1. INCO.NET ¨EULARINET¨ (GA 212186)
Ángeles Macías García
EULARINET Manager Coordinator
MICINN-Spain

2. EULARINET - Concept and Objectives
The EULARINET (7FP) Project (European Union - Latin American Research and Innovation
NETworks) is a 4 years Coordination Action (INCO.Net) (March February 2012) whose
main goal is to strengthen the bi-regional dialogue on S&T between EU Member States (MS),
Associated States (AS) and Latin American Partner Countries (LAPC) , at policy, programme and
institutional (research entities) level, thus contributing to a three fold objective:
Promote the joint identification, setting up, implementation and monitoring of mutual
interest priorities of future work programmes across the Specific Programmes of FP7.
b)  Joint definition of S&T co-operation policies
c) Support and stimulate the participation of LAPC in FP7

3. EULARINET PARTNERS SPAIN MICINN
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación ( Spain)
Germany
BMBF
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
DLR
International Bureau of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Austria
ZSI
Centre for Social Innovation
Spain
UPM
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
CSIC
Spanish Council for Scientific Research
Finland
AKA
Academy of Finland
France
IRD
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 
CIRAD
Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développment
Norway
RCN
The Research Council of Norway
Portugal
ADI
Agência de Inovação
FCT
Fundaçao para Ciencia e Tecnología
Argentina
MINCYT
Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología
Chile
CONICYT
Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
Colombia
COLCIENCIAS
Instituto Colombiano para el Desarrollo de la Ciencia y la Tecnología
Mexico
CONACYT
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
Nicaragua
Consejo Nicaragüense de Ciencia y Tecnología
Brasil
CNPq
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Uruguay
MEC-CUBIST
Ministry of Education and Culture-CUBIST

4. EULARINET – Work Packages (WPs)
WP1: Analysis, Monitoring and Review
WP Leader: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement  (IRD-France)
WP co-Leader: Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica (CONICYT-Chile)
WP2: Strengthening the participation of LA in FP7
WP Leader: International Bureau of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (DLR-Germany)
WP co-Leader: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico – (CNPq-Brazil)
WP3: Bi-regional Policy Dialogue
Leader WP3: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN-Spain)
Co-Leader WP3: Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva (MINCYT-Argentina)
WP4: Bi-regional Science - Industry Relationships
Leader WP4: Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD-France)
Co-Leader WP4: Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT-Mexico)
WP5: Raising awareness and Dissemination activities
WP 5 Leader: Fundaçao para Ciencia e Tecnología (FCT-Portugal) WP 5 Co-Leader: Consejo Nicaragüense de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONICYT-Nicaragua)
WP6: Project Management
Leader: Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN-Spain)

5. EULARINET MAIN RESULTS -
WP1: Analysis, Monitoring and Review: Laying the ground
- A complete statistical overview has been produced based on the available information from DG-RTD about past FP6 and ongoing FP7 cooperation activities between EU and LA partners.
A questionnaire to qualitatively survey the strengths and weaknesses of the participation of Latin American research institutions in FP7 was developed and sent to 163 project holders in the region
- S&T indicators are produced on the basis of a consensus of main observatories involved in measuring S&T cooperation between LA and EU countries.

6. EULARINET MAIN RESULTS -
WP1: Analysis, Monitoring and Review: Laying the ground (Cont.)
EVENT: ¨International thematic Workshop on Indicators of bi-regional Cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I)¨. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) on July 18th The main objective of this workshop was to promote a meeting between experts of indicators of ST&I representing different observatories, so as to debate on a pertinent set of indicators able to monitor the evolution of the cooperation between Latin America and the European Union.
A complete view of the modalities of the bi-regional cooperation led at the level of EU member states in Latin America (S&T cooperation schemes) has been conducted through means of qualitative questionnaires to LA funding agencies.
SELECTED DOCUMENTS PRODUCED IN WP1
S&T Indicators based on publications (IEDCYT/CSIC- Spain)
Analysis of patents collaborations between Latin America and Europe (IEDCYT/CSIC- Spain)
Deliverable. 1.1: Statistical report on bi-regional ST&I activities under FP6 (IRD-France)
Deliverable.1.2: Report on indicators of ST&I bi-regional activities (IEDCYT/CSIC- Spain)

7. EULARINET MAIN RESULTS -
WP2: Strengthening LA participation in FP7
A NCP-workshop was realised back to back with the consortium’s annual meeting in Lisbon in March 2009 in order to find out in detail about the NCPs strengths, weaknesses and priority interests. It was organised in collaboration with INCONTACT
A new questionnaire was elaborated to get more and precise background information on the conditions of work of NCPs in Latin America and sent to all 13 Latin American NCPs in October 2009
Contact lists of European Thematic NCPs or Thematic Networks were produced and offered as incentives for questionnaire responses
-EVENT: ¨NCP Training course¨: Florianopolis, Brazil, November 4-6th 2009

8. EULARINET MAIN RESULTS -
WP2: Strengthening LA participation in FP7 (Cont.)
EVENT: ¨Latin American-European Environment Workshop¨: Bogotá, Nov Experts were highly qualified and very dedicated to fulfill the workshop’s goals, and as a result a list of ten SICA-proposals was presented to the Thematic Directorate Environment In DG RTD
EVENT: ¨EU-LA ICT Gateway – Workshop on EU-LA cooperation possibilities¨, Brussels, September 2010
EVENT: ¨Joint INCO.NET Workshop on KBBE¨, Montpellier, October 2010
EVENT: ¨Thematic Workshop on Health¨, Buenos Aires, Nov. 2010
SELECTED DOCUMENTS PRODUCED IN WP2
Questionnaire for NCPs and NIPs
Deliverable.2.2.Final Report Environment Workshop
- Deliverable 2.3 “Recommendations for SICA-topics and other topics highly relevant for the cooperation between Europe and Latin America¨

9. EULARINET MAIN RESULTS -
WP3: Top-down policy driven on Research
Sub-regional dialogues are organised annually in the three sub-regions, as preparation to Bi-regional dialogue to be held in Mexico on Sep. 7-8th 2010
EVENTS: Sub-regional R&I dialogue with Mexico & Central America (Mexico)
First: November 21st 2008, Mexico DF, Mexico
Second: 18-19th of November 2009 Mexico DF, Mexico
Sub-regional R&I dialogue with Andean countries (Colombia, Chile)
First: March 16th 2009 in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Second: Santiago, Chile, on the 14th and 15th of January 2010
Sub-regional R&I dialogue with MERCOSUR (Brazil)
First: November , Buenos Aires, Argentina
Second: Brasilia, on the 23rd and 24th of November 2009

10. EULARINET MAIN RESULTS -
WP3: Top-down policy driven on Research (Cont.)
SELECTED DOCUMENTS PRODUCED IN WP3
First Sub-Regional Conferences
EULARINET Aclaratory Notes for the Approach of the Su-regional meetings– MICINN-Spain
Deliverable 3.2. Specific report on research needs
Deliverable 3.4. Specific reports on research needs
Second Sub-Regional Conferences
¨Guidelines for the organisation of the EULARINET Sub‐regional Conferences¨: MICINN-Spain
“Towards a new approach for a co‐operation in science and technology between Latin America and the European Union¨: MICINN-Spain
Deliverable 3.5. Synthesis Document: MICINN-Spain→ Presented at the SOM

11. EULARINET MAIN RESULTS -
WP4: Bi-regional Science-Industry Relationships
EVENT: Workshop: "Successful experiences of cooperation between the Science and the
Industry in European Union and Latin America“, Mexico DF
EVENT: OPENING KNOTS- Workshop on looking for the solutions foe EU- Latin American
Industry- Academia cooperation. Helsinki, Finland, June 17 and
EVENT: Bi-regional expert Electronic Forum, held during Sept-Oct 2009
EVENT: Workshop in Science nd Industry on Food, ICT and Health,
Montevideo, Uruguay, June/August 2009
EVENT: LA-EU Worshop on technology transference and Innovacion, Dec. 7 and 8th 2009,
Montevideo, Uruguay
SELECTED DOCUMENTS PRODUCED IN WP4
Enhancing research-industry alliances, innovation and technology transfer EU-LA:
UPM-Spain, CONACYT-Mexico and CIRAD-France.

12. EULARINET MAIN RESULTS –
WP5: Raising the Awareness and Dissemination Activities
EULARINET Webpage (a new Web is currently being developed) (
EULARINET Newsletter
EULARINET Flyer and corporative design
EULARINET Poster
EULARINET Website

13. Highlight of Main Results of the Project (1/2)
A complete statistical overview has been produced based on the available information from DG-RTD about past FP6 and ongoing FP7 cooperation activities between EU and LA partners
A complete view of the modalities of the bi-regional cooperation led at the level of EU member states in Latin America (S&T cooperation schemes) has been conducted through means of qualitative questionnaires to LA funding agencies
Report on the mapping of European and Latin American science and technology cooperation scheme patterns which focuses on the bilateral S&T agreements between both regions
Contact lists of Latin American NCPs or European Thematic Networks were produced and offered as incentives for questionnaire responses

14. Highlight of Main Results of the Project (2/2)
A list of ten SICA-proposals was presented to the Thematic Directorate
Environment in DG RTD
Background reports for future EU-Latin American cooperation in the ICT theme,
including national priorities in ICT research have been produced for Argentine, Chile,
Nicaragua and Switzerland
EULARINET will provide to the European Commission with eight theme profiles as
recommendation for its future Work programme formulation (2012 and beyond) on the
Health theme.

15. Future Challenges for EULARINET in JOINT PRIORITY SETTING
Work out common reserach topics through the organisation of a new series of Thematic Workshops and videoconferences aimed at encouraging the participation of Latin American research organisations;
Matchmaking events and specific Infodays to promote LA participation in the FP call, in collaboration with other connected projects.

16. Future challenges for EULARINET in S&T DIALOGUE
Identifying EULARINET role in contributing to the implementation of the EU-LAC Summit commitments.
Consequently, define the objectives of the future dialogue meetings
Possible avenues:
Broaden the scope of the paper «Towards a new approach to EU – LA S&T cooperation » to encompass an analysis of MS programmes, drawing from the results of EULANEST;
Open up a dissemination and consultation process within the Commission (RELEX, AIDCO, etc.), within SFIC, etc.;
What technical support can be provided to the EU-LAC process?

17. Future challenges for EULARINET in SCIENCE – INDUSTRY RELATIONS
Strengthening links with innovation policies and programmes
Explore needs for LA in Infrastructures
Identifying experiences that can be taken up in the setting up of Knowledge and Innovation Centres, e.g. AL-INVEST, country programmes.

18. Important particulars of the EULARINET Project
¨ The WPs in which the EULARINET project is divided are equally led by one institution from EU and one from LA¨
¨The EULARINET project serves as an umbrella for the on-going EU – LAC cooperation in S&T¨
¨EULARINET structures the EU-LAC dialogue in S&T¨
¨The recently renewed EULARINET Website serves both for diffusion of the project activities and as a portal that collects EU-LAC cooperation initiatives ¨ (

19. Thank you for your attention!
Ángeles Macías García
Manager Corrdinator of EULARINET
Ministry of Science and Innovation – MICINN (Spain)