9th Meeting of the Steering Committee 1 / 26 Lisbon, 10 November 2009 Climate Impact Research (and Response) Coordination for a Larger Europe CIRCLE (2) ERA-Net Tiago Capela Lourenço Foundation Faculty of Sciences - University of Lisbon Portugal

9th Meeting of the Steering Committee 2 / 26 Lisbon, 10 November 2009  ERA-Net [work]  CIRCLE ERA-Net (key results)  CIRCLE-2 Outlook ( )  EurOcean role - information management Overview

9th Meeting of the Steering Committee 3 / 26 Lisbon, 10 November 2009 Promotion of common principles across the ERA Reciprocal opening of national/regional programmes Joint identification of major societal challenges that are beyond national capacity Drivers To optimise research programmes and priorities To increase the efficiency and impact of public research funding Goals ERA-Net scheme

9th Meeting of the Steering Committee 4 / 26 Lisbon, 10 November st phase (Coordination Action): Duration: Budget: ≈ 3 MEuros Consortium (2009): 19 Partners + 14 Observers European Network of RTD funding and managing organisations, supported by the EC, with the goal of coordinating national/regional programmes on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation CIRCLE ERA-Net

9th Meeting of the Steering Committee 5 / 26 Lisbon, 10 November 2009 CIRCLE CA key results Establishing the network: cooperation between national research agencies and programmes; Setting up of a variable group approach (e.g. Mediterranean, CEES, Mountains, Nordic); Launching of 3 calls (closed: MEDiterranean, NORdic; open: MOUNTains) for transnational collaborative research projects; Funding of 11 research projects and 48 national research teams with a total combined call budget of 4.7Million EUR (against 2.7 Million EUR of coordination budget); Organising joint activities (e.g. workshops, conferences) and support of review studies (e.g. PEER comparison of National Adaptation Strategies).

9th Meeting of the Steering Committee 6 / 26 Lisbon, 10 November CIRCLE MED - Integrated Coastal Zones and Water Management

9th Meeting of the Steering Committee 7 / 26 Lisbon, 10 November 2009 The challenge: Creation of a 2 nd generation ERA-Net ( ) Chosen approach: CIRCLE 2 - Science meets Policy Rationale: Support European policy needs on adaptation knowledge by implementing (at least) two of the main ERA features: Effective knowledge-sharing Well-coordinated research programmes and priorities CIRCLE 2 ERA-Net Outlook

9th Meeting of the Steering Committee 8 / 26 Lisbon, 10 November 2009 Proposal under negotiation 24 countries 34 science funding & managing organisations 3 regions Over 25 programmes Flexible collaboration Enhanced geographica l coverage Consortium

9th Meeting of the Steering Committee 9 / 26 Lisbon, 10 November 2009  Promote the alignment of national and sub-national CCIAV research agendas in relevant common strategic areas  Design and Fund joint initiatives and joint calls for research projects that can support Europe’s evolving CCIAV activities and strategies  Share knowledge and support the EC and partners in their efforts to adopt appropriate adaptation strategies, action plans and measures  Optimise investments on CCIAV research, increase the effectiveness and efficiency of research funding and maximise the relevance of the research outcomes in addressing current and future European climate policy needs Main Objectives:

9th Meeting of the Steering Committee 10 / 26 Lisbon, 10 November 2009 Proposal under negotiation Operational Work Packages

9th Meeting of the Steering Committee 11 / 26 Lisbon, 10 November 2009 Experience shows: Barriers to intra- and inter- ERA-Net communication Outreach challenges at all levels (transnational to local) Difficulties in engaging both researchers and research (knowledge) users Key information/dissemination tools: Web-site and other online features (newsletter, mailing lists…) Database(s) On-site (and online) participatory communication Challenge - Information Management

9th Meeting of the Steering Committee 12 / 26 Lisbon, 10 November 2009 Knowledge drivers… … and information needs! What will be role in CIRCLE 2? Challenge - Information Management

9th Meeting of the Steering Committee 13 / 26 Lisbon, 10 November 2009 Asses and respond to current and future drivers: Transnational knowledge sharing needs e.g. EC Clearing House on CCIAV; Int. CC Info. Programme ERA-driven coordination and information e.g. NETWATCH platform; ERA-Nets (SEAS, BioDiv,…) National/regional policy needs e.g. Adaptation strategies; decision support Integration of RTD results e.g. Project calls; evaluation and monitoring

9th Meeting of the Steering Committee 14 / 26 Lisbon, 10 November 2009 Development of CIRCLE 2 Adaptation Resources Centre Objective: communication tool with embedded database of national & regional programmes/projects on adaptation research Content: concept under development; response to current drivers! Special features: facilitate “links” with external activities (e.g. EC Clearing House, ERA-Nets, ADAM compendium, NETWATCH, ICCIP, national portals)

9th Meeting of the Steering Committee 15 / 26 Lisbon, 10 November 2009 Thank you! Comments and suggestions: