Baltic Sea Research steps to the future with BONUS

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Baltic Sea Research steps to the future with
BONUS

• Kaisa Kononen
• Programme Manager, Academy of Finland
• Temporary Executive Director, BONUS EEIG

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Cyanobacterial blooms
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POLICY DRIVERS
Media Government Programmes
EU Lisbon Strategy
Media Government Programmes
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Starting point
AKA
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Common Researcher Training
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• Article 169
• In implementing the multiannual Framework
  Programme, the Community may make provision, in
  agreement with the Member States concerned, for
  participation in research and development
  programmes undertaken by several Member States,
  including participation in the structures created
  for the execution of those programmes

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BONUS-169 Programme

• Mission
• joint Baltic Sea regional research programme
• durable cooperation of the Member States
  research policies
• support of the sustainable development of the
  Baltic Sea region.
• Goal
• implement ecosystem-based management
• improve predictive capacity
• safeguard the sustainable use of the ecosystems
  goods and services
• become a demonstration programme bridging science
  and policy related to the European Marine
  Strategy Maritime Policy

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Goal
RFBR
FOR- MAS
Est SF
SEPA
MISTRA
LCS
Common pot of national earmarkings
MES
MSRIT
DRA
BMBF
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POLICY DRIVERS
BONUS
BONUS EEIG
Government Programmes Sweden Finland
EU Lisbon Strategy
EU Marine Strategy EU Neighbourhood Policy EU
Northern Dimension
Government Programmes Sweden Finland
Government Programmes Sweden Finland
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BONUS EEIGApril 19th, 2007
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BONUS what?

• BONUS ERANET 2003-2007
• BONUS for the Baltic Sea Science Network of
  Funding Agencies
• FP 6 project, which aimed at building up a
  network of funding agencies and creating
  conditions for a joint Baltic Sea Research
  programme
• BONUS Baltic Organisations Network for Funding
  Science EEIG
• a legal entity established on April 19th, 2007
• makes a contract with the EC
• organises the call and distributes the EC funds
  to national agencies
• BONUS
• a call to be launched on Septemebr 17th, 2007.
  Includes both national and EC ERANET Plus funds.
• BONUS-169
• a long term programme to be implemented under
  Article 169 of the EC Treaty
• will be established maybe in 2008-2009

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Implementation

• First call opened TODAY!
• Total 23.3 M
• ERANET Plus funding from the EU 7FP 7.8 M
• national allocations 15.5 M

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BONUS Call 2007

• Focus
• introducing ecosystem approach to management

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BONUS Call 2007

• Goal
• enhance understanding and predictive capacity
  about the Baltic Sea ecosystems response to
  changes
• reveal linkages between environmental problems
  and the social and economic dynamics in
  responding to them
• support formation of the basis for prudent
  management

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• Theme 1
• LINKING SCIENCE
• AND POLICY
• ecosystem approach to
• management
• outlooks, scenarios and
• models for investigating
• future developments and
• implications of policy actions
• dialogue, consultation, and
• information exchange and
• dissemination

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• Theme 2
• UNDERSTANDING
• CLIMATE CHANGE
• AND GEOPHYSICAL
• FORCING
• analysis of the processes
• new observation systems
• scenarios, predictions and
• response strategies

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• Theme 3
• COMBATTING
• EUTROPHICATION
• behaviour of nutrients
• eutrophication effects
• in the ecosystem
• better monitoring,
• assessment
• and management

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• Theme 4
• ACHIEVING
• SUSTAINABLE
• FISHERIES
• ecosystem approach to
• fisheries management
• impacts of aquaculture
• food safety and risk
• assessments

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• Theme 5
• PROTECTING
• BIODIVERSITY
• understanding marine
• biodiversity
• conservation of habitats,
• and species and communities
• combatting alien organisms

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• Theme 6
• PREVENTING
• POLLUTION
• inputs, distributions, flux
• and mass balances of pollutants
• effects and consequences
• of pollution in the ecosystem
• improving monitoring,
• assessment and management

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• Theme 7
• INTEGRATING
• ECOSYSTEM AND
• SOCIETY
• how humans use the Baltic
• Sea ecosystem resources
• forecasting the Baltic Sea
• ecosystem under various
• scenarios for management
• policies and human actions.
• estimating societys values ,
• assessment and management
• improving governance

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BONUS Call 2007

• Priority will be given research projects linking
  Themes 2-6 with 1 and 7 in an interdisciplinary
  manner.
• However, interdisciplinary research among Themes
  2-6 is also encouraged.

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BONUS Call 2007

• Funding can be applied for
• transnational projects, minimum of two Baltic Sea
  countries
• partners from other EU countries or third
  countries if expertise or facilities, scarce in
  the Baltic Sea countries, are brought into the
  projects. These participants must cover 50 of
  their expenses
• duration of projects is max. three years

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BONUS Call 2007

• total funding of a project shoul be within limits
  of 100 000 2 000 000 euros
• projects may suggest training courses open for
  the whole programme additional funding of 10
  000 euros

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BONUS Call 2007

• Two step application procedure
• Submission of Letters of Intent by November 28th,
  2007
• Electronic Proposal Submission System through
  BONUS portal
• Project Coordinator initializes the submission
  process

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BONUS Call 2007

• Invitation to submit Full Proposals by February
  15th, 2008
• Submission of Full Proposals by March 14th 2008
• Ca. twice the amount that can be funded
• Decision of projects to be funded in summer 2008

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BONUS Call 2007
Funding will be managed by national funding
organisations and follow national rules

• Eligibility of partners
• Eligibility of costs
• Overhead
• VAT
• Contact your national programme manager, Mr
  Audrius Zvikas!

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• BONUS Seminar
• Integrating Ecosystems and Society
• Experiences across the Ocean
• Marina Congress Center, Helsinki
• 21th September, 2007, 1400-1900
• Speakers Prof Robert Constanza, Prof Jon G.
  Sutinen,
• Prof Michalis Skourtos, Jan-Marcin Weslawski,
  Prof Donald Boesch
• Follow BONUS web-page for registration!