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1 © ACADEMY OF FINLAND Suomen Akatemia 2013: Tutkimus ei tunne rajoja - with coordination to success Arja Kallio 22.5.2014 International coordination mechanisms

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Suomen Akatemia 2013: Tutkimus ei tunne rajoja

- with coordination to success

Arja Kallio 22.5.2014

International coordination mechanisms

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• Working together tackles common challenges more effectively

• Internationality rejuvenates research and upgrades its quality

International cooperation objectives

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• Research collaborations, consortia• Joint seminars• Joint workshops• Researchers mobility programmes• Bilateral research calls

• Research infrastructures• ERA-NETs• Joint Programming

• Global organisations

Coordination mechanisms

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Statutory tasks• Scientific cooperation: funding schemes, joint international programmes• Expert tasks in international science policy : expertise

European Union – European Research Area• High-level expert groups: strategy• Steering groups and other working groups of Joint Programmes and networks:

strategy, administration, best practices• Researchers in the EU Framework Programmes and in the Horizon 2020:

encouragement, advice, funding

Nordic cooperation• Nordic Council of Ministers and NordForsk

Research infrastructures 

Bilateral partnerships with research funding agencies of non-EU countries 

International cooperation objectives: tasks for funding agencies

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International cooperation objectives:

European Research Area

• The ‘internal market’ of research: free movement of knowledge and researchers, efficient coordination of actions

• Actions under the EU’s competence: Framework programmes for research (FP7 2007–2013, Horizon 2020 2014–2020)

• Joint actions by Member States and the EU• ERA-NETs, INCO-Nets and JPIs• ESFRI• Science Europe, ESF and COST• European research institutes: e.g. CERN, EMBL/EMBC, ESA, ESO, EUI,

ESFR, FAIR, IIASA• Member States’ own actions to promote the European Research Area• Development and cooperation of national research systems

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Social sc. & hum.

(5)

Life sciences(13)

Environmental sciences

(9)

Energy(7)

Material and

analytical facilities

(6)

Physics and astronomy

(10)

E-infra-structure

s (1)

SHARE BBMRI ELIXIR ICOSEURO-ARGO

ECCSEL EUROFEL ELI TIARA PRACE

European Social Survey

ECRININFRA

FRONTIERLIFEWATCH IAGOS Windscanner EMFL SPIRAL2 CTA

CESSDA INSTRUCT EATRIS EMSO EPOS EU-SOLARISEuropean

XFELE-ELT SKA

CLARINEU-

OPENSCREEN

EMBRC SIOS EISCAT_3D JHRESRF

UpgradeKM3NeT FAIR

DARIAH EuroBioImaging

ERINHABSL4 Lab

COPAL IFMIF NEUTRON

ESSSLHC-PP

ILC-HIGRADE

ISBE MIRRI HiPERILL20/20 Upgrade

ANAEE MYRRHA

Distributed research infrastructure

 Single-sited research infrastructure

Partnerships in ESFRI research infrastructures (25)

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Memberships in international research infrastructures (19)

Environmental sciences

EISCAT European Incoherent

Scatter Association

GBIF Global Biodiversity

Information Facility

ICDP International Continental

Scientific Drilling Program

IODP Integrated Ocean Drilling

Program

Energy research

EFDA-JET Joint European Torus

ITER International Thermonuclea

Experimental Reactor

JHR MTR Jules Horowitz Material

Testing Reactor

Biological and medical sciences

EMBL European Molecular Biology

Laboratory

EMBC European Molecular Biology Conference

INCF International Neuroinformatics

Coordination Facility

Material sciences and

analytics

ESRF European Synchrotron

Radiation Facility

E-infrastructures and mathematics

IML Mittag-Leffler Institute

NeIC Nordic e-Infrastructure

Collaboration

Natural sciences and engineering

CERN European Organization for

Nuclear Research

ESA European Space Agency

ESO European Southern Observatory

FAIR Facility for Antiproton and Ion

Research

NOT Nordic Optical Telescope

Other

IIASA International Institute for

Applied Systems Analysis

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ERA-NET instrument to create co-ordination mechanisms for international research collaboration• ERA-NET instrument was launched in the 6th FP to in order to strengthen the ERA,

European Research Area • ERA-NET is an instrument for Research Funders• To intensify cooperation between research funding organisations by establishing

common operating methods and practices for the funding of research programmes• To plan and open mutual national and regional programmes and to plan and open joint

international calls• To promote the joint use of research infrastructures

• ERA-NET plus involves also Commission’s funding to the research• Art. 185 cooperation is based on the decision of the the European Parliament and of

the Council

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ERA-NET / ERA-NET plus / Art. 185 and ERA-NET Cofund

• Altogether ca. 150 ERA-NET and ERA-NET plus projects, 5 Art.185 projects have been launched during the FP6 and FP7, including ca. 1000 organisations from ca. 70 countries

• AKA has been coordinating two ERA-NETs, BONUS and NORFACE and participated as a partner in ca. 40 separate ERA-NETs

• In HORIZON 2020 ERA-NET Cofund instrument is to support public-public partnerships in their preparation, establishment of networking structures, design, implementation and coordination of joint activities as well as topping up of individual joint calls and of actions of a transnational nature

(2013-2017)BONUS Implement-ation PhaseDurable collaborative research programme of the Baltic Sea states.

(2004-2008)BONUS ERA-NET Developing conditions for a Joint Baltic Sea Research Programme

ERANET

(2007-2011)BONUS+ Implementing a Joint Call to test the mechanisms of collaboration among the national funding institutions

ERANET Plus

(2011-2013)BONUS Strategic PhaseStrategic development and prepar-ation for the Implementa-tion Phase.

Article 185

Development of BONUS

Germany: marine research

programme

Finland: BIREME

Sweden:MARE, Aqualiens

(before 2004)

Participating states• Eight EU member states surrounding

the Baltic Sea: Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden

• Russia participates through bilateral agreements

• 10 funding agencies participate as BONUS members and funding the calls

• 12 funding agencies participate as non-members funding the calls only

• Funding agencies include both basic research and innovation funders

• Total funding EUR 100 million

Boosters of coordination

Sector policy drivers:• Research and innovation: European Research Area, Horizon 2020• Maritime: EU Maritime Policy, Common Fisheries Policy • Environment: Marine Strategy Framework Directive – implemented

through HELCOM’s Baltic Sea Action Plan

• Agriculture, Energy, Traffic and others... Co-operation platform:• Macro-region: EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region

iBSG, 17 June 2013

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Funded by the Commission, coordinator FFG / Austria, AKA and RCN involved a.o.

Objectives: • to address the needs of the transnational coordination community• to help reduce wasteful use of resources• to support the implementation of streamlined mechanisms and increased mutual

learning • to provide tools for analysis of network performance• to highlight the synergies between ERA-NETs and other forms of national and regional

research programme coordination • to facilitate high-level analysis of policy related issues in the context of programme

coordination and cooperation• to support future developments of transnational programme coordination.

http://netwatch.jrc.ec.europa.eu/web/lp/learning-platform

ERA-LEARN - project 2009 - >

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ERA

World-class research infrastructures

Effective knowledge sharing

Opening of the ERA to the world

Single labour market for researchers

Joint Programming

Excellent research institutions and

universities

European Research AreaBuilding blocks

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Joint Programming is a concept which:

• Recognises the importance of existing activities and initiatives;• Recognises the increasing need for a new and more strategic approach; • Calls for the implementation of a Member States-led process to step up

their R&D cooperation;• Fully recognises the competence of member States and regions over the

choice of R&D policies and the related allocation of resources

Joint Programming in Research

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• Bilateral collaboration with key non-European countries• to open opportunities for cooperation with established and emerging

science countries• to secure reciprocal funding for research collaboration• focus on thematic grand societal challenges

• Non-EU countries and regions prioritised by the Academy of Finland• Brazil, Russia, India, China, the United States, Japan, Chile, Republic of

Korea, and South Africa

• The first Finnish-Chinese joint call for proposals in 2002 (AF & NSFC)

Global cooperation – China as an example

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• China Working Group, including members from all the relevant units of the Academy of Finland administration office (Chair + 9 members).• Planning, preparation and execution of joint calls and other joint

activities with Chinese partners.• Allocated annual budget of ca. EUR 15 000.

• Regular visits to and from Chinese partner organisations.

• Since 2012 the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture has had a dedicated Counsellor for Science and Education in the Finnish Embassy of Beijing. Important contact point and facilitator for the Academy of Finland and other organisations.

Coordination of China cooperation in the administration

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Bilateral agreements between the Academy of Finland and Chinese public research funding organisations

In 2004 the Academy of Finland renewed co-operation agreements with:

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)• Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)• Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

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Forms of Co-operation: CAS, CASS, NSFC

NSFC CAS CASS

Joint Research Projects

Joint Thematic Research Programmes

Exchange of Researchers

Exchange of Information on Peers for Scientific Evaluation

Joint Seminars

Collaboration between Centres of Excellence and other High-level Research Groups

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Most recent fields of joint calls (NSFC / AF)

• Telecommunication: 5G Networks (2014)

• Human mind: Brain plasticity and learning (2013)

• Forest research: Forest biodiversity and ecosystem services in a changing environment (2012)

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• Co-Reach (2005-2010)• EU-China network of European funding bodies• Phase II will start in 2010

• CAS and CASS as Chinese partners

• Asia Noria-Net (2008-2010)• Nordic collaboration with India and China• Funded by NordForsk• Co-ordinated by AF• All Nordic countries represented

• Nordic Energy Research Network• Aims at Nordic collaboration with China in the field of energy research• Funded by NordForsk

Academy in other EU – China Networks

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• In order to get a better picture on what is going on, joint meetings would be useful to start with

• Joint activities in infrastructure: Monitoring the Baltic Sea, climate monitoring• Joint local infrastructures in e.g. physics and biosciences • Building joint infrastructure for regional services

• Joint master and doctoral programmes – can be started with joint courses• Joint winter and summer schools

• Joint funding opportunities, joint calls to support collaborations

Proposals to enhance cooperation between Nordic and Baltic countries:

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