Région Bretagne is supporting the internationalisation of the Breton scientific communities. It translates into several actions, such as project engineering for emerging European collaborations and projects, recruitment of postdoctoral researchers with international experience, and funding of costs to encourage the submission by Breton researchers of proposal to European calls. Its supports the growing implication of Breton actors in European-wide projects and EU-funded projects, leading to an increase by 62% of the amount of funding received by Breton academic actors under Horizon 2020 compared to the previous European framework programme.
Since November 2020, Région Bretagne is implementing the H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2019 BIENVENÜE project with a wide consortium of partner institutions, including the major part of Breton laboratories. The COFUND action has been identified as a structuring opportunity for the Breton R&I ecosystem: a support of the work by research institutions engaged in the HRS4R process, for diffusion of MSCA good practices, and a new visibility and attractiveness of Breton scientific communities thank to the MSCA label. Moreover, by orientating towards a contribution of all funded projects to the regional R&I S3, the BIENVENÜE project should help to maximize the implementation of this regional strategy.
The objectives of the BIENVENÜE programme are the following:
- develop a knowledge-driven economy with international recognition and local identity
- reinforce human capital of the region in R&I
- maximise RIS3 implementation by heightening research excellence, cross-sectoral innovation, and collaboration between academic, non-academic and policy makers, thus stimulating regional development
