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EU-Russia: A multi-faceted partnership
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EU-Russia science cooperation:
Where are we?
What could be done?
Richard Burger
Science Counsellor
Delegation of the European Commission to Russia
23 April 2010
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International S&T Cooperation
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Guiding principles for the EU:
• Support competitiveness through strategic partnerships
with third countries in selected fields of R&D
• Address global challenges
• Address specific problems facing third countries on the
basis of mutual interest and mutual benefit
• Use S&T cooperation to reinforce EC external relations
and other relevant policies
• Coordination b/n European Community and EU
member states
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EU-Russia S&T Cooperation: Overview
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“EU”-Russia S&T cooperation:
- 27 EU Member States – Russia
- European Community – Russia
(=> see Compendium on EU-Russia Science Cooperation)
Legal bases:
- EU Member States - Russia bilateral Agreements (MoU)
- EU-Russia Partnership & Cooperation Agreement
- EC-Russia S&T Cooperation Agreement
- Euratom-Russia Cooperation Agreement in Nuclear Fusion
- Euratom-Russia Cooperation Agreement in Nuclear Safety
Road-map for the Common EU-Russia Space in Research, Education &
Culture
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EU-Russia S&T cooperation: Steering bodies
Policy & scientific dialogue “top down”
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• Permanent Partnership Council (PPC) in
Science (ministerial level)
• Joint EC-Russia S&T Cooperation
Committee
(S&T Agreement)
• Joint EU-Russia Thematic Working Groups
in priority areas (DG Directorate level)
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Joint EU-RU
Thematic Research Working Groups
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Nanotechnologies & New Materials
Health
Food, Agriculture, Biotechnologies
Non-nuclear Energy
Aeronautics
Space
Nuclear Energy Fission Research
Information & Communications Technologies
Environment
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EU-RU S&T cooperation:
Policy & scientific dialogue
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“Bottom-up”: EU & Russian scientists themselves (!!):
- scientific advisory councils and committees
- expert advice to governments
- joint evaluation committees
- peer reviews
- joint projects & publications
- scientific conferences
- research visits
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EU-Russia S&T Cooperation (1):
Main instruments – EU member states
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The bilateral S&T, R&D cooperation
programmes of the 27 individual
EU member states (see Compendium on
Science & Research Cooperation
between the EU and Russia).
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EU-Russia S&T Cooperation (2):
Main instruments – European Community
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• European Community Framework Programme for
Research & Technological Development (2007-2013,
~€50 billion)
• Euratom Framework Programme for Research &
Training Activities (2007-2011, ~€4.0 billion).
• [TACIS], Common Spaces Facility, TAIEX - e.g. projects
on the commercialisation of scientific results
• European Community Competitiveness & Innovation
Programme (to promote innovation, entrepreneurship &
growth among SMEs, 2007-2013, €3.6 billion)
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EU-Russia S&T Cooperation (3):
Main instruments – pan-European organisations
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• Eureka - a pan-European network for marketoriented, industrial R&D (www.eureka.be)
• ESF - European Science Foundation
(www.esf.org)
• [INTAS - International Association for the
promotion of scientific cooperation with the
countries of the former Soviet Union]
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EU-Russia S&T Cooperation (4):
International initiatives
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• ISTC – International Science & Technology Centre
(www.istc.ru)
• ITER - International Thermonuclear Experimental
Reactor (www.iter.org)
• CERN - the world's largest particle physics centre
(www.cern.ch)
• International Space Station (ISS)
• (…)
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Russia in the EU Framework Programmes for
Research & Technological Development (I)
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Overall, Russia continues to be the most
active “third country” in the EU FPs
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e.g. Russia was most successful “third-country”
in FP6: ~330 signed FP6 contracts, incl. 60
Marie Curie fellowships), worth ~€ 2.8 billion
Total EC contribution to RU participants in FP6
was ~€ 120 million (including INTAS)
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Estimated number of participations of INCO
group of countries in INCO and in FP6 thematic
priorities for contracts signed by 02/2006
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400,
350,
300,
250,
200,
150,
100,
50,
0,
ACP
ASIA
LATIN AMERICA
INCO
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MPC
RUSSIA + NIS
Thematic PRIORITIES
WBC
Estimated EC financial contribution to INCO
countries in INCO and in FP6 thematic
priorities for contracts signed by 02/2006
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40.000.000
35.000.000
30.000.000
25.000.000
20.000.000
15.000.000
10.000.000
5.000.000
0
ACP
ASIA
LATIN
MPC
AMERICA
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INCO
Thematic PRIORITIES
RUSSIA + NIS
WBC
Top 14 coordinators with participants from
EECA (FP6)
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SE
10
PT
10
11
FI
12
DK
16
BE
PL
24
AT
25
27
NL
27
EL
29
RU
39
IT
60
FR
61
UK
108
DE
0
20
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40
60
Source: Inco-Net-EECA Del. 5.6 (Roll et al.)
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100
120
Russia in the EU Framework Programmes for
Research & Technological Development (II)
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Russia's participation in FP6 and FP7
100
454
particip.
50
309
projects
235
particip.
51%
50 Mio
EC contr.
136
projects
44%
0
FP6
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FP7
Linear (FP6)
28 Mio
EC contr.
56%
Similar trends are
observed for
Russia’s
participation in
FP6 and FP7
=> Russia
continues to be the
most active “third
country” in FP7
REFERENCE DATE: Calls 07+ 08 + 09 - 1 March 2010
COOPERATION / ALL THEMATIC AREAS
RUSSIA: 197 APPLICATIONS MAIN LISTED
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45
40
36
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29
30
28
26
25
24
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15
10
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ENERGY
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ENV
HEALTH
ICT
FAB
NMP
SEC
SPA
SSH
TPT
REFERENCE DATE: Calls 07+ 08 + 09 - 1 March 2010
COOPERATION / TOTAL
APPLICATIONS MAIN LISTED - REQUESTED CONTRIBUTION
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60.000.000
50.000.000
40.000.000
30.000.000
20.000.000
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COUNTRY CONTRIBUTION
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EU-RU S&T cooperation…
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…also extends to related areas such as…
Higher Education:
- Russia’s participation in the “Bologna process”
- Tempus programme
- Erasmus Mundus programme
Space (research):
European Commission - European Space Agency Roscosmos
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Recent milestones (1):
An equitable partnership
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• 2007-2008: EU-RU coordinated calls for co-funded
research proposals in Energy and Food-AgricultureBiotechnology
• 2008-2009: EU-RU coordinated calls for co-funded research
proposals in Health and Nano-technologies & New
Materials and in Nuclear Fission Energy research
• 2009-2010: EU-RU coordinated calls for co-funded research
proposals in Aeronautics
• 2010-2011: EU-RU coordinated call for co-funded research
proposals in ICT (planned)
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Recent milestones (2):
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• April 2008: Russian expression of interest in
association with EC and Euratom Framework
Programmes for Research
• May 2008: ministerial-level EU-Russia Permanent
Partnership Council (“noted that an eventual association of
the Russian Federation to the 7th Framework Programme on
Research & Technological Development would take RussiaEU S&T cooperation to a new qualitative level” and “stated
that the European Research Area would be enriched and
strengthened by Russia also becoming a full part of it”).
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EU-RU S&T cooperation:
Main conclusions (1)
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1. S&T cooperation covers virtually all scientific areas
& includes a very broad spectrum of different
activities.
2. S&T cooperation is a very dynamic, multidimensional & fast developing area of cooperation
of & by itself.
3. S&T cooperation is an integral component and an
important part in the overall EU-Russia
relationship.
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EU-RU S&T cooperation:
Main conclusions (2)
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Arguably, the S&T relationship of the European
Union with Russia is as broad & deep as (if
not broader & deeper than) the EU’s S&T
relationship with any other non-EU member
state, and one of the most dynamically
developing areas of the EU-Russian
relationship overall.
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Suggested areas of future attention (1):
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Language barriers, differences in “working cultures”,
weak networking beyond already established contacts
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Mobility of researchers (visa issue) and of materials &
equipment (customs issue)
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Banking issues – international transfer of funds into &
out of Russia
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IPR issues – e.g. full & direct enforcement of IPRs in
Russia in joint (transnational) S&T projects
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Compatibility of standards & methodologies for
performance assessment, independent project
evaluation, bench-marking of organisations & activities
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Suggested areas of future attention (2):
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Access to & use of S&T infrastructures & facilities
(including in Russia)
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Joint identification of priority areas for joint activities
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Development of mechanisms & instruments for joint /
coordinated actions
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Participation of European researchers in Russian S&T
programmes
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Recognising & using the scientific capacities & the
cooperation potential of the Russian regions
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Information & contact points in key Russian regions
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Suggested areas of future attention (3):
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Reaching out to Russia’s as yet “undiscovered potential”
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Understanding & using the synergies & complementarities of
different European Community schemes (e.g. Framework
Programmes, Erasmus Mundus, Tempus, EUREKA, CIP, etc.)
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Synergies & coordination between instruments of EU Member
States, the European Community, and Russia (“variable
geometries”) - linking bilateral & multilateral schemes
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Thank you for your attention.
Richard Burger
Science Counsellor
Delegation of the European Commission to Russia
<[email protected]>
23/04/2010