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ERA-NET and Technology

Platforms

EMIDA and ETPGAH

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ERA-NET scheme

The ERA-NET scheme was introduced under FP6

to support the networking of research funding organisations (programme owners and

managers e.g. government ministries and

research councils) to develop and strengthen

the coordination of national research

programmes.

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Schemes for networking researchers in

the ERA

• Collaborative research projects

• Networks of Excellence

• COST Actions

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Expected features of ERA-NETs

• Systematic exchange of information and good

practices on existing programmes

• Definition and preparation of common strategic

activities

• Implementation of joint activities between

national or regional programmes

• Funding of joint trans-national activities

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SCAR Working Group on Animal Health & Welfare

1. Improving collaboration on research activities.

2. Creating critical mass and focus to deliver the

animal health and welfare research needs .

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Possible activities of Working Group

1. Map the landscape of national, EU and

international RTD programmes in pilot work

area(s).

2. Map programme objectives against relevant policy

drivers.

3. Identify gaps.

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Possible activities of Working Group-2

4. Assess research capacities and identify shortfalls.

5. Establish common agreement on priorities.

6. Develop mechanisms for cooperation on

procurement.

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Desired outcomes of Animal Health &

Welfare Working Group

1. Advise SCAR on a co-operative research

agenda of EU/International animal health

research priorities.

2. Report on current EU RTD capacity and

infrastructure.

3. Improved cooperation on research

procurement.

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ERANET & CWG ERANET & CWG

MembersMembers

ERANET ERANET

ObserversObservers

CWG CWG

MembersMembers

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EMIDA

ERA-NET

Coordination of European research in

the area of animal health, including

emerging threats, infectious diseases

and surveillance

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Animal Health ERA-NET

• This ERA-NET will help to coordinate national

research activities and identify common research

programmes and will, thus, fight fragmentation and

exploit synergies between such programmes.

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Scope of EMIDA

The scope of the project will include emerging and

major infectious diseases of production animals,

including fish and bees and including those

conditions which pose a threat to human health

but excluding food safety issues relating to

livestock products and diseases of wildlife,

except where they act as a reservoir of infection

for humans and animals.

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• 26 partners in 19 countries and four associated

partners (Ministero della Salute and Ministry of

agricultural food and forestry policies – Unit

“Research and experimentation”)

• Combined research budget in the region of 270

million Euros

EMIDA

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EMIDA Partners

• Ministries of Agriculture 13 (16)

• Ministries of Health/Public Health 5

• Ministries of Agr. and Health Agencies 1

• Ministries of Education/Research

Councils 4

• Ministry of Agr and Research Council

Agencies 2

• Others 1 (2)

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EMIDA

• Better sharing of information of current activities

• Better coordination of the national research

programmes

• Developing common research agendas

• Joint/common research calls

• Building research capacity relating to animal

health

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Workpackage Leaders and Deputy Leaders

Czech RepublicNetherlands4. Foresight

DenmarkGermany3. Joint research calls

ItalyFrance2. Mapping &

Analysis

The NetherlandsUK1. Coordination & Management

WP Deputy-Leader

WP LeaderWP

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WP1 project coordination, management, communication & dissemination

• To manage and coordinate the Animal Health

ERA-NET and to manage the relationship

between the ERA-NET and the CWG and other

European actions.

• To share/disseminate project outputs for the

wider benefit of non-participating Animal Health

research funders and other stakeholders, both

within and outwith the EU

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WP2 Mapping and analysis of existing research

and current research needs and research

programme development.

• To systematically gather information on existing national and EU funded animal health research programmes, including: projects and budgets; existing funding systems and research management processes/practices; research providers, expertise and facilities; perceived existing needs and priorities at a regional (sub-national), national or zonal level. Also mapping any pre-existing regional/national/international linkages between research programmes and cross cutting issues relating to human health, sustainable agriculture and socioeconomic sciences.

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WP2 - b

• To monitor emerging needs requiring urgent action.

• To evaluate and analyse the gathered information to identify overlaps, gaps, duplication, strengths/weaknesses, opportunities and common research priorities and to establish best practice for identifying, commissioning and managing jointly funded research programmes.

• To identify common research requirements, including emerging needs and to develop necessary research calls.

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WP3 Developing, evaluating and implementing instruments for pilot projects

• To develop, test and evaluate the instruments and

procedures needed for transnational funding

activities

• To establish common, proven instruments and

procedures for transnational common calls which

will be used by the CWG beyond the end of the

ERA-Net.

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WP4 Developing a strategic trans-national animal health research agenda.

• To set up a framework for a Foresight & Programming unit to develop and maintain a strategic research agenda; enabling

• To undertake a multidisciplinary ten year forward-look exercise; which provide the basis

• To identify Europe’s regional and trans-national medium to long-term needs both in terms of research topics on animal diseases and research capacity (like infrastructure and expertise) in the animal health area; and

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WP4 - b

• To develop a common strategic research agenda

based on shared priorities to be taken forward by a

sustainable coordination network (SCAR CWG) in

the longer term by means of jointly funded

programmes

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Project management

• Project Consortium – a representative of each

partner organisation.

• Network Management Group – the leaders and

deputy-leaders of the Work Packages.

• Coordinator and Project Office/Secretariat.

• Strategy Board and Advisory Group

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Partners organisation responsibilities:

• Provision of information on national programmes

• Delivery of their specific contributions to each

workpackage

• Attendance at all necessary project meetings

• Provision of progress updates to the WP leader

for reports

• Reviewing project outputs, as requested

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Partners organisation responsibilities

(continued):

• Provision of required cost statements

• Provision of audit certificates to the Coordinator.

• Contribution of national funds by some partners

for pilot projects, as appropriate and depending

on budgets

• Intention to commit to CWG beyond the end of

the ERA-NET.

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Common research calls

• In response to policy requirements

• In response to gap analysis

• Basic/strategic science; Strategic/applied

science

• Industry sector approach

• Joint funding with industry

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B

A

$$ Advantage:Less

administrativeeffort forapplicants

Disadvantage:No „juste retour“!

Models for project funding:Common Pot

Each country provides funds into a real ‘pot’ in a single bank account; the

best projects resulting from a call are funded regardless of the nationality of

the researchers involved. There is a trans-national flow of funds.

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• Problems arise if one

country cannot finance its

participant

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C

Advantage:

„juste retour“

Disadvantages:

• Administrative effort

Models for project funding:Virtual Common Pot

Each country pays only for the involvement of its own researchers

in projects resulting from a common call. No trans-national flow of funds.

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Models for project funding:

Non-competitive consortia

A topic is divided between research groups; research

suppliers are selected by each partner according to their expertise. Each country pays its own researchers; results

are pooled together by mutual agreement. Such projects are

non-competitive. No trans-national flow of funds.

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A

C

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European Technology Platforms -

background • Introduced under FP6 as a way of trying to lever more

industry funding into research and towards achieving the Lisbon Agenda/Barcelona Objective of 3% EU GDP into research by 2010.

• ETPs are, therefore, led by industry to define the

research agenda on “strategically important issues with high societal relevance, where achieving Europe’s future growth, competitiveness and sustainability objectives is dependant upon major research and technological

advances in the medium to long term”.

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ETPs – background (continued)

Novel instrument of the ERA policy in areas of high technological potential to

• Strengthen European research and innovation and

ensure European competitiveness

• Articulate coherent long term research policiesrepresenting a consensus between all stakeholders

• Mobilise a critical mass of European, national and

regional resources comprising both public and private financing

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ETP Global Animal Health

Action plan

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ETP Global Animal HealthThe Vision: Aim

To facilitate and accelerate the development and distribution of the most effective tools for controlling animal diseases of major importance to Europe and the rest of the world,thereby improving human and animal health, food safety and quality, animal welfare, and market access, contributing to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.”

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ETP Global Animal HealthThe Strategic Research Agenda

The SRA defines, in a very broad sense,

the research necessary to deliver the Vision.

SRA has 2 overarching objectives:-

• to deliver new and improved tools for the control of major diseases and

• to deliver the recommendations in the SRA which in turn will facilitate the development and delivery of new tools

Published May 2006

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ETP Global Animal HealthThe SRA: Six Themes

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Prioritise

animal diseases

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Gap Analysis

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Fundamentalresearch

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ImproveTechnologyTransfer

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Regulatory

& SocietalIssues

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Strategically important issues High societal relevance Linked to Europe’s future growth, competitiveness, and sustainabilityDependant upon major research and technological advancesMedium to long-term scopeImportant consequences for animal health researchAligned with other Community policies and strategiesSignificance for developing world

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Global Perspective

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Finalised and submitted to the EU Commission in May 2006

SRA

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Action Plan

1. Identify and prioritise the diseases of importance.

2. Assess the gaps in the knowledge and understanding of these diseases

3. Evaluate the gaps in the availability of products

4. Identify where research needs to be targeted

5. Select priority diseases

6. Identify the research needed to fill the gaps in knowledge

7. Actions needed to develop new and improved tools for control of those diseases.

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ETP Global Animal HealthAction plan

The Action plan serves to provide an input for:-

• Future EC Framework Programmes which will involve close cooperation with EC, Member States and European Parliament representatives.

• Future national research programmes where it will provide better opportunities to align and coordinate national programmes

• Public/private research partnerships exploring ways to develop an integrated approach to developing new tools to control animal diseases.

• Industry which has an important role working in partnership to develop new products, which can be delivered in the field.

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DISCONTOOLS (Development of the most effective tools to control infectious

diseases in animals)

Is a continuation of the ETPGAH• To carry out work on Disease Prioritisation, Gap Analysis and

the use of New Technologies in the field of animal health research.

• The project is anticipated to last for 4 years.

• A start date of 1 January 2008 is most likely

• IFAH-Europe has put in a bid for € 978,660

• Contributes to the primary objective: enable research to be

optimised by public and private funders in a more effective manner

to enable new and improved tools to be developed and delivered

for the control of the major infectious diseases of animals including

zoonoses.

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DISCONTOOLS

• ERA-Net, DISCONTOOLS & the ETPGAH should co-ordinate closely to achieve the common objectives of increasing the efficiency of the research effort

• A coherent EU wide funding policy will ensure the best use of limited resources

• The Prioritisation model being developed must be stakeholder

driven to ensure support

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DISCONTOOLS

Interaction of 5 synergistic work packages

WP1 Project management and coordination

WP2 Disease prioritisation

WP3 Gap analysis

WP4 Technology evaluation

WP5 Communication and dissemination

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Industry

Charities

Animal Health Policy, implementation SCIENCE and delivery

EU-funded Research

EC Framework programme

European Commission, DG Research

Individual member states

ERA-NET supported CWG

IDENTIFICATION OF RESEARCH NEEDS

External Animal Health

Bodies EFSA, FAO & OIE

EC Animal Health Policy

Bodies

DG SANCO, CVOs

Privately funded Research,

Industry, Charities

National M/S -funded Research

Trans National M/S funded

Research

ETPGAH

Advisory DeliveryKEY:

Funding Advisory Groups Outputs

A Coordinated approach to research and funding

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Australian Cooperative Research

Centres

• CRC for Beef Genetic Technologies

• CRC for Innovative Dairy Products

• CRC for Sheep Industry Innovation

• CRC for the Australian Poultry Industries

• CRC for an Internationally Competitive Pork

Industry

• Australian Biosecurity CRC for Emerging

Infectious Diseases

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EU Framework Programme 7

Cooperation

• Objectives grouped into four categories each

with its own programme

– Cooperation

– Ideas

– People

– Capacities

– (Euratom and Joint Research Centre)

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EU Framework Programme 7

Cooperation

• €32.4 billion (2007 – 2013)

• Ten distinct themes – Theme 2 Food, Agriculture

and Fisheries and Biotechnology

• Cross themes

– Collaborative research

– Technology platforms

– Joint technology initiatives

– Coordination of national research programmes

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