jean emmanuel faure
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The European Union actionsfor Research Infrastructures
The case of biobanks
Jean-Emmanuel FaureEuropean Commission
Our global position
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R&D
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R&D investment (%GDP)
R&D funded by private sector (%)
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EU-27
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China
ERA building blocks
Well-coordinated research programmes and priorities (joint programming)
Effective sharing of knowledge
Opening to the world through international cooperation in S&T
World-class research infrastructures
Single labour market for researchers
European Research
Area
Excellent research institutions and universities
Importance of Research Infrastructures for Europe
Facilities, resources, and related services used by the scientific community
At the core of the Research, Innovation, Education triangle
Extending the frontiers of knowledge Supporting industrial innovation Exchanging and transmitting knowledge Training the next generation of top researchers
For their construction and operation: A European market of 9 billion Euro per year, with an annual growth of 5.5%
Towards a coherent policy for Research Infrastructures:
ESFRI A European Strategy Forum on Research
Infrastructures (launched in April 2002)
Brings together representatives of the 27 Member States, Associated States, and one representative of the European Commission (EC)
To discuss the long term vision at European level and to support the development of a European RI policy
A Roadmap Report with 44 projects Worth ~18 B€ investments over the next ~10
years
Infrastructures for the Life Sciences
BBMRI - Biobanks INSTRUCT - Structural biology facilities Infrafrontier - Mouse archives and clinics EATRIS - Translational research facilities ECRIN - Clinical trial plateform ELIXIR – Data repositories EuroBioImaging – Imaging facilities EU-Openscreen - Chemical libraries EMBRC - Marine biology resources HBSL4 - High-security labs
BBMRI The preparatory phase
Close to € 5 million of Community contribution
Catalytic support towards an agreement between Member States and stakeholders for construction/upgrade
Activities: development of the concept, the strategy, the financing, the governance, the legal structure, etc.
An EC initiative for a European legal framework
ESFRI concluded about the need to develop a new dedicated legal instrument at Community level
A Legal Framework, at Community level, for the construction and operation of new European Research Infrastructures (ERI)
A legal personality recognised in all Member States
To facilitate the joint establishment and operation throughout Europe
Council Regulation (EC) No 723/2009 of 25 June 2009, published in the Official Journal of the European Union L 206/1 EN on 8.8.2009
BBMRI Beyond the preparatory phase
Central role of the Member/Associated States
Community support Structural Funds Risk Sharing Finance Facility FP7 contribution to construction Current FP7 calls for proposals
INFRA-2010-1.1.12: Large-scale bio-banks for clinical and epidemiological studies (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010-1)
HEALTH.2010.1.1-1: Harmonisation of phenotyping and biosampling for human larges-cale research biobanks (FP7-HEALTH-2010-single-stage)
Conclusions
A major support to biobanks A priority for ESFRI FP7 funding of BBMRI « Preparatory Phase » Several future topics for the next FP7 calls for
proposals A newly available legal framework
Expected impact Provide researchers with the best resource to
carry out excellent research Open access to users across Europe Develop harmonised procedures, standards, and
improved services Plan the future in a more coherent, less
fragmented way
For further information
ESFRI http://cordis.europa.eu/esfri/
Research Infrastructures in Europa http://ec.europa.eu/research/infrastructures
FP7 and Capacities Specific Programme http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/capacities/