Opportunities for Cooperation in National and

InternationalResearch Programmes

Oriol Miralbell IzardWorkshop “ICT and innovation in the management of tourist companies anddestinations”Wednesday 25 March 2009University School of Tourism and Leisure, Vila-seca

Opportunities for Cooperation in National and International Research Programmes Research framework and principles

Trends in ITC & Tourism research

Opportunities

Framework & principles

The European Research CouncilWhat is the ERC? The European Research Council (ERC) is the first European

funding body set up to support investigator-driven frontier research.

Its main aim is to stimulate scientific excellence by supporting and encouraging the very best, truly creative scientists, scholars and engineers to be adventurous and take risks in their research. The scientists are encouraged to go beyond established frontiers of knowledge and the boundaries of disciplines.

The ERC complements other funding activities in Europe such as those of the national research funding agencies, and is a flagship component of the 'Ideas Programme' of the European Union's Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7).

http://erc.europa.eu/

What is the European Research Area? In 2000, the EU decided to create the European Research Area (ERA).

This means creating a unified area all across Europe, in which we should:

Enable researchers to move and interact seamlessly, benefit from world-class infrastructures and work with excellent networks of research institutions;

Share, teach, value and use knowledge effectively for social, business and policy purposes;

Optimise and open European, national and regional research programmes in order to support the best research throughout Europe and coordinate these programmes to address major challenges together;

Develop strong links with partners around the world so that Europe benefits from the worldwide progress of knowledge, contributes to global development and takes a leading role in international initiatives to solve global issues.

Scattered public research in Europe

Scattered public research in Europe

Size of bubbles: This is directly proportional to the amount of European public funding (MS+EC), based on New Cronos (e.g. GBAORD) and US government data as well as scientific publications.

X-axis: This estimates the degree of coordination among Member State (MS) research programmes and of funding and institutional fragmentation, based on qualitative assessments from scientific publications, strategic reports, etc;Y-axis: This presents the logarithmic ratio of public R&D investment in Europe(MS+European Commission (EC)) compared to US,

ICT in FP7

ICT in FP7

ICT in FP7

ICT Technology Pillars Nano electronics, photonics and integrated micro &

nano/systems Ubiquitous and unlimited capacity communication

networks Embedded systems, computing and control Software, Grids, security and dependability Knowledge, cognitive and learning systems Simulation, visualization, interaction and mixed

realities

ICT in FP7

Integration and Technologies Personal environments Home environments Robotic systems Intelligent infrastructures

ICT in FP7 - Application ResearchICT for content, creativity and personal

development New media paradigms and new forms of

content Technology-enhanced learning ICT/based systems to support accessibility

and use over time of digital cultural resources

ICT in FP7 - Application ResearchICT supporting business and industry New forms of dynamic networked co-

operative business processes, digital eco-systems

Manufacturing

The Spanish National Plan for Scientific Research,Development and Technological InnovationNational Programme for the Internationalisation of R&DAimThis programme seeks to promote the internationalisation of R&D. All

initiatives and activities designed to increase levels of internationalisation, participation in international R&D&I activities by national stakeholders, and cooperation in research will be articulated within this programme. It aims to promote participation by Spanish groups on the international stage, and especially Spanish companies and public centres in the European Union Seventh Framework Programme. A series of instrumental measures to foster and stimulate participation by companies and associations will be established so as to increase Spanish returns, and promote a strong presence and business leadership in all the Regional Governments in strategic R&D&I projects of major importance to international collaboration within the new ERA initiatives, among others.

The Spanish National Plan for Scientific Research,Development and Technological InnovationBeneficiaries Public and private sector institutions: public research organisations,

universities, hospitals, technology centres, science and technology parks, technology transfer support organisations, companies, etc.

Instrumentation Public call for proposalsDuration of Funding Maximum of 4 yearsFunding The funding is for creating and/or strengthening European project

offices, the training and qualification of international project managers, funding membership of networks and European platforms, financing improvements in project management systems, and the promotion of collaboration with other national and international entities in the Seventh Framework Programme. Non-repayable subsidy.

Avanza Plan / Spain

Complemenatry Actions to Fundamental research Projects Programme Programa de Acciones Complementarias a Proyectos de Investigación Fundamental no orientada (Proy AACC 2009) July, 7, 2009 and October, 21, 2009

Strategic Action in Telecommunications and Information Society – R+D Programa Avanza I+D (Acción Estratégica de Telecomunicaciones y Sociedad de la Información) (AETSI Avanza I+D 2009-1) May, 21, 2009

Strategic Action in Telecommunications and Information Society - Content Programa Avanza Contenidos (Acción Estratégica de Telecomunicaciones y Sociedad de la Información) (AETSI Avanza Contenidos 2009-1) April, 6, 2009

EUREKA

Main Goal The target of Eureka Tourism is to become a meeting point for companies

operating in the tourism sector (hotel chains, travel agencies, leisure enterprises, etc.) and for companies developing technology programmes to be applied in the tourist services.

 Essential ingredients for a project within the Eureka Tourism framework Being a Cooperation project Being trans-national, (i.e. 2 companies from 2 different member countries should

be involved) Market-oriented Highly technological and innovative, applied to the Tourism Sector

What's the point in setting up a project within the Eureka Tourism criteria? European technological label of quality of the project European technologically innovative image of the company Much easier access to national funding system And much more...

EUREKA Trends

 Support for public / private tourist companies and organizations 2008

New Market Trends Community Recommendation, intelligent search engines Harmonization of standards Access to information, automated content Personalization Design of information, Integration of services and contents Location-based Transparency

EUREKA Trends

 Support for public / private tourist companies and organizations 2008

Needs related to Trends More and certain information Innovation not only technology Technology GPS (Galileo enabled mobile phones) Cross-platform services Trust information Broad bandwidth Support users on the move

EUREKA Trends

 Content, creativity and personal development 2008

New Market Trends    Personal Communication and Relationship (before, during

and after the travel) Location based services and information Experience driven interactive content Networking destination stakeholders Accessibility for everyone Multiplatform delivery of information

EUREKA Trends

 Content, creativity and personal development 2008

Projects to be developed European Network to Monitor Technology in Tourism 113-Emergency for Tourism Web 2.0 Portal for Destination Management and Marketing (Rioja

Interactiva), new search engine approach: Experiences communities. Multiple secure profiles management. Reliable information. Support for destination management companies and other

SMEs. Multimedia/channel platform reliable information. Networks for e-Training/knowledge management.

SISE report

Present action lines affecting tourism research Increase Tourism competitive strategies Technological equipment with advanced solutions

integrated to tourism industry Tourism and environment Information Management

SISE report

Expected projects with major impact

Mobility / ubiquity technologies Customer relation and accessibility Virtual representation of tourism destinations Multimedia information platforms

SISE report

Non dedicated areas

Innovation Customer motivation Business communication and networking Personalization and context adaptation of

services Solutions for greening tourism

SISE report

The National Plan 2008/2011 does not include tourism as a specific area

Need to increase promotion of cooperation between University, research Institutes and private sector

Need to develop Network of tourism industry Agenda, clusters, redesign funding strategy, etc.

Foster international cooperation Foster mobility of researchers