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Science and Technology Policy and Innovation I
COST
European Cooperation in the Field of
Scientific and Technical Research
Presented by:João Silva
Paulo Anastácio
Summary
Duration 3-5 years
Concerted Actions and Networking
Co-ordination
No geographical restrictions, but with a minimum of 5 participants from 5 different member states
“Non-competitive” (pre-normative; environmental and cross-border problems; public utility)
Financed nationally
Bottom-up approach
Flexibility
“A la carte” participation
“Integration”
Complementarity of EU
programmes
Exploratory
Commission involvement
European Technology Cooperation
International Energy Agency
Network for market orientedR&D national funding
Creates networks of nationally funded research projects onEuropean level
European Space Agency
EU R&D Framework ProgrammeEU
EUREKA
COST
ESA
…. ……..
Description
Framework for scientific and technical cooperation,
allowing co-ordination of national research on a
European level;
The goal of COST is to ensure that Europe holds a
strong position in the field of scientific and technical
research for peaceful purposes
Established in 1971 by 19 European States within 17
Scientific & Technical domains;
Organisational structure
Committee of Senior Officials:
– Decision making and highest body.
– Composed of member states representatives, one of whom
in each case acts as COST National Coordinator;
Technical Committees:
– Responsible for a particular sector under the authority of
the CSO
– Responsible for technical preparation work;
– Control the implementation of the Actions and aid in the
co-ordination, evaluation in an advisory capacity;
Organisational structure
Management Committees:
– In charge of implementating, supervising and co-ordinating
Actions;
– Formed by not more than two representatives of each
Signatory Country;
COST National Coordinator:
– One member of the CSO from each member state acts as
national coordinator for COST Actions;
– Provides the liaison between the scientists and institutions
in his country and the Council COST secretariat;
Member countries
34 COST Member States + Israel
(Co-operating Country)
The European Commission;
International organisations and
research establishments from non-
COST countries: Armenia (2),
Australia (2), Canada (4), India (1),
Japan (3), Macao (1), Russia (11),
Ukraine (3), USA (6). There are also
3 participating Non Governmental
Organisations;
Membership history
1971: Ministerial Conference, Brussels– 19 Member countries: AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GR, IE,
IT, LU, NL, NO, PT, SE, TU, UK, YU
1991: Ministerial Conference, Vienna– 4 new member countries: CS, HU, IS, PL
1992 - 1993: YU gave place to HR, SI; and CS to CZ and SK
1997: Ministerial Conference, Prague– 3 new member countries: EE, MT, RO
1998: 4 new observer countries: BG, CY, LT, LV 1999: 4 new member countries: BG, CY, LT, LV 2000: Israel Co-operating state 2001: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2002: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Scientific and technical domains
Agriculture and
Biotechnology
Chemistry
Environment
Fluid Dynamics
Food Technology
Forests and Forestry
Products
Informatics
Materials
Medical Research
Meteorology
Nanosciences
Oceanography
Physics
Telecommunication
Information Sciences and
Technology (TIST)
Transport
Urban Civil Engineering
Scientific and technical actions
These are networks of coordinated national research
projects in fields, which are of interest to a minimum
number of participants (at least 5) from different
member states;
The Actions are defined by a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) signed by the Governments of
the COST states wishing to participate in the Action;
The duration of an Action is generally 4 years;
Evolution of actions (1980 – 2002)
Number of actions per domain at the end of 2001 - 2002
Member participation (2002)
Non-member participation (2002)
Size of actions
One of the largest frameworks for research co-
operation in Europe.
Today, there are nearly 200 Actions involving some 40
000 participating scientists from 32 European member
countries;
Nearly 50 participating institutions from additional 14
different countries;
Execution value of over 2 Billion €;
Size of actions
This expenditure represents on average 0.5% of the
overall national funding;
Used to cover co-ordination costs such as:
– Contributions to workshops/conferences;
– Travel costs for meetings;
– Contributions to publications;
– Short term scientific missions of researchers to visit other
laboratories;
Size of actions
% of
COST Budget
Average for Actions / Year 60,000 €Average / Meeting / Participant 880 €Short Term Scientific Missions 11,500 € 7%Average for Publications 4,000 € 3%Average for Workshops 7,000 € 4%Final Evaluation up to 2,500 € 2%
Budget size (2002)
€ Agriculture and Biotechnology 1,615,026TIST 1,323,701Chemistry 1,278,980Forests and Forestry Products 980,825Urban Civil Engineering 698,883Materials 686,657Medicine and Health 682,869Transport 619,532Social Sciences 609,655Environment 594,110Metereology 459,024Food Technology 307,200Miscellaneous 226,563Physics 226,160Nanostag 62,408Fluid Dynamics 56,674
TOTAL 10,428,267
Advantages
Easy access to state-of-the-art research information;
Entry to broad international collaboration;
Fosters S&T Co-operation across Europe;
Partners and networks for future research cooperation;
Promotes co-operation between Candidate Countries and the
EU (particularly the FP) and facilitates their integration;
Exploration of new areas of co-operative research endeavor;
Advantages
Increased international recognition;
Successful consortia for the bids for the EU FP;
Coordination costs like travel and meetings expenses
are funded through the EU FP;
Creates lasting networks of scientists & researchers;
Participants mainly from:
– Research institutes and universities
– Some 20 % of the participants come
from industry and enterprises