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EDIT kick-off meeting • • • • congratulations! high visibility project potential high policy and political impact unsurpassed opportunity to structure European taxonomic future • major contribution to global effort • builds on many years work by previous successful projects • deliverables should have lasting impact November 2002 1 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS “Network of Excellence” • A “new instrument” of FP6 “instrument” “means of achieving an objective of the EC’s research policy” Integrated Project Project of excellence Network of Excellence Network of integration Objective achieve lasting improvements in the way research is done November 2002 2 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS NoE: the premise • Research in Europe could be more effective • Currently fragmented and un-coordinated • The NoE is designed to achieve integration between participating institutes Strategic (policy and philosophy) Administrative (management decisions) Scientific (objectives, methods, resources) Enduring after the EU funding ends • Research results are not the main outcome November 2002 3 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS One organisation, many topics limited competence organisation No organisation is equally good at all the areas in which it has competence November 2002 4 significant competence SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS What we have and what we want Innefficient competition November 2002 5 Rationalised collaboration SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS NoE: the players • integration between participating institutes Strategic Administrative Scientific Enduring November 2002 6 Director wants integration Managerial level agrees Scientists see + feel benefit Buy-in by all staff SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS EDIT seen from over here • a very important flagship project • a great deal depends on its success scientifically for implementation of environmental policy for success of European research policy for GBIF November 2002 7 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS ecology of FP6 ALTER-Net MARBEF ALARM EDIT FRAP DAISIE IntraBioDiv Glochamore SoBio EUMon November 2002 8 marine genomics SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS GREENVEINS ALARM-o-centric History GIANT ALIEN Western corn rootworm Giant hogweed MOSES agroecosystems Climate change ATEAM DIABROTICA ACCELERATES agroecosystems Ecosystem modelling ATLANTIS EPIDEMIE AVEC Sea level change Vulnerable ecosystems Mediterranean islands Invasives CONTROCAM ERBIC Horse chestnut leafminer Biocontrol introductions ENBI EuroCat FAUNA EUROPEA EURO+MED Plantbase plants ALARM FLORA EUROPEA BIOMAN GLORIA LEDA Shallow lakes Species distribution Social and economic Chemicals MACMAN Maculinea butterflies Pollinators GREAT-ER VALSE SUSTRA Risk modelling valuation Sustainability strategies November 2002 9 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS BABE bees BioAssess BiolFlor indicators and monitoring DAISIE EuMon BioStrat invasives monitoring strategy protocols Greenveins Invasives RUBICODE conservation strategies BioScore species index ALTER-Net habitat fragmentation monitoring EcoChange modelling EDIT NoMiracle taxonomy and systematics Modelkey EnRisk Risk assessment GREAT-ER ALARM ENSEMBLES OSIRIS climate modelling Climate change Social and economic November 2002 10 MACIS Pollinators Chemicals climate change COCONUT habitat fragmentation SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS NoE performance indicators • If NoEs are designed to overcome fragmentation How do we measure progress? • key requirement: a set of verifiable indicators • Progress of NoE assessed against expected durable integration at the end of EC funding expected intermediate steps at the end of each implementation period • indicators of the progress achieved are quantitative goals easily checked at the end of each year or qualitative goals which need analysis November 2002 11 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS What do we want from EDIT? • Greater capacity for better research Long term taxonomic research network shared protocols including metadata shared data and data structures • Integration is the key aim functional and effective inter-institutional agreements and decision-making process no un-necessary overlap, no avoidable gaps strategy for continued collaboration November 2002 12 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS vision • what will you be able to do in 5 years time that you cannot do today? • are there obstacles to achieving that goal? • what do we do about those obstacles? November 2002 13 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS EDIT and FP7 • FP7 should include opportunity for taxonomy • EDIT partners could form consortium to make proposal • Would provide scientific objective to help consolidate integration November 2002 14 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS examples of results to be achieved • • • • • • • Communications inside the network Common management of infrastructure Common management of human resources Common knowledge management Network management Common methods Assured continuation after the end of EC funding November 2002 15 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS communications inside the network • Fast electronic connections among participants • Compatible and harmonised software • Common data classification • Common data coding • Common data base, directly accessible to all participants November 2002 16 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS common management of infrastructure • Shared installations and equipment • Agreements for use of infrastructure • Access conditions more favourable to members than others outside network November 2002 17 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS common management of human resources • Mobility programmes among participants • Common training programmes for personnel • Training programmes for students and researchers outside partnership • Harmonised working conditions salaries social protection etc. November 2002 18 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS common knowledge management • Participants share pre-existing knowledge • Intellectual property rights over results generated by network fairly distributed • Common patents November 2002 19 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS common tools • Establishment of common methods • All participants use common tools November 2002 20 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS network management • participant organisations in legal structure • participants share management principles • partners participate in decisions perhaps weighted using objective criteria • Steering Committee of decision-making staff of all partners meets regularly and frequently November 2002 21 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS continuation after EC funding • all participants work on a shared portfolio of projects • Search for external funding sources • Decreasing dependence on EC funding November 2002 22 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS Myths • DG Research is just a funding agency • NoEs are about doing better research • Curiosity-driven research is different from policy-relevant research November 2002 23 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS Myth 1 • • • • November 2002 24 DG Research - a funding agency? Initiating and implementing research policy Building a European Research Area Supporting other EU policies with science Funds research to implement this policy SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS Myth 2 NoEs - about better research? • Helping institutions to collaborate to establish conditions for better research efficiencies of scale achievement of critical mass shared objectives and programme of work • Integration of institutions not primarily a research issue needs involvement of directors • Research may contribute to the integration always keeping objective in mind November 2002 25 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS Myth 3 Curiosity - not policy relevant? • Almost all research may have relevance to policy • How are the results communicated, and to whom? knowledge management within the project outside the project develop structure to deliver November 2002 26 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS