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LEANES WorkshopBrussels, 27 April 2011

Christoph Elineau, PT-DLR

Facilitating the Bi-Regional EU-ASEAN Science and Technology Dialogue

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agenda

1) The SEA-EU-NET project – background, objectives and activities

2) Evidence on EU-SEA S&T cooperation

3) Lessons learnt

4) Next steps – SEA-EU Year of Science and Technology, 2012

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1) SEA-EU-NET (INCONET Southeast Asia)

• Project funded by the European Commission (2008-2012) to foster S&T cooperation between Europe and South East Asia

• one of ten running INCONETs (major world regions)

• Involving 10 partners from Europe, 3 from associated countries and 9 from South East Asia

• Run by policy makers and science administrators

• 3 main objectives:– Stakeholders dialogue between European countries and countries from SEA on

S&T cooperation

– Increasing participation of researchers from SEA in FP7

– Scientific analysis; developing and providing policy recommendations

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1) SEA-EU-NET - Consortium

No. Participant Participant Organisation Name Country

1Coord

PT-DLR The International Bureau of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Germany

2 KNAW Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences The Netherlands

3 BHC The British High Commission Singapore Singapore/United Kingdom

4 COLBUD Collegium Budapest, Institute for Advanced Study Hungary

5 TUBITAK The Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey Turkey

6 NSTDA National Science and Technology Development Agency Thailand

7 ZSI Zentrum für Soziale Innovation Austria

8 RISTEK Ministry of State for Research and Technology Indonesia

9 NACESTI National Centre for Scientific and Technological Information Vietnam

10 GIGA Institute of Asian Studies GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies Germany

11 CIRAD Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement

France

12 DEMOS DEMOS – Think tank for everyday democracy United Kingdom

13 CNRS Centre National de Recherche Scientifique France

14 TUBITAK-UME The Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey UME Turkey

15 PAN Polska Akademia Nauk Poland

16 NML-SIRIM National Metrology Laboratory – SIRIM Berhad Malaysia

17 DOST Department of Science and Technology The Philippines

18 AIT Asian Institute of Technology Regional Institution

19 NTU Nanyang Technological Univesity Singapore

20 EUResearch Verein EUResearch Switzerland

21 STI National Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Office Thailand

22 NAST National Authority for Science and Technology Laos

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1) SEA-EU-NET - Summary and objectives

1) Stakeholders Dialogue – long-term strategic approach– Stakeholders Dialogue between policy makers, science administrators and

researchers – towards a long-term perspective on S&T collaboration

– Yearly conference on overarching subjects how to foster S&T collaboration

2) FP 7 Participation – short term action– Advocating FP7 in SEA – Setting up of National Contact Points

– Scientific workshops / Matchmaking activities towards FP7 calls

– Identifying areas/topics with potential for SEA-EU cooperation – support to priority setting by EU Commission

3) Scientific analysis, recommendations – Generating and disseminating knowledge on S&T systems in SEA and

structures/priorities of SEA-EU S&T collaboration

– Evidence/Recommendations for policy makers (EU Commission, ASEAN Sec, Policy makers from EU and ASEAN member states)

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Fig. 1 Number of FP7 participation per country and priority (ASEAN)

2) Evidence on SEA-EU cooperation

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Fig. 3 Co-publication figures of SEA countries (Scopus data, 2009)

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1) Stakeholders dialogue

- High-level political support is necessary to get things going (parallel top-down

and bottom-up approach)

- Platform to link different bi-regional and bilateral initiatives

- Need for an ongoing dialogue between policy makers, scientists and

stakeholders

2) Strengthening of FP7 participation

- FP7 National contact points in SEA are key to reach out to SEA research

community

- FP7 is not an “easy sell” (no ASEAN-specific priorities, “global competition”,

collaborative research in big teams, high entrance barrier)

- Some thematic areas/priority themes for cooperation are clearly of mutual

benefit (Health/EID, Environment/Biodiversity, Food safety/Quality)

- FP7 alone is not sufficient (esp. to strengthen cooperation with weaker ASEAN

countries) – FP cooperation has to be set in a wider framework (mobility

schemes, long-term institutional cooperation)

3) SEA-EU-NET - Lessons learnt

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3) Scientific analysis, recommendations

- Data analysis (FP7, Bilateral projects,. co-publication data) shows that S&T

cooperation between EU and SEA countries is very diverse and strong and

focuses on a selected number of subject areas (Environment/Climate Change,

Biotech/Agriculture, Health/Infectious diseases)

- Little knowledge among EU policy makers (and scientists) about dynamics in

SEA S&T systems

- Relatively low visibility of S&T cooperation between the two regions

General observations

- Consortium structure is key for success – project needs to be driven by organisations

responsible for implementing international S&T cooperation (own interest in fostering

S&T collaboration)

- Little policy coherence on EU Com level (Cooperation priorities vary greatly among

different DGs – f.e. energy cooperation)

3) SEA-EU-NET - Lessons learnt

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4) Next steps - Southeast Asia – Europe, Year of Science and Technology, 2012

• An idea born within the SEA-EU-NETbased on our dialogue activities

• Proposed as a bi-regional joint approach

• The overall objective of the Southeast Asian Science & Technology Year 2012 is to highlight, promote and extend the EU-SEA S&T cooperation

• The Year of Science and Technology should focus on: – Political Dialogue on S&T – Bi-regional high-level political dialogue

– S&T cooperation - concrete instruments and activities to support scientists; (e.g. scientific workshops, events and establishment of new funding mechanisms like fellowship schemes)

– Science awareness/Science communication - Building broad public awareness for S&T cooperation.

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The approach for managing the Year of S&T:• Agreed and supported by policy makers from both regions• Integrating a wide range of actors and activities under the umbrella of the S&T

year • SEA-EU-NET as a facilitator/platform to support the implementation

What SEA-EU-NET is offering:

1. Management & Communication (“Secretariat for the Year of S&T”)

2. Marketing (YoS website, Logo, Promotional materials)

3. Evidence on S&T cooperation as a background for political action (Analysis, Studies, Bibliometrics)

4. Running own activities (Kick off meeting (Hanoi 2011), Road shows, Summer schools)

5. Prepared to take the lead on new instruments/activities (Fellowship schemes, S&T agreement, ERA-NET)

4) SEA-EU Year of Science and Technology, 2012

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Your contribution

• Feedback, ideas, brainstorming

• Label an event - suggest, propose ideas for the Year of S&T

• Participate in an event, activity organised within the Year of S&T

Your benefit

• Access to new cooperation partners – enlarging from bilateral to biregional cooperation

• Increased visibilty to policy makers and the wider public

• Synergies with other ongoing cooperation projects

4) SEA-EU Year of S&T, 2012 – what‘s in for you?

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SEA-EU-NET contacts

Website

www.sea-eu.net

Project coordination

Gerold Heinrichs, Christoph Elineau

PT-DLR

Bonn, Germany

+49/(0)228/3821-437

Christoph.Elineau@dlr.de

Thank you very much!