1. BRICS’ PARTICIPATION IN EU RTD ACTIVITIES
European Commission
BRICS’ Workshop
Virginia Vitorino

2. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE RESEARCH
OVERVIEW OF EU
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE RESEARCH
Main objectives of first EC International Cooperation activities:
Promoting sustainable development and generating S&T research partnerships.
1983 (1st FP):
Involvement of third countries on health and agriculture
Target countries with economic agreements with the then European Community (EC):
Latin America, Asia, and the Mediterranean,
based on bilateral S&T dialogue over a broad range of topics prioritised country by country

3. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE RESEARCH
OVERVIEW OF EU
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE RESEARCH
1992 (3rd FP)
Combined thematic and geographic approaches:
Developing countries (DEV),
Mediterranean partner countries (MED),
Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC),
Newly Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union,
and non-European industrialised
Favoured projects on themes related to global development:
Health,agriculture, energy, and natural resources management.

4. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE RESEARCH
HISTORY OF EU
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE RESEARCH
2001 (FP6)
Opening up of programmes to all third countries (including developed ones), combined with specific support measures to third countries (on health, agriculture and food, sust. dev.)

5. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE RESEARCH
HISTORY OF EU
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE RESEARCH
2007 (FP7)
Opening up of programmes to all third countries (as in FP6);
Targeted actions in all thematic programmes addressing specific needs of mutual interest or of global nature;
(need of a strategy based on analysis of countries’ S&T&I systems).

6. BRICS’ Participation in 6th FP activities
Proposals: Number of Participants
Contracts: Number of Participants
% of Region Participation
EC Contribution
Brazil
843
144
30,13%
Total Latin America
3.011
478
China
1.940
360
55,47%
Total ASIA
3.881
649
India
784
125
19,26%
Russia
2.780
417
65,16%
Total Russia and n.
4.485
640
South Africa
548
113
25,68%
Total Africa
2.305
440
Total industrialised countries
4.099
679
Total EU
61.721

8. Brazil
China
India
Russia
South Africa
TOTAL
AERONAUTICS 1 17 33 52
CITIZENS 4 3 12 7 27
FOOD 19 26 6 8 10 69
Specific Measures to third countries 39 56 36 89
256
INFRASTRUCTURES 9 13 32 65
INNOVATION
IST
100 22
196
LIFE SCIENCES & HEALTH 53
MOBILITY OF RESEARCHERS 2
NANOSCIENCES 20 45 77
SUPPORT TO POLICIES
SME's 11
SCIENCE & SOCIETY 14
SUSTDEV 28 66 29 81
231
ALL PRIORITIES
144
371
129
420
115
1.179

9. BRICS’ participation in 6th EU/FP programme (2002/2006)

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14. BRICS’ participation in 6th EU/FP programme

15. BRICS’ participation in 6th EU/FP programme

16. BRICS’ participation per area

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