Current Nordic R

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Current Nordic RD Instruments some
outstanding examples

• NORIA SymposiumNordic Research
  InitiativesOslo 28-29 Nov 2006
• Kari KvesethInternational directorThe Research
  Council of Norway and member of NordForsk Board

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Nordic Research Collaboration up to now

• Until recently, Nordic RD collaboration included
  
• Nordic Research Policy Council
• NorFA (researcher education)
• The NOS committees, collaboration organs between
  the Nordic national research councils, in -
  medicine (NOS-M)- the sciences (NOS-N)-
  humanities/social sciences (NOS-HS)
• Nordic sectorial RD programmes (fish,
  agriculture, forest, energy, environment)
• Joint RD infrastructure initiatives (largely
  under NOS-N)
• In addition direct initiatives under the Nordic
  Council of
• Ministers (NMR)
• The RD initiatives have typically been
  top-funded from the
• NMR with substantial contributions the
  Nordic National Research Councils

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Two new Nordic RD institutions have been created
in 2004/2005

• NordForsk
• to fulfil the vision of NORIA- a Nordic Research
  and Innovation Area
• NICe (Nordic Innovation Centre)
• to fulfil the vision of Nordic collaboration in
  innovation

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NORIA is the Nordic way to the European Research
Area (ERA) - 1

• As part of the EU Lisbon agenda, the ERA aims
• to make Europe a common and attractive labour
  market for excellent researchers from all over
  the world,
• The ultimate aim is
• to develop the basis for a globally competitive
  and sustainable industry in high-cost Europe

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NORIA is the Nordic way to the European Research
Area (ERA) -2

• The Nordic Council of Ministers (NMR) have
  launched a corresponding vision for the Nordic
  countries - NORIA - a Nordic Research and
  Innovation Area
• As for EUs ERA, NORIA
• aims to improve scientific quality by
• obtaining critical mass by e.g. optimal
  (network-) collaboration
• task distribution/sharing of labour
• joint investment and utilisation of high-cost
  infrastructure
• in RD areas where such Nordic collaboration is
  expected to give added value.
• The ultimate aim is
• to qualify Nordic researchers for successful
  international competition,
• and thereby
• provide the basis for knowledge-based industry in
  high-cost Norden

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Message to be addressed

• As basis for addressing future Nordic RD
  collaboration and preferred/new financial
  instruments
• outstanding examples of current RD instruments
  will be presented
• For our later discussion
• Different fields may require
• different instruments
• different coordination scheems

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Current outstanding instruments for Nordic
collaboration in research and - education

• Current outstanding instruments for Nordic
  collaboration in research and research education
  include
• Nordic Centres of Excellence (NCoE)
• Joint Nordic RD infrastructure initiatives
• Joint Nordic Research Education initiatives
• Of these the NCoE scheme might need some further
  explanation

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The Nordic Centres of Excellence (NCoE) - 1

• The Nordic Centres of Excellence (NCoE) are
• virtual network centres consisting of
  well-established excellent and up-front groups of
  researchers from at least 3 Nordic countries
• established in areas of high national priority
  in the participating Nordic countries
• given Nordic top-funding for networking,
  collaboration and researcher exchange and
  education
• Up to now, the NCoEs have typically been
• proposed and administered by the NOS committees,
  
• top-funded by the NMR (1/3) and the participating
  research councils (2/3) - in addition to
  existing basic funding
• the program secretariate is located in one of the
  Nordic research councils.

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The Nordic Centres of Excellence (NCoE) - 2

• At present, there are
• 4 NCoEs in Global Changes Research 2003-2007
  (NOS-N)
• 3 NCoEs in Molecular Medicine 2004-2009 (NOS-M)
• 4 NCoEs in Humanities Social Sciences
  2005-2010 (NOS-HS)
• New NCoE under way
• 2-3 centres in Welfare 2007-20011
• 3 centres in Food, nutrition and health
  2007-2011 (NordForsk)

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Current outstanding examples of joint Nordic RD
collaboration instruments to be presented

• Nordic Centres of Excellence (NCoE)NCoE in
  Molecular Medicine WIRED Coordinator Ole P.
  Ottersen, Norway
• Nordic RD infrastructure initiativeNordic
  Optical Telescope Director Johannes Andersen,
  Norway
• Nordic Researcher EducationNordic Research
  School in Library and Information Sciences,
  (NORSLIS) PhD student Sara Kjellberg, Sweden