Mobility Agreement

Mobility Info Day

Brussels, 19 October 2009 Doug BartlettFusion Association

AgreementsResearch DG

European Commission

Outline

• RTD Unit J4 team for Associations• Philosophy and purpose of the

mobility agreement• A brief word about budgets

Cluster Associations• Steer research work in

associations • Promote collaborative

work between associations

• Help small associations• Promote joint tools and

equipment (JET, HPC)• Implement

recommendations of Facility review report

• Contact : R. Giannella• Contact point for

Mobility : Ina Grope

Unit J4 - Structure

Cluster IPR, industrial policy

• To broaden the Industrial involvement in Fusion and make European Industry more competitive

• Promote technology transfer from Associations to industry partners

• Training on IPR• Managing IPR abroad• Contact : C. Ibbott

Cluster EFDA• Promote efficient steering

by EFDA of research activities

• Promote efficient use of JET• Scientific and technical

matters• Contact : D. Maisonnier

Horizontal matters Contact : D. Bartlett• Ensure overall consistency• Setting-up new legal instruments• Contract management• Legal implementation of IEA Multilateral Agreement• Contribution to Directorate’s communication actions

Head of Unit : Yvan Capouet

The Team

Patricia LibertUnit Assistant

Yvan CapouetHead of Unit

Doug BartlettProgramme Officer

Ana Garcia SaguarLegal Officer

Carole DelvauxAssistant to HoU

Rosa AntidormiProgramme Officer

Steven BoothProgramme Officer

Ruggero Giannella Programme Officer

Ina GropeAssistant to

Associations Cluster

Your contact points

• General administration and procedures:– Ina Grope (Patricia Libert)

• Legal aspects:– Ana Garcia Saguar

• Matters specific to your Association:– Rosa Antidormi

(Belgian State, CEA, DCU, Hellenic Republic)– Steven Booth

(CU, FOM, FZK, FZJ, HAS, INRNE, IPP.CR, IPPLM, Latvia, LEI, MEdC, MHEST, TEKES)

– Ruggero Giannella(CIEMAT, ENEA, IPP, IST, ÖAW, RISØ, Swiss Confederation, UKAEA, VR)

Why do we have aMobility Agreement?

• We have (and want to maintain) an integrated European fusion programme

• That means: – many collaborations between Associations,– coordinated activities (ie. several Associations

working together under EFDA)– collective actions such as JET (all Associations

working together under EFDA)

• The financial support provided by the Mobility Agreement makes this possible

The “glue” which helps to hold the programme together!

The purpose of the Mobility Agreement

• From the text of the agreement:“to promote enhanced collaboration and integration of the Programme, and to foster international cooperation”

• In practice, this means:–encourage collaboration between Associations on research activities,

–support participation in meetings necessary for coordinated activities under EFDA,

–support research activities under international agreements, and representation of the EU in specified meetings.

Annual Budget

• Every year the Commission commits funds for use under the Mobility Agreement, according to the available budget.

• Therefore, each Association is given a ceiling for the year, based on past use of mobility. The sum of all the ceilings is equal to the mobility budget.

• But, adjustments of the ceilings which maintain the total may be made during the year, according to any anticipated over or under spending.

Flexibility