Green Paper The European Research Area: New Perspectives

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Green Paper The European Research AreaNew
Perspectives

• Loula Sigala
• Administrative Director /Head of International
  Relations
• National Contact Point PEOPLE/ Attica region
  
  Mobility Centre of
  Researchers / Attica region
• National Hellenic Research Foundation
• http//www.eie.gr, e-mail lsigala_at_eie.gr

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ERA stocktaking

• Where do we stand?
• What are the key issues?
• What needs to be done?
• Researchers
• Research Infrastructures
• Research Institutions
• ? Questions for the debate

• Knowledge circulation
• Optimising Programmes
• Global cooperation

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Public debate and further steps

• European institutions
• Member States / Regions
• Researchers
• Research institutions
• Business
• Citizens
• Experts, academics
• ? Initiatives in 2008

Institutional stakeholderconferenceLisbonOct
ober 2007
Online consultationMay - August 2007
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Public debate First results

• 4 month consultation
• 800 replies
• Broad involvement of stakeholders
• In-dept assessment ongoing

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1. Single labour market for researchers

• Overall assessment
• Researchers are the heart of knowledge creation,
  transfer and exploitation
• Breaking down barriers to mobility is essential
• Need for better information on career
  opportunites across EU
• Encourage the best non-EU talent to come and work
  in Europe

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2. World-class research infrastructures

• Overall assessment
• Strong support for ESFRI Roadmap
• Need for leadership to ensure implementation of
  roadmap
• Need to develop appropriate legal frame for
  construction of research Infrastructures
• Dont forget the global dimension

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3. Strengthening research institutions

• Overall assessment
• Need to allocate more funding on a competitive
  basis to boost excellence
• Move towards the creation of European world-class
• virtual centers of excellence
• improved use of ICT to develop European and
  global research communities

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4. Sharing knowledge

• Overall assessment
• TV and internet are main tools to share
  scientific knowledge with the wide public
• Make new data better and quicker accessible
• Break down barriers between business and
  scientific communities
• Establish clear rules for knowledge transfer and
  IPR

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5. Optimising programmes and priorities

• Overall assessment
• Need to further simplify FP7
• More joint foresight activites at European level
• Encourage the development of joint programmes
  involving several Member States (e.g. via Article
  169)

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6. Opening to the world

• Need for better inter-action between EU and
  Member States on international cooperation
• Europe should speak increasingly with one
  voice 
• Focus on a small number of high profile global
  issues.

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Possible follow-up initiatives in 2008

• Mobility of researchers
• Research infrastructures
• IP Charter (for knowledge transfer between public
  research and industry)
• Coordination of research programmes and
  priorities
• International ST cooperation strategy

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Follow-up initiatives in 2008Role of the Member
States

• Development of common principles for peer review,
  quality assurance and joint evaluation of
  research programmes
• Joint foresight activities, joint programming
• Improvement of career perspectives of researchers
• Implementation of 35 projects of ESFRI Roadmap
• Better dissemination of new data and
  peer-reviewed publications
• Improvement of science communication
• Better cooperation with European Commission on
  science relations with third countries

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Thank you for your attention

• Loula Sigala
• Administrative Director /Head of International
  Relations
• National Contact Point PEOPLE/ Attica region
  
  Mobility Centre of
  Researchers / Attica region
• National Hellenic Research Foundation
• http//www.eie.gr, e-mail lsigala_at_eie.gr