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BILAT-RUS Advanced – FP7-311836

D3.3 Concept for Sustainable Integration 1

Project Deliverable D3.3

Project Number:

311836

Project Acronym:

BILAT-RUS-

Advanced

Project Title:

Advancement of the bilateral Partnership in scientific

Research and Innovation with the Russian Federation

Instrument:

SUPPORT ACTION

Thematic Priority

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Title

D3.3 Concept for sustainable integration of Russian innovation actors into European networks

Organization name of lead contractor

for this deliverable: FFG

Document version

V 1.0

Dissemination level (Project co-funded by the European Commission within the Seventh

Framework Programme)

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Public

Restricted to other programme participants (including the Commission)

Restricted to a group defined by the consortium (including the Commission)

Confidential, only for members of the consortium (including the Commission)

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Authors:

Berna Windischbaur, FFG

Anton Yanovski, RTTN

Document version

V 2.0

Contractual Delivery Date: Month 30 Actual Delivery Date: M31

Start date of project:

01/11/2012

Duration:

36 months

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List of Abbreviations CC Competence Centers EEN Enterprise Europe Network ENV Environment (including climate change) ERA-NET European Research Area Network EU European Union FASIE Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises FP7 7th Framework Programme FTP Federal Targeted Programmes (of Russia) GDP Gross Domestic Product GERD Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D ICT Information and Communication Technologies INCO Internatinal cooperation INFRA Research Infrastructures ITC Innovative Territorial Cluster KBBE Food, agriculture and fisheries, and biotechnology NCP National Contact Point NMP Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies MES / MON Ministry of Education and Science RFTR Industry Development Fund RTTN Russian Technology Transfer Network RVC Russian Venture Company RVCA Russian Venture Capital Association R&D Research & Development SEC Security SiS Science in Society SME Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise SPA Space SSH Socio-economic sciences and the humanities S&T Science and Technology STI Science, Technology, Innovation TAFTIE The European Network of Innovation Agencies TP Technology Platform TPT Transport (including aeronautics)



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

In accordance with the Europe 2020 as well as the Innovate Russia-2020 Strategy, EU-Russian

scientific cooperation will go beyond research collaborations and focus on innovation partnerships in

the future.

The BILAT-Rus Advanced Project aim to facilitate the science, technology and innovation cooperation between Russia and the EU. With this purpose two work packages of the Project consist of various tasks and activities that are dedicated to stimulating research and innovation cooperation and fostering innovation. This concept paper as part of Work Package 3 Task 3.3, is based on an analysis of existing major Russian and European innovation networks, the current situation of Russian participation in the major European innovation networks as well as results of individual workshops dedicated to increase Russian-European innovation collaboration. The learnings and results of the activities undertaken within this task are gathered as concept for future actions in the area of integration of Russian innovation actors in European networks. The concept for sustainable integration of Russian innovation actors into European networks is based on the following two major components:

Improvement of Russian innovation capacity and framework conditions to assure more effective cooperation base

Better utilization of existing networks

The new Russian Governmental Agenda on National Technology Initiative, which is under

preparation, is expected to be a new instrument to serve the purpose of improvement of the

framework conditions, such as regulatory and business environments, promotion of human capital

(including industry-academia cooperation), improving market conditions, research and development

capacities and infrastructures as well as increasing innovation output.

On the other hand, better utilization of existing networks, such as the NCP network for the H2020

programme, EEN, Eureka, transnational programmes as well as other specific networks such as

Clusters, Technology Platforms and Competence Centers can support Russian innovation actors’

integration in Europe.



Table of Content INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 5

PURPOSE & SCOPE ................................................................................................................................... 6

BACKGROUND ......................................................................................................................................... 6

OVERVIEW OF THE RUSSIAN INNOVATION INSTRUMENTS ................................................................ 7

MAJOR EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NETWORKS AND RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION ...... 11

7th Framework Programme and the Horizon 2020........................................................................ 11

NCP Network ................................................................................................................................. 14

Enterprise Europe Network ........................................................................................................... 14

EUREKA .......................................................................................................................................... 16

Transnational R&D Collaborative Initiatives ................................................................................. 18

OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................................................ 21

DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................. 21

CONCEPT FOR SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATION ......................................................................................... 26

REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................... 30

ANNEX Workshop Reports ................................................................................................................... 31

Bridging Russian Innovation Clusters to European Cluster Networks .............................................. 31

Integrating Russian Innovation Actors into European Networks: Facilitating Cooperation between

Russian and European Technology Platforms ................................................................................... 37

State of the Art Competence Center Programmes in Europe: Opportunities for EU-Russia Science

and Technology Collaboration .......................................................................................................... 47



INTRODUCTION Science & Technology (S &T) cooperation between Russia and the European Union has a long standing history. This cooperation became more sustainable with the Framework Programmes, in which Russia has been the leading international S&T partner of the EU. With the launch of the new European framework programme 'Horizon 2020' these relations entered in a new era. On one hand changes in the funding rules for international partners explicitly put a new challenge to EU-Russia ST and Innovation (STI) cooperation. On the other hand, general openness of H2020 provides opportunities to all international partners for better connecting to the European Research Area. Parallel to these changes in H2020, the new Russian State Programme and the Federal Targeted Programmes for R&D provide the ground for a new balanced relationship in science, technology and innovation based on shared responsibility through co-funding and programme-level coordination.

Science, technology and innovation is very important to the prosperity of both Russia and Europe. Furthermore global challenges such as climate change as well as scarcity of resources such as water, energy, and food will have a global impact in the coming years and require better cooperation at the STI area and even integration of policy making processes. Although long standing STI cooperation is embedded in the core of EU-Russia relationships it is not fully utilized by political actors on both sides.

Framework Programmes have been one of the major instruments for Russia to better integrate in the European Research Area. Within the 7th Framework programme Russia was the leading international partner of the Programme.

The EU-Russia Year of Science in 2014 aimed to intensify bilateral STI cooperation. Despite the political tensions arose from the Ukrainian crisis, more than 170 events have been organized in Europe and in Russia. These events created opportunities for scientists, researchers, research and higher education institutions, companies from both sides to come together and learn about each other’s scientific and technological standing and capacities as well as potential cooperation areas.

Work Package 3 of the Project is dedicated to fostering innovation, paving the way for sustainable EU-Russian cooperation towards utilization of R&D results. Within this scope various partnering events have been organized in order to facilitate the integration of Russian innovation actors into European networks.

This report summarizes the results of these activities and provides a concept for future actions.



PURPOSE & SCOPE The current European growth strategy “Europe 20201” and the related flagship initiative “Innovation Union” focuses on improving conditions for an integral approach in supporting the whole chain from science to innovation. “Innovative Russia-2020” was approved in 2011 which aim to realize significant increase of domestic expenditure on R&D, to double the share of the high-tech sector of the GDP, and to significantly increase the industrial and SME innovation production. Although much has been achieved in EU-Russian S&T cooperation in the past decades, there is still room for improvement especially in defining concrete measures to support the implementation of R&D results in EU-Russian cooperation (linking research to innovation), and to harmonise cooperation policies and programmes between EU Member States and Russia as well as between the EU and Russia. Therefore, the objective of this work package is to facilitate this linkage for sustainable EU-Russian cooperation in the realm of innovation. This concept paper is based on an analysis of existing major Russian and European innovation networks, current situation of Russian participation in the major European innovation networks as well as results of individual workshops dedicated to increase Russian-European innovation collaboration.

BACKGROUND According to the Global Innovation Index 20142 results, Russia is ranked in 49. place, moved up from the 62 place in 2013. Same Index shows that Russia is strong in the following fields:

Education, especially tertiary education and specifically education in science and engineering

Employment in knowledge intensive sectors

Knowledge creation

Creative goods and services Russia’s major challenges are:

Institutions, which includes the political environment, effective role of governments, funding agencies.

Market sophistication, which refers to market conditions related to credits, investments and trade;

Innovation linkages between industry and academia

Creative outputs, role of innovation in education, public demand for innovation OECD Innovation Policy Review indicates the below challenges for Russia:

Low rate of investments has a negative effect on demand for innovation

Efficiency of state owned companies is relatively low to support Russia’s competition power in high-tech civil markets

Some innovation related infrastructures and institutions are needed to be reinforced (such as knowledge networks, IPR legislation)

Excellence and relevance are not always considered criteria for public research

Multiple and sometimes competing innovation strategies at the national and regional level

1 Europe 2020,pg.8 http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3217494/6655013/KS-EZ-14-001-EN-

N.pdf/a5452f6e-8190-4f30-8996-41b1306f7367 2 Global Innovation Index 2014, https://www.globalinnovationindex.org/content.aspx?page=data-analysis

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3217494/6655013/KS-EZ-14-001-EN-N.pdf/a5452f6e-8190-4f30-8996-41b1306f7367


https://www.globalinnovationindex.org/content.aspx?page=data-analysis



According to the OECD’s Economic Survey for Russia in 20143, the main recommendations are:

Strengthening the macroeconomic Framework

Establishing a transparent, coherent, and predictable business climate

Strengthening the skills and innovation

The recent Innovation Union Report 2015 indicates that Russia’s innovation performance is lagging behind that of the EU and the innovation gap continues to widen. Relative innovation performance was above 40% up until 2010 and has decreased to 31% in 2014. Innovation related challenges are valid not only for Russia but also many individual European countries. Therefore a development of a common approach to deal with these issues and increase targeted collaboration actions that create mutual benefit. This concept paper focuses on identifying common topics and existing instruments that have potential for further cooperation in mutually beneficial areas. In order to develop a meaningful concept it is necessary to mention the framework conditions as the starting point.

OVERVIEW OF THE RUSSIAN INNOVATION INSTRUMENTS

Stimulating International S&T Cooperation and Networking

The main governmental players in Russian innovation policy implementation are the Ministry of

Education and Science (Minobrnauki), the Ministry of Economic Development

(Minekonomrazvitiya), and the Ministry of Ind ustry and Trade (Minpromtorg) ,

whereas they shares policy making with the presidential apparatus. Other ministries such as the

Ministry of Information Technologies and Communication and the Ministry of Defence have also

innovation related responsibilities and budgets.

The major competitive R&D and innovation funding programme is the Federal Targeted Programme

for R&D in Priority Areas of Development of the Russian S&T Complex for 2014-2020. The

Programme includes the functional block “International cooperation” with the objective to promote

the integration of the Russian R&D sector into the global innovation system on the basis of a

balanced development of international scientific and technological cooperation, which includes the

following tasks:

organization and coordination of international R&D projects on a pre-commercial stage;

providing access for Russian researchers to the results of cutting-edge global studies and the

international R&D infrastructure;

establishment and development of mechanisms for international cooperation, targeted at

increasing the level of research;

development of cooperation links between Russian and foreign R&D organisations, creation

of a common S&T space.

3 OECD Economic Survey for Russia 2014, http://www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-

russian-federation.htm

http://www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-russian-federation.htm




RUBRUBThe Programme state funding foreseen for 2014 - 2020 is 197 bln (mlrd) RUB, the budget of

the block “International cooperation” is 13 bln (mlrd) RUB. including 6.18 billion Roubles (ca. € 125

million) for collaboration with the EU and EU Member States. The funds are allocated for joint

research projects and for visiting major international scientific and technological events. The joint

R&D projects are to be 50% co-financed by the foreign partner.

The expected results are:

strengthening the position of the Russian science and higher education in the world,

formation of their positive image;

development of new advanced R&D directions through involvement of leading foreign

experts into the joint works;

mutually beneficial information and technology exchange between the partner countries;

creation of efficient mechanisms for international cooperation, focused at the improvement

of the R&D quality in universities and R&D institutions.

The Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises (FASIE) is the Russian

innovation support fund for the SME sector and is linked to the Ministry of Education and Science. It

was established in 1994 and takes care of funding programmes for applied and market oriented

research with the aim of developing innovative and technology oriented enterprises and start-ups.

The international activities of FASIE lay mainly in two directions:

1) support of joint international projects where Russian SMEs are involved.

2) facilitation of transnational partnerships, support of the Russian participation in international

networks for innovation and technology transfer, organization of brokerage events.

FASIE holds regular bilateral calls for joint innovation projects between small innovative enterprises

under bilateral cooperation agreements with BMBF (Germany), BPI-France (France), TEKES (Finland).

Also, FASIE co-funds the participation of Russian SMEs in the projects supported by ERANET, in

particular, ERANET-SME, M-ERA, ERANET-RUS.Plus

FASIE applies co-funding requirements for companies, which participate in collaborative projects

supported under its different action lines.

Annually, FASIE provides financial support to over 1500 innovation SMEs. The support provided

helps to expand the opportunities for Russian SMES for integration into the global innovation

environment.

The Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) is a self-governed state nonprofit

organisation controlled by the RF Government. The Foundation provides grant support to R&D

projects initiated by leading groups of scientists in all the areas of fundamental science.

Among the RFBR objectives is the enhancement of the international cooperation in various areas of

fundamental science and promotion of the integration of the Russian R&D sector into the global S&T

space. The tasks set in this direction are:

Support of Russian scientists in making research in the framework of international cooperation in all areas of fundamental science;



Support of Russian scientists in taking part in conferences and meetings abroad;

Study and application of the experience of leading foreign foundations in funding research project based on calls.

The main source of funding is the federal budget. In 2013, the total RFBR budget was over 8 mlrd

RUB.

RFBR has a widest network of international cooperation: it has agreements and holds joint calls with

32 organisations from 25 countries (European Union, CIS countries, China, USA, Japan, India, Taiwan

and others). The joint projects can be co-funded by the RFBR and the partner organization, or

separately funded in each country, or funded by the foreign partner, with RFBR taking part in the

expert evaluation and selection of winners.

The international activity of RFBR is aimed to enhance the international prestige of the Russian

science. The projects are initiated, mainly, on the basis of existing scientific links.

The expected results are: implementation of projects in key areas of fundamental science,

advancement of Russian and global research, attraction of financial, information and intellectual

foreign resources into the Russian science, increase in the efficiency of Russian fundamental research

through interaction with foreign partners and utilization of foreign information and material base.

A new player in the Russian innovation system is the Russian Science Foundation (RSF),

established in 2013 with the general objective to provide financial and organizational support to

fundamental research and prospecting research, scientific education, development of research

teams – leaders of certain fields of science.

The RSF Programme for 2014-2016 includes the task: «Development of international scientific

cooperation, integration of the Russian fundamental science into the global science space». The

Programme implementation is funded by the Ministry of Education and Science; the foreseen budget

for 2015 is 17,2 bln RUB (and 19,1 bln RUB for 2016).

Support of international scientific cooperation by RSF is realized in the form of grants allocated for

fundamental and prospecting research projects implemented by joint research teams on the base of

Russian R&D organisations, higher educational institutions, as well as international (inter-state, inter-

governmental) R&D organisations situated in the Russian Federation. Thus, the RSF Programme is

oriented to the creation of world-level R&D laboratories in Russia by supporting the transfer of

scientific competences to the Russian Federation.

In 2013, the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Industry and Trade (Minpromtorg)

launched a joint programme for supporting Engineering Centres based in the leading Russian

technical universities and R&D organisations. Minpromtorg will also support Engineering Centres

based in private companies (by subsidizing the payment of interests for bank loans).

The federal funds allocated for the Programme make over 5 bln RUB for the period of 2014-2018.

Also, 27,7 bln RUB is planned to attract from other sources.

The planned activities under the Programme include:

improvement of the State regulations, especially in the field of taxes and State standards,

stimulation of demand for services of Engineering Centres, including subsidized services for

SMEs,

development of computer-aided engineering,

coordination of activity between engineering and industrial design organisations.



The expected results are:

for universities and R&D organisations: utilization of available RTD results and equipment,

additional income, better education of students through taking part in practical projects, jobs

for graduates.

for the industry: better opportunities for utilization of previous RTD results, raising skills of

company specialists; growing demand for engineering services, access to the research

infrastructure of universities and R&D organisations.

In 2012, the concept of Innovative Territorial Clusters (ITCs) was implemented in the

Russian Federation. By the year 2013, 25 clusters were selected for funding via open competition.

Already since 2008 clusters received attention from the Ministry of Economic Development and the

regional authorities. The RF State Programme “Economic development and innovation economy”,

adopted in 2014, foresees federal support to regional programmes for the ITC development.

The main priorities of Innovative Territorial Clusters are the enhancement and strengthening of

cooperation among cluster members and encouragement of entrepreneurial activity in those

regions, which belong to an ITC. Clusters from any region of Russia can participate in an ITC. Further,

no specific scientific and industrial sector is targeted, so ITCs can be established in any relevant field.

Many Russian clusters include foreign and international companies that have their production in the

cluster area, or involve foreign partners into implementation of their projects. Some clusters have

concluded agreements with foreign clusters to foster joint activities.

Inclusion of Russian clusters to the global added-value creation chains would allow increasing the

national technological level and enhancing the economic growth through raising the competitiveness

of cluster member companies by

- industrial introduction of best technologies and novel equipment,

- access to the up-to-date management methods and special knowledge,

- opportunity to enter high-tech global markets.

The financial support to various needs of clusters is provided from several ministries and

foundations, including inter-ministerial subsidies covering the gaps of direct funding channels (cluster

management services, consulting services, raising skills of cluster participants, including the

education abroad, exhibition activity, development of infrastructure in the areas where clusters are

located). In 2014, the total amount of federal subsidies made 2,5 bln RUB. The most demanded

direction, where the most federal subsidies were provided, was the development of innovation

infrastructure, primary Engineering Centres.

Rosnano Corporation launched a program for development about 12 Nanotechnology centers .

Nanotechnology centers (nanocenters) are indispensable elements of infrastructure for developing

Russia’s Nano industry. They incubate start-ups and prepare small innovative companies for market

entry providing full complex of support including investments, scientific & technical expertise and

access to high-tech equipment.

First 4 nanocenters were launched in 2011-2012. By the end of 2014, a network consisted of 12 fully

independent nanocenters. Located in 11 cities, 9 regions, nanocenters present in most major Russian

regions.



Nanocenters’ technology focus depends on its partners, investors, scientific teams and market needs.

Top priority industries are construction materials, composites, biotech, electronics, petrochemicals,

coatings, lasers and robotics.

Key figures and facts (by the end of 2014):

12B rubles are invested in startups and innovative infrastructure;

360+ startups are in portfolio;

2.4B rubles revenue is received by nanocenters and startups;

Partnership and Joint Venture with market leaders including ASML, DOW, IMEC, SOLLIANCE,

InterMolecular.

MAJOR EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NETWORKS AND RUSSIAN

PARTICIPATION

The European Research Area aims to reinforce excellence across Europe and increase Europe’s global

competitiveness and capability to successfully tackle grand challenges. It includes various measures

such as more effective national research systems, which means performance based competitive

funding; transnational cooperation, which refers to aligning national programmes and activities to

common agendas at EU level addressing societal challenges, as well as joint establishment and

operation of research infrastructures; opening up labor market for researchers, which means

enhancement of their skills to enable them to work outside of the academia. Other measures are

gender equality, open access, and open innovation.

7th Framework Programme and the Horizon 2020

According to the table below Russia has participated 545 times in 346 projects and received over 73 Million Euro EC contributions. The distribution of the Russian participation (by number of projects) over the different FP7 sub programmes is also shown below as pie chart.



Source: European Commission; As of October 2014

Detailed participation figures according to the sub programmes are indicated below.

Programme Participation As Coordinator EC Contribution Projects

HEALTH 40 7.825.093 24

KBBE 44 4.748.132 28

ICT 43 7.454.575 31

NMP 46 8.202.078 32

ENERGY 23 2.912.330 12

ENV 44 1 4.486.776 28

TPT 100 16.438.266 54

SSH 16 2.173.031 14

SPA 52 4.764.839 33

SEC 1 175.950 1

SP1-JTI 2 149.760 2

ERC 1 134.100 1

PEOPLE 32 20 3.873.958 32

INFRA 45 3.654.038 26

SME 5 479.258 4

SiS 3 232.725 3

INCO 36 1 2.558.646 10

Fission 12 2.903.627 11

Total 545 22 73.167.181 346

HEALTH 7%

KBBE 8%

ICT 9%

NMP 10%

ENERGY 4%

ENV 8%

TPT 16%

SSH 4%

SPA 10%

PEOPLE 10%

INFRA 8%

INCO 3%

Fission 3%

Russian Participation in FP7 Sub Programmes



According to the organization types Russian research organizations has the lead in FP7 with 45%,

followed by higher education organizations (31%) and companies (19%). Russian SMEs constitute

38% of the companies participating in the FP7.

Participation of Russia in FP7 According to Organization Type

Organisations Participation EC Contribution

HES

169 17.599.568

PRC

106 13.456.761

SME 41 7.923.817

REC

247 40.168.017

PUB

14 1.433.700

OTH

9 509.135

Gesamtergebnis 545 73.167.181 HES: Higher or secondary education, PRC: Private for profit, REC: Research organisations, PUB: Public body (excluding

research and education),OTH: Other

Source: European Commission; As of October 2014

According to the H2020 statistics as of March 2015 there are 61 proposals with participations from

Russia. 17 projects with 30 participations are approved for EC funding.

Source: European Commission; As of March 2015

The participation profile shows similarities with FP7. Out of 30 participations 53% are from research

organizations, 26% are from higher education organizations and 13% are from private companies.

Nevertheless EC contribution is almost the same amount for research organizations and universities.

Source: European Commission; As of March 2015

Pillar

approved

Participation

Approved EC

Contribution Projects

Excellent Science EU.1.3. MSCA 2 - 2

Excellent Science EU.1.4. INFRA 10 598.778 3

Industrial Leadership EU.2.1.6. SPACE 3 326.831 3

Societal Challenges EU.3.4. TPT 4 - 3

Societal Challenges EU.3.5. ENV 1 210.000 1

Societal Challenges EU.3.6. SOCIETY 7 682.709 2

EURATOM Euratom EURATOM 3 151.408 3

Total 30 1.969.726 17

Programme

Approved Projects with Russian Participation in H2020

Organisation type

Approved

Participation

Approved EC

Contribution

Higher or secondary education 8 724.593

Private for profit (excl. education) 4 301.251

Research organisations 16 736.509

Public body (excl. research and education) 1 27.373

Others 1 180.000

30 1.969.726



During the FP7 Russia cooperated mostly with the following countries4: Germany (645), UK (543),

France (542), Italy (410) and Spain (210).

Major European Networks are important instruments to provide opportunities for enhanced STI

cooperation within and beyond H2020. These Networks are outlined below:

NCP Network

As known NCPs are national structures established and financed by governments of the 28 EU

member states and the states associated to the framework programme. NCPs representing the

H2020 programmes, are expected to deliver the following services in their country:

Guidance on choosing relevant H2020 topics and types of action

Advice on administrative procedures and contractual issues

Training and assistance on proposal writing

Distribution of documentation (forms, guidelines, manuals etc.)

Assistance in partner search

With their knowledge and expertise as well as national and European wide networks, NCPs play a

critical role in successful participation in H2020. Compared to FP7, H2020 requires awareness on

wide variety of horizontal topics, such as ICT, SME, innovation, international cooperation. NCPs are

therefore required to be more knowledgeable about all other programmes in addition to their

specific area and provide a wider and more interlinked consultation offer for their customers.

Regarding international cooperation; within the structure of the previous Framework programmes

there used to be a dedicated NCP for international cooperation. However, due to change of structure

in H2020, international cooperation is mostly integrated in the priority areas. Therefore it became

more important for non-associated partner countries to have closer communication with European

NCPs because now they are also responsible for promoting international cooperation, in order to

facilitate access to and link to the best researchers and best sources of expertise globally.

Russia has an advantage of its long existing, nationally and European wide recognized NCP system.

Nevertheless, the change in the funding rules for Russian participants of the H2020 requires more

attention and closer relations at the European level. In addition to their regular NCP tasks outlined

above, Russian NCPs should be more visible in Europe, and in closer contact with their EU colleagues

in order to disseminate information about the Russian interests in open calls and existence of Russian

co-funding mechanism so that not being eligible for funding should not be seen as a reason for

exclusion for potential Russian partners.

For further information:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/support/national_contact_poi

nts.html

Information about the Russian Co-funding Mechanism

Enterprise Europe Network

The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) supports small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to find partners to do business abroad, to acquire new technologies making their products more

4 Figures in parentheses indicated the number of participation.

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competitive on international markets and/or to identify partners for European funded research projects. To date, the Enterprise Europe Network remains the world’s largest business and innovation network uniting Europe’s 500 leading chambers of commerce, technology institutes, universities and research centres. There are approximately 100 Network contact points in third countries.

Russian Federation joined the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) in 2008 under Article 21.5 of the Competiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP). During 2008-2014 EEN-Russia consisted of 3 network organisations:

Union of Innovation Technology Centers of Russia (RUITC), coordinator,

Russian Technology Transfer Network (RTTN);

Russian Agency for Support of Small and Medium Business (RASMB). A unique feature of the Russian consortium was that it is formed by the coordinators of 3 national networks entering Enterprise Europe Network as an integrated network. So, in addition to the direct support for the clients (SMEs, Universities, Research centers, etc.), the services for them are provided by selected members - regional centres of the Russian Business and Innovation Networks (RuBIN). It is implemented through the national project Gate2RuBIN, supported by FASIE and the Ministry for Economic Development (MED). The role of the Russian consortium in this case is animation, coordination of RF-RF and RF-EU relationships, methodological support for regional centres. One of the main factors for this model is the vast geographical dimension of Russia, hampering direct contacts of consortium partners with the clients. By now, Gate2RuBIN activities cover 36 Russian regions (from the total number 86) - the regions, most active in innovation area.

As a result of EEN-Russia/Gate2RuBIN activities, more than 150 small Russian companies and R&D organisations have established partnerships and carry out joint projects with EU partners. A significant part of these projects are innovative (over 60%). According to the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovations (EACI) report published on August 1, 2013, the EEN-Russian consortium is a leader in terms of performance indicators among “third countries” consortia for the period of 2008-2012. In 2010-2012, EEN-Russia produced 51 partnerships between Russian and European SMEs. It is the second place among “third” countries (the first is taken by Switzerland).

The table below shows the capacities arising from the participation of Russia in the Enterprise Europe Network: opportunities created and results achieved.

Capacities

Contacts with 650 business and innovation support organisations In the EU and 24 other countries (51 country in total)

5600 consultants and experts

Over 2,5 mln SMEs

Database of offers and requests (business, innovations, R&D) – over 10 000 profiles

Participation in specialised events (brokerage events)

Common methodology, technologies, IT -tools

Opportunities

Search for partners for entering new markets

Establishment of project consortia for EU innovation programmes

Promotion of innovative technologies /competences

Involvement of EU expertise, technologies, business solutions

Achieved results

Over 1400 partner search profiles from Russian organisations prepared and disseminated

Over 150 RF-EU partnerships established



Over 40 applications to the international calls of FASIE submitted

35 innovative Russian SMEs integrated into 22 project proposals to FP7 calls

7 projects with involvement of Russian organisations supported within FP7 and ERANET

Performance indications of EEN-Russia consortium in 2013 is presented in table below:

Performance indicators

EEN-Russia

Consortium

Regional

average (BRIC)

Total average

PA Commercial 11 2,8 1,8

PA Technological 6 1,9 1,3

PA Research 4 0,6 0,5

Brokerage events (BE) & Company

missions (CM) 17 7,3 8,7

Local clients in BE/CM 125 144,3 126,0

Client to client meetings at BE/CM 354 242,8 267,2

Partnership Proposals (PP) in database

(total) 403 52,9 36,0

Expressions of interest (received) 764 99,0 60,1

Expressions of interest (made) 1257 164,8 94,8

Enquiries/questions answered from EU

partners 523 159,0 144,1

From January, 2015 Russia continues its participation in the Enterprise Europe Network via

consortium consisting of 3 organisations:

Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises in Science and Technology, FASIE

(coordinator)

Russian Union of Innovation and Technology Centers

Russian Agency for Small and Medium Business Support

The official web-site of the EEN-Russia consortium is http://business-russia-een.ru/en/

EUREKA

EUREKA is a publicly-funded, intergovernmental network, involving over 40 countries. EUREKA’s aim is to enhance European competitiveness by fostering innovation-driven entrepreneurship in Europe, between small and large industry, research institutes and universities.

http://een.ec.europa.eu/tools/services/EVE/Event/ListEvents

http://een.ec.europa.eu/tools/services/EVE/Event/ListEvents

http://een.ec.europa.eu/tools/services/SearchCenter/Search/ProfileSimpleSearch?shid=32db25cb-726f-43b0-8b5f-7742d0935799

http://business-russia-een.ru/en/



Russia is a member country since 1993 but participating in projects since 1985. Ministry for Industry and Trade is in charge for EUREKA in Russia. As it is seen from the below chart there is no project after 2012.

Since 1985 Russia has participated in 107 EUREKA individual projects (none between 2012-2015), 2 Cluster projects started in 2011 (CELTIC PLUS) and in 2012 (ITEA 2) with a total budget of 44,9 M€. The most common partner countries of Russia are: BE, DE, ES, CZ, IT, SK, FI, FR, SLO.

Source: Eureka Secretariat

For comparison, the participation figures of other major Eureka partner countries within 2010-2014 period are indicated below. As it is clearly seen, Canada and South Korea have increased their participation in Eureka activities 5 times more than Russia in 2010-2014 period.

Country Total Projects Total project investment

South Korea 41 33,52 M€ Canada 41 16,85 M€ South Africa 4 1,06 M€

There is no clear evidence, statement or any kind of document indicating the reasons behind Russia’s silence in Eureka. Based on unofficial talks the reasons were:



- internal changes in Ministry of Industry and Trade (moving responsibility from one people to other/ from one department to other) - lack of interest and political will in the responsible Ministry (Ministry of Industry and Trade) - lack of project proposals from Russian side (it is not a reason rather a consequence) Eureka Secretariat had a meeting with the Ministry for Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation in June 2014 to discuss how to re-generate participation from Russia in Eureka Programmes. The meeting results were not made public however, it was confirmed that The Ministry for Industry and Trade was the main actor for the development and implementation of federal innovation policies in the areas of industrial policy and industrial development, including industrial research. The Ministry has also the responsibility for all EUREKA issues and was (and still is) the EUREKA National Funding Agency. Nevertheless a re-organization Ministry was deemed necessary for intensifying Eureka Russia activities. Following this event Eureka Secretariat was invited as speaker to the Cluster workshop, where they drew attention to high interest in Eureka to involve more Russian participation. Nevertheless the situation has not changed yet.

Further information: http://www.eurekanetwork.org

Transnational R&D Collaborative Initiatives ERA is not limited to H2020. Europe 2020 sets the following three priorities: –Smart growth: developing an economy based on knowledge and innovation. –Sustainable growth: promoting a more resource efficient, greener and more competitive economy. –Inclusive growth: fostering a high-employment economy delivering social and territorial cohesion.

The Commission has put forward seven flagship initiatives to catalyze progress under each priority theme. H2020 is the financial instrument of the Innovation Union initiative, which is one of the seven flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020. Transnational initiatives also support this priority. According to the Netwatch Policy Brief 35 there is a high degree of continuity among different research collaboration initiatives in Europe, with two thirds of all actions initially funded under FP6 experiencing some form of subsequent continuation. Therefore these initiatives and networks play an important role in the realization of Europe 2020 objectives complementary to H2020. Within the same study, which is based on four case studies combining different instruments (ERA-NETs, Article 185s, Self-sustaining networks, etc.) over time, the following barriers, which are at the same time “motivations” for international cooperation transnational research programming along the four dimensions of policy coordination are indicated6:

5 NETWATCH Policy Brief Series – Brief Nº3 Added value of transnational research programming: lessons from longstanding

programme collaborations in Europe 6 Same resource, pg:13

http://www.eurekanetwork.org/

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2010:2020:FIN:DE:PDF



As Europe 2020 priorities also include non-research ERA related policies, the study covered such policies as well, such as support to SMEs, Contribution to societal challenges, regulatory frameworks, social exclusion &poverty, and standardization. Result of the study shows at the below table that the contribution of the selected cases also contribute to non-research related policy areas relevant to ERA at different levels.



7

ERALearn 2020, is a H2020 funded project started on 1 January 2015, aims to provide an integrated framework to strengthen P2P and support national and/or regional funding organisations in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and assessment of joint actions and ERA instruments (ERA-NET, Art. 185, JTI, JPI, ETP, EUREKA and other relevant) This platform and its activities will develop a common approach to the planning and implementation of joint activities and aligned national and/or regional activities, their monitoring and impact assessment. Therefore it is recommended for Russian national authorities to follow this initiative closely and take part in its activities whenever possible. For further information: http://www.era-learn.eu Era-Learn 2020 Newsletter

7 Same resource pg. 19

http://www.era-learn.eu/

http://netwatch.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/10412/0/ERA-LEARN%202020%20Newsletter%20%231%20%28May%202015%29?version=1.0&t=1432737838684



OBJECTIVES The task 3.3 aims to bring European and Russian innovation actors together on the basis of analyses

done in other tasks in this work package and facilitate the integration of Russian innovation actors in

established European innovation networks.

DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES The deliverable 3.3 was prepared within the Task 3.3 of the BILAT-RUS-Advanced “Integration of

Russian innovation actors into European networks”

Within this task following activities were undertaken:

Activity Responsible Deadline

Desk research on major Russian and European Innovation Actors

Task Group August 2013-

Brainstorming and discussion sessions to set the scope of innovation policy and practice workshops (target topics/audiences)

Task Group September October 2013

Organization of the workshops

Lead: FFG Organizers: TP workshop: HSE, Zenit Cluster workshop: Zenit, FASIE CC workshop: FFG,RTTN TAFTIE Workshop: FFG, RTTN EEN workshop: RTTN, FFG

TP workshop: May 2014 Cluster workshop: October 2014 CC workshop: May 2015 EEN workshop: June 2014 TAFTIE Workshop: September 2014

Reporting Workshop organizers Within a month after the workshop

Preparation of the overall analysis and the Concept Paper

FFG RTTN

May-June 2015

Workshops aimed to

- raise the awareness on collaboration potential and their benefits, - present the best practice of EU-Russian collaboration projects , - encourage practitioners for further cross-border development and innovation and to involve

practitioners into the policy discussion.

The following three workshops were organized within T3.3:

- Facilitating Cooperation between Russian and European Technology Platforms (20 May 2014,

Moscow);

- Bridging Russian Innovation Clusters to European Cluster Networks (1 October 2014, Bonn);



- State-of-The-Art Competence Center Programmes in Europe : Opportunities for EU-Russia Science and Technology Collaboration (28 May 2015, Moscow)

The following workshops were planned but could not be organized within T3.3

- “Integration of Russian Innovation actors into European networks: cooperation between Russian Development Institutions and European Innovation Agencies”, so called TAFTIE Workshop. This workshop with European national innovation support agencies were planned in 2014, back to back with the TAFTIE Annual Conference in June 2014 in Poland. However, due to the political situation the national innovation agencies became reluctant in participation in this workshop, although many of them had bilateral running cooperation with various Russian agencies. Due to the political situation Russia was not on the top priority list for agencies. Therefore the networked initiated cooperation with other non European countries, such as Brazil and South Korea.

- "Enhancing the Russian presence in the Enterprise Europe Network 2015-2021: national innovation actors" The purpose of the workshop was to have discussions about the new EEN call, its contribution to Russia’s cooperation with Europe. The workshop was also planned to provide input for the EEN Russia proposal for the open EEN call. However, a new EEN Russia consortium was established in the meantime and such a workshop was not seen necessary on the Russian side.

Focus: Clusters

Activity: International workshop on “Bridging Russian Innovation Clusters to European Cluster

Networks” 1 October 2014, Bonn-Germany

The key objective of the cluster policy is to accelerate the economic growth and to diversify the

economy by means of improving the competitiveness of manufacturers, equipment suppliers, service

providers, and research and educational institutions which constitute the territorial industrial

clusters.

Implementation of the cluster policy stimulates the development of the competitiveness of

businesses through the realization of the potential of effective interactions of cluster members

resulting from their geographic proximity to one another, facilitated access to innovations,

developing shared solutions, exploiting know-how, specialized services and qualified workforce and

lower transaction costs, all of which encourages the implementation of joint projects and effective

“competition”.

The major benefits of clusters are:

Raising attractiveness of regions

Increasing regional competitiveness and competences through cross sectoral cooperation by using local sources (know-how, skills, etc.)

Supports employment opportunities and promote entrepreneurship In Russia the first national cluster programme was launched in 2012. In Russia territorial cluster is

defined as an association of enterprises, suppliers of equipment, service centres, research and

http://www.innoclusters.ru/en/glossary_of_terms#cluster_policy



educational organizations, which are closely located and functionally related to each other in

production and realization of goods and services.8

The Russian Ministry of Economic Development has selected 25 projects that fell into two groups.

The first group includes 13 clusters with development programmes that will be supported with

annual €114M subsidies over the next five years, starting from 2013. Twelve clusters will form

another group unsupported by federal subsidies and are provided with different opportunities to

apply for financial support to regional budgets, federal targeted programmes, public companies and

institutes of development.

Among the 13 clusters are Zelenograd (district of Moscow) and Dubna (Moscow region), and other

two clusters in the Moscow region (Dolgoprudnyi and Puschino). Zelenograd specialises in IT and

nuclear physics, while Dubna focuses on nanotechnology and nuclear physics, Dolgoprudnyi covers

areas of ICT, space technology, new materials, pharmaceuticals and biomedicine as well as energy

efficiency. Other clusters, in Obninsk located in the Kaluga region and Moscow region (Puschino)

focus on biotechnologies and biomedicine.

The first group also includes other clusters in the Russian regions: IT and biopharmaceutical

technology in Novosibirsk; aerospace in Samara; nuclear and radiation technologies in Krasnoyarsk,

Ulyanovsk and Nizhny Novgorod; IT, pharmaceuticals and medical technology in Tomsk; chemistry

and petrochemistry in the Republic of Tatarstan; and energy efficient sources of light in the Republic

of Mordovia.

In the BILAT-Rus Advanced project workshop, around 40 participants from clusters, regional

representatives, universities and research centers were brought together and they discussed the

Cluster policies and funding instruments in Europe and in Russia, as well as collaboration exercises

including success stories, good practice as well as challenges for cooperation. The following possible

forms of international cooperation have been identified:

Joint research and innovation projects;

Production of innovative goods and services;

Investments into the development of manufacturing;

Training of specialists and staff of enterprises;

Supporting the internationalization of cluster members - SMEs.

Focus: Technology Platforms

Activity: International workshop on “Facilitating Cooperation between Russian and European

Technology Platforms”, 20 May 2014, Moscow- Russia

European Technology Platforms bring together stakeholders in key economic sectors, which mainly include research facilities, national and regional government agencies, financial institutions, user groups, regulating authorities, policy-makers and Non-Profit-Organisations. Industry acts as the driving force for all of this. These multi-stakeholders platforms play a key role in better aligning EU research priorities to industry’s needs, focusing on strategic issues where achieving Europe’s future growth, competitiveness and sustainability depends upon major technological advances. Through the development of Strategic Research Agendas and of the implementation plans, Technology platforms play a strategic role in defining research priorities in economic relevant sectors and in marshaling a critical mass of public and private European resources. They enable the

8 The definition of Russian territorial cluster does not mention local authorities, but the latter can provide

financial support to clusters from regional budget.



coordination of public and private R&D expenditures at a European and national level and guarantee an adequate investment of funds in research areas of high relevance. They are important actors in the development of European research policies and important advisory bodies for the European Commission, enabling it to establish ongoing and future research framework programmes. In particular within the 7th framework programme these bodies actively provided advice to respond in the most effective way to the research needs of the industry. To the federal government, technology platforms are not just an important communication tool for the innovation system’s actors but also an instrument for identifying priority areas for projects the government intends to support in the framework of relevant programmes. Technology platforms’ key role in designing such projects was stressed by the RF President in his December address Russian Technology Platforms have been established in 2010, following the successful application of the European technology platforms.

On the European side First ETPs were established in 2003, as one of the major elements of strengthening of the European Research and Innovation Area by “creating European technology platforms bringing together technological know-how, industry, regulators, and financial institutions to develop a strategic agenda for leading technologies”. As of now there are 40 technology platforms active in the European Union. These ETPs are industry-led stakeholder fora, which

develop short- and long-term research and innovation agendas and roadmaps for action at EU and national levels, i.e. at the level of EU member states. They are supported by both private and public funding. These TPs play an important role with their strategic research and innovation agenda, which defines research priorities, including those under the EU research framework programmes. During the workshop, European and Russian participants, who represents the technology platforms from both sides as well as public officials from Russia have presented their technology platforms and discussed the cooperation possibilities such as within H2020, bilateral or within the scope of multilateral initiatives.

Nevertheless, the workshop could not foster any further cooperation among European and Russian TPs due to various reasons. On the Russian side, although there is a general support for TPs as one of the innovation support mechanisms, the future of TPs in Russia is nowadays very much under discussion due to their wide variety of activities, incomparable performance results and lack of future prospects due to limited financial support available in the future. Additionally, Russian TPs are currently more national oriented, which means that there is a lack of interest or structure for international cooperation.

Links:

European Technology Platforms: http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-

union/index_en.cfm?pg=etp

Russian Technology Platforms: http://www.rftr.ru/en/

http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/index_en.cfm?pg=etp

http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/index_en.cfm?pg=etp

http://www.rftr.ru/en/



Focus: Competence Centers

Activity: International workshop on “State-of-The-Art Competence Center Programmes in Europe :

Opportunities for EU-Russia Science and Technology Collaboration”, 28 May 2015, Moscow-

Russia.

Similar to Clusters, competence centers facilitate cooperation between industry and science in a

targeted manner with respect to leading edge technologies. The objectives of competence centers

are:

Facilitate excellence in innovation systems

Support sustainable networks and partnerships between science and industry

Improve and accelerate the transformation of knowledge into innovation

Strengthen human potential

The major difference between Clusters and competence center models are while clusters offer more

ad-hoc, project base industry-academia relations competence centers act as structural

collaborations. Secondly, development of human potential lies in the heart of the model as they

underpin education for the next generation scientists/engineers and tacit knowledge exchange with

industry. Last but not least competence centers provide industry with a competitive edge through

‘strategic’ medium -long term research.

The recent major trends affecting competence Center development are smart specialization and

Align national initiatives around the European agenda of Societal Challenges, Key Enabling

Technologies and Industrial Leadership.

Competence center workshop, which was

organized on 28

May 2015, provided an overview and

practices about European competence

centers to Russian STI stakeholders.

Over 100 participants have discussed

innovation policies and tools in Europe

and Russia forming and supporting

Competence centers, cooperation

practices (including experiences of

cooperation) and presentation /networking of participating competence center representatives

mainly in the field of nanotechnology, advance materials.

As a good functioning model fostering industry-academia collaboration it was well received by the

Russian stakeholders. Moreover some cooperation interests have been generated between selected

European and Russian Competence centers/Centers of Excellences due to the fact that basic science

is an integral part of the competence center setting and Russia, as indicated before, offers unique

chance with its excellent scientific knowledge and understanding. It is recommended that this model

can be closely followed by Russian authorities, as an implementation measure for their national

technology initiative. At the same time Russian innovation actors (including universities, research

centers) are recommended to be proactive in establishing cooperation, have a close look on



Competence Centers in Europe since those centers are usually open for (and in some cases forced to)

international cooperation.

European Competence Centers can be reached through national innovation support agencies via

TAFTIE (The European Network of Innovation Agencies):

http://www.taftie.org/content/task-force-compact-0

Link to the Workshop presentations: https://yadi.sk/d/48NJWUEXgwgta

Workshops targeting national innovation support agencies as well as focusing on Enterprise Europe

Network were also considered and even planned but not organized due to lack of adequate interest

on both sides.

CONCEPT FOR SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATION The concept for sustainable integration of Russian innovation actors into European networks is based on the following two major components:

Improvement of Russian innovation capacity and framework conditions to assure more effective cooperation base


Improvement of innovation capacity and framework conditions A long term perspective is essential in sustainable EU-Russia cooperation and STI is the only field of cooperation which can assure this perspective. Without a solid scientific base it is not possible to foster innovation and knowledge based economy.

In this context, Russia has an excellent basic science and technology capacity based on its long

standing tradition. Moreover this excellence carried Russian scientists and researchers in the

framework programmes and provided good reputation and recognition. Although H2020 seems to

put more focus on the innovation aspect, excellence in science is still in the core of the programme

as well as the starting point for H2020 partnerships, as it was for previous framework programmes.

Therefore, Russia has the capacity to be the major international partner also in H2020. On the other

hand, the new focus of H2020 can be interpreted as a new opportunity for Russian policy makers and

innovation actors, as they aim to increase their innovation capacity at the national level. It requires

various actions including improving conditions of regulatory and business environments, promotion

of human capital (including industry-academia cooperation), improving market conditions, research

and development capacities and infrastructures as well as increasing innovation output. Without any

substantial improvement in these framework conditions in Russia cooperation with Europe will be

limited on a project base and not create and visible impact on the society.

These framework conditions should be addressed and implemented by national authorities. The new

Russian Governmental Agenda on National Technology Initiative aims to upgrade its industrial sector

and become one of the innovation leaders. The details of the programme as well as implementation

measures will be defined by the Agency for Strategic Initiatives9, Russian Academy of Science in

9 http://www.asi.ru/en/

http://www.taftie.org/content/task-force-compact-0

https://yadi.sk/d/48NJWUEXgwgta

http://www.asi.ru/en/



collaboration with various Russian state organizations towards the end of 2015. This Initiative can be

a new opportunity for focusing on the framework conditions and improving coordination among

various state organizations working on the same field. In another words, mission, strategy and

activities of each national innovation supporting organization and their respective programmes

should be complementary to each other rather than repetitive or competitive. This fine tuning and

coordination among state organizations will also provide to the innovation players more clear

perspective.

Another supporting framework instrument is the Bilateral Programmes with Member States at the ministerial, agency or university level. National STI Programmes are usually aligned with European priorities and therefore cooperation at the bilateral level will also help Russian organizations to get linked to Europe. According to the «Review of the S&T Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and Russia10» Russia has S& T agreements with 15 of the 27 EU Member States. Additionally six EU Member States have also other bilateral agreements with Russia, which address science or technology issues. These agreements in practice result with joint calls and jointly funded projects, which aim to enable scientists in signatory countries to build an effective collaboration on a research topic of mutual interest. Bilateral agreements at the University level were not considered within the scope of this report due to limited resources. However, they are as important as agreements at the ministerial or agency level due to the fact that, internationalization is still perceived more in the area of (higher) education rather than research and technological cooperation. Moreover as known universities are the natural hosts of initial cooperation between scientists and researchers, in terms of mobility and project-base collaboration. These type of collaboration instruments are mostly used for as mutual learning, capacity building and for attracting retaining or developing human resources for S&T. Therefore, internationalization of the universities should be considered within the scientific and technological development plans.


In this section how Russia can increase its effective participation in major European networks has

been formulated.

Russia has been involved very actively in NCP Networks. NCP network will continue to promote

Russian participation in H2020 programme. At the same time it is very important that Russian NCPs

continue to participate in European wide NCP activities, meetings and be visible to their European

colleagues as well as inform them about the co-funding programme which enables Russian

researchers and other innovation actors to participate in H2020 projects. This information must be

extensively promoted throughout Europe so that the changed funding rules should not be perceived

as a barrier (by potential European project coordinators) for Russian participation in H2020. Russian

NCPs should also promote this information in their national activities, meaning that following the

launch of the new WP 2016-2017 they should include this aspect to their nation-wide awareness

raising activities.

The role of NCPs in the H2020 is not only limited to promotion of their specific field, but rather

widely covering various cross-cutting horizontal issues such as innovation, SMEs, transnational

programmes and international cooperation. Therefore many NCPs in Europe have been re-organized

to meet the new expectations of H2020. Horizontal issues are added in their responsibility areas in

order to have better coordination among them, knowledge management and providing more

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comprehensive consultancies and guidance to researchers and companies. Russian NCPs are

recommended to view these new structures and adapt the most suitable ones for them.

Russia has been participating in Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) since 2008 with an outstanding

achievement in the last years. EEN is one of the European networks that support innovation

partnerships of SMEs in Europe and beyond. It is a European-wide recognized instrument for

business support.

The Annual Guidance Note 2015 sets the following priorities for the Enterprise Europe Network in the first year of its new period of operations:

Establish the new Network and ensure that all partners are fully integrated as soon as possible (including the Business Cooperation Centres outside the EU)

Put in place and deliver all core services to high quality standards (including new services such as resource efficiency and support for innovation management).

Enhance the visibility of the Network’s services

Develop cooperative relationships with local stakeholders to increase visibility of the Network’s services and bring these services to a large group of SMEs (through synergies with other service providers).

Encourage a new generation of Sector Groups in sectors of strategic interest to Network partners and their host organizations, in line with EU policy developments

Progressively start implementing the policy focus areas of this guidance note, starting with those which provide greatest value added for your services to SMEs

These priories should be taken into consideration by the new EEN Russia consortium and action plans

must be implemented nationwide.

Knowledge and expertise gain by the Russian EEN consortia in the past should be used and further

developed throughout Russia, covering all major ST active regions that provide high potential.

Policy makers should promote EEN activities in Russia at the regional level in order to foster regional

innovation capacity of the SMEs through business and technological cooperation as well as strong

support services.

Eureka has been an important network in supporting market-oriented R&D projects and gained

more importance with the H2020 since innovation was put on focus. As known Eureka projects

bring mainly SMEs and large companies but also universities and research centers together in

relatively simplified instruments. Russia is a member country since 1993 but participating in

projects since 1985. Ministry for Industry and Trade is in charge for EUREKA in Russia. Although

there is a high interest from Russian organizations, it has been observed that the Ministry is not

actively promoting participation since 2012. Eureka is a well-established strong European network

that provides good cooperation possibilities to mainly SMEs in member countries. Therefore it is

recommended to regenerate interest from the governmental side and offer this possibility to

Russian innovation actors in order to foster their internationalization activities with Europe



especially in the market oriented research and technology development where Russia needs to put

more focus.

Transnational Programmes11 become one of the major multinational instruments aiming to bring the

national research and innovation agendas together and aligning them to each other in order to

create critical mass and increasing the impact on society. In another words together they are shaping

the STI landscape and resources in Europe by aligning their national programmes. Era-Nets, for

example, are one of those programmes that Russia actively participates and benefits from

cooperation. FASIE is the participating agency from the Russian side that supports innovation

activities of SMEs. ERA-Nets are good practice examples of integration and participation of Russian

actors in ERA-Nets should be further promoted on a thematic basis of mutual interest.

These initiatives are at different stages with regard to their internationalization, some more

advanced than the others. Considering Russia’s national priorities and mechanisms these initiatives

should be examined and those of them that might be interesting for Russia should be closely

followed.

Clusters and Competence Centers are good and widely used examples of industry-academia

cooperation in Europe and to some extend in Russia. After years of experience, discussions for

improvements of these structures still ongoing in Europe. Nevertheless, as found out during the

workshops they can provide good examples to Russian clusters and excellence centers in terms of

operation as well as provide opportunities for bilateral cooperation. It is recommended to emphasize

these networks in the National Technology Initiative of Russia, which is currently under preparation.

Technology Platforms on the other hand are also very important structures, and examples of public

private partnerships in driving innovation, knowledge transfer and European competitiveness by

focusing on advancing technology in specific fields, so called “major challenges” such as the ageing

society, the environment and food and energy security. Russian TPs are much diversified in terms of

wide variety of technology areas covered and lack of comparable activities and performance results

among them. Therefore, cooperation between Russian TPs and European TPs are not very promising

in current situation. It is recommended to conduct a review and assessment on Russian TPs. With this

purpose the Strategy for European Technology Platforms: ETP 2020 can be considered as a guiding

document, which indicates various recognition criteria for ETPs :

- ETPs correspondence with national priorities as well as alignment with global challenges,

- Scale of the market opportunity

- Their added value to capacity, capability and skill-base to research, develop

- and exploit the technologies and/ or innovations in the proposed field,

- Transparency and openness in their activities

- Scope to foster interdisciplinary and cross-sector work without duplication,

- and their leverage effect which refers to the level of engagement and commitment of industry.

11

Transnational programmes refer to the following European initiatives: European Technology Platform, Joint Technology

Initiative, Joint Programming Initiative, Public-Private Partnership Initiative, European Innovation Partnership, FET Flagship Initiative, Era-Nets, Article 185, European Institute of Innovation and Technology/ Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs).



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Bridging Russian Innovation Clusters to European Cluster Networks

Workshop Agenda

1 October 2014, Düsseldorf Airport, Maritim Hotel, Room Peking A

09.00-09:30 Registration of participants and building-up of presentation stands for the Russian Clusters (posters, leaflets, etc.)

9:30-10:30 10:30-10:45

First meeting with RUS clusters, participants visit the presentation stands

and establish first contacts.

Welcome of participants

Dr. Bernd Janson, ZENIT GmbH, Representative of BILAT RUS advanced

project

10:45-12:00 moderated by: Inno TSD 25 min each presentation 25 min Q/A

1. Session: Innovation and cluster policies for SME and R&D in EU and

Russia

“Cluster policy in Russia: similarity with regard to the EU and uniqueness”. Evgeny Kutsenko, HSE Department of Business Projects

Cluster and lead market development in North Rhine-Westphalia

Dr. König, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Energy and Industry in NRW

12:00-13:00 Lunch Break

13:00-13:45 moderated by: FASIE 20 min each presentation 5 min Q/A

2. Session: Funding instruments:

International funding possibilities offered by FASIE

Olga Levchenko, FASIE

European and Russian Businesses in EUREKA: Together for Innovation

Susanne Madders, EUREKA Secretariat

13:45-15:00 moderated

by: AIRR 15 min each presentation

3. Session: Cluster Collaboration

Overview of European Cluster Collaboration Initiatives

Marc Pattinson, Inno TSD

“Success stories” and “Good practice” of EU-RUS cluster collaboration

Anna Schmidt, German-Russian Cooperation Network Biotechnology



15 min Q/A New landscape of Russian innovative ecosystem: thriving complexity

or ungovernable chaos?

Alexey Gusev, Russian Venture Company

Experiences of SMEs collaborating through BMBF-FASIE projects,

Maria Josten, Project Management Agency of the German Aerospace

Center, International Bureau

15:00-15:30 Coffee Break

15:30-17:00 Moderated and accompanied by: ZENIT/ Cluster Agency ExzellenzNRW

4. Session – Interactive and participatory

Identification of cooperation activities of the cluster representatives by

realising bilateral discussions

The EU cluster representatives are invited to visit the RUS cluster stands of

interest and find out about joint potential collaboration activities. The

moderators of ZENIT and the Cluster Agency ExzellenzNRW are acting

supportively.

17:00-17:15 Break

17:15-17:30 Summary of results of bilateral discussion by the moderators

17:30 End of Event

19:30 Networking-Dinner at “Les Halles”, Düsseldorf

NOTES:

For the 4th session: each cluster provides a cluster cooperation sheet (template will be

send by organisers) before the workshop will take place. This information will be

distributed amongst the workshop participants. The representatives have the possibility to

learn about the other clusters before the workshop and to formulate questions which can be

posted during the interactive session.

Final Report

International cooperation between Russian and EU clusters in the framework of the BILAT RUS

Advanced project:

The important players in the innovation “field” responsible for the development of the innovation

clusters in Russia and their internationalisation are the Association of the Innovative Regions (AIRR)

[in Russia] and Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises (FASIE). At the initial stage

of the design of cooperation actions the expertise and resources of these bodies could be engaged

with the focus on initiation of joint innovative projects.

One of the BILAT-RUS Advanced project activities to promote the integration of Russian and EU

clusters is the organisation of an Innovation Policy and Practice Workshop “Integrating Russian

Innovation Actors into European Networks: Facilitating Cooperation between Russian and European



Clusters”. This provides an opportunity to discuss the potential capacity of a limited number of

Russian and European clusters (which have expressed their interest for cooperation) for

implementation of joint innovative projects. At the same time a wider number of clusters can be

invited to participate in the Workshop to benefit from the discussions.

Activities undertaken to date to bring together EU and Russian clusters

1) The Association of Innovative Regions is actively working with the selected territorial clusters

in order to promote international cooperation. Some significant budgets have been allocated

to this task by the Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises (FASIE);

2) The Association of Innovative Regions together with FASIE carried out a survey to determine

the clusters which already have interests for international cooperation specifically with

German clusters. The following Russian clusters expressed their interest for cooperation:

Software cluster of Novosibirsk

Software cluster of Saint-Petersburg

Medical cluster of Saint-Petersburg

Pustchino biotech cluster

Dubna atomic cluster

3) The Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany (BMBF) and FASIE have

developed a draft concept paper on a joint call for German and Russian clusters. It was

proposed to run one call for proposals for two phases of funding. In the first phase, German

and Russian cluster managers apply for support in building a sustainable mutual cluster

partnership. Selected German-Russian cluster teams will use this phase not only to build a

stable partnership, but to identify promising areas of future R&D cooperation among cluster

participants and to bring the teams together. In the second phase, the cluster participants

propose a joint innovative R&D project;

4) FASIE and the PACA Region (Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur, France) have reached a consensus

for signing a Memorandum of Understanding to start financing joint R&D projects. It is

suggested to give special privileges to the Republic of Tatarstan;

These activities should be considered as a basis to the workshop preparation and orientation in order

to ensure the sustainability of this work. Cluster representatives and other participants from EU

countries not involved in above mentioned preliminary activities are of course very welcome in order

to ensure a larger geographic spreading of Russian-EU collaboration opportunities.

Cluster workshop

The cluster workshop was organized by Zenit, inno, FASIE and FFG with the participation of the

Association of the Innovative regions (AIRR).

Preparation started in February 2014. The goal of the workshop was to bring together Russian and

EU representatives of financial organisations, managers and participants of Russian and European

innovative clusters to introduce and discuss opportunities for initiation and implementation of joint

innovative projects.

The objectives of the workshop covered the following issues: To share and present the respective

cluster models that will be the bedrock for future collaboration (creation of a common vocabulary);

to identify Russian and European Clusters that are interested and motivated for joint projects; and to

promote the networking of the Russian Clusters with the European Clusters.



As a first step, 11 clusters from Russia were identified and their commitment obtained. As a second

step, we tried to find respective matches with thematic relevance to the Russian clusters.

Unfortunately, with the current political landscape, it was not possible to attract clusters who

formerly ensured about their interest in collaboration with the Russian clusters, despite the intensive

efforts of all project partners. Still, there were 3 EU clusters present.

Despite all that, with the strong support from Ministry of Economic Affairs, Energy and Industry in

North-Rhein Westfalia, the workshop was a success. Overall, 40 people were present at the

workshop.

The program consisted of four sessions:

Session 1: Innovation and cluster policies for SME and R&D in EU and Russia

Session 2: Funding instruments:

Session 3: Cluster Collaboration

Session 4 – Interactive and participatory.

Within session one there were two presentations: Cluster policy in Russia: similarity with regard to

the EU and uniqueness by Evgeny Kutsenko of Higher School of Economics, Department of Business

Projects and Cluster and lead market development in North Rhine-Westphalia presented by Ms Silke

Stahl-Rolf , Ministry of Economic Affairs, Energy and Industry in NRW. Both presentations gave a

valuable view on the way clusters are organized and function in Russia and in Germany.

Within the second session there were two presentations which gave overviews on the International

Funding possibilities. Olga Levchenko of FASIE explained about the various possibilities for the SME

cooperation between Russia and the EU. Susanne Madders explained about the EUREKA Initiative,

which is an opportunity for industrial and technology cooperation between European and Russian

businesses.

During the third session Marc Pattinson of the European Cluster Alliance gave the Overview of

European Cluster Collaboration Initiatives. Anna Schmidt, the representatives of the German cluster

of biotechnology CLIB2021 spoke about the successful experiences of cooperation with the Russian

organizations. Alexey Gusev of the RVC Project office spoke about the new landscape of Russian

innovative ecosystem. Maria Josten, of the BMBF PT-Project Management Unit shared some useful

experiences of the collaboration between Russian and German companies in the framework of the

BMBF-FASIE joint program. Finally, an important input was provided by the representative of the

Samara region cluster, Yury Mikheev. It was a real example of the experience that Russian clusters

have in terms of already existing cooperation with the European clusters, in particular, with the

French and German ones.

Participant List

RUS-EU Cluster Workshop 1.10.2014 Düsseldorf, Maritim Hotel

Russian Participants

Name Organisation

Ekaterina AIRR



Solomina

Pavel Kovalev Center of Cluster Development of Voronezh

Sultanova Dilbar

Iurii Mikheev Volga Engineering Academy

Nikolay Khokhlov LLC "FermBioZim"

Evgeniy Kutsenko HSE

Alexey Gusev Russian Venture Company

Andrei Riaskov Center of cluster development of Lipetsk region

Nikita Rodionov Center of cluster development of Lipetsk region

Vildan Zinnurov The Government of Ulyanovsk region

Elena Belova The Center of cluster development of Ulyanovsk region

Denis Tanarov Center of Cluster Development of Tomsk Region

European Participants

Name Organisation

Dr. Bernd Janson ZENIT

Susanne Jakobs-Bohack ZENIT

Sergej Paveliev ZENIT

Eva Fadil Inno TSD

Marc Pattinson Inno TSD

Olga Levchenko FASIE

Anna Pikalova Higher School of Economics Moscow

Ralf König FFG (Austrian Research Promotion Agency)

Dr. Silke Stahl-Rolf VDI TZ

Maria Josten IB / DLR

Dr. Gabriele Gorzka German-Russian Cooperation Network Biotechnology

Anna Schmidt Clib 2021

Dr. Thomas König MWEIMH

Ullrich Wiedei MIWF

Harald Cremer NanoMikroWerkstoffePhotonik.NRW

Volker Knappertsbusch Fraunhofer UMSICHT, SOJUS BIOENERGIE

Tatiana Bladier Fraunhofer UMSICHT, SOJUS BIOENERGIE

Prof. Dr. Rudolf Steiner University of Ulm



Viktor Reimer RWTH Aachen (University of Aachen)

Susanne Madders EUREKA

Till Quadflieg RWTH Aachen (University of Aachen)

Sarah Schmitt RWTH Aachen (University of Aachen)

Sarah Pfeuffer Nanoinitiative Bayern GmbH

Vera Ovcharenko Cap Digital

Prof. Dr. Lothar Heinrich University of Münster

Erika Rubinstein Interpreter

Roland Dilger Interpreter



Integrating Russian Innovation Actors into European Networks: Facilitating

Cooperation between Russian and European Technology Platforms

Agenda

Integrating Russian Innovation Actors into European Networks:

Facilitating Cooperation between Russian and European Technology Platforms

Moscow, May 20 2014

Venue: Higher School of Economics, 20 Myasnitskaya Str., room 311

10.00 - 10.45 Welcome & Introduction to the Workshop

Lyudmila Ogorodova, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian

Federation

S&T and Innovation Policy of Russia and International Cooperation

Pavel Rudnik, Deputy Director of the Department of Innovative Development,

Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Leonid Gokhberg, First Vice Rector, Higher School of Economics (HSE), Moscow

10.45 – 11:00 S&T and Innovation Policy of the European Union and International

Cooperation

Richard Burger, Head of Science and Technology Session, Delegation of the

European Union to the Russian Federation

11.00 – 11.15 Factors of Cooperation between Russian and European Technology Platforms

Michael Akim, Vice President for Strategic Development, ABB Russia, Head of

Committee for Modernistion and Innovation, Association of European Businesses

11.15 - 11.30 Presentation of BILAT-RUS-Advanced: Cooperation Setting between Russian and

European Technology Platforms

Anna Pikalova, Director of Centre for International Projects, HSE Institute for

Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge

11.30-11:45 Supporting the Activity of Thirty-four Russian Technology Platforms

Mikhail Rogachev, Director of Russian Foundation for Technological

Development

11:45 - 12.00 Coffee Break

12.00 – 13.00 Session 2. Exchange of Experience on International Cooperation and Lessons

Learnt

Moderated by Michael Guth, Project manager, ZENIT

European Technology Platforms



Marco Falzetti, Responsible for EU Research Affairs, Centro Sviluppo Materiali

S.p.A., Chairman of the Management Board of Alliance for Materials - A4M,

Chairman of the Steering Committee of European Technology Platform for

Advanced Engineering Materials and Technologies (EuMaT)

Manuela Conconi, Project manager, European Technology Platform for Wind

Energy (TPWind)

Emmanuel Forest, President of Energy Efficient Buildings Association (E2BA),

Member of European Construction Technology Platform (ECTP)

Andrea Reinhardt, Share holder Board, MicroTEC Gesellschaft für

Mirkotechnologie mbH, NANOfutures Cross-ETP Initiative

13.00-14.30 Lunch

14.30-16.00 Session 2. Exchange of Experience on International Cooperation and Lessons

Learnt (continued)

Moderated by Anna Pikalova, Director of Centre for International Projects, HSE

Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge

Russian Technology Platforms

Irina Kurzina, Head of Catalysis Research Laboratory of National Research Tomsk

State University, Technology Platform “Medicine of the Future”

Irina Sharova, Deputy Head of National Contact Point “Biotechnologies”, Head of

International Cooperation Working Group, Technology Platform “Bioindustry and

Bioresources – BioTech2030”

Natalia Lukina, Director of Centre for Forest Productivity of Russian Academy of

Sciences, Technology Platform “Bioindustry and Bioresources – BioTech2030”

Raif Vasilov, Coordinator of Technology Platform “Bioenergy”

Natalia Shartova, Executive Director of Technology Platform

“Technologies for Sustainable Ecological Development”

Peter Begidzhanov, Advisor to the Chairman of the Executive Board of

Technology Platform “Simulation and Operation Practice of High-Tech Systems

(Industry of the Future)”

16.00-16.15 Coffee break

16.15–17.15 Session 3. International Cooperation: New Opportunities, New Challenges

Interactive session with contributions from all workshop participants

Moderated by Michael Guth, Project manager, ZENIT

17.15-17.30 Closure and next steps

18.00 Working dinner

Working languages: Russian & English with simultaneous translation

Report

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Title of the Event: Integrating Russian Innovation Actors into European Networks: Facilitating Cooperation between Russian and European Technology Platforms

Date & Place: Moscow, 20 May 2014.

Related WP and Task: WP3 Fostering innovation: Paving the way for sustainable EU-Russian cooperation towards the utilization of R&D results

Task 3.3. Integration of Russian innovation actors into European networks

Organisers: National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE, Russia), Centre for Innovation and Technology of North Rhine-Westphalia (ZENIT, Germany)

Chair/Moderator: 1. Leonid Gokhberg, First Vice Rector, Higher School of Economics (Russia) Sessions: - Welcome & Introduction to the Workshop; - S&T and Innovation Policy and International Cooperation (10:00-11:45)

2. Michael Guth (ZENIT, Germany) and Anna Pikalova (HSE, Russia) Session: Exchange of Experience on International Cooperation and Lessons Learnt (presentations of EU and RU Technology Platforms)

3. Michael Guth (ZENIT, Germany) Interactive Session: International Cooperation: New Opportunities, New Challenges

Speakers:

1. Lyudmila Ogorodova, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation

2. Pavel Rudnik, Deputy Director of the Department of Innovative Development, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

3. Leonid Gokhberg, First Vice Rector, Higher School of Economics (Russia)

4. Richard Burger, Head of Science and Technology Session, Delegation of the European Union to the Russian Federation

5. Michael Akim, Vice President for Strategic Development, ABB Russia, Head of Committee for Modernistion and Innovation, Association of European Businesses

6. Mikhail Rogachev, Director of Russian Foundation for Technological Development

7. Anna Pikalova, Director of Centre for International Projects, HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge

8. Marco Falzetti, Responsible for EU Research Affairs, Centro Sviluppo Materiali S.p.A., Chairman of the Management Board of Alliance for Materials - A4M, Chairman of the Steering Committee of European Technology Platform for Advanced Engineering Materials and Technologies (EuMaT)

9. Manuela Conconi, Project manager, European Technology Platform for Wind Energy (TPWind)

10. Emmanuel Forest, President of Energy Efficient Buildings Association (E2BA), Member of European Construction Technology Platform (ECTP)

11. Andrea Reinhardt, Share holder Board, MicroTEC Gesellschaft für Mirkotechnologie mbH, NANOfutures Cross-ETP Initiative

12. Irina Kurzina, Head of Catalysis Research Laboratory of National Research Tomsk State University, Technology Platform “Medicine of the Future”

13. Irina Sharova, Deputy Head of National Contact Point “Biotechnologies”, Head of International Cooperation Working Group, Technology Platform “Bioindustry and Bioresources – BioTech2030”



14. Natalia Lukina, Director of Centre for Forest Productivity of Russian Academy of Sciences, Technology Platform “Bioindustry and Bioresources – BioTech2030”

15. Raif Vasilov, Coordinator of Technology Platform “Bioenergy”

16. Natalia Shartova, Executive Director of Technology Platform “Technologies for Sustainable Ecological Development”

17. Peter Begidzhanov, Advisor to the Chairman of the Executive Board of Technology Platform “Simulation and Operation Practice of High-Tech Systems (Industry of the Future)”

Rapporteur: HSE / ZENIT

Number of participants: 99

Topics covered:

The first part of the workshop was more oriented towards the S&T and innovation policy in Russia

regarding international cooperation and which role the Russian Technology Platforms are playing.

1. S&T and Innovation Policy of Russia and International Cooperation 2. S&T and Innovation Policy of the European Union and International Cooperation 3. Factors of Cooperation between Russian and European Technology Platforms 4. BILAT-RUS-Advanced project: Cooperation Setting between Russian and European Technology

Platforms 5. Supporting the Activity of Thirty-four Russian Technology Platforms.

The second part of the Workshop started with short presentations of each of the platform,

presenting themselves as well as their interest in cooperating with EU/RUS Technology Platforms:

6. Exchange of Experience on International Cooperation and Lessons Learnt: a. European Technology Platform for Advanced Engineering Materials and Technologies

(EuMaT) b. European Technology Platform for Wind Energy (TPWind) c. European Construction Technology Platform (ECTP) d. NANOfutures Cross-ETP Initiative e. Russian Technology Platform “Medicine of the Future” f. Russian Technology Platform “Bioindustry and Bioresources – BioTech2030” g. Forest Section of Russian Technology Platform “Bioindustry and Bioresources –

BioTech2030” h. Russian Technology Platform “Bioenergy” i. Russian Technology Platform “Technologies for Sustainable Ecological Development” j. Russian Technology Platform “Simulation and Operation Practice of High-Tech

Systems (Industry of the Future)”

Issues Discussed:

Opportunities and challenges of international cooperation between Russian and European

Technology Platforms

Moderated session: Identifying the benefits and risks of international cooperation and appropriate

actions, that should be taken to strengthen the future cooperation.

Background:



The clear policy regarding the structure and purpose of RTPs facilitates the contacts for ETPs.

International collaboration is depending on the structure of the ETP, it might be an institutionalised cooperation (participating e.g. in the advisory boards, implementing joint projects, becoming a member, etc.)

Potential Benefits and Risks of international cooperation between Russian and European Technology

Platforms (identified by the Workshop participants):

Benefits for RTPs (learning from experience, accelerating of research, entering the EU market, implementation of joint projects)

Risks for RTPs (brain drain, loss of IPR, eventually stop of national financing for research infrastructure that means RTPs will receive no national financial support for their management activities and development of their research infrastructure. In contrast to ETPs the Russian ones are not obligatory supported by business parties and they must find sponsorship for their corporate activities)

Benefits for ETPs (learning about Russian specific needs and regulations, entering Russian markets, testing technologies in a broader environment)

Risks for ETPs (funding makes the SMEs forget the customer, loss of IPR, "plagiatism"). ETPs are driven by large industrial companies therefore for SMEs involved into ETPs it is very difficult to compete with such companies in entrance to the market, patenting (purchase of IPR), etc.

Joint issues / needs / possible bottlenecks:

Identification of joint collaboration topics and lobbying them to the European Commission and

Ministries of Russia responsible for STI areas development.

Conclusions / recommendations for agencies:

To involve ETPs and RTPs into procedures of identification priority topics for STI cooperation and calls

for proposals jointly launched by the EU and RU programme owners.

Potential Areas for Cooperation identified:

To organize joint events and establish a web-based forum for both ETPs and RTPs for mutual

exchange. Preparation of joint projects to Horizon 2020 calls or RF targeted research and

technological development programme.

Next Steps Agreed upon (if any):

Actions to be taken: organisation of joint RTPs-ETPs projects and events, as well as partner mediation

events; gathering interest of RTPs and ETPs in joint collaboration topics; setting-up a web forum for

both ETPs and RTPs; shaping of joint ETPs and RTPs suggestions for EU-RUS coordinated calls within

Horizon 2020 and Russian Federal targeted research and technological development programme,

lobbying to the European Commission and Ministries of Russia responsible for STI areas development

(e.g. Ministry of Education & Science, Ministry of Industry & Trade, Federal Space Agency, State

Atomic Energy Corporation).

Link to Workshop overview: http://issek.hse.ru/news/124228297.html (in Russian)

http://issek.hse.ru/en/news/124228297.html (in English)

http://issek.hse.ru/news/124228297.html

http://issek.hse.ru/en/news/124228297.html



Participant list



State of the Art Competence Center Programmes in Europe: Opportunities for EU-

Russia Science and Technology Collaboration

Agenda



Report

International workshop “State-of-the-art Competence Center Programmes in Europe.

Opportunities for EU-Russia science and technology collaboration”

May 28, 2015, Moscow

On May 28, 2015, the Higher School of Economics hosted the international workshop "State-of-the-art Competence Center Programmes in Europe. Opportunities for EU-Russia science and technology collaboration".

The workshop was held in the framework of the EU-Russian project BILAT-RUS-Advanced. The organizers from the Russian side were the Russian Technology Transfer Network and the Higher School of Economics.

BILAT-RUS Advanced is a Support Action funded by DG Research of the European Commission, which has the goals to support the EU-Russian policy dialogue on Science, Technology and Innovation, as well as to pave the way for sustainable EU-Russian cooperation towards the utilization of R&D results. In this regard, BILAT-RUS Advanced pursues the goal of a deeper integration of Russian innovation actors into European networks. One of the selected groups of Russian innovation actors with high potential for further EU integration concerns the Russian Technology Competence Centers (CCs).

The workshop was aimed at exchanging information on best practices developed by EU Competence Centers, on the opportunities and tools to enlarge cooperation with Russian CCs. In the future this could lead to developing a number of joint activities by Russian and EU Competence Centers.

Workshop participants were asked to complete a questionnaire to assess the quality of the event.

50 % of respondents answered that they are interested in the opportunity to search new networking

partners and partners for the formation of project consortia. 60 % of respondents answered that

they are interested in information about (Russian/EU) funding programmes.

50 % of participants noted interest in the information about best practice in the area of Competence

Centers.

90 % of participants noted the high relevance of the main theme of workshop.

The full programme and list of participants attached to the report as separate files.

All presentations are available here: https://yadi.sk/d/48NJWUEXgwgta

The articles and news about workshop were published at

1. STRF.Ru (in Russian) -

http://strf.ru/material.aspx?CatalogId=221&d_no=98069#.VZJZbPntm3w

2. RTTN (in Russian, English)

http://www.bilat-rus.eu/

https://yadi.sk/d/48NJWUEXgwgta

http://strf.ru/material.aspx?CatalogId=221&d_no=98069#.VZJZbPntm3w



http://rttn.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1560&catid=14&Itemid=43

5

http://rttn.ru/index.php/en/?option=com_content&view=article&id=1561&catid=16&Itemid

=525

3. HSE (National Contact Point on “Mobility”)

http://fp.hse.ru/news/

http://fp.hse.ru/en/news/

4. HORIZON2020 International Research Newsletter

http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/pdf/newsletter/international-research-update_57_june-

2015.pdf#view=fit&pagemode=none

Selected Workshop Photos



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http://rttn.ru/index.php/en/?option=com_content&view=article&id=1561&catid=16&Itemid=525

http://fp.hse.ru/news/

http://fp.hse.ru/en/news/

http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/pdf/newsletter/international-research-update_57_june-2015.pdf#view=fit&pagemode=none

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