Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue First Policy Dialogue Nicosia, Cyprus April 25, 2014

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue Overview Main findings of the country profile of Cyprus

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue Source: Eurostat, 2011 and Sixth monitoring report FP7 FP Performance and wider innovation indicators for Cyprus Benchmarked to EU 28 and EU 13 averages

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue Evolution of participants FP5/FP6/FP7 TOTAL FP5TOTAL FP6TOTAL FP7MARKET SHARE FP5MARKET SHARE FP6MARKET SHARE FP7 CYPRUS %0.48% TOTAL: Evolution of lead partner FP5/FP6/FP7 FP5 leadFP6 leadFP7 lead FP5 national market share lead FP6 national market share lead FP7 national market share lead CYPRUS %0.27%0.33% TOTAL: As for the most of the EU 13 countries, Cyprus has improved the market share between FP5 and FP6, keeping the same percentage with FP7. Cyprus organizations are more project leaders in FP7 than in FP6 and FP5. Source: e-Corda FP5/FP6/FP7 evolution

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue Beneficiaries in mobility programmes – FP7 People Activities included: 1. Initial Training of Researchers 2. Life-long Training and Career Development (including Co-funding) 3. Industry-Academia Pathways and Partnerships 4. International Dimension – European and world Fellowships [1][1] Figures for If we assume that being part of a network has an impact to participation, it is useful to look at the mobility programmes over time. Developments in the participation in the mobility programmes FP5 participants FP6 participants FP7 Participants ( ) FP5 national market share participants FP6 national market share participants FP7 national market share participants CY %0.38%0.46% Source: e-Corda

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue Overview FP7 participants per target groups Source: e-Corda

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue FP7 participants per target groups High Education Institutions in %Research Centres in %Private Companies in % BG CY CZ EE HR HU LT LV MT PL RO SI SK EU Participation in FP7 pursuant to the 3 main categories of beneficiaries: Private enterprises, Research centres, Higher Education Institutes Source: e-Corda

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue HEI: EU 13 TOP 10

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue Rank EU 13 Rank EU 28 Organisation Participation s Countr y 187UNIVERSZA V LJUBLJANA137SI 4161UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS90CY 5173UNIVERSITY OF TARTU84EE 14338KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY44LT 15351VILNIUS UNIVERSITY43LT 21448UNIVERSITY OF MALTA35MT 22455UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA34LV 22455TALLIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY34EE 28551RIGA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY28LV HEI - Top performer reference countries (SI, LV, EE, LT, MT)

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue OrganisationParticipations UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS 90 THE CYPRUS RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION23 CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY17 AS CYPRUS COLLEGE LIMITED5 EDEX-EDUCATION EXCELLENCE CORPORATION LIMITED3 SCHOLAI FREDERICKOU 2 OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS, FREDERICK UNIVERSITY, NEAPOLIS UNIVERSITY AND THE CYPRUS INSTITUTE LIMITED 1 EACH HEI– Cypriot organizations in FP7

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue % EU13Nb of projects per beneficiary% Top 3 in the country BG CY CZ EE HR HU LT LV MT PL RO SI SK EU Research Centres performance Source: e-Corda

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue RankCategoryOrganisationParticipations Countr y 1RECINSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN120SI 2RECINSTYTUT PODSTAWOWYCH PROBLEMOW TECHNIKI POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK52PL 3RECBAY ZOLTAN ALKALMAZOTT KUTATASI KOZHASZNU NONPROFIT KFT.43HU 4RECINSTYTUT CHEMII BIOORGANICZNEJ PAN43PL 5REC MAGYAR TUDOMANYOS AKADEMIA SZAMITASTECHNIKAI ES AUTOMATIZALASI KUTATO INTEZET 34HU 6RECMAGYAR TUDOMANYOS AKADEMIA WIGNER FIZIKAI KUTATOKOZPONT29HU 7RECMAGYAR TUDOMANYOS AKADEMIA ENERGIATUDOMANYI KUTATOKOZPONT26HU 8REC Unitatea Executiva pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior, a Cercetarii, Dezvoltarii si Inovarii 26RO 10RECTECHNOLOGICKE CENTRUM AKADEMIE VED CESKE REPUBLIKY25CZ 10RECRUDER BOSKOVIC INSTITUTE25HR Research Centres: EU 13 TOP 10

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue REC - Top performer reference countries (SI, LV, EE, LT, MT) OrganisationParticipationsCountry INSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN 120SI LATVIJAS ZINATNU AKADEMIA – LATVIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 21LV ESTONITAN INNOVATION INSTITUTE 21EE LATVIAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL ENERGETICS 16LT SLOVENIAN NATIONAL BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING INSTITUTTE 16SL LATVIAN STATE INSTITUTE OF WOOD CHEMISTRY 11LV CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY 11LT THE CYPRUS FOUNDATION FOR MUSCOLAR DISTROPHY RESEARCH8CY

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue OrganisationParticipations THE CYPRUS FOUNDATION FOR MUSCULAR RESEARCH 8 CYPRUS CENTER FOR EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS2 CENTRE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE ENVIRONEMNT AND PUBLIC HEALTH; NEUROSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE; ASSOCIATION OF GENERAL/FAMILY MEDICINE; RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH; FREDERICK RESEARCH CENTER 1 EACH REC – Cypriot organizations in FP7

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue % EU13No.of projects per beneficiary% Top 3 in the country BG CY CZ EE HR HU LT LV MT PL RO SI SK EU PRC performance Source: e-Corda

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue PRC - Top performer reference countries (SI, LV, EE, LT, MT) OrganisationParticipationsCountry GEOIMAGING LTD 10CY XLAB - IT 10SI CONSTRUCTION CLUSTER SLOVENIA 9SI PRIMETEL – TELECOMMUNICATION8CY SIGNALGENERIX8CY MALTA INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION FOR SMES LIMITED7MT CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY 7LT THE CYPRUS FOUNDATION FOR MUSCOLAR DISTROPHY RESEARCH6CY

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue OrganisationParticipations GEOMAGING LTD (SME)10 PRIMETEL PLC8 SIGNALGENERIS LTD (SME)8 FELDMAN ENTERPRISES LTD5 RTD TALOS LIMITED (SME)5 SIGINT SOLUTION LTD (SME) 5 EBOS TECHNOLOGIES LTD (SME) 5 PRC – Cypriot organizations in FP7

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue Small and Medium Enterprises performance % EU13No. of projects per beneficiary% Top 3 in the country BG CY CZ EE HR HU LT LV MT PL RO SI SK EU Source: e-Corda

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue TOTAL EU 27 With EU15 With EU 12 With EU organization With candidate and associated countries With national stakeholders CY3,530 2, Geographical overview Cyprus collaborative links for all the programmes of FP7 Source: Sixth Monitoring report FP7 – Table B3 of EU27 Collaborative links for all programmes. E-Corda estraction date: 2013/02/26. Croatia is included in the “Candidate countries” EU 15 countries with which Cyprus cooperates the most: -UK: 383 -DE: 370 -ES: 328 -IT: 313 -EL: 312 EU 13 countries with which Cyprus cooperates the most: -PL: 88 -RO: 67 -BG: 67 Candidate and associated countries: -NO: 105 -CH: 100 -IL (Israel): 76 -HR (Croatia): 34

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue Overview FP7 participants per Thematic Priorities

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue FP7 Thematic Priorities Health KBBEFood, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology ICT Information and Communication Technologies NMPNanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies Energy ENVEnvironment TPTTransport (including Aeronautics) SSHSocial Science and Humanities SPASpace SECSecurity Other Instruments RSMEResearch for the benefit of SMEs People IAPP ITNStrengthening, quantitatively and qualitatively, the human potential in R&D in Europe (Marie Curie actions)

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue SPA: Space; SEC: Securuty; TPT: Transport

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue SPA: Space; SEC: Securuty; TPT: Transport

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue Participation in ERC – Reference countries Participation in ERC / FP7 ( ) Situation on CYPRUS15 ESTONIA9 LATVIA7 LITHUANIA6 MALTA6 SLOVENIA2

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue Overview Funding Issues Structural Factors affecting participation to EU programmes Source: e-Corda

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue Contribution to EU budget 2012 (%) Return on FP (%) Return on Structural Funds (%) BG CY CZ EE HU LT LV MT PL RO SI SK Sources: Eurostat and Sixth Monitoring report FP7 Returns on EU budget

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue ERDF-FP7 participation FP7 contribution (m euro) ERDF earmarked budget for R&D (m euro) 45,470 Is the ERDF perceived as investment for future participation in FP7/H2020? Are there any projects to develop synergies in the near future? S3? Source: DG Research and DG Regio – Cohesion policy : Research and Innovation

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue FP7 VS ERDF Source: DG Research and DG Regio – Cohesion policy : Research and Innovation – Eurada elaboration CountryFP7/ERDF The Netherlands6.20 Cyprus0.60 Malta0.20 Slovenia0.10 Estonia0.08 Poland, Latvia, Lithuania0.03 EU

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue International mobility of researchers In 2010 in Cyprus the percentage of doctoral candidates (ISCED 6) who were citizens of another EU-27 Member State was 7.8%, in line with the EU 27 average of 7.8%₁. In Cyprus non-EU doctoral candidates were 1.6% of all candidates (EU average of 20.0%₂) 1 Researchers’ Report 2013 Country Profile: Cyprus 2 idem Participation in International networks A recent survey in ICT area demonstrated that the coordinators choose their research team in 49% from previous collaborations and 27% on the suggestion of other consortium members. This means that for a collaborative research, networking and cooperation skills may be as important as research expertise, which represents a barrier for newcomers who are not well connected to European networks.

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue Beneficiaries of the mobility programmes – FP7 People [1][1] Figures for Developments in the participation in the mobility programmes FP5 participants FP6 participants FP7 Participants ( ) FP5 national market share participants FP6 national market share participants FP7 national market share participants CY %0.10 % Source: 5th FP7 monitoring report and e-Corda Knowledge of English among the population % population able to hold conversation in English CY73 EU 2849,5 EU 1556,0 EU 1343,1 Best(NL) 90 Worse(HR) 20 Notes: For % of people able to have an English conversation, UK and IE are excluded. Also only EU citizens are included

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue Performance v/s Potential Actual participation (n°proposals)357 Estimate 1 (By population) Difference Estimation 2 (By R&D Staff) Difference Estimate 3 (By scholarly int. publications) Difference Estimate 4 (Success rate) Difference

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue The Decision Tree for participating in Horizon 2020 Pre-call intelligence Call scan Applicant awareness Applicant readiness Project leader Single proposer Consortium facilitator Targetting partners Proposal drafting Proposal submission Implementation Failure debriefing Waiting for spontaneous candidatures Project follower Pro-active partner search Targeted search Random search e-Platform Involvement in professional networks Position in the consortium Contribution to the drafting of the proposal Passive attitude Credibility Opportunistic attitude Source: Mirris Scoping Paper - Eurada

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue Overview Participation patterns Source: e-Corda

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue “By Necessity” “By Opportunity” Attitudes towards FP7 By Necessity: Stands for striving for EU budget=Extra budget By opportunity: Stands for being EU projects an opportunity to capitalise on excellence Disclaimer: The above noted statements are not based on the scientific point of view, but are based on the analytical findings

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue Opportunistic Laziness Italy Denmark Finland Sweden Greece Possible attitude towards FP7 – 2nd part Strategic approach: Italy –Setting up of a national agency to enhance the participation in EU research - APRE; Denmark, Finland and Sweden: Research and Innovation as key national strategy Tactical approach: Greece: role of diaspora and education abroad. The connections of individuals may be an useful source of connection to facilitate the participation in EU research programmes. Belgium: Legal headquarters of many EU organizations. Netherlands UK Spain Greece France ……… Strategic/tactical

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue Overview Findings Source: e-Corda

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue FP Performance and wider innovation indicators for Cyprus Benchmarked to EU 28 and EU 13 averages Source: Eurostat, 2011 and Sixth monitoring report FP7

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue Key highlights to be addressed Main findings from the scoping paper  Cyprus has the highest number of FP7 beneficiaries per head of population and the highest gain of FP7 monies per inhabitant in the EU 13 (78.80 €, EU 13 average is 13.5). The average number of € per beneficiary in Cyprus is higher that the EU 13 average: 176 k vs 167.  Cyprus success rate in applying for FP7 is 15.6 %, not far from the average of EU13 (18.1) but there is still a GAP with EU 28 average (21.7)

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue Questions and Answers

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue  What influence is due to structural issues:  quality of excellence in R&D  capability of drafting good proposals  awareness of the stakeholders  What influence have subjective and perception issues:  reputation of the R&D eco-system  openness for involvement in networks  talent to transform an idea into a proposal  What influence have objective issues:  date of full membership to the EU  size of the population  costs of wages  number of stakeholders targeted by the FP7 programme  availability of national budget  quality of research

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue  Questions related to performances of specific stakeholders groups  Are there some HEI not participating in FP7 cooperation projects? Should some of them be more proactive?  Are there some RCs not participating in FP7 cooperation projects? Should some of them be more proactive?  How to stimulate better participation of SMEs?  Questions on synergies with Structural Funds  Is ERDF funding perceived as investment for future participation in FP7/HORIZON 2020?  Is there any thought to develop synergies between ERDF and HORIZON 2020 policies?  Have R&D stakeholders difficulties to generate a dynamic flow of good ERDF projects?

Nicosia, Cyprus – April 25, First policy dialogue  What tools should be put in place in order to increase the quantity and the quality of the submitted projects?  How the awareness of stakeholders influence participation? Should Cyprus try to increase the amount captured per project instead of increasing the total number of projects funded?  To ensure the higher number of proposals to bring a larger number of primo-users of EU funding or to help current beneficiaries to be involved in more projects?  ………………………. Questions on where to go

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