European Cooperation in the EU RTD Framework Programme

European Cooperation in the EU RTD Framework Programme: Experiences in FP 6 and perspectives for FP 7 Manfred Horvat bm: bwk and ASO Bratislava Kosice 2 nd Austrian-Slovak Science Day 6 Dezember 2005 25. Februar 2005 Präsentationstitel der FFG Seite

A short history of EIP/FFG • 1993: initiative of Austrian government and Economic Chamber: BIT established in preparation for EU membership • Supported by all SRTI policy actors in Austria • Legal basis: association • Staff in 1993: 11 permanent staff • Staff in 2004: 35 permanent staff, 15 project managers • 2004: initiative of Austrian government to merge four organisations to form FFG - Austrian Research Promotion Agency • Legal basis: limited company • BIT – EIP: Division for European and International Programmes 2

Organigramme FFG Austrian Research Promotion Agency (established September 2004) General Management Revision Agency for Aeronautics & Space (ALR) Internal Services 3 Strategy Basic Programmes Structural Programmes Thematic Programmes (BP) (SP) (TP) European and international Programmes (EIP)

EIP/FFG is … • hosting the Austrian National Contact Points (NCP) for FP 6 and other international programmes offering targeted information, assistance and coaching services providing EU RTD experts for FP 6+: 20 permanent experts, 10 experts on projects networking in specific support actions stimulating FP participation and collaborative learning offering gateways to R&D partners from Austria • • 4

Core services of EIP/FFG • Developing the client base – customer relations! >30. 000 clients from 14. 000 organisations in Austria • providing information on EU & internat. RTD • offering individual advice & coaching for proposers - checking project idea vs. Work Programme and Call - ensuring eligibility (formal criteria) - checking for clarity of presentation - advising for all evaluation criteria, legal & financial aspects - finding complementary partners - final check of proposals before submission! - offering targeted training for proposers • enlargement & internationalisation: a priority • strategic monitoring of Austrian participation 5

Information & assistance activities of EIP • National campaign for FP 6 • Intensive campaign for Eo. I exercise • National and regional launching conferences • Thematic launching conferences • information days related to Calls for Proposals • workshops, training courses on specific issues • How to prepare proposals • Legal and financial issues, IPR • Management of EU projects • “help lines” for short information • individual advice and coaching for proposers • feedback round tables, e. g. AT No. E partners 6

Nurturing the EIP/FFG‘s client base Customer Relationship Management: INNOman è 65% of the submitting organisations are in active contact with EIP/FFG - there success rate is significantly higher than that of organisations without direct contact to EIP/FFG 7

Activities 2004 • Some 140 information and training events • ~9. 000 advise actions responding to requests of clients getting into direct contact with EIP 34% IND, 24% UNI, 21% ROR, 20% OTH • 6. 600 short information to interested partners • 1. 900 detailed advise & coaching sessions for proposers • FFG/EIP provides high quality information & advice: • ~ 65% of submitting proposers are in active contact • > 80% of successful proposers are in active contact 8

Track record of Austria in EU FP 2 to FP 6 Development of Austrian participations: • • • FP 2: ~40 participations FP 3: ~150 participations FP 4: 1. 900 participations in 1. 450 projects FP 5: 1. 980 participations in 1. 380 projects FP 6: 1. 380 participations in 945 projects *) *) data provided by PROVISO: status September 2005 (60% of FP 6) 9

Relative share of FP 5&6 participations EU 25 (FP 6 Commission data from November 2005) Austria: FP 5: 2, 65%; FP 6: 3, 10% Slovakia: FP 5: 0, 40%; FP 6: 0, 64% FP 6 data: Commission data from November 2005 10

Austrian performance in FP 6 945 successful projects with AT partners 142 AT coordinators 1. 386 AT participations Success rate: 20, 6 % (EU: 20, 2%) 11 Source: Commission, PROVISO

Profile of projects with AT partners compared to total FP 12 Data: Commission, PROVISO

Austria in FP 5 and FP 6: Participation by type of organisation Source: PROVISO Large SME HES REC Public Oth FP 5 total 13% 20% 27% 6% 7% FP 5 Austria 14% 21% 29% 22% 6% 8% FP 6 total 14% 13% 36% 26% 1% 10% FP 6 Austria 11% 15% 41% 22% 2% 9% 13

Austrian–Slovak cooperation in FP 6 103 projects with AT and SK partners Participations: 174 AT, 115 SK 14 Data: Commission, PROVISO

Project profiles - EU, AT, SK 15 Data: Commission, PROVISO

Preliminary conclusions for Austria in FP 6 • In general, satisfactory Austrian participation • very strong participation of UNI and RES • strong cooperation with new members BUT: • company participation smaller than in FP 5 • less coordinators than in FP 5 • high expectations regarding simplification 16

Getting prepared for FP 7 • Taking stock of FP 6 in spring 2006 • Strategic analyses of Austrian participation in FP 6 • Stock taking conferences including FP 7 outlook • Starting FP 7 campaign in autumn 2006 • • • National and regional start up conferences Thematic start ups and brokerages Targeted company stimulating actions Training courses for coordinators Training for intermediaries – regional, institutional • Assessing the participation potential nat. /EU • National initiatives for Technology Platforms • Strategy development for ERA-NETs, Art 169 17

AT-SK cooperation in FP 6 Some conclusions • From FP 5 to FP 6: no increase of cooperation • Is the level of cooperation achieved enough for strengthening the links in our region? • How can we increase cooperation in joint EU projects? Some proposals: • Develop a joint strategy for cooperation • organise collaborative NCP actions, e. g. SSAs • utilize synergies between bilateral and multilateral programmes and initiatives, e. g. ASO • develop further ERA-NET cooperation 18

Thank you for your attention! Prof. Manfred Horvat Director Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) Division for European & International Programmes (EIP) Tel +43 5 7755 4001 (assistant -4004) Fax +43 5 7755 94011 e. Mail manfred. horvat@ffg. at http: //www. ffg. at 19