EaP NCPs training Kiev, 16-17/03/2016. Thierry Devars, EC/DG RTD

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1 EaP NCPs training Kiev, 16-17/03/2016 Thierry Devars, EC/DG RTD

2 FP7 SP cooperation Participant Country Name ENERGY ENV HEALTH ICT KBBE NMP SEC SPA SSH TPT Grand Total Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Moldova Ukraine Grand Total

3 Issues - Need to further increase application/ success rate - Low industry (and SMEs in particular) participation - Lack of coherence between identified potential and actual thematic participation : need for more strategic and focused approach and promotion activities Cooperation based on mutual interests: mapping strategies and strengths in Horizon 2020

4 - Research and Innovation Panel implemented through the EaP Platform 4 "Contacts between People" + launch of a bi-regional policy dialogue gathering officials and experts from EU Member States and the 6 EaP countries + co-ownership, mutual interests + definition/implementation of a regional cooperation roadmap + 3 Panel meetings 13/11/2013; 21/05/2014; 26/03/ Next panel meeting 21/06/2015

5 EaP R&I Panel: joint roadmap - 3 priority challenges for collaborative R&I activities: health; energy; climate/environment + particular focus on ICT and nanotechnologies - 4 cross-cutting priorities to improve framework conditions for cooperation: -Sharing best practices on R&I management +regional evaluation platform -Technical assistance/training to improve national R&I systems -Mobility of researchers + research infrastructures (regional network of Centres of Excellence) -Promoting EaP participation in EU clusters and technology platforms, PPPs

6 Strategic approach: BILAT/INCONET - Bilateral level: BILAT + promotion of bilateral cooperation with Ukraine (S&T Agreement) + supports Joint S&T Cooperation Committee + 4 joint priorities : new materials, biotechnology, health, transport (aeronautics) + support to recent association to H Regional level: INCONET EaP + reference coordination platform for mobilizing stakeholders on the ground (e.g. H2020 opportunities) + specific focus on energy, climate change, health + synergies (Black Sea, Danube, Central Asia..) + direct support to the Panel implementation

8 R2I-EAST Cluster Agri-food & Forest and wood Security Energy efficiency and renewable energy sources

9 HORIZON 2020 WORK PROGRAMME DG Research and Innovation

10 Horizon 2020 implementation Statistics Snapshot Nearly 38,000 (full) eligible proposals requesting a total of 70.8 billion of EU contribution of which over 4,800 retained for funding Over 11,000 evaluators contracted More than 4,300 grant agreements signed with 7.4 billion EU contribution 8 months time-to-grant met in 93% of cases, excluding ERC grants, which are not bound by this target Average success rate around 14%

11 Key features of Work Programme ( ) Total budget over 16 bn. over two years. Two years duration This package is Work Programme for Research and Innovation and Euratom European Research Council (ERC) Work Programme already adopted on 28 July 2015 Calls published on 13 October 11

12 Content of Work Programme ( ) 63 calls for proposals and 588 topics (the basic entity against which an R&I proposal is submitted) Other actions includes public procurement, prizes Developed after extensive consultation process with experts, stakeholder communities and Member States Covers all areas of Research and Innovation and the full innovation cycle 12

13 Work Programme highlights Strong alignment with Commission's 10 new policy areas, notably contribution to Jobs, Growth and Investment Package to strengthen Europe s global competitiveness, create new and sustainable jobs and promote growth Strongly cross-cutting calls e.g. Internet of Things; Smart and Sustainable Cities; Industry 2020 in the Circular Economy; 13

14 What's new - improvements from 1st Work Programmes Incorporates improvements based on lessons learned, such as clearer topic descriptions, incl. sharper impact statements; new rules for two stage calls ensuring better success rates in stage two (i.e. dynamic threshold taking into account budget available); reinforcing broad approach to innovation incl. social and user innovation; reinforced integration of social sciences and humanities aspects; better targeting of potential international cooperation; high standards for feedback to applicants. 14

15 SME Work programmes will continue to provide strong support to SMEs target to spend 20% of the budget of the Industrial and Societal Challenges parts of the programme on SMEs around 2bn over over 740m ringfenced in SME only instrument in Work Programme 15

16 Prizes Inducement prizes bring forward breakthrough ideas in radical and uncertain areas. Recognition prizes award excellence and promote follow-on 12 inducement prizes (over 30 m in total); three in 2016 (transport; health) 4 recognition prizes (over 3m in total); two in 2016 (Reflective societies; Euratom) 16

17 Participant portal Powerful search engine supported by flags and metadata ticipants/portal/desktop/en/home.html 17

18 Next steps - Simplification Further simplification in the context of the Commission agenda for Better Regulation Building on H2020 simplifications (single set of participation rules; simplified funding rates; time-togrant of 8 months ;) Feedback exercises in 2 nd semester 2015: o o Online survey of applicants to calls taking stock of their experiences with rules, processes and systems etc. Workshops with national research and innovation funders for identifying and exchanging best practice 18

19 Next steps - evaluation Addressing all aspects of programme implementation including instruments, results and impacts: Ex post evaluation of FP7 - early 2016 Interim evaluation of Horizon end of 2017 Ideas for next programming period 19

20 For further information Participant Portal Helpdesk Expert evaluators needed! s/index.html Learn more about Horizon H2020 country profiles with participation and R&I situation, success stories etc.: ry-profiles Thank you for your attention! 20

21 ASSOCIATION TO H2020 = FULL ACCESS TO ALL H2020 FUNDED ACTIVITIES (SAME CONDITIONS AS EU MSs), including now parts only limited to EU MS and ACs, e.g. ERC grants, SME instrument, Access to risk finance, capacity-building instruments,.. + PARTICIPATION TO THE PROGRAMME GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE (14 PROGRAMME COMMITTEES + JRC Board of Governors) + PARTICIPATION TO EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA (ERA) STRATEGIC GROUPS (ERA COMMITTEE; EUROPEAN STRATEGIC FORUM ON RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES; STRATEGIC FORUM on INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION) + PARTICIPATION TO EURAXESS (Researchers Mobility)

22 ASSOCIATION TO H2020 = INTEGRATION OF UKRAINIAN NCPs in ALL (22) EU NCP NETWORKS, COORDINATION ACTIVITIES and TRAININGS + POSSIBLE PARTICIPATION TO P2B, P2P INITIATIVES: JOINT PROGRAMMING INITIATIVES, JOINT TECHNOLOGY INTIATIVES, EUROPEAN INNOVATION PARTNERSHIPS + INTEGRATION OF UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY/ S&T COMMUNITY IN RELEVANT EU STRATEGIC NETWORKS (e.g. TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS, KICs) IMPLEMENTATION= (VERY) COMPETITIVE CALLS FOR PROPOSALS No guarantee of «fair return»!!

23 ASSOCIATION= FULL ACCESS TO ALL ACTIVITIES

Twinning (institutional networking) - ERA Chairs (bringing excellence to institutions) Calls for Proposals -

24 WIDENING PARTICIPATION through H2020 New set of measures in Horizon 2020 under the separate specific objective "Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation" (WIDESPREAD): - Teaming for Excellence (CoEs) - Twinning (institutional networking) - ERA Chairs (bringing excellence to institutions) Calls for Proposals - NCPs (information, communication, support) - Policy Support Facility (support for R&I Policy design) Total budget 816M 24

H2020 participation Country Mainlisted participations EC funding AR 10 848.

25 H2020 participation Country Mainlisted participations EC funding AR AZ BL GE MD UA

26 H2020 participation

27 HORIZON 2020 Get involved! Find out more:

HORIZON 2020 HORIZON 2020 LESSONS LEARNED FROM ITS LAUNCH, PERSPECTIVES FOR 2016 AND BEYOND THIRD GIURI ANNUAL EVENT, 14 JULY 2015

HORIZON 2020 HORIZON 2020 LESSONS LEARNED FROM ITS LAUNCH, PERSPECTIVES FOR 2016 AND BEYOND THIRD GIURI ANNUAL EVENT, 14 JULY 2015 Wolfgang Burtscher DG Research & Innovation European Commission Recent