Partnership is a two-way street Partnership is a two-way street the the

FP vs. national instrumentsFP vs. national instruments

Money, barriers, remediesMoney, barriers, remedies

Jerzy M LangerPolish Academy of Sciences

“Research and Innovation Policies”Brussels, July 14, 2009

THE MONEY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT

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GERD 2006EU -27 214 bln €

GERD 2006EU -27 214 bln €

FINANCIAL CRISIS AND R&D

2009 GDP in the European UnionEC, May 2009

5% drop of the GDP causes an over 10 bln € hole in the EU GERD

First likely victim – industrial R&D finances

HINT NO 1 – GEORGE SOROS 2009 Capitalism must undergo fundamental transition from a free market game to a state controlled capitalism

A NEW DEAL URGENTLY NEEDED !

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HINT NO 2 – LUND DECLARATIONTo meet the Grand Challenges, European research must be focused. Institutions, member states and the EC must cooperate better and the systems must build on openness and trust

HINT NO 3 – UNIQUE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY New EU parliament and new ECNew financial perspectiveNew Treaty and political consciousness about REI

BARRIERS FOR JOINT UNDERTAKINGS

AT THE MS LEVEL

• Specific national rulings– Review schemes (national - must)– Resident vs. non-resident financing– What allowed (e.g. stem cells, GMOs, etc)

• Diverse funding schemes– Ministries vs. Research Councils

• Different fiscal rules and scales– Full vs. partial cost, backup funds

• Different budgetary rules (e.g. yearly base)

• Different priorities and legal consequences

• Different scale of resources– GERD (0,35 – 4,5%) 5

EU-25 NETWORKS OF EXCELLENCE

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DANGER OF A TWO-SPEED EUROPE

BARRIERS FOR JOINT UNDERTAKINGS

AT THE EC LEVEL

• Complex and time consuming decision procedures

• Susceptibility to lobbying

• Politically relevant factors overwhelming

• Administrative rules before the goal

• Legality and accountability – CoA (e.g. case of EA)

• Compartmentalisation

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FP IN THE 2009 EU BUDGET

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1. Grand Challenges• Large Problem-driven programmes• Quality and originality but also relevance

2. Great Ideas – Moving frontiers• Bottom-up approach• Quality and originality are the sole criteria

3. Help to realise what MS cannot do alone• Research Infrastructure and access to it• Stimulate and ease multilateral collaboration (ERA-NETs +)

A NEW ROLE OF FP ON EUROPEAN MAP

Evolution of fund distribution

EC DGs Executive Agencies European Councils

A NEW DEAL URGENTLY NEEDED !

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European societies and associationsa missing partner

Member States European Commission

A NEW DEAL URGENTLY NEEDED !

• an initiator and policy setter• an observer –ERA watch• a „facilitator” (financial, personnel)• a legal advisor• information provider• a guardian of good practices

• externalise fund distribution • Implement REI and not 3 weakly linked

ERA, EHEA, EIA

• abandon „just retour”• accept a „common pot”• agree on benchmarking and its

consequences - openness• harmonise procedures (e.g. on

peer review, English as acceptable legal language in proposal submittals, timing,…)

• EU- portability of grants

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Member States European Commission

LUND DECLARATION

To address Grand Challenges European research must be focused.

Institutions, Member States and the EC must cooperate better

Openness and trust have to become fundaments

Free frontier research is given enough room

Europe must increase its global cooperation

Competition among researchers in Europe a stimulus for excellence

Better use of research results – real innovativeness

European universities must modernize and improve cooperation between themselves and with other research performers.

Create and maintain world-class research infrastructures.

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