Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFASwiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC
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Swiss Contribution to Poland
sciexNMSch
and the Swiss Research Landscape
Warsaw, 2nd of March 2010
Heinz Kaufmann
Head of the Swiss Contribution Office, Warsaw1
Amount: CHF 1 billion + CHF 257 million
Duration: 5 years commitment period8-10 years disbursement period
Beneficiaries: 10+2 new member states of the EU
Fields of activity: Security, stability and support for reforms Environment and infrastructurePromotion of the private sectorHuman and social development
Rules: General rules in the field of state aid, public procurement, taxes and co-financing
Implementation: Autonomous, in close cooperation with the partner states
Main Features
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PolandSlovakia
Lithuania
Estonia
Hungary
"high-priority
projects"
Czech Republic
Latvia
Malta
Cyprus
Slovenia
CountryPercentage
rate
Amount(in millions of
CHF)
Poland 48.90 489.0
Hungary 13.07 130.7
Czech Republic 10.98 109.8
Slovakia 6.69 66.9
Total Visegrad states 79.64 796.4
Lithuania 7.09 70.9
Latvia 5.99 59.9
Estonia 3.99 39.9
Total Baltic states 17.07 170.7
Slovenia 2.20 22.0
Cyprus 0.60 6.0
Malta 0.30 3.0
Total Other states 3.09 30.9High-priority projects 0.20 2.0
TOTAL 100.0 1000
Distribution Key
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The Polish-Swiss Cooperation Programme
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Main Areas and Financial Allocations in million CHF
Total: 489.02 million CHF
Implementation by December 2009
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Education and Research in a Value chain
Education recognized as contribution to a sustainable economy8 of 10 states invest in Scholarships (Sciex)
Research foremost on the way to be recognized as part of the value chain of a nation’s economyonly 3 states invest in Joint research projects
Education Basic Research Applied Research TechnologyTransfer Industrial R&D Innovative Economy
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Research Fellowships: SCIEX-NMSch Scientific Exchange Programme NMS-CH
Goals: Develop individual researchers‘ capacities Foster scientific progress and innovation Establish or enhance networks between researchers
Open to all topics
Calls once per year
Instruments: Research Fellowships for Junior Researchers ShortTerm Research Visits of Senior Researchers
Managed by CRUS – Rectors‘ Conference of the Swiss Universities and FRSE in Poland
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Framework for the Scientific Exchange Programme Sciex-NMSch
PARTICIPATING STATES: CZ, EE, HU, LT, LV, PL, SI, SK
DURATION: 2009 - 2016
BUDGET: Total of CHF 29.08 mio is available for the programme
Poland 12 mio CHF Hungary 3 mio CHF Czech Republic 4 mio CHF Slovak Republic 1.5 mio CHF Estonia 1.58 mio CHF Latvia 2 mio CHF Lithuania 4 mio CHF Slovenia 1 mio CHF
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Two Sciex-NMSch Researchers‘ Categories
Junior Researchers: Research training placementFellowships, reserved for promising graduate and postgraduate NMS Researchers (no age restriction).
• Aims: Doctoral Degree or postdoctoral research. • Duration: between a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 18 (for
postDocs) and 24 (for Doctoral Candidates) months.
Senior Researchers: Knowledge exchange Short Term Visits, open to Senior Researchers from the NMS and Switzerland (no age restriction).
• Aims: establish a cooperation, visit a Junior Researcher and to discuss a follow-up project.
• Duration: Up to five days, funds only available after succesful
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Switzerland's University Landscape
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Switzerland signed the Bologna Declaration in 1999
A three level system: 3 + 2 + 3 degree system: Bachelor (180 Credits), Master ( 90 or 120 Credits) and PhD
Introduction of a Credit-Systems ECTS – 1 Credit corresponds to a workflow of 25 to 30 hours
Acceptance of a Bachelor of a Swiss University without conditions to the Master studies of the same field
Flexible and transparent systemAcademic year: mid September to end of June
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R&D Investment as % of GDP (2005*)
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Poland invests 0.56% ofGDP in 2006, of which 57.5% is financed bythe public sector and only one-third by thebusiness sector.
Swiss Universities - Students
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European Top Universities (Leiden ranking 2008)
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Compare Sciex and the Research Programme
„Scholarships Sciex-NMS“ (CHF 12 mio in Poland)
PSRP(CHF 23 mio in Poland)
- CZ, EE, HU, LT, LV, PL, SI, SK
- periodical Calls
- any research topic
- focus on Junior research staff
- Doc or post doc Student from Poland with stay in Switzerland
- organized by CRUS
- PL, HU, LT
- only one call in April 2010
- 5 research topic areas
- focus on joint research projects
- main applicant in Poland
- organized by IPC/OPI
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Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFASwiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC
Thank you for your attention
For more information, visit the following websites:
www.sciex.plwww.sciex.ch
www.swiss-contribution.admin.ch/polandwww.programszwajcarski.gov.pl
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