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Research & InnovationResearch & Innovation

European Research Infrastructures: EU perspectives and future support in

Horizon 2020

Integrated Maritime Policy Expert GroupSession on Marine Knowledge

Brussels, 11 December 2012

Agnès RobinDG Research & Innovation

Research Infrastructures

PolicyPolicy Research and Innovation

Research and Innovation

Industrial leadership (17 938 M€)Societal challenges (31 743 M€)

• Health, demographic change and wellbeing(8 028 M€)

• Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine -maritime research, bio-economy (4 152 M€)

• Secure, clean and efficient energy (5 782 M€)

• Smart, green, integrated transport (6 802 M€)

• Climate action, resource efficiency, raw materials (3 160 M€)

• Inclusive, innovative and secure societies (3 819 M€)

• European Research Council (13 268 M€)• Future and Emerging Technologies (3 100 M€)• Marie Curie actions (5 752 M€)• European Research infrastructures (including e-infrastructures) (2 478

M€)

• Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (ICT, space, nanotechnologies, advanced materials and advanced manufacturing and processing, biotechnology) (13 781 M€)

• Access to risk finance (3 538 M€)

• Innovation in SMEs (619 M€)

EIT (1 364 B€ + 1 461 B€) JRC (non-nuclear: 1 961 M€)

Excellent science (24 598 M€, constant 2011 prices)

Horizon 2020 (EC proposal)



Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth

• 5 targets incl. 3% of the EU's GDP to be invested in R&D• 7 flagship initiatives incl. Innovation Union (34 commitments)

European Research Area• Communication (Jul. 2012): Priorities >> actions (MS, EC)

European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures "ESFRI"

EU Multiannual Financial Framework for 2014-2020 (Commission proposal)

Horizon 2020, EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020

EU policy/funding


Facilities, resources, organisational systems and services that are used by the research communities to conduct research and innovation in their fields

This includes: major scientific equipment (or sets of instruments); knowledge-based resources such as collections,

archives or scientific data; e-infrastructures, such as data, computing and software

systems; any other infrastructure of a unique nature essential to

achieve excellence in research and innovation


Why a EU approach?

• To open access to the research infrastructures existing in the individual Member State to all European researchers

• To avoid duplication of effort and to coordinate and rationalise the use of these research infrastructures

• To trigger the exchange of best practice, develop interoperability of facilities and resources, develop the training of the next generation of researchers

• To connect national research communities and increase the overall quality of the research and innovation

• To help pooling resources so that the Union can also acquire and operate research infrastructures at world level



Research Infrastructures (RIs)

• 1. Developing the European RIs for 2020 and beyond 1.1 Developing new world-class RIs 1.2 Integrating and opening national RIs

of pan-European interest 1.3 Development, deployment and operation of ICT based e-

Infrastructures

• 2. Fostering the innovation potential of RIs & their human capital

• 3. Reinforcing European RI policy and international cooperation

Main actions

Specific actions

Policy actions

Horizon 2020 - RIs


ESFRI – European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures

• Set up by the EU Council of Research Ministers in 2002

• Brings together representatives of Ministers of the 27 Member States, 10 Associated States, and of the European Commission

• To support the development of a European policy for Research Infrastructure and discuss a long term vision at European level

• To facilitate multilateral initiatives leading to the better use and development of Research Infrastructures, at EU and international level

• Mandate (2004) to develop a roadmap (2006) and its updates (2008, 2010): 48 projects, major financial investment (~20 b€) and long term commitment for operation (~2 b€/year)


10+38 new - or major upgrade of - Research Infrastructures of pan-European interest (+ 3 additional projects from the CERN Council strategic roadmap for particle physics*)

ESFRI roadmap 2010

Social Sc. & Hum.

( 5 )

Life Sciences( 13 )

Environmental and Earth Sciences

( 9 )

Energy( 7 )

Material & Analytical Facilities

( 6 )

Physics & Astronomy ( 10 )

e-Infra-structure

s (1)

SHARE BBMRI ELIXIR ICOS EURO-

ARGOECCSEL EUROFEL ELI TIARA* PRACE

ESSurvey ECRININFRA

FRONTIERIAGOS

LIFEWATCH

Windscanner

EMFL KM3NeT CTA

CESSDA INSTRUCT EATRIS EMSO EPOS EU-SOLARISEuropean

XFELE-ELT SKA

CLARIN EU-

OPENSCREEN

EMBRC SIOS EISCAT_3D JHRESRF

UpgradeSPIRAL2 FAIR

DARIAHEuro

BioImagingERINHA

BSL4 LabCOPAL IFMIF

NEUTRON ESS

SLHC-PP* ILC-HiGRADE*

ISBE MIRRI HiPERILL20/20 Upgrade

ANAEE MYRRHA

Distributed research infrastructures

Single sited research infrastructures

RIs in the implementation phase ERIC set up ERIC application expected ERIC application


ERIC - European Research Infrastructure Consortium (Council Regulation (EC) No 723/2009 of 25 June 2009)

• A legal instrument at EU level, to facilitate the joint establishment and operation of RI of European interest.

• Legal personality recognized in all Member States

• Qualifies as an international organization for the purposes of VAT (exemption under certain limits and conditions from VAT and excise duties) and Public Procurement Directives

• The two first ERICs: CLARIN and SHARE

• Amendment under way to enable contributions from Associated Countries to be fully taken into account

Euro-Argo : A new European Research Infrastructure

Objective: ensure a long term European contribution to Argo.

Proposal : Europe establishes an infrastructure for ¼ of the global array Requirement : 250 floats per year including regional enhancements (Nordic seas,

Mediterranean&Black seas) (about 50 floats per year for regional enhancements) Dual use : research/climate and operational oceanography (GMES)

Set up a new European legal structure (Euro-Argo ERIC) that will allow European countries to consolidate and improve their contribution to Argo international. Agreements are at ministerial level and this will help to ensure long term sustainability.

(slide from Euro-Argo partners - ASW-4 – Venice, September 27, 2012)

ESFRI project – Example 1

*EMBRC entrered its preparatory-phase in February 2011

Scientific Themes

1.Biodiversity & Ecosystem Functioning

2.Developmental Biology & Evolution

3.Biogeochemistry & Global Change

4.Marine Products & Resources

5.Biomedical Sciences

EMBRC will be a RI of marine research stations across Europe providing End-Users from Academia, SMEs and Industry with access to marine biodiversity, its associated meta-data and extractable products.

Scientific & Training Services*

1.Access to Marine model species and their ecosystems, Culture Collections & Databases

2.Research Vessels, SCUBA, ROVs

3.Aquaria & Marine Experimental Facilities

4.Analytical Platforms for Marine research

• -Omics Facilities including Bioinformatics• Animal-borne Platforms• Microscopy & Imaging

Consultancy to: Policy Makers, Industry and SMEs

(slides from EMBRC – ESFRI/JPI workshop, Brussel, June 2011

ESFRI project – Example 2

Management

Strategic Planning

E- infrastructures

Construction Plans

Legal Work

Financial Work

Risk & Quality

Human Resources

Stakeholders

User access

Outreach

WP1

WP2

WP3

WP4

WP5

WP6

WP7

WP8

WP9

WP10

WP11

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Resources Inventory

Status of ImplementationPreliminary

Implementation

Jun 2011

Strategic Landscape and Policy Drivers

SUSTAINABLE MARINE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

HEALTH OF THE HUMAN POPULATION

BIODIVERSITY

FOOD SECURITY

CLIMATE CHANGE

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES

AGRICULTURE, FOOD SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGES

HEALTHY AND PRODUCTIVE SEAS AND OCEANS

A HEALTHY DIET FOR A HEALTHY LIFE

MORE YEARS BETTER LIFES

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE

Potential links with JPIs






Infrastructures



Main actions

Specific actions

Policy actions

Horizon 2020 - RIs



1.2 Integrating and opening existing national RIs of pan-European interest

• Objective: To open up key national RIs to all European researchers and to ensure their optimal use and joint development

• EU funding will support “European Research Infrastructures Networks” bringing together RIs in a given field covering:

Transnational and virtual access activities Networking activities to foster a culture of cooperation Joint research activities to improve the services

provided by the infrastructures

Horizon 2020 - RIs

NODCs + ICES + IOC-IODE + EU-JRC + technical experts(Slides from Dick M.A. Schaap – MARIS, SeaDataNet Technical Coordinator)

SeaDataNet partner countries

Example

(FP7)

Building a Pan-European infrastructure for ocean and marine data management

• 2002 – 2005: Sea-Search project (EU funding 3 ME)• Networking NODCs from 30 countries around European seas: Focus on metadata

• 2006 – 2011: SeaDataNet project (EU funding 9 ME)

• Connecting 40 NODCs from 35 countries around European Seas: harmonisation of metadata services and unified access to distributed archived data via central portal

• 2011 – 2015: SeaDataNet II project (EU funding 6 ME)• robustness of services; machine-to-machine interfacing for specific communities; real-time data exchange; full INSPIRE compliance; improved capability for marine biological data

3rd of March 2011 EGMRI meeting 18

From 1st of September 2009 for 4 years

EC FP7 contribution 7.2 M€ on a total budget of 9 M€

A Capacities I3 (integrated infrastructure initiative) project carried out by 24 marine institutes, universities, foundations and SMEs from 16 countries (EU Member States –including 4 recent ones- and associated countries)

+ 3 Associated Partners including ESF Marine Board

Towards an alliance of European research fleets

Coordination Ifremer

(slide from EUROFLEETS project, March 2011)

Example FP7

JERICO’s Vision & objectives

to harmonise existing European (operational) coastal observatories (physical and biological) and promote coordinated future developments and access to the RI

Main objectives• to enhance the coordination between existing coastal observatories• to propose common procedures from the sensor to the data quality

assessment• to enlarge the network with new partners• to prepare for the future European Network of coastal observatories (OCO)

towards the EOOS

JERICO will increase knowledge and understanding of marine systems, strengthen the evidence base for environmental assessments, provide data and information required to improve predictions of future human and climate driven environmental change and the strategies to combat them

Example (FP7)

(slide from JERICO project, October 2011)






Infrastructures



Main actions

Specific actions

Policy actions

Horizon 2020 - RIs



2. Fostering the innovation potential of RIs and their human capital

• To stimulate innovation both in the RIs themselves and in their supplier and user industries R&D partnerships with industries to develop Union capacities in

high-tech areas such as scientific instrumentation pre-commercial procurement by RI actors stimulate the use of RIs by industry Encourage the integration of RIs into local, regional and global

innovation ecosystems

• To strengthen the human capital of RIs Support for the training of staff managing and operating RIs,

exchanges of staff and best practices between facilities

Horizon 2020 - RIs



Industrial leadership (17 938 M€)Societal challenges (31 743 M€)

• Health, demographic change and wellbeing(8 028 M€)

• Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine -maritime research, bio-economy (4 152 M€)

• Secure, clean and efficient energy (5 782 M€)

• Smart, green, integrated transport (6 802 M€)

• Climate action, resource efficiency, raw materials (3 160 M€)

• Inclusive, innovative and secure societies (3 819 M€)

• European Research Council (13 268 M€)• Future and Emerging Technologies (3 100 M€)• Marie Curie actions (5 752 M€)• European Research infrastructures (including e-infrastructures) (2 478

M€)

• Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (ICT, space, nanotechnologies, advanced materials and advanced manufacturing and processing, biotechnology) (13 781 M€)

• Access to risk finance (3 538 M€)

• Innovation in SMEs (619 M€)

EIT (1 364 B€ + 1 461 B€) JRC (non-nuclear: 1 961 M€)

Excellent science (24 598 M€, constant 2011 prices)

Horizon 2020 (EC proposal)

« The Ocean of Tomorrow » 2013

4 Topics1. Biosensors for marine water quality monitoring (15M €)2. Sensors for in-situ monitoring (15M €)3. Antifouling materials for maritime applications (15M €)

4. New marine technologies for the offshore energy sector (10M €)

5 Themes implementing the callTheme 2: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and Biotechnology (FAFB)

Theme 4: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies (NMP)

Theme 5: EnergyTheme 6: Environment (including Climate Change) Theme 7: Transport (including Aeronautics)

55 million € EU contributionExample FP7



Structural Funds

• Developing synergies between the Structural funds and Horizon 2020 is a priority of the European Commission

• More specific reference to research infrastructures "of European interest" is made in the European Commission proposal for the European Regional Development Fund

• Also, Horizon 2020 foresees support to activities dedicated to developing cooperation between research infrastructures and other Union policies, such as Cohesion, through relevant studies and communication tasks



Next steps for Horizon 2020

Ongoing Parliament and Council negotiations on the basis of the Commission proposals

Ongoing Parliament and Council negotiations on EU budget 2014-2020 (including overall budget for Horizon 2020)

Mid 2012 Final calls under 7th Framework Programme for research to bridge gap towards Horizon

2020

Mid 2013 Adoption of legislative acts by Parliament and Council on Horizon 2020

1/1/2014 Horizon 2020 starts, launch of first calls



Thank you for your attention!

Find out more:

www.ec.europa.eu/research/infrastructureswww.ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020



Additional slides



3. Reinforcing European RI policy and international cooperation

• Reinforcing European policy for RIs Partnerships between relevant policymakers and funding

bodies Surveys, monitoring and assessments of RIs at Union level Policy studies and communication tasks

• Facilitating strategic international cooperation Cooperation for global RIs Cooperation of European RIs with their non-European

counterparts: Ensuring their global interoperability and reach Pursuing international agreements on the reciprocal use,

openness or co-financing of RIs


ERIC requirements (expert assessment)

• Principal task: establish & operate a RI• Necessary for European research programmes and

projects• Added value for the ERA• Grant effective access• Contribute to mobility of knowledge, researchers• Contribute to the dissemination and optimisation of the

results of activities



FP7 contribution to ENV Sciences RIs Biodiversity - ecosystemsEXPEER, SYNTHESIS, TREES4FUTURE, INCREASE, ANAEE, LIFEWATCH, CReATIVE-B

Other Earth Sciences(NERA), EPOS, EISCAT_3D

Atmospheric SciencesACTRIS, EUFAR, EUROCHAMP2, InGOS, COPAL, IAGOS, EISCAT_3D, ICOS, ARISE, ICARE-2010

Marine SciencesEUROFLEETS, JERICO, MESOAQUA, SeaDataNet2/UP.BSS, EMSO, EURO-ARGO, GROOM, SIDERI...

Climate ChangeIS-ENES, INCREASE, EXPEER, MESOAQUA, ICOS, SIOS-PP

Polar researchINTERACT, ERICON-AB, SIOS-PP

Coordination & support (multidisciplinary)ICT (ENVRI); Int'l coop (COOPEUS);

IA PP DS CSA

...(ELIXIR), EMBRC, ASSEMBLE, AQUAEXCEL

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