TRANSMED SMontpellier, 19 September 2013

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Claudio Bogliotti(CIHEAM IAMB)(CIHEAM‐IAMB)

Euro‐Mediterranean cooperation on R&I Th t t t / d iThe recent context / dynamics

• 2007 Cairo Euro Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on RDI:• 2007 ‐ Cairo Euro‐Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on RDI: strong political willingness, increased knowledge and capacity

• 2008/2011 – MoCo (Euro‐Med. Monitoring Committe): emphasis on co‐ownership, adaptation to regional challenges and new arisingon co ownership, adaptation to regional challenges and new arising needs, improve link research‐capacity building

• 2007/2013 ‐ Framing cooperation in FP7: Inconet, Bilat, ERAWIDE, R2I, ERANET……and other actions 

• 2012 ‐ Barcelona Conference: societal challenges, co‐ownership, long‐term cooperation / joint programming 

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New keys to Euro‐Med. cooperation on R&I 

• Societal challenges

• Capacity innovation• Capacity, innovation 

• Co‐ownership

• Synergies for a long‐lasting cooperation

• New socio‐political developments and civil societyNew socio political developments and civil society3

MEDSPRINGMediterranean Science, Policy, Research 

and Innovation Gateway

• Addressing societal challenges (EMEG)

• Capacity building, brokerage for cooperation and i tiinnovation

• Building inter institutional synergies for joint programming• Building inter‐institutional synergies for joint programming

• Substantiate policy dialogue (MoCo)• Substantiate policy dialogue (MoCo)

• Participation of civil societyParticipation of civil society4

Participation, think tank, dialogue, brokerage

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Societal challenges addressed

• High Quality Affordable Food:  food security and f t bi di iti h lth fi h i dsafety, biodiversities, health, fisheries and 

aquaculture, food‐chain in pre to post‐harvesting.

• Scarcity of resources: water scarcity water use• Scarcity of resources: water scarcity, water use efficiency, use of non‐conventional water

• Energy: energy efficiency, solar energy, photovoltaic,Energy: energy efficiency, solar energy, photovoltaic, wind, bio‐energy, applications. 

PartnershipPartnership

Research Ministries

Research Councils

Research organisations / Universities

NGOs and Associations

Inter-governmental (CIHEAM-IAMB)

Countries

• MS: Italy Spain Germany Portugal FranceMS: Italy, Spain, Germany, Portugal, France, Greece, Malta, Cyprus, Belgium

• Mediterranean Countries associated to FP:Mediterranean Countries associated to FP: Turkey, Israel

• Mediterranean Countries non‐associated: Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine JordanPalestine, Jordan

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N of partners 14 EU + 14 non EU = 28N. of partners 14 EU + 14 non‐EU = 28

Partner countries 18Partner countries  18 

Duration 4 yearsy

Overall efforts > 600 man/months

Requested budget 4.000.000

Effort rate EU/nonEU 55% ‐ 45%

Relevant outcomes 1st semester

• WP2 – EMEG meeting in Lisbon, position paperWP2  EMEG meeting in Lisbon, position paper supporting H2020 agenda linked to MedSpring Agora Public ConsultationPublic Consultation

WP3/WP4 P j t t l E M dit A• WP3/WP4 ‐ Project portal, Euro‐Mediterranean Agora on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, 1 public consultation, 

bli i t i i / t h ithpublic interviews, movie/cartoon, exchange with more than 60 web communities, increasing of followers 

• WP6/WP7 – Training and support to joint programming, Beirut stakeholder event, support to PRIMA (art. 185)

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Relevant imminent events

L h f ll f i ti id (O t b )• Launch of a call for innovative ideas (October)

• Regional brokerage on innovation (February)

• Regional brokerage research cooperation (back‐g g p (to‐back H2020 regional event) (January)

• Meeting of identified observatories (November)

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EMEG (Euro‐Mediterranean Expert Group

• Think tank: resource efficiency (water), high qualityaffordable food, energy.

• Task 1: LISBON 20‐21 June – Research valorisation: topics &solutions to create market opportunities, new jobs,innovation.

• Task 2: Policies

• Task 3: Water‐Food‐Energy nexusgy

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EMEG StructureEMEG StructureEMEG StructureEMEG Structure

M th 45 t• More than 45 experts

• Well balancedWell balanced 

• Three groups

• Special participation: UfM T Platforms FP7UfM, T‐Platforms, FP7 project coordinators, A b W tArab Water Forum,……..etc.

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EMEG 1EMEG 1stst TaskTask1. Identifying “topics or niches” favorable for research

EMEG 1EMEG 1 Task  Task  y g p

results uptake and market opportunities.

2 Id tif i l ti ( k t th i t d)2. Identifying solutions (market, youths oriented)

3. Partnership / clusters3. Partnership / clusters

4. Barriers and factors enhancing impact

5. Type of actions

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The Lisbon workshop cycleThe Lisbon workshop cycleThe Lisbon workshop cycleThe Lisbon workshop cycle

Backgro ndBackground documentation

Agora publicBack to Agora

consultation  Back to Agora

EMEG LisbonWorkshop

Position     paper pp p

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Open consultationOpen consultationOpen consultationOpen consultation

• Researchers, youngresearchers, students, policymakers entrepreneursmakers, entrepreneurs,NGOs, associations, webcommunities

• Listen to often unheardvoices and make good use ofthem with the aim ofcreating “participatorycreating participatorypapers”

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MainMain outcomesoutcomes WaterWaterMain Main outcomesoutcomes ‐‐WaterWater

Open Consultation

EMEGMeeting

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Main Main outcomesoutcomes ‐‐ Food Food Open

ConsultationEMEGMeeting

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Main Main outcomesoutcomes ‐‐ EnergyEnergy

Open Consultation

EMEGMeeting

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OverarchingOverarching paradigmsparadigmsOverarchingOverarching paradigmsparadigms

R ffi i W tResources efficiency ‐Water:“Managing water resources under scarcity, pollution and uncertain conditions while improving agricultural water use efficiency as well as treatment and re‐use of non conventional water”of non‐conventional water .

High quality affordable Food:“Integrated development and rehabilitation of rural arid and semi‐arid areas capitalizing on sustainable agriculture including traditional and organic farming, empowering rural communities and valorizing agricultural resources”  .

Energy:“Capitalizing on local large availability of solar energy, by developing adaptedCapitalizing on local large availability of solar energy, by developing adapted packages of solutions for sustainable remote communities, both in terms of supply and demand, in addition to promoting the well integrated penetration of renewable energy solutions in the inhabited areas, while taking into account local gy , gcultural heritage”.    

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NEED NEW PARADIGM FOR THE NEXUSNEED NEW PARADIGM FOR THE NEXUSNEED NEW PARADIGM FOR THE NEXUSNEED NEW PARADIGM FOR THE NEXUS

High Quality Affordable Food

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Resource efficiency

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Feedback from H2020 1stWPFeedback from H2020 1stWP

• KBBE: one call EU‐MED on rural areas (local communities, social innovation, food)

• ENVIRONMENT: water technologies in i l diagriculture open to non‐EU Mediterranean 

countries

N d t d !!!• Need to do more !!!22

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ERANETMEDERANETMED

• Real co‐ownershipp

• MPC leading• MPC leading

• Capacity and innovation in relation to societal challenges

• Prepare the ground for long‐term cooperation (ex.: article 185)185)

C h d i ith th i iti ti• Coherence and synergies with other initiatives24

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION

CIHEAM‐IAMB ‐ Intergovernmental (Coordinator)TUBITAK – Turkey (Deputy Coordinator)

PARTNERSHIP

TUBITAK  Turkey (Deputy Coordinator)DGRSDT ‐ AlgeriaRPF – CyprusASRT ‐ EgyptMHESR ‐ EgyptMHESR ‐ EgyptANR ‐ FranceCNRS‐F ‐ FranceBMBF‐ GermanyDLR – GermanyDLR  GermanyNHRF‐ GreeceCNR – ItalyMIUR – ItalyRegPUGLIA – ItalyRegPUGLIA ItalyHCST – JordanCNRS‐L – LebanonMCST – MaltaMENESFCRS – MoroccoMENESFCRS  MoroccoFCT – PortugalAGUAR ‐ SpainCSIC – SpainMINECO ‐ SpainMINECO  SpainMHESRT – Tunisia

ERANETMED

N. of partners 7 MPC, 2 AC, 14 MSp , ,

Who ? Research Funding agencies (national and local), Research / Educationand local), Research / Education Programme Managers.

Partner countries  Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Jordan, g , yp , gyp , , ,Greece, Germany, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Tunisia, Turkey, Spain 

Duration 4 years (OCTOBER 2013 – SEPTEMBER 2017)

Budget 2,500,000.00€

Preparation and launch of joint activities , monitoring

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WP4 

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WP 2 – Analysis and strategy for joint activities

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WP 4 – Preparation of the calls

WP5 – Call implementation

WP6 – Call monitoring and impact assessment

WP7 – Communication and dissemination