Korea-EU S&T Cooperation

January 24th, 2018

Dr. Jong-Deok Kim

Director, Office of Global Programs

Table of contents

History of Korea-EU S&T Cooperation

Policy Mechanisms

- KONNECT Project

- Korea-EU Cooperation Promotion Program

- Korea-EU Joint Research/Mobility Programs

Survey Results

Future Plan

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History

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--- 1992 MOU for Science and Technology Cooperation

--- 2006 Agreement for Galileo Cooperation

--- 2006 Agreement for ITER Cooperation

--- 2006 Korea-EU Agreement for the S&T Cooperation

--- 2010 Korea-EU Framework Agreement(signed)

--- 2011 Korea-EU Free Trade Agreement(applied)

--- 2014 Framework Participation Agreement(signed)

---2014 Joint declaration on Strategic Cooperation in ICT and 5G

--- Sept. 2015 8th Korea-EU Summit (Seoul)

--- Sept. 2017 6th Korea-EU Joint S&T Cooperation Committee Meeting

History of Korea-EU S&T Cooperation

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Definition EU Research and Innovation Program

Project Duration 2014~2020 (7 years)

Budget € 78.6 Billion

Composition 3 Pillars + 4 Sections

Composition Details Budget

(€bil.)

3 Pillars

1 Excellent Science 24.4

2 Industrial Leadership 17.0

3 Societal Challenges 29.7

4 Sections

1 Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation 3.2

2 Science with and for Society

3 European Inst. of Innovation and Technology 2.7

4 EURATOM 1.6

Total 78.6

EU Horizon 2020

KONNECT? Strengthening STI Cooperation between the EU and Korea, Promoting Innovation and the Enhancement of

Communication for Technology-related Policy Dialogue

• KONNECT (EU FP7 BILAT Contract Number: 609564) Title

• ‘Establishing Infrastructure’ for activation of Korea-EU STI cooperation

• ‘Strategic communication’ for improving mutual understanding Objectives

• 1.75m euros ([EU] 1.35m + [KR] 0.4m) Budget

• 42 months (1 October, 2013 ~ 31 March, 2017) * 6-month extension Duration

• National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Coordinator

• 8 partners from 5 countries Partners

• General Assembly, Consortium Committee, Advisory Board Structure

KONNECT Project

Encouraging participation of Korean researchers in H2020

H2020 Guide Book

MSCA Guide Book

EU S&T White Paper

Increasing Accessibility to EU R&D Programs

KR-EU R&D Portal

* 89,282 Visitors

(KR→EU + EU→KR)

* Total 4,000 copies

* Distributed at the events

above

Brokerage Event

* 150 participants

KR Eureka Info Day

* 200 participants

KR-EU R&D Fair

* 930 participants

* # of Participants in Info Day : 120(‘14) → 200(‘15) → 220(‘16) → 300(‘17)

* # of Visitors in KR-EU Portal : Increasing 184% yearly on average

Growing interest in Cooperation with the EU

Dissemination Event

* 350 participants

Providing opportunities for Partnering with potential partners

KONNECT Project

Main activities

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2015 KONNECT Joint Call

* Topic/type : Resources & Sustainability / Mobility

* Participants : 7 countries (KR, DE, TR, CZ, SK, BE, PL)

* Funded budget /projects : €1.125,395 / 8 projects (24 partners)

Past & future RTDI analysis

Best practices for innovation collaboration

Korea-EU RTDI cooperation roadmap

PPP framework and implementation plan

Recommendation for JSTCC policy direction

Feasibility study for expanding JFP

Feasibility study for establishing JELO

Joint evaluation models and methodology

Promoting cooperation activities based on Demand

Identifying potential Collaboration Needs

* 20 countries 27 organisations

European Interest Group Korea

2015 KONNECT Joint Call

* Resources & Sustainability

* Mobility (Researcher’s exchange)

* 7 countries (KR, DE, TR, CZ, SK, BE, PL)

* €1.125,395 / 2 years

* 8 projects / 24 partners

18 types of deliverables (36 times)

Past & future RTDI analysis

Korea-EU RTDI cooperation roadmap

PPP framework and implementation plan

Feasibility study for expanding(JFP)

Feasibility study for establishing(JELO)

Report on a series of joint evaluation models

and evaluation methodology

Meeting Increasing Demands for cooperation

* # of Participants of EIG Korea: 5 Coun. 8 Org.(’13,Kick-Off) → 20 Coun. 27 Org.(‘17)

* # of Participants of KONNECT JFP : 5 Coun. 8 Org.(’13,Kick-Off) → 9 Coun. 9 Org.(‘17)

Activating Cooperation activities with the EU

KONNECT Project

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100M KRW 4 projects

Korea-EU Cooperation Promotion Program

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1,575M KRW 4-6 projects

Korea-EU Joint Research/Mobility Programs

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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total

# of new

projects

J.R. 5 5 5 10 3 5 3 3 4 2 2 47

Mobility - - 2 1 1 4 2 2 - 3 2 17

Budget (Unit: m. KRW) 449 550 2,600 2,600 2,600 2,600 2,300 2,080 1,816 1,831 1,675 21,101

FP7 H2020

rea Organising

Consortium &

Preparing Proposal

Contract after

Evaluation and Final

Selection

Call Publication

(October)

Evaluation &

Determination

for Funding

Contract

& Funding

EU KOREA

H2020 Call Evaluation

& Selection Matching-fund Call

Evaluation

& Selection

Project

Starting

Korea-EU Joint Research/Mobility Programs

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Selection Results by Fields

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Year

Journal Publications

Patents Joint

Seminars

Researcher

Exchange

- Outbound

Researcher

Exchange

- Inbound

MoU

SCI Non-SCI

2014 39 18 6 13 29 10 4

2015 19 8 3 1 10 7 1

2016 14 26 3 3 16 24 0

2017 21 2 13 2 39 23 3

Total 93 54 25 19 94 64 8

Achievements

Web version Mobile version

• KR-EU STI Policy & Info

• KR-EU Joint Programmes

• Horizon 2020 Call Info

• KONNECT Project

• Korea NCP Contact List

• News & Event

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Korea-EU R&D Portal

Survey Results

• 32 Pls of KR-EU JRP(‘07~‘16) & KONNECT JC(‘16) amongst 68 PIs Respondents

Q1. What was your motivation in applying for this program?

1. To engage in global joint research

2. To strengthen ongoing research collaboration

3. To support mobility between researchers/students

4. Others

Q2. How did this programme benefit to you?

1. Developed global research network

2. Strengthened research collaboration

3. Developed potential for long term research

4. Provided young researchers with research experiences

5. Others

Questions & Responses

40.38%

34.62%

23.08%

1.92%

43.48%

24.64%

17.39%

13.04%

1.45%

Survey Results

Q3. What is the advantage of this program?

1. Provide opportunities for effective multilateral collaboration

2. Allow bottom-up styled research with more freedom and stable support

3. Access to up-to-date information on EU’s research projects and networks

4. Allow development and expansion of global research network

5. Support exchange of young researchers

Survey Results

Q5. In what ways could be this programme improved?

Q4. What was your biggest achievement?

1. Support the follow-up research to continue the collaboration

2. Expand the funding amount

3. Lengthen research period for excellent projects

4. Others

49.09%

25.45%

21.82%

3.64%

1. Development of multilateral research collaboration network

2. Researcher exchange/interaction

3. Co-authored paper

4. Joint seminar

5. Signed MOU

6. Others (collaborating laboratory, etc.)

7. Patent application

32.18%

24.14%

21.84%

10.34%

5.75%

3.45%

2.30%

1. Budget Increment for Korea-EU STI Program

2. Simplification of Application Process by EU

3. Support for National Contact Points

4. Brokerage Events

5. More Information Service to Korean Researchers

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Future Plan

Thank you