International Cooperation nel

Work Programme 2010

Apertura di tutte le attività/ topcs

alla partecipazione dei Paesi Terzi

• Specific International Co-operation Actions (SICA) e altri topics prevedono la partecipazione obbligatoria

degli ICPC(15)

Targeted topics (6)particolarmente indicati per international co-operation

Dedicated call per l’AFRICA (4) SICA (Specific International Cooperation Action)/obbligatoria partecipazione ICPC

Twinning con Programmi nei Paesi Terzi

Global Initiatives ( 2) e Partnership initiatives (2)

FP7 – KBBE & SMEs

www.cordis.europa.eu/fp7/kbbe/home_en.htm

The Research intensive SMEs:

• end-users of new technologies (breeding companies, SMEs or agricultural cooperatives involved in the production, packaging or control of food or feed, etc);

• technology providers, engineering/software companies

• technology-based biotechnology companies, green or white biotechnology.

• Specific SME target topics have been included in WP2010

“It is expected that SMEs are involved in all relevant

research projects that aim to support the

competitiveness of European industries.”

Topics targeting SMEs

encourage SMEs and industry in research & innovation

1 topic – research for SMEs (Activity 2.2)16 topics - SMEs participation encouraged:

– 3 topics in Act. 2.1– 6 topics in Act. 2.2– 7 topics in Act. 2.3

http://ec.europa.eu/research/sme-techweb

FP7 – KBBE & SMEs

• Civil Society Organizations, experts in ethics, law, economy and social sciences are encouraged to participate actively in research projects.

• Specific socio-economic research activities.

KBBE & socio-economic aspects

FP7 - KBBE & Dissemination

www.cordis.europa.eu/fp7/kbbe/home_en.htm

• Within Theme 2, a number of topics specifically address knowledge transfer, consortia should propose appropriate measures to increase the use of results by industry, policy makers and society.

• Innovation-related aspects need to be clearly addressed and action plansshould be presented. These should show the optimal use of project results and would be considered an integral task of each project.

FP7 - KBBE & Gender

www.cordis.europa.eu/fp7/kbbe/home_en.htm

• Equal representation of women at all levels in research projects

• Address whether and in what sense, gender (social difference) and sex (biological difference) are relevant in the objectives and the methodology of the project

• The topics that particularly emphasise the gender dimension have been highligthed in WP2010

Work Programme 2010

Novità

• Certain areas closed in 2010e.g. forestry, biorefinery, emerging trends in biotechnology

• More broader topics (mainly for CP-IPs) • More than one project financed per topic – Activity 2.3• Funding limits higher for certain CP-IPs (increase to EUR 9

million)• Cross-thematic calls:

–Ocean call (with Env., Energy, Transport, Socio-economics Themes)

–Africa Call: Health ,water and food security (with Health and Environment Themes )

– Influenza Call ( with Health Theme)

• Topics with EU enlarged dimension targeting EU12 and candidate countries.

• Launch of global initiatives and partnership initiatives

• SME targeted topics:17 topics - SMEs participation encouraged:

–3 topics in Act. 2.1–7 topics in Act. 2.2–7 topics in Act. 2.3

• Topics with a specific gender dimension5 topics

–1 topic in Act. 2.1–4 topics in Act. 2.2

Work Programme 2010

Novità

Funding scheme Number of topics

EC contribution

Collaborative Projects - large scale integrating projects (CP-IP)

14 EUR 4.500.000 to 9.000.000

As stated in the topic

Collaborative Projects - small or medium-scale focused research project (CP- FP)

20 EUR 1.000.000 to 3.000.000

As stated in the topic

Coordination & Support Actions (CSA)

14

(including 3 ERA-nets)

EUR 500.000 to 1.000.000

As stated in the topic

48 topics

Work Programme 2010

Strumenti

FP7-KBBE-2010-4

(190 M EUR)

FP7-AFRICA-2010

(63 M EUR)

FP7-OCEAN-2010

(34 M EUR)

Open Calls 2010www.cordis.europa.eu/fp7/kbbe/home_en.htm

DEADLINE 14 January,2010

Jointly implemented with Energy, Environment,

Transport and socio-economic sciences Themes

Indicative topic Funding schemes; additional info

OCEAN.2010-1

Quantification of climate change impacts

on economic sectors in the Arctic

CP-IP; €11Mio

OCEAN.2010 -2

Vectors of changes in marine life, impact

on economic sectors

CP-IP; €12.5Mio

OCEAN.2010.-3

Sub-seabed carbon storage and the

marine environment

CP-IP; €10.5Mio; targeted topic

« The ocean of tomorrow »

AFRICA CALL (FP7-AFRICA-2010)

A targeted research effort to meet

the challenges for Water, Food

Security and Better Health for Africa

• Africa continues to face serious challenges for sustaining its development, and research has a key role to play

• Science and research are major elements of the EU-Africa Strategic Partnership

• A cross-thematic call which brings together three funding Themes under FP7

– Health

– Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotechnology

– Environment (including climate change)

The context of the call

– HEALTH.2010.2.3.2-4: Controlling malaria by hitting the vector: New or Improved – Vector Control Tools

– HEALTH.2010.2.4.1-4: Infectious agents and cancer in Africa

– HEALTH.2010.3.4-1: Develop and assess key interventions and policies to address the human resource crisis in the health sector

– HEALTH.2010.3.4-2: Feasibility and community effectiveness of innovative intervention packages for maternal and new-born health in Africa

– HEALTH.2010.3.4-3: Building sustainable capacity for research for health in Africa

– HEALTH.2010.3.4-4: Assessment of migrants' health, disease patterns and impact on health systems

The topics of the call

Theme 1: Health

– KBBE.-2010.1.-2-03: Sustainable water resources management (WRM) and Soil fertility conservation for food production in Africa - SICA (Africa)

– KBBE.2010.2.2-03: Identifying research needs on malnutrition in Africa – (Mandatory Africa)

– KBBE.2010.3.5-02: Coping with water scarcity in developing countries: Role of biotechnology in water treatment – Mandatory ICPC (Africa)

– KBBE.2010.4-02: Networking of non-governmental organisations involved in agricultural research for development

The topics of the call

Theme 2: Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and

Biotechnology

– ENV.2010.1.2.1-1: The effect of environmental change on the occurrence and distribution of water related vector-borne diseases in Africa

– ENV.2010.1.3.3-1: Early warning and forecasting systems to predict climate related drought vulnerability and risks in Africa

– ENV.2010.2.1.1-1: Integrated management of water and natural resources in Africa

– ENV.2010.3.1.1-3: Decentralised water supply and sanitation technologies and systems for small communities and peri-urban areas

– ENV.2010.3.1.1-4: Water harvesting technologies in Africa

The topics of the call

Theme 6: Environment

(including climate change)

• Date of publication: 30 July 2009

• Deadline: 14 January 2010 at 17.00.00, Brussels local time

• Funding schemes: CP-IP-SICA, CP-FP-SICA, CSA-CA, CSA-SA

• One-step evaluation procedure: Remote evaluation (individual evaluation) with consensus meeting in Brussels, foreseen in February-March 2010

• A ranked list will be drawn up for every indicative budget shown in the call fiche

• Evaluation Summary Reports sent to proposal coordinators ("initial information letter"): April 2010

• Invitation letter to successful coordinators to launch grant agreement negotiations with Commission services: June 2010

The implementation

modalities of the call

• Budget thresholds have been indicated in the call fiche for each topic of the call that are strict eligibility criteria

• Minimum number of participants

– For CP-IP-SICA and CP-FP-SICA: at least 4 independent legal entities, of which, 2 must be established in different MS or AC and the other 2 must be established in different international cooperation partner countries (ICPC) from African ACP and the following Mediterranean Partner Countries (African MPC): Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia

– For CSA-CA and CSA-SA: at least 6 independent legal entities, of which, 3 must be established different MS or AC, 2 of which are not established in the same MS or AC, and the other 3 must be established in different international cooperation partner countries (ICPC) from African ACP and the following Mediterranean Partner Countries (African MPC): Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia

• Only information provided in part A of the proposal will be used to determine whether the proposal is eligible with respect to budget thresholds and/or minimum number of eligible participants

Eligibility conditions of the call

Some key characteristics of the call which will be

considered during the evaluation of proposals

• A multi-disciplinary and integrated approach, taking into consideration broader socio-economic factors, and the participation of appropriate stakeholders and local and/or regional actors are considered essential to achieving the expected impacts

• The aim is to achieve a fair level of participation for African countries in collaboration with their European partners

• The evaluators will take into account the various geographical, sectoral and cultural differences which exist within Africa

• A dedicated budget for clustering and coordination should be foreseen in the overall budget planning of each proposal

FP7-KBBE-2010-4

Procedura di valutazione e selezione

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