EULANEST European

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EULANESTEuropean Latin American Network for
Science and TechnologyBringing together
international scientific co-operation for
development
EULANEST
Luis Delgado. MEC-Spain Workshop ERA-NET as a
tool for facilitating Cooperation between
Ministries managing RTD programmes Brussels, 23
May 2006
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ERA-NET FOR LATIN AMERICA

• Objectives
• to bring together the key EU MS funding
  international scientific co-operation (ISC) with
  LA.
• to create a network for ICS with third
  development countries, orienting ST towards
  development
• to contribute to increase participation of LA
  countries in the future FP

Ambition At least one Joint Call announced at a
European Conference on intenational scientific
cooperation for development, to be organised
during the third year of the project

• Consortium
• MEC, Spain. Co-ordinator
• GRICES. Portugal
• MAE, MENESR, IRD. France
• BMBF, IB-BMBF. Germany
• Research Council of Norway
• Observers Holland, UK, FIN,..
• EULANEST Board ARG, CHILE, MEXICO, BRAZIL,
  URUGUAY

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Work Programme

• Tasks
• Mapping bilateral EU-LAC ST programmes.
  Interactive Directory
• Programme Benchmarking
• Information Exchange on the Target Region and
  Needs Analysis
• Identification of barriers and options
• Programme design management and evaluation
  protocol
• Joint DB of Experts and Facilities
• Joint Action Plan.Pilot Demonstrator
• Launch a Joint Call

• Deliverables
• Overview of bilateral ST
• Benchmarking Report (Best Practice)
• Report on legal/administrative/cultural barriers
• Workshops
• Joint call documents

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State of play

• CYTED
• Programme from the Iberoamerican Summit.
  Cooperation Technology for Development. ES, PT
  19 LAC
• From basic research to RTD TT, reducing the
  gap in ST.
• More than 10.000 researchers

• Contract negotiation finished
• Starting date 1st of July of 2006
• Kick-off meeting in September
• Previous results from SSA INCONET
• Survey of bilateral ISC of EU Member States
• Website
• Expanded Consortium
• Agreements with LAC members of the General
  Assembly of CYTED to join the EULANEST Board
• Contacts with the CSO of COST to use EULANEST as
  a bridge towards LAC
• Links with INCO part of the FP

• COST
• European COoperation in the field of Scientific
  and Technical research
• 9 Scientific Technical Domains
• 2006 34 COST Member States 1 cooperating state
  (Israel)
• IO RI from non-COST countries
• The EC through the FP
• Concerted Actions (Networks) of nationally funded
  RD projects

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Lessons learned

• EU-LAC dialogue in ST, but..
• Rio Summit. June 1999.
• ALCUEs Brasilia Action Plan for ST
  Co-operation. A shared vision
• Declaration of Guadalajara. EU-LAC Knowledge
  Area.
• 16 bi-regional EU-LAC Group at Senior Official
  Level
• Communications from the Commission,..
• Viena Summit. May 2006

• Ok, but.... so far limited impact
• No specific INCO Programme FP6/FP7
• No specific target area but included in a large
  DEV area (17 LAC out of 114)
• Limited participation of LAC entities in FP6
• Lack of information and awareness on both sides
  on the new opportunities of IC under FPs
• Difficulties to drive a process that is
  bottom-up, driven by scientists to understand
  the administrative procedures for LAC researchers
• INCO Specific Measures should be revised offering
  specific menus to specific groups of countries.

• Need to further promote co-ordination and
  co-operation activities at all levels
• policy level, programme level and project level
• Policy level Strategy to achieve sustained ST
  Cooperation Agreements,
• supporting other EU policies Foreing and
  Development Aid
• Programme levelFurther coordination of national
  activities (ERA-NET)
• Project level Further awareness on research
  funding opportunities,
• need of further support assistance to proposers
  and participants

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ways forward

• Give substance (resources, targets, follow-up) to
  EU LAC ST MoU
• Set up further fora for dialogue Platforms to
  iclude all stakeholders
• EU-LAC Knowledge Area through specific
  instruments in FP7 and CIP
• Focus in areas that lead themselves to IC (i.e.
  global warming, natural disasters,..)
• Distinguish areas/regions/groups where
  participation may be of mutual interest (SP
  Co-operation, Ideas) from those where the
  requirements are needs driven (SP of
  Capacities)
• Take advantage of the location of EU regions
  (RUPs) in the area
• Consider specific mechanisms allocate funds,
  establish targets for LAC participation, specific
  calls,..

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Summary Conclusions

• Recover the momentum. The creation of the EU-LAC
  Knowledge Area must be in the Agenda of the 2006
  Viena Summit.
• Need to single out LAC from the group of
  Developing Countries within the INCO target
  countries
• Realistic actions and targets specific for each
  country or research group (mutual interest or
  needs driven)
• Promote ST EU-LAC dialogue at policy level
  (Platforms, OMC) and programme level (ERA-NET)
• Adopt specific measures within FP7 and CIP to
  increase awareness and promote joint
  participation of EU MS and LAC entities

• EULANEST will co-ordinate the national programmes
  of ISC with LA of the participants EU MS
• The ambition is to launch joint calls with
  specific activities targeted to satisfy ST users
  (at both sites) needs and offers.
• EULANEST envisages to co-ordinate with EU INCO
  activities with LA
• EULANEST can become a valuable tool to build up
  the EU-LAC Knowledge Area