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Recommendations for promoting partnerships The EG recommends starting <strong>the</strong> external policy dialogue and its follow-ups based on <strong>the</strong> priorities and challenges identified. Country choices will result from such deliberations, but should not be <strong>the</strong> starting-point. In order to promote an enhanced partnership between <strong>the</strong> EU and Member States to address challenges and <strong>the</strong>matic priorities, <strong>the</strong> focus is on <strong>the</strong> following actor levels and core functions: 1) SFIC – function: policy coordination 2) MS/EC plus 3 rd country partner regions - function: policy dialogue and collaborative structural/<strong>the</strong>matic pilot activities 3) EC/MS plus 3 rd countries with S&T agreement – function: collaborative roadmap implementation 4) MS/EC plus 3 rd countries – function: joint international research funding 5) R&D organisations – function: generic support for addressing global challenges 6) MS/EC – function: establishing European Lead Initiatives 7) EC/MS 1) Support <strong>the</strong> internal RTDI internationalisation policy coordination among <strong>the</strong> MS and EC and at <strong>the</strong> same time unburden SFIC in its core tasks concerning priority setting and harmonising framework conditions for joint international STI efforts, through a) enhanced secretarial support, b) an upgraded dedicated budget for expert workshops, promotion activities and accompanying research (e.g. regarding S&T internationalisation indicators) c) development <strong>of</strong> a user-friendly knowledge management system with web2.0 features. At <strong>the</strong> governance level, SFIC should ensure a truly high-level representation. Moreover, <strong>the</strong> governance structure should be fur<strong>the</strong>r developed into a reflective and responsive “learning system” tailored to <strong>the</strong> needs <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> specific targeted collaborations, allowing active and responsive adaptation. In such an enhanced governance system also implementation agencies and analytical ‘intelligence providers’ have to find <strong>the</strong>ir role and place for operative exchange and collaboration. SFIC must continue to establish and maintain linkages between national, regional and international levels to help to avoid duplication and create transparency among stakeholders. 2) Support <strong>the</strong> external STI internationalisation policy dialogue between <strong>the</strong> MS plus EC (internal variable geometry) and <strong>the</strong> rest <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world (through external variable geometry) with <strong>the</strong> aim to develop and implement a number <strong>of</strong> coordinated pilot activities a) through regional platforms b) which reach out to different fields <strong>of</strong> policy (including economic and development policy; innovation etc.) and to <strong>the</strong> targeted research communities 48
c) with a strong jointly accessible and usable analytical back-up function building on already existing knowledge (see section on indicators) d) with an ambition to establish coordinated pilot activities, which could be <strong>of</strong> structural or <strong>the</strong>matic nature (e.g. <strong>the</strong>matic working groups to coordinate STI efforts; promotion <strong>of</strong> European research capacities) e) by including third partner countries case-by-case (variable geometry) f) with a strong focus on global challenges g) financed by <strong>the</strong> European Commission. As regards <strong>the</strong> external policy dialogue support, benefits for MS should be better worked out and procedures should be developed to better respond to <strong>the</strong> needs <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> participants. The policy dialogue should involve policy makers and policy-delivery systems (not necessarily as partners but as participants in various activities), analytical intelligence providers and multiplicators from <strong>the</strong> EU, <strong>the</strong> Member States and <strong>the</strong> international partner countries. Outreach activities to o<strong>the</strong>r stakeholders, measures to put STI into practice and support for capacity building for STI at a strategic level (e.g. through joint S&T policy mix peer reviews), both at <strong>the</strong> side <strong>of</strong> EU MS and associated countries and third partner countries, should be a priority at several stages <strong>of</strong> such projects. Capacity building should be an element <strong>of</strong> joint efforts to address global challenges. In this context, <strong>the</strong> increasing attention by <strong>the</strong> EU to address regions as a level (to better engage groups <strong>of</strong> countries in dialogues and cooperation) deserves a comment. In line with a key argument in this <strong>Report</strong>, priorities should be based on challenges and <strong>the</strong>mes, while partner countries are seen as channels for implementation. The EG does not see regions as channels for implementation in this sense, but ra<strong>the</strong>r as potential mechanisms for dialogue to address framework conditions and include STI in wider political and diplomacy concerns. Approaching multiple countries for cooperation within a given priority should give rise to (external) variable geometries with those that share those priorities. 3) Support <strong>the</strong> implementation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> results <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> external S&T internationalisation policy dialogue between <strong>the</strong> EC plus MS (variable geometry) and partner countries with whom <strong>the</strong> EC has a S&T agreement with <strong>the</strong> aim to implement <strong>the</strong> jointly developed roadmaps a) in bilateral settings b) which facilitate a stronger participation <strong>of</strong> excellent researchers in HORIZON 2020 projects AND <strong>the</strong> participation <strong>of</strong> excellent researchers from <strong>the</strong> EU in national programmes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> partner countries through different instruments (<strong>the</strong>matic workshops, procedural advisory services, promotion activities etc.) c) in principle across all HORIZON 2020 priorities (but in practice limited by <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>matic or structural priorities agreed and stipulated by <strong>the</strong> S&T agreement under scrutiny) 49
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