Funding Instruments for Innovation Procurement in Horizon 2020 Doris Scheffler, Juan Carmona-Schneider ZENIT GmbH
PCP and PPI two complementary Instruments PCP Pre-commercial Procurement to steer the development of new solutions towards concrete public sector needs, whilst comparing/validating alternative solution approaches from various vendors while enabling new players to prove themselves against established ones PPI Public Procurement of innovative Solutions to act as launching customer / early adopter / first buyer of innovative commercial end-solutions newly arriving on the market
PCP and PPI two complementary Instruments
PCP and PPI actions role of different actors Beneficiaries and third parties Action involves beneficiaries that undertake together the PCP or PPI procurement, i.e. the buyers group & the lead procurer Buyers group Procurers in the action that provide the financial commitments for the PCP or PPI Min 2 public procurers from 2 different Member States or associated countries Representing the demand side (responsible for acquisition and/or regulatory strategy, or having a mandate to act on behalf of procurers e.g. central purchasing bodies) Seeking ambitious quality and/or efficiency improvements in services of public interest Lead procurer Procurer appointed by buyers group to lead and coordinate the PCP or PPI. Can be one of the procurers in the buyers group or another procurer. Subcontractors Successful tenderers, selected by the buyers group & lead procurer as result of the PCP or PPI call for tender, to provide the R&D services (PCP) or innovative solutions (PPI). They do 'NOT' enter the grant agreement with the EC and are not paid by the EC
Forms of support Funding Instruments Coordination and Support Actions (100% funding rate): Support only coordination activities e.g. preparation of a PCP or PPI by a group of procurers (identifying common challenges, open market consultation with industry before initiating a concrete PCP or PPI etc) CSAs do not provide EU cofunding for an actual PCP or PPI procurement PCP cofund Actions (90% funding rate): Provide EU cofunding for an actual PCP procurement (one joint PCP procurement per action) + for related coordination and networking activities (e.g. to prepare, manage and follow-up the PCP call for tender) PPI cofund Actions (35% funding rate): Provide EU cofunding for an actual PPI procurement (one joint PPI procurement per action) + for related coordination and networking activities (e.g. to prepare, manage and follow-up the PPI call for tender)
HORIZON 2020 Calls for PCP / PPI I. Excellent Science II. Industrial Leadership III. Societal Challenges European Research Council (ERC) Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Marie-Skłodowska-Curie- Actions European Research Infrastructures, including e- Infrastructures Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies Information and Communication Technologies Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology Space Access to risk finance Innovationen in SMEs Health, demographic change and wellbeing Food Security, Bioeconomy Secure, clean and efficient energy Smart, green and integrated transport Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials Inclusive,innovative and reflective societies Secure societies
2016 2017 calls in support of PCP and PPI PCP actions 2016 (~40 M ) E-health: 18 M (PM-12) ICT based solutions for any area of public interest: 4 M (ICT-34) Earth observation: 3 M (EO-2) PPI actions ICTs Ageing: 10,5M (PM-13) CSA actions Urban transport deployment: 2M (MG-4.4) Climate environment- raw materials - resource efficiency: part of larger call (SC5-27) Civil protection: 1,5M (2-DRS) PCP actions 2017 (~84 M ) Robotics smart cities: 7 M (ICT-27(d)) Soil decontamination: 5 M (SC5-26) Broadband coms security: 10 M (4-DRS) Forensics: 10 M (9-FCT) Border control: 10 M (13-BES) PPI actions E-health standards: 8,26 M (PM-19) Supercomputing: 26 M (EINFRA-21) Energy efficiency: part of larger call (EE-19) CSA actions Competence centers & procurer networks any area preparing PCP/PPIs: 4 M (ICT-33)
Services of ZENIT around PCP and PPI Information Advice Support Topic-related events Exchange-ofexperience Workshops Internal workshops for public authorities Initial individual assement of project ideas Funding recommendations Proposal check Proposal coaching Forming of strategic consortia
Innovation Procurement in NRW Running PCP-projects:
Thank you for your attention! Doris Scheffler / Juan Carmona-Schneider ZENIT GmbH Phone: +49 (0)208 30004-74 / 54 email: ds@zenit.de / jc@zenit.de Internet: www.zenit.de