Managementul activitatilor tertiare - uefiscdi

The 3 rd stream activities in direct connection with research activities• identify the industry challenges and transforming them from threats into opportunities• piloting in the 3 rd party stream• spin-offs / Competence centres, Science parks, incubation centers (support, guidance, setup)• to promote the S Es involvement into research activities• spread the knowledge and expertiseo building a collaborative (virtual) environment- knowledge management inside the collaborative environment- IT platforms for collaboration an spread of knowledge/expertise• market the research resultso -propels new research collaborations, promotes the exchange of materials,information and personnel with industry, and offers unique research opportunities forfaculty and students• Partnership with industryo Disseminating emerging knowledge to the private sectoro Testing concepts and face challenges in the real world’o Benefiting from specialized industry knowledge and facilitieso Encouraging partnerships that promote student learning and employmentopportunitieso Creating new jobs in a changing economyo Supplementing and enabling government supporto Generating political support and philanthropyThe partnership between the universities and the research institutes, respectively theenterprises is necessary to have at its base the last directives of the European Community in theresearch domain, practically the ones that are specific for the FP7 proects that are running,respectively the last callsFrom these the ones that are more significant are the following:InvolvementProjects would normally involve regional authorities, regional development agencies,universities, research centres, and industry as well as where appropriate technology transfer,financial or civil society organisations. egions of knowledgeprojects will cover the followingactivities:- Analysis, development and implementation of research agendas of regional or crossborderclusters and cooperation between them. These will include analysis as well as animplementation plan focusing on D capacity and priorities. Projects will use foresight,benchmarking or other methods, demonstrating expected benefits, such as strengthened linksbetween clusters involved, optimized involvement in European research projects and higherimpacts on regional development. They could also prepare for interregional pilot actions. Theseactivities aim in particular at encouraging improved complementarily between Communityregional funds and other Community and national funds.- entoringof regions with a less developed research profile by highly developed onesbased on D focused cluster building. Transnational regional consortia will mobilize andassociate research actors in academia, industry and government to deliver guidance solutionswith and for technologically less developed regions.- Initiatives to improve integration of research actors and institutions in regionaleconomies, through their interactions at cluster level. These will include transnational activities toimprove links between research stakeholders and the local business communities as well asrelevant activities between clusters. With the aim of demonstrating benefits of integration, theseactivities could contribute to the identification of TD complementarities.- Support will also be provided for activities to promote systematic mutual informationexchange as well as interactions between similar projects and where appropriate, with actions ofother relevant Community programmes (e.g. analysis and synthesis workshops, round-tables,publications), emphasising the involvement notably of candidate and Associated Countries as wellas ember States which joined the EU after 1 ay 2004.Implementation:2 cross all themes, support for transnational cooperation will be implementedthrough:4243- Collaborative research: Collaborative research will constitute the bulk and the core ofCommunity research funding. The objective is to establish, in the major fields of advancement ofknowledge, excellent research projects and networks able to attract researchers and investmentsfrom Europe and the entire world, strengthening the European industrial and technological baseand supporting Community policies. This will be achieved through a range of funding schemes:- Collaborative project,- Networks of excellence,- Coordination and support actions.- oint Technology Initiatives: In a very limited number of cases, the scope of an TDobjective and the scale of the resources involved justify setting up long-term public privatepartnerships in the form of oint Technology Initiatives. These initiatives, mainly resulting from thework of European Technology Platforms, and covering one or small number of selected aspects ofresearch in their field, will combine private sector investment as well as national and Europeanpublic funding, including grant funding from the esearch Framework Programme and loanfinance from the European Investment Bank.22Potential oint Technology Initiativeswill be identified in an open and transparentway on the basis of an evaluation using a series of criteria:- inability of existing instruments to achieve the objective,- scale of the impact on industrial competitiveness and growth,- added value of European-level intervention,- degree and clarity of definition of the objective and deliverables to be pursued,- strength of the financial and resource commitment from industry,- importance of the contribution to broader policy objectives including benefit to society,- capacity to attract additional national support and leverage in current and future industryfunding.- Coordination of non-Community research programmes: The action undertaken in thisfield will make use of two main tools, the EA-NET scheme and the participation of theCommunity in jointly implemented national research programmes. The objective of theEA-NET scheme is to step up the cooperation and coordination of research programmescarried out at national or regional level in ember States or Associated Countries throughthe networking of research programmes, towards their mutual opening and thedevelopment and implementation of joint activities.44It may cover subjects not directly linked to the ten themes in so far as they have sufficientadded value. The action will also be used to enhance the complementarity and synergy betweenthe Seventh Framework Programme and activities carried out in the framework ofintergovernmental structures such as EUEKA, EIOforum and COST. Financial support for theadministration and coordination activities of COST will be provided so that COST can continue tocontribute to coordination and exchanges between nationally funded research themes.Where the actions are within the scope of one of the themes, they will be supported as an integralpart of the activities under that theme. Where the actions are of a horizontal nature or not directlylinked to the ten themes, they will be supported jointly across all of the relevant themes.23 International cooperation: International cooperation actions, showing Europeanadded-value and being of mutual interest, will support an international Science and Technologypolicy that has two interdependent obectives:- to support and promote European competitiveness through strategic research partnerships withthird countries including highly industrialised and emerging economies in science and technologyby engaging the best third country scientists to work in and with Europe,- to address specific problems that third countries face or that have a global character, on thebasis of mutual interest and mutual benefit.The international cooperation actions will be connected to mainstream policy issues inorder to support fulfilling international commitments of the EU and contribute to sharingEuropean values, competitiveness, socio-economic progress, environmental protection andwelfare under the umbrella of global sustainable development.2 International cooperation will be implemented in this specific programme in eachthematic area and across themes through:- An enhanced participation of researchers and research institutions from all InternationalCooperation Partner countries and industrialised countries in the thematic areas, with appropriaterestrictions for the security theme for all third countries other than Associated Countries due toconfidentiality aspects.- Specific cooperation actions in each thematic area dedicated to thirdcountries in the case of mutual interest in cooperating on particular topics to beselected and on the basis of their scientific and technological level and needs. Theidentification of specific needs and priorities will be closely associated with relevant45