JRC Support to Enlargement

International, Inter-Institutional and Stakeholder Relations

Tools for JRC support to Enlargement countries 1/2

JRC Board of Governors Three plenary sessions per year – strategic decision makingAd-hoc groups to in-depth address specific issuesPresenting JRC activities in their respective countries

JRC National Contact Points

Scientific Support to the Danube StrategySeven flagship cluster (water, land, soil, bio-energy, air, data exchange and harmonisation, smart specialisation, innovation and technology transferNEW: Stairway to Excellence

Scientific Support to the Adriatic-Ionian StrategyJRC potential contribution: best practice and lessons learnt

Tools for JRC support to Enlargement countries 2/2

Enlargement and Integration Action (E&IA)E&IA workshops and trainingsE&IA Study VisitE&IA posts

Travel Accommodation and Conference Facility IPA TACConferences and seminarsStudy Visits

Memoranda of UnderstandingTUBITAK - TurkeyThe Former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaSerbia

Launched by the JRC in 2011

In close collaboration with key scientific partners of the Danube countries:

• Science Academies (LoI with 11 partner Academies)

• Universities (LoI with Danube Rectors' Conference representing almost 70 universities of the region)

Scientific support to the Danube Strategy

Danube Region

Objectives

1. Addressing the scientific needs related to the implementation of the EUSDR

• JRC, as the EC's in-house science service, has strong expertise on the Danube Region (EFAS, Danube Soil Information System, water quality monitoring, etc.)

• Promoting a cross-cutting approach

• Addressing the interdependencies between different EUSDR Priority Areas and helping to avoid duplication of efforts

Danube Region

2. Strengthening scientific cooperation in the Danube Region

• Implementation in close cooperation which key scientific actors of the Danube Region

• Facilitating exchange of knowledge between countries with different performance level in R&D

• Stimulating scientific excellence to improve scientific performance and thereby innovation capacity and competitiveness

Objectives

Danube Region

4 thematic flagship clusters:• Danube Water Nexus• Danube Land and Soil Nexus • Danube Air Nexus• Danube Bioenergy Nexus

3 horizontal flagship clusters:• Danube Reference Data and Service Infrastructure• Support to research and innovation strategies for Smart Specialisation• Danube Innovation Partnership

High-level event on the Scientific Support to the Danube Strategy24-25 June 2014, Vienna

Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, 26-27 June 2014, Vienna

organised in the frame of

Scientific Support to the Danube Strategy

Danube Region

Danube Reference Data and Service InfrastructureBreitensee

Engelhartstetten

StopfenreuthWolfsthal

Hundsheim

Petronell-CarnuntumBerg

Edelstal Kittsee

PrellenkirchenHollern

Rohrau

Pama

Deutsch-Haslau

Potzneusiedl

BadDeutsch-Altenburg

Vlky

Hviezdoslavov

ChorvatskyGrob -Cierna voda

Marianka

Hamuliakovo

Kalinkovo

Rovinka

Kvetoslavov

Stvrtok naOstrove

Cakany

Tomasov

NovaDedinka

VelkyBiel

Miloslavov

Turen

HrubySur

Janiky

Mierovo

Bac

Malinovo

Zalesie

Borinka

Most priBratislave

Boldog

Hubice

Bratislava- ZahorskaBystrica

Bratislava- Devin

Bratislava- J arovce

Bratislava- Rusovce

Bratislava- Cunovo

Hainburg an der Donau

Svaty Jur

Chorvatsky Grob

Bernolakovo

Dunajska Luzna

Ivanka pri Dunaji

Senec

Samorin

Bratislava - Devinska Nova Ves

Bratislava - Lamac

Bratislava - Raca

Bratislava - Vajnory

Bratislava - Podunajske Biskupice

Bratislava - VrakunaBratislava- Ruzinov

Bratislava- Dubravka

Bratislava -Karlova Ves

Bratislava- StareMesto

Bratislava- NoveMesto

Bratislava - Petrzalka

EC, Copernicus, EEA; Copernicus,EEA

Scope• Provides access to and facilitates the exchange of

comparable quality-data and services across multiple domains

• Facilitates the cooperation between Danube countries and incentivize the production of harmonized data for cross-border applications

• Helps in identifying data gaps and develop a knowledge base for the Danube Region

Work Package and Output

Danube Reference Data and Service Infrastructure platform

Danube Region

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Smart Specialisation for the DanubeScope• Identify and discuss elements of the transnational dimension of Research and Innovation

Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) • How to use synergies of EU-funds in the Danube macro-region

Work Package and Output Peer-review of RIS3 of Danube countries; Confidential peer review feedback Guidelines on funding mechanisms supporting cross-border and trans-national

cooperation Continued follow-up and mutual learning on the implementation of RIS3

New: Launch event Stairway to Excellence, 2-3 October 2014, Prague

Danube Region

Danube Innovation Partnership

•Scope• improving Technology Transfer Offices (TTO) and fostering Technology Transfer

activities • Establishing thematic or cross-border TTOs

•Work Package and Output An invention award, IP e-learning module (Patenting Stimulation) Best Practices Workshops DIP summer school, 17-24 September 2014, Belgrade

Danube Region

• 8 countries of the region (equal balance of EU and non EU countries)• Expected to concentrate on four pillars:

Marine & Maritime Growth/Blue Growth Connecting the Region Environmental Quality Sustainable Tourism

• Cross cutting issues Capacity building Research, innovation and SMEs

Adriatic-Ionian Region

Scientific support to the Adriatic-Ionian Region

JRC potential contributions

• Disaster prevention (i.e. flood early warnings EFAS)• Marine Strategy Framework directive• Marine spacial planning MSP initiative• Assessment of costal and marine ecosystem services• Data on marine alien invasions in the area• Bio-optical modelling in costal regions• Socio-economics of fisheries and aquacultures• Maritime surveillance systems

• JRC Task Force on Oceans, Seas and the Arctic • JRC will contribute to DG MARE Action Plan• Analysis of role of energy in the EUSAIR

Adriatic-Ionian Region

E&IA - Activities 2013

E&IA workshops and trainings 2013: 50 workshops, seminars, summer schools

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E&IA - Activities 2013

E&IA workshops and trainings 2013: 50 workshops, seminars, summer schools

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E&IA - Activities 2013

E&IA workshops and trainings 2013 - 867 participants from target countries

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E&IA posts 2013 – 36 filled

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E&IA - Activities 2013

Travel Accommodation and Conference Facility – IPA TAC

Study Visit to JRC Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (IHCP) - Ispra (IT) - 5 February 2013

Conference on Research Cooperation between JRC and Croatia – Zagreb (HR) – 5 June 2013

Study Visit to JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) and Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC) - Ispra (IT) - 13-14 November 2013

Joint Workshop of the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) and JRC on nanotechnology - Braga (PT) - 19 November 2013

E&IA - Activities 2013

E&IA workshops and trainings 2014

55 workshops planned for a total budget of 1,750,000 euro

Topics: Food Security / Supply, Smart Grids, Standardisation, Eco-Innovation, Nuclear Safety / Security, Danube Strategy, Agriculture, Climate change, Renewable energies / energy efficiency and Health

Location:

JRC Institutes 31%Target countries 31%Others countries 15%Tbd 23%

E&IA - Activities 2013

E&IA posts 2014

8 New Contract Agent Positions launched

Candidates selected ONLY from the CAST Research Scientific Reserve List

60 successful candidates from E&IA Target Countries

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Enlargement 2014

Travel and Accommodation Facility IPA TAC 2014 – Programme

1. JRC workshop on renewable energy in Turkey or Norway

2. JRC workshop on nanotechnologies at the Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory in Braga (PL) or IRMM Geel (follow-up of a first workshop with enlargement countries)

3. JRC thematic meeting on macro-region strategies and smart specialisation approach in Novi Sad – Serbia

4. JRC workshop on support to macro regional strategies (the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region - EUSAIR) - tbd (Italy or Western Balkans)

5. Study visit of JRC Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements in Geel - Belgium

E&IA websitehttps://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/working-with-us/enlargement-and-integration

E&IA Contactjrc-enlargement@ec.europa.eu

E&IA contacts

Thank youwww.jrc.ec.europa.eu