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ENVIROMIS Tomsk, Russia, 1-8 July 2006 INTAS: A tool for East-West Scientific Cooperation Pavel Liscak Scientific Officer Earth Science and Environment INTAS - International Association for the promotion of co-operation with scientists from the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union 1

What is INTAS ? � A not-for-profit International Association (AISBL) for the promotion of scientific cooperation between researchers in the NIS & its member states; � Established in 1993 jointly by the European Community and (at that time 12) EU Member States; � Joint by like-minded countries; � Helps preserve the scientific potential in the NIS through international cooperation . 2

Austria United Kingdom Belgium Sweden Cyprus Spain Czech Republic Armenia EUROPEAN Denmark Slovenia COMMUNITY Uzbekistan Estonia Slovakia Azerbaijan Finland Ukraine Portugal France Belarus Poland 25 EC Germany 12 PARTNER Netherlands MEMBERS Greece COUNTRIES Turkmenistan Georgia Malta Hungary Luxembourg Ireland Tajikistan Kazakstan Lithuania Latvia Italy Russia 33 MEMBERS Kyrgyzstan Moldova Israel Iceland Romania 7 LIKELY MINDED Bulgaria COUNTRIES Switzerland Norway Turkey 3

INTAS TOOLS and POLICY (1) � Supports multilateral partnerships between research institutes, universities & industry in the NIS and the INTAS member states; � Funds fundamental or applied research in all areas of exact, natural and human sciences ; � Offers grants aimed at enabling scientists to engage in international scientific cooperation, with particular focus on young scientists. 4

INTAS TOOLS and POLICY (2) � Submission of project proposals and individual grant applications in the frame of calls ; � Selection by peer review on the basis of scientific merits, management merits, mutual benefit & socio-economic relevance; � Scientific policy and peer review system are overseen by a Council of Scientists . 5

INTAS Structure INTAS TOOLS and POLICY (3) INTAS Management Structure General Assembly Council of Scientists Decision making body Scientific advisory body (INTAS Members) (INTAS Member States + NIS) INTAS Secretariat Executive body Scientific communities of NIS and INTAS members 6

INTAS TOOLS and POLICY (4) INTAS developed : � Tailor-made, targeted programmes & instruments suited to country-specific needs in post-Soviet science; � Flexible co-funding arrangements, involving partners both from INTAS member countries and NIS partner countries. 7

INTAS TOOLS and POLICY (5) In addition to Project grants and Young Scientist Fellowship grants , INTAS has been: � Organising Scientific Policy Workshops both in Member States and Partner Countries; � Offering support to Summer Schools & other training activities; � Awarding Conference Grants to support the organization of scientific events and/or the individual participation of NIS scientists; � Supporting small-scale Infrastructure Actions ; � Supporting a NIS-wide E-library 8

INTAS CALLS 1992 - 2005 Over 1992-2005 INTAS launched 75 Calls : v 10 Open Calls for project proposals (~ 167M € ); v 11 Thematic/Regional Calls for project proposals (~ 16M € ); v 21 Collaborative Calls for project proposals (~ 27M € ); v 14 Young Scientist Fellowship calls (~ 16M € ), from 1998 to 2005 (incl. 6 collaborative calls in 2005); v 3 Innovation Grant Calls (~ 1 M € ), in 2003/04/05; v 16 Other Support Actions (infrastructure, conferences, summer schools, e-library). 9

IMPACT of INTAS (1992 – 2004) 253 million Euro provided funding for: ~ 2,800 research projects & networks; � support to ~ 15,800 teams of scientists ; � ~ 45 innovation grants � > 1,200 young scientists fellowships; � And: 281 conferences & workshops; � 66 summer schools; � 33 infrastructure actions. � 10

INTAS FUNDING in the FP6 (2002-2006) INTAS total budget in the FP6 will attain ~ 80 M € . � ~70 M Euro from the European Community through the Framework Programme ( IN ternational CO operation Budget) � ~8 M Euro from co-sponsors in jointly funded activities � ~2 M Euro from some member states of INTAS (Switzerland, France, Belgium) 11

L3 Geology and Environment 279 projects (1993 - 2004) • 64 geological projects 59 geological hazards projects • • 156 environment projects 12

Слайд 12 L3 Liscak; 26.11.2004

Geology (64 projects) 20 number of projects 17 16 12 9 6 6 8 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 4 1 1 0 m y y y y y y y y s y y y h n r g g c g g g r r g s t t p o o t e o o i o s s o i n s h l g l l a l l i i l o a i m o o o o m m o p r o n r e t g t e r e c e l e n e e g a g a o i g h t e n e h h t m a c c e t y i e m c c m r l m n o r m a t o l a l u i s a i v / t d a e r y e n r e m a e g g m r e l m s e o n o r e t e r i l p a o m t h e u o r t p Q t t o e o e p s g i 13

number of projects 10 15 20 0 5 Earth Geological hazards (59 projects) 19 observation & remote sensing 16 seismology electromagnetic 9 processes volcanic risk 1 13 geodynamics slope 1 movements 14

number of projects 10 20 30 40 50 0 34 climate change Environment (156 projects) land/ocean 4 interactions pollution & 24 remediation waste 11 management sustainable 10 rural/urban management env. monitoring 40 & assessment env. 33 technologies & instrumentation 15

Some INTAS Activities for 2006 0.13 M € � Scientific Policy Workshops 1.65 M € � Open Call for YSF Grants Collaborative Call for YSF grants with NIS partners 0.74 M € � Thematic Call on Earth Sciences and Environment 0.9 M € � Collaborative Call with South-Caucasian Republics 1.85 M € � Collaborative Call with CNES & NSAU on Space Tech. 1.2 M € � 1.0 M € � Collaborative Call with GSI on “FAIR” 0.5 M € Innovation Grants with NIF (Kazakhstan) � 0.5 M € � Innovation Grants with FASIE (Russia) 16

INTAS Calls 2006 for Young Scientist Fellowship Grants Open call: • Indicative budget € 1.66 million • [110 - 120 Fellowship Grants] Open for complementary funding from INTAS institutions Collaborative calls with co-funding: Ukraine � � Uzbekistan � Tomsk Region Universities � Al Farabi National Kazakh University � National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan Indicative budget € 80,000 to € 100,000 (INTAS) + € 50,000 to € 80,000 (NIS Partners) 17

INTAS Thematic Call Earth Sciences and Environment � Co-operation with ESA GMES Programme (Free of charge access to ESA images) € 0,9 million from INTAS � Indicative budget: Main topics: � • Water management; • Global Climate Change focusing on Carbon Stocks. Funding / project up to € 120,000 (<25% INTAS MS). � 18

CONCLUSION: INTAS ASSETS AND ADDED VALUE v More than 12 years of experience in supporting EU- Russia/NIS scientific collaboration; v Autonomy and simple management structure ; v Integrated management of the different activities (projects, fellowships, other support actions); v Tailor-made, targeted programmes & instruments adapted to an evolving context; v Flexible co-funding arrangements ; v In general: Flexibility , Versatility & Responsiveness . !! These assets should be preserved in the FP7. INTAS can serve as a well-proved model for international cooperation with other countries !! 19

CONTACT US 58/8 Avenue des Arts – B-1000 Brussels, Belgium Tel: +32-2-5490111 – Fax: +32-2-5490156 info@intas.be www.intas.be 20