European Cooperation in the
EU RTD Framework Programme:
Experiences in FP6 and
perspectives for FP7
Manfred Horvat
bm:bwk and ASO Bratislava Kosice
2nd Austrian-Slovak Science Day
6 Dezember 2005
A short history of EIP/FFG
• 1993: initiative of Austrian government and Economic
Chamber: BIT established in preparation for EU
membership
• Supported by all SRTI policy actors in Austria
• Legal basis: association
• Staff in 1993: 11 permanent staff
• Staff in 2004: 35 permanent staff, 15 project managers
• 2004: initiative of Austrian government to merge four
organisations to form FFG - Austrian Research
Promotion Agency
• Legal basis: limited company
• BIT – EIP: Division for European and International
Programmes
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Organigramme FFG
Austrian Research Promotion Agency
(established September 2004)
General
Management
Revision
Agency for Aeronautics & Space
(ALR)
Internal
Services
Basic
Programmes
Structural
Programmes
Thematic
Programmes
(BP)
(SP)
(TP)
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Strategy
European
and
international
Programmes
(EIP)
EIP/FFG is …
• hosting the Austrian National Contact Points (NCP)
for FP6 and other international programmes
• offering targeted information, assistance and
coaching services
• providing EU RTD experts for FP6+:
20 permanent experts, 10 experts on projects
• networking in specific support actions stimulating
FP participation and collaborative learning
• offering gateways to R&D partners from Austria
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Core services of EIP/FFG
• Developing the client base – customer relations!
>30.000 clients from 14.000 organisations in Austria
• providing information on EU & internat. RTD
• offering individual advice & coaching for proposers
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checking project idea vs. Work Programme and Call
ensuring eligibility (formal criteria)
checking for clarity of presentation
advising for all evaluation criteria, legal & financial aspects
finding complementary partners
final check of proposals before submission!
offering targeted training for proposers
• enlargement & internationalisation: a priority
• strategic monitoring of Austrian participation
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Information & assistance activities of EIP
• National campaign for FP6
• Intensive campaign for EoI exercise
• National and regional launching conferences
• Thematic launching conferences
• information days related to Calls for Proposals
• workshops, training courses on specific issues
• How to prepare proposals
• Legal and financial issues, IPR
• Management of EU projects
• “help lines” for short information
• individual advice and coaching for proposers
• feedback round tables, e.g. AT NoE partners
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Nurturing the EIP/FFG‘s client base
Customer Relationship Management: INNOman
ca. 14.000 organisations
OTH
22%
UNI
10% ROR
8%
ca. 30.000 persons
Annual groth rate: ~2.000
UNI
OTH
22%
26%
ROR
9%
IND
60%
IND
43%
65% of the submitting organisations are in active contact
with EIP/FFG - there success rate is significantly higher than
that of organisations without direct contact to EIP/FFG
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Activities 2004
• Some 140 information and training events
• ~9.000 advise actions responding to requests
of clients getting into direct contact with EIP
34% IND, 24% UNI, 21% ROR, 20% OTH
• 6.600 short information to interested partners
• 1.900 detailed advise & coaching sessions for proposers
• FFG/EIP provides high quality information &
advice:
• ~ 65% of submitting proposers are in active contact
• > 80% of successful proposers are in active contact
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Track record of Austria in EU FP2 to FP6
Development of Austrian participations:
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FP2:
~40 participations
FP3: ~150 participations
FP4: 1.900 participations in 1.450 projects
FP5: 1.980 participations in 1.380 projects
FP6: 1.380 participations in 945 projects *)
*) data provided by PROVISO: status September 2005
(60% of FP6)
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Relative share of FP5&6 participations
EU25 (FP6 Commission data from November 2005)
FP5
FP6
Austria: FP5: 2,65%; FP6: 3,10%
Slovakia: FP5: 0,40%; FP6: 0,64%
15,0
9,8
5,6
FP6 data: Commission data from November 2005
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142 AT coordinators
1.386 AT participations
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Data:
Commission, PROVISO
Austria in FP5 and FP6:
Participation by type of organisation
Source:
PROVISO
Large
SME
HES
REC Public
Oth
FP5 total
13%
20%
27%
27%
6%
7%
FP5 Austria
14%
21%
29%
22%
6%
8%
FP6 total
14%
13%
36%
26%
1%
10%
FP6 Austria
11%
15%
41%
22%
2%
9%
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Austrian–Slovak cooperation in FP6
AT participations
AT&SK projects
SK participations
30
103 projects with AT and SK partners
Participations: 174 AT, 115 SK
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Data:
Commission, PROVISO
Preliminary conclusions for
Austria in FP6
• In general, satisfactory Austrian participation
• very strong participation of UNI and RES
• strong cooperation with new members
BUT:
• company participation smaller than in FP5
• less coordinators than in FP5
• high expectations regarding simplification
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Getting prepared for FP7
• Taking stock of FP6 in spring 2006
• Strategic analyses of Austrian participation in FP6
• Stock taking conferences including FP7 outlook
• Starting FP7 campaign in autumn 2006
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National and regional start up conferences
Thematic start ups and brokerages
Targeted company stimulating actions
Training courses for coordinators
Training for intermediaries – regional, institutional
• Assessing the participation potential nat./EU
• National initiatives for Technology Platforms
• Strategy development for ERA-NETs, Art 169
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AT-SK cooperation in FP6
Some conclusions
• From FP5 to FP6: no increase of cooperation
• Is the level of cooperation achieved enough for
strengthening the links in our region?
• How can we increase cooperation in joint EU
projects?
Some proposals:
• Develop a joint strategy for cooperation
• organise collaborative NCP actions, e.g. SSAs
• utilize synergies between bilateral and multilateral programmes and initiatives, e.g. ASO
• develop further ERA-NET cooperation
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Thank you for your attention!
Prof. Manfred Horvat
Director
Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
Division for European & International Programmes (EIP)
Tel +43 5 7755 4001 (assistant -4004)
Fax +43 5 7755 94011
eMail [email protected]
http://www.ffg.at
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