Patermann presentation at EURAGRI

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Perspectives of Agricultural Research in FP7
(2007-2013)
International Conference Rural Development
2005 Lithuanian University of Agriculture,
Kaunas, 17 November 2005
François Constantin European Commission Research
Directorate-General Directorate E Biotechnology,
Agriculture and Food E3 - Safety of Food
Production Systems e-mail francois.constantin_at_cec
.eu.int
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Overview

• FP6 - Scientific Support to Policies
• - Food Quality and Safety TP5
• Towards FP7
• - New tools for agricultural research
• - The Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy
• A renewed SCAR

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FP6 (2002-2006)
Anticipating S/T Needs
Priority Thematic Areas
Scientific support to policies
New and emerging S/T needs
Food quality and safety
Life Sciences, genomics biotechnology for
health
Information society technol.
Sustainable development ...
SME activities
Citizens governance
Nanotechnologies ...
Aeronautics and space
International cooperation
JRC



Structuring the ERA
Strengthening the foundations of ERA
Research Innovation
Training Mobility
Research Infrastructures
Science Society
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Scientific Support to PoliciesObjectives

• Underpin formulation and implementation of
  Community policies
• Provide scientific support that is
• Targeted precisely on needs (demand-driven)
• Integrated across relevant scientific inputs
• Responsive to changes in policy requirements as
  they occur

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Results of Scientific Support to PoliciesCalls
2002, 2003, 2004
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SSP - Examples of selected projects

• supporting Rural Development
• Territorial aspects of enterprise development in
  remote rural areas (TERA)
• Strengthening International Research on
  Geographical Indications from research
  foundation to consistent policy (SINER-GI)
• Encouraging Collective Farmers Marketing
  Initiatives (COFAMI)
• Dynamic land use change modelling for CAP impact
  assessment on the rural landscape (LUMOCAP)

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SSP Fifth call publication

• Call title Scientific Support to Policies
  (FP6-2005-SSP-5)
• Date of publication 15 December 2005
• Closure date 15 March 2006
• First contracts signed mid 2006
• More information http//europa.eu.int/comm/resear
  ch/fp6/ssp/index_en.htm

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SSP tasks (5th call)

• Research in support of international negotiations
• Supporting CAP market reform
• Cross-Compliance
• Widening the scope of rural development
• Sustainable agriculture production systems
• Sustainable forestry

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Food Quality and Safety
Fork-to-Farm
685 M over the four years (EU15)
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FP 6 Food Quality and Safety Participation from
Lithuania
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FP 6 Food Quality and Safety -Fourth Call -
DEADLINES

• Research projects and networks (IP, NoE, STREP,
  CA)
• 5 October 2005
• Specific Support Actions (SSA)
• 7 September 2005 (Call 3C)
• 8 February 2006
• Workprogramme and Call information
  http//fp6.cordis.lu/food/calls.cfm

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Research Tools - What Europe should provide
ERA-net

• Some ERA-nets in Agricultural Research
• European Research Area on plant genomics (CA)
• Towards sustainable integration of animal welfare
  in food production (SSA)
• Processing for food safety (SSA)
• Food Safety Forming a European platform for
  protecting consumers against health risks (CA)
• Pan-European pro-active identification of
  emerging risks in the field of food production
  (SSA)
• Networking and integration of national programmes
  in the area of wood material science and
  engineering (SSA)
• Towards a European-wide exchange network for
  improving dissemination of integrated water
  resources management research (SSA)
• Coordination of European Transnational Research
  in Organic Food and Farming (CA)
• Agricultural Research for Development (CA)

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Research Tools - What Europe should provide
Technology Platforms - Overall Concept
Stakeholders, led by industry, getting together
to define a Strategic Research Agenda on a number
of strategically important issues with high
societal relevance where achieving Europes
future growth, competitiveness and sustainability
objectives is dependent upon major research and
technological advances in the medium to long
term.
The
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• Technology Platform on
• Plant Genomics Biotechnology
• Plants for the future vision paper
• launched on 24th June 2004 by representatives
• of research, biotech and food industry, farmers,
• consumers and other stakeholders
• Produce better quality, healthy, , diverse
  foods
• Enhance agricultural and environmental
  sustainability
• Increase competitiveness of European agriculture
• Actors EPSO, EUROPABIO
• Participants wide range of stakeholders
• Home page www.epsoweb.org

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Other Technology Platforms in Agricultural
Research Areas

• Forest Resources
• Water Sanitation
• Animal Breeding
• Global Animal Health
• Sustainable Chemistry incl. White Biotechnology
• Bioenergy
• Food Technologies
• .

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• The vision of the
• Knowledge Based Bio-Economy
• in
• FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME 7

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Whats new ?

• Main new elements compared to FP6
• Annual budget doubled
• Total EUR 5 billion ?10 billion per year
• Basic research ( EUR 1.5 billion per year)
• Simplification of procedures
• Management
• ERC (Basic Research)
• Logistical and administrative tasks transferred
  to external structures
• Joint Technology Initiatives, Research
  Infrastructures

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FP7 Specific Programmes (2007-2013)
Cooperation Collaborative research
Ideas Frontier Research
People Human Potential
Capacities Research Capacity

JRC (non-nuclear)
JRC (nuclear)
Euratom
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Cooperation Collaborative research

• 9 themes
• Health
• Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology
• Information and Communication Technologies
• Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new
  Production Technologies
• Energy
• Environment (including Climate Change)
• Transport (including Aeronautics)
• Socio-Economic Sciences and the Humanities
• Security and Space

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Cooperation Collaborative research

• Under each theme there will be sufficient
  flexibility to address
• both Emerging needs and Unforeseen policy needs
• Dissemination of knowledge and transfer of
  results will be supported in all thematic areas
• Support will be implemented across all themes
  through

Collaborative research (Collaborative projects
Networks of Excellence Coordination/support
actions)
Joint Technology Initiatives
Coordination of non-Community research
programmes (ERA-NET ERA-NET Article 169)
International Cooperation
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THE EUROPEAN KNOWLEDGE-BASED BIOECONOMY
QUALITY ASSURANCE STRATEGIES TRACEABILITY,
CONSUMER SCIENCE
STABILITY - BIODEGRADABILITY FUNCTIONALITY
(Chirality)
SOCIETAL NEEDS
Life sciences biotechnology for sustainable
non- food products processes
WHITE BIOTECH CLEAN BIOPROCESSES RAW
MATERIALS/WASTE
PROCESSING
ADVANCED FOOD TECHNOLOGIES, FOOD QUALITY
DETERMINANTS, NUTRITION
GREEN/BLUE BIOTECH OPTIMISED RAW MATERIALS
PRODUCTION
LOW INPUT FARMING - BIODIVERSITY ANIMAL HEALTH -
RURAL DEVT.
Sustainable production and management of
biological resources from land, forest, and
aquatic environments
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Pillar 1Sustainable production and management
of biological resources from land, forest, and
aquatic environments

• Enabling research (omics, converging
  technologies, biodiversity) for micro-organism,
  plants and animals
• Improved crops and production systems incl.
  organic farming
• Sustainable, competitive and multifunctional
  agriculture, forestry and rural development
• Animal welfare, breeding and production
• Infectious diseases in animals, including
  zoonoses
• Policy tools for agriculture and rural development

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Pillar 2Fork 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
• Traceability

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Pillar 3Life 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
• Forestry and forest based products and processes
• Environmental remediation and cleaner processing

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FP7 budget(EUR billion, 2004 constant prices)
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FP7 2007-2013Cooperation budget
More on the budget
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FP7 Timetable
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The launch of the new SCAR Standing Committee
for Agricultural Research

• Main role for SCAR
• Support the Commission and MS towards better
  coordination of agricultural research across the
  ERA
• This will involve
• Strategic discussions on the agricultural
  research agenda in Europe in the long term (FP7
  and beyond)
• Enhanced cooperation between MS (joint research
  programmes, common infrastructures)
• Research agenda in scientific support to the CAP
• Exchange of information with complementary
  mechanisms under EU Framework Programmes

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Main conclusions from the SCAR meeting of 2-3
February 2005

• Priority topics for a Common Research Agenda
• Mapping infrastructures / institutions /
  activities
• Development of a prototype for a SCAR web portal
• Establishment of a permanent SCAR Working Group

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Main conclusions from SCAR meeting of 9-10 June
2005 Towards a Common Research Agenda

• Agreement on priority topics
• Strategic discussions on the agricultural
  research agenda in Europe based on existing and
  possible future coordination fora (e.g. ERA-Nets,
  Technology Platforms, Networks of Excellence)
• Identified areas for possible cooperation between
  Member States
• Establishment of collaborative working groups
• Commitment for coordinating CWGs on 12 themes
• SCAR input to FP7
• Discussion paper on FP7

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Mapping of EU agriculture research capacity

• Mapping infrastructures a draft paper
• Identification of key-agriculture infrastructures
  of EU relevance
• Sharing existing infrastructures among MS
  research teams
• Targeted proposals for future activities of SCAR
• Links with ESFRI
• Mapping activities a project
• Building on EU-funded projects from recent calls
  (e.g. SSP4 Mapping and foresight of the EU
  agricultural research capacity)
• Mapping institutions a website
• Development of a prototype for a SCAR web portal
  building on existing EU websites and linking with
  relevant MS/institution

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SCAR main challenges

• Towards a Common Research Agenda
• Examples of priority topics for collaborative
  working groups
• ICT and robotics in agriculture DK
• Renewable raw materials for non-food industry DE
• Animal health UK
• Agricultural and sustainable development FR
• Sustainable livestock production from grasslands
  IE
• Mediterranean agriculture IT
• Ecological networks and corridors NL, FR
• Human nutrition FR, NL
• Drought and disease resistant crops HU
• Advanced technologies for climatic control of
  greenhouses and livestock housing IL
• Development of sustainable agriculture in the
  Baltic Sea region PL
• European infrastructures
• Proposals for critical large scale
  infrastructures
• Genetic and biological resource centres
• Agriculture, forestry and environment
  observatories
• Human nutrition research centres

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Next steps

• Third meeting of the new SCAR 1-2 December
  2005
• Report to the European Parliament and to the
  Council end 2006 ?
• Article 11 Council Regulation N 1728/74

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