Welcome Dr Stephan PASCALL Advisor International Cooperation New

Welcome Dr Stephan PASCALL Advisor International Cooperation, New Member States Integration, Regional Aspects and Communications European Commission DG Information Society and Media Training Seminar– Bratislava 27 -28 January 2005

Welcome - Agenda • Seminar Objectives • Seminar Programme • Questions 2

Seminar Objectives To provide a comprehensive training to persons that are interested in participating in the IST Priority of the 6 th Framework Programme in order to enable them to draft and submit well developed and focused proposals and subsequently understand how a proposal is chosen by the Commission for negotiations and what are the administrative and operational processes from the selection of a proposal to the completion of the project. 3

Programme: Monday 6 December 2004 Morning Stephan Pascall 08: 30 Registration and Welcome 09: 00 General Background 09: 25 Question and answers Maria Buciova 09: 35 How can the NCP support you? 10: 00 Questions and answers Willy Van Puymbroeck 10: 10 Project Life Cycles 10: 50 Questions and answers Coffee Break Willy Van Puymbroeck 11: 20 Financial Aspects 1 12: 00 Questions and answers Willy Van Puymbroeck 12: 10 Financial Aspects 2 12: 50 Questions and answers Lunch 13: 00 Lunch Break Afternoon Willy Van Puymbroeck 14: 30 Contract Production Processes 15: 00 Questions and answers Evangelos Ouzounis 15: 10 Legal Framework and Submission of Proposals 15: 50 Questions and answers Coffee Break Stephan Pascall 16: 20 Round Table Discussion Stephan Pascall 16: 50 Conclusions day 1 4

Programme: Tuesday 7 December 2004 Morning Stephan Pascall 09: 00 Opening of Day 2 Evangelos Ouzounis 09: 10 The Evaluation Process Lunch 13: 20 Lunch Break Afternoon Borka Jerman Blazic 09: 50 The Proposal Evaluators View 10: 35 Questions and Answers Jacob Bangsgaard 14: 45 How to write a successful Proposal 15: 25 Questions and answers Coffee Break Evangelos Ouzounis 11: 10 Selection and Negotiation of Proposals 12: 05 Questions and Answers Dr. Joachim Irion 15: 50 How to write a successful Proposal 16: 30 Questions and Answers Slovakian SME 12: 20 How to write a successful Proposal 13: 05 Questions and answers Stephan Pascall 16: 40 Closure 5

Thank you Any Questions ? 6

The 6 th Framework Programme – The IST Priority Dr Stephan PASCALL Advisor International Cooperation, New Member States Integration, Regional Aspects and Communications European Commission DG Information Society and Media Training Seminar– Bratislava 27 -28 January 2005

Agenda The 6 th Framework Programme – The IST Priority §Historical Perspective of FP 6 §Financial Evolution of FP 6 §The 6 th Framework Programme – IST Priority ØStructure ØFinancing ØCalls 8

Historical Perspective – The 80’s • 1986: the task force becomes “Directorate General of Telecommunications, Information market and valorisation of research” (DG XIII). • Goal: Europe wants to catch up with US and Japan. • How: by becoming more competitive. 9

Historical Perspective – The 90’s • Mid–‘ 90 s: Quality of life and sustainable development criteria are added to competitivity to create a better link between research and society. • Creation of a pluriannual programme for European research and development which followed ESPRIT. • Today 6 th framework programme (2002– 2006). 10

Historical Perspective – Mid 90’s 1. 1994: Communication of the European Commission “towards the Information Society in Europe: action plan” 2. 1998: ESPRIT, RACE and Telematics merged into an unique programme: “Information Technologies” (IST) 3. IST is structured around 4 technological priorities (key actions) 11

The EU’s Budget - 2002 Total Value of commitments: EUR 98. 6 billion RTD Administration Other CAP Structural Funds 12

Budget of the EU Framework Programmes 13

Sixth Framework Programme – Main Components FOCUSING and INTEGRATING European Research STRUCTURING The European Research Area STRENGTHENING The foundations of the European Research Area BASIC PRINCIPLES Concentration: on selected priority research areas Structuring effect: through a stronger link with national, regional and other European initiatives Coordination – Simplification 14

The European Research Area n n n A blueprint for the future of research on Europe Broad support at the highest political, scientific and industrial levels Being implemented European Research Area National Programmes ‘Open Coordination’ Framework Programme European Research Policy European Organisations 15

The Components of FP 6 16

FP 6 budget breakdown Focussing and Integrating 1. Genomics 2. Information Society Technologies 3. Nanotechnologies, int. . 4. Aeronautics and space 5. Food quality and safety 6. Sustainable development 7. Citizens and governance. . 8. Anticipation of S&T needs 1. Anticipating needs 2. SMEs 3. Specific INCO • Strengthening ERA foundations 1. Structuring ERA • Research and Innovation • Human resources • Research Infrastructures • Science/Society • Joint Research Centre • 2255 3625 1300 1075 685 2120 225 M€ M€ ~100 M€ for GEANT/GRID 555 M€ 430 M€ 315 M€ 320 M€ 290 1580 655 80 760 M€ M€ M€ ~200 M€ for GEANT/GRID 16270 M€ 17

IST in FP 6 - objectives & strategy 1. • Main objectives 1. Establishing Europe’s leadership in the technologies at the heart of the knowledge economy and society 2. Strengthening Europe’s competitiveness & technology base 3. Building the information and knowledge society for ALL Strategy § Concentration and focus, building critical mass § Visionary, forward looking (longer term / high risk) § Combine flexibility with greater speed in implementation § Scope of activities: Core technologies & “pull-through” applications 18

The IST vision • • Bringing the users, “people”, to the foreground…. . to the “centre of our attention” § building trustful technologies for the background (almost invisible) § Making technology “adapt” to people and business needs Moving to an era where …. . “Our surrounding is the interface’ to IST applications & services” Exploring beyond “the PC, screens & keyboard interfaces”. . . Enabling multi-sensorial dialogues …. . § supported by computing & networking § ‘everywhere’, embedded in everyday objects (e. g: furniture, clothes, vehicles, smart materials, …) 19

IST Priority in FP 6 20

IST Work Programme - budget phasing • Planning over 4 years 21

IST Work Programme - budget phasing Planning over 4 years Year Indicative Budget Calls per year 2003 2004 2005 2006 835, 000 891, 000 935, 000 964, 000 Two calls drawing on 2003 and 2004 budgets One call drawing on 2005 budget Second WP (covers also all topics of SP) with updated focus 22

Present and Future Calls § Call 4 : Open 16 November 2004 Close 23 March 2005 § Call 5 : Open 17 May 2005 Close 21 September 2005 23

Example of implementation in IST Current Industrial strength / presence Integrated Projects Incremental « Monolitihic » Integrated Projects Targeted Research Projects Networks of Excellence Fundamental research Basic research Industry-driven research Industrial exploitation 24

Thank you Any Questions ? 25

Contact details Dr Stephan PASCALL Advisor International Cooperation, New Member States Integration, Regional Aspects and Communications European Commission – DG Information Society Directorate C: Miniaturisation, Embedded Systems, Societal Applications Avenue de Beaulieu 33 BU-33 00/05 1160 Brussels Tel: +32 -2 -296. 81. 78 E-mail: Stephan. Pascall@cec. eu. int 26