Partnership is a two-way street Partnership is a two-way street the the

FP vs. national instrumentsFP vs. national instruments

Jerzy M LangerPolish Academy of Sciences

“Researchers in Europe without Barriers”Prague, April 28 –29, 2009

SCIENTISTS WORK AND PUBLISH TOGETHER

JOURNALPapers

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Nature v. 433-5 487 7,86 ± 0,73 3,42 ± 0,17

Science v.307-8 426 7,70 ± 0,43 3,49 ± 0,15

Phys.Rev. B 71 June 2005

108 3,99 ± 0,25 2,26 ± 0,14

Phys.Rev. C 71 June 2005

77 15,9 ± 6,6 4,39 ± 0,88

Astroparticle Physics v. 23

48 23,5 ± 9,6 4,67 ± 1,17

COURTESY - PROF. A. K. WRÓBLEWSKI, 2005

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JOINT PUBLICATIONS

with the USA 1980-1995 with the EU

Hungary - 8 timesHungary - 8 times

Poland - 6 timesPoland - 6 times

Hungary, Hungary, PolandPoland

5 times5 times

2nd EUROPEAN REPORT ON S&T INDICATORS, EC - 1997This is why science in the EU NMS survived

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SCIENTISTS WORK TOGETHERcooperation tools welcome, but coordination acceptable only at the project level (we know best what is good for us)

ADMINISTRATORS, POLICY & DECISION MAKERS have another perspective, hence coordination likely, provided they do not lose power and importance

TWO POINTS OF VIEW

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EU-25 NETWORKS OF EXCELLENCE

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THE 2 SPEED EUROPE

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A huge and so far unused potential lies dormant in the new EU states

The western part of our continent has so far been sending assembly plants rather then scientific knowledge or research know-how to the East.

The EU should seek to redress the imbalance by establishing reserach infrastructures in struggling countries.

Miroslav Topolanek – Czech Prime Minister22 Jan 2009

SCIENCE SPECIALISATION IN EU

KEY FIGURES 2005, DG Res, EC

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RETOUR AND GERDORDERING OF MS IS BY INCREASING GERD

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THE FP IS NOT THAT SMALL MONEY!

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GERD 2006EU -27 214 bln €

GERD 2006EU -27 214 bln €

THE NEED FOR RADICAL REFORMS

• Putting R&D and innovation as a pillar of Lisbon Strategy is correct, but...

• ...accelerating the transition from a resource-based society to a knowledge-based society requires mobilisation of a broad range of actions beyond R&D and innovation"Creating an Innovative

Europe"

Innovative Europe" , Report of the E. Aho group, Feb. 2006

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BARRIERS FOR JOINT UNDERTAKINGS

• Specific national rulings– Review schemes (national - must)– Resident vs. non-resident financing– What allowed (e.g. stem cells, GMOs, etc)

• Diverse funding schemes– Ministries vs. Research Councils

• Different fiscal rules and scales– Full vs. partial cost, backup funds

• Different budgetary rules (e.g. yearly base)

• Different priorities and legal consequences

• Different scale of resources– GERD (0,35 – 4,5%)

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A NEW DEAL URGENTLY NEEDED !

European Commission• an initiator• an observer –ERA watch• a guardian• a „facilitator” (financial, personnel)• a legal advisor• information provider• externalise fund distribution

Member States• abandon „just retour”• accept a „common pot”• agree on benchmarking and its

consequences - openness• harmonise procedures (e.g. on

peer review, English as acceptable legal language in proposal submittals, timing,…)

• EU- portability of grants

Evolution of fund distribution

EC DGs Executive Agencies European Councils

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LEGAL FRAMEWORK EU TREATY – CHAPTER XVIII

• Art. 166 Framework Program

• Art. 165 Community and MS shall coordinate their research … to ensure that national and Community Policy are mutually consistent

• Art. 169 EC + MS jointly funded programs

• Art. 171 New structures possible (EU Parliament involved)

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EUROPEAN EXCELLENCETHROUGH

GLOBAL COOPERATION AND

COMPETITION

EUROPEAN EXCELLENCETHROUGH

GLOBAL COOPERATION AND

COMPETITION

EUROPE´S MOTIVE FOR FP8 AND BEYOND

Back to roots of science, rules of good practice, focus on talents,

excellence and ideas, to a mission!

SCIENCE IS NOT ABOUT MONEY!

FP6 Ex-post evaluation: Report on Findings of the Expert Group

http://ec.europa.eu/research/reports/2009/pdf/fp6_evaluation_final_report_en.pdf

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1. Grand Challenges• Large Problem-driven programmes• Quality and originality but also relevance

2. Great Ideas – Moving frontiers• Bottom-up approach• Quality and originality are the sole criteria

3. Help to realise what MS cannot do alone• Research Infrastructure and access to it• Stimulate and ease multilateral collaboration (ERA-NETs +)

A NEW ROLE OF FP ON EUROPEAN MAP

The European grant should become the highest distinction and a career milestone

EUROPEAN SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS

• Currently the dialogue is mostly between MS and EC• Some role (no adequate) of EUROHORC• Creation of the ERC showed what can research

society at large accomplish, if united.• Learned societies have always been a „glue” for

researchers. Example of AAAS shows that may also be powerful (involves society at large!

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Europe lacks such bodies and this is a missing pillar of a research triangle: ESF, EUROSCIENCE, ALLEA, EUA backed by large pan-European Foundations must get stronger and be heard and listened by decision makers

How is it possible to expect that mankind will How is it possible to expect that mankind will take advice, when they will not so much as take advice, when they will not so much as

take warning?take warning?

JJonathanonathan Swift Swift The Battle of the Books and Other Short PiecesThe Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces

If Europe in the XX century could agree on common coal & steel and then agricultural policies,

why then not to have common Research, Education and Innovation policies for the XXI century?

From ERA to REI

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Our glorious intellectual past must Our glorious intellectual past must make young Europeans involved. make young Europeans involved. THERE!!!THERE!!!

Alcalá de Henares – the town of Cervantes, 2009Alcalá de Henares – the town of Cervantes, 2009