2017 Conference on the synergies between Horizon 2020 (COSME, ERASMUS + etc.) and ESIF
As part of the "Stairway to Excellence" (S2E) initiative - a pilot project funded by the European Parliament (EP) - on 8 March 2017 will take place the Conference on the synergies between Horizon 2020 (COSME, ERASMUS + etc.) and ESIF. The S2E is focused on supporting European Regions and Member States in enhancing synergies in the use of different EU funding sources for research, development and innovation (European Structural and Investment Funds and Horizon 2020, also taking account COSME, ERASMUS+, Creative Europe among others)
The Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3) are now a reality in Europe. With EU regions and nations having completed the technical fulfilments of the ex-ante conditionality and related action plans, the activities are now moving to the implementation phase. More information is available at: http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu.
Within the broader context of the S3 activities, the 2017 Conference on the synergies between Horizon 2020 (COSME, ERASMUS + etc.) and ESIF will be organized in collaboration with the European Parliament (EP), and DG REGIO to raise awareness of major stakeholders on (1) the progress in exploiting the synergies between Horizon 2020 (and other funding programmes) and ESIF and (2) discuss practical bottlenecks emerging when R&D&I actors will start implementing the available tools for synergies between funds.
Approach:
This event provides an opportunity to present the achievement of the project, lessons learnt and discuss challenges ahead with regional and national managing authorities who are involved in the managing R&I funds in order to exchange ideas and good practices. It is organized under the auspice of the EP in Crowne Plaza Brussels - Le Palace; Rue Gineste 3; Brussels.
The principal objectives of this high level event are:
- To present the achievement of the project, including lessons learnt from the S2E National Events organized since 2015.
- A better understanding of the national (and regional) innovation ecosystem with a special emphasis on the identification of obstacles, barriers and potentials to innovation.
- Raising awareness of the actions needed to enable synergies between different EU funding programmes for research and innovation.
- Sharing experiences in combining Structural Funds and Framework Programme to improve excellence in R&I systems.
- Drawing lessons for the future and identifying follow-up actions to enhance the potential synergies between different EU funds in the MS.
Please note the European Commission will cover travel expenses only for speakers/moderators at this conference.
Agenda and Presentations
09:00 - 09:30 REGISTRATION
09:30 - 10:15 OPENING SESSION AND WELCOME SPEECHES
Moderator: Charlina Vitcheva, Deputy Director-General, DG JRC, European Commission.
- Vladimir Sucha, Director-General, DG JRC, European Commission
- Marc Lemaitre, Director General, DG REGIO, European Commission
- Markku Markkula , President of the European Committee of the Regions
10:15 - 10:45 COFFEE BREAK
10:45 - 12:30 SYNERGIES BETWEEN RESEARCH & INNOVATION FUNDS – LESSONS LEARNT
Moderator: Peter Berkowitz, Head of Unit, DG REGIO, European Commission & Magda de Carli, Head of Unit, DG Research, Innovation and Science, European Commission
- Tomaž Boh, State Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, Slovenia
- Agrita Kiopa, Deputy State secretary, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia
- Arnost Marks, Deputy Director for science, research and innovation, Government Office of the Czech Republic
- Ramojus Reimeris, Director, MOSTA, Lithuania
- Ene Kadastik, Deputy Head of Research Policy Department at Estonian Ministry of Education and Research
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Katarzyna Kaczkowska Head of Unit in the "Support Programs for Innovation and Development" Department, Ministry of Development, Poland
12:30 - 13:30 NETWORKING LUNCH
13:30 - 14:30 I PANEL DISCUSSION - "GOVERNANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION TO ACHIEVE GREATER FUNDING EFFICIENCY"
Moderator: Markus Dettenhofer, Executive Director of the CEITEC
- Špela Stres, Head of Technology Transfer and Innovation Center, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
- Nicolas Jarraud, Scientific project coordinator at the Cyprus Institute
- David Uhlir, Deputy director for strategy at JIC (South Moravian Innovation Centre), Czech Republic
- Peter Statev, Chairman of Managing Board of ICT Cluster, Bulgaria
14:30 - 15:00 COFFEE BREAK
15:00 - 16:00 II PANEL DISCUSSION – "EXPERIENCE FROM OTHER INITIATIVES – WHAT TO LEARN, WHAT TO TRANSFER"
Moderator: Christian Saublens, former EURADA CEO
- Luigi Gallo, Head R&I Division, Invitalia
- Michael Schaller, Senior Engineer in the "Smart Development"division, EIB
- Bruno Mastantuono, Clean Sky 2 JU Legal Manager & Strategic Advice
- Piotr Swiatek, C-ENERGY project
- Nerea Anacabe, Business Development division, Tecnalia
16:00 - 16:30 CONCLUSIONS AND WAY FORWARD
Moderator: Vladimir Sucha, Director-General, DG JRC, European
- Lambert Van Nistelrooij, Member of the European Parliament
- Wolfgang Burtscher, Deputy Director-General for DG Research, Innovation and Science
- Rudolf Niessler, Director, DG REGIO, European Commission
Further information about the event can be found here
- Danube Macroregion
- Europe
- H2020
- Western Balkans
- Cross-thematic/Interdisciplinary
- Horizon Europe / H2020 event
Entry created by Ines Marinkovic on March 3, 2017
Modified on March 3, 2017
