Advise  Liaison  Workshop  

                                 Pont  St.  Mar+n        24th  November  2014  

 

Stefano  D’Orilia  Project  Officer    Research  Execu+ve  Agency  (REA)    Unit  B4    Safeguarding  Secure  Society    

Outline

1. The Research Executive Agency

and H2020

2. Other FP7 related projects

3. Ethics and

societal aspects in H2020

Main  REA  tasks  

•  Manage  parts  of  the  EU's  R&I  programmes    

 7th  Framework  Programme  (FP7),  2007-­‐13  

 Horizon  2020,  2014-­‐20  

•  Common  logis>cal  and  administra>ve  services  

 Evalua@on  logis@cs    Contrac@ng  and  paying  experts  

 Par@cipant  valida@on  

 H2020  Helpdesk  

§ Policy work remains within the European Commission

Ø  this includes the definition of the Work Programmes (call for proposals)

The REA implements certain Work Programmes + provides horizontal services across all programmes:

- evaluation facility, - Validation Services, - central FP7 enquiry service

European Commission vs. REA European Commission vs. REA

The  people  @  REA:  558  staff  (2014)  

H2020:  overview  

REA  in  Horizon  2020  –  3rd  pillar  

Result  of  the  first  H2020  Call  for  Proposal  (2014)  

•  Applicants  to  be  informed  on  28/01/15  

 No  nego@a@on!    

•  Grant  Agreements  to  be  signed  at  the  end  of  April  2015  

•  Project  to  start  tenta>vely  in  May  2015  

   

H2020  Call  for  Proposal  2015  

•  Work  Programme  already  published  in  December  2013  together  with  WP  2014  

•  25/03/2015  Call  opens  

•  TBC  End  of  March:  Informa>on  day  for  coordinators    

•  27/08/2015  deadline  to  submit  proposals  

   

H2020  Call  for  Proposal  2015  –  relevant  topics  Call - Disaster-resilience: safeguarding and securing society (DRS) I. Crisis management DRS-6-2015: Crisis management topic 6: Addressing standardisation opportunities in support of increasing disaster resilience Call – Fight against crime and Terrorism (FCT) I. Forensics FCT-1-2015: Forensics topic 1: Tools and infrastructure for the extraction, fusion, exchange and analysis of big data including cyber-offenses generated data for forensic investigation FCT-2-2015. Forensic topic 2: Advanced easy to use in-situ forensic tools at the scene of crime II. Law enforcement capabilities FCT-9-2015: Law Enforcement capabilities topic 5: Identity Management IV. Ethical/Societal Dimension FCT-15-2015: Ethical/Societal Dimension Topic 3: Better understanding the role of new social media networks and their use for public security purposes FCT-16-2015: Ethical/Societal Dimension Topic 4 - Investigating the role of social, psychological and economic aspects of the processes that lead to organized crime (including cyber related offenses), and terrorist networks and their impact on social cohesion

   

1. The Research Executive Agency

and H2020

2. Other FP7 related projects

3. Ethics and

societal aspects in H2020

FP7  ac>vi>es  and  areas  

   

FP7 subarea

Secure  communications

InteroperabilityStandardisationCitizens,  media  and  security

Security  economicsEthics  and  justiceERA-­‐net

Recovery

Response

Preparedness,  prevention,  mitigation  and  planning4. RESTORING

SECURITY AND SAFETY IN CASE OF

CRISIS

5. SECURITY SYSTEMS

INTEGRATION, INTERCONNECTIVITY

AND INTEROPERABILITY

Information  management

FP7 activity

7. SECURITY RESEARCH

COORDINATION AND STRUCTURING

Training

End-­‐users

Studies

Small  and  Medium  Enterprises

6.  SECURITY  AND  SOCIETY

Organisational  requirement  for  interoperability  of  public  usersForesight,  scenarios  and  security  as  evolving  concept

Response

FP7 activity FP7 subareas

Organised crime

Intelligence against terrorism

Explosives

Ordinary Crime and Forensic

CBRN ProtectionInformation Gathering

Design, planning of buildings and urban areas

Energy, Transport, communication grids

Surveillance

Supply chainCyber crime

Land borders

Sea borders

Air borders

Border checks

Intelligent Border Surveillance

1. Increasing the Security of citizens

3. Intelligent surveillance and

enhancing border security

2. Increasing the Security of

infrastructures and utilities

Activity 1 Increasing the security of the Citizens EU funding: ~ 235 Million €

Total EU contribution: Total for REA : ~122 Million €

Caper Hemolia

Conphirmer

SaveMed

Cocae

Organised crime

Intelligence against terrorism

Explosives

Ordinary crime & Forensics

CBRN protection

Information gathering

2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Eksistenz

Indect Raptor

Optix Commonsense Avert Forlab

Tiramisu D-Box

Midas Saliant

Linksch Savelec Meprocs

Smartpro

Evidence

Twobias Bio-

protect

Reward Scintilla Modes-SNM

Sciims Odyssey

Lasie Zonesec

IP CP CSA

EU funding – Total 85.7M€

Activity 5 Security systems integration, interconnectivity and Interoperability

Information Management

Secure Communications

Interoperability DISASTER

ESENET

SIIP

2007 2009 2010 2011 2012

IP CP CSA

Standardisation

2013

IDIRA

BRIDGE ISITEP

CRISP

BEAT

PPDR-TC

ADVISE

SAVASA

C2SENSE

FREESIC

GERYON

HIT-GATE

EPISECC

REDIRNET

SECINCORE

SECTOR

SECRICOM*

EULER*

* Actually funded under activity 2

Activity 7 Security Research coordination and structuring EU funding – Total 58.8 M€

Training

End-Users

Studies

2007 2009 2010 2011 2012

CP CSA

2013

DITAC

VOX-POL

SOURCE

CIPRNET

LEILA

SAFECITI

NoE

NMFRDISASTER

INSEC INNOSEC

ARCHIMEDES

EUROFORGEN-NOE

SEREN2 SEREN

VIDEOSENSE

Other coordination

ESCORTS EU-SEC II

CRESCENDO

SMEs

SECUREPART STRAW

OPERAMAR

SECURECHAINS

OSMOSIS

ROSFEN

MISAFE

3D-FORENSICS

SMARTPREVENT

P-REACT

GRAFFOLUTION

Why clustering?

•  Strengthen collaboration among projects

•  Mutual benefit: consortia, EU (citizens, taxpayers)

•  Increased efficiency

•  Possible new partnerships

How collaborating?

•  Ad-hoc meeting (e.g. if review meeting) to better know each other’s projects and identify fields of collaboration

•  Brussels central meeting: REA premises 1. Consortia 2. DG ENTR + DG HOME? CONNECT? 3. End-users

•  How often?

How collaborating?/2

How to ensure an effective collaboration? 1. Common platform? 2. CMS (Google Drive)? 3. Website? 4. Review or relevant meetings/workshops?

• Exchanging deliverables? > at least “Public” ones! Reports?

• Give access to each other Intranet?

• Networking = Other activities = 100% reimbursement

1. The Research Executive Agency

and H2020

2. Other FP7 related projects

3. Ethics and

societal aspects in H2020

All  proposals  submiLed  for  funding  following  a  call  for  proposals  are  evaluated  on  their  scien>fic  merit.    

 

All  proposals  must  describe  ethical  issues  raised  &  how  they  will  be  addressed  so  as  to  conform  to  na>onal,  European  and  interna>onal    regula>ons  

 

A  proposal  may  be  rejected  from  funding  on  ethics  grounds.    

Ethics  in  H2020  

•  Ac@vi@es   raising   ethical   issues   must   comply   with   the  ‘ethics  requirements’  set  out  in  Annex    1.  

 

•  Before  the  beginning  of  an  ac@vity  raising  an  ethical  issue,  the  coordinator  must  submit  to  the  EU  a  copy  of:     (a)   any   ethics   commi`ee   opinion   required   under  

 na@onal  law  and     (b)   any   no>fica>on   or   authorisa>on   for   ac@vi@es  

 raising  ethical  issues  required  under  na>onal  law.  These  documents  should  be  in  English,  if  not  -­‐  the  coordinator  

must  also  submit  an  English  summary.    

•  The   coordinator   must   submit   a   declara@on   by   each  beneficiary   concerned   that   all   the   submiLed   documents  cover  the  ac@on  tasks.  

•  If   a   beneficiary  breaches  any   of   its  obliga>ons,   the   grant  may  be  reduced  and  the  Agreement  or  par@cipa@on  of  the  beneficiary  may  be  terminated.  

Ethics  in  H2020  

Each  applicant  is  responsible  for:    

•  iden@fying  any  poten@al  ethical  issues  •  handling  ethical  aspects  of  their  proposal  •  detailing  how  they  plan  to  address  them  in  sufficient  

detail  already  at  the  proposal  stage.  

The  Ethics  part  of  each  proposal  (part  A  in  SEP,  part  B  sec@on  6)  should  include  descrip@on  of  issues  and  arrangements!    hLp://ec.europa.eu/research/par@cipants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/ethics/h2020_hi_ethics-­‐self-­‐assess_en.pdf    

Ethics  self-­‐assessment  

Ethical  issues  in    Security  research  

Examples  &  Defini>ons

Data   privacy:   Data   privacy   is   the   right   of   any   individual   to   expect   that   his/her  personal   informa@on  directly  or   indirectly  collected  are  processed  securely  and  are  not  disseminated  without  their  wri`en  consent.      Data   protec>on:   Data   protec@on   is   the   framework   of   security   measures  designed  to  guarantee  that  data  are  handled  in  such  a  manner  as  to  ensure  that  they  are  safe  from  unintended,  unwanted  or  malevolent  use.  Data  protec@on  is  the  technical  mechanism  to  ensure  data  privacy.    Mission/Func>on   Creep:   is   used   in   the   security   context     for   a   type   of  misuse  concern,   where     an   experiment,   a   technology   or   informa@on/data   is   used  beyond  the  approved  ini@al  plan  and    thereby  could    harm  fundamental  ethical  values    or  civil  rights  (surveillance,  people  tracking  tools  etc)    

•  biometric  passports/visas  •  Systems  for  facial  recogni@on  in  real-­‐@me  in  an  unrestricted  

environment  •  3D  facial  recogni@on  algorithms  •  iris  and  facial  recogni@on  •  video  surveillance  systems  in  railways,  airport,  urban  areas,  

commercial,  retail,  banks,  parking,  traffic  control  etc.  •  «  smart»    systems  /  technologies    •  mobile  electronic  tags  •  automa@c  number  plate  recogni@on  •  exposure  of  volunteers  to  electro-­‐magne@c  field  tests  •  research  tests  that  could  endanger  human  safety  or  breach  

fundamental  rights  •  Use  of  animals  /  tes@ng  

Ethical  issues  in    Security  research  

Examples  of  “sensi>ve”  research/applica>ons  :  

Social Science and Humanities aspects "Social sciences and humanities (SSH) research will be fully integrated into each of the general objectives of Horizon 2020"

Horizon 2020 regulation

SSH in Societal Challenges 7 SC7: Cultural and socio-economic aspects of security, risk and management issues (including legal & human rights)

Integra>on  of  SSH  in  Horizon  2020  

§  Social  sciences  and  humani>es  (SSH)  are  given  an  enhanced  role  as  a  cross-­‐cudng  issue  across  Horizon  2020  

§  SSH  disciplines  are  invited  to  address  complex  societal  challenges,  which  is  why  contribu>ons  from  the  SSH  will  oeen  appear  in  interdisciplinary  and  mul>disciplinary  contexts    

§  Topics  that  explicitly  take  into  account  the  social,  economic,  behavioural,  ins>tu>onal,  historical  and/or  cultural  dimensions  of  a  societal  challenge  are  flagged  as  SSH-­‐relevant  

§  If  your  proposals  belong  to  an  SSH-­‐relevant  topic,  you  should  explicitly  iden>fy  contribu>ons  from  the  SSH  

Evaluation criteria

Clarity and pertinence of the objectives Soundness of the concept, including trans-disciplinary considerations, where relevant Extent that proposed work is ambitious, has innovation potential, and is beyond the state of the art (e.g. ground-breaking objectives, novel concepts and approaches) Credibility of the proposed approach

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The expected impacts listed in the work programme under the relevant topic Enhancing innovation capacity and integration of new knowledge Strengthening the competitiveness and growth of companies by developing innovations meeting the needs of European and global markets; and, where relevant, by delivering such innovations to the markets

Any other environmental and socially important impacts (not already covered above) Effectiveness of the proposed measures to exploit and disseminate the project results (including management of IPR), to communicate the project, and to manage research data where relevant

Impa

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Research and Innovation Actions/Innovation Actions

Coherence and effectiveness of the work plan, including appropriateness of the allocation of tasks and resources Complementarity of the participants within the consortium (when relevant) Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures, including risk and innovation management

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ü  Interdisciplinarity and societal aspects are fully integrated

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