AKIS – ARCH Cooperation Joint Workshop Best strategies for intercontinental research and innovation partnerships – towards greater impact on global challenges Hans-Jörg Lutzeyer DG Research and Innovation F 3 – Agro Food
Dec 16, 2015
AKIS – ARCH CooperationJoint Workshop
Best strategies for intercontinental research
and innovation partnerships – towards
greater impact onglobal challenges
Hans-Jörg LutzeyerDG Research and InnovationF 3 – Agro Food
PolicyPolicy Research and Innovation
Research and Innovation
Objectives and expected outcome
1. Opportunities to align Research Themes
2. Innovation Partnership Approaches
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PolicyPolicy Research and Innovation
Research and Innovation
Opportunities to align Research Themes
• Build's on earlier discussions at the outset of ARCH
• Linked to the EU – African Union High Level Policy Dialogue on “Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture”
• An expert group is looking into opportunities for collaboration in common interest
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PolicyPolicy Research and Innovation
Research and Innovation
Opportunities to align Research Themes – expected outcome
• Feeding into the preparations of a major programme• EU – Africa
• EU – Mediterranean
• Reflections on scope• Narrow definition of alignment: basic sciences, common themes: zoonosis,
infectious diseases
• Broader definition based on a common policy agenda: Climate Change, empowerment of rural areas, reducing food waste
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PolicyPolicy Research and Innovation
Research and Innovation
Innovation Partnership Approaches
• Research – Innovation Gap• Supportive Framework for local innovation needs
to link to a global research agenda• Mainstreaming of participatory approaches
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PolicyPolicy Research and Innovation
Research and Innovation
Innovation Partnership Approaches- expected outcome
• Opportunities for Development Cooperation Programs to integrate innovation approaches
• Bilateral (Member State Level)• EU Level
• Could the National Indicative Programmes and Regional Indicative Programmes adopt an EIP like concept or a concept similar to structural funds?
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