Finland - Israel Business Seminar 3.9.2012

1. International
Technological and
Industrial R&D Cooperation
Overview
Mina Goldiak, MSc

2. OCS - The Office of the Chief Scientist
of the Ministry of Industry Trade & Labor
is responsible for implementing
government policy regarding support
and encouragement of industrial
research and development.

3. “Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible"
Lord Kelvin, 1895

4. "There is no reason for
any individual to have a
computer in his home."
Ken Olsen, Founder and CEO of
Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977

5. “640 K Ought to be enough for
anybody "
Bill Gates, 1981

6. “It’s not the strongest of the
species that survives, nor the
most intelligent; it is the one that
is most adaptable to change”
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin

7. Some Facts about Israel:
Lebanon • Population ~ 7.1 million
Syria • Area 22,000 sq km
100 Km
• Households ~ 1.9 million
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem • Average Household ~ 3.6 persons
• GDP $B140.6
Jordan • GDP/Capita $24,600
• Inflation 3%
Egypt
• Unemployment <7%
Eilat
• Growth Rate 2.7-3.5%
The Red Sea

8. Expenditure on Civilian R&D as a percent of the
GDP in Israel and in OECD Countries
5
4.6
4 3.6
3.2
3.0
3 2.7
2.42.4 2.3
2.2 2.1
2.0 2.0 1.9
2 1.8
1.61.6 1.6
1.4 1.4 1.3
1.1 1.0
1 0.9 0.8
0.70.7
0
Source: Ministry of finance

9. Scientists & Technicians per 10,000 Workers
140
140
120
100
83 80
80
60
60 55 55
45 43
40 33 33 32
25
20
0
Israel US Japan Germany Canada Switzerland Taiwan UK Ireland Italy Singapore Spain

10. Patents (2008)
• Israel ranked #1 in
Medical Device
patents per capita
• Israel ranked #5 in
number of patents per
capita
Source: The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (June 2008)

11. “If you want real growth,
you have to have new
technologies”
Source: Business Week

12. OCS Grants by Technological Sectors 2011
Life
Chemicals Software
Sciences
4.5% 10.4%
Electro-Optics 24%
5.6%
Electronics
11.9%
Other
13.4%
Communications
30.3%

13. No. Of Applications:
~2000 Projects
Requested Budget:
~6.4 Billion NIS
Total Grants:
~1.45 Billion NIS

14. Government Support Programs
Pre-Seed Generic R&D Competitive R&D Cooperative R&D
Tnufa Magnet Industrial
R D
Technological
Magneton
Incubators
Long-Range Seed Fund
Nofar
R&D
Bi-national Funds
International
Bi-national Agreements
ISERD
(Europe FP) EUREKA Galileo
Global Enterprises
R&D Cooperation
Applied Academic
Basic R&D Market Proximity
Research

15. Technological Incubators
Pre-Seed & Seed R&D
 2011 Budget – NIS 149 M
 A framework for nascent companies to develop
their innovative technological ideas into start-ups
that can attract private investors
 Suitable facilities for R&D activity & administrative
and logistic support to projects
24 Incubators
2 Industrial Incubators
1 Biotechnology incubator
8-10 projects in each
Grants- up to 85%

16. Magnet
Generic R&D
 2011 Budget – NIS 210 M
 Supports consortia of industrial companies
and academic institutions.
 Target: jointly develop generic, pre
competitive technologies or dissemination
existing new technologies.
 The technology cannot be acquired from
commercial sources at competitive prices
 Grants of up to 66% - no royalty repayments
 Magneton, Nofar, Nataf, Katamon

17. R&D Fund
Competitive R&D
 2011 Grants – NIS 953 M, ~2000 requests per
year
 Supports competitive R&D of mature
companies (SME’s as well as big companies)
 Target: establish and develop substantial
industrial R&D infrastructure
 Grants between 30-50% of R&D plan, royalties
payments - obligatory upon success
 Acquisition and transfer of knowledge due to
special approvals
 Budgetary platform for all bilateral parallel
agreements

18. Government Support Programs
Pre-Seed Generic R&D Competitive R&D Cooperative R&D
Tnufa Magnet Industrial
R D
Technological
Magneton
Incubators
Long-Range Seed Fund
Nofar
R&D
Bi-national Funds
International
Bi-national Agreements
ISERD
(Europe FP) EUREKA Galileo
Global Enterprises
R&D Cooperation
Applied Academic
Basic R&D Market Proximity
Research

19. International Cooperation
Foundations:
BIRDF-with U.S.A.
USISTC/F
SIIRD-with Singapore
CIIRDF - with Canada
KORIL-RDF - With S. Korea

20. MATIMOP encourages participation in
the many international programs for bi–
lateral and multi-lateral cooperation in
industrial R&D , signed and funded by the
Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) of the
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor.
Ministry of
Industry, Trade and
Labor (MOITAL)
Office of the
Chief Scientist

21. Bi-National Support Agreements
Europe
France
North America Russia
New York Italy
Maryland Germany
Virginia
Wisconsin
Greece Asia
Denmark
Colorado India
Hungary
Massachusetts China
Turkey
Oregon Jiangsu Province
Portugal
Shanghai
Ontario Finland
Shenzhen
Sweden
South America Czech Republic
Netherlands
Argentina
Lithuania
Uruguay
Slovenia
Brazil Cyprus
Australia
Bulgaria Victoria

22. International Cooperation Models
Multi-National Agreements
The European FP7 EUREKA

23. EUREKA Program
 European inter-governmental framework for 40
R&D national programs directed to support
industrial innovation
 Approves yearly 300 industrial R&D projects with
total budget of €1.5 B
 Israeli companies participate in 40 cooperation
projects a year – more than 10% of total activity
 Israel is the chairmanship of the network for 2010-
2011

24. MNC – Startup R&D Collaboration Framework
companies
Israeli
OCS MNC
21 Strategic Agreements:
87 Joint
Projects

25. For More Detailed Information
Mina Goldiak, Msc
Deputy Chief Scientist
International R&D Relations and Cooperation
29 Hamered Street
Tel Aviv 61500, Israel
Tel: +972 (3) 511 81 75
Fax: +972 (3) 517 76 55
Email: minag@matimop.org.il