1. Arnolds Ūbelis, 10 02 2005 Some facts about Participation of RTD community of Latvia in FP5 and FP 6 programmes Towards FP 7 Dr.A. Ū belis 10.02.2005 Latvian NCP System Plenārsēde Eiropas Savienības finansēta zinātne Latvijā un Latvijas Universitātē Plenary session EU financed Research in Latvia and at the University of Latvia 2005. gada 10. februārī, ceturtdienā, plkst. 10.00, Raiņa bulvārī 19, Lielajā aulā

2. Arnolds Ūbelis, 10 02 2005 Community RTD the story so far 1957: EURATOM treaty; Joint Research Centre set up 1983: ESPRIT programme 1984: First Framework Programme (1984-1987), followed by 4 successive Framework Programmes (up to 2002) 1987: “European Single Act” - science becomes a Community responsibility; – Second Framework Programme (1987-1991) 1993: Treaty on European Union; role of RTD in the EU enlarged 1998: Proposal for Fifth Framework Programme 2001: Proposal for the Sixth Framework Programme (2002- 2006), European Research Area Concept 2005: Proposal for Seventh Framework Programme INFO: www.cordis.lu

3. Arnolds Ūbelis, 10 02 2005 Budgets of the EU framework programmes

4. Arnolds Ūbelis, 10 02 2005 Participation of RTD community of Latvia in FP5 and FP 6 programmes Status on 10. 02. 2005 YEAR Requested, MEUR Retained, MEUR Number of Applica- tions Retained, Projects Reserve, Above treshold Success % 1999 23,0853,39415942 426 2000 15,9952,71114939 426 2001 26,5485,68720968 333 2002 13,7433.24217861 530 Total in FP5 79,37115,034695210 1630,2 FP6 Calls 2003&4 Above 100,000 MEUR > 13,400 > 596> 137 15 (50) ~ 22,8

5. Arnolds Ūbelis, 10 02 2005 Baltic neighbours in EU Fifth Framework competition Information collected at Nordic and Baltic NCP seminars 4.12.2001, 7.03.2002, Germany, Hannover conf. 3-4.02.2003 and from the INTERNET. Dr. A.Ūbelis LatviaEstoniaLithuaniaFinlandSweden (aprox.) Number of projects 695810609 5006 4500 Number of successful projects 210216187 1579 1200 Coordinated projects 12 ? 241 123? Success rate, % 30.026,830,7 31,5 25,0 Money in successful projects, millions euro 15, 014,9 Updating time February 2003 November 2002 August 2002 Final Febr.2004 January 2002 % of RTD fin- ancing from GDP 0,2-0,4 Year 2001 0,79 Year 2001 0,69 Year 2001 3,49 Year 2001 4,27 Year 2001

6. Arnolds Ūbelis, 10 02 2005 Participation of RTD community of Latvia in Sixth framework programme Status on 10. 02. 2005 Seventh priority:Citizens and governance in a knowledge-based society Years 2003 & 2004 Kopējais iesniegto projektu skaits42 Atbalstāmo (Retained) projektu skaits4 t.sk. IP16 t.sk. NoE13 (3) t.sk. STREP11 t.sk. SSA0 t.sk. CA2 (1) Rezerves saraksts (reserve list) projektu skaits4 Slieksni pārsniegušo (above treshold) projektu skaits1 Kopējais Latvijas dalībnieku skaits47 t.sk. atbalstāmie4 Kopējais sagaidāmais finansējums, €283 205 Kopējais prasītais finansējums, €5 600 000

7. Arnolds Ūbelis, 10 02 2005 Participation of RTD community of Latvia in Sixth framework programme Status on 10. 02. 2005 Seventh priority:Citizens and governance in a knowledge-based society 1 NoE.1 48 m 60 partn. Efficient and Democratic Governance in a Multi-level Europe, CONNEX 506347 (Citizens-1) Mrs.Beate Kohler-Koch, UniversitatManheim, Social Science Faculty, DE, Mr. Norbert Reich, Rīgas Juridiskā Augstskola, LV, Tel.:+371 7039 230, 2 NoE.1 48 m 51partn. Wider Europe, deeper integration? “Constructing Europe” Network EU-CONSENT, 513416 Prof. Wolfgang Wessels Universitat zu Koln, Mr. Atis Lejiņš 7286302 Latvian Institute of International Affairs 3 NoE.1 60 m 48 partn. Creating Links and Over- views for a New Research Agenda for a Growing Europe and its History CLIOHRES.net, 006164 Prof.Isaacs Ann Katherine Univer- sita degli studi di Pisa, Department of Modern and Contemporary History Prof. Ausma Cimdiņa, Department of Baltic Studies, University of Latvia 4 CA, 36 m 15 partn Co-ordination Action on Human Rights Violations CAHRV 506348 University of Osnabruck, Dept. of Educ. DE Mrs Hagemann-White Carol Center for Gender Studies, University of Latvia, Dr.Irina Novikova

8. Arnolds Ūbelis, 10 02 2005 Participation of RTD community of Latvia in Sixth framework programme Status on 10. 02. 2005 6IP - 7th Priority Knowledge Society ; Citizens Numbers of partners from different countries in unsuccessful and successful projects

9. Arnolds Ūbelis, 10 02 2005 Participation of RTD community of Latvia in Sixth framework programme Status on 10. 02. 2005 Horizontal activity:Science and Society Years 2003 & 2004 Kopējais iesniegto projektu skaits17 Atbalstāmo (Retained) projektu skaits5 t.sk. IP0 t.sk. NoE0 t.sk. STREP3 (2) t.sk. SSA12 (4) t.sk. CA6 Rezerves saraksts (reserve list) projektu skaits1 Slieksni pārsniegušo (above treshold) projektu skaits1 Kopējais Latvijas dalībnieku skaits18 t.sk. atbalstāmie6 Kopējais sagaidāmais finansējums, €230 433 Kopējais prasītais finansējums, €3 169 138

10. Arnolds Ūbelis, 10 02 2005 Participation of RTD community of Latvia in FP 6 programme (Thematic Priorities) Status on 27.12.2004 Contact point system for EC 6IP in Latvia Thematic priority Applications (participants) Successful projects Success Rate % Reserve list Above Thres- hold Expected EURs for Latvia BioTechHealth31(34)5(6)16,2301 266 136 IST IST+Nanomat Nano+6A&6B 117(144) 13(13) 7(12) 18(21) 2(2) ? 15,4 ? 00?00? 6060 1 161 484 104 390 NanoMatPro82(96)?18(21)?22.0042 929 288 Aero&Space12(12)5(5)41,710700 160 Global Energy Transport 29(35) 12(13) 16(16) 11(12) 3(4) 3(3) 37,9 25,0 12,5 011011 20?20? 886 310 370 544 196 0 80 Food32(36)7(7)21,915239 498 Knowledge soc42(47)4(4)9,541283 205 Total393(460)76(84)19,310188 149 319

11. Arnolds Ūbelis, 10 02 2005 Participation of RTD community of Latvia in FP 6 programme (Thematic Priorities) Status on 27.12. 2004 Contact point system for EC 6IP in Latvia Cross cutting activities Applications (participants) Successful projects Success Rate % Reser ve list Above Thres- hold Expected EURs for Latvia Res.Orient.Policy12(13)6(7)50.001338 420 NEST8(12)1(1)12,50025 914 SME activities55(87)8(13)14,515359 389 INCO ACC-SSA general 13(13) 13(24) 2(2) 7(7) 15,3 53,8 0000 3030 172 200 243 797 ERA-NET7(7)6(6)71.400531 101 INNOVATION16(18)5(5)31,212639 812 H.. Res&Mob34(34)9(9)26,52151 696 616 Res.Infrastruc15(17)3(4)20.006488 205 SCI&SOCIETY17(18)5(6)29,411230 433 EUROATOM13(13) 100.000567 194 Total203(256)61(67)29.66335 170 803

12. Arnolds Ūbelis, 10 02 2005 Participation of RTD community of Latvia in FP 6 programme Status on 10.02.2005 Projects Total Projects by type 596 Applica- tions 136 Successful Res.list 13 Above tresh.41 % Success rate Reserve List 18 Above treshold 53 Finland IP 9720 20,6 115 NoE 599 15.2 62 STREP 13118 13,7 97 SSA 14042 30,0 CA 4211 26,2 CRAFT Coll.Res. Others 43 11 173 7 1 27 16,3 9,0 15,6

13. Arnolds Ūbelis, 10 02 2005 Participation of RTD community of Latvia in FP 6 programme Human resources and MObility

14. Arnolds Ūbelis, 10 02 2005 European Union policy to support research Towards FP7 In June 2004, the Commission published its 'guidelines for future European Union policy to support research, which outlined a six plus two structure. The six major axes are: - creating poles of excellence; - launching technological initiatives in key industrial areas; - stimulating competition between fundamental research teams; - reinforcing human resources; - developing research infrastructures of European interest; - reinforcing coordination of national programmes. The 'plus two' refers to the two relatively new areas to receive EU research funding - space and security

15. Arnolds Ūbelis, 10 02 2005 Input from the Competitiveness Council to the Spring European Council 2005 POLICY RECOMMANDATIONS IN KEY AREAS 1. KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION FOR GROWTH In building the knowledge society to ensure the competitiveness of European enterprises, it will be necessary to concentrate on the Barcelona target of investing 3% of GDP in R&D and on the rapid adoption of the forthcoming 7 th Framework Programme (FP 7) and Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP). The following points need to be stressed:

16. Arnolds Ūbelis, 10 02 2005 Input from the Competitiveness Council to the Spring European Council 2005 POLICY RECOMMANDATIONS IN KEY AREAS 1. KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION FOR GROWTH 1. Faster progress towards the target of 3% of GDP for R&D expenditure through better co-ordination across Member States and on the European level by the application of the Open Method of Co-ordination, using CREST as a platform for co-ordination, has to be achieved. In this context, the setting up of national R&D spending targets as part of national action plans (see below) is to be welcomed;

17. Arnolds Ūbelis, 10 02 2005 Input from the Competitiveness Council to the Spring European Council 2005 POLICY RECOMMANDATIONS IN KEY AREAS 1. KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION FOR GROWTH 2. The adoption in 2006 of FP 7, ensuring continuity with FP 6 and including certain cross-cutting principles, in particular: European added value and increasing coordination between national and European research efforts; Promotion of excellence in European research, not least through new initiatives in basic research; Promotion of technological innovation, as well as research and development for key technologies; Facilitation of participation by all relevant parties, in particular SMEs; Simplification, improvement and acceleration of administrative and financial procedures; Reinforcement of access to loans from the European Investment Bank for the funding of major EU R&D projects and infrastructures; Coherence and synergy between the major lines of action of the programme and with CIP;

18. Arnolds Ūbelis, 10 02 2005 Input from the Competitiveness Council to the Spring European Council 2005 POLICY RECOMMANDATIONS IN KEY AREAS 1. KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION FOR GROWTH 3. More favourable framework conditions, including possible fiscal measures, for both public and private R&D, through the reform of public research centres and universities and the revision of the existing State Aid Framework ; 4. Ensuring the competitiveness of European enterprises through better research cooperation and technology transfer between public research and private companies, achieved on the basis of best practice through public-private partnerships, poles of excellence and innovation clusters, in particular for SMEs;

19. Arnolds Ūbelis, 10 02 2005 Input from the Competitiveness Council to the Spring European Council 2005 POLICY RECOMMANDATIONS IN KEY AREAS 1. KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION FOR GROWTH 5. The development of the European Research Area through the emergence of a trans-European labour market for researchers with a view to: - promoting mobility between the public and private sectors, with special attention being paid to the role of women in science and to science awareness, in particular for young people; ensuring the attractiveness of European R&D for world-class European and third country researchers. 6. Encouraging the growth of SMEs, in particular young research- intensive SMEs, by increasing and facilitating their participation in R&D and by creating an optimal environment for the start-ups and development of innovative projects for the market, for all sectors of the economy;

20. Arnolds Ūbelis, 10 02 2005 Input from the Competitiveness Council to the Spring European Council 2005 POLICY RECOMMANDATIONS IN KEY AREAS 1. KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION FOR GROWTH 7. The adoption of CIP in 2006. This programme should pay particular attention to the specific needs of SMEs – in particular research-intensive high-tech SMEs and innovative SMEs in the traditional sectors. The Open Method of Co-ordination in the framework of the European Charter for SMEs and related instruments should be pursued and strengthened, by improving the reporting process, particularly at participant level. In promoting innovation, due weight should be given to the development and diffusion of eco-innovation projects and eco- technologies;

21. Arnolds Ūbelis, 10 02 2005 Input from the Competitiveness Council to the Spring European Council 2005 POLICY RECOMMANDATIONS IN KEY AREAS 1. KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION FOR GROWTH 8. Carrying forward the preparatory work on the European Space Programme (ESP) in close co-operation with the European Space Agency (ESA) to establish a coherent framework for European space policy and to tap the substantial innovation and industrial potential in this area for the benefit of the European knowledge society as a whole; 9. Information technology research and infrastructure development (including broadband and space-based communications) should be supported, with the aim of reinforcing communication technologies and improving industrial competitiveness, and should ensure an information society open to all. The Commission’s forthcoming initiative “i2010-European Information Society” will also contribute to the further development of the information society in Europe.

22. Arnolds Ūbelis, 10 02 2005 Participation of RTD community of Latvia in Sixth framework programme C entres of Excellence first slide InstituteFP6 projects, 14.02.2005 Inst. of Atomic Physics and Spectroscopy, UL Prof. J.Spigulis janispi@latnet.lv, Phone: 371-9485347janispi@latnet.lv 4 succesful projects, 14 applications Institute of Solid State Physics, UL Prof. A.Sternbergs stern@latnet.lvstern@latnet.lv 4 succesful projects, 13 applications Institute of Physics, University of Latvia Dr. J.Freibergs jf@sal.lv, Phone: 371-2945821jf@sal.lv 2 succesful projects, 10 applications Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry Dr.Bruno Andersons 4 succesful projects, 16 applications Institute of Materials and Structures, RTU Prof. R.Rikards rikards@latnet.lv, rikards@latnet.lv 7 succesful projects, 10 applications Biomedical Research and Study Centre, UL Prof. Elmārs Grēns 7 succesful projects, 11 applications Institute of Polymer mechanics, UL Dr.J.Jansons jansons@pmi.lvjansons@pmi.lv 3 succesful projects, 6 applications Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis Dr. A.Kalviņš 0 succesful projects, 5 applications

23. Arnolds Ūbelis, 10 02 2005 Participation of RTD community of Latvia in Sixth framework programme c entres of Excellence second slide InstituteFP6 projects, 14.02.2005 Institute of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, UL Dr.h. dat. Jānis Bārzdiņš, Janis.Barzdins@mii.lu.lvJanis.Barzdins@mii.lu.lv 6 succesful Projects, 16 applications Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Latvia Dr. ģeogr. Juris Aigars, juris@monit.lu.lvjuris@monit.lu.lv 1 succesful Projects, 4 applications Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RTU Dr.habil.sc.ing. 2 succesful Projects, 7 applications Institute of Electronics and Computer Science, UL Prof. Bilinskis Ivars, tel. +371 7554500, bilinskis@edi.lv 2 succesful Projects, 3 applications