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France: INRAE is born from the merger between INRA and Irstea
Jan. 16, 2020
The merger between the National Institute for Agronomic Research (INRA) and the National Research Institute for Science and Technology for the Environment and Agriculture (Irstea) was formalized.
Born on the 1st of January, after a merger process, which took over two years, the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE) brings together the ex-organisms of INRA and Irstea. "By merging these two organizations, we want to direct research toward sustainable health and food systems in the context of global transformation, taking into account nutritional needs and environmental issues," explained Philippe Mauguin, President and CEO General of INRAE, previously President of INRA. "We will go beyond the food chain and integrate, thanks to the skills provided by Irstea, the concepts of prevention of natural risks, climate, or even the preservation of water resources," he added.
Birth of a water research department
The first major merger of two French scientific and technological public establishments (EPST), Inrae therefore brings together 12,000 people, 545 patents and 940 certificates of plant origin. Of INRA's 13 scientific departments, six have been redesigned to integrate Irstea's programs and teams, and a new department devoted to water has been created. "The Aqua department will allow us to establish a link between the large and small water cycles," said Thierry Caquet, scientific director of the "Environment" structure of the former INRA, with research on the reuse of treated waste water. In addition to the 17 existing national research centers, a new center has also been created in Lyon for the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
This merger required a global budget of more than one billion euros. The Ministry of Research and Higher Education financed the one-off costs, IT and logistics linked to the merger. "We have already converged compensation plans for the agents of the two former organizations, and the initial average endowment of ex-INRA and ex-Irstea units have been aligned," said the CEO of the new research institute.
INRAE's objective is to develop a strategic project by 2030—a participatory project, where each agent can give his/her vision of the organization's priorities on an internal platform. "If all goes well, we can adopt this project by the end of 2020," hoped Mauguin.
Source: Environnement-magazine.FR
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