bonus for the baltic sea science - network of funding agencies

BONUS FOR THE BALTIC SEA SCIENCE - NETWORK OF FUNDING AGENCIES

On behalf of BONUS consortium:

Andris AndrushaitisBONUS ERA-NET National Assistant Coordinator

GEF/ICES Baltic Regional Project LME Assistant Coordinator

Why the Baltic?

• 14 states in the drainage area• EU internal sea – 90 %• long history of co-operation in culture, economy, trading etc.• common environmental problems

• algal blooms• toxic substances• overfishing etc.

• long history of research co-operation

• ICES• joint international agreements

• HELCOM (environment)• IBSFC (fisheries)

• EU Water Framework Directive• Marine Research in ERA

• CREST• ESFRI (infrastructure)

BALTIC SEA

Why BONUS ?

Research needs arising from society

National Internationalenvironment environment

policy policy

Research needs arising from scienceDriving

forces

Universities

HELCOM, IBSFC, IMO, EU

Government programmes

Politicalinstruments

Annual budgets of ministries Fundingmechanisms

Governmental research institutes Implementingbodies

Scientists

Competed funding byResearch Councils etc

Research Programmes

RESEARCH FUNDING



policy policy


forces

Universities






Scientists


International Council for

the Exploration of the Sea,

Baltic Operational ObservingSystem

NETWORKS



policy policy


forces

Universities






Scientists


ICES, BOOS

ICES, Baltic Marine Biologists, Baltic Oceanographers, Baltic Sea Geologists,

EU-projects…...

NETWORKS



policy policy


forces

Univesities






Scientists


ICES, BOOS

Helsinki Commission, International Baltic Sea

Fisheries Commission, EU

NETWORKS

ICES, BMB, CBO, BSG, EU-projects



policy policy


forces

Universities






Scientists


Baltic UniversitiesBALTECH

…...

NETWORKS


ICES, BOOS

HELCOM, IBSFC, EU



policy policy


forces

Universities






Scientists


BUP, BALTECH... ICES, BOOS


Poor integrationLack of

networks

HELCOM, IBSFC, EU

NETWORKS



policy policy


forces

Universities






Scientists


BUP, BALTECH... ICES, BOOS


HELCOM, IBSFC, EU

NETWORKS

BONUS

ERA-NET, funding 3.03 million euros

Objective

• to form a network and partnership of key agencies funding research with the aim to deepen the understanding of conditions for science-based management of environmental issues in the Baltic Sea

The aim is to gradually and systematically create conditions for a joint Baltic Sea research programme including

• programme management

• evaluation schemes

• infrastructure

• administration and legal issues

• postgraduate training

Time frame: 2004-2007

Bonus for the Baltic Sea ScienceNetwork of Funding Agencies

Academy of Finland

Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research

Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning

Forschungszentrum Juelich – Projekttraeger Juelich

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

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Latvian Council of Science

Estonian Science Foundation

Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania

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Ministry of Scientific Research and InformationTechnology, Poland

Danish Research Agency (Danish Natural Science Council)

Academy of Finland

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Task: 4.1. Co-ordination officeTask 1.2. Exchange visits of program managers Task 1.3. Providing a common directory of

qualified evaluatorsTask 1.4. Introducing internet-based networking

and communication tools Task 4.2. Forum of Programme Managers Task 4.3. Network Steering Committee Task 4.4. Advisory Board Task 4.5. Dissemination of results to European

and international actors Task 4.6. Recruitment of new partners

TASKS

Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Swedish Research Council for Environment, ........Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning

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Task 2.3. Development of a common evaluation scheme

Task 2.2. Analysis of legal and administrative possibilities and barriers to funding transnational programmes

TASKS

-

Danish Research Agency(Danish Natural Science Council)

Task 1.1. Exchange information on initiation, preparation, implementation and evaluation of research programmes

TASKS

Forschungszentrum Juelich – Projekttraeger Juelich

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Task 1.5. Inventory of marine research infrastructures

Task 3.1. Proposal/position paper on common use of marine research infrastructure

TASKS

-

Ministry of Scientific Research and InformationTechnology, Poland

Task 2.1. Identification of areas for co-operation in existing programmes and gaps

TASKS

-

Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania

Task 3.3. Development of a common postgraduate training scheme

TASKS

-

Latvian Council of Science

Task 3.2. Action plan for creation of joint marine research programme

TASKS

-

Estonian Science Foundation

Task 2.4. Durable integration of national marine research funding schemes in the New Member States into the ERA

TASKS

-

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Baltic Sea Regional Project

Task 2.5. Ideas for potential future transnational research schemes

TASKS

-

Russian Foundation for Basic Research

COOPERATION

• Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, Germany

• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany

• Estonian Ministry of Environment

• Latvian Environmental Agency

• Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation

• Nordic Council of Ministers. Marine and Air Pollution Group

OBSERVERS

Added value created by BONUS

• new collaboration between funding organisations

• directs research to meet the needs arising from the society –

Environmental problems of the Baltic Sea

• integrates research funding with environmental policy → complements the

work done by the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission,

International Baltic Sea Fisheries Commission

• ensures high quality of research

• encourages multinational research cooperation

• funds from the EU 7th Framework Programme

– ERA-NET Plus

– Article 169

The problem of a ’Common Pot’

• the goal of the ERA-NET scheme is the opening of national programmes

• the Commission is both pushing and attracting the Member States to go towards a common pot

– ...”the more open your programme is, the more the Commission will support…

– ...up to 50 % topping of your own research funds allocation if the programme is open…. otherwise some 10 % only….

• most of the BONUS partners have legal and administrative barriers which prevent the common pot

• BONUS has to find means to take the advantage of all the flexibility that exists

Function Task

Funding organisation

EarmarkingAppoint representativeAgreementDecision

Steering Committee

Agree themesCallCommunication strategyEvaluationRecommendationAppoint management

ResearchProjects

Programme Management

Support Steering CommitteeCoordinationImplementation decisionsImplementation communication

AdvisoryPanel

- scientists- policy experts

Annualreport

Decision on the report

Funding organisation

Steering Committee

Programme Management

ResearchProjects

AdvisoryPanel

Funding intention

Call

Application

EVALUATIONNational

InternationalRating

RecommendationRanking

Funding Decision

Management

Projects

FINAL REPORT

Final evaluation

Function Process

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