February 2004 NEST - IDEA NEST - IDEA Information on Development of Emerging Activities Piotr Świątek et al. EU-Bureau of Federal Ministry of Science Bonn/DE

February 2004 NEST - IDEA NEST SSA : The mandate … to assist in the development and exploitation of NEST activities attracting good proposals shaping and refining modalities establishing future actions COM Slides 1 st call

February 2004 NEST - IDEA SSA : Possible actions Supply of necessary services Provision of advice Networking scientists Monitoring of NEST activities Development of ideas COM Slides 1 st call

February 2004 NEST - IDEA General objectives of NEST-IDEA to mobilise the scientific community to NEST implementation by : exploring new ideas, mapping the best scientific centres in Europe, in particular unknown small research groups contacting and networking research groups around conceptions in new and emerging scientific and technological areas assisting in consortia organisation for preparing unconventional projects

February 2004 NEST - IDEA Project Facts Sheet Project begin:1 February 2004 Duration:2 years EU Contribution:245 T€

February 2004 NEST - IDEA CONSORTIUM  DE, Piotr Świątek: EC-Bureau of the Fedearl Ministry of Education and Research  PL, Andrzej Slawiński: Institute of Fundamental Technological Research of Polish Academy of Sciences  FR, Paul Jamet: The National Institute for Agricultural Research, Ministries of Research and New Technologies, Direction de la Technologie – Mission Affaires Européennes  SP, Fernando de la Fuente García: Conference of Rectors of the Spanish Universities, Europa I+D Unit  IL, Eva Rockman: Israel Europe R&D Directorate for FP6  CH, Giorgio Travaglini: Euresearch, Swiss Information Network on European Research

February 2004 NEST - IDEA NCPs and NEST-IDEA SSA gives NCPs additional capabilities to make their effort : better tailored to the need of their OWN community Assuring interdisciplinary approach Is it wise to support „conventional“ channels ?

February 2004 NEST - IDEA Long term objectives Raise the quantity and quality of submissions to the NEST-Program from participants from the newly associated states in the framework programme Support for NCPs for the highest possible standard of support and service for participants Achieve these goals by supporting the network of the NCP systems in NAC and CC Exchange of experience and learning from each other

February 2004 NEST - IDEA Specific objectives I to explore and select the most promising ideas arising in European research laboratories by collecting on a regional and national level NEST ideas for future Nest proposal submission to encourage small research groups and single researchers to share their conceptions and submit them as NEST projects to the European Commission to analyse newest trends in world sciences by invited expert groups

February 2004 NEST - IDEA Specific objectives II to anticipate opportunities and threats for European and world society by observation of scientific movement, conferences and scientific literature studies build NEST awareness by organising series of info-days workshops, seminars ad hoc meetings on national and regional level

February 2004 NEST - IDEA Specific objectives III to ensure transfer of best practice, knowledge and experience concerning know-how and networking through: advanced and existing internet tools (CORDIS, IGLO) for partner search NEST consortia establishing

February 2004 NEST - IDEA Specific objectives IV to establish a NCP-database of ideas, potential participants, events, possibilities of financial support and projects to establish an internet tool (intranet) for NEST partners’ communication to involve stakeholders in the early stage of ideas’ implementation to assure intellectual property rights for new ideas disclosed by researchers

February 2004 NEST - IDEA Contribution to ERA The exploration of still not disclosed ideas important for future development of science Increasing awareness of NEST in the European research community Setting up a pan-European platform for the exchange of ideas in Europe

February 2004 NEST - IDEA Work Packages WP 1. Identifying future research opportunities WP 2. Building awareness and interactions establishment WP 3. Promotion of NEST aims through computer and internet tools WP 4. Analysing the dynamic of change and emerging science and technology WP 5. Project management

February 2004 NEST - IDEA New Acceding Countries The project will have high impact in integrating the research groups from MS, ACC and NAC. It will implement best practice and experience from each region of Europe. The involvement of scientists from Candidate Countries will support the integration NEST-IDEA contacted already NCPs from AT, CZ and RO for closer cooperation and proposal submission

February 2004 NEST - IDEA Support action but not a competition avoid the confusion of target scientists underline the role as support and not as competition (or even alternative to COM) That means: Simple: avoid similar terms ( EoI, Portal etc.) Strategic: dissemination of some results will be not public but will serve the COM first

February 2004 NEST - IDEA What kind of support we expect from the scientists ? Advice and assistance, as NEST often act outside „experienced“ FP6 community More interdisciplinary thinking That means: More mails, more questions ? But also a chance for a quite new perspectives !

February 2004 NEST - IDEA What else could be done ? In addition, evidence will be compiled from recent studies in the field qualitative evaluations of innovation programmes results on research on management of research with high risk

February 2004 NEST - IDEA Dziekuję za Państwa uwagę !