'''from FP6 "Thematic Priority 5" 200306 "FOOD QUALITY

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...from FP6 "Thematic Priority 5" (2003-06)
"FOOD QUALITY SAFETY"... ...to
FP7-Cooperation "Theme 2" ("BIO") "Food,
Agriculture Biotechnology"
European Research 7th Framework Programme
(2007-2013)
Rafael GARCIA-VILLAR Christophe
COTILLON "FP7-BIO" National Contact
Point rgarciav_at_toulouse.inra.fr c.cotillon_at_actia-a
sso.eu
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FP6 Architecture (2003-2006)
1. Integrating strengthening the European
Research Area
1.1 Concentrating Integrating European Research
co-ordination of research activities
1.2 Strength. the foundations of ERA
Cross-cutting Research Activities
7 Thematic Priorities

• Life Sciences, genomics biotechnology for
  health
• Information Society Technologies
• Nanotechnologies ...
• Aeronautics space
• Food Quality Safety
• Sustainable Development ...
• Citizens governance...

• ("box 8")
• Research for policy support
• Emerging technologies (NEST)
• Specific SME activities
• International cooperation (INCO)

development of res/innov policies
( Non-nuclear) activities of Joint Research
Centers (JRC)



2. Structuring the ERA
3. EURATOM
Research Innovation
HR Mobility
Research Infrastructures
Science Society
Fusion
Waste
Radiopr
Other
JRC
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Perspectives for a 7th Framework-Programme (FP.7)

• FP.7 is under construction - about to be
  adopted...
• Start of reflections early 2004
• Adoption expected end 2006
• Implementation first calls, early 2007 - (Dec
  22nd?)
• FP.7 planned for 7 years (2007-2013)
• Financial perspectives of EU
• Mid-term revision foreseen (2010 ?)
• Budget markedly increased (40) / FP.6
• FP.6 18 Billion for 4 years (4.5 / year)
• FP.7 50.521 Billion for 7 years (7.2 /
  year)
• FP.7 covers 4 major objectives of EU research
  policy, each of which supported by its own
  specific programme

NEW!
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Specific Programmes published september 2005
"Cooperation" Collaborative research
"Ideas" "Frontier" research
4 Specific Programmes EC
"People" Human Potential
"Capacities" Research Innovation

JRC (non-nuclear)
JRC Euratom
JRC (nuclear)
Euratom
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Indicative budget breakdown for FP.7 specific
programmes
Ideas 15 7 460 M
People 10 4 728 M
Cooperation 63 32 292 M
Capacities 8 4 217 M
total budget 50 521 B (agreement as of july
2006)
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FP.7 "Funding Schemes"(formerly "Instruments")

• To support actions implemented on the basis of
• calls for proposals
• Collaborative projects (Large (6M) Small (3M)
  CPs)
• Networks of Excellence (NoEs 6M)
• Coordination Support Actions (CSAs, 0.5-1.0M)
• Fellowships (Marie Curie)
• Research projects for third parties (e.g.
  SMEs...)
• ERA-net (New resp of thematic priorities)
• 2) decisions by Council and European Parliament
• Art. 169
• Joint Technology Initiatives (Art. 171)
• Development of new Infrastructures of European
  Interest

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"Cooperation" Specific Programme 9 (10)
"Themes"
6 050 B
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1. Health
1 935 B
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2. Food, Agriculture Biotechnology
9 110 B
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3. Information Communication Technologies
3 500 B
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4. Nanosci. Nanotech. Mat. New Prod. Tech.
2 300 B
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5. Energy
1 900 B
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6. Environment (incl. climate changes)
4 180 B
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7. Transport (incl. aeronautics)
610 B
2
8. Socio-Economic Sciences Humanities
Sec 1 350 B Spa 1 430 B
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9. Security (10) Space
Total programme 32 365 B
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Food, agriculture and biotechnology
researchObjectives

• Build a European Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy
  (KBBE)
• Respond to social and economic challenges
• High quality food and sustainable food production
• Food-related disorders (cardiovascular, obesity
  )
• Infectious animal diseases and zoonoses
• Sustainable agriculture/fishery and climate
  change
• Clean biomaterials from renewable bio-resources
• Involve all stakeholders (incl. industry) in
  research
• Support CAP and CFP
• Respond quickly to emerging research needs

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"Cooperation" Programme Theme 2 Food,
Agriculture Biotechnology
The 3 "Activities"
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Food, agricultureand biotechnology
researchWhats new!

• Pillar 2 Food, health and well-being ensures
  continuity of FP6 Food quality and safety
  research
• New Pillar 1 Sustainable production and
  management of biological resources and pillar 3
  Life sciences and biotech for sustainable
  non-food products and processes
• Some topics under pillar 13 partly financed in
  FP4 and FP5 (BIOTECH, FAIR, QoL, etc.), but FP6
  efforts scattered and not of sufficient critical
  mass (some activities under materials, energy and
  environment) providing no synergies
• Technology platforms in the area of plant
  biotechnology, animal breeding, global animal
  health, forestry, food and industrial
  biotechnology

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Activity 1
Sustainable production and management of
biological resources from land, forest and
aquatic environments

• Enabling research (omics, converging
  technologies, bio-informatics, biodiversity) for
  micro-organism, plants and animals
• Competitive, sustainable and multifunctional
  agriculture, forestry, fishery and aquaculture
• Animal health production and welfare animal
  diseases incl. zoonoses
• Marine resources, fishery, aquaculture
• Development of policy strategies for knowledge
  based bio-economy, agriculture, fishery as well
  as rural and coastal areas

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Activity 2
Fork to farm- Food, health and well being

• Consumer, societal, industrial and health aspects
  of food and feed
• Nutrition, diet related diseasesand disorders
• Innovative food and feed processing
• Improved quality and safety of food, beverage
  and feed
• Total food chain concept

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Activity 3
Life sciences and biotechnology for sustainable
non-food products and processes

• Improved crops, feed-stocks, marine products and
  biomass for energy, environment, and high added
  value industrial products novel farming systems
• Bio-catalysis new bio-refinery concepts and
  other bioprocesses
• Forestry and forest based products and processes
• Environmental remediation and cleaner processing

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From the Framework Programme (FP) to the Work
Programme (WP)
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The 2007 Work Programme (WP)

• The three "activities", subdivided in "areas"
• Priority "topics" for the first two "calls" of
  FP7 (covering the 2007 budget and part of 2008
  budget - see Table)
• For each topic
• the topic title,
• a short summary,
• proposed "funding scheme" ("size" of the
  project),
• a description of the expected impact.
• Indicative list of topics to be considered in the
  2008 update of the WP for each activity.
• Implementation of Calls Dates of publication
  and deadlines, evaluation procedure, budget,
  etc...

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Activity 1
Sustainable production and management of
biological resources from land, forest and
aquatic environments

• Area 1.1.1 technologies
• Development of new tools and processes to support
  RD in crop plants molecular breeding
• Mining genomics information of farm animals to
  generate new information on the genetic basis of
  phenotypes important to sustainable agriculture
• Development of genetic systems for crop
  improvement through a systems biology approach
• Development of technologies and tools for the
  exploitation of livestock genome
• Using new technologies to identify (re-)emerging
  pathogens from wildlife reservoirs
• Development of new tools and processes to support
  RD in crop plants gene technology breeding
• New and converging technologies for Precision
  Livestock Farming in European animal production
  systems
• Genomics to develop improved approaches to the
  control of endemic infectious, or metabolic, farm
  animal diseases

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Activity 1
Sustainable production and management of
biological resources from land, forest and
aquatic environments

• Area 2.1.2 Increased sustainability of all
  production systems (agriculture, fisheries and
  aquaculture) Plant health and crop protection
  (1)
• Improved indicators of the relationship between
  organic/low-input farmoing and biodiversity
• Improving water stress tolerance in European food
  crops
• Annual Food crops with improved tolerance to
  multiple abiotic stresses
• Genomics for cereal improvement for food and
  non-food uses
• Development of Pest Risk Analysis based on new
  diagnostic methods
• Reducing the need for external inputs in
  high-value protected horticulture
• Novel forest tree breeding
• Developing new methods for valuing and marketing
  of currently non-marketable forest goods and
  services
• Coordination of Agricultural Research in the
  Mediterranean
• Reduction of nitrogen excretion in ruminants
• From capture based to self-sustained aquaculture
• Improving cost-efficiency in the fisheries

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Activity 1
Sustainable production and management of
biological resources from land, forest and
aquatic environments

• Area 2.1.2 Increased sustainability of all
  production systems (agriculture, fisheries and
  aquaculture) Plant health and crop protection(2)
• The structure of fish populations and
  traceability of fish and fish products
• Improving research in support to scientific
  advice to fisheries management outside EU waters
• Consolidate alliances with third countries in the
  field of aquaculture
• Mitigating adverse impacts of fisheries
• Reducing the utilisation of mineral fertilisers
  by improving the efficiency of nutrient use in
  European crops
• Essential biological functions related to the
  most relevant stages of aquaculture fish
  life-history
• Developing vaccines for the control of roundworm
  infestation in extensive ruminant production
  systems
• Framework for effort and capacity management of
  the fisheries
• Mitigating adverse impacts of aquaculture
• Microbial control for more sustainable
  aquaculture
• Improved agro-forestry systems for sustainable
  farming (SICA)

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Activity 1
Sustainable production and management of
biological resources from land, forest and
aquatic environments

• Area 2.1.3 Optimised animal health production and
  welfare across agriculture, fisheries and
  aquaculture
• Improving animal health, product quality and
  performance of organic and low-input livestock
  systems through breeding
• Improving production through investigating the
  gut physiology of farm animals and its
  interaction with the gastro-intestinal microflora
• Breeding tools for improved livestock products
• Coordination of European research in the area of
  animal health, including emerging threats,
  infectious diseases and surveillance
• Optimising research efforts for the development
  of the most effective tools for controlling
  infectious animal diseases
• Development of rational strategies for the
  eradication of bovine tuberculosis
• Evaluating and controlling the risk of African
  Swine Fever in the EU
• Emerging vector-borne diseases West Nile fever,
  Rift Valley Fever and Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic
  fever
• Improved epidemiological tools for food-borne
  zoonoses application of geographical information
  for live animals and animal products
• Neglected zoonoses in developing countries
  integrated approach for the improvement of their
  control in animals
• Biosafety measures for Campylobacter at primary
  production
• Development of a new generation vaccine for FMD

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Activity 1
Sustainable production and management of
biological resources from land, forest and
aquatic environments

• Area 2.1.4 Socio-economic research and support to
  policies (1)
• Developing the knowledge-based bio-economy (KBBE)
  
• Enabling efficient transfer of technology in the
  knowledge-based bio-economy
• The farm of tomorrow
• GMO Co-existence and practical implications
• Implementation of Leader
• Containment of Sharka virus in view of
  EU-expansion
• Assessing the socio-economic consequences and
  costs benefits of measures promoting good animal
  welfare
• Establishment of an information platform on the
  protection and welfare of animals
• Models for the extrapolation of maximum residue
  limits (MRLs) in the food chain
• External costs of pesticides
• Governance for an operational regional ecosystem
  approach to fisheries management
• Addressing uncertainty and complexity
  governance for fisheries management
• Interactions of fisheries and aquaculture of
  bluefin tuna
• Deep sea fisheries management

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Activity 1
Sustainable production and management of
biological resources from land, forest and
aquatic environments

• Area 2.1.4 Socio-economic research and support to
  policies(2)
• Comparative analysis of factor markets for
  agriculture across the Member States
• Spatial analysis of area-based measures in rural
  development programmes
• Enlargement network - Agro-economic policy
  analysis of the accession and the candidate
  states and the countries of Western Balkan
• Drivers and limits of enhanced trade in
  agricultural and food products
• Non-tariff barriers
• Trade and agricultural policies - India
• Policy and institutional aspects of sustainable
  agriculture and rural development in the
  Mediterranean partner countries
• Societal Benefits of Organic Farming
• Costs of different standard setting and
  certification systems for organic food and
  farming
• Assessing the pros cons and monitoring the
  perception of GM animals
• GMOs and possible long-term impacts on
  biodiversity
• Improving the stakeholder dialogue towards a
  common vision and joint research priorities for
  the knowledge-based bio-economy
• Novel approaches for reusing nitrogen
• Valorisation of Andean microbial biodiversity for
  agroindustry of basic crops, for environmental
  protection and as a source of novel bioactive
  compounds SICA (Latin America-Andean region)

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Activity 2
Fork to farm- Food, health and well being

• Area 2.2.1 Consumers
• Networking of food consumer science in Europe and
  development and application of social and
  behavioural sciences to food research
• Developing research tools for food consumer
  science in the Western Balkan Countries
• Food labelling and consumer behaviour
• Taste, cognitive perception and mood
• Assessment of intervention measures aimed at
  promoting healthy eating habits
• Risk perception and communication in the food
  chain and the role of the media
• Applying behavioural models for the prevention of
  obesity, with a particular focus on children

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Activity 2
Fork to farm- Food, health and well being

• Area 2.2.2 Nutrition
• Effect of diet on mental performance
• Impact of diet on ageing
• Optical technologies for monitoring the human
  nutrition status and the onset of
  nutrition-related health problems
• Malnutrition in developing countries
• Diet for patients in hospitals and at home
  disease-related malnutrition
• Diet and its effect on the development of
  intestinal microflora and on the immune system
  through the entire life span
• Systems Biology and bioanalytical tools for
  nutrition research
• Optimal cell function and nutrition
• Methodologies and tools to support the prevention
  of obesity in Mediterranean Partner Countries
  (SICA)
• Linking with international databases on food
  composition and consumption (SICA)
• Impact of exogenous factors in the development of
  allergy
• Functional foods, natural products and bioactive
  compounds from the Black Sea region (SICA)

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Activity 2
Fork to farm- Food, health and well being

• Area 2.2.3 Food processing
• Smart control for improved food and feed
  technologies
• Assessment and improvement of existing food and
  feed technologies
• Harmonising and integrating research on food
  technology, safety and nutrition through commonly
  shared food models
• Nano-devices for quality assurance, food safety
  and product properties
• New solutions for improving refrigeration
  technologies along the food chain
• Network for facilitating the implementation of
  high-tech processing at industrial scale
• (Bio-)Technologies for the production of food
  additives, colorants, and flavours
• Observing and understanding the micro-structure
  of foods

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Activity 2
Fork to farm- Food, health and well being

• Area 2.2.4 Food Quality and Safety
• Exposure to food additives, flavourings, and
  migrants coming from the packaging Dietary
  intake models
• Detecting contaminants in the food and feed chain
  
• New methods for the monitoring and control of
  food-borne viruses
• Innovative and safe packaging
• Food sampling strategies for risk analysis
• Protecting animal and human health from prions in
  food, feed and the environment
• Biocides and induced risks of antibiotic
  resistance in food pathogens
• Effects of combined exposure to chemicals
  intentionally added to the food chain

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Activity 2
Fork to farm- Food, health and well being

• Area 2.2.5 Environmental impacts and total food
  chain
• Post Market Monitoring of GM food and feed
• Converging technologies and their potential for
  the food area
• Development and application of computational
  biology as a complementary tool to in vivo and/or
  in vitro trials
• Sustainability of the food chain
• Reduce contamination by mycotoxins in the food
  and feed chain
• Assessment of impacts from climate change on food
  
• Food chain management
• Assessment of impacts of scenarios affecting food
  chain management

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Activity 3
Life sciences and biotechnology for sustainable
non-food products and processes

• Area 2.3.1 Improved biomass and plant based
  renewables
• Understanding Plant Cell Walls for optimizing
  Biomass potential
• Novel plants for energy production
• Plants providing oils of the future
• New forest based products and processes
• Plant made recombinant pharmaceuticals for
  animals
• Biological Polymers from plants
• Technical, socio-economic, geographic and
  regulatory aspects of future non-food crop
  systems in particular related to co-existence and
  safety of agri-food chains
• Identification of optimal terrestrial and aquatic
  biomass and waste for Bioproducts
• The expression and accumulation of valuable
  industrial compounds in plants
• Realising the potential of plant natural products
  for human and animal health
• Alternative energy crops for biofuel production
  in semi-arid and temperate regions SICA (Latin
  America)
• Harvesting storage and transport of raw material

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Activity 3
Life sciences and biotechnology for sustainable
non-food products and processes

• Area 2.3.2 Bioprocesses
• Development of cellulases for lignocellulosic
  biomass pre-treatment
• Development of enzymes for lipid modification and
  activation
• Improved biocatalysts for bioprocesses
• Study of microbial stress for more robust
  industrial micro-organisms
• Metabolic engineering and modelling
• Novel enzymes and microorganisms for biomass
  conversion to bioethanol
• The search for novel enzymes and micro-organisms
  for different bioprocesses
• Microbial genomics and bio-informatics
• Biotechnology for the conversion of biomass and
  waste into value-added products
• Rational design of biocatalysts and enzyme
  systems with requested properties
• Biofermentation for fine and speciality chemicals
• Improved chemical and enzymatic treatments of
  bagasses from energy crops, for increased
  bio-fuels production yields SICA (Latin
  America)
• PLANTS as EDIBLE VACCINES - SICA (Russia)

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Activity 3
Life sciences and biotechnology for sustainable
non-food products and processes

• Area 2.3.3 Environmental biotechnologies Use of
  waste and by-products
• The use of Synthetic Biology for the solution of
  environmental problems
• Microbial gene expression under condition of
  stress
• Novel methods of treatment of animal by-products
  for the production of substances with
  biologically valuable functional properties
• Novel biotechnology approaches for utilizing
  wastes, including aquaculture wastes, to make
  high added value products
• Exploring molecular microbial diversity in
  aquatic environment or the soil

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The first CALLS... (COOP-KBBE-2007-1 2A)
SCP Small Collaborative Projects (2.5 M) LCP
Large Collaborative Projects (5.0 M) NoE
Networks of Excellence (5.0 M) CSA
Coordination Support Action (0.5-1.0M)
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The first CALLS... (COOP-KBBE-2007-1 2A)
Total Budget
Funding Scheme ("Size")
Total N of Topics

• KBBE-1
• Budget 2007
• Published 22 dec 2006
• Closed 2 May 2007
• (single stage evaluation)

80 M 110 M
14 LCP 2 NoE 38 SCP 19 CSA
73
110 M
19 LCP 3 NoE
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• KBBE-2A
• Budget 2008
• Published same as above
• 1st stage deadline 11 Sept 2007
• 2nd stage deadline 31 Jan 2008

Workprogramme 2007
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Sustainability...
2.1

Area KBBE-1 KBBE-2A
see "Workprogramme" for details on topics
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Area KBBE-1 KBBE-2A
see "Workprogramme" for details on topics
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Biotech for non-food...
2.3
Area KBBE-1 KBBE-2A
see "Workprogramme" for details on topics
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Roadmap(...co-decision... EC, European
Parliament, EU Council)

• ---2005
• 6 April Commission Proposal for FP7
• Sept. Commission Proposal for Specific
  Programmes
• Dec. Commission Proposal for Rules of
  participation dissemination
• ---2006
• 15 June Parliament FP7 Adoption - 1st reading
• July-Oct Council Common Position on EC-FP7
• Nov. Counc Parl FP7 Adoption - FINAL
• Nov-Dec. Commission Adoption of "Workprogramme
  2007"
• 22 Dec (?) Commission 1st calls published
  (KBBE-1 -2A)
• ---2007
• 2 May Commission KBBE-1 closed (single-stage
  eval.)
• Sept Commission KBBE-2A (closed - 1st stage
  only)
• KBBE-2B (published)

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