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International Cooperation and HORIZON 2020

Angela Liberatore

Deputy Head of Unit

European Neighbourhood, Africa and Gulf

DG Research and Innovation

European Commission

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Enhancing and focusing EU international cooperation in research and innovation: A strategic approach

targeted to implementing Horizon 2020 as well as

supporting EU external policies

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From a triad to a multipolar world

STI increasingly internationally interconnected

Most societal challenges are

global in nature

STI in a Rapidly Changing Context

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Drivers of international cooperation

Need to access and share knowledge produced in and outside Europe, access to new markets

Need to promote Europe as an attractive location and partner for research and innovation

Need to join forces globally to tackle global challenges

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Research, Innovation & Science Diplomacy

R&I is a driver of smart growth and sustainable socio-economic development in developing, emerging and industrialised countries

is the substance of effective science diplomacy in support of broader diplomatic relations with countries and regions - also in times of crisis (when

other forms of cooperation are more difficult to pursue)

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Taking stock: International participats in FP7(non-EU, not-associated)

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EC CONTRIBUTION TO NON EU COUNTRIES

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New strategy for international cooperation in research and innovation

Need to engage more actively and strategically in international cooperation:

Three main objectives:

• Strengthen the Union's excellence and attractiveness in STI

• Tackle global societal challenges

• Support the Union's external policies

Combining openness with better targeted actions

Strengthened partnership with Member States

Stronger contribution of research and innovation to

enlargement, neighbourhood, development, trade, foreign EU policies

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STI in support to the EU external relations: a) EU Neighbourhood developing a common 'Knowledge and Innovation Space'), including:

EaP: support to regional 'platforms' (EaP INCONET) and

bilateral R&I policy dialogues (S&T Agreement with Ukraine; Moldova accession to FP, …)

Southern Mediterranean/Middle East: support to regional platforms and networks (ERANETMED, MEDSPRING) + debate on Art.185, ongoing S&T Agreements (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia)

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STI in support to the EU external relations: b) Strategic Partners

S&T Agreements with:

Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chili, China, Korea, India, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, USA…(in addition to those

with neighbourhood countries)

And related platforms, networks, projects….

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STI in support to the EU external relations: c) inter-regional cooperation

Policy dialogue and platforms on STI cooperation with:

ASEAN

Central Asia

Gulf

LAC

Pacific

(in addition to ENP mentioned earlier)

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Science for development

Science, Technology and Innovation are means to foster development by enhancing human potential and infrastructures, and designing new services and products. Research also provides evidence in support of development policies both on cross-cutting issues (such as poverty eradication) and sector-specific actions.

Addressing relevant challenges for development, through STI

Agriculture and food security

Water management, impacts of and adaptation to climate change

Health diseases

Energy, including renewables

for example, by building partnerships such as Africa-EU Partnership for Science & EU-Africa High Level Policy Dialogue

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International Cooperation in Horizon 2020

General opening

• Horizon 2020 open to participation from across the world • Revision to the list of countries which receive automatic funding

Targeted activities in societal challenges and industrial leadership

• Projects with required or preferential 3rd country participation • Joint calls, delegated management, ERA-NET, Art 185

Excellent science

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowships: strong international dimension • Development of global research infrastructures (Carnegie Group) • ERC open to researchers from all over the world: research to be carried out

mostly in Member States or Associated Countries

Dedicated cross-cutting actions – within Challenge 6 ‘Inclusive, Innovative and Reflective Societies’

• Support for to policy dialogue with key countries and regions • Networking and twinning activities • Coordination of EU and MS/AC international cooperation policies • Strengthening of European presence in international partner countries

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Thematic targeting

Starting point: Horizon 2020 societal challenges and enabling technologies

Identify areas based on analysis of a set of criteria of the EU and potential partners:

• Research and innovation capacity

• Access to markets

• Contribution to international commitments, e.g. MDG, Rio+20

• Frameworks in place to engage in cooperation (EU, international partners and MS) – including lessons learnt from previous cooperation

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Multi-annual roadmaps for cooperation with countries/regions

Enlargement and neighbourhood countries, and EFTA

• Focus on alignment with the ERA

• Support enlargement and neighbourhood policies (support to developing a common 'Knowledge and Innovation Space')

Industrialised countries and emerging economies

• Focus on competitiveness

• Tackle global challenges

• Business opportunities and access to new markets

Developing countries

• Support development policy by building partnerships contributing to sustainable development

• Address relevant challenges (e.g. poverty-related diseases, energy and food security, biodiversity)

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Instruments

Policy instruments

• more strategic use of S&T agreements with key third countries

• strategic partnerships

• increased synergies across EU programs, more visibility for STI in general cooperation frameworks

Funding instruments

• collaborative projects (third country participation required and/or taken into account in evaluation)

• networking between existing projects

• joint initiatives of Union and third countries: coordinated calls, contribution of Union to third country/international organisations, ERA-Net, Art.185

Information gathering (multiple sources: ERAWATCH, OECD,

UNESCO, EEAS Delegations and Counsellors,…)

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Coordination and Partnership with Member States

Coordination with other EU policies and instruments

• external policies (including development policy)

• external dimension of other Union policies (e.g. environment)

Coordination with International organisations and multilateral fora

EU activities must add value and complement those of Member States

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Promoting common principles

Promote level playing field for international cooperation

Set of mutually agreed principles to generate trust and confidence

Issues: research integrity, peer review, role of women in science, research careers, fair and equitable treatment of IPR, open access

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Some reflections on venues forward: Interdisciplinarity goes International, and viceversa

we need to strenghten both interdisciplinarity and international cooperation as cross-cutting dimensions of all programmes, as well as WITHIN each other:

interdisciplinarity IN international cooperation activities as the world is too complex and diverse for exclusively monodisciplinary efforts;

international cooperation IN/OF many interdisciplinary efforts as most of the problems addressed by FP research do not stop at European borders…

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