The Israel-Europe R&D Directorate For EU FP6

The European Union R&D Landscape

Rehovot, July 2006

On the Agenda

 The European R&D Framework Program (FP)  The European Technology Platforms (ETP)  Joint Technology Initiative (JTI)

Objectives of the Framework Program:

Political, Economic, Social

 Increasing the competitiveness of the European Market, Creating Employment, Improving the standards of living  Solving issues important to Europe  Reaching Critical Mass through European Synergy:   Performing R&D by Consortia Submitting proposals in reaction to Calls for Proposals

Framework Program Budget

60 50 40 49.0

30 20.0

20 15.0

13.1

10 0 3.3

0.8

5.4

1.3

6.6

1.7

3.3

3.7

5.0

7.0

1984-1987 1987-1991 1990-1994 1994-1998 1998-2002 2003-2006 2007-2013 Years

FP Budget Annual Budget

Benefits of Israeli Participation

      Access to European markets  Opening new opportunities Better understanding and closer links to Europe Business Intelligence – customers, vendors, competitors Exposure to, and involvement in development of new technologies  including standard definition Leverage into high volume, high profile and visionary projects Funding of R&D projects

ISERD – Who are we ?

 An inter-ministerial body, established by a governmental decision  Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor – Chief Scientist  Council of Higher Education – Planning & Budgeting Committee    Ministry of Science & Technology Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Finance Note: As an associated country to the program – Israel pays a participation fee

ISERD – What is our Role ?

Maximizing the benefits of the Israeli participation in the Framework Program   The national Contact Point  Creating awareness and promoting the Framework Program to the Israeli R&D community  Assisting and escorting the Israeli participants  Industry, Academia and other institutes The national delegate to EC program committees

Technology Platform (ETP) – What is it ?

    Brings together the main stakeholders in an R&D field to identify common R&D goals of industrial relevance Develops a Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) to achieve these goals, addressing technology & non-technology barriers Stakeholders include mainly industry, but also academia and the investors in research, public or private A forum for networking and creating alliances and consortia for collaborative R&D

Examples of ETPs (ICT domain)

          European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council (ENIAC) Advanced R&D on Embedded Intelligent Systems (ARTEMIS) Mobile and wireless communications technology (eMobility) Networked and electronic media platform (NEM) Networked European Software and Services Initiative (NESSI) European Robotics Platform (EUROP) Photonics The Integral Satcom Initiative (ISI) Photonics for the 21 st Century (Photonics) European Technology Platform on Smart System Integration (EPOSS)

Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) –

What is it ?

 A public-private partnership to execute (part of) the Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) of a Technology Platform, combining national and European public funding with private sector investment  Implemented through dedicated legal structure   Proposed JTIs (ICT domain)   European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council (ENIAC) Advanced R&D on Embedded Intelligent Systems (ARTEMIS) Timeline     Finalize preparation – End 2006 European Council decision – Mid 2007 First calls – End 2007 Projects launched - 2008

Further information

 Dorit Geifman – IST Director  [email protected]

 03-5118121  Neomy Soffer – NMP Director  [email protected]

 03-5118120  Information resources  ISERD web-site http://www.iserd.org.il    FP-IST web-site FP-NMP web-site ETP web-site http://www.cordis.lu/ist http://www.cordis.lu/nmp/home.html

http://www.cordis.lu/technology-platforms/home_en.html

Thank you !