ESFRI roadmap State of Play dr. Rudy HERMAN Senior Researcher dept. EWI ESFRI _RI-info-session at Flanders Universities, May 2014
ESFRI roadmap State of Play
dr. Rudy HERMAN Senior Researcher dept. EWI
ESFRI _RI-info-session at Flanders Universities, May 2014
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Role of European Strategic Forum on Research Infrastuctures (ESFRI)
(and of its ad-hoc Working Groups) Initiated at 2002 jointly by Council & COM To foster an “open method of coordination”
between different countries To discuss the long term vision at European level
and to support the development of a European RI policy
To bring initiatives and projects to a point where decisions by ministers are possible.
First roadmap
in 2006 Updates in
2008 & 2010
A stimulation and incubator role
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The Competitiveness Council of the EU mandated ESFRI on November 2004 to develop a strategic roadmap in the field of RI for Europe
The ESFRI roadmap identifies new pan-European Research Infrastructures (RIs) or major up-grades to existing ones, corresponding to the needs of European research communities in the next 10 to 20 years, regardless of possible location
The Roadmap Mandate
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The ESFRI roadmap identifies new pan-European RI or major upgrades needs for the next 10 to 20 years
More than 260 proposals - 50 projects identified through several review stages between 2006 and 2010
The Roadmap 2010 - 48 projects in total; 3+3 new projects in Energy and Biological and Medical sciences, 2 projects removed
10 projects in the implementation phase. 16 others in the implementation phase by end of 2014
Structuring of the European and National Research Landscape – National roadmaps
Projects are cornerstones for the “grand challenges”
ESFRI Success Stories
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ERIC: European Research Infrastructure Consortium
A new legal framework, at EU level, to facilitate the joint establishment and operation of Research Infrastructures of European interest among several countries
A legal personality recognised in all EU Member States
Non-EU countries can be members
Current status: First ERIC status awarded to SHARE on 17 March 2011; Other applications have been awarded e.g. CLARIN, ECRIN, EuroArgo
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51 new - or major upgrade of - Research Infrastructures of pan-European interest (+ 3 additional projects from the CERN Council strategic roadmap for particle physics*)
Distributed research infrastructures
Single sited research infrastructures
Social Sc. & Hum. ( 5 )
Life Sciences ( 13 )
Environmental Sciences ( 9 )
Energy ( 7 )
Material and Analytical Facilities
( 6 )
Physics and Astronomy ( 10 )
e-Infra- structures
(1)
SHARE*I* BBMRI ELIXIR ICOS EURO-ARGO ECCSEL EUROFEL ELI TIARA* PRACE*I*
Eur. Social Survey*I* ECRIN INFRA
FRONTIER LIFEWATCH IAGOS Windscanner EMFL SPIRAL2*I* CTA
CESSDA *I* INSTRUCT EATRIS EMSO EPOS EU-SOLARIS European XFEL *I* E-ELT SKA
CLARIN*I* EU-OPENSCREEN EMBRC SIAEOS EISCAT_3D JHR*I* ESRF *I*
Upgrade KM3NeT FAIR*I*
DARIAH Euro BioImaging
ERINHA BSL4 Lab COPAL IFMIF NEUTRON
ESS SLHC-PP* ILC-HIGRADE*
ISBE MIRRI HiPER ILL20/20 Upgrade*I* ERIC = OK
ANAEE MYRRHA ERIC in2014
ESFRI roadmap 2010
*I* = Implementation phase
= Implementation phase started by the end 2012
EURO- ARGO
EUFAR COPAL
LIFE- WATCH
ICOS
EMSO
IAGOS- ERI
SIOS
EPOS
Environmental Sciences
EISCAT
European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures
Area Roadmap 2010
Implemented
Social Science and Humanities (SSH) 5 2
Environmental Sciences (ENV) 9 3
Biological and Medical Sciences (BMS) 13 3
Energy 6 1
Engineering, Physical Sciences, Materials and Analytical Facilities (EPS)
8 5
E-Infrastructures 0 1
ESFRI Projects - 2010 Roadmap
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Implementation of RI on Roadmap Monitoring scientific developments and emerging
research challenges Development of an evaluation methodology for pan-
European RI Development of closer cooperation between RIs and e.g.
Joint Programming Initiatives, Joint Technology Initiatives
Building up cooperation with European industry Addressing the issue of socio-economic impacts Promoting greater regional and international cooperation Supporting and promoting the use and development of
e-infrastructures
ESFRI’s Action Plan
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Cooperation and consultation
Walloon Region
Brussels-Capital Region
Flemish Community
French Community
German Community
Flemish Region
The Interministerial Conference on Science Policy • The International Cooperation Commission • The Federal Cooperation Commission
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Priority setting Flanders: what?
Selection of the ERIC’s wherein Flanders can play an active role, Contribute to the construction of the ERIC Identification of potential leading/active role up-front financing for the creation of the RI.
What it is NOT? selection of proposals for access to RI’s (cf. “big
science”-programme of FWO-Vlaanderen) The process of additional access modalities will be
considered in an follow up phase
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Quid Flanders Roadmap?
Policy Letter 2009 minister Patricia Ceysens: “Flanders will organise a call for interest and establish a
priority list in order to prepare the decision on the potential participation of Flanders in the pan-European Research Infrastructures”
ESFRI-advisory committee (EWI, Herculesstichting, IWT, FWO) Process priority setting Provide Advice to which ERIC’s Flanders can provide a
appropriate high level contribution. No decision on financing, since this instrument is not established yet.
Give guidance in the intra_Belgium ESFRI/ERIC agreements
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Priority setting in Flanders: how?
2-step procedure First phase: shortlist prepared by the Advisory committee
Involvement in the ESFRI’s (roadmap 2006 & ---- ) Actual significant investments (HR & operational means) opportunities for Flanders for further investments
(coherent with the frontier research policy note))
Second phase: detailed evaluation short-list projects: assessment of the proposals by at least 3 non EU experts
Rolling process First round: May 2009: on ESFRI 2006 roadmap and taking
into consideration the evolution of the PP of the-FP7projects Second round to started in May 2011, based on the projects
2008 and 2010 ESFRI roadmaps. Evaluation process starts end 2012. Will be proposed for decision during 2013-2014.
Expected to be embedded in the multiannual budget projection from 2014 onwards.
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H2020: ESFRI Strategic Working Groups (SS, BMS, ENV, EPS…)
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• Key challenges :Emerging scientific challenges requiring novel RI support, emergence of system research and its implications for ENV research infrastructures
• Identification of possible synergies, overlap and gaps between different initiatives + Gap analysis
• Links to other sectors (energy, health & food, etc..) • International cooperation (beyond EU) and competitiveness
of Europe RIs in the field today and in the next 10 years • Looking ahead in the next two decades: Mid- and long-term
perspective (for operationality and eventual upgrades) • Computing and data needs • Potential impact of new projects in science/integration/innovation • Innovating the pipeline from instruments, raw-processed
data, legacy data, data analysis & modelling, scenarios and visualisation
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Co-operation Pan-European Infrastuctures – JPIs and Common Societal Grand Challenges
Thank you for your attention!
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