mobility agreement
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Mobility Agreement. Mobility Info Day Brussels, 19 October 2009. Doug Bartlett Fusion Association Agreements Research DG European Commission. RTD Unit J4 team for Associations Philosophy and purpose of the mobility agreement A brief word about budgets. Outline. Cluster Associations - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Mobility Agreement
Mobility Info Day
Brussels, 19 October 2009 Doug BartlettFusion Association
AgreementsResearch DG
European Commission
Outline
• RTD Unit J4 team for Associations• Philosophy and purpose of the
mobility agreement• A brief word about budgets
Cluster Associations• Steer research work in
associations • Promote collaborative
work between associations
• Help small associations• Promote joint tools and
equipment (JET, HPC)• Implement
recommendations of Facility review report
• Contact : R. Giannella• Contact point for
Mobility : Ina Grope
Unit J4 - Structure
Cluster IPR, industrial policy
• To broaden the Industrial involvement in Fusion and make European Industry more competitive
• Promote technology transfer from Associations to industry partners
• Training on IPR• Managing IPR abroad• Contact : C. Ibbott
Cluster EFDA• Promote efficient steering
by EFDA of research activities
• Promote efficient use of JET• Scientific and technical
matters• Contact : D. Maisonnier
Horizontal matters Contact : D. Bartlett• Ensure overall consistency• Setting-up new legal instruments• Contract management• Legal implementation of IEA Multilateral Agreement• Contribution to Directorate’s communication actions
Head of Unit : Yvan Capouet
The Team
Patricia LibertUnit Assistant
Yvan CapouetHead of Unit
Doug BartlettProgramme Officer
Ana Garcia SaguarLegal Officer
Carole DelvauxAssistant to HoU
Rosa AntidormiProgramme Officer
Steven BoothProgramme Officer
Ruggero Giannella Programme Officer
Ina GropeAssistant to
Associations Cluster
Your contact points
• General administration and procedures:– Ina Grope (Patricia Libert)
• Legal aspects:– Ana Garcia Saguar
• Matters specific to your Association:– Rosa Antidormi
(Belgian State, CEA, DCU, Hellenic Republic)– Steven Booth
(CU, FOM, FZK, FZJ, HAS, INRNE, IPP.CR, IPPLM, Latvia, LEI, MEdC, MHEST, TEKES)
– Ruggero Giannella(CIEMAT, ENEA, IPP, IST, ÖAW, RISØ, Swiss Confederation, UKAEA, VR)
Why do we have aMobility Agreement?
• We have (and want to maintain) an integrated European fusion programme
• That means: – many collaborations between Associations,– coordinated activities (ie. several Associations
working together under EFDA)– collective actions such as JET (all Associations
working together under EFDA)
• The financial support provided by the Mobility Agreement makes this possible
The “glue” which helps to hold the programme together!
The purpose of the Mobility Agreement
• From the text of the agreement:“to promote enhanced collaboration and integration of the Programme, and to foster international cooperation”
• In practice, this means:–encourage collaboration between Associations on research activities,
–support participation in meetings necessary for coordinated activities under EFDA,
–support research activities under international agreements, and representation of the EU in specified meetings.
Annual Budget
• Every year the Commission commits funds for use under the Mobility Agreement, according to the available budget.
• Therefore, each Association is given a ceiling for the year, based on past use of mobility. The sum of all the ceilings is equal to the mobility budget.
• But, adjustments of the ceilings which maintain the total may be made during the year, according to any anticipated over or under spending.
Flexibility