Final Report Summary - J - BILAT (BILAT in Japan)
Executive summary:
As the first ever project for the general promotion of European Union (EU)-Japan cooperation in Science, technology and innovation (STI), the J-BILAT project greatly enhancement the awareness of FP7 and Horizon 2020 among Japanese stakeholders, ranging from individual researchers to private companies, research organizations to governmental authorities.
Project context and objectives:
J-BILAT was a 36-month EU co-funded project for the promotion, enhancement and development of EU-Japan cooperation in STI. It was the first project of its kind, with the following overall goals.
1. To facilitate EU-Japan cooperation in research and innovation by raising awareness among the Science and technology (S&T) research community in Japan about the various tools available in the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
2. To make it easier and faster for the S&T research community in Japan to join the FP7 research projects by establishing FP7 information services in Japan.
3. To promote Japanese participation in FP7 by organising awareness raising activities in Japan to share best practices and address issues affecting the participation of Japanese organisations in the FP7.
Project results:
- It was identified that the lack of official translation of Japanese legal documents, including National University Act and Private Schools Act, lead to the situation that many entities needed to translate the same document and a lot of redundant efforts were made. J-BILAT help desk liaised with the relevant Japanese ministries (M) and requested for resolution. J-BILAT also provided a reference translation of National University Act.
- Some mistakes and inconsistencies in the registration of Japanese legan entities. In some cases, J-BILAT was involved in the communication and negotiation.
- A study of fan interoperability of the Japanese registration system, e-Rad, and European counterpart, participant portal registration facility, has been made and proposed to the EC. Discussion has been escalated to directorate-general (DG) BUDG and certain consideration has been made.
- J-BILAT helped with European and Japanese side during the formation of projects on aeronautics and coordination between the two sides including the discussion on IPR related issues.
- J-BILAT arranged meetings with proper participants, e.g. between the Japanese research organisations and companies and EC officers in charge of the relevant topics.
In addition to the interaction with promotion multipliers including the S&T section of the European embassies, relevant and/or complementary FP7 projects, especially EURAXESS LINKS JAPAN, CONCERT-JAPAN (ERA- NET Japan), EUJO-LIMMS (INCOLAB) and EURASIAPAC (ICT), which has been intense since the launch of the project, J-BILAT media campaign was launched in March 2011. A few long articles on FP7 and beyond have been published and presentations have been made in many conferences and invited seminars at both public and private organisations. For example, an invited lecture was given to Research and development (R&D) managers of Japanese major companies, at the sub- committee on policy planning, committee on industrial technology, Keidanren (Japan Business Federation).
The following is the details of 3 articles in Japanese that have been published.
A: pan-European programmes for the promotion of industry-academia cooperation: FP7 and others, the Journal of the Japan Society for Science Policy and Research Management, Vol.25 No.3/4 (2010)
B: From FP7 to Horizon 2020: Pan-European programmes for R&D and Innovation and EU-Japan cooperation, Photonic Standardisation Newsletter No.96 (2012) from the Optoelectronics Industry and Technology Development Association(OITDA)
C: Next European Framework Programme Horizon2020 and EU-Japan cooperation, EAJ News No.147 available at http://www.eaj.or.jp/eajnews/news147/05.html(öffnet in neuem Fenster)
Potential impact:
The J-BILAT project greatly enhanced the awareness and understanding of the European FPs among Japanese stakeholders. The overwhelming number of enquiries to the help desk service is one of good example of the impact. The level of activities was very high, too high to be able to make a comprehensive summary. Once a more sustainable structure like FP7 / Horizon2020 Contact Points has been implemented in Japan, our experiences and accumulation of knowledge can be further exploited.
At the end of the project, we also started to train research administrators and project managers, on the FP7 / Horizon2020 specific details as well as science management and international cooperation more broadly, from the EU-Japan cooperation point of view. This kind of cross-sectorial activities was unique, and the continuation of the capacity building would further enhance the volume and quality of EU-Japan cooperation in STI, complementing the high level policy dialogues.
We would also like to add, that the comprehensive articles we wrote in Japanese language as well as reference translation of key FP7 contractual documents and guidelines were well appreciated by the Japanese stakeholders.
List of websites: http://www.j-bilat.eu(öffnet in neuem Fenster)
As the first ever project for the general promotion of European Union (EU)-Japan cooperation in Science, technology and innovation (STI), the J-BILAT project greatly enhancement the awareness of FP7 and Horizon 2020 among Japanese stakeholders, ranging from individual researchers to private companies, research organizations to governmental authorities.
Project context and objectives:
J-BILAT was a 36-month EU co-funded project for the promotion, enhancement and development of EU-Japan cooperation in STI. It was the first project of its kind, with the following overall goals.
1. To facilitate EU-Japan cooperation in research and innovation by raising awareness among the Science and technology (S&T) research community in Japan about the various tools available in the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
2. To make it easier and faster for the S&T research community in Japan to join the FP7 research projects by establishing FP7 information services in Japan.
3. To promote Japanese participation in FP7 by organising awareness raising activities in Japan to share best practices and address issues affecting the participation of Japanese organisations in the FP7.
Project results:
- It was identified that the lack of official translation of Japanese legal documents, including National University Act and Private Schools Act, lead to the situation that many entities needed to translate the same document and a lot of redundant efforts were made. J-BILAT help desk liaised with the relevant Japanese ministries (M) and requested for resolution. J-BILAT also provided a reference translation of National University Act.
- Some mistakes and inconsistencies in the registration of Japanese legan entities. In some cases, J-BILAT was involved in the communication and negotiation.
- A study of fan interoperability of the Japanese registration system, e-Rad, and European counterpart, participant portal registration facility, has been made and proposed to the EC. Discussion has been escalated to directorate-general (DG) BUDG and certain consideration has been made.
- J-BILAT helped with European and Japanese side during the formation of projects on aeronautics and coordination between the two sides including the discussion on IPR related issues.
- J-BILAT arranged meetings with proper participants, e.g. between the Japanese research organisations and companies and EC officers in charge of the relevant topics.
In addition to the interaction with promotion multipliers including the S&T section of the European embassies, relevant and/or complementary FP7 projects, especially EURAXESS LINKS JAPAN, CONCERT-JAPAN (ERA- NET Japan), EUJO-LIMMS (INCOLAB) and EURASIAPAC (ICT), which has been intense since the launch of the project, J-BILAT media campaign was launched in March 2011. A few long articles on FP7 and beyond have been published and presentations have been made in many conferences and invited seminars at both public and private organisations. For example, an invited lecture was given to Research and development (R&D) managers of Japanese major companies, at the sub- committee on policy planning, committee on industrial technology, Keidanren (Japan Business Federation).
The following is the details of 3 articles in Japanese that have been published.
A: pan-European programmes for the promotion of industry-academia cooperation: FP7 and others, the Journal of the Japan Society for Science Policy and Research Management, Vol.25 No.3/4 (2010)
B: From FP7 to Horizon 2020: Pan-European programmes for R&D and Innovation and EU-Japan cooperation, Photonic Standardisation Newsletter No.96 (2012) from the Optoelectronics Industry and Technology Development Association(OITDA)
C: Next European Framework Programme Horizon2020 and EU-Japan cooperation, EAJ News No.147 available at http://www.eaj.or.jp/eajnews/news147/05.html(öffnet in neuem Fenster)
Potential impact:
The J-BILAT project greatly enhanced the awareness and understanding of the European FPs among Japanese stakeholders. The overwhelming number of enquiries to the help desk service is one of good example of the impact. The level of activities was very high, too high to be able to make a comprehensive summary. Once a more sustainable structure like FP7 / Horizon2020 Contact Points has been implemented in Japan, our experiences and accumulation of knowledge can be further exploited.
At the end of the project, we also started to train research administrators and project managers, on the FP7 / Horizon2020 specific details as well as science management and international cooperation more broadly, from the EU-Japan cooperation point of view. This kind of cross-sectorial activities was unique, and the continuation of the capacity building would further enhance the volume and quality of EU-Japan cooperation in STI, complementing the high level policy dialogues.
We would also like to add, that the comprehensive articles we wrote in Japanese language as well as reference translation of key FP7 contractual documents and guidelines were well appreciated by the Japanese stakeholders.
List of websites: http://www.j-bilat.eu(öffnet in neuem Fenster)