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Decision No 182/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 December 1998 concerning the fifth framework programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (1998 to 2002) 2. SECOND ACTIVITY HORIZONTAL THEME ‘CONFIRMING THE INTERNATIONAL ROLE OF COMMUNITY RESEARCH’
The general objectives of international scientific cooperation are: - to promote scientific and technological cooperation between undertakings, organisations and researchers from third countries and from the Community, which is likely to produce significant, mutual and balanced benefits, taking into account the different needs and circumstances of individual groups of countries and regions whilst respecting the protection of intellectual property, - to facilitate access for research centres and undertakings established in the Community to scientific and technological knowledge available outside the Community which serves the Community’s interests, - to enhance the position and role of Community research in the international scientific and technological arena and promote a European scientific and technological culture, - to prepare for the accession of new Member States for example by encouraging their full association with the framework programme; to contribute to the stabilisation of the RTD potential of the CEECs in general and of the newly independent States of the former Soviet Union (NIS), to support and develop the Euro-Mediterranean partnership and to contribute to the sustainable economic, social and scientific development of developing countries, - to help European research players acquire information and gain experience of research capacity, activity and priorities of industrialised third countries and ‘emerging economy’ countries, so as to make Community industry more competitive and enhance its presence on new markets. International scientific and technological cooperation will be implemented on the basis of cooperation agreements, where these exist, and through this horizontal international cooperation programme, as well as through activities undertaken within the other programmes of this framework programme. 1. Specific actions in the ‘international cooperation’ programme On the basis of the cooperation policies in specific areas which the Community pursues with its various potential partners, three categories of action will be implemented with a specific international dimension, linked to specific problems facing these countries and not addressed by the other activities of the framework programme. Only these actions will be financed through the specific ‘international cooperation’ programme. (a) Cooperation with certain categories of third country - States in the pre-accession phase: promotion of their centres of excellence, accompanying measures to facilitate participation in the other programmes of the framework programme, including through cooperation networks, - NIS and CEECs not in the pre-accession phase: support for their research and technological development potential (including through INTAS for the NIS, provided that a new agreement is reached between its members on its continuation), cooperation in areas of mutual interest (including satellite applications, regional problems linked to the environment and health), - Mediterranean partner countries: improving through joint activities their RTD capacities and promoting innovation; cooperation in areas of mutual interest, notably regional aspects of the Mediterranean, including environmental aspects, support for socio-economic development, including the urban dimension, transition to the information society and preservation of cultural heritage, accompanying measures to facilitate participation in the other programmes of the framework programme, including through cooperation networks, - developing countries: a policy dialogue on RTD needs and priorities with groups of countries and regions will be developed. Cooperation activities will be envisaged, in particular in the following areas: mechanisms and conditions for sustainable development; sustainable management and use of natural resources, including agricultural production, environmental and energy aspects; health, nutrition and food security, - emerging economy and industrialised countries: Exchanges of scientists; organisation of workshops; accompanying measures to promote partnerships and to enhance mutual access to each other’s RTD activities including, where appropriate, through scientific and technological cooperation agreements. A system of fellowships will be set up to give young researchers from developing countries, Mediterranean and ‘emerging economy’ countries the opportunity of collaborating in laboratories in the Community on specific projects of the framework programme. Another fellowship scheme will be provided for a limited number of young Community researchers so as to enable them to work in industrially-oriented laboratories of the highest quality in third countries in areas of particular interest to the Community. Coordination with COST actions, and support for COST administration, coordination with Eureka and with international organisations involved in research activities; coordination of activities pursued through the other programmes of the framework programme — with one another, with those pursued through the Community’s other cooperation actions (notably PHARE, TACIS and MEDA) and with the Member States’ cooperation activities. 2. International cooperation pursued through the other framework programme activities Participation by entities of third countries in the specific programmes may take basically two forms: - programme participation based on full association with the framework programme: participation for third-country entities under similar conditions to Member State entities. Full association of States in the pre-accession phase could be facilitated through appropriate degressive financing mechanisms, making use, where so decided, of other relevant Community instruments (e.g. PHARE). For other States in the pre-accession phase which indicate that full participation in the framework programme is not yet feasible for them, partial association with one or more complete specific programmes could be envisaged, - participation in specific programmes on a project-by-project basis: if a bilateral or a multilateral cooperation agreement is necessary in the Community’s interest in order to provide access to high-quality third-country programmes and suitable IPR arrangements, project-by-project participation will be subject to the conclusion of such an agreement. Participating entities of third countries will in principle not benefit from funds under these programmes, except in cases duly justified as being in the Community’s interest. The detailed conditions under which entities from third countries and international organisations involved in research activities may participate in the framework programme, including the financial arrangements, will be specified in the decision which will be adopted pursuant to Article 130j of the Treaty.
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