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Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC
Swiss Contribution to Poland
sciexNMSch
and
the Swiss Research Landscape
Warsaw, 2nd of March 2010
Heinz Kaufmann
Head of the Swiss Contribution Office, Warsaw
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Main Features
 Amount:
CHF 1 billion + CHF 257 million
 Duration:
5 years commitment period
8-10 years disbursement period
 Beneficiaries:
10+2 new member states of the EU
 Fields of activity:
Security, stability and support for reforms
Environment and infrastructure
Promotion of the private sector
Human and social development
 Rules:
General rules in the field of state aid, public
procurement, taxes and co-financing
 Implementation:
Autonomous, in close cooperation with the partner
states
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Distribution Key
Percentage
rate
Amount
(in millions of
CHF)
Poland
48.90
489.0
Hungary
13.07
130.7
Country
Czech Republic
10.98
109.8
Slovakia
6.69
66.9
Total Visegrad
states
79.64
796.4
Lithuania
7.09
70.9
Latvia
5.99
59.9
Estonia
3.99
39.9
Total Baltic
states
17.07
170.7
Slovenia
2.20
22.0
Cyprus
0.60
6.0
Malta
0.30
3.0
Total Other
states
3.09
30.9
High-priority
projects
0.20
2.0
100.0
1000
TOTAL
Cyprus
Slovenia
Malta
"highpriority
projects"
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Slovakia
Poland
Czech
Republic
Hungary
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The Polish-Swiss
Cooperation Programme
Main Areas and Financial Allocations in million CHF
Polish Technical
Assistance; 7.5
Regional development;
50
Swiss Programme
Management; 24.45
Project Preparation
Facility; 4
Bock Grants; 20.425
Security; 47
Research and
Development; 35
Health; 41
Private sector
development & export;
10
Business environment &
SMEs; 63
Basic Infrastructure;
173.645
Total: 489.02 million CHF
Biodiversity & Crossborder; 13
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Implementation by December 2009
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Education and Research in a Value chain
Education
Basic Research
Applied Research TechnologyTransfer
Industrial R&D
Innovative Economy
Education recognized as contribution to a sustainable economy
8 of 10 states invest in Scholarships (Sciex)
Research foremost on the way to be recognized as part of the
value chain of a nation’s economy
only 3 states invest in Joint research projects
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Research Fellowships: SCIEX-NMSch
Scientific Exchange Programme NMS-CH
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Goals:
 Develop individual researchers‘ capacities
 Foster scientific progress and innovation
 Establish or enhance networks between researchers
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Open to all topics
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Calls once per year
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Instruments:
 Research Fellowships for Junior Researchers
 ShortTerm Research Visits of Senior Researchers
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Managed by CRUS – Rectors‘ Conference of the Swiss
Universities and FRSE in Poland
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Framework for the Scientific Exchange
Programme Sciex-NMSch
PARTICIPATING STATES: CZ, EE, HU, LT, LV, PL, SI, SK
DURATION: 2009 - 2016
BUDGET: Total of CHF 29.08 mio is available for the programme
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Poland
Hungary
Czech Republic
Slovak Republic
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Slovenia
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Two Sciex-NMSch Researchers‘ Categories
Junior Researchers: Research training placement
Fellowships, reserved for promising graduate and postgraduate NMS
Researchers (no age restriction).
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Aims: Doctoral Degree or postdoctoral research.
Duration: between a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 18 (for
postDocs) and 24 (for Doctoral Candidates) months.
Senior Researchers: Knowledge exchange
Short Term Visits, open to Senior Researchers from the NMS and Switzerland
(no age restriction).
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Aims: establish a cooperation, visit a Junior Researcher and to
discuss a follow-up project.
Duration: Up to five days, funds only available after succesful
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Switzerland's University Landscape
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Switzerland signed the Bologna Declaration in
1999
A three level system: 3 + 2 + 3 degree system: Bachelor (180 Credits), Master
( 90 or 120 Credits) and PhD
Introduction of a Credit-Systems ECTS – 1 Credit corresponds to a workflow
of 25 to 30 hours
Acceptance of a Bachelor of a Swiss University without conditions to the
Master studies of the same field
Flexible and transparent system
Academic year: mid September to end of June
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R&D Investment as % of GDP (2005*)
Poland invests
0.56% of
GDP in 2006, of
which 57.5% is
financed by
the public sector
and only one-third
by the
business sector.
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Swiss Universities - Students
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European Top Universities
(Leiden ranking 2008)
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Compare Sciex and the Research Programme
„Scholarships Sciex-NMS“
(CHF 12 mio in Poland)
PSRP
(CHF 23 mio in Poland)
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CZ, EE, HU, LT, LV, PL, SI, SK
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PL, HU, LT
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periodical Calls
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only one call in April 2010
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any research topic
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5 research topic areas
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focus on Junior research staff
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Doc or post doc Student from
Poland with stay in Switzerland
focus on joint research
projects
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main applicant in Poland
organized by CRUS
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organized by IPC/OPI
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Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC
Thank you for your attention
For more information, visit the following websites:
www.sciex.pl
www.sciex.ch
www.swiss-contribution.admin.ch/poland
www.programszwajcarski.gov.pl
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