Bio-based Industries Consortium. Dirk Carrez Executive Director

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1 Bio-based Industries Consortium Dirk Carrez Executive Director

2 The Bio-based Industries Consortium

3 The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) > 190 industry members 38 Large industries 152 SMEs (of which 120 are represented by 16 SME Clusters) Several industrial sectors covered Agriculture & Agri-food Forestry and Pulp & Paper Technology providers Chemicals and materials Energy Aquatic Waste Brand owners 165 Associate members Universities, RTOs, European associations & organisations, Technology Platforms (ETPs), public institutions, regional organisations, private banks, Mission Build new bio-based value chains (develop new technologies, products and applications; optimize feedstock use) Create a favorable business and policy climate to accelerate market uptake Activities Represent the private sector in the BBI JU Set up and update the BBI s Strategic Innovation and Research Agenda (SIRA) Write the Annual Work Plans Mobilize stakeholders: industry, research organizations, universities, regions and relevant stakeholders across Europe Assist members gaining better access to European financial instruments

Additional BIC membership benefits Connecting with potential project partners: online Partnering Platform allowing to exchange information and consortia building with BIC members Participating in

4 Additional BIC membership benefits Connecting with potential project partners: online Partnering Platform allowing to exchange information and consortia building with BIC members Participating in timely networking and brokerage events (before the BBI Info day) Increase chances of participating in winning EU grant proposals having early insight into the BBI Calls for proposals (before official publication) Access to European financial instruments: information about loans, grants and funding Staying up to date with BIC (members) and BBI (programme) - monthly Newsletter Receiving discounts for major events (e.g. European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology)

5 BIC membership benefits

6 BIC activities

Call procedure Bio-based Industries Consortium Programming WG,

Committee (SC) States Representative Group (SRG) 1.

BBI: first discussion with Scientific Committee and State

BBI organises evaluation by independent experts (based on excellence)

7 Call procedure Bio-based Industries Consortium Programming WG, composed by BIC industry members from different sectors Scientific Committee (SC) States Representative Group (SRG) 1. BIC Programming WG prepares SIRA 3. BBI: first discussion with Scientific Committee and State Representative Group 5. BBI organises evaluation by independent experts (based on excellence) 2. BIC Programming WG prepares annual call texts 4. BBI publishes the (open) calls 6. BBI negotiates and signs contract with winning consortia (consortium agreement and grant agreement)

8 Steps towards an annual work plan Final Priority Paper Specific challenges Topics for the AWP RIA-IA-CSA Budget 'Reality check BIC members commitment (financial + proposal) Pre-final Approval process with BIC GA Written procedure with BBI GB Broad challenges Feb April May June July Sept Oct Nov Dec Involved in the various steps: BIC members (full & associate) / EC / SC & SRG BBI / BBI JU Office

9 Update of the Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda (SIRA) Version 1 (2013) Version 2 (2017)

10 Access to finance Improve access to finance (EIB, ESIF, ), attract investments to EU and leverage further (industry) investments

Collaborations with regions Increase collaboration with regions: ERRIN, Vanguard Initiative, Polish Regions, 6 MDR Invited 13 regions to BIC s GA (pitches)

11 Collaborations with regions Increase collaboration with regions: ERRIN, Vanguard Initiative, Polish Regions, 6 MDR Invited 13 regions to BIC s GA (pitches) Document: presenting 30 regions Short description of the Region Importance for the bio-based industries Available feedstocks Financial and other incentives Key contact

chain, markets, potential members Focus in 2017 on Portugal, Romania and

12 Increase participation of countries where the bio-based activities are relatively low Map biomass feedstock potential, actors throughout value chain, markets, potential members Focus in 2017 on Portugal, Romania and Poland Focus in 2018 on Baltic States Special CSA in next AWP for other MS

13 Turnover & employment in EU bioeconomy

incl. Bioethanol and other chemicals Wood-based excl.

14 Mapping of the biorefineries in EU Offer Biorefineries Nr. Biowaste 13 Lignocellulose other than wood Oil-/fat-based - biodiesel 64 Oil-/fat-based - oleochemistry 54 Sugar-/starch-based incl. Bioethanol and other chemicals Wood-based excl. Pulp for paper only Poster: Mapping of European Biorefineries Total 224 for Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) Dirk Carrez submitted by nova-institute GmbH Achim Raschka (nova-institut) Michael Carus (nova-institut) Chemiepark Knapsack Industriestraße 300

BIC Communications BIC Website, including BIC publications and position papers

Make sure to tag @biconsortium to amplify your project updates and bioeconomy

15 BIC Communications BIC Website, including BIC publications and position papers as well as detailed info on BIC industry members and links to BBI JU projects The BIC Picture: weekly newsletter for BIC members, including News items about BBI JU projects Twitter: raising awareness about BBI JU, BIC and bioeconomy Make sure to to amplify your project updates and bioeconomy relevant tweets (use #bioeconomy and/or #biobased) Thanks for retweeting BIC info!

16 Questions/concerns by project coordinators

17 How to secure continuity in project development: R&D > Demo > Flagship For the 2019 and 2020 AWPs, BIC is looking at subtracting topics from the gap analysis towards the SIRA objectives for 2020; these include: Unaddressed themes so far Addressed themes, but with no granted project(s) Popular themes : attracting high numbers of proposals every time BIC will also look at running BBI projects that will come to an end in and are potential for continuation in AWPs , in particular for upscaling : RIA projects to continue as demo/flagship, demo to continue as flagships BIC will look which ones can help close the gap (see above); these will be the selected ones for further consideration. BIC will contact the coordinators of those potential projects to probe the interest of the consortia to continue; their expressed interest (if any) will be taken into account to decide if we keep a topic or not. Finally, we ll look at topics that go beyond 2020 and could help set the foundations for BIC/BBI 2.0

18 Opportunities for implementation of project outcomes at large industrial scale 1. See previous question/slide 2. Access to finance

19 What about project sustainability after the end of project funding First, this depends on the consortium partners. Either the consortium itself sets out to continue the project, including if this means upscaling if appropriate (RIA and demo), or securing its market position (flagship) Or one or more of the consortium partners takes the project and its results further (the partners must have clear agreement on IPR, etc.) This continuation does not necessarily have to be as part of BBI; the company that takes the project further, can do so e.g. without any external (public) financial assistance; or the company takes the project to another appropriate programme, or to a specific financial instrument

20 The specific role of brand owners Dedicated category of industry members within BIC, introduced recently. Brand owners can join BIC at a reduced membership fee. Participation of brand owners to BBI projects is seen as an advantage: they can participate to project consortia and as such include the development of commercial applications in the research, demo or flagship projects. This will shorten time to market for new innovative bio-based products. Brand owners can also help stir up market demand and acceptance of bio-based products and applications BIC advises adding the development of new applications within the projects as this helps attracting partners which can create market pull by themselves.

21 BIC s role in projects? RIA/demo/flagship: BIC can support external communication Internal: via newsletter External: via tweeter, via some journals All projects are encouraged to inform BIC (suzy.renckens@biconsortium.eu) about new developments such as press release, project updates, bioeconomy events, etc. CSAs: BIC has set up a industry expert group for each CSA: they can be consulted by the project consortium, they can give advice if needed, BIC has appointed one dedicated BIC staff member pet CSA project: liaison between project and BIC members In 2018, each CSA project will be given opportunity to present the project orally during the GA, and a dedicated BIC CSA booklet will be made. Each CSA will be invited to write a specific article (objectives, results, support needed, ) for BICs internal newsletter. Focus: how do CSAs help industry? How can BIC companies help the project?

22 3 years BBI JU: Impact

23 Impact of 3 years BBI INDIRECT IMPACT: Mobilisation of private investment in Europe keeping knowledge and innovation, and investments in innovative production processes in Europe. Attract companies from outside EU to invest in innovation in Europe! New value chains: e.g. food industry collaborating with the chemical industry, the forestry and pulp & paper sector collaborating with chemical and textile industry, etc. New industrial sectors are joining e.g. by creating value from waste and side streams (food processing sector, aquatic/marine sectors, bio-waste and CO2). As a result we also observe a wider geographical spread throughout Europe. Responding to environmental and societal challenges: initiatives such as the Circular Economy Package and COP21 are bringing more and new players to the game. Increased market focus: participation of brand owners is key as they help to develop new applications and create new markets. Their involvement also shortens time to market for innovative bio-based products. Involving the regions: BIC and BBI JU have strengthened their collaboration with the EU regions to exchange information and explore synergies and opportunities for joint financing, and deployment of new value chains. Contribution to the priorities of the Juncker Plan for Europe by stimulating investments and creating innovative growth & jobs, which will again stimulate innovation. BIC industry members have >4,5 billion EUR investments in the pipeline.

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BBI JU Introduction & link to EU policies. Dieter BRIGITTA Project Officer

BBI JU Introduction & link to EU policies Dieter BRIGITTA Project Officer A brief history (1/2) EU budgets 7 years 2007-2013 (FP7), 2014-2020 (Horizon 2020) 2011: drafting of First Horizon 2020 texts EC