Lithuanian Presidency

2nd half of 2013:

Research

RWP, 24 06 2013

Overview • Context

• Priorities

• Agenda and ambitions

• Meetings

• Conferencies

• Visualities

European Union in 2013

EU moving towards economic recovery •Need to ensure growth, job creation and better competitiveness

•Implementation of EU political agreements

End of EU legislative cycle •New elections of European Parliament in May 2014

Finalization of legal framework related to EU Budget

2014–2020 •Agreement on EU budget 2014

Focus Europe

Credible Europe •Restore confidence in EU economy

Growing Europe •Boost employment and competitiveness

Open Europe •Strengthen openness and security

Priority in research

Working towards the commencement of Horizon 2020 for 2014

Legislation

- Euratom

(8, 12, 15 July)

- Programme on ITER

(asap)

- Partnerships in research and innovation

(art. 185,187 proposals + a communication)

(asap)

And also

• Reply to a special report from The Court of Auditors

• ERIC

CC September 27

- ITER (state-of-play)

- Art. 187/185 (pres. by the Commission, state-

of-play)

Innovation Union and

(poss.) the European Research Area

(policy debate)

CC December 3

- ITER (general approach)

- Art. 185 (first reading agreement/general

approach)

- Art. 187 (progress report/general approach)

(poss.) Monitoring Research and the Innovation Union

(policy debate)

Meetings planned • RWP

July: 1, 4, 8, 12, 15

September: 2, 5, 9,16, 23, 30

October: 3, 7, 14, 16, 21, 28, 31

November: 4, 7, 11, 13, 18

December: 16

French invitation : the 3-4th of October (Cadarache)

RWP trip: the 10-11th of October (Vilnius)

• ERAC the 10-11th of Oct. (Vilnius) and the 12th of December

• GPC the 4th of September and the 5th of December

• SFIC the 12th of November

Informal Competitiveness Council

(Vilnius, 22-24th of July)

What skills do we lack in Europe

now and in the future

to serve the needs of science and innovation

Presidency conferences - Horizons for Social Sciences and Humanities

23-24 September 2013 - Enhancement of Eastern Partnership in R&D&I 30 September - 1 October 2013 - “MANUFUTURE 2013“ 6-8 October 2013 - Joint FISA 2013 and Euradwaste’13 14-17 October 2013 - Human resources in R&D 14-15 November 2013 - Vilnius Innovation Forum (4-6 December)

Venues in Vilnius

National Gallery of Art:

14 informal councils

July–October

LITEXPO:

3 high-level meetings

November

Palace of the Grand

Dukes of Lithuania

Gala dinners and cultural

programme

Cultural projects

Poetic Documents

More than 100 photos

and 30 poems

Documents of Cinema

7 documentaries are

restored and digitized

Fragment of Larger:

Lithuanian Contemporary Art

20 contemporary Lithuanian

artists in one exhibition

Lithuania

in a Mail Parcel

10 Lithuanian objects inscribed into

UNESCO heritage list

Lithuania in Europe.

Europe in Lithuania

Lithuanian historical, cultural, political

links with 27 EU member states

Visual style

Presidency logo symbolizes EU

unity and responsibility of

Lithuania as Council Presidency

Motif of traditional straw

decoration “Garden”

More information

Presidency website •www.eu2013.lt

Twitter •@EU2013LT

•@EU2013LTpress

Facebook •www.facebook.com/eu2013LT

Youtube •www.youtube.com/eu2013LT

Informal get-together

On 4th of July, 7pm

at

The English Bookshop ‘Waterstones’

Boulevard Adolphe Max 71-75, 1000 Brussels