Transcript Phase 1

Presentation to MURG
Richard Tuffs, Director, ERRIN
September 2011
ERRIN: Mission
• ERRIN is a Brussels-based platform of regions
strengthening regional research and innovation
capacities by exchanging information, sharing best
practice, supporting project development, policy
shaping and profile raising.
• ERRIN helps regions get their voice heard in Brussels
and supports the implementation of the Europe2020
Strategy and the Innovation Union flagship initiative.
The ERRIN journey
Phase 3: policy &
projects
2011 – 90+ regions
2008 – 60 regions
Phase 2: comms
hub, regional
2006 – Oct - Relaunch with MB +
voice
subscription
and contact
point
2004 – Regions of Knowledge
2001 – Informal network
Phase 1: sharing information
ERRIN membership per country
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ERRIN – 3 Ps
POLICY
Shaping EU Research & Innovation policy
Supporting project
development and
engaging ERRIN regions
in EU projects
PROJECTS
Raising the profile of
the network
and member regions in
Brussels
PROFILE
ERRIN Structure
Management
Board
Secretariat
Policy Working
Group
Projects
Working Group
Thematic
Working Groups
12 Working
Groups
ERRIN Working Groups
Policy
Projects
• Led by Ile de France and West Finland
• Umbrella overview of EU Policy
• Led by Stuttgart and South Denmark
• Learning arm of ERRIN –training, regional profiling
• Project development
• Intelligence and information
Thematic • Sharing best practice
Working Groups
ICT
Health
Biotech
PACA/Folkes Malta
South Denmark/Flanders
Navarra/ Northern Ireland/
CEBR
Science in Society
Transport
Nanotech
Scotland Europa/Bremen
Eszak-Alfold/Aragon
Twente Univerity /Piemonte
Future RTD
Energy & Climate
Change
Innovation
Funding
Scotland Europa/Veneto
Region
Welsh Higher Education,
International
Cooperation
Tourism
Design &
Creativity
Scotland/Catalunya
Tampere/Valencia
Helsinki/Flanders/CCI
Paris/Central Denmark
Scotland Europa/
CreoDK
Cantabria
ERRIN Events Semester 1
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24 Jan: New Year Lecture – de Graaf and new year cocktail
25 Jan: COST seminar
2 Feb: Meeting with Robert-Jan Smits (with EURADA)
11 Feb: Meeting with Keith Sequeira on future R&I funding
23 Feb: MKW briefing #2
10-11 March: S3 meeting with the Commission (with EURADA)
17 March: Future mobility with Stuttgart (Bibliothèque Solvay)
22-23 March: ERRIN designed S3 session at University-Business Forum
30 March: Financial Engineering (with EURADA)
1 April : Follow up meeting with DG R&I (with EURADA)
13 April: Stakeholder event on research and innovation consultation with EURADA and EBN
14 April: Sustainable Energy Week – S3 and energy
6 June: EUREKA briefing
21 June: Induction session for new members
22 June: Making Knowledge Work Briefing #3
22 June: ERRIN AGM Debate
27 June: Regions of knowledge brokerage event
8 July: ERRIN Summer BBQ with Eindhoven
14 July: Innovation for Stronger Regions at CoR * ERRIN led session
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Activities: Working Groups 1st
Semester
Feb 14: D&C
Feb 15: Open Days consortium on Smart Specialisation
Feb 16: T WG briefing on C-Liege project
Feb 16: E&CCH WG meeting
Feb 16: IF – Interreg IVB North West Europe Brokerage event
Feb 17: Science in Society S WG meeting
Feb 22: ICT
Feb 24: Nanotech
March 8: Transport
March 25: Biotech1.
March 29: Science in Society WG
April 4: ICT – CIP ICT PSP Brokerage event
April 8: Tourism and Sport
April 12: Health
April 13. Future RTD
April 14: Energy
May 19: Nanotech
May 23: Tourism
May 24: Transport
June 1: Innovation Funding WG
June 8: Health
June 15: Health brokerage event
June 22: Biotech brokerage event
June 22: Smart Cities Brokerage event
June 22 : Biotech Brokerage event
June 27: Energy + ICT WG - Regions of knowledge brokerage event
1.6 events
per week!
ERRIN events & WGs:
Semester 2: August / September
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Aug 30th Polish Presidency event
Sept 8th Welcome back networking reception
Sept 12th Design and creativity WG
Sept 13th Transport and C-Liege briefing
Sept 14th SiS and PLACES briefing
Sept 21st Regions of Knowledge Brokerage event
Sept 22-23rd PLACES Conference Paris
Sept 26th Health WG
Sept 26th Tourism WG
Sept 30th ICT WG
ERRIN events and WGs:
Semester 2 / October> 1
• Oct 11th Future Internet seminar at European Innovation
Summit
• Oct 12th Open Days – Smart Specialisation
• Oct 13th Making Knowledge Work Brussels Briefing
• Oct 21st C-Liege project knowledge sharing workshop
• Nov 7th GRAAL Project Brussels Briefing (GMES)
• Nov16th-17th Making Knowledge Work at the Creativity World
Forum Hasselt
• Nov 21-22nd University Business Forum – Twente University
• Dec 5th-6th Innovation Convention – ERRIN fringe event
research and gender?
• Dec 12th -13th Innovation Forum – ERRIN workshops proposed
ERRIN in projects
• PLACES (FP7 Science in
Society) with 10 ERRIN
regions
• Ecolink+ CIP
• Making Knowledge Work
(Interreg IVC) with 13 ERRIN
regions
• GRAAL (FP7 Space GMES)
• C-Liege (CIP IEE)
• CONCORD (FP7 ICT Future
Internet)
Horizon 2020 – MFF Proposal
• MFF proposal adopted on 29 June 2011
• Overall amount for Horizon 2020 included (does not
cover funding for ITER construction)
• Proposed amount: €80 billion in constant 2011 prices
(EUR 90 billion in current prices)
• 46% increase compared to current period (20072013)
• Share of research and innovation in EU Budget
increases to 8.5% in 2020
Horizon 2020 – Objectives and structure
Europe 2020 priorities
International
cooperation
European Research
Area
Shared objectives and principles
Tackling Societal Challenges
 Health, demographic change and wellbeing
 Food security and the bio-based economy
 Secure, clean and efficient energy
 Smart, green and integrated transport
 Supply of raw materials, resource
efficiency and climate action
 Inclusive, innovative and secure societies
EIT will contribute to addressing these
challenges
Creating Industrial Leadership and
Competitive Frameworks
 Leadership in enabling and industrial
technologies
 Access to risk finance
 Innovation in SMEs
Excellence in the Science Base
 Frontier research (ERC)
 Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
 Skills and career development (Marie Curie)
 Research infrastructures
Simplified access
Common rules, toolkit of funding schemes
Coherent with other EU
and MS actions
Regions key players in research and
innovation
• Context / needs
• Critical mass
• Implement innovation
strategies which support:
Future research and innovation
Three broad priorities
Objectives
Excellence
• Bottom up
• ERC, European Research Area
Excellence
Societal
challenges
• Top down, outcome focused
• JTIs, PPPs, EIP, EIT…
Societal
challenges
Regional
dimension
Regional
dimension
• Place-based
• Partnership
• Competitive innovation ecosystems
• Smart specialisation
• Regions of Knowledge Programme
Regional Innovation Eco-systems
• Regions need European support to:
– Build a knowledge base
– Support the innovation chain and
commercialisation of innovation
• Innovation vouchers
• SME support
• Start ups
– Develop markets
• Pre-commercial procurement
– Select priorities for products and
services (smart specialisation)
– Exchange best practice with partner
regions, build & implement strategic
partnerships
– Research infrastructure
Smart Specialisation
ERRIN member of S3 Platform
University Business Forum
session on S3, March 2011
Sustainable Energy Week
S3 and energy
Open Days
S3 – the regional dimension
Contact us / Register
[email protected]
http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/s3platform.html
Benefits of joining ERRIN
1. Early intelligence on EU
funding programmes
2. Keep ahead of the game
on EU research and
innovation policy
3. Develop in-depth
knowledge in key thematic
areas for your region
4. Gain access to ERRIN
website…weekly e-alert,
partners search, news
from WGs etc.
5. Benefit from project
opportunities
6. Find the right project
partner for your project
7. Develop your EU project
capacity
8. Contribute to shaping EU
policy in research and
innovation via a critical
mass of 90 regions
9. Use ERRIN’s critical mass to
get the Commission to
come to you
10. Raise your region’s profile
in Brussels
ERRIN
Av. Palmerston 23
B-1000 Brussels
Tel +32 2 230 56 41
[email protected],