Annual Work Plan 2018 for the
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94 Theme: The framework supports joint industrial R&D projects, focusing on developing innovative products and applications in all technological and application areas. All the PRIMA thematic Activity title The bilateral programs for parallel support of industrial R&D are based on government-to-government (G2G) international agreements and implementation agreements between government agencies and regional authorities that constitute a platform for promotion of technological innovation among industrial and research entities. Activity description Abstract (publishable) Promote international cooperation in R&D based on significant technological innovation, in order to increase competitiveness and the relative advantage of Israeli companies in the global market. In addition to providing a conditional grant that allows the sharing of the risk inherent in project funding, these programs also offer assistance in finding technology and business partners, as well as access to governmental support for the project. Rationale/Impact Objectives Technological industrial companies from all industry sectors that wish to develop or upgrade the development of products, services or manufacturing processes with an industrial company from a foreign country. Israeli technology companies and start-ups seeking to create strategic alliances and partnerships with companies and organizations abroad, to expand their operations, gain access to innovative R&D infrastructure abroad (labs, simulators, etc.), locate additional sources of financing, break into new markets and benefit from the access to knowledge and technology existing overseas. Deliverables Information on the Call(s) for Proposals Title of the Call for Proposals Bilateral Programs with Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Spain etc. 95 Publication date Once a year, depends on the specific call Deadline for applications See above Expected date of award Scope of the Call for Proposals Implementation Type of Activity The support provided is subjected to the provisions of the R&D Law applicable to the relevant incentive program, and in accordance with the various bilateral agreements. The criteria for submission of applications to the bilateral programs are detailed in specific calls for proposals, and in most cases include the following: The product, service or industrial process to be developed within the framework of cooperation should be innovative, suitable for commercialization in the target markets, and have added value for the Israeli economy and for the project partner. The partner companies must have the ability to implement the project and the R&D processes necessary for its completion, as well as the ability to fund their proportionate share in the process required for project realization. Research institutes and academic entities are allowed to take part in the cooperation as subcontractors. The partner companies must demonstrate that the cooperation between them is necessary for the development of a value-added technology, resulting from the transfer of knowledge between the companies, as well as from sharing of resources, infrastructure or commercial relationships, innovative application of existing technologies to new markets and more. The partner companies will sign an agreement to regulate the rights to their intellectual property (IP) and ownership of new IP, which will be produced during the project and its commercialization. This agreement is to be subject to the national R&D Law. Start date of the activity Duration Funding institution(s) 96 Funding beneficiary(ies) Countries where research is conducted Collaborating partner(s) Commitments Total national public commitment for entire duration of the activity (in €) During 2017, the Israel Innovation Authority, provided financial support of about € 1 million though the various bi-lateral programs, as describe above in thematic area related to PRIMA. We assume that during 2018, similar budget will be allocated Alignment with PRIMA Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda Website http://www.iserd.org.il/ Code IL.2018.2 Theme: Background and Themes Israel Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MOARD)main objectives are: ▪ To ensure continuous supply of fresh & healthy agricultural products for the local market, at cost-effective prices for both consumers & farmers ▪ To develop novel production technologies, resource efficiency and maintenance of sustainable green ecological agriculture ▪ To promote populating rural areas by providing means for adequate income employment MOARD Chief Scientist Office(CSO) major goals and activity aimed at supporting MOARD to reach its main objectives by promoting innovative agricultural R&D. Israel's need to be an independent producer of its food became a drive for development of innovative agriculture. The major constraints that should be Overcome are: 97 ▪ Shortage of water resources & shortage of precipitation ▪ 2/3 of the land is semi-arid or arid ▪ Complex geopolitical environment ▪ Long distance from the export markets ▪ Shortage in local “on-farm labor” Accordingly, the current public research priorities & areas and the designated Thematic Goals, supported & controlled by MOARD chief Scientist, are: ▪ Efficient & safe water management (potable; brackish; recycled; desalinated) ▪ Horticulture & ornamental plants: quality improvement & new varieties ▪ Improved animal production and aquaculture ▪ Food safety & quality; organic farming ▪ Shelf-life improvement of fresh agricultural products Accompanied by: ▪ Advanced animal & plant integrated pest management ▪ Sustainable and ecological agriculture; alternative pest management ▪ Reducing man-power needs by novel technologies (engineering and biological) In addtion to these focused and partanic subjects, MOARD CSO activates highly coordinated multi-disciplinary, high skill level & collaborative R&D system, daeling with the following Cross- border Thematic Goals: ▪ Facing agricultural threats associated with global & local: - Climate change - Food security crisis - Alternative energy ▪ Precision agriculture (ICT = Information & Communication Technologies) ▪ Agricultural biotechnology and its legal and societal regulation ▪ Market-oriented novel agricultural products ▪ Economic, marketing and rural development policy Most of these cross-border thematic goals are performed through joint venture R&D of MOARD with other funding bodies and are: ▪ Agricultural ecology and forestry (together with KKL-JNF, Water Authority) ▪ Biodiversity and Gene Banks (Plants & Zoological) (together with the Nature Preservation Org.) 98 ▪ Improving agricultural-related energy use and production (together with the Min Energy & Water) ▪ Production of innovated agricultural products by the private sector (together with the Min Economics) ▪ Plant genomics assisting future agriculture; ICT; Veterinary; Mediterranean Agriculture; Industrial Biotechnology; Joint Program Initiative on Food & energy Crisis & Climate change (within the framework of the EU Commission ‘Horizon 2020’) ▪ Bi-lateral calls with the USA, Germany, Italy & China ▪ Public-Private Partnership in industrial oriented projects [e.g. CRISPR: Gene-editing; Microbiome; Food improvement] (with the local industry) Activity title To initiate and support target-oriented the public agricultural research in Israel and its implementation Activity description Abstract (publishable) The goals of the Chief Scientist Office(CSO) of Israel Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development aimed at supporting MOARD to reach its main objectives promoting innovative agricultural R&D: ▪ to identify obstacles that prevent reaching the Ministry goals due to knowledge gaps ▪ to determine research objectives & missions aimed to bridge such gaps ▪ to fund such target-oriented research activity and to monitor research performance ▪ to bridge between the obtained scientific data and its implementation ▪ to plan and update the agricultural R&D strategy Accordingly, the current public research priorities & areas and the designated Thematic Goals, supported & controlled by MOARD chief Scientist, touch most areas that need solutions for problems related to promote agriculture in arid and semi-arid zones like Israel. In addtion to funding and accompaning local specific subjects, MOARD CSO activates highly coordinated multi-disciplinary, high skill level & collaborative R&D system, daeling with Cross-border Thematic Goals. Most of these cross-border thematic goals are performed through joint venture R&D of MOARD with other funding bodies, resulted in both national and international R&D collaboration Rationale/Impact Most of the agricultural R&D initiated by MOARD-CSO enabled to solve critical agricultural problems that were obstacles for achieving the ministry goals, and to promote and establish innovative and constructive related R&D system. 99 Objectives To promote collaborative and multidisciplinary R&D activity aimed at solving national and international obstacles in the areas of food & nutrition security, desertification, sustainable agriculture and bioeconomy. For details see above Deliverables Information on the Call(s) for Proposals Title of the Call for Proposals Various calls regarding MOARD-CSO objectives and new arising subjects Publication date All year around Deadline for applications Expected date of award Scope of the Call for Proposals Implementation Type of Activity Research & Innovation Action; Support to research; collaborative action with MOARD's Extension Service, Farmers and the private agricultural industry to implement the research results Start date of the activity Duration Funding institution(s) MOARD (via CSO) Funding beneficiary(ies) All eligible Research Centers and Universities, and probably local private- public industries Countries where research is conducted Israel and collaborative countries 100 Collaborating partner(s) Commitments Total national public commitment for entire duration of the activity (in €) During 2018, MOARD expect to support research projects related to PRIMA in the sum of € 1.5 million. Alignment with PRIMA Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda See above Website http://www.moag.gov.il/ Code IL.2018.3 Theme: The framework supports academic research projects, focusing on applied science in the field areas. Activity title The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of Israel, has two main funding routes: 1) national level programs, 2) bilateral programs. The national programs aim to promote the applied research level including support of the scientific infrastructure (manpower, equipment), for developing successful platform that will support scientific breakthroughs and technological innovations in the relevant specific fields. The bilateral programs support joint applied science projects and are based on government-to-government (G2G) international agreements for leveraging the scientific collaborations between the two countries in the specific areas. Activity description 101 Abstract (publishable) As a semi-arid country with unstable yearly rain precipitations and inherent water stress, The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of Israel highly prioritize the fields of water technologies and agriculture (specifically semi-arid one). The high priority is manifested by designated several research programs for the Israeli academic intuitions aimed at developing successful platforms that will leverage scientific breakthroughs and technological innovations for further industrial applications that could alleviate the water-food challenges. These research programs are being conducted both at the national level and also within bi-lateral programs. Rationale/Impact Objectives Development, support and promotion of applied science researches in the water and agricultural topics in Israeli academic institutes for improving the knowledge, educating professional manpower and enabling the proper creative and merit environment for technological innovation. Deliverables Information on the eventual Call(s) for Proposals Title of the Call for Proposals National programs: research calls, scholarships, conferences. Bilateral Programs with Germany, Italy, Slovenia, China etc. Publication date Once a year, depends on the specific call Deadline for applications See above Expected date of award Scope of the Call for Proposals Water Technology, Agriculture, Mariculture. Implementation 102 Type of Activity We had several programs: Calls which their themes are directly related to PRIMA's topics, such as water technologies (both national and bi-lateral programs) Calls with indirect themes relevant to PRIMA's topics such as climate changes (both national and bi-lateral programs), and part of the proposals (the agricultural impacts by climate changes) is relevant to PRIMA. Scholarships to students/postdocs that their research subjects are relevant to PRIMA. Organising or supporting conferences which have indirect relevancy to PRIMA topic such as symposium on Water Technologies or attempts to organise conference about innovative agricultural technologies. Start date of the activity Duration Funding institution(s) Funding beneficiary(ies) Countries where research is conducted Collaborating partner(s) Commitments Total national public commitment for entire duration of the activity (in €) During 2017, MOST has provided financial support of about € 1 million thought the various national and bi-lateral programs, as describe above in thematic area related to PRIMA. We assume that during 2018, similar budget will be allocated Alignment with PRIMA Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda Website http://most.gov.il/English/Pages/default.aspx Please note that in accordance with Article 6(9) of the Decision (EU) 2017/1324, activities included in AWP 2018 that are funded by the PS without the Union financial contribution shall be implemented in compliance with common principles adopted by PRIMA-IS after obtaining approval from the 103 Commission. For the list of common principles, please refer to Section 5.2. Yüklə 2,58 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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