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ESFRI and the European Roadmap for Research
Infrastructures Elena RighiEuropean
CommissionOPTICON, Edinburgh, 22-23 June 2006
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What is ESFRI?

• European Strategy Forum on Research
  Infrastructures (ESFRI)
• Launched in April 2002
• Brings together representatives of the 25 EU
  Member States and 7 Associated States, appointed
  by Research Ministers, and one representative of
  the European Commission (EC)

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ESFRIs role and ambitions

• To jointly reflect on the development of
  strategic policies for pan-European Research
  Infrastructures
• To prepare a European Roadmap (with regular
  updates as different areas mature)
• To act as an incubator for RI projects with
  pan-European interest but it is not a decision
  making body

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Objectives of European Roadmap

• Identification of new research infrastructures or
  major upgrades which correspond to the needs of
  European research communities
• Tool for decision makers, preventing
  over-provision of facilities in particular areas
• Providing a focus for long term budgetary
  planning by funding actors

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ESFRI Roadmap Procedure
(simplified version)
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ESFRI Roadmap Procedure (continued)
(simplified version)
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The European Roadmap for RI
ApPEC
PPARC CCLRC
UK Roadmap
ESFRI (British Delegates H. Hutchinson, R. Wade)
European Roadmap
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Timetable (pre-ESFRI phase, the story so far)
First expected Expert Group draft reports to RWGs Start of the ESFRI drafting group Early April 2006
Expert group executive reports to RWGs Other inputs to RWGs, e.g. from ETPs deadline End April 2006
Expected RWGs draft report to ESFRI secretariat Early May 2006
RWGs executive report to ESFRI ESFRI drafting group Executive Board meeting 30 May
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Timetable (ESFRI phase 1)
ESFRI assessment of RWGs reports First draft ESFRI roadmap report (Vienna meeting) 15-16 June 2006
ESFRI drafting group Executive board meeting 29-30 June 2006
Second draft ESFRI Roadmap report Early July 2006
Background information on mature projects downloaded in the ESFRI web site Early July 2006
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ESFRI validation phase

• From early July to early September 2006,
• the ESFRI delegates should ensure that a process
  of political validation at the level of their
  respective Member states is carried out
• and in particular highlighting possible
• Projects supported and/or
• Projects not really supported by any State
• Missing projects to be (re)considered in the
  next phase

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Timetable (ESFRI phase 2)
Review of draft report / comments to ESFRI drafting group / deadline 1st September July / August 06
Final draft ESFRI Roadmap report Early Sept. 2006
Finalisation of all supporting documents September 2006
Agreement of ESFRI (Brussels meeting) 28-29 Sept. 2006
Publication and press conference 19 Oct. 2006
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Useful links

• Research Infrastructures on CORDIS
• ? http//www.cordis.lu/infrastructures/
• ESFRI (European Strategy Forum for Research
  Unfrastructures)
• ? http//www.cordis.lu/esfri/