European Cooperation in the EU RTD Framework Programme: Experiences in FP6 and perspectives for FP7 Manfred Horvat bm:bwk and ASO Bratislava Kosice 2 nd Austrian-Slovak Science Day 6 Dezember 2005

Seite 2 A short history of EIP/FFG 1993: initiative of Austrian government and Economic Chamber: BIT established in preparation for EU membership Supported by all SRTI policy actors in Austria Legal basis: association Staff in 1993: 11 permanent staff Staff in 2004: 35 permanent staff, 15 project managers 2004: initiative of Austrian government to merge four organisations to form FFG - Austrian Research Promotion Agency Legal basis: limited company BIT – EIP: Division for European and International Programmes

Seite 3 General Management RevisionStrategy Basic Programmes (BP) Structural Programmes (SP) Thematic Programmes (TP) European and international Programmes (EIP) Internal Services Agency for Aero- nautics & Space (ALR) Organigramme FFG Austrian Research Promotion Agency (established September 2004)

Seite 4 EIP/FFG is … hosting the Austrian National Contact Points (NCP) for FP6 and other international programmes offering targeted information, assistance and coaching services providing EU RTD experts for FP6+: 20 permanent experts, 10 experts on projects networking in specific support actions stimulating FP participation and collaborative learning offering gateways to R&D partners from Austria

Seite 5 Core services of EIP/FFG Developing the client base – customer relations! > clients from organisations in Austria providing information on EU & internat. RTD offering individual advice & coaching for proposers -checking project idea vs. Work Programme and Call -ensuring eligibility (formal criteria) -checking for clarity of presentation -advising for all evaluation criteria, legal & financial aspects -finding complementary partners -final check of proposals before submission! -offering targeted training for proposers enlargement & internationalisation: a priority strategic monitoring of Austrian participation

Seite 6 Information & assistance activities of EIP National campaign for FP6 Intensive campaign for EoI exercise National and regional launching conferences Thematic launching conferences information days related to Calls for Proposals workshops, training courses on specific issues How to prepare proposals Legal and financial issues, IPR Management of EU projects “help lines” for short information individual advice and coaching for proposers feedback round tables, e.g. AT NoE partners

Seite 7 Nurturing the EIP/FFG‘s client base Customer Relationship Management: INNOman  65% of the submitting organisations are in active contact with EIP/FFG - there success rate is significantly higher than that of organisations without direct contact to EIP/FFG

Seite 8 Activities 2004 Some 140 information and training events ~9.000 advise actions responding to requests of clients getting into direct contact with EIP 34% IND, 24% UNI, 21% ROR, 20% OTH short information to interested partners detailed advise & coaching sessions for proposers FFG/EIP provides high quality information & advice: ~ 65% of submitting proposers are in active contact > 80% of successful proposers are in active contact

Seite 9 Track record of Austria in EU FP2 to FP6 Development of Austrian participations: FP2: ~40 participations FP3: ~150 participations FP4: participations in projects FP5: participations in projects FP6: participations in 945 projects *) *) data provided by PROVISO: status September 2005 (60% of FP6)

Seite 10 Relative share of FP5&6 participations EU25 (FP6 Commission data from November 2005) Austria: FP5: 2,65%; FP6: 3,10% Slovakia: FP5: 0,40%; FP6: 0,64% FP6 data: Commission data from November 2005

Seite 11 Austrian performance in FP6 945 successful projects with AT partners 142 AT coordinators AT participations Success rate: 20,6 % (EU: 20,2%) Source: Commission, PROVISO

Seite 12 Profile of projects with AT partners compared to total FP Data: Commission, PROVISO

Seite 13 Austria in FP5 and FP6: Participation by type of organisation Source: PROVISO LargeSMEHESRECPublicOth FP5 total13%20%27% 6%7% FP5 Austria14%21%29%22%6%8% FP6 total14%13%36%26%1%10% FP6 Austria11%15%41%22%2%9%

Seite 14 Austrian–Slovak cooperation in FP6 103 projects with AT and SK partners Participations: 174 AT, 115 SK Data: Commission, PROVISO

Seite 15 Project profiles - EU, AT, SK Data: Commission, PROVISO

Seite 16 Preliminary conclusions for Austria in FP6 In general, satisfactory Austrian participation very strong participation of UNI and RES strong cooperation with new members BUT: company participation smaller than in FP5 less coordinators than in FP5 high expectations regarding simplification

Seite 17 Getting prepared for FP7 Taking stock of FP6 in spring 2006 Strategic analyses of Austrian participation in FP6 Stock taking conferences including FP7 outlook Starting FP7 campaign in autumn 2006 National and regional start up conferences Thematic start ups and brokerages Targeted company stimulating actions Training courses for coordinators Training for intermediaries – regional, institutional Assessing the participation potential nat./EU National initiatives for Technology Platforms Strategy development for ERA-NETs, Art 169

Seite 18 AT-SK cooperation in FP6 Some conclusions From FP5 to FP6: no increase of cooperation Is the level of cooperation achieved enough for strengthening the links in our region? How can we increase cooperation in joint EU projects? Some proposals: Develop a joint strategy for cooperation organise collaborative NCP actions, e.g. SSAs utilize synergies between bilateral and multi- lateral programmes and initiatives, e.g. ASO develop further ERA-NET cooperation

Seite 19 Thank you for your attention! Prof. Manfred Horvat Director Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) Division for European & International Programmes (EIP) Tel (assistant -4004) Fax