Driving political forces in research and perspectives for FP7

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Driving political forces in research and
perspectives for FP7

• Eric Ponthieu
• EC - DG Research Head of Sector
• Programme on Global Change and Ecosystems
• eric.ponthieu_at_cec.eu.int

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Content of presentation

• Urban management/AQ/health
• Past activities FP5 - Key Actions City of
  Tomorrow and Cultural Heritage and Environment
  and Health
• Current FP6 Thematic Priorities Global Change
  and Ecosystems and Life Sciences, Genomics and
  Biotechnology for Health
• Future preparation of FP 7, Main EU policy
  drivers
• Conclusions

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The City of Tomorrow and Cultural Heritage

• to provide the means
  for local and regional stakeholders to implement
  sustainable development practices in their own
  local circumstances.
• Four interrelated themes
• Urban management (e.g. AQ, health)
• Cultural Heritage
• Sustainable built environment
• Sustainable Transport

Objective
170M 1999-2002
140 Projects
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The original approach of the Key Action

• Holistic approach and integration as absolute
  requirements at the proposal evaluation stage
• Strong emphasis on the development of affordable,
  effective and accessible tools for the
  application of SD in urban areas
• Involvement of all stakeholders within the
  research-demonstration-dissemination phases
• Contributes to a wide range of EU/MS policies

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Tapping into the outcomes

• Content and objectives http//www.cordis.lu/eesd/
  ka4/home.html
• Projects and clusters
• http//www.cordis.lu/eesd/ka4/library.htm (see
  directory of FP5 projects)
• News and documents http//europa.eu.int/comm/rese
  arch/environment/themes/article_1354_en.htm
• Available deliverables http//www.sud-lab.com/
  (see solutions)

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The cluster CLEAR

• CLuster on European Air quality Research
• objectives To provide next generation tools for
  end users and stakeholders for managing air
  pollution and responding to its impact
• 11 Projects/ 12 partners per project/ 8 SME user
  partner
• 15 million EU contribution
• Coordinated by Professor Ranjeet S.Sokhi,
  University of Hertfordshire, UK
• http//dev.allez.no/clear/

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The EXTERNE project (1)

• ExternE quantifies the social and environmental
  damages for the electricity and transport
  sectors
• Evaluation of damages to the natural and built
  environment, such as effects of air pollution on
• human health
• buildings
• crops
• forests
• global warming

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The EXTERNE project (2)

• Translation of damages in monetary terms
  for the whole European Union and for different
  fuel cycles for power generation (fossil,
  nuclear and renewable) and for transport modes
  and technologies
• Contribution to the cost-benefit analysis of
  policies options
• Quantification of impacts through the damage
  function or impact pathway approach

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Quantifiable externalities due to transport in
Germany
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Urban/AQ/health research in FP6

• No urban research programme as such
• Priority 6.3 Global Change and Ecosystems as
  the main focal point, but also Life sciences,
  Genomics and Biotechnology for Health
• Other possible options
• Priority 8 Scientific Support to Policy
• Coordination of research activities (ERA-NET)
• Priority 7 - Citizens and governance in a
  knowledge based society

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FP6 calls for proposalswww.cordis.lu/fp6

• Global Change and Ecosystems new call in 2005
  (date yet to be fixed)
• Scientific support to policies last call at the
  end of 2005 area 4.3 on forecasting and
  developing innovative policies for sustainability
  in the medium and long term (tasks 3,4,5) area
  3.6 on the protection of cultural heritage and
  associated conservation strategies area 2.3
  The impact of environmental issues on health
• ERA-NET continuously open call two remaining
  deadlines (2 March and 4 October 05)
• Citizens and governance in a knowledge based
  society open call, deadline on 13 April 05
  research area 5 on articulation of areas of
  responsibility and new forms of governance

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Global Change and Ecosystems

• 4th call for proposals possible topics
• Strategies for sustainable urban, peri-urban and
  rural land use relationships (Topic for up-to-one
  IP)
• Validating, disseminating and exploiting best
  practices and decision-support tools for
  environment and health assessment and policy
  support (Topic for a up-to-one CA )
• Development of methods and tools for environment
  and health impact assessment) and cost-benefit
  analysis for building and assessing future
  environment and health scenarios (Topic for
  up-to-one IP)
• Elaboration of new accounting frameworks of
  environmental externalities (Topic for up-to-one
  IP)

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Future prospects FP7 (2006-2010)

• June 04 Communication on Science and Technology,
  the key to Europes future Guidelines for
  future European Union policy to support research
  
• (http//europa.eu.int/comm/research/future/index_
  en.html)
• Substantial budget increase
• Six means of implementation (collaborative
  research, technology initiatives, basic research,
  mobility of researchers, infrastructure,
  coordination of RD programmes)
• Two additional themes security and space
• General consultation on research themes until 31
  December 04, results will be available soon on
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/research/future/index_e
  n.html

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Future prospects FP7 (2006-2010)

•  Informal  contributions still welcome if
  substantive enough (Commissionner Mr.Janez
  Potocnik or Director General of DG RTD Mr.
  Achilleas Mitsos)
• Key to show relevance for addressing major policy
  objectives (research ERA, 3 others Lisbon,
  Göteborg, 6th EAP and the related Thematic
  Strategies, Environmental Technology Action Plan,
  Environment and Health Action Plan, Community
  Action Programme on Public Health)
• Commission proposal by April 05
• Main parameters political packaging (new
  Commissionner), financial perspectives, level of
  support from MS and MEPs (critical!)

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Future prospects FP7 (2006-2010)

• Structure and content of further research?
• Stronger integration between urban and land use
  research
• Core research aspect integrated management and
  planning, using the conceptual framework
  developed in FP5 (e.g. PROPOLIS project) and
  furthered in FP6 (e.g. SENSOR) (see next slide)
• The region as the right scale for RD
  implementation
• Focus on emerging problems such as sustainable
  growth (Lisbon), tourism, environment and health,
  increasing vulnerability of urban and coastal
  areas (vs. natural/man-made risks, oil price),
  population changes, globalisation
• More economic (e.g. external costs) approach
•  Technological  research, though gaining more
  visibility (i.e. ETAP), would probably be
  considered separately
• Need for large scale and high impact demonstration

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Decision-making process for sustainable
development strategies
Public Goods Current good practice Stakeholders
Awareness
Vision Making
EU/national/regional policies Precautionary
principle
Strategic Objectives
Stakeholders consultation Public Acceptability
Targets

• Policy testing framework
• Scenarios
• Technology assessment
• Cost-effectiveness analysis
• Cost-benefit analysis
• Multicriteria-Analysis
• Barrier identification

Planning through e.g. policies, organisational
economic and fiscal measures, technologies,
infrastructures, etc.
Re-assessing Objectives/Targets
Implementation
Monitoring (indicators, ex-post impact
assessment)
External experience
Benchmarking and identification of good practice
Dissemination networking
Transfer of good practice at EU/international
level
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Policy drivers The Urban Thematic Strategy

• One of the seven thematic strategies in the 6th
  Environmental Action Programme
• to set concrete targets and implementation
  strategies for improving the quality of the urban
  environment
• 4 key areas to support the preparation of the
  strategy Urban design Urban construction Urban
  transport Sustainable Urban Management
• Interim Communication (Towards a Thematic
  Strategy on the urban environment) adopted in
  February 2004
• Sets the scene for a wide stakeholder
  consultation in 2004 includes recommendation
  e.g.
• Each city of over 100,000 inhabitants to adopt
  an environmental management plan and a
  sustainable urban transport plan

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Urban research in the Thematic Strategy

• Interim Communication of the TS states that the
  knowledge gaps identified in the preparation of
  the TS should be the basis for the continuation
  of the EU urban research and demonstration
  activities, including enhanced dissemination of
  the results from existing and future European
  urban research
• An RD and training working group created in
  April 2004 with the mandate to identify research
  needs to implement the Strategy
• Final report in January 05

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Conclusions

• Outcome of Key Action Move from SD theory to
  reality made possible for the first time
• New range of tools/measures/ technologies is
  becoming available
• New conceptual framework for addressing
  urban/land use RD in an integrated way
• Wide support for further research in these areas
  still to be secured at MS level!

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Identification of future research needs

• your input is welcome!
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/research/future/themes/i
  ndex_en.html
• eric.ponthieu_at_cec.eu.int