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Physical and Engineering Sciences Unit NuPECC
Meeting Groningen, November 18-19, 2005
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ESF-PESC unit

• Taking over from Neil Williams
• Patrick Bressler
• Email pbressler_at_esf.org
• Tel [phone]
• Email pesc_at_esf.org
• www.esf.org/pesc

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ESF Member Organisations77 in 30 countries
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ESF-PESC unit

• Exploratory workshops 15 workshops funded by
  PESC in 2005
• 13 in2006
• Scientific networks currently 5
• Scientific programmes currently 18 (3 to end
  by 2006, 6 new to start)
• Patricia Arsene
• EUROCORESSONS 1 2, FoNE, S3T E-STAR, 2 new
  (EUROQUAM, EUROCORIS)
• Farzam Ranjbaran, Josefa Limeres, Jean-Claude
  Worms (ESSC)
• Forward Looks currently 3 (1 new, pending)
• Chantal Durant, Sophie Franck, Marie Gruber,
  Catherine Lobstein, Carole Mabrouk, Celine
  Quedrue, Catherine Werner

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ESF-PESC unit

• COST TC MAT 22/23 Sept. (2006 Domain Committee
  Materials)
• EMRS/EMF meeting MEPs, 28 Sept.
• COST TC TIST 11/12 Oct. (Domain Committe IST)
• PESC meeting 27/28 Oct. (Plenary)
• CRAF meeting 17/18 Nov. (ESF Expert Committee)
• 24/25 Nov. General Assembly
• 1/2 Dec. EUROQUAM, Brussels (Eurocores)
• 6/7 Dec. EUROCORIS, Brussels (Eurocores)
• Call searching new experts for peer review
• (e.g. younger colleagues)

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Technopolis Report

• Review of ESF instruments 1998-2004
• Findings
• Instruments clearly achieve their objectives
  effectively
• They involve 20 of relevant European leading
  scientists
• Instruments are very open to academia
• Bottom-up approach/standard procedures are
  advantages over EC-FPs
• ESF has the scope to play a bigger role
• Exploratory Workshops strengthen European
  collaboration
• à la carte Programmes oriented towards capacity
  building, open to new participants (emphasis
  PESC/LESC)
• Network scheme a plus (European added value)
  more inclusive work (GB funding vs MO funding)
  (emphasis SCSS, HSC)
• Overlap with COST actions

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Technopolis Report

• Review of ESF instruments 1998-2004

• Recommendations
• Reduce administrative delays (MOs should loosen
  financial control)
• Reduce timelines (e.g. Exploratory Workshops)
• Reduce administrative handling
• Merge Programmes (and Networks) with COST Actions
  (efficiency transparency)
• Increase public awareness of ESF instruments
• Enhance industrial participation

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PESC

• Standing Committee for the Physical and
  Engineering Sciences (PESC)
• European Science Foundation
• 1 quai Lezay-MarnésiaBP90015
• 67080 Strasbourg cedex
• France
• Email pesc_at_esf.org
• http//www.esf.org/pesc