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The 2011 Socio-economic Sciences and the
Humanities (SSH) Work Programme
Directorate for Science, Economy and
Society European Commission / Directorate
General for Research
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Part I General considerationsPart II The
Work Programme, topic by topic

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  and Humanities Work Programme 2011, the Call
  Fiches and the Guides for Applicants as they are
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• Part I General considerations

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SSH, theme 8, of the Cooperation Specific
Programme (FP7)

• Mission
• Generating an in-depth, shared understanding of
  complex and related socio-economic challenges
  Europe is confronted with(e.g. growth,
  employment, innovation, social cohesion, cultural
  and educational challenges in an enlarged EU,
  sustainability, environmental challenges,
  demographic change, migration and integration,
  quality of life, global interdependence)
• in particular with the view of providing an
  improved knowledge base for policies in the
  fields concerned

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SSH, theme 8, of the Cooperation Specific
Programme (FP7) Its Foundations

• The European Research Area
• Lisbon Strategy
• Barcelona Target 3
• Freedom of knowledge The Fifth EU freedom
  Ljubljana process
• Europe 2020 - EU Innovation Union and other
  flagship policies

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SSH, theme 8, of the Cooperation Specific
Programme (FP7)

• Approach
• The SSH research agenda
• Addresses a carefully selected set of
  socio-economic challenges
• Helps develop a socio-economic and humanities
  knowledge base ? contributes to promoting shared
  understanding across Europe and to the resolution
  of wider international problems supports
  development of quantitative and qualitative
  methods.
• Helps improve the formulation, implementation,
  assessment of policy and regulatory measures in
  many Community policy areas.
• Includes a substantial international perspective
  in order to properly tackle the global dimension
  of most of the challenges.

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SSH Research Activities

• Five Activities based on major challenges for the
  EU
• Growth, employment and competitiveness in a
  knowledge society
• Combining economic, social and environmental
  objectives in a European perspective
• Major trends in society and their implications
• Europe in the world
• The Citizen in the EU
• Two cross-cutting Activities
• Socio-economic and scientific indicators
• Foresight activity
• Plus some horizontal supporting activity

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The 2011 Work Programme Policy links
The SSH 2011 Work Programme supports the current
EU policy priorities (e.g. Europe 2020 Strategy)

• Three main priorities of the Europe 2020
  strategy
• Smart growth developing an economy based on
  knowledge and innovation
• Sustainable growth promoting a more resource
  efficient, greener and more competitive economy
  and
• Inclusive growth fostering a high-employment
  economy delivering social and territorial
  cohesion.

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Policy links some concrete examples

• EU Headline target on promoting social inclusion,
  in particular through the reduction of poverty,
  by aiming to lift at least 20 million people out
  of the risk of poverty and exclusion ? Topics
  Combating poverty in Europe a key question of
  human dignity and social cohesion, and Addressing
  cohesion challenges in Central and Eastern Europe
  in the light of economic and social crises
• EU Headline target on aiming to raise to 75 the
  employment rate for women and men aged 20-64,
  including through the greater participation of
  young people, older workers and low-skilled
  workers and the better integration of legal
  migrants ? Topic on Lifelong learning in Europe
  appropriate skills for sustaining better jobs
• EU Headline target on improving the conditions
  for research and development, in particular with
  the aim of raising combined public and private
  investment levels in this sector to 3 of GDP
  the Commission will elaborate an indicator
  reflecting RD and innovation intensity ? Topics
  on Beyond GDP and Forward looking on European
  Research Area
• Innovation Union Flagship Initiative ? Topic on
  New Innovation Processes including Social
  Innovation
• Ensuring the security of Europeans (Barroso
  Political Guidelines) ? Topic on Surveillance and
  the challenges for democracy and an open society
  

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Administrative Structure of the Work Programme

• The first call (FP7-SSH-2011-1) with a total
  budget of EUR 40 million will support
  Collaborative projects (large scale integrating
  projects) and a Collaborative project (large
  scale integrating project) for specific
  cooperation action dedicated to international
  cooperation.
• The second call (FP7-SSH-2011-2) with a total
  budget of EUR 29.7 million will support
  Collaborative projects (small or medium-scale
  focused research projects), a Collaborative
  project (small or medium-scale focused research
  project) for specific cooperation action
  dedicated to international cooperation and a
  BSG-CSO scheme (Research for the Benefit of
  Specific Groups - Civil Society Organisations).
• The third call (FP7-SSH-2011-3) with a total
  budget of EUR 6.3 million will support
  Coordination and support actions (supporting
  actions), a Coordination and Support Action
  (coordinating action) and a BSG-CSO scheme
  (Research for the Benefit of Specific Groups -
  Civil Society Organisations).
• The work programme contains also two ERA-Net
  projects that form part of a horizontal ERA-Net
  Call and public procurement actions and grants to
  identified beneficiaries
• Over 10 increase in the total budget compared to
  2010 Work Programme

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Deadlines and timeline

• Calls 1, 2 and 3 Common deadline 2nd February
  2011
• Electronic Proposal submission through EPSS
• Indicative evaluation and contractual timetable
  evaluation of proposals in May 2011 and first
  grant agreements are expected to be signed in
  November 2011.
• Note! The two ERA-Net projects form part of the
  horizontal ERA-Net call (Deadline of 22nd
  February 2011). Please consult Annex 2 to the
  Cooperation Work Programme. ERA-Net projects
  are restricted to programme owners/ programme
  managers

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The first call (FP7-SSH-2011-1)

• Total budget EUR 40 million
• Funding scheme Collaborative project (large
  scale integrating project)
• In addition, one Collaborative project (large
  scale integrating project) for specific
  cooperation action dedicated to international
  cooperation (SICA)
• The first call furthers the new approach based on
  addressing societal challenges through large
  scale collaborative projects (with minimum of
  EUR 6.5 million, maximum budget per challenge
  EUR 8 Million)
• Eligibility conditions At least 7 partners,
  independent legal entities, from a minimum of 7
  different countries (MS or AC). Note special
  eligibility conditions for SICA - see below.
• It is expected to fund one proposal per
  challenge

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The first call (FP7-SSH-2011-1) Four
Challenges identified

• Activity 8.1 Europe moving towards a new path of
  economic growth and social developments
• Activity 8.2 Economic, social and political
  conditions for satisfying the world food needs
• Activity 8.4 Tackling poverty in a development
  context (SICA) and The evolving concept of
  borders
• Activity 8.5 Corruption and resistance to
  corruption in the private and public sphere.

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SSH.2011.4.1-1. Tackling poverty in a
development context (SICA) eligibility
conditions

• Eligibility conditions At least 7 partners,
  independent legal entities, from a minimum of 7
  different countries. At least 2 of partners being
  established in 2 different MS or AC. For the
  remaining participants at least 5 other entities
  must come from International Cooperation Partner
  Countries and be established in Africa,
  South-East Asia, and/or Latin America and the
  Caribbean.
• Please see Annex 1 of the 'Cooperation' work
  programme for the list of International
  Co-operation Partner Countries (ICPC).

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The first call (FP7-SSH-2011-1) issues to be
addressed in proposals

• Each large project is expected to include a
  number of specific research and non-research
  activities
• A plurality of perspectives from different
  disciplines to examine the different dimensions
  of the societal challenge considered
• Proposals may choose to also address research
  questions complementary to those mentioned in the
  work programme to the extent that these
  contribute to addressing the challenge in
  question.
• Capitalisation of previous research stock-taking
  
• Forward looking /foresight analysis regarding the
  evolution of the societal challenge, where
  relevant
• Deployment of a significant international
  cooperation dimension in addition to the European
  dimension
• Dissemination and exploitation of research
  results in a variety of contexts (scientific,
  policy, media, civil society)
• Development of an effective critical mass of
  actors, involving a wide range of key
  stakeholders
• A rigorous professional approach to managing
  research and day-to-day administrative work.
• The composition and the size of proposed
  consortia should adequately reflect the proposed
  research agenda and allow for a convincing and
  efficient management structure.

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The second call FP7-SSH-(2011-2)

• Total budget EUR 29.7 million
• Maximum EU contribution per project EUR 2.7
  million
• Funding scheme Collaborative project (small or
  medium-scale focused research project)
• Eligibility conditions At least 3 independent
  legal entities, which come from at least 3
  different MS or AC.
• In addition
• Collaborative project (small or medium-scale
  focused research project) for specific
  cooperation action dedicated to international
  cooperation (SICA) for SSH.2011.4.1-2.
  Connections between rural areas and cities in
  sub-Saharan Africa.
• Eligibility conditions At least 5 independent
  legal entities from different countries, at least
  2 of which are established in different MS or AC.
  From the remaining participants at least 3 other
  entities must come from International Cooperation
  Partner Countries and be established in 3
  different sub-Saharan countries.
• And a possibility of using a BSG-CSO scheme
  (Research for the Benefit of Specific Groups -
  Civil Society Organisations) for topic
  SSH.2011.2.1-2. Combating poverty in Europe a
  key question of human dignity and social
  cohesion.
• Eligibility conditions for BSG-CSO At least 3
  independent legal entities, established in at
  least 3 different MS or AC. At least 1 of the
  legal entities has to be a civil society
  organisation (CSO).

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The second call (FP7-SSH-2011-2) Topics

• Activity 8.1 'Growth, employment and
  competitiveness in a knowledge society the
  European case' will address the following topics
  Lifelong learning in Europe appropriate skills
  for sustaining better jobs New Innovation
  Processes including Social Innovation
• Activity 8.2 'Combining economic, social and
  environmental objectives in a European
  perspective Paths towards sustainable
  development' will address the topic on Combating
  poverty in Europe a key question of human
  dignity and social cohesion Addressing cohesion
  issues in Central and Eastern Europe.
• Activity 8.3 'Major trends in society and their
  implications' will address the topic on Criminal
  behaviour and policy responses in the European
  Union
• Activity 8.4 'Europe in the world' will address
  the following topics Connections between rural
  areas and cities in Sub-Saharan Africa (SICA)
  Transatlantic relations in the context of global
  governance architecture and relationships with
  other powers.
• Activity 8.5 'The Citizen in the European Union'
  will address the following topics Surveillance
  and the challenges for democracy and an open
  society The Anthropology of European
  Integration Rule of Law and Justice in a
  Multilevel Governance System.
• Activity 8.6 'Socio-economic and scientific
  indicators' will tackle the topic on The Impact
  assessment of EU policies.

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The third call (FP7-SSH-2011-3)

• Total budget EUR 6.3 million
• Funding schemes Coordination and support action
  (supporting action), Coordination and support
  action (coordinating action), or Research for the
  Benefit of Specific Groups - Civil Society
  Organisations (BSG-CSO)
• Only the highest ranked proposal per topic will
  be selected, on the condition that proposals pass
  all the requisite evaluation thresholds.
• Topics
• Activity 8.1 Social platform on innovative
  Social Services (CSA supporting or a possibility
  of using BSG-CSO budget per topic EUR 1 500 000)
• Activity 8.6 Beyond GDP Measuring economic
  performance and social progress (CSA
  coordinating budget per topic EUR 1 500 000)
• Activity 8.7 'Foresight activities' calls for the
  topic on Forward Looking on the European Research
  Area (CSA supporting, budget per topic EUR 1 500
  000)
• Activity 8.8 Networking of Dissemination
  Activities Involving International Transfer
  Knowledge Institutes (CSA supporting, budget per
  topic EUR 300 000) ICT-based networking and
  exploiting of SSH projects and results (CSA
  supporting, budget per topic EUR 500 000) Career
  paths and patterns of SSH graduates (CSA
  supporting, budget per topic EUR 1 000 000).

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ERA-Net call (FP7-ERANET-2011-RTD)

• Total budget 8 M of which 2 M for the ERA-Net
  and 6 M for the ERA-Net Plus
• Funding scheme Coordination and Support Actions
  (Coordinating Action)
• Eligibility conditions The minimum number of
  participants in an ERA-Net consortium is 3
  independent legal entities from a minimum of 3
  different MS or AC and which finance or manage
  publicly funded national or regional programmes
• It is expected to fund one proposal per topic

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Evaluation criteria

• Please see the detailed description of the
  eligibility and evaluation criteria in Annex 2 of
  the Cooperation Specific Programme Work
  Programme and Annex 2 of the relevant Guide for
  Applicants
• Each proposal will be evaluated by peer review
  by a minimum of 3 experts
• The three evaluation criteria are
• Scientific and/or technological excellence
  (relevant to the topics addressed by the call)
• Quality and efficiency of the implementation and
  the management
• Potential impact through the development,
  dissemination and use of project results
• Thresholds minimum 3/5 for each criterion and a
  minimum total of 10/15
• NOTE the scientific and/or technological
  excellence evaluation criterion will include the
  following additional sub-criterion 'appropriate
  comparative perspective and the largest possible
  European coverage in relation to the subject of
  research (though not necessarily simply by reason
  of a geographically diverse consortium). or in
  case of SICAs 'appropriate comparative
  perspective and the largest possible
  international coverage in relation to the subject
  of research (though not necessarily simply by
  reason of a geographically diverse consortium).

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Evaluation process
May be remote
Panel
Submission
Consensus
Individual readings
Finalisation
Final ranking list
Evaluators
Evaluators
Evaluators
Rejection list
Criteria
Criteria
Criteria
Proposals in suggested priority order
Eligibility
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
Role of experts
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European Research and Innovation

• Research Third largest EU policy in budgetary
  terms (after CAP and Structural funds which
  include a significant amount of support to
  RDI)
• Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP)
• FP7 Major tool for implementing EU research
  collaboration although it represents 5 of EU
  public research budget (cf. Joint Programming)
• FP7 - SSH concentration on grand societal
  challenges and social innovation
• FP7 SSH largest funder of SSH in EU (and the
  world)

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Role of RD and Innovation(3 target)
Source EU DEMETER project using the NEMESIS
model (P. Zagamé)
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• Part II The Work Programme,
• topic by topic

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Activity 8.1 Growth, employment and
competitiveness in a knowledge society the
European case

• SSH.2011.1.1-1 Lifelong learning in Europe
  appropriate skills for sustaining better jobs
• maximum 2.7 M
• SSH.2011.1.2-1. Europe moving towards a new
  path of economic growth and social development
• minimum 6.5 M but indicative budget 8M

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Activity 8.1 Growth, employment and
competitiveness in a knowledge society the
European case

• SSH.2011.1.2-2 Social platform on innovative
  social services
• maximum 1.5 M (support action)
• SSH.2011.1.3-1 New innovation processes
  including Social innovation
• maximum 2.7 M

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Activity 8.2 Combining economic, social and
environmental objectives in a European
perspective Paths towards sustainable
development

• SSH.2011.2.1-1. Economic, social and political
  conditions for satisfying the world food needs
  minimum 6.5 M but indicative budget
  8M
• SSH.2011.2.1-2. Combating poverty in Europe a
  key question of human dignity and social cohesion
  maximum 2.7 M
• SSH.2011.2.2-1. Addressing cohesion challenges
  in Central and Eastern Europe
  maximum 2.7 M

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Activity 8.3 Major Trends in society and their
implications

• SSH.2011.3.2-1. Criminal behaviour and policy
  responses in the European Union
• maximum 2.7 M
• SSH.2011.3.2-2. Drug demand and supply
  reductionERA-Net indicative budget 2 M
• SSH.2011.3.3.1 Cultural encountersERA-Net Plus
  indicative budget 6 M

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Activity 8.4 Europe in the world

• SSH.2011.4.1-1. Tackling poverty in a
  development context
• minimum 6.5 M but indicative budget 8 M
• SSH.2011.4.1-2. Connections between rural areas
  and cities in Sub-Saharan Africa
• maximum 2.7 M

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Activity 8.4 Europe in the world (continued)

• SSH.2011.4.2-1. The evolving concept of borders
• minimum 6.5 M but indicative budget 8 M
• SSH.2011.4.3-1. Transatlantic relations in the
  context of global governance architecture and
  relationships with other powers
• maximum 2.7 M

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Activity 8.5 The citizen in the European Union

• SSH.2011.5.1-1. Corruption and resistance to
  corruption in the private and public
  sphereminimum 6.5 M but indicative budget 8 M
• SSH.2011.5.1-2. Surveillance and the challenges
  for democracy and an open society (coordinated
  with FP7-SEC-2011.6.1-5 Surveillance and the
  challenges for the security of the citizen topic
  from FP7 Security Theme 6)maximum 2.7 M

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Activity 8.5 The citizen in the European Union
(continued)

• SSH.2011.5.2-1 The anthropology of European
  integrationmaximum 2.7 M
• SSH.2011.5.2-2. Rule of law and justice in a
  multilevel governance systemmaximum 2.7 M

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Activity 8.6 Socio-economic and scientific
indicators

• SSH.2011.6.2-1 Beyond GDP Measuring economic
  performance and social progress
• indicative budget 1.5 M coordinating action
• SSH.2011.6.4-1 Impact assessment of EU
  policiesmaximum 2.7 M

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Activity 8.7 Foresight activities

• SSH.2011.7.1-1 Forward visions on the European
  Research Areaindicative budget 1.5 M supporting
  action

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VI. Networking, communication and SSH careers

• SSH.2011.8.8-1. Networking of dissemination
  activities involving international transfer
  knowledge institutes
• indicative budget 0.3 M supporting action
• SSH.2011.8.8-2. ICT-based networking and
  exploiting of SSH projects and results
• indicative budget 0.5 M supporting action
• SSH.2011.8.8-3. Career paths and patterns of
  SSH graduates
• indicative budget 1 M supporting action

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Contact details

• Dr Ian PERRY
• Principal Administrator
• SDME 7/36
• Research in Economic, Social Sciences and
  Humanities Prospective
• Directorate L Science, Economy and Society
• Directorate General for Research
• European Commission
• BE 1049 BRUSSELS
• Belgium
• Telephone [phone], no answering machine
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail ian.perry_at_ec.europa.eu
• Secretary (Eva Szell), telephone 32 2 298
  4130, my pseudo answering machine
• E-mail eva.szell_at_ec.europa.eu
• Office address (not to be used for mail or
  objects sent by courier service but only when you
  want or need to visit us)

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Important websites Participants portal
http//ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/
appmanager/participants/portal SSH home
page http//ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences
/index_en.html Cordis home page http//cordis.eu
ropa.eu/fp7/home_en.html Thank you for your
attention and good luck with your proposals
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More information

• EU research http//ec.europa.eu/research/