Herv Pero, Anna Maria Johansson DG RTDB

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Community actions for Research Infrastructures
ICOS, Amsterdam, 19-20 May 2008
Hervé Pero, Anna Maria Johansson DG RTD-B ERA
Research Programmes and Capacity Research
Infrastructures Unit
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Definition of Research Infrastructures

• Facilities, resources, and related services
  usedby the scientific community for
• Conducting leading-edge research
• Knowledge transmission, knowledge exchanges and
  knowledge preservation

• Includes
• Major scientific equipment
• Scientific collections, archives and structured
  information
• ICT-based infrastructures
• Entities of a unique nature, used for research

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There are 3 types of RIs
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9 major RI domains about 600 identified
facilities
More than 25 500 permanent scientists are
working in such facilities
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Research Infrastructures pattern is rapidly
evolving in Europe
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• Europe is faced with a wide spectrum of issues
• From Globally unique, to Regionally distributed
• Many stakeholders (from ministries to
  researchers)
• Underlying and growing use of e-infrastructures
• Opportunities but difficulties of interaction
  between basic research and industry
• Lack of funding (public and private)
• single countries do not have the critical mass
  need to cooperate

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RI policy has no other choice than continuing
reinforcing coordination

• At EU level,
• At national and regional,
• At variable geometry,
• At global level
• This explains the importantrole of ESFRI and
  others

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Towards a coherent policy for Research
Infrastructures ESFRI

• A European Strategy Forum on Research
  Infrastructures
• Launched in April 02
• Brings together representatives of the 27 Member
  States, Associated States, and one representative
  of the European Commission (EC)

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Role of ESFRI

• To foster an open method of coordination
  between different countries
• To discuss the long term vision at European level
  and to support the development of a European RI
  policy
• To bring initiatives and projects to a point
  where decisions by ministers are possible
• A stimulation and incubator role

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The Roadmap

• Mandate from the Council of Ministers,November
  2004
• The Roadmap is the result of two years of
  intensive work
• About 1000 high-level experts were involved, from
  every MS and AS, from most fields and user
  communities, giving the end product credibility
  and quality.
• An ongoing process

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The Roadmap (2)

• Addressing seven (7) fields of Research and major
  challenges
• From about original 200 proposals, thirty five
  (35) projects have been identified through
  several review stages
• Community produced ideas that will open up new
  and unexpected areas of knowledge
• Some fields should be stimulated for further
  integration

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Global Dimension

• Several of the projects on the Roadmap require a
  global approach 
• ESFRI will enter into a dialogue with the OECD
  Global Science Forum for the identification,
  planning, discussion and monitoring of such
  projects
• Major players are Australia, China, India, Japan,
  Russia, South Africa, USA

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Who is the Roadmap for ?

• Policy Makers
• Researchers
• Funders
• Industry

The European Commission intends to play an active
role under the 7th Framework Programme.
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Critical Issues

• Developing transferable financial and legal
  structures for pan-European Research
  Infrastructures
• Ensuring the human capacity is available and
  making it easier for researchers to move from one
  project to another
• Interfaces with Technology Platforms

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Updating of the Roadmap

• At present 4 working-groups are preparing the
  first update of the roadmap. Their work include
  evaluating proposals submitted through ESFRI.
• The updated roadmap will be published by end of
  2008.
• It is suggested that the roadmap will be updated
  on a regular basis.

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Funding for Research Infrastructureswithin
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FP7 2007 - 2013
Budget (M) - Source Council decision in
December 2006
Capacities
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Objectives of the CommunityResearch
Infrastructures action

• Optimising the use and development of the best
  existing research infrastructures in Europe
• Helping to create in all fields of S T new
  research infrastructures of pan-European interest
  needed by the European scientific community
• Supporting programme implementation and policy
  development (e.g. international cooperation)

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FP7 Research Infrastructures actions
30 increase according to FP6
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FP7 will continue supporting existing Research
Infrastructures

• Integrating Activities to promote the coherent
  use and development of research infrastructures
  in a given field, implemented through
• Bottom-up calls
• Targeted calls
• ICT based e-infrastructures in support of
  scientific research

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Integrating Activity in FP7

• Help structuring better and integrating, on a
  European scale, the way research infrastructures
  operate and develop
• Normally all major RIs in Europe in one field
• At least 3 MS or AS
• 3 types of activities in one project
• Networking Activities
• Trans-national Access / research services
• Joint Research Activities
• Based on the continuation of the successful FP6
  instrument I3, combination of collaborative
  project coordination and support actions

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EUSAAR (Environment)
Developing a pan-European research infrastructure
for the measurements of atmospheric properties
EC contribution 5.1 M

• TA (0.2 M)
• 11 ground-based stations for atmospheric research
  
• NA (3.2 M)
• Standards and exchange of good practices on
  sampling, measurement and analysis of aerosol
  parameters
• Training on aerosol sampling and measurements
• Web portal and Database on aerosol products
• JRA (1.7 M)
• Methodology for determining aerosol optical
  density
• Standards for aerosol hygroscopic growth analysis
• A real time data collection of aerosol
  measurements

Size range of I3 3-10 M under FP7

• A network of research stations based on
  regional diversity

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FP7 Research Infrastructures actions
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Support to new Research Infrastructures

• Design studies to support the conceptual design
  for new facilities or major upgrades, of clear
  European dimension and interest
• through bottom-up calls

• Support to the Construction of new
  infrastructures, or major upgrades of existing
  Preparatory Phase, Construction Phase
• the list of projects to be supported are based on
  the ESFRI roadmap

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Preparatory phase- purpose

• To provide a framework facilitating
  decision-making between partners from different
  countries. Work targeted at resolving bottlenecks
• To address all the critical issues (legal,
  financial,..) that need to be resolved to allow
  the project moving forward
• Technical work also possible but cannot be the
  core of the preparatory phase

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Preparatory Phase facilitating financial
engineering for new research infrastructures
Member States
European Commission
Stakeholdersincl. EIROs
Inclusion in national Programmes
Inclusion in Specific RTD Programme(s)
Inclusion in DG REGIO / DG DEV strategic plans
Projects
EIB
RSFF
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The EC is preparing an initiative for aLegal
Framework for the construction and operation of
new pan-European Research Infrastructures
(ERI)Meetings with stakeholders to ensure that
the new legal instrument responds to needsA
sounding board is also assisting the Commission
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• Objectives
• Provide a new easy-to-use legal instrument
  adapted to European infrastructures, with the
  following characteristics
• provide a legal personality recognized in all
  Member States
• reflect the spirit of a truly European venture
• be flexible to adapt to the requirements of the
  different specific infrastructures
• provide some of those privileges and exemptions
  allowed at a national level for non-profit
  research and / or international organizations.

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• Characteristics of an ERI
• Nature
• scientific non-commercial character
• provides world class research services (ensured
  by scientific evaluation)
• European character (membership and European
  interest).

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• Characteristics of an ERI
• Membership
• States and/or legal entities designated by them
• non European countries could participate
• International organizations could participate
• EC not foreseen to be a member

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RIs for Air Pollution research
EUFAR, 5 m
Eurochamp, 3.5 m
EUSAAR 5.1 m
I3
IMECC, 6.7 m
More than 30 M
DS
IAGOS 2.6m
PP
ICOS, 4.3 m
EUFAR, 1 m
IAGOS ERI, 3.3 m
2008
2004
2006
2005
2011
2007
2010
2009
2013
2012
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RIs for Biodiversity research
SYNTHESYS, 5 m
SeaDataNet 8.7 m
I3
BlackSeaSCENE, 2 m
25 M
CA
Ensconet, 2.5 m
DS
DesignAct 0.5 m
CNI
CeMACE 1m
LifeWatch, 5m
PP
2004
2006
2005
2011
2008
2007
2010
2009
2013
2012
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RIs for Climate Change research
CA
Earlinetasos 2.7 m
More than 16 M
DS
EISCAT_3D, 2 m
PP
Aurora Borealis, 4.5 m
EMSO 3.9 m
Euro Argo 3 m
2004
2006
2005
2011
2008
2007
2010
2009
2013
2012
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Policy development and Programme implementation

• ERA-NETs for research infrastructures
• Studies, conferences and coordination actions for
  policy development, including international
  cooperation
• Coordination actions to support emerging needs
• Network of National Contact Points (NCP)
• Other Support actions, as appropriate

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in summary, an improved FP7 action for
Research Infrastructures

• Better consistency within FP7 (targeted calls)
• Tackling better fragmentation (Integrating
  Activities)
• Catalysing effect towards the construction or
  major upgrade of Research Infrastructures
• A vision for the next 10-20 years fostering
  capacity building and excellence(in line with
  the ESFRI roadmap)

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Planning of calls and indicative budget
Results end of May 2008
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Useful links

• Research Infrastructures in Europa
• http//ec.europa.eu/research/infrastructures
• FP7 and Capacities Specific Programme
• http//cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html
• http//cordis.europa.eu/fp7/capacities/home_en.ht
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• Research Infrastructures on CORDIS (FP6)
• http//cordis.europa.eu/infrastructures/
• ESFRI (Eur. Strategy Forum for Research
  Infrastr.)
• http//cordis.europa.eu/esfri/home.htmlhttp/
  /www.e-irg.org