JEUPISTE and NCP support projects in Japan

Tokyo – 25 July 2016 Stijn Lambrecht JEUPISTE Project Manager NCP for ICT in Japan [email protected] EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation 1 The JEUPISTE Project

Name Japan-EU Partnership in Innovation, Science and TEchnology

Period 2013/9～2016/8 URL http://www.jeupiste.eu

10 partners: Aims of the JEUPISTE Project • IIST (JP) • DLR (DE) 1. Support to policy dialogues • APRE (IT) • TUBITAK (TR) 2. Facilitate Bilateral Dissemination • FORTH (GR) • RCISD (HU) 3. Organize Networking and Twinning • AGAUR (ES) • INSME (IT) 4. Offer Help desk and Training of Experts • ZSI (AT) • UNIV (JP) 5. Communication

2 1. Support to Policy Dialogues: Analytical reports and setup of EIG

Inventory of joint STI Programmes and cooperation mechanisms → providing tools for future cooperation identification domestic Japanese programmes with cooperation potential

Analysis of the EU-Japan Cooperation in FP7/Horizon 2020 → detailed identification of areas of cooperation including participation of Japanese affiliated companies from Europe

Analysis of EU-Japan Co-publications → highest growth in co-authored papers in Energy, Agriculture and biological sciences, material sciences and chemistry

Blueprint for Joint Liaison Office for European research organisations in Japan → Detailed study on how such an office should be shaped

Establishment of a European Interest Group targeting Japan → First call launched on Food Crops and Biomass Production Technologies, now open

3 2. Providing information about cooperation programmes and added value of EU-Japan cooperation in the Europe and Japan

6 events/sessions organized by JEUPISTE partners in Europe Ca. 550 people reached

10 events/sessions organized in Japan / Ca. 1000 people reached* Major event: Horizon 2020 info days in (close to 200 participants) In addition, more than 20 invited presentations throughout Japan ( (* expected)

4 3. Networking for research communities and partnership building

“networking and twinning among research and innovation actors through identification of issues, coordination among stakeholders and organization of workshops” e.g. Workshop at Barcelona Smart City World Congress and Expo (November 2015) on Ageing Smart Cities

Smart Communities (Brussels, Turin, Barcelona) Nanomaterials White biotechnology Power Electronics bionanoscience (Kobe) (Tokyo) (Thessaloniki)

5 Main impact areas of the JEUPISTE project

Providing analysis on EU- Facilitate research Japan communities & cooperation innovation actors to connect >>partnering<< Information flow

>>Events/helpdesk<< Capacity building >>training<<

6 NCP for Horizon 2020 in Japan

. EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation is the official National Contact Point for Horizon 2020 in Japan.

. NCP is a system developed by the European Commission based in all European countries and most third countries, to provide local support.

. Goal: provide guidance, practical information and assistance on all aspects of participation in Horizon 2020

. Collaboration with Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), JEUPISTE project, NCP thematic networks

. Japanese portal site for Horizon 2020： http://www.ncp-japan.jp

7 Services by JEUPISTE/NCP

• A help desk for any inquiry related to Horizon 2020: actively helping Japanese organizations to participate in Horizon 2020 by providing them with tailored information and practical information on administrative issues that might arise

• Providing a website in Japanese with easily accessible information on Horizon 2020 and how to participate: http://www.ncp-japan.jp

• Providing Japanese translations of key documents in Horizon 2020 (such as the Grant Agreement) and information guides for easier access to Japanese organisations

• Providing trainings for research administrators and managers to deal with EU research projects

• Partner search support

8 Horizon 2020 Training seminar

29 July 2016 in , 13:00 – 17:30

. Training for Japanese research administrators, researchers, companies

. Training contents: – Learn from Japanese organisations participating in Horizon 2020 how they are handling the project – Receive detailed information on the application procedures – Get accustomed to the IPR management and reporting obligations – How to support researchers to participate in the EU projects

. Participation free of charge

. Training partially conducted in Japanese

. More information and registration: http://www.jeupiste.eu/events

9 More information

JEUPISTE Project http://www.jeupiste.eu [email protected]

NCP Japan http://www.ncp-japan.jp [email protected]

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