This presentation is from the EPA's FP7 Environment National Information Day 2010. For further information, see http://www.fp7ireland.com/

1. Catriona Ward 6 October 2010
8th Framework Programme

2. 7th Framework Programme
Duration 2006 – 2013
Budget €50B+
Co-operation €32B
Ideas €7.5B
Capacties €4B
People €4.75B
JRC €1.7B

3. Where is FP7 now
Halfway through the programme
Mid-term evaluation underway
Simplification communication
Innovation Union communication (published today)
And how do these effect FP8?

4. Who is talking about FP8
Everybody
Preliminary paper under preparation in Ireland
Position papers from all over Europe
National
Institutional
Sectorally
Politically
and each group has vested interests

5. Timeline and how it will evolve officially
Mid 2010 Start of FP8 preparation by COM
End 2010 Report of FP7 Interim Evaluation by COM
Beg of 2011 Orientation Paper/Communication on FP8 by COM
1st half 2011 Proposal for a financial framework 2014-2020
End 2011/ 2012 FP8 Proposal by COM
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[ 1st half 2013 Irish presidency of EU]
End 2013 Conciliation procedure and adoption of FP
Beginning of 2014 Start of FP8

6. How can I have an input
Any interest group can submit a paper
Ireland has (soon) a preliminary paper on it’s priorities, but will also
respond officially to the consultation
So some questions
Do you understand the framework programme?
Do YOU have priorities?
How can you contribute?

7. What sort of questions to ask
What do we like or not like about FP7 (and why)
Does the FP suit our research agenda
Have we identified weaknesses
Does it suit the needs of the Irish industry base
Does it suit the needs of the Irish academic base
Have we the absorptive capacity to increase our participation
Should we choose where to participate

8. Big questions
What will the budget be
How long will it last
COFUND
JTIs
Joint programming
European Innovation Partnerships

9. Contact details
Catriona Ward
Enterprise Ireland
180 Chaussée d’Etterbeek
Brussels 1040
+32 2 673 9866
catriona.ward@enterprise-ireland.com