INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL CO-OPERATION

INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL CO-OPERATION

March 2007

Yair Amitay

Managing Director

Why Israeli High-tech?

• High-Tech is over 50% of industrial production.• Over 50% of industrial export are High-Tech.• World highest per-capita science graduates and

scientific workforce: 140 per 10,000

Why Israeli High-tech? (cont.)

• R&D spending 4.5% of GNP - among the world’s highest.

• Civilian spin-offs of defense technologies.

• Global JV’s takeovers and international alliances.

• Hundreds of new "Start-up" companies emerge yearly

OCS Industrial R&D Programs

Generic R&D

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Pre-Seed

Technological Incubators

Nofar

Tnufa

Eureka

Bi-national Funds

Bi-national Agreements

Seed Fund

IndustrialR&D Fund

MATIMOP

IRC

Galileo

Competitive R&D

Matimop – Israeli Industry Center for R&D

in charge of implementing international cooperation programs for industrial R&D on

behalf of the Office of the Chief Scientist, Ministry of Industry Trade and Labor

International Cooperation in R&D

KORIL - with KOREA

CIIRD - with Canada

SIIRD - with Singapore

Bi-national FundsBi-national Funds::

BRITECH - with the UK

BIRD - with the U.S.A

Bi-national R&D Support Agreements:

The Netherlands

Spain

Belgium

France

Portugal

Italy

Taiwan

Ireland

Sweden

Finland

GermanyChina

India

Victoria(Australia)

Russia

International Cooperation in R&D

• European Commission Seventh Framework

Program

• EUREKA

•

Multinational AgreementsMultinational Agreements::

GALILEO

EUREKA

The Leading European Industrial R&D Program, in the competitive area.

•“Bottom up” Industrial R&D projects•Umbrella projects•Cluster projects

Israel in Eureka

Project Generation 10\06, source: Eureka Secretariat

Bi-National and Multi-NationalIndustrial R&D Projects

EurekaBi-nat’-Europe

Bi-nat’ FundsAsia

Bi-nat’Asia

New New New New

Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing

Total 65 Total 102 Total 152

No. projects 200

2200

3 2004

Total 102 Total 185

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10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Russia-Israel R&D Industrial Cooperation

• Matimop and the Federal Agency of Science and Innovation (ROSNAUKA) launched a new program

• The program is implemented within EUREKA scheme.• Open Call • Joint Industrial R&D projects within this framework are

eligible for R&D grants from the national funding authorities in Russia and Israel (Office of the Chief Scientist).

• In Israel, OCS grants cover up to 50% of R&D costs• MATIMOP and ROSNAUKA assist in Partner Search

ContactsIsrael Russia

Mrs.Ilana Gross Mrs. Lidia Kovaleva

Program Manager Deputy Director

MATIMOP ROSNAUKA

+972-3-5118184 +7(495)115 9766

ilana@matimop.org.il kovaleva@gain.ru

Thank Thank You for You for Your Your AttentioAttentionn