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INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL CO-OPERATION March 2007 Yair Amitay Managing Director Why Israeli High-tech? • High-Tech is over 50% of industrial production. • Over 50% of industrial export are HighTech. • World highest per-capita science graduates and scientific workforce: 140 per 10,000 Why Israeli High-tech? (cont.) • R&D spending 4.5% of GNP - among the world’s highest. • Civilian spin-offs of defense technologies. • Global JV’s takeovers and international alliances. • Hundreds of new "Start-up" companies emerge yearly OCS Industrial R&D Programs Competitive R&D Pre-Seed Generic R&D Technological Incubators Magnet Industrial R&D Fund Magneton Seed Fund Tnufa Nofar International Eureka Bi-national Funds ISERD (Eu FP6) MATIMOP Bi-national Agreements IRC Galileo Matimop – Israeli Industry Center for R&D in charge of implementing international cooperation programs for industrial R&D on behalf of the Office of the Chief Scientist, Ministry of Industry Trade and Labor International Cooperation in R&D Bi-national Funds: BIRD - with the U.S.A CIIRD - with Canada BRITECH - with the UK KORIL - with KOREA SIIRD - with Singapore Bi-national R&D Support Agreements: Russia France Italy Germany Sweden The Netherlands Finland Taiwan Portugal India Spain Belgium China Ireland Victoria (Australia) International Cooperation in R&D Multinational Agreements: • European Commission Seventh Framework Program • EUREKA • GALILEO EUREKA The Leading European Industrial R&D Program, in the competitive area. •“Bottom up” Industrial R&D projects •Umbrella projects •Cluster projects Israel in Eureka Project Generation 10\06, source: Eureka Secretariat Bi-National and Multi-National Industrial R&D Projects Total 65 Total 102 Total 152 Total 185 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 No. projects 2002 Eureka New Ongoing 2003 Bi-nat’Europe New Ongoing 2004 Bi-nat’ Funds Asia New Ongoing 2005 Bi-nat’ Asia New Ongoing Russia-Israel R&D Industrial Cooperation • Matimop and the Federal Agency of Science and Innovation (ROSNAUKA) launched a new program • The program is implemented within EUREKA scheme. • Open Call • Joint Industrial R&D projects within this framework are eligible for R&D grants from the national funding authorities in Russia and Israel (Office of the Chief Scientist). • In Israel, OCS grants cover up to 50% of R&D costs • MATIMOP and ROSNAUKA assist in Partner Search Contacts Israel Mrs.Ilana Gross Program Manager MATIMOP +972-3-5118184 Russia Mrs. Lidia Kovaleva Deputy Director ROSNAUKA +7(495)115 9766 [email protected] [email protected] Thank You for Your Attention