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II° Stakeholders meeting Technology Platform “Food for Life” Brussels - June 9, 2005

II° Stakeholders meeting Technology Platform “Food for Life” Brussels - June 9, 2005. Antonio Di Giulio Unit: Food Quality Biotechnology, Agriculture and Food Research DG Research European Commission. Elements of Presentation. Main Features of Technology Platforms

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II° Stakeholders meeting Technology Platform “Food for Life” Brussels - June 9, 2005

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  1. II° Stakeholders meeting Technology Platform “Food for Life”Brussels - June 9, 2005 Antonio Di Giulio Unit: Food Quality Biotechnology, Agriculture and Food Research DG Research European Commission

  2. Elements of Presentation • Main Features of Technology Platforms • Current Status, Governance, Community Role • FP7

  3. Technology Platforms: Central Concept Framework to unite stakeholders around: a common “vision” for the technology concerned mobilisation of a critical mass of research and innovation effort definition of a Strategic Research Agenda

  4. Technology Platforms:Status Report Currently +/- 20 Emerging Fields Stage 1 - Stakeholders Get Together:Many Platforms Advanced Stage 2:Stakeholders Define a Strategic Research Agenda: Underway for Number of Platforms Stage 3:Stakeholders implement the Strategic Research Agenda: For Seventh Framework Programme

  5. Technology Platforms: Key Success Factors • Industry-Led; Competitiveness-Driven • Wide Stakeholder Involvement • Flexibility: No “One Size Fits All” • Cross-Policy European Added Value • Operational Focus from Early Stage • Mobilise a Range of Funding Sources • Focus on Education and Training • Communication / Dissemination

  6. Openness and Transparency • Code of Good Practice • Key Elements: - Rotation of Membership of Advisory Council - Regular Stakeholder Meetings - Openness to Participation of New Stakeholders - Dedicated Platform Website

  7. Technology Platforms: Commission Involvement Encouraging a “Bottom-Up” Industry-Led Approach Not Owner but Active Facilitator Not Labelling but Guiding Co-ordinating/Monitoring Role BUT: Not Bound by Content of Strategic Research Agendas

  8. Technology Platforms: Run-Up to FP7 Support for Operational Entities - Secretariats: Specific Support Actions - Mirror Groups: ERA-NET • Projects Brought In/Launched Under Platform - Instruments of FP6

  9. Technology Platforms: Implementation Under FP7 • Majority of Platforms - Supported Using Instruments of Collaborative Research • Small Minority: Long-Term Public-Private Partnerships Required - “Joint Technology Initiatives” – Article 171 of Treaty

  10. Building Europe Knowledge Towards the Seventh Framework Programme2007-2013

  11. What’s new ? Main new elements compared to FP6: • Annual budget doubled (EUR 5 billion ►10 billion) • Basic research (~ EUR 1.5 billion per year) • Simplification of procedures • Logistical and administrative tasks transferred to external structures

  12. FP7 budget(EUR billion, 2004 constant prices) 68.264

  13. FP7 2007 - 2013 Specific Programmes Cooperation – Collaborative research Ideas – Frontier Research People – Human Potential Capacities – Research Capacity + JRC (non-nuclear) JRC (nuclear) Euratom

  14. Cooperation – Collaborative research 9 Thematic Priorities • Health • Food, agriculture and biotechnology • Information and communication technologies • Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies • Energy • Environment (including climate change) • Transport (including aeronautics) • Socio-economic sciences and the humanities • Security and space + Euratom: Fusion energy research, nuclear fission and radiation protection

  15. Cooperation – Collaborative research • Under each theme there will be sufficient flexibility to address both Emerging needsand Unforeseen policy needs • Dissemination of knowledge and transfer of results will be supported in all thematic areas • Support will be implemented across all themes through: Collaborative research (Collaborative projects; Networks of Excellence; Coordination/support actions) Joint Technology Initiatives Coordination of non-Community research programmes (ERA-NET; ERA-NET+; Article 169) International Cooperation

  16. FP7 2007-2013‘Cooperation’ budget

  17. 2. Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest, and aquatic environments “Fork to farm”: Food, health and well being Life sciences and biotechnology for sustainable non-food products and processes More on food

  18. Joint Technology Initiatives Global Monitoring for Environment and Security Hydrogen and Fuel Cells for a Sustainable Energy Future Aeronautics and Air Transport Towards new Nanoelectronics Approaches Innovative Medicines for the Citizens of Europe Embedded systems Other possible themes to be identified later…

  19. Ideas – Frontier Research ERC – European Research Council Commission Scientific Council* • Preparation of work programme • Set up of peer review: pool of reviewers, nomination of review panels, evaluation guidelines • Oversight of the evaluation procedure • Annual scientific report • Approval of work programme, as defined by the Scientific Council • Instruction to implement work programme • Approval of annual implementation report • Information to programme committee Externalised tasks** • Information and support to applicants • Reception / eligibility of proposals • Organisation and execution of evaluation • Selection decision • Scientific and financial follow-up of contracts • Annual implementation report * Created by Commission decision * * Under the responsibility of the Commission

  20. 2. Research for the benefit of SMEs Research for SMEs Research for SME associations Encourage and facilitate SME participation across FP7 + under the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP): Support services provided by networks to encourage SME participation in FP7 (awareness, identification of needs, assistance)

  21. SMEs in FP7:Optimal participation • Reduce barriers to participation • simplification • fewer funding schemes; more flexibility and freedom • Take account of SME needs in thematic area content • Participation potential varies by programme and theme

  22. Simplification of procedures • Measures proposed: • Rationalising the funding schemes • simpler set of funding instruments • Avoiding red-tape! • less bureaucratic and more user-friendly languages • Reducing • number and size of documents • number of requests to participants

  23. Funding Schemes… • Based on calls for proposals • collaborative projects, coordination and support actions • combined as appropriate • To support actions implemented through Council and European Parliament decisions • basis of article 171 • through the specific programme decisions, • mobilise national funding, FP, SF, loans from EIB, etc. http://www.cordis.lu/infrastructures/

  24. SimplifyingFP7 actions • Flexibility • tools to achieve FP7 objectives efficiently • Rationalisation • better balance between risks and controls • avoiding procedures, rules and requests that have no added value • reducing delays • Coherence • clarifying rights and obligations • consistent and user-friendly communication • matching objectives and means • taking into account participants’ own practices and pre-existing rules as far as possible

  25. FP7 Timetable

  26. Information • EU research: http://europa.eu.int/comm/research • Seventh Framework Programme: http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/future/index_en.cfm • Technology Platforms www.cordis.lu/technology-platforms • Information on research programmes and projects: http://www.cordis.lu • RTD info magazine: http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/rtdinfo/ • Information requests: research@cec.eu.int

  27. Food, agriculture and biotechnology research:Objectives • Build a European Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy (KBBE) • Respond to social and economic challenges: • sustainable food production • food-related disorders • infectious animal diseases • agriculture/fishery production and climate change • high quality food, animal welfare and the rural context • Support CAP and CFP • Involve all stakeholders (incl. industry) in research • Respond quickly to emerging research needs

  28. Food, agriculture and biotechnology research:Rationale • Biotechnology and food companies / SMEs need to be competitive on the world market (‘European Strategy on Life Sciences and Biotechnology’) • Society demands safer and healthier food • Renewable resources and biomass for non-food applications helps reducing dependence on hydrocarbon-based economy • Society demands sustainable and eco-efficient production methods in agriculture/fishery/forestry • International cooperation ensures optimal exploitation of resources and application of results

  29. Life sciences & biotechnology for sustainable non- food products + processes “Fork to Farm”Food, health and well-being THE EUROPEAN KNOWLEDGE-BASED BIOECONOMY QUALITY ASSURANCE STRATEGIES TRACEABILITY, CONSUMER SCIENCE STABILITY - BIODEGRADABILITY FUNCTIONALITY (Chirality) SOCIETAL NEEDS WHITEBIOTECH CLEAN BIOPROCESSES RAW MATERIALS/WASTE ADVANCED FOOD TECHNOLOGIES, FOOD QUALITY DETERMINANTS, NUTRITION PROCESSING GREEN/BLUE BIOTECH OPTIMISED RAW MATERIALS LOW INPUT FARMING - BIODIVERSITY ANIMAL HEALTH - RURAL DEVT. PRODUCTION Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest, and aquatic environments

  30. 1) Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest, and aquatic environment Activities: • Enabling research (‘omics’, converging technologies, biodiversity) for micro-organism, plants and animals • Improved crops and production systems incl. organic farming • Sustainable, competitive and multifunctional agriculture, forestry and rural development • Animal welfare, breeding and production • Infectious diseases in animals, including zoonoses • Policy tools for agriculture and rural development

  31. 2) “Fork to farm”: Food, health and well being Activities: • Consumer, societal, industrial and health aspects of food and feed • Nutrition, diet related diseases and disorders • Innovative food and feed processing • Improved quality and safety of food, beverage and feed • Total food chain concept • Traceability

  32. 3) Life sciences and biotechnology for sustainable non-food products and processes Activities: • Improved crops, feed-stocks, marine products and biomass for energy, environment, and high added value industrial products; novel farming systems • Bio-catalysis; new bio-refinery concepts • Forestry and forest based products and processes • Environmental remediation and cleaner processing Return to main presentation

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