Kyiv, 2011/11/10

1. National Information Centre for Ukraine-EU S&T
cooperation
FP7
FP7
INCO
INCO
Mobility
Mobility
Financial &
Financial &
Legal
Legal
NCP/Ukraine
NCP/Ukraine
Final Conference «Advancing EU-Ukraine Research Cooperation:
JSO-ERA Project Results and Achievements», 10 November, 2011, Kyiv

2. Present challenges in S&T and Innovation policies
Global character
Economic challenges: the need to engage business
through promotion of RTD and demand-side measures
to create innovation-friendly markets
Social and environmental challenges: climate change,
food and energy security and the ageing society
Science and technology challenges: mobilisation of
resources for research and innovation; quality of
education, strengthening research performance
Innovation-based development is only realistic route to
sustainable economic growth

3. Mutual benefits of scientific cooperation
An access to complementary competences, knowledge,
equipment, software, exchange of specialists
Strengthening of cooperation experience via mutual
learning through working meetings and sessions,
exploitation of the unique equipment and laboratory
facilities, exchange of best practices
Bringing in new ideas and ways of thinking
Contribution to the scientific career of the involved
scientists

4. State-of-art of the cooperation
Ukraine-EU MS/AC Partnership and S&T Agreements
Seven Framework Program
International European Innovational Scientific and
Technical Program “EUREKA”
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)
Organization of Black Sea Economical Cooperation
(BSEC)
Scientific and Technical Centre in Ukraine (STCU)
International Centre for Scientific and Technical
Information (ICSTI)

5. Importance of Ukraine-EU S&T cooperation
• Contributing to develop a strategic partnership with
Ukraine in both political and economic terms
• Using the outputs of collaborative research for many
policy areas of common interest, such as energy,
transport, public health
• Building on promising research areas of cooperation,
such as space, aeronautics, energy and environment.

6. Policy Drive for S&T Ukraine-EU cooperation
• Agreement on Co-operation in Science and
Technology between the European Community
and Ukraine
• European Neighborhood Policy
• EU-Ukraine Association Agenda to prepare and
facilitate the implementation of the Association
Agreement

7. Agreement for S&T cooperation between the
EC and Ukraine

8. Tools for enhancing S&T Cooperation
Opening of the FP for non EU countries
Instruments for targeted cooperation (S&T
Agreements, ENPI /EP countries, BS)
Specific supporting instruments (INCO, Capacity)

9. International Cooperation in FP7
FP 7
Co-operation Ideas People Capacities
General IRSES International
ERC Infrastructure
Opening Cooperation
grants open to
SICAS all nationalities
Host Fellowships
(ICPC specific) INCO-Nets
Targeted Incoming
Calls Fellowships BILATS
Coordinated Return grants
Calls
Outgoing
Fellowships International
Twinning ERA-NETS
Reintegration phase
Expatriate
Networks
ERA Link NERE Link

10. Implementation of cooperation agreement
Regular meetings
• S&T policy dialogue
• Identification of areas/topics of common interest
- aligned with national priorities
- focus on priorities of FP7
- addressing issues for ENP
Joint prioritization
• Implementing arrangements
• Roadmaps of future joint/coordinated activities
Definition of activities in FP7 work programmes
• Instruments for targeted international cooperation
- Specific International Co-operation Activities (SICA)
- Coordinated calls
- Twinning
• INCO leveraging/supporting instruments in FP7 CAPACITIES
(BILAT, INCONET, ERANET)
Use all Instruments (Bilateral & Regional)

11. Ukrainian involvement in
FP7 ‘Capacities’ - International Cooperation activity
• Supporting the bi-regional EU – Eastern Europe policy dialogue:
FP7 INCO-NET EECA
• Strengthening the cooperation partnership through the S&T
cooperation agreement:
BILAT-UKR and ERA-WIDE
• Increasing the cooperation of research programmes carried out by
EU Member States and neighbour countries of the Black Sea:
BS-ERA-NET

12. IncoNet EECA:
S&T International Cooperation Network for EEA
http://www.inco-eeca.net/
Achievements
Organisation of a series of ‘Stakeholder Conferences’ addressing
common strategies for developing bi-regional S&T cooperation
April 2012: KIEV!
Series of Information and Brokerage Events
Mapping the key and leading institutes which could establish
long-term partnerships with counterparts in the EU
Analytical review and recommendations.
Tranings for NCPs
Web portal (http://www.increast.eu) with opportunities for enhanced
cooperation
Identification of S&T cooperation patterns and research topics of
mutual interest

13. incrEAST
information exchange platform
http://www.increast.eu/
Information Exchange in S&T between the ERA and
EE, CA, SC countries
Countries’ reports on S&T policy, potential and
cooperation
On-line database “Key research institutes in EECA”
http://www.increast.eu/en/523.php
Potential host institutions for EU researchers in the
EECA http://www.increast.eu/en/448.php
News, events, calls for proposals

14. BILAT-UKR:
Enhancing the bilateral S&T Partnership with Ukraine
Achievements
Information gathering and dissemination :
Website : www.bilat-ukr.eu
Web portal : www.st-gateukr.eu Final Conference - February 2012, Kyiv
• S&T Landscape in Ukraine
• Database of bilateral cooperations with Ukraine
• EU-Ukrainian S&T cooperation internet guide
• Inventory of relevant sources of information
• Inventory of relevant inward and outward mobility programmes
• Partner search tool
Advisory network of EU-UA NCPs
Thematic Workshops in Mobility, Innovation, Infrastructures and Roadmaps
Policy dialogue - reports are available
• Good cooperation practices
• Report on the barriers to cooperation and recommendations
• Discussion paper for legal and organisational frames
• Recommendations on the setting-up of S&T Working Groups
• Inventory of existing joint and upcoming international accessible medium
and large scale S&T infrastructures in the Ukraine
• Recommendations for the implementation of national technology platforms
• Report on the twinning schemes
• ENPI – focus on Ukraine (including regional programs)

15. EU EU-Ukraine S&T information platform
www.st-gateukr.eu
S&T Gate UKR.EU: Identify and
analyse the S&T Potential of EU-
Ukraine Cooperation
Searchable database of Ukrainian
key research institutions
http://www.st-
gateukr.eu/en/523.php
Political development of research
and technology in the Ukraine
Collaborative projects,
programmes and partner
organizations
Contact information for local
experts

16. FP7 ERA-WIDE
Integrating Europe's neighbours into the European Research
Area
Reinforcing the cooperation capacities of research centres
located in the neighbour countries, which are not associated to FP7,
through strategy development, twinning, training and building of
competency.
ERA WIDE Results
Call 2010
ERA IHM : Institute of Hydromechanics
SUCCESS : Institute for Single Crystals
Call 2011
START : Bakul Institutе of Superhard Materials
COMBIOM : Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics
KhAI-ERA : National Aerospace University
Nanotwinning : Institute of Physics
INCRIS : Shulgin State Road Scientific Research Institute

17. BS-ERA-NET
Networking on Science and Technology in
the BS region
http://www.bs-era.net
EU and neighbour countries’ engagement in regional
development in the Black Sea region, facing major political,
economic, environmental and energy challenges and opportunities
Achievements
• Design a multilateral research scheme of common interest to the
EU and neighbour countries of the Black Sea region
• Implement a pilot joint call for applied research projects
involving the scientific communities of the Black Sea, for a total
budget of about €3.3 million

18. Achieve a best results
Reciprocity
Correspondence to the strategic objectives
Synergies with ENPI programmes
Synergies with EU M.S. activities
Cooperation beyond FP
NCPs system: Information dissemination, awareness
raising, partnering

19. NIP/Ukraine
office 801, 180, Gorkiy Street, Kyiv, 03680, Ukraine
Tel/fax: +380 44 529 0332
E-mail: post@fp6-nip.kiev.ua
Web: http://www.fp7-ncp.kiev.ua
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