7ème Programme Cadre de l’UE

Projet d’orientations de Recherche 2007

“Environnement (y inclus changement climatique)”

P. Valette DG Recherche – Direction Environnement Visioconférence CNRS – 18 mai 2006 1

Value added of the EU level 

Pooling and leveraging resources (critical mass)

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Fostering human capacity and excellence in S&T (networking)

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Better integration of European R&D (scientific base, coordination, dissemination)

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« European research to strengthen the EU policies » (Lisbon strategy)

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FP7 (2007 –2013) 4 Specific Programmes

Cooperation

– Collaborative research

Ideas

– Frontier Research

People

– Marie Curie Actions

Capacities

– Research Capacity + The JRC activity and the EURATOM research

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Cooperation – Collaborative Research

Nine themes

1. Health 2. Food, agriculture and biotechnology 3. Information and communication technologies 4. Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies 5. Energy

6. Environment (including climate change)

7. Transport (including aeronautics) 8. Socio-economic sciences and the humanities 9. Security and space

Environment has links with all the other themes

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Budget for FP7

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Total budget (2004 prices) : 48 081 million € Indicative breakdown following the IIA on 4th of April 2006

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

5 0445 1705 6126 0886 7047 4868 1708 851

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In 2013 expenditure 75% higher than in 2006

• current prices: Overall budget ~ 54 billion euro

(~ 60% increase compared to FP6)

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FP7 2007 – 2013

Specific Programmes * Austrian Presidency proposal for a revised budget

Cooperation –

Collaborative research

Ideas –

Frontier Research

People –

Human Potential

Capacities –

Research Capacity + JRC (non-nuclear) JRC (nuclear) Euratom

*Informal Competitiveness Council – GRAZ – 21 & 22 April 2006

32 202 7 460 4 577 4 193 1 751 750 4 062 6

Support from Environmental Research 

Environmental Research to support International commitments such as:

– UN FCCC and Kyoto Protocol and Montreal Protocols – UN Convention on Biological Diversity – UN Strategy for Disaster Reduction – World Summit on Sustainable Development – Intergovernmental panel for Climate Change (IPCC) – Group on Earth Observations (GEO) 7

Support from Environmental Research 

Environmental Research to contribute to EU environmental policies such as:

– European Climate Change Programme II – 6 th Environmental Action Plan and associated Thematic Strategies

(air, waste, marine, soil, pesticides, urban)

– Action Plans on

Environmental Technologies Health

and

Environment and

– European directives – Water Framework, REACH (chemicals), CAFE (air quality), INSPIRE (env. data) 

Environmental Research to contribute to EU policies such as:

– Sustainable Development Strategy – International cooperation 8

FP7 activities – Theme “Environment” (including Climate Change)

Activity “Climate change, pollution and risks”

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Area “Pressures on environment and climate” – 6 sub areas including regional impacts

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3. 4.

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The Earth system and climate Emissions and Pressures The Carbon cycle: Integration and interactions Future Climate Climate Change Impacts Response strategies: Mitigation and Adaptation 9

FP7 activities – Theme “Environment” (including Climate Change)

Activity “Climate change, pollution and risks”

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Area “Environment and health” including research for biomonitoring

1. Health effects of exposure to environmental stressors 2. Methods and tools to underpin environment and health research including human biomonitoring 3. Delivery of methods and decision support tools for risk analysis and policy development 10

FP7 activities – Theme “Environment” (including Climate Change)

Activity “Climate change, pollution and risks”

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Area “Natural hazards” – 4 sub-areas including floods

1. Hazard assessment, processes and triggering factors 2. Hazard Detection and Prediction 3. Vulnerability assessment and Societal impacts 4. Risk management and Mitigation 11

FP7 activities – Theme “Environment” (including Climate Change)

Activity “Sustainable management of resources”

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Area “Conservation and sustainable management of natural and man-made resources and biodiversity” – 5 sub areas

1. Water Resources 2. Soil Research and Desertification, Forests 3. Biodiversity 4. Urban Development 5. Consumption Patterns 12

FP7 activities – Theme “Environment” (including Climate Change)

Activity “Sustainable management of resources”

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Area “Evolution of marine environments” – including 3 sub-areas

1. Marine Resource 2. Evolution of Marine Environment 3. Marine Observing Systems (link with GEO) 13

FP7 activities – Theme “Environment” (including Climate Change)

Activity “Environmental Technologies”

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Area “Environmental technologies for the sustainable management of the natural and man of cultural heritage made environment” – 6 sub-areas including conservation and enhancement

1. Water priorities will be mainly derived from the Strategic Research Agenda of the WSSTP 2. Soil 3. Wastes 4. Clean Processes and Pollution Prevention 5. Built Environment 6. Cultural Heritage 14

FP7 activities – Theme “Environment” (including Climate Change)

Activity “Environmental Technologies”

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Area “Technology assessment, verification and testing” including LCA/LCT, alternatives for animal testing, sustainable chemistry, risk-assessment.

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FP7 activities – Theme “Environment” (including Climate Change)

Activity “Earth observation and assessment tools”

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Area “Earth observation” – 4 sub-areas including in situ and space observation for 9 societal benefit areas

1. Integrating existing European Earth Observation activities in GEO (global level) 2. Developing cross-cutting research activities relevant to GEO 3. Earth Observation activities in emerging areas of research 4. Developing Capacity Building activities in the domain of Earth Observation 16

FP7 activities – Theme “Environment” (including Climate Change)

Activity “Earth observation and assessment tools”

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Area “Assessment tools for sustainable development” – 4 sub-areas including techno-economic modeling, land use

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Indicators Land use Foresight Externalities 17

FP7 Areas and Topics

FP 7 thematic priorities and activities should integrate within the research activity itself, when relevant:

 Policy relevance/ Unforeseen policy needs  Socio-economic dimension of the topic  Dissemination activities (research-policy, science-society)  International cooperation in particular with INCO countries  SME participation  Cross thematic topics Coordination of national programmes ERA-NET, Art. 169 can be part of the activities 18

Structure of the FP7 annual work programmes  Strong focus on the calls in the calendar year  Simplification aspects  A coherent and flexible approach to new elements in the Themes: integrating international cooperation, policy needs, emerging needs and coordination of national programmes (ERA-NET)  Definition of topics, funding schemes, and expected impacts 19

Timetable for the preparation of the Work Programmes  Consultation/ preparatory stage (February-June) – Advice, consultations, inputs from external sources (AG, TP, events)  First draft at the DG RTD level by 19 July 2006  Consolidation stage (July-Sept) – First consolidated draft – Review of horizontal, cross-thematic issues – Further consultation with AG’s  Adoption stage (2006) (October – Interservices Consultations / November – FP7 PC/ December – Commission adoption) 20

Research in support to policies in FP7  Will continue to be central in FP7 in “Co-operation”  Research in support to policies will be embedded in the Themes and implemented through standard calls  Impacts on policy shall be clearly defined in the “expected impact” in the Work Programme  Flexibility in the WP to accommodate unforeseen policy needs (e.g. epidemics, emerging concerns about food safety, natural disaster responses) 21

Dissemination, knowledge transfer and broader engagement in FP7  More pro-active approach to dissemination in FP7  Activities at Work Programme level: through particular ‘topics’ of the call dedicated to dissemination - expert calls (framework contract)  Activities at project level: - through introduction of activities in the Contract and reporting requirements  Offering targeted assistance to projects to optimise the use of results - legal helpdesk - exploitation strategic seminars 22

Dissemination, knowledge transfer and broader engagement in FP7  Specific actions disseminating results from across a range of projects (including projects outside FP7) e.g. Alert information system  Dissemination to policy makers and standardisation bodies to facilitate the use of results - synthesise knowledge/ results - organise dissemination and awareness events  Cordis services  Specific measures 23

International cooperation in FP7 The participation of third countries in the co-operation SP will be possible via 2 mechanisms:  The opening of all activities to third countries – both for ICPC* and industrialised countries in the Themes  Specific co-operation actions in each thematic priority dedicated to ICPC part of the main call identifying topics for ICPC’s → topics in consultation with the Capacity Programme and ICPC partner regions → importance to regional approaches (eg. Latin-America, Asia, etc.) *International Co-operation Partner Country (ICPC) 24

SME Participation in FP7  Participation of SME’s across the Specific Programmes in particular in co-operation: including priorities/ areas of interest to SME’s - propose appropriate funding schemes → this will be complemented by the Competitiveness & Innovation Programme  SME-participation in the “Industry-academia partnerships and pathways” of the “People” programme  SME specific actions in the Capacities : “Research for the benefit of SME’s” 25

Approaches to cross-thematic issues in FP7  Create attention to cross-thematic issues in FP7  Some identified in SP (e.g. marine science and technology) → implementation can be done through coordinated calls (when more than one theme is involved) or joint calls (preferred if there are stronger linkages on topic level in serveral themes) → coordinated calls are preferred thanks to a lower administrative burden/ load 26

FP7 Rules for participation

Main new features aiming at simplification of the FP7 Rules for participation        Member State / Associated country equally treated for the minimum number of participants Costs models are abandoned (instead, a unique definition of eligible costs) Community contribution is 50% for research and demonstration… … and up to 75% for public bodies, higher education, non profit and SMEs NoEs are financed by means of lump sums (23.500

€/year/researcher) Financial Collective Responsibility to be replaced by other mechanisms (Guarantee Fund) Reduction of the frequency of audit certificates 27

FP7 Rules for participation

Funding schemes (formerly ‘instruments’)  Collaborative projects (range from small focused actions to large integrating projects)  Networks of excellence (~same scope and objectives as in FP6)  Coordination actions and Support actions (~same scope and objectives as in FP6)  Actions to promote and develop human resources and mobility of researchers 28

CONCLUSIONS

 La priorité thématique “Environnement” est clairement spécifiée et prometteuse  Des innovations majeures en terme de contenu: Technologies environnementales, GEO, Environnement Santé  Un budget comparable au PC6 en 2007 et 2008  Actions de coordination des programmes de recherche, coopération internationale intégrée à la recherche coopérative  L’exploitation des résultats pour la définition des politiques: un enjeu majeur dès le début de la recherche  La contribution des autres programmes spécifiques à la recherche environnementale: un nouveau défi 29