Results of the Macro-Level Analysis of the Ip-Uni Link Project
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Trends in R&D Cooperation among EU and BRIC countries’ Higher Education Institutions RESULTS OF THE MACRO-LEVEL ANALYSIS OF THE IP-UNI LINK PROJECT Final Version , 11 /2009 DEVELOPED BY THE IP-UNILINK PROJECT CONSORTIUM. University of Alicante, Spain Mayr, Alexandra Barluenga, Maria C. State University of Campinas, Brazil Reydon, Bastiaan Pereira, Andréia Mara Electrotechnical University, Russia Afanasjev, Petr Chalmers Technology Foundation - CIT, Sweden Scheinberg, Sari Norgren, Andreas Jagiellonian University, IP Law Institute, Poland Kasprzycki, Dariusz Ożegalska-Trybalska, Justyna Felchner, Krzysztof Kunming University of Science and Technology, China CHEN Xinghua LI Xin LI Na Wang Taining JIA Miao Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, IPR Cell, India Ghosh, P. K. Sinha, Babita Himanshu, Joshi Meenakshi, Rode CO-FINANCED BY : Erasmus Mundus Programme of the European Union EDITED BY: University of Alicante, International Project Management Office Edificio Germán Bernácer, Apartado de correos 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain © IP-Unilink Consotrium, 2009 This publication reflects the views only of the authors, and the European Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction ............................................................................................. 7 1.1. Preamble .................................................................................................................... 7 1.2. Objectives and Methodology .................................................................................... 8 1.3. Background on BRIC R&D Policies and Cooperation with the EU ............................. 9 1.3.1. Brazil ....................................................................................................................... 9 1.3.2. Russia.................................................................................................................... 10 1.3.3. India ...................................................................................................................... 11 1.3.4. China ..................................................................................................................... 12 2. Analysis of cooperation - BRIC country ................................................... 14 2.1. BRAZIL ...................................................................................................................... 14 2.1.1. Methodology ........................................................................................................ 14 2.1.2. Drives of Co-operation & Agreements ................................................................. 14 2.1.3. Most active players in EU-Brazil Co-operation ..................................................... 17 2.1.4. Main areas and types of co-operation ................................................................. 19 2.1.5. Sources of funding ................................................................................................ 20 2.1.6. CASE STUDIES’ MAIN FINDINGS ........................................................................... 21 2.2. RUSSIA ..................................................................................................................... 25 2.2.1. Methodology ........................................................................................................ 25 2.2.2. Drives of co-operation and agreements ............................................................... 25 2.2.3. Most active players in EU-Russia Co-operation.................................................... 28 2.2.4. Main areas and TYPEs of co-operation ................................................................. 29 2.2.5. Sources of funding ................................................................................................ 31 2.2.6. CASE STUDIES’ MAIN FINDINGS ........................................................................... 32 2.3. INDIA ........................................................................................................................ 34 2.3.1. Methodology ........................................................................................................ 34 2.3.2. Drives of co-operation & agreements .................................................................. 34 2.3.3. Most active players in EU-India Co-operation ...................................................... 36 2.3.4. Main areas and types of co-operation ................................................................. 38 2.3.5. Sources of funding ................................................................................................ 40 2.3.6. CASE STUDy’s MAIN FINDINGS ............................................................................. 40 2.4. CHINA ....................................................................................................................... 43 2.4.1. Methodology ........................................................................................................ 43 2.4.2. Drivers of co-operation & agreements ................................................................. 43 2.4.3. Most active players in EU-China Co-operation ..................................................... 46 2.4.4. Main areas and types of co-operation ................................................................. 48 2.4.5. Sources of funding ................................................................................................ 49 2.4.6. CASE STUDIES’ MAIN FINDINGS ........................................................................... 49 3. Case Studies of EU – BRIC cooperation ................................................... 53 3.1. BRAZIL ...................................................................................................................... 53 3.1.1. MAIZE FOR ACID SOILS ......................................................................................... 53 3.1.2. GENEO-TROPECO ................................................................................................. 58 3 3.2. RUSSIA ..................................................................................................................... 66 3.2.1. METAMORPHOSE ................................................................................................. 66 3.2.2. MINIGAS ............................................................................................................... 68 3.3. INDIA ........................................................................................................................ 71 3.3.1. ASSIST ................................................................................................................... 71 3.4. CHINA ....................................................................................................................... 80 3.4.1. JORCEP.................................................................................................................. 80 3.4.2. ENTTRANS ............................................................................................................ 88 3.4.3. CILIA ...................................................................................................................... 91 4. Sources and Links ................................................................................... 97 4 INDEX OF TABLES AND GRAPHS Table1: Programmes available for EU-Brazil cooperation ......................................................................... 16 Table 2: EU Financed Projects with Brazilian Participation ........................................................................ 17 Table 3: S&T Cooperation Agreements between EU Countries and Brazil ................................................. 17 Table 4: S&T Cooperation Agreements between European Countries and the University of Campinas ... 17 Table 5: Most Active European Institutions in Cooperation Initiatives with Brazil .................................... 18 Table 6: Most Active Brazilian Institutions in S&T Agreements with the EU .............................................. 18 Table 7: Most Active Brazilian HEIs in EU Funded Projects .......................................................................... 18 Table 8: Common types of EU-Brazil S&T cooperation ................................................................................ 20 Table 9: Case study on the MAIZE FOR ACID SOILS project ........................................................................ 22 Table 10: Case study on the GENEO-TROPECO project .............................................................................. 24 Table 11: Programmes available for EU-Russia cooperation ..................................................................... 27 Table 12: S&T Cooperation agreements between EU countries and Russia ................................................. 29 Table 13: Most active Russian universities in EU funded projects ............................................................. 29 Table14: Main areas of EU-Russia R&D cooperation ................................................................................... 30 Table15: Common forms of EU-Russia R&D cooperation ............................................................................ 30 Table 16: Case study on the METAMORPHOSE project ............................................................................. 32 Table 17: Case study on the MINIGAS project ...........................................................................................