IPA and ResearchSome fact finding byWBC-INCO.NET

Elke Dall, ZSI

Steering Platform Meeting

13. June 2008, Ljubljana

What has been done

Requests sent in November 2007 to partners (ZSI), identification of sources of information, questionnaire sent in February (TURBO, BMWF), input from partners (Albania, BiH, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia), analysis of material, update of information in June (MPIN, ZSI), discussions with DG Enlargement (PT-DLR, TURBO)

„You know – this IPA-research business stopped making sense ages ago ...“

„It‘s too early for any kind of experience. We have just started with the implementation of IPA Programme.“

Multi-annual Indicative Financial Framework (MIFF)Multi-annual Indicative Financial Framework (MIFF)

determines the financial allocationdetermines the financial allocation by country and by components by country and by components

Multi-annual Indicative Programming DocumentMulti-annual Indicative Programming Document (MIPD)(MIPD) determines pre-accession assistance strategies of the country for determines pre-accession assistance strategies of the country for

each component, based on the Accession/European Partnership and each component, based on the Accession/European Partnership and Regular/Annual Reports of ECRegular/Annual Reports of EC

Transition Transition Assistance &Assistance &Institution Institution BuildingBuilding

Cross-border Cross-border cooperationcooperation RegionalRegional

DevelopmentDevelopment

HumanHuman ResourcesResources

DevelopmentDevelopment

RuralRuralDevelopmentDevelopment

5 components5 components

I II III IV V

All WBC Candidate Countries only

National andNational andMulti-Beneficiary Multi-Beneficiary

ProgrammesProgrammes

Focus

National IPA: depends on individual approaches to membership

Multibeneficiary IPA: – to prepare coordinated proposals– not to propose the same activities as under national

IPA and – not to propose activities covered by different

community programmes (e.g. FP7)

Olli Rehn 2006

MIPD 2007-2009

MIPD 2007-2009

MIPD 2007-2009

Objectives

Expected

Results

Proposedactivities

MIPD 2008-2010

Objectives

Strategicchoices

Expected

Results

Expectations from IPA

Political criteria – public administration reform for Ministries of Science, National Contact Points, etc.

Institution building and capacity building (in science and research) – through technical assistance, trainings, study visits, etc.

Focus on structural economic reforms, entrepreneurship, support to business and innovation infrastructures (clusters, incubators, etc.), support to innovative SMEs

Expectations from IPA

Support adoption of acquis -> S&T strategy and action plans, reinforce capacities at ministries – e.g. to develop an integrated research policy

Assist participation in Community Programmes and Agencies = co-financing the participation in FP7, CIP, etc. („entrance fee“)

Development and improvement of appropriate statistics (for science and research), establishment of and support to IPR systems

Expectations from IPA

Support of Electronic Scientific Network for South East Europe, GEANT, access to electronic libraries

Development of a database on researchers, research projects, etc. (research information system)

Networking of research centres / CoE to stimulate cross border cooperation

Investment in laboratories, funds for specific centres of excellence

„Infrastructure cannot be funded“ („however, the practice here proved the opposite“)

Missing Coordination

Senior Programme Officers (SPOs) for research and their assistants should - Communicate on a regular basis (exchange ideas,

good/bad practice)- Prepare joint inputs to documents and proposed

actions for multibeneficiary IPA- Exchange experience on success/failure stories as

regards national IPA- Define measures for capacity building for SPOs and

assistants (e.g. through training, networking, consulting, etc.)

Missing Coordination

„Unfortunately, even though it seems only logical, Steering Platform meetings could not be used [...] one of the reasons could be that representatives of the benficiary countries at the SP meetings are not the same ones responsible for IPA in their countries.“

NIPAC/NAC SPO for RTDI

Assistants / Focal Points

Further contacts

Albania Albert x (Deputy Minister Ministry of Integration)

Ms Evis Disha (Ministry of Integration)

Ms Klodi Tane (MOES)

Ms Roza Dedja (Mo European Integration)

BiH Mr Osman Topcagic – decision to be adopted

Ms Biljana Camur (Deputy Minister for Civil Affairs)

Ms Alma Hasanovic (MCA)

Ms Zara Halilovic, Ms Jsmina Cengic (Department of European Integration)

Croatia Mr Hrvoje Dolenec (State Secretary, CODEF)Mr. sc. Martina Dalić – State secretary

Mr Drazen Vikic-Topic (MZOS)

Ms Gabrijela Herceg, Ms Adrijana Anic-Antic (DEUFAP department)

Ms Natasa Marsic (HIT), Ms Iva Tarle

FYR of Macedonia

Ms Gabriela Konevska Trajkovska – Deputy Prime Minister

Jovan Despotovski

Mr Aleksandar Kolekeski (MOFK)

Ms Snezana Bilic Sotirovska (Head of Unit for Tempus and CEEPUS)

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Montenegro Ms Gordana Djurovic – Deputy Prime Minister

Ms Slobodanka Koprivica

Ms Tatjana Knezevic -

Serbia Bozidar Djelic, Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration

Head of Project Implementation Unit in the Ministry (to be defined)

To be nominated -

Actors to be addressed

In WBC: National IPA Coordinator (NIPAC) Senior Programme Officer (SPO) responsible for RTDI SPO‘s assistantsIn EU MS: National bodies responsible for IPA in EU Member

States (awareness raising, lobby for focus on RTD)In EC: DGs responsible for implementation of IPA (mainly DG

ELARG) and DG Research Members of the IPA committee

Discussion with EC

Main result of discussion with DG ELARG:Development of a regional strategy and a ministerial conference could be funded through multi-beneficiary IPA

Proposals from WBC-INCO.NET

The ministerial conference to be held July 1-4, 2008 in Montenegro (SEE Science, Higher Education and Innovation Policy Forum) might launch a high-level initiative on the regional strategy.

Serbia expressed its interest to host a ministerial conference on the regional strategy in 2009. Serbia’s offer has been welcomed by all WBC delegations.

Preparatory meetings with senior officials will prepare this conference and the strategy development.

A study will be prepared to give the main input for the conference (strategic recommendations).

The ministerial conference shall be used to gain commitment on high level to implement the strategic recommendations.

Proposals from WBC-INCO.NET

The study will also develop a roadmap and identify programmes that can be used to finance the activities prioritised in the strategy.

After the ministerial conference a dissemination campaign on the strategy and the follow up will be carried out.

Based on this agreement, further dialogue with DG Enlargement and the Regional Cooperation Council will be sought.

Proposals from WBC-INCO.NET

Use SP to bring additional important players at one table: – invite representatives of local EC delegations who are in charge

of IPA implementation,– Invite DG ELARG (and other DGs – in charge of different

components of the programme and involved in the interservice consultation)

It has been decided to use the regional dialogue meeting in December (in Paris) to bring relevant stakeholders together to exchange experience, draft common papers, etc.

Thank you for your attention!

Elke Dall

Centre for Social Innovation

Linke Wienzeile 246

A-1150 Wien

dall@zsi.at

+43-1-4950442-62

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