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" The Israel-Europe R&D Directorate www.iserd.org.il Slide 2 ISERD Steering Committee: Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance and the Council for Higher Education Planning and Budgeting Committee. Chairman of the Steering Committee Mr. Avi Hasson, Chief Scientist, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor. General Manager: Mr. Marcel SHATON Slide 3 Support Programs Along the R&D Chain Bilateral EUREKA MAGNET Competitive R&D Seed Fund INCUBATORS Basic Research Tnufa Market Proximity Risk Applied academic Research & Support Policy research Nofar International Programs EU FP7 Slide 4 EUREKA members and affiliates Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia European Union Finland France FYR Macedonia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Monaco Montenegro The Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Transitional status: Albania Bosnia-Herzegovina Associate country: South Korea Canada EUREKA has 41 full members; two countries with transitional status and South Korea, Canada as associate countries Slide 5 EUREKA Activities Clusters Individual Projects Eurostars High-technology market-oriented R&D projects A European research and development program targeting small and medium enterprises Longer term strategically significant industrial initiatives Information TechnologyCommunicationsWaterEnergyManufacturing Umbrellas Thematic networks focused on a specific technology area or business sector Slide 6 FP7 - MS Slide 7 Strategic partnerships Synergy of resources Market intelligence Access to research of the entire project Shorter time to market Name recognition Funding for large R&D projects Integration in the European market Added Value for a Company Participating in FP7 Slide 8 Slide 9 FP7-ENERGY-2013 Official Publication date: 10 July 2012 Closing date for submission: FP7-Energy-2013-1: 28 Nov., 2012 FP7-Energy-2013-2: 24 Jan., 2013 FP7-smartcities-2013: 4 Dec., 2012 PPP EeB: 4 Dec., 2012 FP7-OCEAN-2013: 7 Feb., 2013 ICT-Call 11: 16 April., 2013 Slide 10 Challenges for the ENERGY 2013 work program Renewable Electricity Generation (PV, Wind, Ocean, etc.) Renewable Fuel Production (2 nd generation fuel from Biomass) Renewables for Heating and Cooling (Solar Thermal energy) CO 2 Capture and Storage Technologies for Zero Emission Power Generation (CO 2 Capture/ Storage) Clean Coal Technologies Smart Energy Networks Slide 11 FP7-SMARTCITIES-2013 4 Topics implemented in cooperation with ICT Reduce energy consumption Demonstration of optimized energy systems for high performance- energy districts Slide 12 The Ocean of Tomorrow Joining research forces to meet challenges in ocean management 4 Topics implemented in cooperation FAFB, NMP, ENV., TRANSPORT Innovative transport and deployment systems for the offshore wind energy sector Slide 13