International co-operation in 1 Elisabetta Balzi European Commission DG Research Biotechnologies, Agriculture, Food

 Build aEuropean  Build a European K nowledge- B ased B io- E conomy (KBBE)  Respond to social, economic and GLOBAL challenges: Sustainable agriculture/fishery and climate change Sustainable agriculture/fishery and climate change Increasing production of high quality food Increasing production of high quality food Food-related disorders Food-related disorders Infectious animal diseases and zoo-noses Infectious animal diseases and zoo-noses Renewable energy sources and biomaterials Renewable energy sources and biomaterials  Support other EU policies such as CAP, CFP, Forest Strategy, Animal Health, Environment, Energy, Development and Trade Policies  Respond quickly to emerging research needs  Support the coordination of National Research Programmes - ERA- NETS 4 FP7- KBBE OBJECTIVES

Activity 2.2 “ Fork to farm”: Food (including sea-food), health and well being Activity 2.1 Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest and aquatic environments Activity 2.3 Life sciences, biotechnology and biochemistry for sustainable non-food products and processes Other Activities FP7- KBBE ACTIVITIES

123 projects with 358 Partners from 65 different Third Countries FP7- KBBE Third Countries PARTICIPANTS TOP 30

AFRICA CARIBBEAN PACIFIC

1. Primary production mitigating and adapting to climate change 2. Greening the industry 3. Food security and safety for Europe and beyond 4. Social inclusive and healthy Europe 5. Oceans for the future Priorities for WP 2011 Grand CHALLENGES Calls for proposals FP7-KBBE on=UserSite.FP7ActivityCallsPage&ID_ACTIVITY=2 7

Modalities for International Cooperation All topics are open to cooperation with Third Countries Specific International Co-operation Actions (SICA) and other topics with mandatory ICPC participation Topics encouraging international co-operation Partnering initiatives (with India in 2011 WP) Twinning with programmes in Third Countries 13

Objectives: Foster international co-operation in the KBBE research with Third Countries and Helping simplify access to FP7 calls for Third Country researchers and entrepreneurs More information

24 BIO CIRCLE partners More information

Main results:  Information days and trainings for researchers in 18 third countries  organisation of 2 European Brokerage Events  Working visits/summer school of third country researchers in Europe  National roundtables in third countries in order to identify research lines in KBBE for INTERN.COOP.  and other networking activities In 2 years of activities.

Towards Future Work Programmes Reflection paperReflection paper - background for preparation of the annual Work Programmes of FP7 Theme 2 "Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology"

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