture and Fisheries of the Basque Government is participating as a member of the consorti-um together with ELIKA (www.safefoodera.net).

· SMARTGRIDS (2008-2012): This ERA-NET was created with the aim of guaranteeing a coordinated research for the integration of SmartGrids architecture on a large scale. The SmartGrids ERA-NET encourages the development of trans-national research activities with the aim of expediting the development of a Smart Electrical Infrastructure in Europe. This project is coordinated by the Dutch agency NL, which is part of the Ministry of Economy, and the De-partment of Industry, Innovation, Trade and Tourism of the Basque Government is participating as a partner and member of the Man-agement Board together with Innobasque (www.eranet-smart-grids.eu).

· ETB-PRO (2009-2012): This ERA-NET is the continuation of the Eu-roTransBio ERA-NET (2006-2008), a project within the FP6 in which the Basque Country participated actively as a partner and a mem-ber of the Management Board since its creation. ETB-PRO is aimed at stimulating innovative and collaborative trans-national projects within the Biotechnology sector. It also works towards giving con-tinuity to its activities by means of developing a sustainable pro-gramme. This project is coordinated by the Austrian Federal Minis-try of Economy, Family and Youth (BMWFJ) and the Department of Industry, Innovation, Trade and Tourism of the Basque Government is participating —as in the fi rst part of the ERA-NET— as a partner and member of the Management Board together with Innobasque.

· EURONANOMED (2009-2012): This ERA-NET was created with the aim of promoting the competitiveness of the European actors in Nanomedicine by means of supporting R&D projects in trans-na-tional and multidisciplinary cooperation with the participation of the academic, clinical and industrial sectors (specifi cally SMEs). This project is coordinated by the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), and the Department of Industry, Innovation, Trade and Tour-ism of the Basque Government is participating as a partner and member of the Steering Committee together with Innobasque (www.euronanomed.net).

· MNT-ERA.NET II (2009-2011): This is the continuation of the ERA-NET within the scope of Micro and Nanotechnologies created in the FP6, MNT-ERA.NET (2006-2008). By applying the experience obtained in the previous period, this ERA-NET has adjusted itself to the new FP7 requirements with the aim of improving the coopera-tion between funding agencies, industry, technology centres and universities to guarantee a European network of main agents in the fi eld of micro and nanotechnologies. This project is coordinated by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), and the Depart-

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· LEAD ERA (2009-2012): This ERA-NET aims to foster the coordina-tion of a series of transregional programmes dedicated to research and innovation within the highly innovative and technology-based themes of the EU Lead Markets:

– eHealth. – Protective Textiles. – Sustainable Construction. – Recycling. – Bio-based Products. – Renewable Energies.

This project is coordinated by the Directorate General operational for Economy, Employment and Research (DGOEER) of the Walloon Re-gion, and the Department of Industry, Innovation, Trade and Tourism of the Basque Government is participating as a partner and member of the Steering Committee together with Innobasque (www.lead-era.net).

· ECO-INNOVERA (2010-2014): This ERA-NET was created in the FP7 and is aimed at strengthening the collaboration among different funding programmes from European countries and regions within the scope of eco-innovation as well as reinforcing the knowledge in the different fi elds covered by eco-innovation, such as advanced recycling or sustainable consumption and production and their ap-plication in the European Industry. This project is coordinated by the German Agency PTJ-Julich, and IHOBE together with the Depart-ment of Industry, Innovation, Trade and Tourism of the Basque Gov-ernment are participating in both the annual joint Calls and other more strategic aspects (design of a future R&D&i agenda in eco-innovation technology, etc.) (www.eco-innovera.eu).

· MATERA+ (2009-2013): This is one of the ERA-NET Plus actions launched in the FP7 and originating from the ERA-NET MATERA. The aim of this project is to launch a single Call in the fi eld of Materi-als. This project is coordinated by the Finnish agency TEKES, and the Department of Industry, Innovation, Trade and Tourism of the Basque Government is participating as a partner in the consortium together with Innobasque (www.matera.fi ).

6.2.2. Basque participation in the ERA-NET Programme

Since this tool was started-up in the FP6, the Basque Government has been involved in over 12 ERA-NET actions which have been key to the Basque industrial structure in themes such as manufacturing, biotechnology, micro and nanotechnologies, materials, renewable

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energies, eco-innovation, food safety, etc. As a result, it has become a region of reference in Europe.

The Basque Government —together with the collaboration of agen-cies such as Innobasque, IHOBE and ELIKA— has participated through some of its funding programmes in the joint action of opening calls for trans-national R&D&i projects. As a result, a larger participation of Basque enterprises together with technology centres and universi-ties has been achieved year after year. The fi gures are clear proof of the above-mentioned. In 2006, 46 Basque enterprises participated in these calls while in 2010 the participation was double. See graph (G.6.2) Mobilisation of Basque Enterprises per year.

The number of trans-national R&D&i projects with Basque participa-tion is growing every year. The success rate of the projects funded is 30%, a higher success rate than in the FP7. These Calls are of great help for SMEs as they are a simpler and more fl exible tool to use in order to internationalise their R&D.

Graph (G.6.3) shows the number of projects presented and approved in the different ERA-NET projects in which the Basque Country is participating. Although Basque participation in the ERA-NET framed within Manufacturing has been remarkable (MANUNET has received 114 projects with Basque participation during its fi rst period —2006 to 2010), the participation in other ERA-NETs framed in fi elds such as micro and nanotechnology, biotechnology or the recent lead markets or SmartGrids are also worth mentioning. Some of these ERA-NETs have just opened their fi rst call and already have a very active par-ticipation.

Graph (G.6.4) shows the total amounts (M€) mobilised by Basque enterprises to carry out the projects approved, which has been slightly higher than 30 M€ in R&D&i within the past 5 years.

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7.1. Tools to achieve the objectives in the Europe 2020 Strategy ................................................................................................................ 110

7.1.1. The strategic framework .............................................................................. 110

7.1.2. Flagship initiatives ........................................................................................... 110

7.1.3. Innovation Union .............................................................................................. 111

7.1.4. European Innovation Partnerships “EIP” .............................................. 111

7.2. Procedure to prepare the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 ............................... 112

7.3. Summary of the new setting suggested by the Framework Programme Horizon 2020 ........................................... 116

7.4. Position of the Basque Country with respect to the Framework Programme Horizon 2020 (2014-2020) ............ 116

7.4.1. Opinion on the future structure of the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 ............ 116

7.4.2. Reinforcement of the role of Small and Medium Enterprises ............................................................................................................ 117

7.4.3. Public-Private Partnerships ......................................................................... 117

7.4.4. The need to connect pre-competitive research with innovation and the market ......................................................................... 117

7.4.5. Simplifying the funding programmes ................................................... 118

7.4.6. Coordination between regional, national and European programmes ........................................................................................................ 119

7.4.7. The social dimension of science and innovation ........................... 120

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7.1. Tools to achieve the objectives in the Europe 2020 Strategy

7.1.1. The strategic framework

The entire community policy developed in the next seven-year pe-riod will be linked to the Europe 2020 Strategy, which aims to attain the following 5 major quantitative objectives:

· Reach an employment level of 75% the volume of active popula-tion (understood as those between 20 and 64 years of age).

· Destine 3% of the GDP to R&D activities.

· Meet the 20-20-20 energy effi ciency targets:

– Reduce in 20 % the CO2 emissions. – Increase the renewable energies share to 20% of the total. – Increase the effi ciency in energy consumption by 20%.

· At least 40% of the students should reach third level education, more or less identifi ed with any University qualifi cation, while the so-called academic failure should be reduced below 10%.

· Avoid the risk of exclusion and poverty for, at least, 20 million Eu-ropeans.

7.1.2. Flagship initiatives

With the aim of achieving the aforementioned strategic objectives, specifi cally those linked to stimulating employment and growth, the European Union and the National Public Authorities have agreed to coordinate their forces and focus on 7 Flagship Initiatives —see graph (G.7.1).

a) For Smart Growth

· Digital Agenda for Europe. · Innovation Union. · Youth on the Move.

b) For Sustainable Growth

· Resource Effi cient Europe. · An Industrial Policy for the Globalisation Era.

c) For Inclusive Growth

· An Agenda for New Skills and Jobs. · European Platform Against Poverty.

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7.1.3. Innovation Union

It is obvious that the Innovation Union fl agship initiative be the one that governs the management of new initiatives in matters of re-search, development and innovation. This approach is based on the three following principles:

· Focusing on innovations that address the major societal challenges identifi ed in Europe 2020.

· Understanding and pursuing a broad concept of innovation, includ-ing both research-driven innovation and non-technological innova-tion that involves new business models, design and high added-value services.

· Involving all actors and all regions in the innovation cycle: not only large enterprises but also SMEs, the public sector, the social econ-omy and the citizens themselves.

The actions within the Innovation Union framework are aimed at:

· Strengthening the knowledge base and reducing fragmentation.

– Promoting excellence in education and skills development. – Delivering the European Research Area (ERA). – Focusing EU funding instruments for innovation on the priorities

established for the Flagship. – Promoting the European Institute of Innovation and Technology

(EIT) as a model of innovation governance in Europe.

· Transferring good ideas to the market.

– Enhancing access to fi nance for innovative enterprises. – Creating a single innovation market. – Promoting openness and capitalising on Europe’s creative poten-

tial.

· Maximising social and territorial cohesion.

– Spreading the benefi ts of innovation across the Union. – Increasing social benefi ts.

· Pooling forces to achieve real innovation breakthroughs. To this end, European Innovation Partnerships are suggested.

· Taking advantage of the policies by attracting foreign resources to the European Union.

· Making the Innovation Union a tangible reality.

– Reforming research and innovation systems. – Measuring the progress towards the set objectives appropriately.

7.1.4. European Innovation Partnerships

As part of the Innovation Union fl agship initiative, it is worth high-lighting the initiation of European Innovation Partnerships due to their strong engagement with the EU Framework Programme for the Funding of Research and Innovation during 2014-2020 (Horizon 2020).

EIPs are defi ned as a new approach to EU research and innovation. First, they will be challenge-driven, focusing on societal benefi ts and a rapid modernisation of the associated sectors and markets. This means that they will go beyond the technology focus of existing in-struments, such as Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs).

Second, EIPs will act across the entire research and innovation chain, bringing together all relevant actors at EU, national and regional lev-els simultaneously.

Third, they will streamline, simplify and better coordinate existing instruments and initiatives and complement them with new actions where necessary.

The Commission has already identifi ed some EIPs that would be sus-ceptible of constituting:

· To tackle the climate change and energy challenge coming from cities.

· To ensure higher quality and effi ciency of our supply use of water.

· To reduce emissions of greenhouse gases in transport.

· To promote the EU’s competitiveness in the digital society.

· To improve the supply of foodstuffs produced effi ciently.

· To improve the quality of life of an ageing European population.

In addition to this identifi cation, preparatory work has been under-taken on launching specifi c partnerships in: water effi ciency, non-energy raw materials, smart mobility, agricultural productivity and sustainability, and on smart, liveable cities. Furthermore, the EIP Ac-tive and healthy ageing has already been launched as a pilot.


7.2. Procedure to prepare the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020

Within the aforementioned political and strategic context, the fi rst steps are being taken for the confi guration of the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020. To this end, the document “Green Paper: From Challenges to Opportunities: To-wards a Common Strategic Framework for EU Research and Innova-tion Funding” —generated by the Commission— is especially impor-tant. This document proposes a form with 27 questions that any party involved, public or private, group or individual may answer until May 20, 2011 with the aim of contributing to a collective thought that will shed light on the programme.

The programme has been established as an integrated funding sys-tem to cover all the funding carried out up to now through the Framework Programme for Research and Technological Develop-ment (FP7), the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Pro-gramme (CIP) and the European Institute of Innovation and Technol-ogy (EIT) with the aim of bringing this funding together in a coherent and fl exible manner.

As a result, an intelligent route has been created to support research and innovation in Europe, strengthen the resulting excellence and ensure that the good ideas reach the markets and generate eco-nomic growth and sustainable work positions. By means of these actions, research and innovation will be better coordinated and en-gaged, as well as be aimed at overcoming the challenges posed by the current world in competition with other major global powers.

The new concept arises from the experience accumulated in the Sev-enth Framework Programme, in the CIP and the fi rst KICs initiated by the EIT. The conclusion reached is that all these initiatives have been of great value for European development, but at the same time, they have also identifi ed a number of shortcomings and defi ciencies that require overcoming. Therefore, the fi nancial framework must focus its improvement efforts on:

· Clarifying objectives and how they are translated into the support-ed activities, while maintaining the fl exibility to respond and with-out reducing the capacity to meet the emerging policy needs.

· Reducing complexity: Over time, EU research and innovation pro-grammes have expanded the set of instruments leaving an im-pression of catering to too many objectives and spreading funding too thinly. In addition, the lack of coordination between the EU and the Member States adds to the complexity and leaves a potential for overlap and ineffi ciencies. The programme speaks positively about the experiences linked to the implementation of article 185 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the ERA-

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will tackle, will have to wait for a short period of time, some docu-ments already anticipate a list that will be very similar to the fi nal list:

– Climate change.

– Health and ageing.

– Use of natural resources.

– Energy security.

– Clean transport.

– Land use.

Although another Grand Challenge may be added, it is very un-likely that the ones already identifi ed will be excluded.

Despite the actual funding schemes having put in a considerable effort to reach the aforementioned objectives, mainly by means of the technological push, the experience has uncovered certain limitations in the consecution of the required fl exibility, creativity and multidisciplinarity. However, it has been accepted that the formula based on the establishment of collaborative networks (expression which could be interpreted with reservations as re-ferred to the current Cooperation Programme of the FP7) will con-tinue being vital when it comes to supporting the European re-search structure.

It is precisely to overcome this state of things that the EU intro-duced the concept of European Innovation Partnerships to bring together supply and demand and address the Challenges. The document sets the SET-plan (Strategic Energy Technology Plan) as an example of that proper alignment of all the agents involved, which, according to the EU, has clear priorities, well-defi ned gov-ernance structures and progress assessment function.

· Strengthening competitiveness: Europe needs to step up its per-formance in creating socio-economical impact from research and innovation funding. Obstacles remain in transferring research out-comes from the laboratory through to the development, com-mercialisation and application phases. As indicated in the Innova-tion Union, this requires an essential role for industry in setting priorities through Public Private Partnerships. Up to this moment, the PPPs Factories of the Future, Energy Effi cient Buildings, Green Cars and Future Internet have served the Recovery Plan, lever-aged after the crisis, and have brought the novelty of work pro-grammes almost completely decided by the industrial sector. This statement represents an implicit acceptance of the validity of the experience and the possible guarantee of continuity in the period 2014-2020).

It also involves broadening funding support across the full innova-tion cycle (including proof of concept, testing, piloting and demon-

NETs and the fi rst steps taken by the Joint Programming Initiatives (JPIs). However, its greater effi ciency is linked to a stronger funding commitment by the national and regional authorities.

· Increasing added value and leverage and avoiding duplication and fragmentation.

· Simplifying participation by lowering administrative burdens and reducing the time for receiving the grant and payment, as well as implementing a new supervisory approach based on trust and a strict following of the objectives set.

· Broadening the participation in community programmes of those entities that, up to now, had it more diffi cult. In this line, it is con-sidered necessary to further stimulate industry involvement, spe-cifi cally of SMEs, to boost participation of female researchers and participants, to achieve a stronger involvement of third countries, and grow in collaboration with third countries.

· Increasing the competitiveness and societal impact from EU eco-nomic support.

Considering all the aforementioned and while waiting on how the results of the answers to the form are applied, the aim of the Frame-work Programme Horizon 2020 is defi ned in its origin by:

· Working together to deliver on Europe 2020: this insists on the need that the Framework Programme Horizon 2020 brings togeth-er and concentrates all the resources that are currently dispersed in the FP7, CIP and EIT. This will entail a one-stop shop with common ICT tools that will make the programme much simpler and cover the complete innovation chain.

This simplifi cation must also be established in other contexts, such as extending the use of the calculation of the costs as a lump sum or the acceptance of the benefi ciaries’ accounting practices.

Simultaneously, allowing for great fl exibility will be necessary to ca-ter for the diversity of funding needed to cover the full innovation cycle. Flexibility and speed in decision-making are also essential to attract certain agents (in particular SMEs).

An important role needs to be played by the future Cohesion policy, which serves to build new research and innovation capabilities on a regional level through smart specialisation strategies. And simulta-neously to this geographical dispersion, a concentration of the efforts directed towards the priorities established by Europe 2020.

· Tackling societal challenges: the Innovation Union called for linking future EU funding programmes more closely to these objectives by putting a stronger focus on tackling societal challenges. However, careful consideration is needed to identify those challenges where EU level interventions can truly make a difference. Although the fi nal identifi cation of the Grand Challenges, which the programme

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stration), as well as covering issues such as post-project follow-up, pre-normative research, support to patenting and non-technologi-cal innovation.

The texts currently published present a new concept: Key Enabling Technology, a concept that may be interpreted as the formula by means of which the Commission would give continuity to the cur-rent Cooperation Programme. The Framework Programme Horizon 2020 would be provided a certain matrix structure resulting from crossing the six Grand Challenges with Key Enabling Technologies (technologies that result essential in order to tackle the challenges successfully). The Key Enabling Technologies considered up to this date are —see graph (G.7.2):

– Nanotechnology.

– Micro and Nanoelectronics.

– Advanced Materials.

– Photonics.

– Biotechnology.

– Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (this last one is horizon-tal, covering all the industrial aspects of the above-mentioned).

The FP7 introduced novel approaches to strengthen industry par-ticipation: the European Technology Platforms (ETPs), the Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) and the aforementioned PPPs. Latest documents show that their success depends on strong commit-ments from the stakeholders involved, a simple and effi cient governance, and suitable structures for implementing the ac-tions.

The EIT must continue to strengthen its business-driven approach by leveraging substantial funds from the private sector. Simultane-ously, and in the context of the SET-plan (Strategic Energy Technol-ogy Plan), European Industrial Initiatives (EIIs) were launched to allow the public and private sector to jointly develop technology roadmaps. These EIIs are:

– Solar Europe (PV and CSP).

– European Wind.

– Bio-Energy Europe”.

– European CO2 capture, transport & storage.

– European electricity grid.

– Sustainable nuclear fi ssion.

The SET-Plan could be the paradigm in which other similar initia-tives will be based around other key sectors of economic activity. The experience of the CIP is mentioned again, which according to the reports on the competitiveness of SMEs is especially positive, emphasising the non-technological aspects of the innovation. It

Relationship between the Grand Challenges and the Key Enabling Technologies


could be said that these statements represent, yet again, the tacti-cal assumption of their continuity in the context of the Framework Programme Horizon 2020.

The current available forecast for 2014-2020 states the relevance of a greater participation of the SMEs, a participation that is mentioned in a paragraph, “...take into account [...] the fact that the needs of many SMEs are best served through support pro-vided at the regional level, including through the Cohesion policy Funds”.

The new approach for the period 2014-2020 brings attention to the fact that the low level of private fi nance for research and innovation is a major bottleneck for the future development of Europe. In this sense, the Green Paper echoed the success of the Risk Sharing Finance Facility, the CIP fi nancial instruments and the collaboration of the European Investment Bank Group reached in overcoming the market gaps. Building on this experi-ence, future EU research and innovation programmes should make full use of fi nancial instruments (through the EU Equity and Risk Sharing Platform mechanisms proposed in the Budget Re-view) to support the commercialisation of research results, the growth of innovative businesses and investments in major infra-structures.

This scheme could also considers new approaches, particularly those stimulating the demand side and aiming to involve public and private end users earlier and more closely in the innovation process. The Innovation Union calls for unleashing the public sec-tor’s purchasing power to spur innovation through public procure-ment including the pre-commercial stage. This could build on pilot actions in the context of the still current CIP and FP7.

· Strengthening Europe’s science base and the Europe Research Area: Europe’s science base is among the most productive in the world, yet it does not contain suffi cient pockets of world-class ex-cellence where groundbreaking research results are generated which are able to drive structural change.

The main responsibility for building a competitive public science base lies with the Member States. EU support can clearly add value as it has in the past through various initiatives contributing to the construction of the European Research Area (ERA).

The setting-up during the FP7 of the European Research Council, responsible for the management of the Ideas programme, was a major step forward in raising the excellence of Europe’s science base. A strengthening of its role during the period 2014-2020 could involve both the weight of the programme it manages and the instruments it uses. Important lessons must be drawn from the experience of those regions and countries which have man-

aged to nurture the world’s most excellent public research insti-tutions, through concentration of funding and a good combina-tion of project grants and innovative institutional support schemes.

In the long term, world-class excellence can only thrive in a system in which all researchers across the EU are provided with the means to develop into excellence and eventually compete for the top spots. This requires Member States to pursue ambitious moderni-sation agendas for their public research base and its funding for-mulas.

The current position of the European authority on the programme considers the EU Marie Curie actions a major achievement in train-ing and transfer of knowledge, in particular through industry-academia exchanges. This is again a strong indication in favour of the maintenance of these initiatives in the ESFRI.

With regard to international collaboration, a more differentiated approach is required regarding the specifi cities of the different types of third countries, as well as striking the right balance be-tween the goals of strengthening Europe’s competitiveness and solving global challenges.


7.3. Summary of the new setting suggested by the Framework Programme Horizon 2020

After interpreting and summarizing the above information, the ma-jor trends in which the Framework Programme Horizon 2020 will be based on are:

· The integration of all the current research and innovation pro-grammes in the context of a single initiative with the fi nal aim of achieving greater effi ciency when transferring to the market the results of the new knowledge generated.

· The growing relevance of the innovation component, including non-technological innovation.

· Less complication and further simplifi cation, which translates into a concentration of efforts towards the great challenges and an easier, faster and unifi ed administrative management.

· A matrix structure of the programme with the intersection of the Grand Challenges and the Key Enabling Technologies.

· The probable maintenance of the Cooperation Programme, as well as initiatives and structures considered successful to a lesser or greater degree, such as: Marie Curie, Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), European Research Council, Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs), etc.

· The growing synergy between the programme and other funding instruments of industrial investment.

· A further coordination with national and regional R&D&i support programmes.

7.4. Position of the Basque Country with respect to the Framework Programme Horizon 2020 (2014-2020)

Talking about the EU Framework Programme for Research and Inno-vation Horizon 2020 is still a bit premature as both the operational roadmap and budget are unknown. However, the main Basque Agents involved in European R&D&i activities throughout the fi rst period of the FP7 have agreed on a document that refl ects the Basque position on the most relevant aspects of the operation of European Framework Programmes, a position that is presented be-low.

7.4.1. Opinion on the future structure of the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020

According to the latest information on the Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020, it is structured on three pillars: basic research and mobility, competitiveness research and research for the Grand Challenges. This structure would simplify the current Frame-work Programme, which has had to generate new instruments and procedures thereby complicated the system.

· Competitiveness is covered separately from the social challenges in the proposed structure of the programme. From the Basque Country’s point of view, social innovation is seen as integrated with the challenges of competitiveness and employment maintenance, not independently.

· It is essential that the cooperative research continue to be the core of the Framework Programme Horizon 2020 due to the importance and success of the Cooperation Programme in the Seventh Frame-work Programme.

· A radical simplifi cation of the current structure of the programme is necessary so the one-stop-shop concept can be achieved in all European programmes for research and innovation, as well as standardising the procedures of grant programmes by providing unique presentation, evaluation and negotiation procedures for projects in shorter times.

· Bottom-up Ideas as the driving force for the participation of more Agents: conceding a broader space for ideas arising from “bottom to up” is important. The current Framework Programme aims re-search excessively towards already defi ned topics, which could limit the creativity, the innovation and even the participation of organisations whose research studies are not covered in these top-ics. The Framework Programme Horizon 2020 should be provided with an Open Innovation approach, and more open and informal (bottom-up) participation spaces should be encouraged where re-


search and mobility and/or innovation have a place, outside from the formal networks and projects created. Likewise, this could be a path that spurs the participation of new enterprises, especially SMEs. Currently, only the programme Research for the Benefi t of SMEs allows this type of projects, but according to the experience of participation in the Basque Country, it is not considered as a programme that is suffi ciently attractive for enterprises. A revision and improvement of this programme is suggested.

· The Ideas Programme has been an essential and successful tool in the Seventh Framework Programme. Therefore, giving this pro-gramme continuity would be a positive measure to encourage Ba-sic Research of excellence in Europe. The mobility of researchers within the Ideas Programme could be an additional success factor.

· Stimulation of the mobility of researchers between the academic and enterprise sectors. Up to this date, the People Programme has given preference to the mobility of people between research insti-tutions. The activities that fund the mobility from universities and research centres to enterprises require reinforcement, and vice versa.

· With regard to the structure of the Cooperation projects, certain fl exibility is required to allow the existence of consortiums with a limited number of partners that would simplify their internal op-eration. This measure would enable the participation of Productive Small Entities (SMEs) and the possibility of consortiums with over 30 partners in projects with a strategic or standardized nature. The classifi cation of projects must be rearranged to achieve this effect.

7.4.2. Reinforcement of the role of Small and Medium Enterprises

Given the high number of Productive Small Entities (SMEs) that com-prise the basis of European wealth, any action that facilitates their participation in R&D&i activities on a community level will ensure a more sustainable future in the present context of global economy. Among the Productive Small Entities, there are two large groups with different ways of participating in the European Programmes:

· Small or medium-sized enterprises with the internal capacity for carrying out R&D activities, whose participation could be favoured by means of policies such as:

– Maintaining a minimum participation between 15 and 20% in large projects.

– Especially encouraging mechanisms that support R&D —type IP or STREPS— for SMEs with broader calls in research themes and a limited number of partners.

– Favouring the presence of SMEs through the evaluation criteria of proposals.

· Small or medium-sized enterprises without the internal capacity for carrying out R&D activities in which Programmes such as Re-search for the benefi t of SMEs could contribute with an undisputa-ble value, provided that its operation is optimised. In this sense, an improvement could be to favour dynamics that facilitate the crea-tion of groups of enterprises that associate with each other to sub-contract R&D activity.

7.4.3. Public-Private Partnerships

The experience of many Basque Science and Technology Agents and Enterprises in Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), especially in Facto-ries of the Future and Energy Effi cient Buildings, is very positive. Their involvement from the fi rst phases of the inception of this type of initiatives has given a voice to the private sector so they can, from bottom to up, decide on research strategies in these European initia-tives. However, the following is suggested:

· Working towards the homogenisation of the rules, procedures and management of the PPPs.

· An absolute transparency in budget handling (public money must always be controlled by public entities).

· Supervising, in all cases, the fair entry of enterprises and research bodies.

7.4.4. The need to connect pre-competitive research with innovation and the market

The Basque Country endorses useful research that results in value generating job positions. Therefore, it is essential that the Frame-work Programme Horizon 2020 cover the complete circle of innova-tion, allowing research projects with provable successful results to reach the phases of demonstration, insertion and diversifi cation of markets.

In this sense, the following actions are suggested:

· Automatic funding mechanisms that guarantee the results ob-tained from research are exploited. Examples:

– Extension mechanisms: automatic funding through the new Common Framework for Research in favour of European R&D projects with proven success results.

– Label mechanism: automatic funding through the national and regional programmes in favour of European R&D projects with proven success results.

– Consider the best practices already carried out to link research with innovation and the market, such as market replication projects in Eco-innovation in the Competitiveness and Innovation


Framework Programme (CIP), demonstration projects in calls for the Energy Theme in the FP7 or the KICs launched by the EIT. Transfer these best practices to more scopes than those cur-rently covered. A greater economic involvement of the private sector and a lower involvement of the public sector should be established in this type of mechanisms as proof of the commit-ment of enterprises towards the possibilities of exploitation of products or services resulting from the research.

· The transfer of people to generate impact: i) encouraging the mobility of researchers in a fl exible way during the span of the project, especially towards enterprises; and ii) permitting a varia-ble geometric approach of consortiums, that is, allowing the entry of new partners to perform the exploitation and/or industrialisa-tion phases while keeping the intellectual property and patents from the results obtained in the research phase.

· Continuity of the ERA-NET initiatives as a valid formula to sup-port the research implemented: the results obtained in the last years have proven that the calls launched by the ERA-NET initia-tives:

– Allow working in smaller Consortiums than in the FP7 and are closer to the market.

– Encourage and facilitate the participation of SMEs.

– Constitute a funding mechanism with simpler procedures.

– Achieve the coordination of national and regional policies and programmes to fi nance trans-national projects, thus contributing to the construction of the ERA.

These initiatives should be supported and reinforced in the Frame-work Programme Horizon 2020 and provided with additional funding from the EC. In this sense, the ERA-NET PLUS formula is administratively too complicated for it to be assumed by the na-tional and regional governments and therefore its revision is rec-ommended.

· Establishment of Indicators of Innovation: in order to supervise the results appropriately, a series of indicators should be estab-lished which are coherent with the exploitation of the results. In other words, if positive results are obtained, there should be a variable funding factor rewarding these results. Among the func-tions that these indicators should fulfi l, the following are worth mentioning:

– They should serve to determine, as much as possible and in certain moments of the project or instrument’s life cycle, its con-tinuity, that is, they should be go/no go type indicators that provide an effi cient evaluation and allow taking the decision, if required, to “kill” both the projects and the instruments.

– There should be project and programme indicators to, for exam-ple, see the evolution of the Grand Challenges. These pro-gramme indicators should be representative of aspects of the programme and should also encourage the possibility of adjust-ing the budgets allocated to each programme in accordance with their results.

– A suitable system of indicators could become a positive tool that gives a strategic push to themes related to Social Innovation.

The implementation of a series of indicators that enable the evalu-ation of “Additionality” is suggested to simplify the supervision of projects; three scopes can be differentiated:

– Input Additionality: That each public Euro also draws in at least 1 Euro from the private sector, thus achieving a leverage effect and a multiplying effect in private funding. This leverage effect should also be implemented in regional funding.

– Output Additionality: That the euro contributed by the public sec-tor generates an impact/benefi t of at least 1 euro when apply-ing the results. An example of these indicators would be the Patents generated and the income associated to their exploita-tion.

– Behavioural Additionality: That each public euro, in addition to the aforementioned, changes the innovative behaviour of the enterprises, in such a way that if public funding is withdrawn, this behaviour is maintained. In this line, the history of innova-tion and achievements of partners belonging to an R&D consor-tium should be considered in the evaluation of proposals.

On the other hand, the system of indicators suggested must be aligned with those of the Innovation Union Scoreboard (IUS) in or-der to provide coherence to the measurement system.

7.4.5. Simplifying the funding programmes

The continued evolution of the Framework Programme throughout the years has resulted in a series of improvements. However, the existence of different tools, procedures, evaluation processes, etc. currently involves a signifi cant source of headaches as well as the impossibility of bringing many enterprises closer to the European Programmes due to the inherent complexity of these mechanisms. As a result, a drastic simplifi cation of both the procedures and the mechanisms is imposed for the representation of proposals and the carrying out of projects, as well as for the funding mechanisms, which require a greater simplicity for all programmes, especially those aimed at SMEs.


A signifi cant number of improvements have been identifi ed that would enhance the operating procedures, amongst of which the fol-lowing are worth highlighting:

· Telematic Tools

There is a need for a one-stop-shop in which to be able to carry out all the formalities. A unifi ed web tool is required that provides ac-cess to the participants by assigning them a personal identifi cation code (CIP) and that could be used for any call in the Framework Programme Horizon 2020 as well as in other programmes from other General Directorates. The services provided by this access could also be extended to the project reporting of all the General Directorates, in such a way that they are homogeneous and digit-ally processed.

This common tool has to be a stable tool; updating the systems is positive provided that the modifi cations are not frequent and the users are notifi ed in advance. With regard to the validations, this system should have a simple validation system —especially for SMEs— that allows performing modifi cations and serves as a vali-dation in future Framework Programmes.

· Transparency and effi ciency

The objective is for the Framework Programme Horizon 2020 to be inclusive and effi cient, i.e., that simplifi cation and transparency be two elements that guide its operation, with the aim of achieving a simpler structure by eliminating the obsolete instruments that are incomplete or do not operate correctly, as well as aligning the ob-jectives and the means with the national/regional structures. The procedures should be simpler, have an improved evaluation proc-ess, facilitate access to different phases of the Programme’s span and have a series of simple, clear and unifi ed accounting principles so the global level of complexity is suited to the objective intend-ed: reduce the possibility of error and avoid possible fraud. Training delivered by the EC in project reporting and providing contacts to resolve queries is considered a better practice for the Framework Programme Horizon 2020.

The access to the drafts of the Work Programmes should be pro-vided early and in equal terms, as well as the possibility of com-municating with the contact person in each General Directorate about the preliminary verifi cation and operation of ideas.

· Structure of the calls

With regard to the structure of the Calls, they should be stable year after year and include one or two phases, depending on the theme, for the presentation of proposals. Aspects such as in the Energy and Health Themes, which in addition to being present in their specifi c work programme are dispersed in different pro-

grammes, should be rationalised when considering that they would be more effi cient if kept together, as information and the access to programmes related to the theme are lost. The pro-grammes should be more open and facilitate the bottom up proc-ess (FET, Research for SMEs...), thus avoiding adjusting projects so they fi t in the defi ned themes.

· ERA-NET

When starting-up ERA-NET projects, limiting or at least setting their number more effi ciently is suggested so funding the States and Regions is coordinated and structured in a better way and higher levels of commitment, evaluation, temporary guidelines for the concession of standardised grants, etc. can be reached.

· Financial simplifi cation

With regard to the improvements that can be carried out on the fi nancial aspects of the Framework Programmes, the following are worth mentioning:

– The idea of average cost is positive. Applying the accounting principles of each region/country is permitted in order to avoid keeping “2 accountancy books”.

– As a general rule, the concept of Lump Sum is rejected and it should only be used in those cases in which there is no other alternative accountancy-wise.

– Continuing with the pre-funding scheme is suggested.

– Carrying out payments on behalf of the Commission is advisable if duly justifi ed, regardless of whether other partners have done it or not.

– The possibility of justifying costs that fi t in the project but which have arisen outside the justifi cation period is suggested (phase 0, or demonstration projects).

7.4.6. Coordination between regional, national and European programmes

The participation in R&D&i activities in cooperation on a European level is benefi cial for Enterprises, Technology Centres and Universi-ties as it allows them to establish a broad network of contacts, it contributes with an important source of funding for these activities, and the knowledge acquired results in an opportunity to access new markets with new products.

In any case, to establish a support network for R&D&i activities that facilitates the generation of innovative products and enables reaching a sustainable industrial structure in the current global economy, an alignment of the rules and the reinforcement of the coordination between regional/national and European in-


struments is essential. In other words, a common framework for funding R&D&i is required. As a result, we should tend to a gradu-al integration of the regional and/or national programmes, al-though implementing these changes may be a diffi cult task to achieve in a short to medium-term due to requiring a change in the regulation.

To carry out a coordinated action between the different regional, national and European levels, a solution could be to fund different themes with the aim of having a wide variety of funding options. Although this modality would be an interesting option for large en-terprises, as they would have suffi cient resources to carry out differ-ent types of projects and could request funding in all levels, this would have a negative effect on the SMEs, whose capacity for allo-cating resources is much more limited.

Therefore, the Basque industrial structure requires that the different programmes (regional, national and European) be aligned and have a common R&D strategy, which would allow working in the same themes (for example, the CENIT on a Spanish level and the Etorgai on a Basque level are replicas of European funding). In addition, creating a structure of levels would allow enterprises in the future to climb from the regional to the European level (ERA-NET scheme). This process of supporting Enterprises, especially SMEs, aimed at di-recting their R&D activities towards a European level is of great im-portance, as the possibilities of funding on a regional level are lim-ited.

An option would be to try and get the regions to fi nance propos-als that have been valued positively in Europe but have fi nally not been fi nanced. These proposals could be rescued, for exam-ple, through ERA-NET calls. Therefore, promoting a simple mecha-nism that by means of simply presenting the proposal would be suffi cient to access fi nancing is essential; however, this would re-quire a change in the current regulation. Taking into consideration that co-funding in the current situation is impossible, the possibility of funding what is not funded by Europe is suggested instead of co-funding.

In any case, the coordination between instruments should be sus-tained on the funding structure of the nations and regions, although a greater coordination and a stronger level of commitment than the current instruments have is required (ERANET, Eureka, Eurostars) in order to achieve common evaluation rules, temporary guidelines for the concession of standardised grants, etc. In the case of the ERA-NET Plus, it would be preferable to have a more defi ned structure and operation to avoid learning by doing.

In addition, to facilitate the actions at the lowest level of the scale, the mechanisms of the European Investment Bank Group should

be capable of reaching the smallest of scopes (small investments). To this end, further risk-sharing instruments should be carried out in order to involve the private sector especially in those phases in which the project results have to be exploited.

7.4.7. The social dimension of science and innovation

The Basque Country believes that social innovation must be inte-grated into the challenges of employment maintenance and competitiveness and not operate independently. The Framework Programme Horizon 2020 will not be capable of optimising its potential impact without the full integration of all the actors in-volved, that is, the objectives set for the ERA will not be achieved without including the social dimension of science and innovation. The social dimension of science should be considered as a transversal matter that should be taken into consideration wher-ever it can be applied so a strategy tending to promote scientifi c and innovative culture in all scopes can be encouraged and thus the need of a greater involvement of society can be met in the contents of Science and Technology of the next Common Frame-work.

Therefore, we consider that interdisciplinarity and the partici-pation of multi-agents should be encouraged in both the part-nerships and the contents of R&D&i in the different fi elds and that the non-profi t entities —also known as the third sector— and the SMEs should be considered as key agents and the fi nal benefi ciar-ies of the innovations. The aim is to make room for “not so large agents” as opposed to the habitual presence of larger entities.

And although it may seem an overly repeated theme, the aim is to bear in mind the gender dimension in both the creative partici-pation of the projects and the contents of the research. To this end, the following is suggested:

· Strengthening the role of women in Science and Technology: con-tinue with the promotion of a fairer participation of men and wom-en, emphasising on the relevance of strong policies in Member States to encourage the presence of women in research teams and in the different national and EU committees (Advisory Groups, Na-tional Contact Points, Expert Groups, etc.).

· Providing the content of the research a perspective of diversity: the next Common Strategic Framework should help redirect scientifi c practices from a perspective of gender and diversity.

· Recovering the Gender Action Plans as effi cient instruments to re-fl ect on and consider the perspective of gender in research.

Finally, in order to reinforce the social dimension of the research conducted in the Framework Programmes, the matrix included in the


drafts of the Framework Programme Horizon 2020 —in which Grand Challenges are crossed with Key Enabling Technologies— should in-clude a specifi c scope for Social Technologies and Non-Techno-logical Innovation amongst the Key Enabling Technologies, that is, Social Innovation.

BLOODGEN project: “Blood Grouping and Genotyping: Improving patient safety and Blood transfusion Compatibility”. Progenika is participating.

8.1. The Basque Country against the challenge of Competitiveness ............................................................................................. 124

8.2. The Country’s most important challenges ................................... 125

8.3. The Main Players’ commitments ........................................................ 125

8.3.1. The Basque Enterprise ................................................................................... 125

8.3.2. The Basque University ................................................................................... 126

8.3.3. The Technology Centres ................................................................................ 127

8.3.4. The Basque Government and the Institutions ................................. 128

8.4. Epilogue ............................................................................................................... 128

CONCLUSIONS


The participation of Basque Agents in European R&D&i Framework Programmes started in 1986 with the inclusion of Spain in the Euro-pean Community, and therefore these agents of the Basque R&D&i systems have been participating since the fi rst Framework Pro-gramme, which covered the period between 1984 and 1987.

Since then, as already revealed in this Revision of the Strategic Book, a signifi cant growth of Basque activity in the European R&D Pro-grammes has occurred, thus proving that the Basque Agents in-volved in R&D&i work have taken advantage of the great opportu-nity provided by these programmes as a means of funding their re-search activity.

In effect, the considerable returns obtained between 1986 and 2010 (more than 500 M€) has enabled the access to a very signifi cant amount of funding aimed at the generation of knowledge and its subsequent transfer to market results, which would have not been attainable any other way.

Taking into consideration the opportunity that the framework pro-grammes entailed for the Basque technological-industrial structure, in 2006 the Technology Directorate of the Department of Industry, Innovation, Trade and Tourism of the Basque Government decided to prepare the Strategic Book of Basque R&D&i in Europe to “adopt the Basque position before the challenge posed by the Seventh Frame-work Programme”.

Following the fi rst period of the FP7 (2007-2010), the Technology Directorate of the Department of Industry, Innovation, Trade and Tourism of the Basque Government has once again considered necessary to prepare a Revision of the Strategic Book of Basque R&D&i in Europe. In this Revision, it has redefi ned the Objectives that were established in the previous edition of 2006 by updating the expectations for the second period of the FP7 (2011-2013) from a more realistic perspective after four years of calls and a further knowledge of the new instruments, such as the JTIs, PPPs, etc.

8.1. The Basque Country against the challenge of Competitiveness

The Basque Country has proven continued entrepreneurship throughout is history by supporting itself in its industry as a basic tool to develop welfare. However, the new reality imposed by the globalisation of the economy suggests the need to adapt the Basque industry to the main aim of maintaining a sustainable competitiveness, which will ensure future prosperity for future generations.

The fact is that for progress to be achieved with respect to the emerging countries, the industrial structure must be based on knowledge, which can only be reached by means of the system-atic practice of R&D&i. To this end, it is also worth mentioning some of the most relevant factors on which to act in a more effi -cient way and therefore improve the social and economic impact of R&D&i as a means of achieving a sustainable competitiveness for the future.

· Educational systems, from primary education to the university, have become one of the most important factors —due to their ca-pacity for promoting the culture of innovation and entrepreneur-ship— of comprehensive training and quality as key elements of welfare.

· Another main factor in the scientifi c-technological evolution of the Basque Country is the Knowledge Triangle comprised by the Sci-ence-Technology-Enterprise connection. To this end, approach ef-forts should be made from Industry by fully involving itself in the R&D&i programmes and with the appropriate people, and from the Basque Science-Technology system by demanding a medium to long-term market approach for products/services/processes new to R&D projects.

· The encouragement of the use of patents and intellectual property protection must be carried out as a basic indicator to measure the progress of the effi ciency of research towards the market.

· The creation of pilot markets via the policy of public purchases and/or innovation programmes involving all the Basque public in-stitutions must prove that the innovation policy will not only facili-tate development but also economic and social impact and exploi-tation, especially in areas such as Health, Security, Energy, Environ-ment, Digital Contents, etc. where the Public Sector has more ca-pacity for action.

In addition, and in direct connection with the Framework Pro-grammes, highlighting the benefi ts that they may yield is also advis-able:


· Stimulating the participation in the People programme and its ca-pacity for mobilising researchers —by crossing-borders to and fro and facilitating transfer between Universities, Centres and Enter-prises— is a key element to inject fl uidity into the market of re-searchers. This will provide the institutions with a better integration of cultures and interdisciplinarity and better prospects towards Eu-ropean projects and their market impact.

· The active participation of the Basque Government as an institution in Europe, which will allow improving the cohesion of the Basque Country with its most similar European regions and countries, in accordance with several central themes: technology, markets, proximity, etc., thus favouring the offer of support to enterprises in their international and technological expansion as well as to the Basque Science-Technology system.

8.2. The Country’s most important challenges

Basque participation in European R&D&i Programmes is proving that the Basque R&D&i system as a whole is increasingly using these programmes, which does not imply that there is no room for im-provement.

A series of generic themes to act upon can be identifi ed that would result in an increase of the aforementioned participation without forgetting the fact that the Basque economy, employment and welfare grows proportionally with the Basque participation in Euro-pean R&D&i Programmes. The most evident areas for improvement are:

· The increase of enterprise participation in the European R&D&i Pro-grammes, especially of SMEs, whether directly or “carried along” by agents of the Basque Technological Offer.

· The still considerably large potential for growth of University impli-cation without underestimating the progressive increase of its ac-tivity on a European level, which has been experienced throughout the past years.

· The new instruments, such as the IDEAS and PEOPLE Programmes which have been two scopes with very successful Basque partici-pation during the 2007-2010 period of the FP7, must become es-sential tools aimed at attracting new values towards our R&D&i system.

· The positive effect that the ERA-NET programme represents in its function as the fi rst access to R&D&i in cross-border cooperation must be strengthened as a learning and encouragement pathway to the participation of SMEs in the FP7.

8.3. The Main Players’ commitments

As a summary and following the analysis performed of the different Framework Programmes, which include the fi rst four years of the FP7, a series of conclusions are presented below on the commit-ments that the different main players of the Basque R&D&i System should assume.

8.3.1. The Basque Enterprise

The Basque enterprise is the main target of all the R&D&i effort as a basic element of generating wealth for the Basque Country. There-fore, the mobilisation of enterprises with the aim of participating in European R&D projects and attracting the signifi cant economic sup-port provided by EU Programmes is essential.

When analysing the evolution of the participation of enterprises in Framework Programmes —see graph (G.8.1). Evolution of the par-ticipation of Enterprises in the different Framework Programmes—, we can see that after reaching a maximum participation in the FP5 (300), the participation has continually dropped, although it is worth reminding that the current economic crisis took place during the pe-riod of the FP7 analysed.

In this sense, it seems like that after the minimum registered in 2009 a signifi cant recovery has been achieved, maybe as a result of the implementation of the European Economic Recovery Plan that initiated the Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs).

When analysing the evolution of the returns obtained by the En-terprises, see graph (G.8.2) Evolution of the returns of Enterprises in the different Framework Programmes, the image is slightly different, as despite having achieved less participation in the FP6 than in the FP5, the returns are higher (43.2 M€), which proves a participation in larger-scale projects. However, the FP7 experi-ences a slight drop in returns, maybe due to the infl uence of the crisis.

When analysing the evolution of the fi rst four years of the FP7, we fi nd confi rmation of the effect caused by the European Economic Recovery Plan and the new instruments initiated by it —2010 regis-tered the largest annual return (12.09 M€).

Graph (G.8.4), which compares in percentages the returns obtained by SMEs and Large Enterprises, shows how in 2007 and 2008 —in spite of the lower participation of Large Enterprises— these obtain higher returns than the SMEs, although at the end of the 2007-2010 period the SMEs obtained a slightly higher percentage (54.31%) of the total returns.

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In any case, when talking about Enterprises, which are usually dif-ferentiated by their size, another aspect that can be used to differen-tiate them is their capacity for carrying out or its habitual practice of R&D activities. Establishing this differentiation is necessary, as other objectives can be inferred that will lead to improving competitive-ness:

· Enterprises, SMEs or not, which with a proven capacity are already participating in European R&D Programmes should see the second period of the FP7 as a great opportunity to obtain funding thanks to the considerable funds made available by the Commission to-wards R&D.

· Enterprises with the capacity for R&D&i practice which have up to now only participated in funding programmes for R&D&i on a national and/or regional level should start crossing borders by using the benefi ts that the ERA-NET Programme provides for the initiation of international collaboration experiences in R&D&i projects.

· Lastly, Enterprises that do not carry out R&D&i activities in a sys-tematic way should take the importance of basing their develop-ment and sustainability on knowledge by means of R&D&i activi-ties as a reference and initiate a path marked by regional and na-tional programmes with the aim of entering the ERA-NET environ-ment as a means to achieving the objective, which is the participa-tion in Framework Programmes.

8.3.2. The Basque University

The main commitment that the Basque University must assume is to continue increasing its participation in European Programmes by fol-lowing the example of other Spanish Universities and taking into consideration the benefi ts that these activities contribute to when performing its function of creating knowledge and training the future mass of researchers that will enable the economic sustainability of our Country.

In graph (G.8.5), which shows the participation of Basque Universi-ties in European Programmes, we can see how during the fi rst peri-od of the FP7 there has been a drop in the number of participations with respect to the FP6. However, we can also see a marked in-crease since 2008, which sets expectations of better fi gures for the future.

However, despite the number of participations displayed in graph (G.8.5) for the FP7 being lower than those for the FP6, when analys-ing the returns obtained —see graph (G.8.6), there is a signifi cant improvement (higher than 72%) in the FP7 with respect to the FP6, setting a maximum historical fi gure.

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In any case, this fact only proves the beginning of an important path. Basque Universities should be aware that the participation in Euro-pean Programmes could contribute to relationships with other Uni-versities of other Member States of the European Union which would allow them, in the future, to create collaborative synergies that would benefi t their training and research activities.

In addition, this research activity could provide the University a stronger relationship of cooperation with enterprises in the same environment, which at the same time would also generate a syn-ergy of new opportunities for both parties.

Lastly, the University is the Institution that can most benefi t from the opportunities provided by the IDEAS Programme —in new basic re-search activities— and the PEOPLE programme —in mobility. In this sense, it is worth mentioning that:

· 45% of the returns obtained in the FP7 by Universities originate from the IDEAS and PEOPLE Programmes.

· The University obtained 52% of the returns in the IDEAS Pro-gramme.

· The University obtained 16.6% of the total returns in the PEOPLE Programme.

As a result, basic objectives can be set for our Universities such as taking better advantage of the opportunities provided by the IDEAS and PEOPLE Programmes, but without forgetting that the different Themes of the COOPERATION Programme provide a wide scope of multidisciplinary work that should allow an increase of collaborative relationships for research with Basque Centres and Enterprises in benefi t of our Society.

8.3.3. The Technology Centres

Since the FP5, the Technology Centres have established themselves as the agents that most participate and more funds obtain from the Framework Programmes and have become an essential piece in the articulation of the Basque Policy on the Internationalisation of R&D&i. Therefore, they should assume a fi rm leading role in transferring the opportunities of participation in the Framework Programmes to the Basque enterprise, by increasing its collaboration share with the Basque enterprise and strongly raising the rate of cooperation.

Graphs (G.8.7) and (G.8.8) show the evolution of the participation and the return obtained by the Technology Centres in the Framework Programmes.

When analysing these graphs, we come to the conclusion that the fi gures maintain a constant level in spite of the crisis, which means that the capacity to participate of the Technology Centres may have

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reached its peak. Therefore, the main objective that should be estab-lished for Technology Centres is, as already mentioned, to act as a driving force for enterprises by increasing the collaboration with them and “leading them by the hand” to European R&D&i Funding Programmes.

However, the possibilities that the IDEAS and PEOPLE Programmes provide Technology Centres are also signifi cant. In the fi rst period of the FP7, Technology Centres obtained 48% and 38.87% of the total returns obtained by the Basque Country in the IDEAS and the PEOPLE Programmes respectively.

8.3.4. The Basque Government and the Institutions

The Basque Government must also continue playing an active role in European R&D&i as a general guarantor of the process described in this Revision of the Strategic Book.

The Government’s role is summarised in:

· Continuing with the support offered to industry in joint calls with other European governments within the framework of the ERA-NET scheme in the most important strategic themes.

· Continuing with an active policy of diffusion, missions, conferences and editions such as this Revision of the Strategic Book, which is aimed at endorsing the image “Country” as a European territory of technological excellence.

· Continuing to offer selective support measures that eliminate par-ticipation barriers in Europe by means of instruments in its own R&D&i programmes.

8.4. Epilogue

The Basque Country is immersed in a global process of multiple so-cial, economic, cultural and industrial aspects that have been af-fected signifi cantly as a result of the global crisis experienced since 2007.

This process has had an intense rhythm of events, with results that have not always been positive, such as some industrial delo-calisation, others which would have been very positive but have been temporarily affected by the economic crisis, such as our unemployment rate or our GDP growth, and, fi nally, other very important results for the social structure, such as the technologi-cal content of our foreign sector or our European economic re-turns.

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Despite the objectives set out in this Revision of the Strategic Book are more ambitious for the 2011-2013 period than those that were set in the 2006 edition, there are still areas with a big room for im-provement.

All in all, the Basque Country sees the new European R&D&i scene as a fabulous opportunity because of the resources it will return, the international mobilisation it will provide our enterprises, and the

rigor and external competitiveness that our Science and Technology is demonstrating and will continue to demonstrate before the best in Europe.

Finally, it is important to bear in mind that the success of the Basque activity in the FP7 must be considered as just another step towards the EU Framework Programme for the Funding of Research and In-novation (Horizon 2020).

9 BASQUE PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN R&D&i ACTIVITY2011 STRATEGIC BOOK

9.1. ANNEX 1. Examples of good practice in the FP7 ..................... 132

9.1.1. Iberdrola’s experience leading a project in the FP7 ..................... 132

9.1.2. Experience of the ALFA Group in ERA-NET initiatives ................... 133

9.1.3. Experience of IK4 cooperating with Basque enterprises in European R&D projects ................................................................................. 133

9.1.4. Experience of Tecnalia in Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) .. 134

9.1.5. Experience of the University of the Basque Country in projects for the mobility of researchers and in basic research ................................................................................................................. 134

9.1.6. Experience of the nanoGUNE CRC in projects for the mobility of researchers and in basic research ................................. 135

9.2. ANNEX 2. List of projects funded during the 2007-2010 period of the FP7 ........................................................................................... 137

9.3. ANNEX 3. Support Services for Enterprises in European R&D&i Programmes .............................................................. 150

9.3.1. Enterprise Europe Network ......................................................................... 150

9.3.1.1. European information, enterprise cooperation and internationalisation ......................................................................................... 150

9.3.1.2. Innovation and technology ......................................................................... 150

9.3.1.3. European R&D&i Projects ............................................................................. 151

9.3.2. NETWORK OF PI+D+i: Network of Information Points on R&D&i ...................................................................................................................... 151

9.3.3. Units of International Innovation (UIIs) ................................................ 152

9.3.4. National Contact Points (NCPs) ................................................................ 152

9.3.5. Other support services .................................................................................. 153

9.3.5.1. Research Enquiry Service (a service provided by the Europe Direct Contact Centre) ................................................................................... 153

9.3.5.2. European Helpline Service on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR Helpdesk) ................................................................................................... 153

9.3.5.3. Ethics Help Desk for all projects of the Seventh Framework Programme .......................................................................................................... 154

9.4. ANNEX 4. Glossary of terms ................................................................... 156

9.4.1. Introduction ......................................................................................................... 156

9.4.2. Glossary of the Strategic Book .................................................................. 156

9.4.3. Glossary of the Seventh Framework Programme .......................... 157

9.4.3.1. Glossary of the Programme ....................................................................... 158

9.4.3.2. Other Defi nitions ............................................................................................... 158

9.4.3.3. Glossary of Legal Terms ................................................................................ 163

ANNEXES


9.1. ANEX 1. Examples of good practice in the FP7

A series of interviews conducted with Enterprises and Agents of the Basque Science, Technology and Innovation Network that already are participating in the projects funded by the FP7 are presented below. These entities provide their experience in aspects that, under our point of view, are noteworthy, such as:

· A leadership in a European project.· An SME participating in ERA-NET calls.· Cooperation between Technology Centres and enterprises.· Participation in Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs).· Mobility of Researchers and Basic Research.

9.1.1. Iberdrola’s experience leading a project in the FP7

The Iberdrola Group is participating in 14 projects funded by the FP7; one of them is the OPEN METER project, which is led by Iberdrola Distribución Eléctrica. This project includes a Consortium comprising 19 partners, some of them are important in the European utilities sector, such as EDF (France), ENEL (Italy), or RWE (Germany), and oth-ers are manufactures of measurement equipment, such as Itron (France), Landis+Gyr (Switzerland) or Elster (Germany), and technol-ogy providers, such as Current (Switzerland). The ZIV Group, with head offi ces in the technology park of Zamudio, is also a partner in the project.

The aim of this project is to defi ne a series of open and public stand-ards to measure electricity, gas, water and heating based on a com-mon agreement between relevant agents in this area while consid-ering the true conditions of the current networks that will allow their implementation.

The project had been gestating since the beginning of the design of the FP7. This moment in time coincided with Iberdrola participating in the preparation of the Strategic Research Agenda (SRA), which served as the foundation for the defi nition of the Energy Theme in the FP7. From the ideas arising in the meetings aimed at defi ning the SRA, Iberdrola began to monitor the themes that could be pro-posed in relation to Smartgrids and subsequently from the fi rst calls that were published in the FP7.

The corporate strategy in research and development of Iberdrola usually follows two directions: the business itself detects a need and the corporation requests the R&D unit to work on it, or when R&D activity fi ts in a call such as the case of OPEN METER.

The OPEN METER project has just ended and in its course, a new Eu-ropean directive was established - EU Directive 72/2009 - known as the third energy package, which forces the replacement of at least

OPEN METER project: “Open Public Extended Network Metering”. Iberdrola Distribución Eléctrica, uSysCom Tecnología de Comunicaciones and ZIV PmasC are participating.


80% of the electricity meters for intelligent meters before the end of 2020. Therefore, some of the meters that are currently being in-stalled in Europe are already taking advantage of the results of this research.

The coordination of a European project has many professional advan-tages, such as the creation of a portfolio of international contacts, the consolidation of personal relationships that open doors to other interesting collaborations and it encourages the learning of equiva-lent companies in other countries.

9.1.2. Experience of the ALFA Group in ERA-NET initiatives

The cooperation of the ALFA Group in R&D activities started on a local level by conducting research aimed at improving processes and by studying materials in collaboration with technology centres and uni-versities in the Basque Country. In one of their lines of research, they became aware of the need to collaborate with a German company and they decided to search for funding options. As a result, they decided to present their project proposal to the fi rst call of the ERA-NET MANUNET and they succeeded. Up to this date, another three projects have been funded via this instrument, and they have led one.

The ERA-NET is an instrument that has some advantages over large European programmes such as the FP7. Firstly, they are normally projects led by SMEs with a lower number of partners, as opposed to the size of the cooperation projects funded by the FP7. Their man-agement and bureaucracy are also simpler, the success rate is higher and they provide enterprises a wide geographical area in which to search for the best partners. In addition, this research is closer to the market, which allows the company to reach a pilot that, such as in the fi rst project funded by the MANUNET, is already fi nding the inter-est of clients of the ALFA Group.

The participation in a fi rst international consortium also gradually bears other fruits. From the personal relationships that have been built, usually new ideas arise that lead to the presentation of new project proposals to European Programmes such as the FP7 or new opportunities of collaboration in other sectors appear such as the commercial sector, which is the case of the ALFA Group.

Although the advantages of international cooperation are more than evident, it is also true that introducing an SME in the European sce-nario of R&D is a diffi cult task; it is important knowing where you stand, how to sell yourself and how to defend your interests. In ad-dition, they consider that the work performed by the technology centres with which they collaborate is essential. The participation of the ALFA Group in the MANUFUTURE technology platform and the Factories of the Future Public-Private Partnership has also paid off, as

they have been able to learn of these initiatives fi rst hand and to collaborate in a project with important European companies and re-search centres.

It is important to highlight that even micro-enterprises have a place in European cooperation projects. A clear example of this is an enter-prise within the ALFA Group, ALFA ARTE, which is a small bronze smelting enterprise focusing on art. This company performs a sig-nifi cant amount of R&D activity and is involved in a MANUNET project on the use of laser technologies for different applications.

9.1.3. Experience of IK4 cooperating with Basque enterprises in European R&D projects

European SMEs provide most of the job positions and they also gen-erate most of the value in our continent. Therefore, they are clearly key actors in the transformation of knowledge into new products and better manufacturing processes.

However, SMEs, except for technology SMEs, fi nd it diffi cult to inte-grate R&D&i as part of an inexcusable process of their business, es-pecially if the research has to be conducted in the context of interna-tional collaboration (such as in the Framework Programme). It seems like the European Commission is going to simplify the bureaucratic process and shorten the administrative deadlines. If this occurs, it will be a signifi cant contribution to the increase of participation of SMEs. In addition, the European Commission will have to maintain or even increase the range of funding instruments especially aimed at the needs of small and medium enterprises, aside from introducing the participation of SMEs as a positive valuation element in the eval-uation of any European proposal.

The driving force of research organisations over enterprises is, and has been for many years, a very important factor in the increase of participation of SMEs in Framework Programmes. However, the re-search organisations cannot encourage the presence of small and medium enterprises in projects that, whether due to their scientifi c/technological content or the nature of the funding instrument and the size of the initiative, are not ideal for their participation. There-fore, IK4 understands that they would convince SMEs much more easily of the advantages of participating in the Framework Pro-gramme if the projects were smaller in size and if the industrial profi le and research profi le applied were increased. If this is not pos-sible initially, at least a new instrument linked to the validation, demonstration and exploitation of successful projects could be launched where SMEs could be incorporated in the context of the value chain.

The IK4 Research Alliance maintains a permanent commitment as a driving force over the participation of Basque enterprises in calls


from the Framework Programme. In fact, statistics show that other Basque entities, SMEs mostly, also participate in a signifi cant part of the projects in which IK4 participates. This commitment has been ratifi ed by the positive experience: Basque enterprises show a high level of compliance in their commitments, collaborate with enthusiasm and dedication and, what is most important, they do it with the aim of obtaining benefi ts from this effort. Participation is usually so positive that it is unusual, after a fi rst project, for them not to insist again, usually with a more ambitious approach. It would be diffi cult to list specifi c results that have already been marketed, but there are many, even regarding secondary aspects of research, that have subsequently shown an unexpected com-mercial potential.

9.1.4. Experience of Tecnalia in Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs)

The PPPs were born within the framework of the European Econom-ic Recovery Plan as a new way of approaching European R&D, where a more predominant role was given to the private and especially the industrial scope. A PPP is a public-private partnership, that is, an as-sociation between the public sector (the EC) and private entities (linked to industry) with common objectives and a commitment to progress towards the objectives. The Research PPPs share research funding between public and private entities for a series of years, there is a public management of calls, evaluations, contracts, etc. related to the projects, and the private sector participates in the defi nition of the research priorities. Likewise, PPPs aim for further innovation in projects and a clear economic impact.

The role of Tecnalia in the FoF PPP is serving to consolidate its inter-ests in several aspects, it is i) boosting the FoF PPP to guarantee a European budget in the manufacturing area, ii) allowing the partici-pation of Tecnalia itself and other enterprises it works with in the defi nition of R&D strategic priorities, iii) participating zealously in several calls related to the FoF, by leading initiatives and accompany-ing enterprises it works with; iv) and carrying out an R&D aimed at obtaining results close to the market’s needs.

The Basque entities are very well-positioned in the FoF: from enter-prises and business associations that participate in European projects or in the EFFRA itself, directly or through AFM/INVEMA and CECIMO, to the Basque administration / Innobasque by means of Manunet initiatives that are connected to the FoF, universities —with the par-ticipation of MU—, IK4 centres Ideko and Tekniker, and Tecnalia —with several of its more industrial units.

The calls are managed in the same way as calls in the FP7: The EC publishes a call and the participants try to perform as well as possi-ble. However, there are a couple of differences: the content of the

call’s theme —understood as the description of the topic— originates from a roadmap defi ned mainly by the private part of the PPP, and the projects generally focus more on industrial application, on dem-onstration. The funding originates from the same place as others do in the FP7: the European states fund the EC budget with everybody’s taxes. Part of this budget is destined to R&D, thus co-funding the projects, and the remainder of the co-funding is provided by each participating entity.

9.1.5. Experience of the University of the Basque Country in projects for the mobility of researchers and in basic research

The trajectory of the University of the Basque Country in the Frame-work Programmes has been gradual and growingly signifi cant. Fol-lowing a considerable participation in the FP6, the FP7 has been a strategic commitment for this institution, which is obtaining signifi -cant results.

The year 2007 was a turning point for the University of the Basque Country with the constitution of a European Programme Unit com-prised by a team of people specialised in providing support for university researchers. In addition to the informative and training work carried out to educate the researchers in being connected to the research conducted and fi nanced by Europe, they help them throughout the life cycle of each project, from the preparation phase of proposals to the management and justifi cation of the projects.

These services facilitate the growing participation of new research-ers in European projects that are initially quite reticent and are even fearful of participating in projects of this size. However, once they have been successful and have obtained EC funding for their fi rst project, they obtain enough experience and confi dence to participate in more European projects on an international level.

The University of the Basque Country participates very actively in the FP7 and obtains very positive results. In fact, they are participating in 57 projects, in all programmes and in almost all areas, although mainly in the NMP, ICT and Health Themes.

Their participation in the PEOPLE programme aimed at research mo-bility and talent attraction is also noteworthy. They have obtained projects in almost all the types of instruments, both individually and in a consortium, and they have even led a Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN) in the area of Neurosciences.

They have also been awarded a signifi cant amount of grants so a large number of European PhD graduates, or from third countries, can conduct their research in the University of the Basque Country.


The encouragement to participate in the IDEAS programme promot-ing investigator-driven frontier research has resulted in obtaining 2 Starting Grants and 1 Advanced Grant, which involve a return of 4,675,000 euros. However, there is still room for improvement, which shall be exploited with the identifi cation of candidates and comprehensive support in the preparation of proposals and inter-views.

The rise in the number of European projects is the result of the stra-tegic commitment implemented by the University of the Basque Country aimed at strategically positioning itself in international net-works, consortiums and platforms of science, technology and inno-vation, and thus achieving further international visibility.

9.1.6. Experience of the nanoGUNE CRC in projects for the mobility of researchers and in basic research

The strategy of the nanoGUNE CRC since its inception has been to cooperate in research both with Basque and foreign agents, and since January 1, 2009 work is being carried out in European networks and consortiums supported by the European Commission through different programmes such as the FP7, Interreg, etc.

With regard to the FP7, nanoGUNE participates especially in large projects within the Nanosciences and Health Themes, mainly in col-laboration with other European research centres. They consider that the cooperation with enterprises from their environment is essential once these projects have experienced a certain development.

The People Programme has been essential in facilitating the creation of a high level within the experimental groups of nanoGUNE by at-tracting PhD graduates with some professional development but a signifi cant knowledge. The infrastructure of nanoGUNE is greatly spe-cialised and its closeness to the research environment of their Basque bodies, such as the university or technology centres, are the main factors that attract researchers.

They consider that the Ideas programme is suitable to support ex-tremely high-risk projects whose results may have a signifi cant impact in the fi eld of research it operates. The researchers that obtain funding through the Ideas programme have a signifi cant trajectory in research and a considerable impact in their fi eld; in this sense, two researchers of nanoGune have been given due rec-ognition.

MAGNIFYCO project: “Magnetic Nanocontainers for Combined Hyperthermia and Control-led Drug Release”. The CRC nanoGUNE is participating.


ETSF project: “European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility I3”. The University of the Basque Country is participating.

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COORDINATION

Health

CHAARM Combined Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Microbicides

EU-GEI European Network of National Schizophrenia Networks Studying Gene-Environment Interactions

EUROCOURSE Europe against cancer: optimisation of the use of registries for scientifi c excellence in research

FAST Towards safe and effective immunotherapy of persistent life-threatening food allergies

GRIP Global research in paediatrics

Health at Work “An inquiry to the health and safety at work; a European Union perspective”

IBDase Mucosal protease and their inhibitors in infl ammatory bowel disease: From etiopathogenetic

IMAGINT Her Imaging and molecular interaction mapping in breast cancer

MEFOPA European Projectpn Mendelian Forms of Parkinson’s Disease

MM4TB More medicines por Tuberculosis

NanoAntenna Development of tools for sensitive and specifi in vitro detection of proteins and their interactions for diagnostic prognostic and monitoring purposes

PortFastFlu Portable automated test for fast detection and surveillance of infl uenza

ZF-CANCER Developing high-throughput bioassays for human cancers in zebrafi sh

JTI.IMI CEED3 Collaborative European Effort To Develop Diabetes Diagnostics

Food, Agriculture, Fisheries y Biotechnology

DeepFishMan Management And Monitoring Of Deep-sea Fisheries And Stocks

ETHERPATHS Characterization and modelling of dietary effects mediated by gut microbiota on lipid metabolism

EU-PEARL EU-based Production and Exploitation of Alternative Rubber and Latex Sources (PEARL)

FACTS Forage Fish Interactions

FOODSEG Safe food for Europe-Dissemination of research results of EC funded research on food safety

JATROPT Jatropha Curcas Applied and Technological Research on Plant Traits

MADE Mitigating ADverse Ecological impacts of open ocean fi sheries

MAITRE Media Actions for International Training of REsearchers

NAMASTE New advances in the integrated management of food processing waste in india and europe: use of sustainable technologies for the exploitation of byproducts into new foods and feeds

NANODETECT Development of nanodensor for the detection of quality parameters along the food chain

PREVENT ESCAPE Assessing the causes and developing measures to prevent the escape of fi sh from sea-cage aquaculture

SO2SAY Replacement of sulphur dioxide (SO2) in food keeping the Same qualitY and shelf-life of the products

TXOTX Technical eXperts Overseeing Third country eXpertise

WELFARE INDICATORS Development, integration and dissemination of animal-based welfare indicators, including pain, in commercially important hunsbandry species, with special emphasis on small rumiants, equidae and turkey

Information and Communication Technologies

4ward 4Ward Architecture And Design For The Future Internet

ADAMANTIUM Adaptative Management of media distribution based on satisfaction oriented user modeling

AmI-MoSES Ambient-Intelligent Interactive Monitoring System for Energy Use Optimisation in Manufacturing SMEs

ANIKETOS Secure Development of Trustworthy Composable Services


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9.2. ANNEX 2. List of projects funded to Basque Agents during the 2007-2010 period of the FP7

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ARCADIA Aligning Research Agendas in ARTEMIS

AsTeRICS Assistive Technology Rapid Integration & Construction Set

BEYWATCH Building Energy Watcher

CARDIAC Coordination Action in R&D in Accessible and Assistive ICT

CEPoSS Coordination and Implementation of a European Strategy on Smart Systems Technologies

CHIRON Cooperative Advanced REsearch for User-centric healthcare

CHIRON Cyclic and person-centric health management: integrated approach for home, mobile and clinical environments

COIN COllaboration and INteroperability for networked enterprises.

CompanionAble Integrated Cognitive Assistive and Domotic Companion Robotic Systems for Ability and Security

CONFIDENCE Ubiquitous Care System to Support Independent Living

COSMOS Cost-driven Adaptive Factory based on Modular Self-Contained Factory Units

DEMI Product and Process Design for AmI Supported Energy Effi cient Manufacturing Installations

DEMONS DEcentralized, cooperative, and privacy-preserving MONitoring for trustworthiness

EASYPRO Accurate manual guided robot programming

eCoMove Cooperative Mobility Systems and Services for Energy Effi ciency

ENERGY WARDEN Design and real time energy sourcing decisions in buildings

ENERSIP ENERgy Saving Information Platform for Consumption and Generation Networks

EnPROVE Energy consumption prediction with building usage measurements for software-based decision support

eSMCS Extending sensomonitor Contigencies to cognition

euRobotics European Robotics Coordination Action

eValue Testing and Evaluation Methods for ICT-based Safety Systems

FAST2LIGHT High-throughput, large area and cost-effective OLED

FIEMSER FRiendly Intelligent Energy Management System for Existing Residential Buildings

Florence Multi Purpose Mobile Robot for Ambient Assisted Living

GENESYS Generic Embedded System Platform

GUIDE Gentle User Interfaces for Disabled and Elderly Citizens

HAPTIMAP Haptic, Audio and Visual Interfaces for Maps and Location Based Services

HERMES Cognitive Care and Guidance for Active Aging

iTETRIS An Integrated Gíreles and Traffi c Platform for Real-Time Road Traffi c Management Solutions

KOMPEYE Enhancing the Visual Perception Capabilities of Kompaï Robot Using Parallel Processing

KYOTO knowlege Yielding Ontologies for Transition-Based Organisation

LabOnFoil Laboratory Skin Patches and SmartCards based on foils and compatible with a smartphone

LISTA The listeining Talker

MEDNET Latin American Health Care Network

MICIUDAD Metropolis of obicuitous services

Mosaic Open-Source API and Platform for Multiple Clouds

MSE Manufacturing Service Ecosystem

NANO-ICT Nano-Scale ICT Devices and Systems Coordination Action

OASIS Open Architecture for Accessible Services Integration and standardisation

OPEN NODE Open Architecture for Secondary Nodes of the Electricity SmartGrid

PASCA Platform for Advanced Single Cell-Manipulation and Analysis

PATHS Personalised Access to cultural heritage spaces

PERFORM A sophisticated multi ParamEtric system foR the continuous eFfective assessment and mOnitoRing of Motor status in parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases

Plant Cockpit Production logistics and sustainability


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PROSE Promoting Standardisation for Embedded Systems

REEB The European strategic research Roadmap to ICT enabled Energy-Effi ciency in Buildings and construction

REMICS REuse and Migration of legacy applications to Interoperable Cloud Services

RUBICÓN Robotics UBIquitous COgnitive Network

SAIL Scalable & Adaptive Internet soLutions

SELECT Smart RFID for High-Accuracy Radio Detection Identifi cation And Localization

SHAPE Semantically-enabled Heterogeneous Service Architecture and Platforms Engineering.

SHIELDS Detecting known security vulnerabilities from within design and development tools

SIDAM Investigation of Si wafer damage in manufacturing processes

SOLID Solid State Systems for information Processing

SRS Multi-Role Shadow Robotic System for Independent Living

TEFIS TEstbed for Future Internet Services

Teresa Trusted computing Engineering for Resource constrained Embedded Systems Applications

JTI.ARTEMIS ASTUTE Pro-active decision support for data-intensive environments

JTI.ARTEMIS CAMMI Cognitive Adaptive Man-Machine Interface

JTI.ARTEMIS CESAR COST-EFFICIENT METHODS AND PROCESSES FOR SAFETY RELEVANT EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

JTI.ARTEMIS E2D Cloud Energy Effi cient District Cloud

JTI.ARTEMIS EDIANA Embedded Systems for Energy Effi cient Buildings

JTI.ARTEMIS EMMON EMbedded MONitoring

JTI.ARTEMIS eSONIA Embedded Service Oriented Monitoring, Diagnostics and Control: Towards the Asset-aware and Self-Recovery Factory

JTI.ARTEMIS IFEST Industrial Framework for Embedded Systems Tools

JTI.ARTEMIS iLAND mIddLewAre for deterministic dynamically reconfi gurable NetworkeD embedded systems

JTI.ARTEMIS IOE Internet of Energy

JTI.ARTEMIS nSHIELD New embedded Systems arCHItecturE for multi-Layer Dependable solutions

JTI.ARTEMIS PSHIELD Pilot embedded Systems archItecture for multi-layer dependable solutions

JTI.ARTEMIS R3COP Robust and Safe Reasoning Robotic Co-operative Systems

JTI.ARTEMIS RECOMP Reduced Certifi cation Costs for Trusted Multi-core Platforms

JTI.ARTEMIS SMARCOS Smart/Context-Based connected interactions for consumer spaces

JTI.ARTEMIS SOFIA SMART OBJECTS FOR INTELLIGENT APPLICATIONS

JTI.ARTEMIS SYMBEOSE Symbian: the Embedded Operating System for Europe

JTI.ENIAC E3CAR Nanoelectronics for an Energy Effi cient Electrical Car

JTI.ENIAC LENS Lithography Enhancement towards Nano Scale

JTI.ENIAC MAS Nanoelectronics for Mobile Ambient Assisted

Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production Technologies

A new generation of fi bre-based diagnostic sensors

ADACOM Adaptive Control for Metal Cutting

ADAMOD Plug-in Adaptronic Modules for real-time errors (Thermal & Vibration) compensation and superfi ne positioning in reconfi gurable high precision machine tools

ADDNANO The Development and scale-up of innovative nanotechnology-based processes into the value chain of the lubricants market

BUGWORKERS New tailo-made PHB-based nanocomposites for high performance applications produced from environmentally friendly production route

CHAMELEON Production Dependent Adapative Mahine Tool

CODICE Computationally Driven design of innovative cement-based materials

COEUS-TITAN Innovative smart composite mooulds for cost effective manufacturing of plastic and composite components


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CONFORM2 JET Self-Learning sysytem for Freerorm Milling with High energy Fluid Jets

COSMOS Cost-driven adaptive factory based on modular self-contained factory units

Cost-Effective Resource- and Cost-effective integration of renewables in existing high-rise buildings

COTECH Production technologies and equipment for micro-manufacturing

Demat A multi-technological approach for dematerialising the production systems within a view of productive, reliable and eco-effi cient machining processes

DEMCAMER Design and Manufacturing of Catalytic Membrane Reactors by developing of new nano-architectured catalytic and selective membrane materials

ECOplast Research in new biomass-based composites from renewable resources with improved properties for vehicle parts moulding

EDEFU New design of ecological furnaces

EU2010_R2S International Conference of the Spanish EU Presidency 2010. The European Framework Programme: from Recovery to Sustainability

FIND AND BIND Find and Bind: Mastering sweet cell-instructive biosystems by copycat nanointeraction of cells with natural surfaces for biotechnical applications

FIRE-RESIST Developing novel fi re-resistant high performance composites

FLEXIPAET Flexible Patterning of Complex MicroStructures using adaptative Embossing technology

FRAME Fast Ramp-up and Adaptive Manufacturing Environment

H2SusBuild Development of a clean and energy self-sustained building in the vision of integrating H2 economy with renewable energy sources

HINAMOX Health Impact of Engineered Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles: Response, Bioimaging and Distribution at Cellular and Body Level

HINTS Next Generation Hybrid Interfaces for Spintronic Applications

H-Know Advanced Infrastructure for Knowledge Based Services for Buildings Restoring

IMS 2020 Supporting Global research for IMS 2020 Vision

Innoshade Innovative Switchable Shading Appliances based on Nanomaterials and Hybrid Electrochromic Device Confi gurations

INTeg-Risk Early Recognition, Monitoring and Integrated Management of Emerging, New Technology Related Risks

INTEG-U New production technologies of complex 3d micro-devices through multiprocess integration of ultraprecision engineering techniques

INTIME N time delivery in non-hierarchical manufacturing networks for the machinery and equipment industry

i-Protect Intelligent PPE system for personnel in high-risk and complex environments

Iremo REactive polymer composites Moulding

Lean PPD Lean Product and Process Development

LEANFORM Self-Learning sheet metalforming system

M3 - 2S Multiscale modelling for multilayered surface systems

MAGNIFYCO Magnetic nanocontainers for combined hyperthermia and controlled drug release

MANUVAR Manual Work Support Throughout System Lifecycle by Exploiting Virtual and Augmented Reality

MESSIB Multi-source Energy Storage System Integrated in Buildings

Mold4ProdE Intelligent Molds for Productivity Enhancement

MuProD Innovative proactive Quality Control system for in-process

NAD Nanoparticles for therapy and diagnosis of alzheimer disease

NAMDIATREAM Nanotechnological Toolkits for Multi-modal Disease Diagnostics and Treatment Monitoring

NANEX Development of Exposure Scenarios for Manufactured Nanomaterials

NANOCLEAN Self-Cleaning surfaces for automotive by combining taylored nanostructures compunds

NANORETOX The Reactivity and Toxicity of engineered Nanoparticles:Risks to the Environment and Human Health

NANOTHER Integration of novel NANOparticle based technology for THERapeutics and diagnosis of different types of cancer

NANOTOUGH Nanostructured toughened hybrid nanocomposites for high performance applications

NapaNIL Nanopatterning, Production and Applications based on Nanoimprinting Lithography

NEPHH Nanomaterials related environmental pollution and health hazards throughout their life cycle

NET-CHALLENGE Innovative networks of SMEs for complex products manufacturing


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NOZZLEINSPECT Technical specifi cation for the inspection from outside of the inner radius and the nozzle to vessel weld of Cofrentes NPP feedwater nozzle

ORION Organic-Inorganic Hybrids based on Ionic Liquids

PARYLENS PARYLENE based artifi cial smart LENSes fabricated using a novel solid-on-liquid deposition process

POCO Carbon Nanotube confi nemenet Strategies to Develop Novel Polimer Matrix Composites

POLYBRIGHT Extending the process limits of laser polymer welding with high-brilliance beam sources

POLYFIRE Processing and upscaling of fi resistant nanofi lled thermosetting plyester resin

Remplanet Resilient Multi_Plant Networks

SAFE@SEA Protective clothing for improved safety and performance in the fi sheries

SAFEPROTEX High protective clothing for emergency operations

SaveMe A Modular Active Nano-Platform for Advanced Cancer Management

SKINTREAT Novel approaches for the development of customized skin treatments and services

TailorTool Microestructural modelling for Tool Materials with Tailored Thermo-mechanical properties

THEMA-CNT thermal management with carbon nanotube architectures

Trans-IND Integrated cost-effective construction process for transport infrastructures, based on a fl exible industrialisation of FRP components

TRANSPARENCY Adaptive Business Collaboration by progressive knowledge sharing and engineering

VFF Holistic, extensible, scalable and standard Virtual Factory Framework

WOODLIFE Extended service-life and improved properties of wood products through the use of functional nanoparticles in clear coating and adhesive systems

PPP.EEB AEROCOINS AEROgel-based Composite/hybrid nanomaterials for cost-effective building super-INSulation systems

PPP.EEB EnRiMa Energy and Risk Management in Commercial Buildings

PPP.EEB FC-District New micro-CHP network technologies for energy effi cient and sustainable districts

PPP.EEB NANOINSULATE Development of Nanotechnology-based High Performance Opaque & Transparent Insultation Systems and Biocide formulations for Energy Effi cient Buildings

PPP.EEB NANOPCM New advanced insulation phase change materials

PPP.EEB SPORTE2 Intelligent Management System to integrate and control energy generation, consumption and exchange for European Sport and Recreation Buildings

PPP.EEB TIBUCON Self powered wireless sensor network for HVAC system energy improvement

PPP.FoF AIMACS Advanced Intelligent Machine Adaptive Control System

PPP.FoF CUSTOMPACKER Highly customizable and fl exible packaging station for mid-to upper sized electronic consumer goods using industrial robots

PPP.FoF DYNXPERTS Plug and Produce Components for Optimum Dynamic Performance Manufacturing Systems

PPP.FoF e-CUSTOM A Web-based Collaboration System for Mass Customization

PPP.FoF FoFdation The foundation for the smart factory of the future

PPP.FoF HARCO Hierarchical and Adaptive smaRt COmponents for precision machine tool application

PPP.FoF KAP Knowledge, Awareness and Prediction of Man, Machine, Material and Method in Manufacturing

PPP.FoF Plant Cockpit PRODUCTION LOGISTICS AND SUSTAINABILITY COCKPIT

PPP.FoF PoPJIM Plug and Produce Joint Interface Modules

PPP.FoF QUANTUM Development and validation of a standardised methodology and the suitable software tools for quantifying and reducing the energy consumption of machine tools in the use stage

PPP.FoF ROBOFOOT Smart robotics for high added value footwear industry

PPP.FoF Satisfactory European ICT Forum for Cross Industrial Learning and Roadmapping for the Factory of the Future

Energy

ADDRESS Active Distribution networks with full integration of Demand and distributed energy RESourceS

ALONE Small Scale Solar Cooling Device

APOLLON Multi-APprOach for high effi ciency integrated and inteLLigent CONcentrating PV modules


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ARQUIMEDES Achieving real change with innovative transport measures demonstrating energy savings

ASAMPSA Towards convergence on severe accident risk assessment in europe

CIVITAS-ARCHIMEDES Achieving Real Change with Innovative Transport Measures Demonstrating Energy Savings

CORES Components for Ocean Renewable Energy Systems Development

ECCOFLOW Development and fi eld test of an effi cient YBCO Coated Conductor based Fault Current Limiter for Operation in Electricity Networks

EcoGrid EU Large scale Smart Grids demonstration of real time market-based integration of DER and DR

EFONET European Foresight Network

EquiMar Equitable Testing and Evaluation of Marine Energy Extraction Devices in terms of Performance, Cost and Environmental Impact.

Grid4EU Integración de renovables con automatización de la distribución eléctrica

GROW-DER Fiabilidad y operativa de la red de suministro con generación distribuida usando almacenamiento móvil

HESCAP New generation, High Energy and power density SuperCAPacitor based energy storage system

HiPRwind High Power, high Reliability offshore wind technology

HITECO New solar collector for high temperature operation in CSP applications

LASTBEG Large scale tool for power balancing of electric grids

LCA to GO LCA to go-Boosting Life Cycle Assessment Use in European Small and medium-sized enterprises:serving needs of innovative key sectors with smart methods and tools

MACCSOL The development and verifi cation of a novel modular air cooled condenser for enhanced concentrated solar power generation

MACPLUS Material-Component Performance-driven Solutions for Long-Term Effi ciency Increase in Ultra Supercritical Power Plants

MARINA Marine renewable integrated application platform

MERGE Evaluate the impacts that EV will have on the EU electric power systems regarding planning, operation and market functioning.

OPEN METER Open Public Extended Network Metering

PIME´s CONCERTO communities towards optimal thermal and electrical effi ciency of buildings and districts, based on MICROGRIDS

PolyZion Fast Rechargeable Zinc-Polymer Battery based on Ionic Liquids

ZEOCELL Nanostructured electrolyte membranes based on polymer/ionic liquids/zeolite composites for high temperature pem fuel cells

JTI.FCH PEER Novel Low cost performing membrane electrode assemblies for LT-PEMFC in transportation

JTI.FCH PEMICAN PEM with Innovative low cost Core for Automotive applicatioN

JTI.FCH RAMSES Robust Advanced Materials for metal Supported SOFC

JTI.FCH SHEL Sustainable Hydrogen Evaluation in Logistics

Environment

AdvanceETV Coordination action on Environmental Technology Verifi cation ETV - Building a framework for international cooperation

AquaFit4use Water in Industry, Fit-for-Use Sustainable Water Use in Chemical, Paper, Textile and Food Industry

EUCHIC European Cultural Heritage Identity Card

EURO-BASIN European Basin-scale Analysis, Synthesis and INtegration

FOODLINKS To develop and experiment with new integrative modalities of linking research to policy-making in the fi eld of sustainable food consumption and production

HOMBRE Holistic Management of Brownfi eld Regeneration

IRCOW Innovative Strategies for High-Grade Material Recovery from Construction and Demolition Waste

IWWA Integrated waste management in Western Africa

LIAISE Linking Impact Assessment Instruments to Sustainability Expertise

MEECE Marine Ecosystem Evolution in a Changing Environment

MESMA Monitoring and Evaluation of Spatially Managed Areas

OPEN HOUSE Benchmarking and mainstreaming building sustainability in the EU based on transparency and opennes (open source and availability) from model to implementation

PURGE Public health impacts in Urban environments of Greenhouse gas Emissions reduction strategies


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SuPerBuildings Sustainability and performance assessment and benchmarking of buildings - SuPerBuildings

SUSREF Sustainable refurbishment of building facades and external walls

TEACH Technologies and Tools to prioritize Assessment and diagnosis of air pollution impact on immovable and movable Cultural Heritage

UPSOIL Sustainable Soil Upgrading by Developing Cost-effective, Biogeochemical Remediation Approaches

Waterchange Modelización de recursos acuaticos a medio y largo plazo como herramienta par aplanifi car y adaptación al cambio climático.

WISER Water bodies in Europe: Integrative Systems to assess Ecological status and Recovery

ZEROWIN Towards Zero Waste In Industrial Networks

Transport

ACCENT Adaptive Control of Manufacturing Processes for a New Generation of Jet Engine Components

ADVITAC Advanced Integrated Composite Tailcone

AISHA II Aircraft Integrated Structural Health Assessment II

ALICIA All Conditiuon Operations and Innovative Cocpit Infrastructure

DAEDALOS Dynamics in aircraft engineering design and analysis for light optimized structures

DHERGO Digital Humans for Ergonomic design of products

DOTNAC Development and optimization of thz ndt on aeronautics composite multi-layered structure

DREAM Validation of Radical Engine Architecture Systems

DYNOTRAIN Railway dynamics and track interactions-Total Regulatory Acceptance for the Interoperable Network

EBSF European Bus System of the Future

ELECTRICAL Novel aeronautical multifunctional composite structures with bulk electrical conductivity and self-sensing capabilities

ELUBSYS Engine Lubrication System Technologies

ERICKA Engine Representative Internal Cooling and Knowledge Arrangements

ESTEEM Enhancing Safety and security aspects in Transport rEsearch in the EuroMediterranean region

EURAXLES Minimizing the risk of fatigue failure of railway axles

EURECOMP Recycling Thermoset Composites of the SST

FACTOR Full aero-thermal combustor-turbine interaction research

FANTOM II Full fi eld Aeronautical Non destructive Technique for On-line and Maintenance applications)

FUTURE Flutter-free Turbomachinery Blades

GREEN EMOTION Demonstration of the feasibility of a standardized system that establishes the best conditions for the use by consumers and businesses of the electric vehicle and its mass market introduction

HYCHAIN Despliegue de fl otas de vehículos innovadores de pilas de combustible.

IAPETUS Innovative Repair of Aerospace Structures with Curing Optimization & Life Cycle Monitoring Abilities

IHMEMA Intelligent Health Management for aeronautical ElectroMechanical Actuators

IMVITER implementation of virtual testing in safety regulations

INMA Innovative Manufacturing of complex Ti sheet components

iTravel Service Platform for the Connected Traveller, i-Travel

KitVes Airfoil-based solution for Vessel on-board energy production destined to traction and auxiliary services

LAYSA Multifunctional Layers for Safer Aircraft Composite Structures

MAAXIMUS More Affordable Aircraft through eXtended, Integrated and Mature nUmerical Sizing

MERLIN Development of Aero Engine Component Manufacture using Laser Additive Manufacturing

MODERN Mobility, Development and Energy use ReductioN

MUGGES Mobile user-generated geo services mugges

OPENAIR Optimisation for Low Environmental Noise Impact Aircraft

PERNASVIP Personal navigation system for visually disabled people


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POWERFUL Powertrain for future light-duty vehicules

SARTRE Safe Road Trains for the Environment (SARTRE)

SECUREMETRO Inherently secure blast resistant and fi re safe metro vehicles

SECURESTATION Passenger station and terminal design for safety, security and resilience to terrorist attack

SRATCH Services for smes in collaborative aeronautical technical research

THIMCA Thin-Walled Magnesium Castings for Aviation Industry

TRANSFEU Transport Fire Safety Engineering in the European Union

TrioTRAIN Aerodynamics Total regulatory Acceptance for the Interopable Network FER

TRIPOD TRIPLE ENERGY SAVING BY USE OF CRP, CLT AND PODDED PROPULSION

PPP.GC EM SAFETY BY SENSORS DEVELOPMENTS AND HAZARDS MIGRATION BY PROPER EV DESIGN

PPP.GC CAPIRE Coordination action on PPP implementation for road-transport electrifi cation

PPP.GC ECOGEM Cooperative Advanced Driver Assistance System for Green Cars

PPP.GC E-LIGHT Advanced Structural Light-Weight Architectures for Electric Vehicles

PPP.GC Green eMotion Green Cars Initiative

PPP.GC SOMABAT Development of novel SOlid MAterials for high power Li polymer

JTI.Clean Sky ActiPPTSens Active Pressure, Position and Temperature sensors for Turboshaft engines

JTI.Clean Sky ASE-TB Design and development of an Adaptive, Smart and Eco-effi cient Test Bench for synchronized testing of linear actuators in the aeronautic sector

JTI.Clean Sky CORR Contoured Ring Rolling

JTI.Clean Sky HP-SMART-EMA High Power Density Electromechanical Actuators

JTI.Clean Sky REMFOS DESIGN, MANUFACTURING AND RELIABILITY EVALUATION OF EMBEDDED SENSOR

JTI.Clean Sky SAGE Sustainable and Green Engines (JTI)

JTI.Clean Sky TiAlBLADE (Blades into) High temperature material

JTI.Clean Sky VEDISYS VEDISYS. Versatile and Eco-effi cient Direct Drive Systems for Testing the Starters/Generators of Aircraft Engines

JTI.Clean Sky VEGETEBLE Versatile, Green and Eco-effi cient Test Bench for Large Aircraft Starter/Generators Endurance and Reliability Testing

Socio-economic Sciences y Humanities

CRIC Identity and Confl ict. Cultural Heritage and the Reconstruction of Identities after Confl ict

FESSUD Financialisation, economy, society and sustainable development

GEITONIES Generating Interthnic Tolerance and Neighbourhood Integration in European Urban Spaces

REMEDIE Regenerative medicine in Europe:emerging needs and challenges in a global context

TOLERACE The semantic of tolerance and (anti)racism in Europe: institutions and civil society on a comparative perspective

Space

AGAPAC Gaw Packaging

BETs BETs. Propellantless deorbiting of space debris by bare electrodynamic tethers

HARMLES Dry lubricated Harmonic Drives for space applications

HIPER High Power Propulsion

OPERR Operational Pan-European River Runoff

ROV-E LIGHTWEIGHT TECHNOLOGIES FOR EXPLORATION ROVERS

SIDER Radiation shielding for electronic space enclosures

SMARTEES Smartees. Multifunctional components for agressive enviroments in space applications


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IDEAS

DYNAMO Dynamical processes in open quantum systems: pushing the frontiers of theoretical

GEDENTQOPT Generation and detection of many-particle entanglement in quantun optical systems

MATRIX Mixed-Matrix interfaces for Enhanced Fine chemicals Downstream Processing and Monitoring

NUMERIWAVES New analytical and numerical methods in wave propagation

SPINTROS Spin Transport in Organic Semiconductors

TERATOMO Near-fi eld Spectroscopic Nanotomography at Infrared and Terahertz Frequencies

Security

ALERT4ALL Alert for all - A4A

CAPER Collaborative information, acquisition, processing, exploitation and reporting for the prevention of organised crime

CRESCENDO Coordination action on Risks, Evolution of threatS and Context assessment by an Enlarged Network for an r&D rOadmap

CUSTOM Drugs And PreCUrsor Sensing By ComplemenTing Low COst Multiple Techniques

DECOTESS1 DEmonstration of COunterTErrorism System-of-Systems against CBRNE phase 1

DEMASST Demo for mass transportation security: road-mapping study

ETCETERA Evaluation of critical and emerging technologies for the elaboration of a security research agenda

EUSECON A new Agenda for European Security Economics

GLOBE Integrated Border Management Roadmap

SecriCOM Seamless Communication for Crisis Management

SecureCHAINS Integration of Security Technology Supply Chains and Identifi cation of weaknesses and untapped potencial

XXX Wide maritime area airbone surveillance security of critical infraestructures related to mass transportation

Coordination of Research Activities

BNFS Bening Familial Neonatal Seizures (BFNS) as disease model for human idiopathic epilepsies

ERNEST European Research NEtwork on Sustainable Tourism

ETB-PRO EUROpean programme for TRANS-national R&D&I cooperations of BIOtech SMEs

EURONANOMED European network of trans-national collaborative rtd in the fi eld of nanomedicine

LEAD ERA Lead market european research area network

LISRIK Risk Assessment of Listeria traditional ready to eat food items

MANUNET2 Supporting SMEs towards a new phase to European Research Area on new processes, adaptive manufacturing systems and the factory

MATERA + ERA-NET Plus on Materials Research

MNT 2 MNT 2

MNT-ERA.NET II Micro and nano technologies for a new hightly competitive european industry

project nº 08125 Detection of traces of allergens in foods

SmartGrid SmartGrid ERA-NET

XXXXX ERA-NET on Eco-Innovation_Boosting eco-Innovation through joint cooperation in research and dissemination


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PEOPLE

................ Suporting International and Training in Bizkaia

ABIADA Fromo Minimally Autonomous Biological Individuals to Collectively Associated Autonomous Adaptive Agents

BIOREGENT Biocontrol and Bioremediation agents and their role in Agriculture and Forest health

CAMMISP Characterization of Applied Magnetic Materials for Industrial Scale Products

CCQED Circuit and cavity quamtum electrodynamics

DESIRNA Design of Novel Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Based Delivery Systems for Therapeutic Antibodies and siRNA

DNA-UHRF1 Recognition of hemi-methylated DNA by UHRF1

DYNACOP Dynamaics of Architecturally Complex Polymers

EuroGlycoArrays Development of carbohydrate array technology to systematically explore the functional role of glycans in healthy and diseased states

GCs-CNSIS Pro-infl ammatory and anti-infl ammatory effects of glucocorticosteroids in the central nervous system

INDYNAUTS Interaction dynamics and autonomy in social cognition

ITAMOSCINOM Injection, transport and manipulation of spin currents in new organic materials.

ITN - LCG Initial Training Network - Language, Cognition and Gender

MAPACOMAS Materials analysis based on partially correlated magnetic switching

MINILUBES Mechanisms of interactions in nanoscales of novel ionic lubricants with functional surfaces

NanoPhotoCrhrome Energy Conversion within the Hybrid Materials Engineered from the Nanocrystals Quantum Dots and Photochroic membran proteins

NANOPOLY Hybrid Models for Tailoring Nano-Architectures of Polymers

nanoPV Spectroscopic insight with nanoscale resolution on model photovoltaic systems

NICaiA Nature Inspired Computation and its Applications

PIL-4-E-S&P Novel polymeric ionic liquids for environmental sensing and purifi cation

PIL-to-MARKET Towards Commercialization of Polymeric Ionic Liquids

Q-NET Quantum nanoelectronics

QuRelSim Quantum Simulations of Relativistic Systems

SEA2GRID Grid connection of Wave Energy Converters: investigation on storage requirements and solutions

SMART BRAIN Attracting International Experienced Researchers to the Basque Country in any Research Field

SMART FELLOWS Attracting International Visiting Fellows to the Basque Country in any Research Field

SPBUILD Sustainable Peace Building

SUSHGEN Sustainable Hydrogen Generation

TESIS Towards on Embodied Science of Intersubjectivity

TIFER Tecnalia’s International Fellowships for Experienced Researchers

TRASNADE Transport studies on polymer based nanodevices and assemblies for delivery and sensing

UEPHA-MS United Europeans for the development of Pharmacogenomics in Multiple Sclerosis

Value Ageing Incorporating european fundamental values into ict for ageing: a vital political, ethical , technological, and industrial challenge

VERBAGRENCODING Verb agreement encoding during language production and comprehension

WAVETRAIN 2 Initial Training Network for Wave Energy Research Professionals


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CAPACITIES

Research Infrastructures

DERRI Distributed Energy Resources Research Infrastructure

ESMI European soft matter Infrastructure

EST The large aperture european solar telescope

ETSF European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility I3

EUMINAfab Integrating European research infraestructures for micro-nano fabrication of functional structures and devices out of a knowledge-based ultimaterials’ repertoire

JERICO Joint European Research Infrastructure for Coastal operational Observatories

MARINET Marine research infrastructures network for energy technologies

NeutronSourceESS NeutronSourceESS?The European Spallation Neutron Source (ESS)

QNano A pan-European infrastructure for quality in nanomaterials safety testing

RIEEB Research Infrastructures on Energy Effi ciency in Buildings

SOPHIA SOlar PHotovoltaic European Research Infrastructure


................ Treatment of high organic load, high temperature and high salinity industrial waste water containing recalcitrant contaminants

…………… Integrated Chemical synthesis and Screening in patient Cells

ADD CONTROL Advanced Control Solutions For waste Water Treatment

AQUASZERO Development of a new absorventmaterial for effi cient and economic removal of Arsenic from potable water

ASPIRATE Increase of productivity, safety, greenness and cleanliness in the machining of carbon fi bre reinforced composites

AutoSpar Development of an Automatic hervesting System for white and violet Asparagus

BIMOSYN Development of new ecological pesticides by incorporation of synergic bio molecules

CAMEL-MCG Development of higly effi cient and enviromental friendly grinding technology a minimum coolant approach

CERES CERES

CLAIM Customised Laser-assisted Plasma Arc Welding of Light Alloys and Steels

eBEST Empowering Business Ecosystems of Small Service Enterprises to Face the Economic Crisis

EFFACEUR InnovativE anti-graFFiti product for Application in the Cultural Heritage of EURope

EMBROIDERY Development of ultra light composite parts and self heating moulds and membranes for energy effi cient composite manufacturing technologies based on tailored fi bre placement technology

FACIT-SME Facilitate IT-providing SMEs by Operation-related Models and Methods

FACOMP Polymeric nanocomposite profi les for curtain walls

HEFEST Smart fi re-retardant coatings based on intumescent nanocomposites

HILYSENS Highly sensitive and specifi c low-cost lab-on-a-chip system for Lyme disease diagnosis

IMOSHION Improving Occupational Safety & Health in European SMEs with help of simulation and virtual reality

INNOYEAST Innovation and Improvement of Europan wine industry competitiveness by the research and developmemt of native microencapsulated wine yeasts to produce quality

Intelli-fl ue Intelligent combustion management of fl ue gases for solid fuel domestic heating systems

KARMA Knowledge Based Process planning and Design for Additive layer Manufacturing

NOFIRE High Speed Fire Stopping Sectional Door

NOZZLEINSPECT Autonomous Robot for an Automatic Inspection of Nozzle Welds in Nuclear Environment

PIEZOSELEX PIEZOSELEX

PINVIALEG Portable microfl uidic-based device for in situ of viable Legionella

PLC Improving PLC Programming Through a new Graphical Object-oriented and Brandindependent Programming Framework


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POLYSOL Development of a Modular, All-Polymer, Solar Thermal Collector for domestic hot water and heating contribution

PRESTO Identifi cation of Priority RESearch TOpics for SMEs associations in the construction sector with a focus on new technologies in the Energy, ICT and New Materials domains

SelfPOCNAD Development of a Point of Care Detection Unit, Microfl uidic Chip, and Self-Sampling Device for Cervical Cancer Screening

SmartHeat An intelligent modular domestic heating and hot water platform that enables effective integration and use of renewable energy systems

TABANOID Trap for the novel control of horse-fl ies on open-air fi elds

TIGI Toward an Innovative galvanic industry

TRAYSRENEW Development of innovate renewable trays for poultry products, based on biopolymers and bast fi bers

Regions of Knowledge

KEEN Regions Knowledge and Excellence in European Nanotechnology Regions

MINOS European Concept for the additional Qualifi cation Mechatronic of skilled

REGCON Support action for innovation driven clusters in construction. Regional approaches, multi-stakeholder engagement and cross regional co-operation.

RESGen RES Generation - From Research Infrastructure to Sustainable Energy and Reduction of CO2 emissions

ROK-FOR Sustainable forest management providing renewable energy, sustainable construction and bio-based products

TECFORLIFE Assistive Technology Cluster for Quality of Life

Science in Society

GAP1 Bridging the gap between science and stakeholders: Phase I - Common Ground

GAP2 Making a difference by enabling participatory research between stakeholders & scientists:Integration of evidence-based knowledge & its application to science & management of fi sheries & marine environ

HELENA Higher Education Leading to ENgineering And scientifi c careers

SCICOM EUROPEAN NETWORK OF SCIENCE CENTRES IN COMMUNICATING ENERGY-RELATED TOPICS

SHYBEL Synthetic Biology for Human Health: Ethical and Legal Issues

Activities of International Cooperation

e-WindTech Design of an e-Learning training programme for Wind Mills Maintenance Technicians enriched with interactive Virtual Reality simulations.

INDIGO Initiative for the Development and Integration of Indian and European Research

EURATOM

2 EFDA Radiation Effects Modelling and Experimental Validation

1 FEMAS Fusion Energy Materials Science - Coordination Action


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Acronym Title


PASCA project: “Platform for Advanced Single Cell-Manipulation and Analysis”. Innoprot is participating.


9.3. ANNEX 3. Support Services for Enterprises in European R&D&i Programmes

9.3.1. Enterprise Europe Network

The European Commission, from the Directorate General for Enter-prise and Industry, launched the Enterprise Europe Network in 2008 with the aim of providing support and advice to enterpris-es, specifi cally SMEs. The Network helps small and medium enter-prises to develop their innovative potential and increase their aware-ness in the European Union’s policies.

Enterprise Europe Network offers information and advice on busi-ness opportunities and policies on a European level, as well as sup-port in technology transfer processes and access to European R&D&i funding programmes.

This Network is composed of 532 organizations that provide support to enterprises in 91 consortiums, and has around 4,000 professionals in 45 European countries —27 of which are members of the EU—, as well as in candidate countries (Turkey and the former Republic of Macedonia), Norway, Iceland and other countries such as Armenia, Egypt, Syria, Chile, Russia, Switzerland, the USA, China, etc.

In spite of its size, the Basque Country is not large enough to form a Consortium —a population of 6 million is required. However, the Basque activity has allowed the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country to establish the Node Basque Enterprise Europe Network, which is led by the SPRI (the Society for Competitive Transformation) and includes the participation of the Chambers of Commerce of Alava, Bilbao and Gipuzkoa, BEAZ (the Business and Innovation Centre of Biscay) and Innobasque (the Basque Innova-tion Agency).

The Basque Node offers businessmen a one-stop-shop from where they can obtain advice and take advantage of an easily accessible wide range of support services for enterprises. The following servic-es are offered.

9.3.1.1. European information, enterprise cooperation and internationalisation

Provide enterprises with information and advice on all matters that affect the carrying out of their activity, which may be structured in three sections:

· Information and Advice .

- Widespread information on Europe and provide advice to enter-prises on the operation and opportunities that the internal mar-ket of goods and services offers, including the possibilities of

participating in tenders (public contracting, business opportuni-ties).

- Proactively promote community initiatives, policies and pro-grammes of interest for SMEs and advise them on the proce-dures in order to participate in these programmes (alert servic-es).

· Make the European Commission aware of the business reality.

- Exploit the tools that measure the impact of the current legisla-tion on SMEs (the issues that the community legislation may pose to SMEs when they carry out their business activities).

- Invite and encourage Basque enterprises to participate in the European process of developing policies, thus allowing them to present their proposals and express their opinions on this mat-ter.

· Enterprise Cooperation and Internationalization.

- Help SMEs to perform cross-border activities (commercial and fi nancial), create international networks and implement them in other European countries.

- Provide support to SMEs with the aim of fi nding suitable partners in the public or private sector using the appropriate instruments.

9.3.1.2. Innovation and technology

The aim is to improve the innovative capacity of SMEs, universities and research centres of the Basque Country by means of enterprise cooperation and the transfer of technology, services or innovative products between generators and seekers. Specifi cally by:

· Promoting any type of innovation, becoming a linking and bind-ing instrument between research and innovation.

· Providing support services for innovation, such as the manage-ment of intellectual property rights and specifi cally the interna-tional transfer of technology between generators and seekers.

· Wide-spreading the different technology produced in country members of the Network.

· Promoting the technology and results from R&D projects gener-ated in the Basque Country abroad.

These services are structured in 5 sections:

· Information and contact.

- Visits to and technological diagnosis for companies. - Seminars and conferences on innovation and intellectual prop-

erty.

· Identifi cation of technological offers and demands.

- Prioritise technological offers and demands. - Document them for promotion.


9.3.2. NETWORK OF PI+D+i: Network of Information Points on R&D&i

The Network of PI+D+i was born in 2006 with the objective of providing advisory and information services on the funding instru-ments for R&D&i that best meet their technological-entrepreneuri-al projects.

The Network is coordinated and supervised by the Centre for Indus-trial Technological Development (CDTI). The Network has over 350 agents distributed in over 150 information points in all the Autono-mous Communities.

The Network of PI+D+i is characterised by:

· Being a general window providing information and advice. It offers global support: by telephone, online and in person.

· Providing a universal coverage of grants: local, autonomic, na-tional and international.

· Its high level of specialisation and precision in the response to queries.

· Being a single information point (local visibility) with automatic scaling.

· Allowing the access to available information and reports by all the agents in accordance with their level of coverage.

To use this service, enterprises and entrepreneurs have to fi ll in an electronic form via CDTI’s website: http://www.redpidi.es and at-tach the documents that they consider necessary for their initiative to be assessed.

Within 10 working days, the users receive a report from an expert advisor on the most appropriate way to fund their initiative using public funding for R&D&i instruments.

The form is divided into two information blocks:

1) Details of the applicant.

2) Description and classifi cation of the query.

In block 1 they will have to complete a series of basic identifi cation details to be able to send them the result of the advisory service.

In block 2, they will have to briefl y outline their query and can at-tach any documents they consider appropriate.

For further information:

http://www.redpidi.es

Telephone: +34 902 34 74 34

· Promotion of technological offers and demands.

- Technology Offers and Requests via an Automatic Machine Tool (AMT).

- Brokerage events. - Thematic groups. - Information bulletins.

· Advice.

- Industrial / Intellectual Property. - Funding innovation.

· Support in the negotiation process.

9.3.1.3. European R&D&i Projects

Promote and support enterprise participation, especially of SMEs in the European Research Area (EU Seventh Framework Programme for R&D&i, ERA-NET, Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Pro-gramme-CIP). To this end, activities are carried out specifi cally aimed at involving the SMEs in European research programmes by means of organising local information events and seminars, the develop-ment of information tools and channels, and the creation of support services for the promotion of the participation of SMEs in European R&D projects:

· Information and circulation.

- Presentation conferences on relevant calls: EU Seventh European Framework Programme for R&D&i, Competitiveness and Innova-tion Framework Programme (CIP), etc.

· European R&D advice.

- Personalised advice and meetings for SMEs aimed at their par-ticipation in European projects.

· Training.

- Specifi c training seminars on European R&D programmes, prepa-ration of proposals, management of European projects, ex-change of better practices, etc.

· Support on forming Consortiums (Searching for partners).

Contact:

http://www.eenbasque.net/index.php http://www.eenbasque.net/index.php?option=com_content

&task=view&id=148&Itemid=196

For further information:

http://www.enterprise-europe-network.ec.europa.eu/in-dex_en.htm



http://www.eenbasque.net/index.php

http://www.eenbasque.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=148&Itemid=196

http://www.enterprise-europe-network.ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm

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9.3.3. Units of International Innovation (UIIs)

These are entities approved by the CDTI whose objective is to sup-port “new” enterprises in the preparation and presentation phases of quality proposals in the Seventh Framework Programme.

Up to this date 30 UIIs have been launched —15 in Associations and 15 in Technology Platforms. They are specialised by themes of the EU Seventh Framework Programme of R&D&i and offer comprehen-sive support services.

The Table (T.9.3.1) provides the name of each UII, the theme it spe-cialises in and its website informing on the services offered.

9.3.4. National Contact Points (NCPs)

The Network of National Contact Points (NCPs) is the main structure that provides advice, information and support in all aspects for the participation in the Seventh Framework Programme.

NCPs are national structures established and funded by the govern-ments of the 27 Member States of the EU and other associated coun-tries of the Framework Programme. NCPs provide immediate cus-tomised support in the language of the candidates. The NCP systems present a wide variety of settings in the different countries, from very centralised to decentralised networks, and cover a large variety of agents, from ministries to universities, research centres and spe-cial agents to private consultancy enterprises. This is a true refl ection of the diversity in national traditions, work methods, research reali-ties and funding regimes.

Within the widest network of National Contact Points are eighteen thematic networks operating throughout Europe and which corre-spond to each of the themes included in the Seventh Framework Programme. The goal of these thematic networks is to provide sup-port to regional agents with the aim of improving development based on science and technology. These networks also provide serv-ices, training and information to enterprises, science institutes and regional authorities.

Each thematic network operates and is managed independently, but share objectives with other networks.

As the NCPs are national structures, the type and level of services offered may differ from country to country. In general, the following basic services will be available in accordance with the Guiding Prin-ciples agreed by all countries:

· Guidance on choosing thematic priorities and instruments.

· Advice on administrative procedures and contractual issues.

· Training and assistance on proposal writing.

List of Entities Selected for the Creation of Units of International Innovation

Name Association Link

AEDHE Asociación de Empresarios del Henares

www.aedhe.es

Fundación CIRCECentro de Investigación de Recursos y Consumos Energéticos

Plataforma Tecnológica española del CO2 - PTECO2

http://circe.cps.unizar.es/

FEAMM Federación Española de Asociaciones Empresariales de Moldistas y Matriceros

www.feamm.com

Fundación INNOVAMAR

Plataforma Tecnológica Marítima Española (PTME)

www.innovamar.org

FENIN Federación Española de Empresas de Tecnología Sanitaria

www.fenin.es

FER Federación Española de la Recuperación

www.recuperacion.org

SERNAUTO PTE del Sector de Componentes para Automoción - SERtec

www.sernauto.eswww.plataformasertec.es

ASIMELEC Asociación Multisectorial de Empresas Españolas de Electrónica y Comunicaciones

www.asimelec.es

Atos Origin Plataforma INES www.ui3.es

Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Españoles

Plataforma Técnológica Ferroviaria Española

www.ptferroviaria.es

ASEBIO Asociación Española de Bioempresas www.asebio.com

FARMA- INDUSTRIA

Plataforma Tecnológica Española Medicamentos Innovadores

www.medicamentos-innovadores.org

Instituto Tecnológico del Embalaje, Transporte y Logística (ITENE)

LOGISTOP y Plataforma Tecnológica Española de Envase y Embalaje

FUNDACIÓN LEIA - CDT

Plataforma Tecnológica Española de Seguridad Industrial (PESI)

www.leia.eswww.pesi-seguridadindustrial.es

Fundación European Software Institute (ESI)

Plataforma Prometeo www.prometeo-offi ce.org/

IUCT Plataforma Española de Química Sostenible

www.iuct.com

PIMEC INNOVACIÓ

PIMEC, Petita i Mitjana Empresa de Catalunya

www.pimec.es/webpimec/que_oferim/serveis/ajuts/presentacio.html

http://www.aedhe.es

http://circe.cps.unizar.es/

http://www.feamm.com

http://www.innovamar.org

http://www.fenin.es

http://www.recuperacion.org

http://www.sernauto.es

http://www.plataformasertec.es

http://www.asimelec.es

http://www.ui3.es

http://www.ptferroviaria.es

http://www.asebio.com

http://www.medicamentos-innovadores.org

http://www.leia.es

http://www.pesi-seguridadindustrial.org

http://www.prometeo-office.org

http://www.iuct.com

http://web.pimec.org/

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· Distribution of documentation (forms, guidelines, manuals etc.).

· Assistance in partner search.

Information on the NCPs in Spain is available via the website Micinn: http://www.oemicinn.es/programa-marco/puntos-nacional-es-de-contacto, or via the European Commission Cordis website: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ncp_en.html.

9.3.5. Other support services

9.3.5.1. Research Enquiry Service (a service provided by the Europe Direct Contact Centre)

Through this online service, queries about European research in gen-eral or the EU Research Framework Programmes in particular can be forwarded. This service replaces the Help Desk that has been used up to this date.

Submitting queries on the presentation of proposals at least two weeks before the call is closed is recommended in order to guaran-tee a timely response.

Access to this service is achieved via: http://ec.europa.eu/re-search/index.cfm?pg=enquiries.

9.3.5.2. European Helpline Service on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR Helpdesk)

The European IPR Helpdesk provides professional advice on specifi c intellectual property (IP) queries, free of charge, to current and po-tential benefi ciaries of projects funded by the EU, focusing on RTD programmes and the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP).

With the aim of wide-spreading the importance of the appropriate management of intellectual property goods in projects funded with community funds, the IPR Helpdesk performs several awareness and training activities throughout the EU on IP rights and different as-pects of management. Each training and awareness activity is planned in accordance with the specifi c needs of the group it is aimed at.

The European IPR Helpdesk also provides support in IP to SMEs in the EU, including micro-enterprises in process of negotiation or comple-tion of trans-national association agreements, especially through the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN).

There is a website providing information on IP and the projects fund-ed by the EU, and there are several services currently active that send bulletins and newsletters including relevant information and contents on the latest news on IP.

For further information: http://www.iprhelpdesk.eu/.

List of Entities Selected for the Creation of Units of International Innovation (cont.)

Name Association Link

RedPCCCAM Asociación Red de Parques y Clusters de la Comunidad de Madrid

FATRONIK MANUFUTURE (E) www.manufuture-spain.org

GAIA Asociación de Industrias de las Tecnologías Electrónicas y de la Información del País Vasco

www.gaia.es/uii

Ariema Plataforma Tecnológica de Hidrógeno y pilas de combustible

www.ariema.es

AFRE Asociación de Fabricantes de Riego Españoles.

www.afre.eswww.plataformaagua.org

IBEC Plataforma Española de Nanomedicina

www.nanomedspain.net

TECNIBERIA Asociación Española de Empresas de Ingeniería, Consultoría y Servicios Tecnológicos

www.tecniberia.es

AEI Movilidad AEI movilidad www.aeimovilidad.org

Plataforma Food for Life-Spain

Asociación: Federación Española de Industrias de Alimentación y Bebidas (FIAB)

www.foodforlife-spain.org

Fundación UNESID

Plataforma Tecnológica Española del Acero (PLATEA)

www.aceroplatea.es

UII Aeroespacial

Fundación Instituto de Investigación Innaxis con el apoyo de la Plataforma Aeroespacial Española

http://uii.innaxis.org/

U3IN Asociación de Investigación de la Industria Navarra - AIN

www.ain.es

ANFACO-CECOPESCA

Asociación Nacional de Conservas de Pescados y Mariscos - Centro Técnico Nacional de Conservación de Productos del Mar

www.anfaco.es

http://www.oemicinn.es/programa-marco/puntos-nacionales-de-contacto

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ncp_en.html

http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=enquiries

http://www.iprhelpdesk.eu/

http://www.manufuture.es

http://www.gaia.es/

http://www.ariema.es

http://www.afre.es

http://www.plataformaagua.org

http://www.nanomedspain.net

http://www.tecniberia.es

http://www.aeimovilidad.org

http://www.foodforlife-spain.org

http://www.aceroplatea.es

http://innaxis.org/

http://www.ain.es

http://www.anfaco.es


9.3.5.3. Ethics Help Desk for all projects of the Seventh Framework Programme

The Ethics Help Desk for projects of the Seventh Framework Pro-gramme provides information and advice on ethical aspects of re-search funded by means of the Seventh Framework Programme. The aim of this Help Desk is to provide support to the participating scien-tists in research projects funded by the Seventh Framework Pro-gramme so they fi t the European and international standard of ethics regarding matters included in the “Ethics check list”.

By using this service, the scientists can receive advice from the Ethics Review Sector of the General Directorate of Research, as well as from specialists within the corresponding scope of ethics, with the aim of reaching their research objectives and complying with the ethics requirements associated with their work.

For further information: http://cordis.europa.eu/MailAnon/inde x.cfm?fuseaction=Hiding.PostalForm&address=0049007300690064006f0072006f0073002e004b0061007200610074007a00610073004000650063002e006500750072006f00700061002e00650075&name=Isidoros%20Karatzas.

http://cordis.europa.eu/MailAnon/index.cfm?fuseaction=Hiding.PostalForm&address=0049007300690064006f0072006f0073002e004b0061007200610074007a00610073004000650063002e006500750072006f00700061002e00650075&name=Isidoros%20Karatzas


LABONFOIL project: “Laboratory Band-Aids and SmartCards based on foils and compatible with a Smartphone”. Ikerlan-IK4, Gaiker-IK4 and the Sanitarias-Bioef Innovation and Research Foundation are participating.


9.4. ANNEX 4. Glossary of terms1

9.4.1. Introduction

With the aim of serving as an aid to understanding this Strategic Book, a series of short explanations have been provided regarding the terms used. Although most people dedicated to R&D&i are al-ready aware of these terms, these explanations can be of great help to those who are exposed to matters related to European R&D&i for the fi rst time.

Therefore, the aim of this glossary of terms is to help the inexperi-enced user —in the most didactic and simplest way possible— by briefl y explaining the terminology and nomenclature used in this Strategic Book.

A long series of terms used in the EU Framework Programme for Research has also been included and grouped within “program-matic” and “regulatory” scopes.

9.4.2. Glossary of the Strategic Book

Call

Period awarded to present proposals in certain Themes of a work programme in a specifi c programme. The conditions are established in the corresponding announcement in the Offi cial Journal of the European Communities (OJ).

CIP (Competitiveness and Innovation framework Programme)

The Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme will provide a framework for all community actions in enterprise projects, SMEs, industrial competitiveness, innovation, development and use of the Information and Communication Technologies, Environmental Technologies and Intelligent Energy.

EC

European Commission.

EIT (European Institute of Technology)

The European Commission acknowledges that the EIT will be an im-portant step to take in order to fi ll the current void existing between higher education, research and innovation. The EIT will promote inno-vation by means of research and transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary

(1) We would like to thank CRC marGUNE and Javier Garcia at Tecniker-IK4 for their collaboration in the preparation of this Annex.

education in key areas of economic or social interest and by exploiting the results of its knowledge for the benefi t of the European Union.

ERA (European Research Area)

Defi ned in 2000 by the then Commissioner for Research Phillipe Bus-quin as a new global market that connects people (researchers), groups, centres, universities and enterprises and constructs a genu-ine area for exchange, with global excellence, exigency and com-petitiveness rules, and which ends the historical fragmentation suf-fered by this group in Europe.

ERA-NET

ERA-NET is a European Union initiative aimed at national and re-gional governments and designed to achieve the coordination and cooperation between its research, development and innovation pro-grammes. ERA-NET programmes are launched by means of opening calls for proposals in any area of science and technology via a bot-tom-up approach.

ESFRI (European Strategy Forum on Research Infraestructures)

ESFRI’s role is to promote a coherent approach for the establishment of policies in research infrastructures in Europe and to act as an incu-bator of international negotiations on specifi c initiatives. In particular, ESFRI is preparing a European Map with the aim of creating new re-search infrastructures of pan-European interest.

ETP (European Technology Platform)

Technology Platforms are groups that include the most relevant rep-resentatives of the industry in each sector, which work together with the aim of defi ning and implementing the Strategic Research Agen-da (SRA). European Technology Platforms have been set up in a number of areas where Europe’s competitiveness, economic growth and welfare depend on major research and technological progress in the medium to long term. The ETPs have contributed to the defi nition of Themes in the Cooperation Programme of the FP7, specifi cally, in areas of research of special relevance to the industry. The implemen-tation of the SRA will be supported by the Cooperation Programme in areas where they would constitute true added value in Europe.

EU

European Union.

FP (Framework Programme)

The Framework Programme is the main instrument by means of which the European Union supports R&D&i in Europe.


FP5 (Framework Programme Five)

The aim of the Fifth Framework Programme was to increase indus-trial competitiveness and improve the quality of life of European citizens.

FP6 (Framework Programme Six)

The Sixth Framework Programme supported cooperative research and the integration of research efforts, promoted mobility and coor-dination, and invested in the mobilisation of research supporting other European Union policies.

FP7 (Framework Programme Seven)

Subtitled “Building the European Research Area of Knowledge and Growth.” The FP7 is designed to meet the European Union’s needs for competitiveness and employment.

ICT

Information and Communication Technologies.

IST

Information Society Technologies.

NMP

Nanotechnology and nanosciences, knowledge-based multifunctio-nal materials and new production processes and devices.

PCEIS 2006-2009

Basque Plan for Business Competitiveness and Social Innovation 2006-2009.

Return

Return is the term given to the Funding obtained from the European Commission through the different R&D&i grant programmes. This term has been established because the European Commission’s budget —from where the funds distributed to the Framework Pro-grammes are taken— is composed of the total amount of contribu-tions made by the Member States, which are calculated according to their representative percentage (the Spanish State provides around 8% of the European Union’s total amount). After adding the funding obtained by all the agents of the Spanish State and comparing it to the State’s entire contribution, the term “returned amount” is used —as opposed to “contributed amount”— to know if the balance is positive or negative.

RVCTI (Basque Science, Technology and Innovation Network)

The Basque Science, Technology and Innovation Network - SARETEK was born in 1997 as a Basque Government initiative with the aim of combining the efforts of entities —public and private— that try to encourage the use of Science, Technology and Innovation as a means to improve business competitiveness and to contribute to the eco-nomic and social development of the Basque Country.

SME

An SME is an independent enterprise with less than 250 equivalent full-time workers, with an annual turnover of less than 40 MÐ euros or a balance sheet below 27 M€, with less than 25% of its share capital held by large-scale enterprises (except investment or private equity enterprises), and which is established and performs an activ-ity in a country susceptible of receiving funding from the European Union. For the purpose of technological stimulation measures, con-sultancy companies and enterprises who exclusively offer R&D serv-ices are excluded.

SRA (Strategic Research Agenda)

See defi nition of “ETP”.

TCs (Technology Centres)

Agents who perform an activity in the Basque Country within the scientifi c and technological scope.

UCPs (University Contact Points)

University Contact Points are work groups in Themes of the Seventh Framework Programme whose main aim is to coordinate the actions of Universities, University Departments, research groups, etc. in Eu-rope with the purpose of optimising efforts and the overall result obtained.

9.4.3. Glossary of the Seventh Framework Programme

A selection of the terminology used in European Union documents is presented below, and despite knowing these common terms is in-suffi cient to actively participate in it, this glossary serves as an aid when reading complete documentation related to programmes and calls, as well as when in dialogue with any other European agent using the common offi cial language.

It is also worth noting that this is not a general glossary of terms, priority has been given to the terms used in the COOPERATION Pro-gramme.


Lastly, an alphabetical order has not been followed to present the most relevant terms but an order that goes from more general to more specifi c or, on other occasions, they follow the order of com-munity documents. Likewise, the key terms are covered in English, which is the language in which all the Framework Programme’s documents should be read.

9.4.3.1. Glossary of the Programme

Framework Programme

The Framework Programme for Research is a support instrument for R&D in Europe and has a multi-annual nature. The current version, FP7, covers the time period between 2007 and 2013.

Specifi c Programmes

The Seventh Framework Programme is divided in 4 specifi c pro-grammes: Cooperation, Ideas, People and Capacities.

Cooperation Programme

It is the most traditional formula and it has been followed by the previous Framework Programmes. In essence, it intends to encour-age the research carried out by multinational consortiums in Europe, which usually and simultaneously include partners from the aca-demic scope, technology centres and enterprises. This research may adopt the structure of collaborative research —in which each partner performs a specifi c role and task—, networks, coordination formulas of other international cooperation programmes and international co-operation with entities in third countries (which are neither EU mem-bers nor EU candidates).

Ideas Programme

This specifi c programme is new, and intends to stimulate the most basic European research with the aim of increasing knowledge. This programme is governed by the European Research Council, which administers the resources assigned to the Frontier Research conduct-ed by individual groups competing in the European context in all the technological and scientifi c scopes.

People Programme

This programme intends to encourage the training of European re-searchers —mainly by means of mobility— focusing primarily on their professional development and narrowing the relationships be-tween national R&D systems.

Capacities Programme

The aim of this specifi c programme is to approach funding and the stimulation of certain essential resources for research and innova-tion: research infrastructures (preferably large-scale installations) and their shared and optimised use, research for the benefi t of SMEs, regional research driven clusters, unblocking the entire research po-tential in European regions in a process of convergence, matters re-garding science’s relationship with society and horizontal actions of international.

9.4.3.2. Other Defi nitions

Themes

These are what the Sixth Framework Programme called thematic priorities. In essence, and for the purposes of this glossary, they are sub-programmes —of large dimension in spite of the term used— into which the specifi c Cooperation Programme is divided in. There are 10 Themes:

- Health.

- Food, agriculture and biotechnology.

- Information and communication Technologies.

- Nanosciences, nanotecnology, materials and new production Tech-nologies.

- Energy.

- Environment (including Climate Change).

- Transport (including Aeronautics and Air transport).

- Socio-economic sciences and the humanities.

- Security.

- Space.

“Researcher driven” research

This term is used to defi ne the type of research that is awarded grants in the Ideas programme. As opposed to, for example, the Cooperation programme, in which there are work programmes where a limited number of priorities are established, the competi-tion in the Ideas programme is carried out from a voluntary initiative of the individual research groups in the European Community.

Research infrastructures

A term preferably used to defi ne European large-scale scientifi c in-stallations. This framework programme destines resources to im-proving its use and access for the entire research community and, for the fi rst time ever, to construct new large-scale installations.


Regional research driven clusters

This term is also new to the current framework programme and it is of great interest to the Basque Country inasmuch as the regional role in research is acknowledged in those cases where the re-search and/or socio-economic structures affected have a strong regional tint.

Joint Research Centre (JRC)

The JRC is the public research centre of the EU, and it is assigned some specifi c budget items included in the framework programme.

European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT)

The EIT was born from the convergent action of the European Com-mission, other national authorities, the industry, universities, re-search bodies, etc.

With a very high private participation, in both fi nancing and manage-ment, its aim is to become the catalyst of a qualitative change in the capacity for research of the European society.

Up to this date, the main contribution of the EIT has been initiating the Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs). Initially, the three constituted KICs are:

– Climate change mitigation and adaptation (Climate KIC).

– Sustainable Energy (KIC InnoEnergy).

– Future Information and Communication Society (EIT ICT Labs).

Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs)

KICs are legally and fi nancially structured collaborative consortiums, although they are distributed geographically and thematically throughout Europe. The aim of each KIC is to become the global leader within their scope, thus being capable of having a measurable impact in the European competitive context. Each KIC consider both training aspects and industrial research and innovation.

Joint Programming Initiatives

JPIs are multilateral initiatives —from several states within the Euro-pean Union but not all in conjunction— aimed at tackling a specifi c challenge. Up to this date, the Commission and the participating states recognise the following JPIs:

– Agriculture, food security and climate change.

– Cultural heritage and global change - a new challenge for Europe.

– A healthy diet for a healthy life.

Likewise, new JPIs have been identifi ed and defi ned, such as:

– Connecting climate knowledge for Europe (Click’EU).

– Healthy and productive seas and oceans.

– More years, better lives - the potential and challenges of demo-graphic change.

– The microbial challenge - an emerging thread to human health.

– Urban Europe - global challenges, local solutions.

– Water challenges for a changing world.

Knowledge-based society

This is the fi nal goal of all the measures established in the Seventh Framework Programme. Due to Europe not being able to maintain its position by improving traditional competitiveness factors (price of raw materials, salaries...), it can only resort to technology, that is, do what others have no knowledge on in order to maintain a dynamic and growing economy that will ensure employment for future gen-erations.

European Technology Platforms

Launching these platforms has been, without a doubt, the main novelty of the Seventh Framework Programme with respect to its predecessor. Technology platforms are private initiatives under in-dustrial leadership that intend to trigger the collaboration of all the research agents (enterprises, technology centres and universities) and attend critical areas of research regarding Europe’s competi-tiveness, growth and welfare in the medium to long term. Al-though these platforms should appear as a result of industrial ini-tiative, they are only offi cial when the European Commission con-siders them as such.

The technology platforms recognised by the European Union are:

– Advanced Engineering Materials and Technologies - EuMaT.

– Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe - ACARE.

– Embedded Computing Systems - ARTEMIS.

– European Biofuels Technology Platform - BIOFUELS.

– European Construction Technology Platform - ECTP.

– European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council - ENIAC.

– European Rail Research Advisory Council - ERRAC.

– European Road Transport Research Advisory Council - ERTRAC.

– European Space Technology Platform - ESTP.

– European Steel Technology Platform - ESTEP.

– European Technology Platform for the Electricity Networks of the Future - SMARTGRIDS.

– European Technology Platform for Wind Energy - TPWIND.


– European Technology Platform on Smart Systems Integration - EpoSS.

– European Technology Platform on Sustainable Mineral Resources - ETP SMR.

– Farm Animal Breeding and Reproduction Technology Platform - FA-BRE TP.

– Food for Life - FOOD.

– Forest based sector Technology Platform - FORESTRY.

– Future Manufacturing Technologies - MANUFUTURE.

– Future Textiles and Clothing - FTC.

– Global Animal Health - GAH.

– Industrial Safety ETP - INDUSTRIALSAFETY.

– Integral Satcom Initiative - ISI.

– Mobile and Wireless Communications - eMOBILITY.

– Nanotechnologies for Medical Applications - NANOMEDICINE.

– Networked and Electronic Media - NEM.

– Networked European Software and Services Initiative - NESSI.

– Photonics 21 - PHOTONICS.

– Photovoltaics - PHOTOVOLTAICS.

– Plants for the Future - PLANTS.

– Renewable Heating and Cooling - RHC.

– Robotics - EUROP.

– Sustainable Nuclear Technology Platform - SNETP.

– Sustainable Chemistry - SUSCHEM.

– Waterbone ETP - WATERBORNE.

– Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plants - ZEP.

The objectives of these technology platforms are to set forth indus-trial and technological priorities for the following years, prepare Stra-tegic Research Agendas and, as a result, Multiannual Roadmaps, which themselves provide priorities and topics for different calls.

Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs)

Following the launch of the Seventh Framework Programme —within the framework of actions carried out against the eco-nomic crisis (Recovery Plan)— and using the previous work carried out by some technology platforms, the European Commission has given the green light to four public-private actions with their own calls and budgets although within the scope of the Framework Programme’s Themes:

– Factories of the Future (FoF).

– Energy Effi cient Building (EeB).

– Green Cars.

– Future Internet.

A new legal framework is being sought that will govern this collabo-ration between the Commission and certain private associations that encompass the interests of the industry and the research bodies. In some cases, there are already private associations aiming to become the private part of the contract:

– European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA), within the PPP FoF context.

– Energy Effi cient Building Association (E2BA), within the PPP EeB context.

Strategic Research Agenda (SRA)

The main objective that the European Commission has set for the different technology platforms is the preparation of their respective strategic research agendas. As a result, the main European players of technological change have been requested to suggest a strategic research agenda —by consensus— that covers all the competitive-ness and sustainability issues in the mid to long-term (preferably in the long-term). The technology platforms have fulfi lled this respon-sibility and they all have their respective SRAs.

Road Maps

Following the preparation of the Strategic Research Agendas (SRAs), the different technology platforms were called to prepare docu-ments that were to be immediately applied, which would defi ne the specifi c research priorities from the launch of the Seventh Frame-work Programme as well as establish the most urgent scopes of work and which of these could be tackled in the subsequent years. The European Commission has very much considered both the SRAs and the road maps when preparing the work programmes. In fact, it seems obvious that the work programmes have been prepared mainly based on the work performed by the technology platforms. The responsibility of defi ning the work programmes is currently be-ing passed onto private associations of the Public-Private Partner-ships (PPPs).

Support to trans-national cooperation

This phrase refers to the Cooperation programme and specifi es that it will be carried out under 4 modalities: Collaborative research, Joint Technology Initiatives, Co-ordination of non-Community research programmes and International Co-operation. These terms are ana-lysed below.


Collaborative Research

It is the main formula that has been and will be used to award grants from the European Commission. In essence, it defi nes a consortium-type research that guarantees the collaboration be-tween entities with a very different nature (universities, public re-search centres, technology centres, enterprises, consultancy com-panies...) and an essential international nature (which contributes to narrowing the scientifi c and entrepreneurial links between the different countries in the EU). This formula entails assigning differ-ent roles for the different partners of an international consortium and using the full capacity of each partner in order to perform the entrusted task.

The collaborative research can be framed within different funding schemes: collaborative projects, networks of excellence and co-ordi-nation/support actions (these different schemes will be covered af-ter fi nishing the 4 collaborative research modalities).

Joint Technology Initiatives (JTI)

JTIs emerge from few technology platforms when the relevance of the scope and the resources needed to successfully perform the stra-tegic approaches for Europe require so. The JTIs have their own legal nature and a signifi cant participation from the private industry, as well as receiving public contributions from the Commission (by means of direct grants from the Framework Programme and credits from the European Investment Bank). The formula followed by the JTIs is similar to the one chosen for the large-scale European GPS project, GALILEO, and it is legally supported by article 171 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union or on the basis of Specifi c Programme Decisions, in accordance with article 166 of the same Treaty. The JTIs have been identifi ed and admitted as such under the following criteria:

– Added value of the European-level initiative.

– Degree of development and clarity in the defi nition of the objec-tives pursued.

– Credibility and relevance of the fi nancial and industrial commit-ment.

– The degree of impact of the JTI on industrial competitiveness and economic growth.

– The relevance of the JTI’s contribution to community policies of wider scope.

– Capacity to attract additional national support, leverage current and future industry funding.

– Lack of alternatives based on existing instruments to achieve the objectives pursued.

The current operating JTIs are:

– Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI).

– Embedded Computing Systems (ARTEMIS).

– Aeronautics and Air Transport (CLEAN SKY).

– Nanoelectronics Technologies 2020 (ENIAC).

– Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Initiative (FCH).

– Global Monitoring for Environment and Security ( GMES ).

The JTIs have posed some problems in praxis; as a result, the Euro-pean Commission is searching for new public-private cooperation formulas. In any case, they all manage their own programme funds, announce calls and approve projects (some of them are co-fi nanced by member states).

Coordination of non-Community research programmes

Actions whose aim is to coordinate non-Community research pro-grammes, especially national and regional programmes, will be fi -nanced. The schemes followed will be provided by the ERA-NET pro-gramme (which is covered in this glossary further below), and the European Community will participate in jointly implemented nation-al research programmes (in accordance with article 169 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union). In addition, this modality will allow improving the complementarity and synergy between the framework programme and intergovernmental structures, such as EUREKA and COST. The participation of the European Community in national research programmes that are jointly implemented (in ac-cordance with article 169 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) is especially relevant in large-scale European coop-eration, thus following a “variable geometric” approach between member states that share common needs and interests. The initia-tives adopted under article 169 will cover areas that are in close engagement with different member states, and will conform to the following criteria:

– Relevance of the initiative in achieving the Community objectives.

– The clarity of the objective pursued and its relevance in the achievement of the Seventh Framework Programme’s general ob-jectives.

– The pre-existence of national programmes, whether operative or planned.

– European added value.

– The critical mass, which is related to the size and amount of pro-grammes involved, and the degree of similarity of the activities funded.

– The adjustment of article 169 to the specifi c objectives pursued.


Internacional Cooperation

International cooperation can be defi ned as the international coop-eration carried out with “third countries”, that is, with countries that do not belong to the European Union. One of the conditions of this cooperation is the liberalisation of all the activities included in the framework programme so entities belonging to third countries may participate. Another alternative is to initiate specifi c coopera-tive actions, in each theme and bound by bilateral or multilateral agreements, if common priorities have been identifi ed in third countries.

Collaborative Projects

It is the fi rst and most relevant funding scheme (previously called instruments). These are projects carried out by a consortium with participants from different countries that join forces with the aim of acquiring new knowledge, developing new technology, obtaining new products or initiating new common research resources. Collabo-rative projects may vary in size, from very small or medium-scale to large-scale integrating projects that mobilise large volumes of re-sources for them to be carried out.

Networks of Excellence

The funding scheme aims is to help joint research programmes that are implemented by a group of organisations whose activities are integrated in a specifi c fi eld within a frame of long-term coop-eration. Initiating these joint research programmes require a formal commitment from the participating organisations, where the re-sources and activities made available to the group are bound an agreement.

Coordination and support actions

These are oriented to secondary actions aimed at coordinating and supporting research activities or other policies (facilitating network-ing, exchanges, trans-national access to large-scale research infra-structures..., and promoting studies and conferences).

Individual Projects

These are projects carried out by individual research groups. These projects are primarily related to the Ideas programme with the aim of supporting projects within the scope of the frontiers of knowledge managed by the European Research Council (ERC).

Support for training and career development of researchers

These type of actions are primarily related to the People programme and they refer to mainly all the Marie Curie actions.

Research for the benefi t of specifi c groups (in particular SMEs)

These are projects where most of the research is carried out by universities, public research centres and technology centres with the aim of benefi ting certain group; these are usually SME groups or associations and comprehensive industrial sectors. This term will cover the programmes stemming from the Collective Re-search and CRAFT formulas from the Sixth Framework Programme, which are very similar to the Collective and CRAFT formulas. There is no work programme for SMEs and a bottom-up approach is fol-lowed. The modality intended for individual SMEs includes a dura-tion of 1 to 2 years, a budget between 0.5 and 1.5 M€ and a number of partners between 5 and 10. On the other hand, the modality intended for SME associations includes a duration of 2 to 3 years, a budget between 1.5 and 4 M€ and number of partners between 5 and 15.

Small or medium scale focused research projects

This is the new term given to the STREPs (Specifi c Targeted Research projects) which were included in Sixth Framework Programme. In essence, this term refers to small or medium-scale collaborative projects (note the confusion by mixing the word collaborative with cooperative) with a signifi cant level of innovation (at least in some Themes). Their global budget usually does not exceed 5 M€, and the average grant in the Seventh Framework Programme would be around 3 M€.

Large scale integrating projects

These are also collaborative projects. In this case, it seems like the new terminology refers to projects previously called “integrated” whose budgets were around 14 M€ (with a grant of around 10 M€, this is the NMP Theme estimate). These projects must include, in addition to R&D tasks, demonstration training and wide-spreading actions.

There will also be large scale integrating projects whose average size will be signifi cantly smaller. For NMP there would be an average grant of around 4 M€ and between 15 and 20 partners.

Calls for proposals

These are different calls for proposals published by the European Commission within the scope of the Themes and defi ned in their respective WorkProgrammes. In each of the Calls, the Commission sets the presentation’s publishing date and deadline, the number of stages in the presentation of the proposal, the global budget assigned to the Call, the topics covered by the presentation, the evaluation procedure to follow, and the possible requirements to


fulfi l regarding the project’s participation, evaluation and imple-mentation.

National Contact Points (NCPs)

National Contact Points are structures established and funded by each of the 27 governments comprising the member states. The NCPs of each country give personalised support (and in the same language as the proposer) in each of the preparation stages, in the search for partners in Europe, to negotiate with the European Com-mission, to process the contract and even during the project’s execu-tion stage.

As far as Spain is concerned, the NCP network is managed mainly by the Centre for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI) and by some Universities and Research Centres.

9.4.3.3. Glossary of Legal Terms

Indirect Action

Legal term that the Commission uses to defi ne any project awarded a grant from the Framework Programme that is not executed by the Commission’s Joint Research Centre.

Legal Entity

It refers to both individuals and corporate bodies governed by na-tional or international legislation, with legal personality, which can act on their behalf and exercise their rights and obligations.

Foreground

This term makes reference to the knowledge generated in the course of a project funded by the framework programme, whether it is susceptible of being protected or not. Initially the Foreground’s property is owned by whoever develops it; therefore, the contribu-tion of each partner regarding the foreground must be properly es-tablished in the consortium agreement. In the event of the consor-tium agreement not saying anything in regard to this matter, the property of the developed item would be owned by all the partners proportionally. All the partners of a project are basically forced to share the necessary foreground so all the partners can perform their tasks in the project.

Background

On the other hand, this term refers to the knowledge that the differ-ent partners of a consortium already had before carrying out the European project. Just as in the foreground, specifying it in the con-

sortium agreement is essential; otherwise, part of the background may be considered as foreground and thus shared.

Participant

Any legal entity may participate in an indirect action (project fi -nanced by the Commission) and therefore have the rights and obli-gations established in the grant agreement.

Grant Agreement

This is an agreement that the Commission enters with a consortium benefi ting from one of its grants.

Third Countries

Any country which is not a member of the European Union (this defi nition has changed with respect to the one included in the Sixth Framework Programme). Initially any organization from a third country can participate in the EU Framework Programme; however, there are many differences in their treatment. The less legally problematic are the associated countries (defi ned below). There are some Themes that consider a joint cooperation in certain matters with developing countries (see below). Finally, and except in international collaboration frameworks such as Intelligent Manu-facturing Systems (IMS), the participation of an entity of a devel-oped third country (the USA, Japan, Canada, Australia) is accepted in benefi cial terms for Europe: when there is no other possible partner in Europe with the required background or when the pres-ence of the entity guarantees excellence at a level that cannot be reached in any other way.

Candidate Countries

Countries which are going to be eventually incorporated to the Euro-pean Union. Candidate countries are treated in exactly same way as member states.

Associated Country

An associated country is a third country part of an international agreement with the Community under which it contributes to fund-ing the activities of its entities in the framework programme, wheth-er entirely or partially. Associated countries are a live list —perma-nently changeable— that must be consulted from time to time and at every specifi c call to be aware of the legal position of all the part-ners.


International Organisation

This is an intergovernmental organisation different from the Euro-pean Union, and by extension, any specialised agency that depends on these international organisations, that has legal personality be-fore international legislation.

International European Interest Organisation

This term refers to international organisations whose majority of members belong to member states or associated countries and whose main objective is to promote scientifi c and technological co-operation in Europe (for example, COST and EUREKA).

International cooperation partner country

Following the Commission’s terminology, it is a third country that is not included in the group of most developed countries. Depending on the income, they could be classifi ed as:

– Low-income.

– Lower-middle-income.

– Upper-middle-income.

Public Body

Any organisation established as such in accordance with the national legislation; this term also refers to international organisations.

SMEs

Micro, small and medium enterprises in accordance with the provi-sions established in the Recommendation 2003/361/EC of May 6, 2003. This defi nition must be met by enterprises if they wish to participate as such in programmes aimed at SMEs:

– Micro enterprise: employs less than 10 people and has an annual revenue or balance sheet that does not exceed 2 M€.

– Small enterprise: employs less than 50 people and has an annual revenue or balance sheet that does not exceed 10 M€.

– Medium enterprise: employs less than 250 people and has an annual revenue or balance sheet that does not exceed 50 M€ and 43 M€, respectively.

Work Programme

This term makes reference to the specifi c list of scientifi c-technolog-ical scopes in which a proposal may be presented, that is, within a specifi c programme or Theme. The inadequacy of the project pro-posed to the open Themes will result in an automatic rejection of the application.

Funding Schemes

These are the mechanisms that the Commission uses to fund col-laborative initiatives. As already mentioned, they were formerly re-ferred to as instruments; this group includes networks, SSCPs, etc.

RTD performer

This term refers to agents and entities that conduct technological R&D in funding schemes for the benefi t of specifi c groups. The most relevant case is the projects designed for the benefi t of SMEs (former CRAFT and Collective research schemes, which have to be differenti-ated from Collaborative).

Minimum Conditions

Previously called eligibility criteria, they currently make reference to the minimum requirements for an entity to benefi t from a collabora-tive-type indirect action. The two minimum conditions are:

– At least three legal entities must participate, established in a mem-ber state or associated country, and each of them must be in a different country.

– The three aforementioned legal entities must be independent from each other.

Independence

Two entities are considered independent when:

– None of them exercise control over the other, which means own-ing over 50% of the share capital or of the voting rights in the board of directors (directly or indirectly).

– They do not constitute a holding, by fact or law, or by the free discretion of the decision makers of both organizations.

– However, the following control relationships shall not be consid-ered as such:

– If the “controller” is a public investment organisation, an institu-tional investor or a private equity enterprise.

– If both organisations are property of or are supervised by the same public body.

Two-step evaluation procedure

One part of the collaborative indirect actions of the Seventh Frame-work Programme is evaluated in two steps. In the fi rst step, usually only the proposal’s scientifi c-technological quality is evaluated, as well as its adjustment to the Theme’s specifi c programme and to the work programme, and its compliance with the European Union’s ethical principles. A summarised version of the proposal will be pre-


sented in the fi rst step to reduce the preparation costs as much as possible. If the proposal is approved in this fi rst step, the consortium will be requested to prepare the second step, which would be much more detailed in its description.

Independent Experts

The Commission guarantees equal opportunity and objectivity in its selection process, amongst other things, by means of using inde-pendent experts in the evaluation of proposals (peer review).

Appointment Letter

A letter signed by independent experts guaranteeing that there is no confl ict of interest. If a confl ict of interest arises before any evalua-tion process, this should be notifi ed appropriately.

Consortium Agreement

As opposed to a grant agreement, this agreement is not between the Commission and the performers of the indirect action, but an agreement that regulates their internal relationships as a group. The consortium agreement is compulsory for funded actions, and it must include:

– The internal organisation of the consortium.

– The distribution of the fi nancial contribution from the Commission.

– The way in which internal disputes will be settled.

– The additional rules and provisions established in the grant agree-ment.

Coordinator

As the name implies it is the project’s coordinator, which must be responsible for the following tasks:

– Ensuring that all the partners meet all the requirements to adhere to the grant agreement.

– Receiving grants from the Commission and distributing them as stipulated by the consortium and grant agreements.

– Keeping records and managing the accounts regarding the Com-mission’s fi nancial contribution and notifying the Commission on the distribution carried out.

– Acting as an intermediary between the participants and the Com-mission with the aim of achieving an effi cient and suitable com-munication.

Eligible Costs

Eligible costs are costs assigned to the performance of an indirect action funded by the Commission. They can be divided in direct and

indirect. With regard to justifying direct costs, there is no doubt that: justifying the number of hours dedicated, the hourly cost of employ-ees, the invoices for consumables, stocks and travel expenses, etc. is required. Regarding indirect costs, the Commission sometimes offers the possibility of choosing the framework for their calculation (al-ways depending on the legal nature of the benefi ting entity and its accounting system):

– Total indirect eligible costs (full costs - FC): this formula may only be adopted by entities following a cost accountancy system. They must explain the internal accounting criteria followed in their calculation and their assignment to specifi c activities of the indirect action funded by the Commission.

– Flat rate: depending on the nature of the organization and on the indirect action, the benefi ciary may resort to indirect costs that re-sult from applying a fi xed percentage to its direct costs.

– Lump sum: in this formula, the Commission establishes a price for a certain activity. As, for example, the cost of a researcher per year in an excellence network (23,500 €/year).

Upper funding limits

The upper funding limits depend on the indirect action, the nature of the benefi ciary and the type of activity, which are:

– For RTD activities, the Commission’s maximum contribution can be of up to 50% the total eligible costs. However, public bodies, sec-ondary and higher education centres, research organisations and SMEs may obtain up to 75% (the “up to” is very diffi cult to defi ne; it may always be possible in the most favourable case, but it is not completely established at 75%).

– For demonstration activities, the Commission’s maximum contribu-tion is 50%.

– For activities within the context of frontier research actions, coordi-nation and support actions, and actions framed within the training and career development of researchers, funding may reach up to 100% of the total eligible costs.

– For management activities regarding the consortium, including au-dit certifi cation, the funding may reach up to 100% of the total eli-gible costs (provided that the management does not exceed a certain percentage of the entire budget. This percentage was es-tablished at 7% in the previous Framework Programme). In the past Framework Programme, audits were compulsory for all part-ners every year. In this Framework Programme, the Commission only withholds, ex offi cio, a percentage in accordance with the risk assessment carried out.


Non-eligible costs

These are costs arising from indirect actions for which there are no grants. The following are explicitly considered as non-eligible: indi-rect taxes, (including VAT), interests, provisions for possible future losses, losses originating from currency exchange and, in any case, profi t margins. With the current economic crisis, the Commission re-peatedly insists that the grants are awarded on cost budgets and not on market prices. This is the reason why they are so reluctant to al-lowing signifi cant subcontracting.

European Investment Bank

The participants in European projects have the possibility of comple-menting the Commission’s grants with credits.

Risk-Sharing Finance Facility

Help provided by the Commission so the EIB has funds available for the above-mentioned credits.


MACPLUS project: “Component Performance-driven Solutions for Long-Term Effi ciency Increase in Ultra Supercritical Power Plants”. Tubacex is participating.

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