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The questions submitted by Mrs de Veyrac and Mr Titley deal with the Commission’s strategy on research and development in the aeronautical sector and the measures and resources that are planned in order to implement this strategy.
I would, therefore, like to explain the action that we have taken. In our view, the aeronautical sector is one of the best examples of the implementation of the European Research Area at a sector of industry. In the light of global competition and given the impact of air transport on the life of European citizens, the Commission believes that it is necessary to improve the efficiency of aeronautical research through greater coordination and integration of the activities undertaken at all levels, i.e. national, European and private, into a single vision.
During the last six months of 2000, I formed the Group of Personalities, representing all parts of the air transport system including industrialists and manufacturers, airport management, airlines, regulatory authorities, air traffic controllers and researchers, whose aim was to shape this vision.
The fruit of the group’s labour is the report entitled ‘A Vision for 2020’, which defines the main technological objectives that the sector has set itself over a 20 year period and the resources that need to be put into practice in order to achieve these. The report focuses in particular on the need to improve the integration of research that is today being undertaken at various levels. The report recommends setting up an Advisory Council for Aeronautical Research in Europe or ACAR. ACAR will, in the main, be made up of representatives from national programmes, the industrial sector, the scientific community and the Commission. Its aim will be to draw up a strategic research agenda that all the players of the sector agree to, which will influence the research priorities of national and Community programmes.
The Commission will make the utmost effort so that this council is up and running by the middle of this year. The ACAR members are due to be named by the end of May and the first meeting is scheduled for June. A first draft strategic agenda is expected at the beginning of next year. Consultation between the various players in this sector and the Member States with regard to ACAR’s competences and mandate has made a good start. This has already stirred up interest within the Member States, which all wish to take part in this initiative.
A budget of EUR 1 billion for aeronautics and space will be provided for the new framework programme. There are four priorities – competitiveness, the environment, safety and the capacity of the air transport system. These four priorities already correspond to the main objectives of the Vision for 2020. In order to meet these objectives, the Commission is proposing to use three major instruments. The first is the networks of excellence, and the coordination that already exists between centres of research in the aeronautical sector should facilitate the implementation of these networks. The second is integrated projects, which essentially involves undertaking and further developing the unifying measures of the previous model of technology platforms. The final instrument is the European Union’s involvement in programmes run jointly by several Member States and which are of benefit to the Community, for example under Article 169 of the Treaty, such as those we shall have the opportunity to discuss at the debate on the new framework programme.
The Commission’s action aims, over the long term, to stimulate the coordination of research undertaken at different levels by using the unifying effect of the instruments provided for in the framework programme and is perfectly in line with the agreements of the World Trade Organisation, the research actions sought being very competitive in nature."@en1
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