1. MAGHRENOV
Workshop
on
Capacity
Building
EU-­‐MPC
Barcelona,
19th
June
2014
Capacity
Building
in
MEDSPRING
Macarena
Muñoz

2. Capacity
building
in
MEDSPRING
• Euro-­‐Mediterranean
bi-­‐regional
dialogue
on
selected
societal
challenges
• Euro-­‐Mediterranean
cooperation
on
R&I
• Capacity
building
• EMEG
Mediterranean
Science,
Policy,
Research
and
Innovation
Gateway*
• MEDSPRING
AGORA
-­‐
Dialogue
with
civil
society,
research
WEB
communities,
supports
innovative
ideas
from
young
entrepreneurs
/
researchers
*From
Feb
2013!

3. Capacity
building
in
MEDSPRING
International
Organisation
(CIHEAM,
Co-­‐ordinator)
Research
Ministries
Research
Councils
Research
organisations
/
Universities
NGOs
and
Associations
MS:
Italy,
Spain,
Germany,
Portugal,
France,
Greece,
Malta,
Cyprus,
Belgium
Mediterranean
Countries
associated
to
FP7:
Turkey,
Israel
Mediterranean
Countries
non-­‐associated:
Algeria,
Tunisia,
Morocco,
Egypt,
Lebanon,
Palestine,
Jordan
MEDSPRING
Partnership

4. Capacity
building
in
MEDSPRING
medspring.eu
9
WORKPACKAGES
WP4:
RI
open
dialogue.
The
Euro-­‐Mediterranean
Agora
WP5:
Brokerage
and
venturing
for
innovation
and
EU-­‐MPC
research
networking
and
cooperation
WP7:
Capacity
building
in
RDI

5. Capacity
building
in
MEDSPRING
Platform
to
stimulate
participation
and
discussion
of
civil
society
and
stakeholders
on
R&I
accounting
for
the
selected
societal
challenges
• Increasing
knowledge
exchange
with
the
Euro-­‐Med
civil
society
and
community
• Enhancing
participatory
democracy
in
addressing
research
linked
to
the
selected
societal
challenges
• Fostering
awareness
of
the
role
of
the
society
in
contributing
to
policy
process
and
outcome
(ex.:
publication
of
a
fully
participated
Position
Paper)
WP4:
Open
dialogue
on
RI
–
The
Euro-­‐Mediterranean
AGORA

6. Capacity
building
in
MEDSPRING
…
How
does
MEDSPRING
stimulate
the
participation?
agora.medspring.eu
2
recent
examples:
• The
Open
Consultations
before
the
EMEG
Meetings
• The
Brokerage
Events

7. Capacity
building
in
MEDSPRING
An
open
consultation
is
a
participative
instrument
to
open
the
decision-­‐making
process
to
all
those
willing
to
get
involved.
Its
main
objective
is
to
listen
to
often
unheard
voices
and
make
good
use
of
them:
it
is
a
first
step
towards
a
participative
democracy.
Ex.
1
-­‐
The
Open
Consultation

8. Capacity
building
in
MEDSPRING
EMEG
Meeting
aimed
at
developing
a
common
frame
of
topics
to
be
addressed
for
research
valorization
in
Water,
Food,
and
Energy.
EMEG
departed
from
the
results
obtained
through
the
Open
Consultation:
its
results
were
highly
valued
by
the
EMEG
experts
and
contributed
positively
to
enrich
the
discussion.

9. Capacity
building
in
MEDSPRING
http://agora.medspring.eu/en/content/emeg-­‐policies-­‐consultation
New
Open
Consultation!!

10. Capacity
building
in
MEDSPRING
WP5:
Brokerage
and
venturing
for
innovation
and
EU-­‐MPC
research
networking
and
cooperation
1.
Brokerage
to
strengthen
cooperation
among
researchers,
SME
and
other
stakeholders.
Facilitate
networking
and
partnership
cooperation
to
participate
in
EU
research
and
innovation
programmes
as
well
as
MS/AC
and
MPC
programmes.
2.
Brokerage
and
venturing
for
innovation
bridging
between
R&I
through
the
creation
of
private-­‐public
and
research-­‐
enterprise
partnerships,
bridging
also
local
and
regional
actors,
helping
them
to
join
forces
and
enhance
clustering
for
innovation.

11. Capacity
building
in
MEDSPRING
Feb
2014:
Regional
Euro-­‐Mediterranean
event
where
companies,
organizations,
entrepreneurs
and
researchers
from
different
EU
and
Mediterranean
countries
participate
with
the
aim
of
networking
and
finding
potential
collaborators
and
partners.
BEFORE:
15
participants
–“idea
carriers”–
were
selected
and
invited
to
present
their
ideas
to
potential
investors
and
discuss
further
developments
with
other
researchers
and
stakeholders
during
the
brokerage
event.
Ex.
2
-­‐
The
Brokerage
Events

12. Capacity
building
in
MEDSPRING
Ex.
2
-­‐
The
Brokerage
Events
AGORA
web
community
Publication
of
call
for
innovative
ideas
Selection
of
idea-­‐carriers
Pitching
and
training
of
idea-­‐carriers
Face-­‐to-­‐face
meetings
with
investors
Follow-­‐up
and
preparation
of
next
brokerage
MEDSPRING
Agora
accompanied
idea-­‐
carriers
from
proposal
to
brokerage

13. Capacity
building
in
MEDSPRING
WP7:
Capacity
building
in
RDI
Sharing
knowledge
on
R&I
issues
among
participants
while
encouraging
them
to
participate
in
HORIZON
2020
The
programme
will
have
a
trans-­‐national
dimension,
and
will
be
based
on
the
concept
of
training
for
trainers
and
on
the-­‐job-­‐
training.
The
training
will
be
addressed
to
researchers
(including
young
graduates),
technology
driven
SMEs,
governmental
officers,
FP
national
contact
points
and
thematic
contact
points.
The
capacity
building
activities
will
take
into
consideration
the
identified
clusters
and
community
of
the
MEDSPRING
Agora

14. Capacity
building
in
MEDSPRING
Max.
6
3-­‐days
training
sessions
for
max
15
participants/session.
Online
capacity
building
will
also
be
considered
.
Specific
activities
addressed
to
the
improvement
and
extension
of
FP7-­‐Thematic
Contact
Points
The
participants
will
be
identified
through
the
country
institutional
partner
participating
in
the
project
for
the
HORIZON
2020
trainings.
For
innovation
trainings
an
application
procedure
will
be
tested,
which
is
open
to
selected
innovation
stakeholders
with
a
special
profile.
WP7:
Capacity
building
in
RDI

15. Capacity
building
in
MEDSPRING
Training
on
H2020
for
Mediterranean
NCPs,
research
managers
and
researchers,
Marrakesh
from
11th
to
13th
of
June.
WP7:
Capacity
building
in
RDI

16. Capacity
building
in
MEDSPRING
More
information
MEDSPRING
Website
medspring.eu
AGORA
MEDSPRING
Website
agora.medspring.eu
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MedSpring
on
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/AgoraMedSpring
— Agora
MedSpring
on
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/AgoraMedSpring/
— Agora
MedSpring
on
Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/profile

17. Capacity
building
in
MEDSPRING
Thanks
for
your
attention!
macarena.munoz@idaea.csic.es