EU Southern Mediterranean Research and Innovation Cooperation

Fadila Boughanemi

Policy Officer

European Neighbourhood, Africa and Gulf

DG Research and Innovation

European Commission

ENPARD SOUTH REGIONAL SEMINAR

AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT: SHARING BEST PRACTICES AND EXPERIENCE WITH RESEARCH ACTORS

16 AND 17 OCTOBER, 2014 - BRUSSELS

General policy context

International Cooperation in Horizon 2020

- International cooperation is crucial to address many Horizon 2020 objectives

- Principle of general openness: the programme remains the most open funding programme in the world

- Need to join forces globally to tackle global challenges

The objectives of international cooperation

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Strengthening EU's excellence & attractiveness in Research

and Innovation and its industrial competitiveness

Tackling global societal challenges

Supporting EU's external policies

Three inter-twinned

objectives

New strategy for international cooperation in research and innovation

Need to engage more actively and strategically in international cooperation:

Combining openness with better targeted actions

Strengthened partnership with Member States

Stronger contribution of research and innovation to external policies of the Union

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The Report

Dimensions of

international cooperation

International aspects of

Horizon 2020

Common Principles & Framework Conditions

Multilateral cooperation

Synergies with EU external Policies and

with EU MS and Associated Countries

Communication & awareness

Strategic planning for bilateral and

regional cooperation

The International Dimension of HORIZON 2020

HORIZON 2020 Open to the World

80 billion over 7 years

Contributing to

multilateral initiatives

Targeted international cooperation

General opening

Bottom-up cooperation

Targeted international cooperation

Mirror the evolution of R&I dialogues

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Strategic priority setting and the Roadmaps (RM)

How many Roadmaps? Which Partners?

Mirror the evolution of R&I dialogues

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Strategic priority setting and the Roadmaps (RM)

How were RMs priorities set?

Bilateral policy dialogues: EU and common interest, mutual benefit, optimal scale and scope and synergies

EU external policies: R&I a key priority in broader bilateral relations

Strategic planning of priorities for future cooperation

Southern Mediterranean countries` participation in Horizon 2020

General opening, exceptions

Targeted calls

ENP (automatic funding; prospects for association)

Euro-Mediterranean R&I Policy context

Euro-Mediterranean bilateral policy dialogues - 5 S&T agreements/Joint Committee Meetings: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia - 2 association agreements to Horizon 2020: Turkey and Israel

Euro-Mediterranean bi-regional policy dialogue Euro-Mediterranean Group of Senior Officials in Research and Innovation (19 meetings since 1995)

Euro-Mediterranean Innovation Agenda setting up a comprehensive innovation support framework in the Mediterranean

Synergy with the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENPI/ENI)

The ENPI supports research capacity building through the implementation of Research Development and Innovation Programme (RDI):

Algeria (21 M)

Egypt (11 M + 20 M)

Jordan (5+5 M)

Morocco (1.35 M)

Tunisia (12 M)

EU South Mediterranean R&I cooperation

Specific activities to promote the EU South Mediterranean cooperation coordination and support actions

FP7 on-going

- Support to bilateral activities (Bilats)

- Support to regional platforms INCO-Nets (MIRA/MedSpring), 4+4

- Building competence in research labs (ERA-WIDEs), 31 Southern

Mediterranean projects, around EUR 15,5 million

- MEDSPRING 4 EUR million

- ERANETMED EUR 2,5 million

- Bridging the gap between research and innovation (R2I), 13 ENP projects,

EUR 9,5 million

Horizon 2020 first calls -Middle East regional platform, EUR 1 million

ERANETMED

Number of countries engaged in the first joint call: 15+1 int. organization + 1 region Total funds committed: EUR 12,750 M Themes of the call: 1)renewable energy and energy efficiency; 2) water resources management; 3) water-energy nexus Action addressed: collaborative research, innovation, mobility, capacity-building Cross-cutting issues addressed: socio-economic governance, ICT and gender Launch: 1 November 2014

Institution /

country Contribution

CIHEAM,

International 300.000

TUBITAK , Turkey 500.000

DGRSDT, Algeria 1.000.000

RPF, Cyprus 200.000

STDF, Egypt 1.500.000

ANR, France 2.000.000

CNRS - F, France 200.000

HCST, Jordan 220.000

CNRS - L, Lebanon 200.000

FCT , Portugal 500.000 (tbc)

MESRST , Tunisia 600.000

BMBF, Germany 1.500.000

MCST, Malta 400.000

MINECO, Spain 500.000

MIUR, Italy 2.000.000

Reg Puglia, Italy 300.000

GRST, Greece 800.000

TOTAL 12.720.00 (tbc)

MEDSPRING

- Euro-Mediterranean AGORA: an inclusive and participatory approach to project key actions. Intensive exchange with society to build trust - EMEG action increase influence on EU research / innovation and cooperation agenda, including engagement of stakeholders - Stakeholders meetings - Brokerage events: Increase offer and opportunity for SMEs/Start-ups : more engagement of private investors

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Relevant Era-Wide projects

FAWIRA Reinforcement of the Algerian National

Institute of Agronomic research (INRAA)

BOT-ERA Focusing on EU-Jordanian cooperation

and increased access to Jordan precious crop and

crop wild relatives

DEBPAL2 Agro-biodiversity and biodiversity in

Palestine

Relevant R2I project

Lessons Learnt

Defining a widely-shared medium to long term cooperation and coordination agenda is crucial for success

Identifying priority areas of cooperation helps focus the cooperation

Improving coordination between EU, its Member States and Southern Mediterranean countries' policies and programmes for maximum impact

Open calls Challenge 6

INT-02-2015:Encouraging the R&I cooperation between the Union and

selected regional partners: Southern Mediterranean Neighbourhood

INT-06-2015: Re-invigorating the partnership between the two shores of the

Mediterranean

INT-07-2015: Towards a new geopolitical order in the South and East

Mediterranean region

Challenge 5

WATER-5c-2015: Development of water supply and sanitation technology,

systems and tools, and/or methodologies

Challenge 2: Unlocking the growth potential of rural areas through enhanced

governance and social innovation (Southern Mediterranean)

Opening date/Deadline

10/12/2014 - 28/05/2015

Research and Innovation

Latest Publication Focus on Neighbourhood http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/pdf/neighbourhood_policy.pdf

Policy Research and Innovation

Where to find more information?

Report on the Implementation of the Strategy for International Cooperation in Research and Innovation COM(2014) 567 final European Commission: http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/pdf/policy/progress_report_sep-2014.pdf

DG Research and Innovation European Commission http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm

Horizon 2020 open to the world participants portal: European Commission: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/

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Thank you!