CanadaPoland Cooperation in ST Mona Ip Canadian Embassy

Canada-Poland Cooperation in S&T Mona Ip Canadian Embassy, Warsaw

Canada’s Innovation Strategy Targets (by 2010) • in top 5 nations for R&D performance • double federal R&D investments • rank among leaders for share of public sector sales from innovations • raise venture capital per capita investments to US-levels

Why build Canada-Europe partnerships? • NOT Research funding • Network of contacts • Leveraged extent of research • Access to people, facilities, knowledge and results • Economic impact

Mechanisms for the Canada-Europe S&T Relationship • Extensive, informal collaboration between researchers • Flow of people, knowledge, technologies, services and investment • Formal bilateral relationship at institution and government levels • Multilateral S&T Cooperation Agreement

Canada’s FP 5 Participation • EESD • Growth • Quality of life • Human Potential • IST • Nuclear TOTAL 10 13 14 6 27 4 74

Canada-Poland S&T opportunities • Poland is also eligible to cooperate with Canada under the European FP 6 programme • Building links with Canadian S&T will assist Poland in leveraging its extensive science expertise, particularly in application and commercialization of technologies

Shared Canada-Poland S&T Priorities • Biotechnology • Informatics and telecommunication • Microelectronics and nanotechnologies • New materials technologies • Alternative and renewable sources of energy

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CONTACT US Canadian Embassy in Warsaw Tel: (48 -22) 584 -3360 / Fax: (48 -22) 584 -3195 E-mail: wsaw-td@dfait-maeci. gc. ca OR E. Paola de Rose Science & Technology Counsellor Mission of Canada to the European Union Paola. de-rose@dfait-maeci. gc. ca