1. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects 2nd EAST-WEST Innovation Forum Floods: Danger, Strategies, Solutions 5-6 June 2003, Warsaw, Poland Panagiotis Balabanis DG Research panagiotis.balabanis@cec.eu.int EU-Funding measures for flood- related research in the 6th Framework Programme

2. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects Flooding represents a significant risk on a European scale Flooding is currently high at the EU political agenda FP6 promotes research activities on issues of societal relevance Motivation for EU research on Floods

3. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects Last year flooding in central Europe has been almost unprecedented proportions in recent history Last year flooding in central Europe has been almost unprecedented proportions in recent history

4. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects EU Water Framework Directive Calls for integrated river basin management including flood protection and prevention Best practices on flood prevention, protection and mitigation Flood related EU policies and strategies 1

5. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects EU Solidarity Fund Provides immediate financial assistance to help people, regions and countries affected by floods and other natural disasters Calls for preventive measures to avoid a recurrence of similar disaster Flood related EU policies and strategies 2

6. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects Integrated EU Strategy on prevention, preparedness and response to natural, man- made and other risks (EC Communication under preparation) Highlights the need for developing a common approach, improving information and communication, and promoting coordination Flood related EU policies and strategies 3

7. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects European research policy The European Research Area  A vision for the future of research in Europe National programmes ‘Open Coordination’ Framework programme European organisations FP6 (2002-2006)

8. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects Flood research in FP6  Mainly supported under Priority 6 “Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems”  Water cycle, Natural Disasters topics  Additional research activities could be funded under  Priority 2 “Information Society Technologies” (e.g. integrated information systems for risk management)  Priority 4 “Aeronautics and Space” (e.g.GMES)  Activities for structuring and strengthening the foundation of ERA (e.g. ERA-NET, support to policies)

9. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects Priority 6 Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems clean energy, energy savings, alternative motor fuels, fuel cells, energy carriers/transport/storage  Sustainable energy systems (810MEuro): clean energy, energy savings, alternative motor fuels, fuel cells, energy carriers/transport/storage environmentally friendly transport, interoperability, safety  Sustainable surface transport (610MEuro): environmentally friendly transport, interoperability, safety greenhouse gas emissions, water cycle, biodiversity and ecosystems, natural disasters, land management, climate observation, complementary research, cross-cutting issues  Global change and ecosystems (700MEuro): greenhouse gas emissions, water cycle, biodiversity and ecosystems, natural disasters, land management, climate observation, complementary research, cross-cutting issues

10. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects Key characteristics Flood research is considered in the context of hydrological cycle, water resources management and sustainability sustainable management of water resources requires due consideration of the potential impacts of global changes, especially vulnerability in extreme events. Floods and droughts are considered together managing the water cycle as a whole is necessary rather than treating floods and droughts as distinct problems. Global Change and Ecosystems Research on Floods - Water Cycle

11. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects Key characteristics Natural hazard assessment and forecasting; Consideration of climate variability and climate change impacts; Methods and technologies for vulnerability, risk and damage assessments; Risk management, prevention and mitigation, through improved technologies, intervention methods, pre-disaster planning and preparedness. Global Change and Ecosystems Research on Floods - Natural Disasters

12. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects Global Change and Ecosystems Overview I. Impact and mechanisms of greenhouse gas emissions and atmospheric pollutants on climate, ozone depletion and carbon sinks II.Water cycle, including soil-related aspects III.Biodiversity and ecosystems IV.Mechanisms of desertification and natural disasters V.Strategies for sustainable land management, including coastal zones, agricultural land and forests VI.Operational forecasting and modelling including global climatic change observation systems VII. Complementary research VIII. Cross-cutting issue: Sustainable Development concepts and tools

13. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects u1st call publication date: 17 December 2002 u1st call closure date: 8 April 2003 u2nd call publication date: June 2003 u2nd call closure date: October 2003 èhalf of the FP6 money for Environmental research will still be left for further calls after first 2 calls! (WP to be decided in 2004/2005) Global Change and ecosystems Calls for proposals timetable

14. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects Development of an European (Virtual) Centre for Flood and Drought Studies up to 1 IP or NoE on Development of an European (Virtual) Centre for Flood and Drought Studies -> to be considered in proposals for an IP or NoE: Development of long-term integrated research activities on the main drivers; Emphasis on: data collection and exchange; information management; comparison of forecasting methods; evaluation of flood warning and drought monitoring systems; linking different disciplines and providing interaction with major stakeholders; Research on Floods - Water Cycle 1st call for proposals

15. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects up to 1 IP or NoE on Integrated flood risk management methodologies -> to be considered in proposals for an IP or NoE: Integrated strategies & tools for flood hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment; Prevention & mitigation of flood risks in river basins, coastal zones & estuarines; Design of sustainable flood defenses and risk mitigation measures; Understanding & prediction of coastal flood related extreme events; Operationalisation of methods & technologies, efficiency & cost of implementation; Exchange & dissemination of infos to user communities. Research on floods - Natural Disasters 1st call for proposals

16. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects Natural disasters -> to be considered in proposals for STREPs and CA Aspects of multi-risk assessment focussing on the harmonisation of data and methodologies related to Earthquakes, volcanoes, forest fires, inland and coastal floods, storms, extreme weather events, landslides and avalanches Potential topic for international cooperation (Canada, China, Japan and US) Research on floods - Natural Disasters 2nd call for proposals

17. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects International Co-operation within the 6th Framework Programme Within the 6th Framework Programme International Research in Water can be funded both within the 6FP Thematic Priorities as well as the International Co- operation (INCO) Global Budget allocated to International Research Co- operation  Thematic Priorities 285 mi EURO  INCO 315 mi EURO Additional resources will be available through ‘Human resources and mobility’ to fund research training for third-country researchers in Europe.

18. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects 1.2 : Information society technologies (IST) ….. 1.6 : Sustainable development & global change ….. 1.4 : Aeronautics & Space TELECOM GMES GALILEO DG-RTD/4 DG-RTD/I DG-INFSO FP6 GMES Global change & ecosystems GMES COM & NW technologies ….. with DG-INFSO with DG-TREN Support the development of Space and Ground services elements Support the development of observing and forecasting systems Support the development of data & information exchange networks Contributions to priorities of FP6 Global Monitoring for Environment and Security

19. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects EU-MEDIN “Euro-Mediterranean Disaster Information Network” Initiative by DG Research Disaster themes: forest fires, floods, earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, avalanches & technological hazards Aim: to foster co-ordination among the research & user communities for improved disaster preparedness and early warning, communication, and rapid exchange of data and knowledge, in order to better mitigate and manage disasters

20. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects Specific call for proposals (SSP) for Associated Candidate Countries  General call for all thematic priority areas with the aim of selecting one or more entities in each ACC to  Network the NCPs  Undertake individual actions for SMEs  Network high quality centres of research  Organise information events  Closure date 26 June 2003, indicative budget EUR 9.000.000

21. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects Cooperation and coordination of national or regional research and innovation activities (i.e. programmes) “ERA-NET” Policy level open method of coordination mapping, benchmarking, score boards Programme level ERA-NET Article 169 Project level New Instruments Traditional Instruments Exchange of information & best practices Strategic activities Implementation of joint activities Transnational research activities ERA-NET

22. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects Open call for proposals: 1 st cut-off date : 3 June 2003, budget 24 M€ from March 2004, cut-off dates every 6 months up to October 2005 Indicative total budget: 148 M€ ( 2002- 2006) Calls & Budget Website: http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/coordination.htm Helpdesk: rtd-coordination@cec.eu.int ERA-NET

23. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects  Integrated Projects (IP) - building up the “critical mass” in objective driven research with clearly defined S&T ambitions and aims  Networks of Excellence (NoE) - aiming at progressively integrating activities of networks of partners New Instruments to be used New Instruments to be used

24. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects  Specific Support Actions (SSA) - preparing future research activities, future scenarios, road-maps  Co-ordination Actions (CA) - strengthen links between national, regional & EC RTD projects, co- ordination with EUREKA, COST & ESF  Specific Targeted Research Projects (STREP) - aiming at objective driven research of much more limited scale of ambition that that of IP Other Instruments

25. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects Recommendations to IP proposers  Flagship project with ambitious & consolidated action plans (as well as contingency plans)  Pragmatic and coherent management/ framework (e.g. board of management, permanent secretariat)  Combined financial resources such as venture capital, EIB funds, national funding, etc. in addition to the EC funds  Inclusion of supporting modules/elements, e.g. training, SMEs, INCO, IPR set-up, ethics, etc.

26. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects Recommendations to NoE proposers  Overall, proposal should correspond with a strong commitment of proposers for a lasting integration of capacities  Ambitious & consolidated action plans (as well as contingency plans)  Pragmatic and coherent management framework(e.g. board of management, permanent secretariat), supported by the partners’ top managers  Inclusion of supporting modules/elements, e.g. training, SME’s, INCO, ethics, gender equality.

27. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects Tips to proposers (1) Tips to proposers (1)  Read and understand the documents  http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/index_en.html  Work programme  Evaluation manual  Guides for proposers  Guides for evaluators  http://www.cordis.lu/fp6  Background documents on instruments (http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/networks-ip.html)  use the NCPs (National Contact Points)

28. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects Tips to proposers (2)  Your proposal:  Is it complete?  Is the partnership right? can we all work together? clear roles responsibilities, critical mass, etc.  Does it address all the questions? (see guide for proposers)  Does it address the work programme? (check with the call!)  Are the objectives clear?  Is it clear how the project will be managed?

29. E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o nCommunity Research Global Change and Ecosystems - Water cycle and Soil-related aspects www.cordis.lu 4To build on current EU Research: www.cordis.lu europa.eu.int/comm/research/nfp.html 4Information on FP6: europa.eu.int/comm/research/nfp.html europa.eu.int/comm/research/nfp/networks-ip.html 4FP6 Instruments: europa.eu.int/comm/research/nfp/networks-ip.html www.cordis.lu/fp6/eoi- instruments www.cordis.lu/experts/fp6_candidature.htm 4Expressions of Interest: www.cordis.lu/fp6/eoi- instruments Evaluators: www.cordis.lu/experts/fp6_candidature.htm Information