FP7 Overview (March 2007)

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Ingrid Zwoch, NCP-LifeSciences, Germany

Training Session

CPN-YAS-PRD

The European Union (EU) and the 7th Framework Research Programme (FP7)

Ingrid Zwoch

National Contact PointLifesciences

Tel. +49 (0)228 3821 690 Fax +49 (0)228 3821 [email protected]


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How the European Union works

• the EU is founded on its treaties• its three pillars represent different policy areas with

different policy making systems




The Treaties

• the EU is founded on four treaties:• the treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel

Community (ECSC), which was signed on 18 April 1951 in Paris, came into force 1952 and expired on 23th July 2002

• the treaty establishing the European Economic Community (EEC), which was signed on 25 March 1957 in Rome and came into force 1st January 1958

• the treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM), which was signed in Rome along with the EEC treaty

• the treaty on European Union (EU), which was signed in Maastricht on 7 February 1992 and came into force on 1 November 1993




The Treaties

• the treaties have been amended each time new member states have joined

• almost every 10 years the treaties have been amended to reform the EU institutions and give them new areas of responsibility

• the Single European Act (1987) amended the EEC treaty and paved the way for completing the single market

• the treaties of Amsterdam (1999) and Nice (2003) further amended the other treaties, especially streamlining the EU‘s institutional system so it works effectively after the wave of new member states which joined the EU after 2004

http://europa.eu/abc/treaties/index_en.htm




The Institutions – the European Parliament

• the European Parliament is the directly elected legislative arm of the EU

• parliamentary elections are held every five years and every EU citizen who is registered as a voter is entitled to vote

• the Parliament expresses the democatic will of the Unions citizens and represents their interests in

dicussions with the other EU institutions




The Institutions – the European Parliament

the Parliament has three main roles:

• it shares with the Council the power to legislate. The fact that it is a directly elected body helps guarantee the democratic legitimacy of European law

• it exercises democratic supervision over all EU institutions and in particular the Commission. It has the power to reject the nomination of Commissioners and it has the right to censure the Commission as a whole

• it shares with the Council authority over the EU budget and can therefore influence EU spending

http://www.europarl.europa.eu




The Institutions – the Council of the EU

• the Councils is the EU‘s main decision making body• it shares with the Parliament the power to legislate• it represents the member states, its meetings are

attended by one minister from each of the EU‘s national governments

• the Presidency rotates every six months (actual Germany)

• which ministers attend which meetings depends on the subjects of the agenda

• each minister in the Council is empowered to commit his/her country




The Institutions – the Council of the EU

the Council has six key responsibilities:

• to pass European laws• to co-ordinate the broad economic policies of the

member states• to conclude international agreements between the EU

and one ore more states or international organisations• to approve the EU‘s budget, jointly with the Parliament• to develop the EU‘s common foreign & security policy• to co-ordinate cooperation between the national courts

and police forces in criminal matters

http://ue.eu.int/




The Institutions – the European Commission

• the European Commission is the executive arm of the EU and the driving force within the EU‘s institutional system

• it has 27 members, one „Commissioner“ of each member state (President Jose Manuel Barroso)

• the Commission President-designate, in discussion with the member state governments, chooses the members of the Commission

• the Commission remains answerable to the Parliament, which has the power to dismis it by adopting a motion of censure





the European Commission has four main roles:

• to propose legislation to Parliament and Council• to manage and implement EU policies and the budget• to enforce European law• to represent the EU on international stage

http://ec.europa.eu/





• the Commissions staff is organised into 36 departments, known as „Directorates Generales“ (DGs) and „Services“

• each DG is responsible for a particular policy area and is headed by a Director General

• it is the DGs that actualy device and draft the Commission‘ s legislative proposals

• the DG responsible for research is the

„Research Directorate General“

http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/research/index_en.html




Policies

Agriculture and Rural development Competition Economic and Financial Affairs Education and Culture Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Enterprise and Industry Environment Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Health and Consumer Protection Information Society and Media Internal Market and Services Joint Research Centre Justice, Freedom and Security Regional Policy Research Taxation and Customs Union Transport and Energy


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Directorate General for ResearchDirector General: J.M. Silva Rodriguez

Dir. A Dir. B Dir. C Dir. D Directorate FHealth

Dir. G Dir. H Dir. I Dir. J Dir. K Dir. L Dir. R Dir. SDir. E Dir. T

F1 Horizontal aspects and coordination

Head of Unit:Stephane Hogan

F 5 Health Biotechnology

Head of Unit:Arnd Hoeveler

F 3 Infectious Diseases

Head of Unit:Bernd Mulligan

F 4 Genomics and Systems Biology

Head of Unit:Patrik Kolar

F 2 Medical and Public Health Research

Head of Unit:Manuel Hallen

F 6 Administration and Finance

Head of Unit:Giorgios Zisimatos

Officers Officers Officers Officers Officers Officers




FP7 – 7th Framework Programme (2007 – 2013)

• since 1984 the research funding of the EU is implemented through so called Framework Programmes

• the COM has the right to propose legislation, also for implementing new Framework Programmes

• the legal justification to implement new Framework Programmes is laid down in the Treaty of the European Community (Art. 163-173):

the goal of strengthening the scientific and technological bases of industry and the international competitiveness of the EC

the implementation of a multiannual framework programme for research

the framework programme shall be implemented through specific programmes developed within each activity




FP7 - Process of Adoption

FP evaluations

Proposal

Consultations

European Research

Advisory BoardCouncil

European Parliament

Proposal07/04/05

EU-Commission Co-decision

Marimon Report

Report21/06/04

Report 03/11/04

Adoption 18.12. 2006

Lisbon evaluation

Kok Report

FP7

Online consultation

Questionnaire 12/10/04

Response16/03/04

(1800 contributions received)

Report 15/12/04

FP evaluations

Ormala Report




Principal Structure of the European Funding of Research

„Matroschka Principal“

Projects

Work Programmestopics for the calls for proposals

Specific Programmesdetailed information about research priorities,rules for project execution

Framework ProgrammeStructure, principal research modalities, modalities for execution

Treaty of NiceResearch and Technological Development Article 163 - 171

Rules for ParticipationLegal and financial rules, regulations concerning IPR




FP 7 Structure

JRC (nuclear)JRC (nuclear)

JRC (non-nuclear)JRC (non-nuclear)

EuratomEuratom

+

Cooperation People

Ideas Capacities




Specific Programme “Ideas”

Cooperation People

Ideas Capacities

Frontier Research Target group: single or a group of legal entities, national or international – depending on

the scientific requirements „bottom-up“- approach “investigator-driven”

Approval of the Work Programme

Positions regarding implementation of the Work Programme

Approval of the annual implementation report

Information of the Programme Committee

Support for proposers Evaluation Contacts Implementation Report

Preparation of the work programme Establishment of the peer review process Data base of evaluators Selection of Evaluators Annual Report

Scientific Council *

Executive Agency **

Commission

* Decision of the Commission** In responsibility of the COM




Specific Programme “People”

Cooperation People

Ideas Capacities

Initial training of researchersMarie Curie Networks

Life-long training and career developmentIndividual fellowships for experienced researchers

Co-funding of regional/national/international programmes

Industry-academia partnerships and pathwaysMeasures for industry-academia

The international dimensionOutgoing international fellowships; incoming international fellowships;

international cooperation, return and reintegration grants

Specific ActionsScientific awards




Specific Programme “Capacities”

Cooperation People

Ideas Capacities

Research InfrastructuresSupport to existing / new Infrastructures

Research for the Benefit of SMEsCollective and Cooperative Research

Regions of KnowledgeSupport of regional „research-driven clusters“

Research PotentialConvergence regions and outermost regions

Science in Society

Activities of International CooperationSpecific horizontal support activities




Specific Programme Cooperation

Cooperation People

Ideas Capacities

1. Health

2. Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology

3.Information and Communication Technologies

4. Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies

5. Energy

6. Environment

7. Transport

8. Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities

9. Security and Space

Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest and aquatic environments

Fork to farm: Food, health and well being

Life sciences and biotechnology for sustainable non-food products and processes

Biotechnology, generic tools and technologies for human health

Translating research for human health

Optimising the delivery of health care to European citizens




Specific Programme Cooperation – Theme Health

Aim of theme 1 - Health

Improving the health of European citizens

Increasing the competitiveness of European health-related industries and businesses

Addressing global health issues including emerging epidemics

Cooperation People

Ideas Capacities

1. Health

2. Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology

3.Information and Communication Technologies

4. Nanoscience, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies

5. Energy

6. Environment

7. Transport

8. Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities

9. Security and Space

Biotechnology, generic tools and technologies for human health






Theme 1: Health

Aim: Developing and validating the necessary tools and technologies that will make possible the production of new knowledge and its translation into practical application in the area of health and medicine

• High-throughput research

• Detection, diagnosis and monitoring

• Innovative therapeutic approaches and interventions

• Predicting suitability, safety and efficacy of therapies (including alternatives to animal testing)

Activity 1

Biotechnology, generic instruments and technologies for

human health




Theme 1: Health

Aim: Increasing knowledge of biological processes and mechanisms involved in normal health and specific disease solutions, to transpose this knowledge into clinical applications, and to ensure, that clinical data guide further research

Activity 2





Theme 1: Health

• Integrating biological data and processes: large-scale data gathering, systems biology

• Research on the brain and related diseases, human development and aging

• Translational research in major infectious diseases (HIV/Aids, malaria, tuberculosis etc.) anti-microbial drug resistance and new emerging epidemics (SARS etc.)

• Translational research in other major diseases: Cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes und obesity, rare diseases, other chronic diseases (e.g. rheumatoid diseases)

Activity 2





Theme 1: Health

Aim: Providing the necessary basis both for informed policy decisions on health systems and for more effective strategies of health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis and therapy

• Enhanced health promotion and disease prevention• Translating clinical research into clinical prevention• Quality, solidarity, and sustainability of health systems

Activity 3





Cooperation – funding instruments

Joint Technology InitiativesEuropean Technology Platforms (ETP) Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs)

Joint Technology InitiativesEuropean Technology Platforms (ETP) Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs)

Collaborative ResearchCollaborative projects (CP), Networks of Excellence (NoE), Coordination/Support Actions (CA/SSA)

Collaborative ResearchCollaborative projects (CP), Networks of Excellence (NoE), Coordination/Support Actions (CA/SSA)

Coordination of Research ProgrammesERA-Net, ERA-NET+, Article 169

Coordination of Research ProgrammesERA-Net, ERA-NET+, Article 169

In each theme sufficient flexibility to address emerging and unforeseen policy needs

Across all 10 themes support will be implemented through:

International CooperationInternational Cooperation




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