Natural Resources, Environment and Society Research Centre EVALUATION OF THE FOR THE PERIOD OF 2004...

Natural Resources, Environment and Society Research Centre

EVALUATION OF THE

FOR THE PERIOD OF 2004 – 2006

COIMBRA, THE 24th JANUARY 2008

INTERNATIONAL PANEL:

Atanas Atanassov, AgroBioInstitute, BulgariaFons Werrij, EURAGRI Secretary General – Wageningen, Netherlands - CoordinatorGianluca Brunori, University of Isa, ItalyJan Klijn, ALTERRA – U. Wageningen, The NetherlandsJim Flanaga, Consultant to Teagasceagasc - Carlow, IrelandJohn Williams, ESF-COST - Science Officer Food and Agriculture, BelgiumMari Walls, Environmental Research Programme - MTT, FinlandSoren Mikkelsen, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences - Aarhus University, DenmarkSvetla Batchvarova, Center of Agricultural Research, Institute of Agricultural Economics, Bulgaria

Natural Resources, Environment and Society Research Centre

CERNASFERNANDO PÁSCOA

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Centro de Estudos de Recursos Naturais, Ambiente e Sociedade

CERNAS – unidade de investigação financiada pelo FEDER Programa Operacional Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (POCTI), Eixo Prioritário II, Medida II.1; Desenvolver uma Rede Moderna de Instituições de I&D.

PART I

THE UNIT - PRESENTATION

Created on 1st July 2003Accredited by FCT in 2003 (Good)Considered for financing in the period 2004/6

Hosted by:Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra

UNIT DESCRIPTION

FOREST RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT

ENVIRONMENT

NATURAL RESOURCES CHEMISTRY

FOOD SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

ECONOMICS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

5 MAIN RESEARCH AREAS - GROUPS

SCIENTIFIC BOARD

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GENERAL OBJECTIVES

• CREATION OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE

• TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND DISSEMINATION

through research and development activities carried out by the research staff of the unit, in cooperation with other researchers, institutions and enterprises in Portugal and abroad.

to professionals and companies through the organization of seminars, conferences, courses, workshops and publication and use of research results in different and appropriate forms, e.g. journals, newspapers, proceedings, monographs, technology transfer agreements, etc.

• PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS

in co-operation with end-users, aiming at the increase of life quality, in the context of the current (and future) threats

MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS

• CONSOLIDATION OF THE UNIT:

1. FROM 18 TO 44 INTEGRATED RESEARCHERS HOLDING PhD DEGREES;

2. FROM A TOTAL OF 60 TO 124 INTEGRATED RESEARCHERS;

3. FROM 3 TO 9 INSTITUTIONS PARTICIPATING WITH RESEARCHERS;

4. FROM A LOCAL TO A REGIONAL INFLUENCE.

• NUMBER AND QUALITY OF PUBLICATIONSFROM 176 S&T PIECES IN 2004 TO 342 IN 2006, INCLUDING A PATENT

• NUMBER OF MSc AND PhD AWARDED and or ADVISEDFROM 2 MSc AND 2 PhD IN 2004 TO 19 MSc AND 13 PhD IN 2006

• INTEGRATIVE AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY CHARACTEROF PROJECTS FINANCED AND WORKS PUBLISHED, INVOLVING RESEARCHERS FROM DIFFERENT AREAS, INSTITUTIONS AND COUNTRIES, AND MAINLY RELATED TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS

• INTERNATIONALIZATION

MORE THAN 250 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS

PARTNERSHIPS

ACTIVITIES

• STRATEGIC TARGETING - SEARCH FOR PARTNERS

1 – TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT RESEARCH PROJECTS FOR FINANCING;

a. IN CO-OPERATION WITH END-USERS;

b. WITH INTEGRATIVE AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACTIVITIES;

c. AIMING AT THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS

• RESULTS

1 – 68 NATIONAL AND 9 INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS APROVED FOR FINANCING

2 – 4.9 M€ FOR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES (21.4% OF TOTAL BUDGET APROVED)

3 – 24 NATIONAL AND 4 INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS SUBMITED FOR APROVAL

4 – A NETWORK OF PARTNERS AND END-USERS INTERESTED IN THE ACTIVITIES AND IN THE OUTCOMES

5 – MORE THAN 800 S&T WORKS

2 – TO ACHIEVE S&T WORK IN THE CONTEXT OF THE FINANCED PROJECTS;

FUTURE VISION

• STRATEGIC TARGETING – CONTINUATION AND ENFORCEMENT

1 – INTERNATIONALIZATION;

SUPPORTED ON THE CREDIBILITY AWARDED BY EXTERNAL RECOGNITION

3 – MULTIDISCIPLINARITY;

4 – DISSEMINATION AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

5 – COOPERATION WITH END-USERS;

2 – COOPERATIVE RESEARCH;

6 – PROGRESSIVE REGIONALIZATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE UNIT

INNOVATION

• TWO POLES IN 2007 – Coimbra and Castelo Branco

• THREE POLES IN 2008? – Viseu?

NETWORK

PRESENT / FUTURE VISION

?

FUTURE VISION

• RESULTS EXPECTED

1 – BETTER AND MORE MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS SUBMITTED (AND APROVED)

2 – BETTER RESULTS TO BE REACHED (AND DISSEMINATE)

3 – BETTER PARTNERSHIPS TO ENHANCE ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS

4 – BETTER CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT, BETTER JOBS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE RURAL AREAS

A DEEPER LOOK IN THE EVOLUTION OF CERNAS

2004 / 2006

UNIT EVOLUTION: TEAM

2003 2004 2005 2006 2006 a)

Eligible PhD's 18 18 27 41 44

Team Elements per Qualification 2003 2004 2005 2006 2006 a)PhD 22 22 31 56 57MSc 36 37 34 36 36

Lic 20 29 26 25 25BSc 1 1 1 1 1

Full Time Equivalent 2003 2004 2005 2006 Σ trienniaTotal FTE 38,10 42,55 40,65 45,25 128,45

PhD FTE 7,60 6,75 10,35 15,80 32,90non PhD FTE 30,50 35,80 30,30 29,45 95,55

Integrated FTE 33,35 26,80 28,90 32,60 88,30Grantees FTE 4,00 15,00 11,00 10,00 36,00

Collaborators FTE 0,75 0,75 0,75 2,65 4,15

UNIT EVOLUTION: WORK OUTPUT

Output 2003 2004 2005 2006 triennia

A1 - Books 3 15 29 47A2 - Papers in peer reviewed international journals - 26 33 50 109A3 - Papers in peer reviewed national journals - 9 21 17 47B1 - Communications in international scientific congresses and seminars - 50 84 120 254B2 - Communications in national scientific congresses and seminars - 63 81 45 189C - Reports - 11 22 27 60D - Organization of seminars and conferences - 6 12 6 24E1 - PhD Thesis - 2 6 13 21E2 - MSC Thesis - 2 4 19 25E3 - Others - 3 2 12 17F - Models - 0 0 0 0G - Computer applications - 1 0 0 1H - Pilot trials - 0 2 4 6I - Patents 1

Total S&T works - 176 283 342 801

Output per FTE 2003 2004 2005 2006 trienniaS&T works per FTE - 4,14 6,94 7,56 6,23

S&T works per PhD FTE - 26,07 27,25 21,65 24,32


40,00

41,00

42,00

43,00

44,00

45,00

46,00

100 150 200 250 300 350 400

S&T Work Output

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CERNAS2004

CERNAS2006

CERNAS2005

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y

+

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UNIT EVOLUTION: WORK OUTPUTBooks, chapters and parts of books

0

0,5

1

1,5

2

2,5

3

3,5

0 0,2 0,4 0,6 0,8 1 1,2 1,4 1,6

Books per researcher FTE

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CERNAS2004

CERNAS2005

CERNAS2006

CEA04

RFl05

AMB06

RFl06

QRN05

CEA05

AMB05

QRN04

CEA06

EDR05 QRN

06

EDR06

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y

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UNIT EVOLUTION: THE WORK OUTPUT

Papers in peer reviewed international journals

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

0 0,5 1 1,5 2 2,5 3 3,5

Papers in International peer review journals per researcher FTE

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CERNAS2004

CERNAS2005 CERNAS

2006

RFL04 EDR

05 EDR06

RFL06

RFL05

CEA04 AMB

06

CEA05

AMB04

AMB05

CEA06

EDR04

QRN04

QRN06

QRN05

x

y

+

+


Communications in international scientific meetings

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Communications in international scientific congresses and seminars per researcher FTE

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CERNAS2004

CERNAS2005

CERNAS2006

QRN06

EDR06

RFl04

EDR05

RFl05 QRN

04

QRN05

CEA05

AMB05

AMB06CEA06

EDR04RFl

06

CEA04

AMB04

x

y

+

+

UNIT EVOLUTION: NUMBER OF PROJECTS

(ongoing and submitted)

Number of Projects Per Year

0

50

100

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

UNIT EVOLUTION: RESEARCH BUDGET

Research Budget

1,6

3,3

0,0

1,0

2,0

3,0

4,0

Total

[2004;2006]

Total

[2007;2011]

106

€

€

1.050.046

1.168.848

1.079.367

604.742

504.077

358.920

101.34035.000

0

200.000

400.000

600.000

800.000

1.000.000

1.200.000

1.400.000

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

UNIT EVOLUTION: PLURIANNUAL BUDGET

-60 000

-40 000

-20 000

0

20 000

40 000

60 000

80 000

100 000

120 000

140 000

2004 2005 2006 2007

€

2004 Budget 2005 Budget 2006 Budget 2007 Budget Annual Deficit

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A BRIEF SWOT ANALYSIS

POLITECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS – PI´s

UNIVERSITARY INSTITUTIONS – UI´s

STRENGTHS: A BRIEF SWOT ANALYSIS

• THE PARTNERSHIP AGREED WITH REGIONAL FIRMS AND END-USERS

• THE INTERNATIONAL R&D PARTNERSHIP ALREADY AGREED

• THE STRONG REGIONAL CONSORTIA ON AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES R&D

• THE MULTIDISCIPLINARITY OF THE TEAM & APROACHES

• THE UNIQUENESS OF THE R&D UNIT IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES IN THE CENTRE REGION OF PORTUGAL

WEAKNESSES: A BRIEF SWOT ANALYSIS

• THE DESCRIMINANT LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT FOR R&D IN PI´s

• THE TEACHING CHARGES FACED BY RESEARCHERS IN THE PI´s

• THE LACK OF RESEARCH TRADITION & EXIGENCE IN THE PI´s

• THE LACK OF SPECIFIC INSTITUTIONAL FINANTIAL SUPPORT FOR R&D ACTIVITIES IN THE PI´s

OPPORTUNITIES: A BRIEF SWOT ANALYSIS

• THE NEW LAW 62/2007, RULING UI´s AND PI’s, GIVING SUPPORT TO R&D UNITS AUTHONOMY;

• THE NEW FP7, SUPPORTING AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND ENVIRONMENT R&D ACTIVITIES

• THE RECENT QREN, FAVOURING REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

• THE STRONG AND WELL DEFINED STRATEGY FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGION BASED ON THE INTEGRATION OF THE NEEDS OF PARTNERS AND CERNA´S EXPERTISES

• THE YOUTH AND WILL OF THE TEAM

THREATS: A BRIEF SWOT ANALYSIS

• THE NEW LAW 62/2007, RULING UI´s AND PI’s, NOT ALLOWING THE PI´S TO AWARD PhD DEGREES, AND THEN THE RECRUITMENT OF DOCTORANDS;

• THE FAILURES OF THE FINANCING INSTRUMENTS OF R&D ACTIVITIES;

• PI´s HAVE LESS INFLUENCE THAN UI´s IN DECISION MAKING

PART II

THE QUESTIONS OF THE PANEL

1. Self-assessed bench-mark

CERNAS ranking in the domain of Portuguese FCT Accredited Agricultural Sciences Research Units

a rough analysis Data source: http://www.fct.mctes.pt/unidades/index.asp?p=11&a=7


Management Office

http://www.fct.mctes.pt/unidades/index.asp?p=11&a=7



R&D Units accredited by FCT

Source: Agenda FCT 2006

R&D units byresearch areas

(%)

Arts &

Humanities

38%

Science &

Engineering

62%

1

78

9

11 11 1112 12

13 13 1315

1617

20 2021

2223

24

26 2627

44

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

R&D Unitsby scientific area

50%

31%

5%

9%5%

Lisbon North Centre

South Azores

Source: Agenda FCT 2006

11

7

12

1

22

0

5

10

15

20

25

Lisbon North Centre South Azores TOTAL

Geographical Regions

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Geographical distribution of Agricultural Sciences R&D units

R&D Units: geographical distribution

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Good Instituto de Ciências Agrárias Mediterrânicas - ICAM - Pólo Évora 139 80 110 25 4

Very Good Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal 126 74 94 26 6

Excellent Centro de Estudos Florestais 110 47 37 58 15

Good Centro de Estudos de Recursos Naturais, Ambiente e Sociedade - CERNAS 118 41 91 10 17

Good Centro de Investigação de Montanha 71 38 64 4 3

Very Good Centro de Botânica Aplicada à Agricultura 101 38 46 40 15

Good Centro de Ciência Animal e Veterinária (CECAV) 48 35 35 7 6

Good Centro de Estudos Tecnológicos, do Ambiente e da Vida (CETAV) 91 31 36 5 50

Good Centro de Investigação e Tecnologia Agrária dos Açores - CITA - A 51 25 22 15 14

Good Centro de Estudos de Ciência Animal 68 24 53 14 1

Good Centro de Estudos em Gestão de Ecossistemas 24 22 22 1 1

Good Centro de Desenvolvimento de Ciências e Técnicas de Produção Vegetal 43 20 24 13 6

Very Good Centro de Ciência e Engenharia Agrícola 18 18 18 0 0

Very Good Centro de Estudos de Engenharia Rural 35 18 18 0 17

Good Protecção das Plantas e dos Produtos Agrícolas Armazenados - IISA 29 16 21 4 4

Excellent Centro de Genética e Biotecnologia 35 16 20 6 9

Good Centro de Pedologia 21 15,5 16 3 2

Fair Centro de Economia Agrária e Sociologia Rural 18 14 16 0 2

Very Good Química Ambiental 12 12 12 0 0

Good Centro de Produção Agrícola e Animal 14 9 9 2 3

Very Good Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof. Baeta Neves 30 8 16 7 7

Good Centro de Estudos Agro-Alimentares 15 7 8 1 6

R&D Units: Current evaluation and Research Team composition

Eligible PhD’s vs. Researchers

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Integrated Researchers vs. Eligible PhD’s

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Eligible PhD’s nº

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Collaborators' vs. Eligible PhD’s

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Grantees vs. Eligible PhD’s

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Gra

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CERNAS


x

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R&D Units: Research Team composition analysis

[2004;2006]

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Good Instituto de Ciências Agrárias Mediterrânicas - ICAM - Pólo Évora 3 95 26 0 86 29 6 112 36 9 293 91

Very Good Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade AnimalExcellent Centro de Estudos Florestais 4 23 17 0 13 54 1 4 36 72

Good Centro de Estudos de Recursos Naturais, Ambiente e Sociedade - CERNAS 3 50 26 15 84 33 29 120 50 47 254 109

Good Centro de Investigação de Montanha 30 56 86

Very Good Centro de Botânica Aplicada à Agricultura 21 0 28 14 0 28 16 0 27 51 0 83

Good Centro de Ciência Animal e Veterinária (CECAV)Good Centro de Estudos Tecnológicos, do Ambiente e da Vida (CETAV)Good Centro de Investigação e Tecnologia Agrária dos Açores - CITA - AGood Centro de Estudos de Ciência AnimalGood Centro de Estudos em Gestão de EcossistemasGood Centro de Desenvolvimento de Ciências e Técnicas de Produção Vegetal 3 20 3 24 3 10 9 54

Very Good Centro de Ciência e Engenharia AgrícolaVery Good Centro de Estudos de Engenharia Rural 44 57 100

Good Protecção das Plantas e dos Produtos Agrícolas Armazenados - IISAExcellent Centro de Genética e Biotecnologia

Good Centro de Pedologia 1 0 5 2 0 3 8 0 8 11 0 16

Fair Centro de Economia Agrária e Sociologia RuralVery Good Química Ambiental 1 15 5 0 19 6 0 10 14 1 44 25

Good Centro de Produção Agrícola e AnimalVery Good Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof. Baeta Neves 4 19 8 1 21 6 4 29 25 9 69 39

Good Centro de Estudos Agro-Alimentares 10 5 0 10 5

2004 2005 2006

R&D Units: Scientific output

• Books & Book chapters• International Conferences Communications• Peer reviewed International Journals Publications

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450

Instituto de Ciências Agrárias Mediterrânicas - ICAM - Pólo Évora

Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal

Centro de Estudos Florestais

Centro de Estudos de Recursos Naturais, Ambiente e Sociedade - CERNAS

Centro de Investigação de Montanha

Centro de Botânica Aplicada à Agricultura

Centro de Ciência Animal e Veterinária (CECAV)

Centro de Estudos Tecnológicos, do Ambiente e da Vida (CETAV)

Centro de Investigação e Tecnologia Agrária dos Açores - CITA - A

Centro de Estudos de Ciência Animal

Centro de Estudos em Gestão de Ecossistemas

Centro de Desenvolvimento de Ciências e Técnicas de Produção Vegetal

Centro de Ciência e Engenharia Agrícola

Centro de Estudos de Engenharia Rural

Protecção das Plantas e dos Produtos Agrícolas Armazenados - IISA

Centro de Genética e Biotecnologia

Centro de Pedologia

Centro de Economia Agrária e Sociologia Rural

Química Ambiental

Centro de Produção Agrícola e Animal

Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof. Baeta Neves

Centro de Estudos Agro-Alimentares

Books & Book Chapters

International Conferences Communications

International Journals Publications







2004

2005

2006

no data

data: [1999-2002]

only project list (CITA-A, via PRAXIS XXI / JNICT)

no data

only project list

2003 data

? only publications data

? no communications data

data: [1999-2003]

? only aggregated data: [2004-2006]

1999 data

no data

no web link

no website

? only 2004 data

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450




[2004;2006]

CERNAS

?

?

?

? no complete 2006 data

?

R&D Units: Scientific output

• Books & Book chapters• International Conferences Communications• International Journals Publications
















Eligible PhD's vs. Books and Book Chapters + Publications in International Journals + Communications in International Scientific Meetings

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Eligible PhD's

B+

P+

C [

2004

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6]

CERNAS

R&D Units: Scientific output analysis 1

Eligible PhD's vs. per capita Books and Book Chapters + Publications in International Journals + Communications in International Scientific Meetings

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

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Eligible PhD's

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CERNAS

R&D Units: Scientific output analysis 2

Scientific Output:

2nd Books and Book Chapters (B) (f)

2nd Intern. Confer. Communications (C) (g)

1st International Journals Publications (P) (h)

1st B+C+P output (i)

3rd Number of B+C+P output per PhD (j)

Research Team:

3rd Number of Researchers (a)

4th Number of Eligible PhD’s (b)

3rd Number of Integrated Researchers (c)

8th Number of Grantees (d)

2nd Number of Collaborators (e)

(as of 31 December 2006; 22 Research Units))

Considered Research Units (data available)

•Centro de Estudos de Recursos Naturais, Ambiente e Sociedade - CERNAS•Instituto de Ciências Agrárias Mediterrânicas - ICAM - Pólo Évora•Centro de Estudos de Engenharia Rural•Centro de Botânica Aplicada à Agricultura•Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof. Baeta Neves•Centro de Estudos Florestais•Centro de Investigação de Montanha•Química Ambiental•Centro de Pedologia

CERNAS Positioning

1

23

45

6

78

9

1011

1213

14

1516

17

1819

2021

22

(+) 20%

(-) 20%

50%

(a)(b)

(c)

(d)

(e) (f) (g)(h) (i)

(j)

2. Two or three achievements

to underpin the absolute necessity of CERNAS mere existence in a public

debate.


Management Office

ENERGY GLOBE 20071st PRIZE – PORTUGAL

EMAS@SCHOOL

A UNIQUE 3D SIMULATION MODEL FOR LAND-USE AND LANDSCAPE PLANNING

Castro, A. [Conceição, M. A.,] Silva, E., Costa, J.M.C., 2005. Detecção por intradermoreacção da fasciolose usando o antigénio Fh8 (fasciolina).

NATIONAL REGISTRATIONInstituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial, Processo nº 1035K (2005)

INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATIONPCT-PT2007-000027

A PATENT

EUA Institutional Evaluation Programme / Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra / July 2007

FRAME OF REFERENCE…”Research is strong in ESAC, given its close association with CERNAS, which covers forestry economics and management, food technology, environment, chemistry and rural development in a broad multidisciplinary perspective. CERNAS is rated ‘good’ by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia [FCT], anticipates making a bid to the EU’s seventh Framework Research Programme [FP7] and is seeking to capitalise on the regional structures being built by government to deliver European Regional Development Fund [ERDF] funding. Significantly, the existence of CERNAS was felt to be an important factor in the government’s approval of the ESAC Bologna Master applications”. (p. 9)

CONCLUSIONS…”prioritising areas in which IPC aims to become a field-leader, as is the case with CERNAS, and elaborating a focused research policy.” (p. 19)

3. Are interested parties

(in policy, industry and society)

being consulted before setting out research programmes?


Management Office

FORMAL CONSORTIA Partners Consortia Central RegionS&T 12 5

Production 14 6Industry 20 8Services 13 6

Total 59 25

FORMAL PARTNERSHIPS

Organization of seminars and workshops, meeting end-users, R&D institutions and decision makers.

To identify and meet identified needs

Partnership through R&D projects and S&T contracts with more than 150 Partners, national and international in the different sectors

INFORMAL PARTNERSHIPS

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