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EULANEST
EULANEST
European – Latin American Network
for Science and Technology
Bringing together international scientific co-operation
for development
Luis Delgado. MEC-Spain
Workshop ERA-NET as a tool for facilitating Cooperation
between Ministries managing RTD programmes
Brussels, 23 May 2006
ERA-NET FOR LATIN AMERICA
Objectives
• to bring together the key EU MS
funding international scientific cooperation (ISC) with LA.
• to create a network for ICS with third
development countries, orienting
S&T towards development
• to contribute to increase participation
of LA countries in the future FP
Ambition:
At least one Joint Call
announced at a European
Conference on intenational
scientific cooperation for
development, to be
organised during the third year
of the project
Consortium
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MEC, Spain. Co-ordinator
GRICES. Portugal
MAE, MENESR, IRD. France
BMBF, IB-BMBF. Germany
Research Council of Norway
Observers: Holland, UK, FIN,..
EULANEST Board: ARG, CHILE,
MEXICO, BRAZIL, URUGUAY
Work Programme
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WP 1 Mapping and benchmarking of
EU member states' bilateral and
multilateral S&T programmes with LAC
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WP 2. Strategic activities between
programmes. Preparing the ground
for trans-national activities
WP 3. Building trans-national joint
activities between partners
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WP 4. Transnational research activities
WP 5. Management & dissemination of the ERA-NET activities and coordination of the
technical packages
M0
Final
M1:12m Progress report
12
M2: Mid-term
24
M3: 24m Progress report
36
M4
48
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Tasks
Mapping bilateral EU-LAC S&T
programmes. Interactive Directory
Programme Benchmarking
Information Exchange on the Target
Region and Needs Analysis
Identification of barriers and options
Programme design management and
evaluation protocol
Joint DB of Experts and Facilities
Joint Action Plan.Pilot Demonstrator
Launch a Joint Call
Extended Management Committee
All the partners
Deliverables
• Overview of bilateral S&T
•Benchmarking Report (Best Practice)
•Report on legal/administrative/cultural barriers
•Workshops
•Joint call documents
National Policy makers
Project Co-ordination
WP5 Network management
WPL: MEC. Spain
Website
WP1.Mapping & benchmarking
WPL: IRD. France
WP3. Building Joint
transnational activities
WPL: GRICES. Portugal
EULANEST Board
EU policy makers
LAC Policy makers
EULANEST partners
Joint Database
WP2. Strategic activities
WPL: BMBF. Germany
WP4. Transnational
research activities
WPL: MEC. Spain
State of play
•Contract negotiation finished
•Starting date: 1st of July of 2006
•Kick-off meeting in September
•Previous results from SSA
INCONET:
•Survey of bilateral ISC of EU
Member States
•Website
•Expanded Consortium
•Agreements with LAC members
of the General Assembly of
CYTED to join the EULANEST
Board
•Contacts with the CSO of COST
to use EULANEST as a bridge
towards LAC
•Links with INCO part of the FP
CYTED
•Programme from the Iberoamerican
Summit. Cooperation & Technology for
Development. ES, PT + 19 LAC
•From basic research to RTD & TT,
reducing the gap in S&T.
•More than 10.000 researchers
COST
•European COoperation in the field of
Scientific and Technical research
–9 Scientific & Technical Domains
–2006: 34 COST Member States + 1
cooperating state (Israel)
–IO & RI from non-COST countries
–The EC through the FP
•Concerted Actions (Networks) of nationally
funded R&D projects
Lessons learned
EU-LAC dialogue in S&T, but..
•Rio Summit. June 1999.
•ALCUE´s Brasilia Action Plan for
S&T Co-operation. A shared vision
•Declaration of Guadalajara. EULAC Knowledge Area.
•16 bi-regional EU-LAC Group at
Senior Official Level
•Communications from the
Commission,..
•Viena Summit. May 2006
Ok, but.... so far limited impact
•No specific INCO Programme FP6/FP7
•No specific target area but included in a large
DEV area (17 LAC out of 114)
•Limited participation of LAC entities in FP6
•Lack of information and awareness on both sides
on the new opportunities of IC under FPs
•Difficulties to drive a process that is bottom-up,
driven by scientists & to understand the
administrative procedures for LAC researchers
•INCO Specific Measures should be revised
offering specific menus to specific groups of
countries.
Need to further promote co-ordination and co-operation activities at all levels:
policy level, programme level and project level
•Policy level: Strategy to achieve sustained S&T Cooperation Agreements,
supporting other EU policies: Foreing and Development Aid
•Programme level:Further coordination of national activities (ERA-NET)
•Project level: Further awareness on research funding opportunities,
need of further support & assistance to proposers and participants
ways forward
• Give substance (resources, targets,
follow-up) to EU – LAC S&T MoU
• Set up further fora for dialogue:
Platforms to iclude all stakeholders
• EU-LAC Knowledge Area through
specific instruments in FP7 and CIP
• Focus in areas that lead themselves
to IC (i.e. global warming, natural
disasters,..)
• Distinguish areas/regions/groups
where participation may be of
“mutual interest” (SP Co-operation,
Ideas) from those where the
requirements are “needs driven” (SP
of Capacities)
• Take advantage of the location of EU
regions (RUP´s) in the area
• Consider specific mechanisms:
allocate funds, establish targets for
LAC participation, specific calls,..
Trans-national Networks
IRCs, EICs, BICs,.
MS NCPs
ES
EC
LAC´s
CPs
SMEs
Universities
R&D
Centres
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EU MS R&D&I System
LAC´s CPs in close contact
with LAC´s proposers and participants
Summary & Conclusions
• Recover the momentum. The
creation of the EU-LAC Knowledge
Area must be in the Agenda of the
2006´ Viena Summit.
• Need to single out LAC from the
group of Developing Countries
within the INCO target countries
• Realistic actions and targets specific
for each country or research group
(“mutual interest” or “needs
driven”)
• Promote S&T EU-LAC dialogue at
policy level (Platforms, OMC) and
programme level (ERA-NET)
• Adopt specific measures within FP7
and CIP to increase awareness and
promote joint participation of EU
MS and LAC entities
• EULANEST will co-ordinate the
national programmes of ISC with
LA of the participants EU MS
• The ambition is to launch joint calls
with specific activities targeted to
satisfy S&T users (at both sites)
needs and offers.
• EULANEST envisages to coordinate with EU INCO activities
with LA
• EULANEST can become a valuable
tool to build up the EU-LAC
Knowledge Area