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Date: 1988-03-02
Title: Amended Proposai for a COUNCIL DECISION adopting a plan to stimulate the international cooperation and interchange needed by European research scientists (SCIENCE) (1988-1992) (submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3) of the EEC Treaty)

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                                                 COM(88 ) 113 final
                                                 Brussels , 2 March 1988
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                            Amended Proposai for a
                                COUNCIL DECISION
      adopting a plan to stimulate the international coope r ->t ion
   and interchange needed by European research scientists ( SCIENCE )
                                     ( 1988-1992 )
               ( submitted by the Commission pursuant to
                    Article 149(3 ) of the EEC Treaty )
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On 9 December 1987 the Commission presented to the Council a proposed
decision adopting an action to stimulate the International Cooperation
and Interchange needed by European Research Scientists ( SCIENCE )
1988-1992   ( COM ( 87 ) 443 final )
The European Parliament whose opinion was sought by the President
of the Council adopted a resolution on 10 February in which it
approved this proposal with the proviso that the Commission incorporate
the Parliament 's amendments
The Commission , on the basis of the t/xird paragraph of Article 149
of the treaty setting up the EEC has modified its initial proposal
by including the amendments proposed by the Parliament and now
presents this modified proposal , set out in the ANNEX , to the Council .
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                        PROPOSED   COUNCIL   DECISION
       adopting a plan to stimulate the international cooperation
         and interchange needed by European research scientists
                                 1988-1992
                                 ( SCIENCE )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community , and in particular Article 130Q , paragraph 2
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( 1 ),
In cooperation with the European Parliament ( 2 ),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee
( 3 ),
 1 ) OJ n°
 2 ) OJ n°
 3 ) OJ n ° . . .
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Whereas the Council adopted the first Plan to stimulate European
cooperation and scientific and technical interchange on 12 March
1985 ,
Whereas the terms of article 130 K of the Treaty provide that
implementation of the Framework programme be carried out by means
of specific programmes developed within each of its action lines ,
Whereas     the     multi-annual     Framework   Programme   1987-1991   should
contribute       to    the   reinforcement    of   scientific   and  technical
potential and infrastructure in all countries of the Community ,
Whereas the Council , in its decision 87 / 51 6 / Euratom / EEC dated 28
September 1987 ,          adopting the multi-annual Framework Programme
1987-1991 , included within * it activities aimed at stimulating ,
reinforcing and improving the Community 's human resources in
research and development ,
Whereas the establishment of a Researcher 's Europe will make a
contribution to reducing differences in scientific level between
the Member States of the European Community ,
Whereas it is in the interests of the Community to associate
non-Member States and international organisations in certain
Community programmes ,           particularly those which contribute to
reinforcing Europe ' s . ove r a l l scientific potential ,
Whereas     the     Scientific   and   Technical  Research  Committee   ( CREST )
has been consulted on the following measures ,
HAS   DECIDED     :
                                      Article 1
A programme entitled the " plan to stimulate the international
cooperation          and    interchange     needed    by   European    research
scientists ", hereinafter referred to as the " Stimulation plan ",
as set out in the Annex , is hereby adopted for a five-year period
 commencing on 1 January 1988 .
                                       Article 2
 The operational arrangements for implementing the plan are set
out   in the    Annex .
                                       Article 3
 The funds estimated as necessary for the execution of the
 Stimulation Plan amount to 167 million ECU , including expenditure
 on a staff of 18 .            The Community financial support awarded to
 'Stimulation' activities shall constitute 100X of the cost of
 these scientific and technical cooperation and interchange
 act ions .
 The definitive total of the funds together with the staff numbers
 shall be established by the Budgetary Authority in the framework
 of the Annual Budget procedure and as a function of current need .-
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     1 . ’*he Commission shall undertake the implementation of the
          Stimulation Plan by means of bursaries ,         research   grants ,
          grants for high-level courses , contracts            encouraging the
          twinning of laboratories and operations              contracts .     It
          shall be assisted by the Committee for the           European
          Development of Science and Technology ( CODEST ),           set      up
          under decision 82 / 835 / EEC ( 4 ) and oy consultants .
  2.      The contracts drawn up by the . Commission shall show the
          rights and obligations       of each , party ,     particularly the
          methods of disseminating ,            protecting and exploiting the
          research results and of making            any   reimbursement    that
          may be necessary of the funding given .
                                     Arti c le 5
  In conformity with article 130 N of the EEC treaty ,                       the
  Commission is authorised , under the conditions indicated in Annex
  1,     to negotiate agreements with European non-Member States and
  international organizations , particularly with non-Member States
  taking part in European cooperation in the field of scientific
  and    technical   research    ( COST )   and   with  countries   which   have
  concluded      scientific     and      technical     framework    cooperation
  agreements with the Community ,           with a view to associating them •
  fully or partially in the Stimulation Plan .
                                     Article 6
  30 months after implementation of this Stimulation Plan begins ,
  the Commission shall reexamine it and shall submit a report
  evaluating the results obtained up to that point to the Council
  and to the European Parliament .
  If necessary this report shall be accompanied by proposals
  intended to mofify the plan in the light of the results of this
  evaluation .
  When this Stimulation plan has been fully implemented the
  Commission will submit to the Council and to the European
  parliament a report evaluating the results obtained .
  The reports mentioned above shall be prepared in the light of the
  objectives set out in Annex 1 to this decision and in conformity
  with the stipulations of Article 2 para .               2 of the Framework
  Programme .
( 4 ) 0J n° L350 of 10.12.1982 , p. 45
 ---pagebreak---                             Article 7
This decision is addressed to the Member States .
Done at Brussels on
                                   By t he Counc i l
                                   Chairman  :
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                                        - Annex   I-
                                  Sti mutation Plan
1 . Definition and objectives :
    The    Stimulation        Plan    consists       of   a   range   of    activities
    selected      on     the   basis     of   their     scientific     and   technical
    quality ,       which    have    as    their    aim   the   establishment     of   a
    network       of      scientific        and     technical      cooperation       and
    interchange         at   European       level     which    will     gradually     be
    extended .         The overall objective is to improve the efficacy
    of scientific and technological research in all the Member
    States      and     to    contribute       thereby      to   the    reduction of
    scientific and technical development disparities between the
    different Member States of the European Community .                               It
    covers all fields of science and technology ( the exact and
    natural     sciences ).
    Whilst     the     Stimulation      Plan    therefore     aims   to   improve    the
    overall scientific and technical quality of research                             and
    development in' all Member States of the Community ,                             its
    spécifie objectives are
        to promote training through research and ,                       by means of
       cooperation , the better use of high level researchers in the
       Commun i t y ,
    - to improve the mobility of scientists from Community Member
       States ,
    - to     develop       and    support       intra-european       scientific      and
       technical cooperation ,
    - to encourage the establishment of intra-european cooperation
       and interchange networks with the aim , of strengthening the
       Community 's scientific and technical competitiveness .
2 . Operational procedures :
    In   order    to    achieve    the    foregoing objectives        the   Commission
    will    take      a   number    of    measures      aimed   at   researchers     and
    research and development teams or organisations , with a view
    to securing harmonious scientific and technical development in
    the Commun i ty .
    These measures will take various forms                  :
    - post University research bursaries ,                       which consist of
       financial support awarded to scientists in order for them to
       gain      supplementary         training       by    taking    part     in    the
       implementation of a research project in a laboratory
       situated in a Community Member State other than their own
       for a period ranging from 12 months ( minimum ) to 36 months
       ( maxi mum )
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  research grants which consist of financial support awarded
 to a host laboratory , to make it possible to meet costs
 associated with moving or seconding , a researcher from one
 Community Member State to another ,        employing a scientist in
 a team working in a Community Member State other than his
 own ,    or enabling a researcher from one of the Community 's
 industries to develop a specialisation by working in a
 University or industrial laboratory in a different Community
 Member    State •
( Depending on the type of researcher involved and what he
needs to do , a research grant can be of various kinds :
    - awards for     short stay visits ( between two weeks and six
       months ) to    be used by a researcher from the Community
       wishing to    undertake an experiment at a specific
       scientific    and technical facility not available in his
       own country
     -  awards making it possible to meet mobility expenses
       ( travel , accommodation , insurance , removal ...) research
       costs     and   possibly also      the  salary   costs of a
       researcher ,     seconded to or integrated into a research
       team from a Community Member State other than his own
       for a period ranging from 6 months ( minimum ) to 3 years
       ( maxi mum )
     - awards covering the costs reflated to the mobility and
       research work of a scientist from a Community Member
       State , employed by a European industrial enterprise , who
       goes to follow a long training course ( one to three
       years ) at a laboratory in a Community Member State other
       than his own )
  subsidies for high level training courses are intended to
  provide financial support to organisations located in the
  Community , offering a specialised , high level course , so
  that they may open it to scientists from other Member States
  of the Community who can thus receive supplementary training
  or convert to other specialities^
   contracts for the twinning of laboratories from different
  countries are intended to enable researchers in several
  Community Member       States , who are working separately on an
  advanced topic ,      to combine their efforts without having to
  set up a special      joint laboratory . ( This will encourage the
  establishment of      a research team going beyond the 'critical
  mass' required .) The mechanism involves : awards enabling
  researchers to meet , undertake joint experiments , exchange
  results , supplement their equipment or strengthen staff
  levels by employing scientists , preferably from a different
  Member State , on a temporary basis^.
  contracts for the development of multidisciplinary ,
  transnational operations would by virtue of the financial
  resources made available enable the associated research
  teams to have enough resources ( including equipment ) and be
  able to bring together the best expertise available in
  different countries and disciplines , in order to achieve a
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       pre-de t e rm i ned   objective     or    to    undertake    jointly    a    pre ¬
       determined       scientific      task    in    the    framework    of   an    S/T
       cooperation " network ".
    Apart from these measures the Stimulation plan could be
    supplemented by certain similar incentive measures ( bursaries ,
    research grants ,          subsidies ) financed in the context of each
    Community Research and development programme ,                      by agreement
    with the appropriate Management and Coordination Committee
    ( CGC ) .
3 . Measures to stimulate interchange and cooperation apply to all
    fields relevant to the exact and natural sciences , such as :
    - mathemat i cs
    - physics
    - chemistry
    - life sciences
    - earth sciences and ocean sciences
    - scientific instrumentation
    - engineering sciences .
4 . In the fields in which support will be granted , multinational
    projects to benefit from the Community support measures will
    be chosen above all on the basis of their quality*, the extent
    to which they are multidisciplinary in content ,                               their
    innovative aspects and their value in terms of breaking down
    barriers between different forms of research and development .
    As a general rule , where scientific and technical quality is
    comparable ,        priority will be given to projects likely to
    promote economic and social cohesion within the European
    Community .
                                                           »
5 . The Commission will see to it that there is consistency
    between the stimulation activity and programmed Community RD
    activities .
6 . The    Commission      will   at   the ' same    time    undertake   a   series of
    consultations ,         surveys and seminars with the cooperation of
    Community scientific and technical circles in order to analyse
    and evaluate scientific and technical needs and opportunities ,
    with the aim of providing more detail to the content of
    subsequent Stimulation Plans .
    The     Commission       will    cooperate      closely     with   the    national
    authorities to ensure consistency between these activities and
    national policies on research stimulation .
7 . In the framework of the arrangements set out in Article 6 of
    the Decision non-Member States and international organisations
    associated      in    the    Stimulation      Plan    must   contribute      to   the
    financing of        their    involvement      in    Stimulation    activities      as
    well      as to     the    Commurrity 's   general       administrative       costs .
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( Annex II )
                          Financial record
1 . Budget line : 7301
    1.  Title of the project .
        Plan to stimulate the international cooperation and
        interchange needed by European research scientists .
2 . Legal basis
    Article 130 Q paragraph 2 of the treaty establishing the
    European Economic Community .
3 . Description of the project
    The Stimulation Plan consists of carrying out various
    incentive measures , i.e. :
    -   Bursaries for post university research
        Financial support granted to scientists to enable them
         to acquire additional training by participating in a
        research project in a laboratory in a Community country
        other than their own for a period of at least 12 months
         and at most 36 months .
         Research grants
        Awarded to a " host laboratory ", these cover the cost of
         the transfer or secondment of a research scientist from
         one Community country to another , either to allow a
         young scientist to be taken on in a team in a country
         other than his own or to enable a young science graduate
         to specialize before joining a university or industrial
         research laboratory ina nother Member state of the
         Community .
         Depending on the type of scientist and the purpose of
         the research allocation , it nay take different forms :
             funding to enable a research scientist to make short
             stays ( from 15 days to six months ) in a foreign
             country within the Community to carry out specific
             experiments in a particular scientific or technical
             facility not available in his own country ;
 ---pagebreak---         funding to cover the costs associated with mobility
        ( travel , subsistence , insurance , removal , etc .), the
        research work and possibly the salary of a scientist
        seconded to or incorporated in a research team in a
        country ( in the Community ) other than his own , for a
        period of    at   least  six months  and  at most    three
        years ;
        fundinq to cover the costs associated with the
        mobility and research work of a scientist from a
        Community country taken on by a European industry ,
        who goes to follow a lengthy training course ( from
        one to three years ) in a laboratory in an EEC Member
        State other than his own ;
        subsidies for high-level training courses : financial
        support granted to a body offering a specialized
        high-level course so that it can accept scientists
        from different Community Member States to give them
        additional training or enable them to retrain for
        other functions .
    Twinning of laboratories in different countries
    This enables researchers who are working in isolation
     in an advanced field in several Community countries to
    bring their effort together , without coming into one
     laboratory , and thus encouraging the formation of a
    research team exceeding the necessary " critical size ".
    Funding is granted to allow the researchers to meet , to
    carry out joint experiments , to exchange results , to add
    to their equipment or to strengthen their teams by
    temporarily taking on other scientists , preferably from
     a different country .
     Deve 1 opmen t   of   multidisciplinary ,    multinational
    operations
     This would , by means of development contracts providing
     the necessary resources ( including equipment ), make it
     possible to bring together the best expertise available
     in different countries and disciplines in order to
     achieve a predetermined objective or jointly to
     undertake prespecified scientific research within a
     scientific and technical cooperation network .
Justification for the project
On  9 November 1981      the  Council  asked  the  Commission    to
submit practical proposals for stimulating the efficacy of
the European research system and for promoting mobility
amongst researchers .
The European Council , meeting on 26 and 27 November 1981 ,
confirmed these requests .
 ---pagebreak---     At its meeting on 28 June 1983 the Council adopted an
    experimental phase intended to enable specific ways and
    means for this project to be tried out .
    On 28 June 1983 the Council also approved the goal
    " improving the efficacy of the Community scientific and
    technical potential " for inclusion in the Framework
    programme for Community R&D activities .
    On 28 February 1984 the Council invited the Commission to
    put forward a plan to stimulate European cooperation and
    scientific and technical interchange over the period 1985 -
    1908 .
    On 12 March 1985 the Council adopted a stimulation plan
    1985-1988 .
    The Single European Act stipulates ( Article 130 G ) that the
    Community shall carry out activities to stimulate the
    training and mobility of researchers in the Community .
    At its meeting on 28 September 1987 the Council approved the
    objective " Researchers Europe " amongst those included in the
    1987-1991 Framework programme for Community R&D activities .
5 . Financial implications
    1.   Nature of the expenditure
              bursaries
         -  , expert contracts
              research grants
              subsidies
              laboratory twinnings
              development contracts for multidisciplinary ,
              multinational work intended to achieve specific
              results
              surveys , studies , conferences
              implementation of accompanying contextual measures ,
              information and documentation system in particular .
    2 .  Total   cost
         167 MioECUs for the period           of  validity  of  the
         Stimulation Plan ( 1988-1992 ).
 ---pagebreak---          3.       Me t h od c ? ca leu la i: le n
                  a ) Staff expenditure
                        A s^aff of IB is proposed for this plan ( 10 A , 3 B ,
                        5 C ) of which 13 (8 A , 2 B , 3 C ) come from the
                        ongoing programme , and 3 (i A , IB , 11 ) WOU.L
                        recruited in 1988                                   and 2 (1 A , 1 C ) would be
                        recruited in 1989 ; The annual cost of personnel
                         allocated to the programme ( including miss IOP_S ,
                         specific experts etc .) is estimated to be 170,000
                         Ecus in 1988 , 1,430,000 Ecus in 1989 , 1,600,000 m
                          1990 , 1,700,000 Ecus in 1991 , 1,800,000 Ecus in 1992 ,
                         hence 6,700,000 Ecus overall for the whole period .
                   b ) Operating costs of CODEST and the network of
                         consultants
                          Methodological evaluation of the system .
                          These costs are estimated to be 2,200,000 for 1983 -
                           1992 , made up principally of the expenses of
                           organizing meetings and administrative support .
                    c ) Expenditure on contracts
                           The estimated amount is 158,100,000 Ecus to be spent
                           on the activities carried out over the period 1988 -
                           1992 .
                    Multiannual expenditure timetable
   Cunmitments                                                flPB
                            exécution exécution ! budget ♦              prévision ! prévision ! prévision!prévisxon : prévision prévision
                                                ! sii>sist .
                               1985      1984         1987    1988         1989        1990        1991      1992        19УЗ      1994       iOTftl
GíáGOING PROGRAME
                              15.458    18.729       19.813   4.000                                                                            40.000
Total
  PROPOSED
  NEsi PROGRATÎ-E
     Personnel ( 1+9 )                                          . 170 !    1.430 !     1.400 !     1.700 !   1.800 !                      !!    4.70U !
     Adninistration (2*3 )                                      . 050 !     . 500 !     . 520 !     . 550 !   . 580 !                     !!    2.200 !
     Contracts^)                                             24.780 !     31.070 !    32.880 !    33.750 !  35.420 !                      ! ! 158.100 (
     Total                                                   25.000 !     33.000 !    35.000 !    34.000 !  38.000 !                      !! 147.000 !
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                         ¡exécution ! exécution ! budget * · APB      ! prévision!prévision!prévision!prévision!prévision!prévision "                '
                         ! .          !         ¡report* !                         !!!!!!!!
                         !    1995 !     1986 !      1987 !  1988    !     1989 ! 1990 ! 1991 ! 1992 ! 1993 ! 1994 !! TOTAL 1
                         •Ill
ONGOING PROGRAMME                                                                  !         '          !            !           ·         «<        i
                         !            !         1                                  1                    1            1
                                                                                                                                 !         !!        !
                                                1                                 1                     1            1           i         Μ         a
    Total               !      . 551 !  7.430 !     22.268 ! 9.760 !      15.268 !    2.886-    1.837 !              1
                                                                                                                                !          !! 60.000 !
                         !            !         1                                  1                    1            1           i        η          a
                                                1                                 »                    1             1          •         II         ·
PTÏPOSED                 !            !         1                                 1                     1            I          •          Μ         1
NEW PROGRAWE                                    1                                 1
                                                                                                       J            1
                                                                                                                                !         !!         !
                        !            !          1                                 1                    1            1           a         ai         a
   Personnel (1*9)      !            !         1
                                                              . 170 !      1.430 !    1.600     1.700 !     1.800 !             !         !!   6.700 !
                        i            «         1                                  1
   Adei.istr.tion (2*3) !            !         1
                                                               . 050 !      . 500 !    . 520     . 550 !      . 580 !           !         ·!   2.200 !
                        !            ;         1
 Contractas)            !            !         1
                                                             4.680 !     15.070 !    26.880    28.750 !    30.620 !      33.000 ! 19.300 !! 158.100 !
                        !            !         1                                  1                    1            1
                                                                                                                                !         !!         *
                                               j                                  1                    1            1           •         H          a
   Total                !            !         1           1
                                                             4.700 !     17.000 !    29.000    31.000 !    33.000 !     33.000 !   19.300 !· 167.000 !
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       4.     Financing of expenditure
              Appropriations to be entered under the budgets for 1988 ,
              1989 , 1991 , 1992 , 1993 and 1994 .
       5.     Control
               a ) Financial control s to be undertaken by the relevant
                     Commission departments , in particular by the DG for
                     Financial Control , to ensure that the expenditure has
                     been incurred in a regular and correct manner ;
              b ) Scientific control : to be undertaken by the relevant
                     Commission departments , the Scientific Advisory
                     Committee                    ( CODEST ),               and in accordance with the
                     general procedures for the evaluation of Community
                     R&D activities .