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Assessment of Potential and Promotion of New Generation of Renewable Technologies ____________________________________________________________________________________________ According to the expert report on the Sixth Framework Programme (FP) evaluation [Rietschel and Arnold 2009] there are a number of weaknesses that need addressing, namely: • Excessive bureaucratic burden • Lack of participation by the private sector • Lack of coordination and follow of research undertaken in the EU The FP7 SET-Plan structure does address some of those weaknesses, but based on the responses of the European Commission to the expert group report [European Commission 2008] and the mid term results of the FP7, some of them may not be appropriately solved. Excessive Bureaucratic Burden The European Commission is attempting to reduce administrative burden by cutting red tape, and some advances have been achieved. However, the European Union has a real and important stumbling block to make the R&D expenditures efficient and effective when it comes to cutting edge technology and innovation. This is because the EU financial regulations treat public procurement for research and development in the same manner as any other public procurement mechanism. The bureaucratic process, risk aversiveness and draconian auditing mechanisms are making research which is by nature risky and innovative (thus uncertain) in many respects difficult to run under the FP programmes. In fact, as the expert group mentions, institutes turn to the FP programmes when other public funds are not available. In addition, the very cumbersome requirements to apply for the funds causes many applications to fail due to administrative burden and not for the quality and relevance of the research proposed. In fact, the expert group is worried that many worthwhile projects have been missed. For the application process of research proposals the expert group correctly demanded a two-stage procedure, where the proposals are made in the absence of complex bureaucratic documentation requirements. This has been introduced, although complaints about the remaining heavy bureaucracy persist. The criticisms are reflected repeatedly in different evaluations of the research and development programmes and quite strongly stated in the final report of an independent expert review panel on the European Research Council’s (ERC) procedures and mechanisms [Meny 2009]. According to this review the ERC’s procedures are unsustainable and unsuited for the frontier research objective of the organisation. Bureaucratic procedures and the financial mechanisms of EU research programmes plainly run counter to the stated objectives of the ERC. There is a need for a real overhaul of the procedures if the EU funds increase in importance, and take over some of the particularities of venture capital, which are appropriate for innovative research. The expert group proposes to use more grant systems for pure research and base their procedures on prices and delivered objectives, rather than cumbersome cost base auditing and procedural controls. The European Parliament has also pinpointed the need for reforms in a resolution30. The bureaucracy may seem at times to place to a certain degree administrative procedures in a higher level of importance than the results. In addition, there have been many excessive delays in payments reported, which cause difficulties for participants. 30 RESOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT of 23 April 2009 with observations forming an integral part of the Decisions on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2007, Section III — Commission and executive agencies – OJEU – L 255/36 – 26.09.2009 IP/A/ITRE/ST/2009-11 & 12 93 PE 440.278PDF Image | Policy Department Renewable Technologies
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