INCOBRA - Increasing International Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation between Brazil and the European Union

From the 24^th till the 26^th April 2017, INCOBRA participated to EARMA conference 2017.

About EARMA

EARMA (European Association of Research Managers and Administrators) represents the community of Research Managers and Administrators (RM&As) in Europe. EARMA members work in industry, academia, the public and private sectors. They work with the EU Commission, national and international funding agencies. EARMA provides a networking forum, a learning platform, and a place to share experiences and best practice among RM&As throughout EARMA and in the wider RM&A community.

Every year EARMA organizes an event mainly targeting research managers and administrators from all across Europe and beyond.

EARMA 23^rd Annual Conference - Negotiating Research: What is the best deal for Europe?

This year, the EARMA conference took place in La Valletta, Malta from the 24^th till the 26^th April 2017. Website: http://www.earmaconference.com/

INCOBRA applied and was selected to run a session on April 26^th afternoon (15:10-16:10):

Brazil: Steps forward to H2020!

Brazilian co-funding schemes to further enhance cooperation between the EU and Brazil in research & innovation.

The INCOBRA session aimed at presenting the Brazilian R&I Landscape and the actual cooperation mechanisms and schemes available at bilateral and multilateral level. Speakers presented challenges and opportunities of EU-BR cooperation and drew some considerations on how further improve it for the mutual benefit of Brazilian and European R&I actors.

The session was moderated by Sara Medina, SPI and involved the following speakers:

• Julio Cesar Imenes, Deputy Head of the International Cooperation Department at The Brazilian Innovation Agency, FINEP (www.finep.gov.br)
• Chiara Davalli, Project Manager at European Business Innovation Centre Network, EBN (www.ebn.eu)
• Berna Windischbaur, Expert International STI Cooperation at The Austrian Research Promotion Agency, FFG (www.ffg.at)

INCOBRA partners/speakers proposed the following programme:

	Presenter	Focus/Title of the presentation	More details
15:10-15:20	Sara Medina SPI	Introduction: Why Brazil-EU cooperation at EARMA session? INCOBRA project.	DOWNLOAD PPT
15:20-15:40	Julio Cesar Imenes FINEP	Brazilian R&I Landscape	DOWNLOAD PPT
		Bilateral Cooperation	DOWNLOAD PPT
15:40-15:50	Chiara Davalli EBN	Brazil-EU cooperation under Framework Programmes & the FAPs’ Guidelines	DOWNLOAD PPT
15:50-16:00	Berna Windischbaur FFG	Mechanisms and tools for multilateral cooperation	DOWNLOAD PPT
16:00-16:10	Sara Medina	Q&A and conclusions

 

INCOBRA was also present in the exhibition area, where info materials have been distributed and where partners stayed available for further communications about INCOBRA and EU-BR cooperation opportunities.