The Greek – French S&T cooperation

Dr. George Bonas

General Secretariat for Research and Technology

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Bilateral cooperation schemes in Greece: global figures

Operational schemes with 24 countries:– France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK– Cyprus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia,

Slovenia– Albania, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Turkey – Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine– Egypt, Tunisia, China

More than 15 M€ allocated (2001-2005)

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Bilateral cooperation schemes in Greece: modalities

Annual or bi-annual Calls on mutually agreed topics; peer evaluationIncentives for the private sector2 year projects of approx. 12 (or 18) k€ for:– Exchange of researchers (up to 50%)– Salary for young researchers (25-50%) – Consumables, equipment, publications (up to 25%)

Submission/evaluation of final report

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Greek – French cooperation

Possibly the oldest; the Calls are annualVery strong demand. To reduce over-subscription narrow fields, different every year.

New collaborations are encouraged…

Year Submitted Accepted Rate 2001 109 28 26% 2002 84 23 27% 2003 53 18 34% 2004 33 16 48% 2005 57 20 35%

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Added value of Bilateral cooperation schemes in EU?

Researcher’s level

Much simpler and flexible procedures than FP (Thematic Priorities and Marie Curie) or COST

Provide opportunities for young researchers that studied abroad to maintain links with their host laboratory in the other country

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Added value of Bilateral cooperation schemes in EU?

Policy levelTargeted cooperation in fields of mutual interest (e.g. ESA, ‘Nestor’ project, Marine research, cultural heritage, etc.), often not covered by FP

Opportunity for work on topics of wider EU interest (e.g. this workshop)