EURUSSIA Symposium on ST Cooperation in Biotechnology Partnering

EU-RUSSIA Symposium on S&T Co-operation in Biotechnology & Partnering event CONTRIBUTION TO FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY AND SAFETY IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER Moscow 14 -15 march 2005 Marie-Françoise SARON ISTC Senior Project Manager

History of International Science and Technology Centre -Founded in 1992 by the governments of the EU, Japan, Moscow 14 -15 march 2005 the USA and Russia; Canada jointed recently - Operations began in 1994 in Moscow ISTC then Ukraine STCU - Activities concern 8 countries of the Commonwealth Independent States plus Ukraine

ISTC/STCU Core objectives • Redirect former MDW scientists • Promote sustainability Moscow 14 -15 march 2005 • Reinforce the transition to the market economy

ISTC funding systems Governmental (funding parties) : Japan, Korea, Norway, Canada, EU, USA Moscow 14 -15 march 2005 Partners : Inter or governmental, non-governmental institutes, private companies

ISTC Services Moscow 14 -15 march 2005 Support and Sustainability Activities Commercialization Support program Competence Building Workshops : EU, Japan, USA Travel Grants Technologies Database Patenting support, etc. Foreign collaborators

ISTC 10 years of accomplishment • PROLIFIC Moscow 14 -15 march 2005 > 58, 000 scientists engaged >10, 000 from RF and CIS 100 institutes > USD 660 Mill. > 2000 projects • UNIQUE 37 nations engaged in cooperative technology development, and growing efforts of working toward nonproliferation and greater world security. • RESPECTED Intergovernmental organization with status of diplomatic mission • CLEAN Legal, audited, effective, & transparent mechanism

Benefits for ISTC participants Moscow 14 -15 march 2005 Participants • On-site maintainance • Travel and training facilities • Equipment, consommables and salaries : all tax-free

Benefits foreign private or public collaborators - Joint participation in experiments at unique installations and facilities Moscow 14 -15 march 2005 - Exchange of ideas and expertise with high-level scientists and engineers; - Early access to the results - Potential partnership in any future commercialisation of results; - On-site monitoring performed by secretariat

Benefits for partners Moscow 14 -15 march 2005 • Facilitated contacts through ISTC and STCU with high-level scientists and engineers • Assistance in Intellectual Property Rights issues; • Commercial confidentiality; • Tax-free expenses; • Financial audits; • On-site monitoring.

ISTC Science policy • No call for proposals • Most funded topics in BIO Diagnosis Vaccine Surveillance and molecular epidemiology Agriculture related BIO proposals Environment-related BIO proposals • New Programmatic Approach Moscow 14 -15 march 2005 – – –

1994 - 2005 ISTC total projects Moscow 14 -15 march 2005

ISTC Funds Input Technical Area 2004 Biotechnology and Life Sciences 38. 5% Environment 12. 1% Physics 10. 7% 8. 4% Materials 5. 6% Chemistry 9. 8% Instrumentation 3. 3% Space, Aircraft and Surface Transportation 2. 7% Information and Communications 3. 4% Manufacturing Technology 1. 5% Non-Nuclear Energy 3. 1% Fusion 0. 3% Other Basic Sciences 0. 0% Other 0. 7% Moscow 14 -15 march 2005 Fission Reactors

Ten Years input in Bio by Parties Moscow 14 -15 march 2005

ISTC Technical Fields inside Biotechnology and Life Sciences Biochemistry Cytology, genetics and molecular biology Ecology BIOLOGY Immunology MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY Microbiology VIROLOGY CYTOLOGY Nutrition Other (AGR) BIODEFENCE PROTEOMICS Pathology NANOBIOTECHNOLOGIES PHARMACOLOGY VACCINES Physiology INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND PUBLIC HEALTH Public health PRE-CLINICAL AND CLINICAL TRIALS Radiobiology Moscow 14 -15 march 2005 -

ISTC Food Biotechnology and Safety (1) Moscow 14 -15 march 2005 • AGR from 2001: 19 proposals, 7 funded, 1 terminated, 4 partners-funded (57%) • BIO food-related : 97 proposals 41 funded (26 on-going) 11 submitted, 14 partnersfunded (34%) • 7 CIS countries 95 institutes :

ISTC Food Biotechnology and Safety (2) Moscow 14 -15 march 2005

ISTC Food Biotechnology and Safety (3) Some success stories Laser Technology for Winter Wheat Protection from the Complex of Diseases Preparations for veterinary and poultry (probiotics, antimicrobials, biocines) - Flavors : more than 2000 flavors developed - Emulsifiers: features of the heatinduced gelation of the caseinate emulsions and its thermoreversibility Moscow 14 -15 march 2005 OGM : resistance, proteins, medicines… Biopesticide of Plant Origin Biostat

More informations INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER Nonproliferation through Science Cooperation http : //www. istc. ru Thank you for your attention Moscow 14 -15 march 2005 Stand D 18