Circular economy financing: Support through Horizon 2020

Tomáš Turecki European Commission DG Research and Innovation

Unit I.2 – Eco-innovation

Making it happen: European Commission seminar on circular economy financing; Brussels, 21 March 2016

Research and

Innovation

Horizon 2020: addressing Europe's challenges

Investing in research and innovation 2014-2020

Budget of €77 billion

Coupling research to innovation to maximise impact

H2020: Three pillars

Excellent science

Industrial leadership

Societal challenges

Societal challenges

Health, demographic change and wellbeing

Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime and inland water research & the Bioeconomy

Secure, clean and efficient energy *

Smart, green and integrated transport

Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials

Sub-activity 5.4 Transition towards a green economy through eco-innovation

Europe in a changing world-inclusive, innovative and reflective societies

Secure societies-protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens

Research and

Innovation

Research and innovation action

Activities aiming to establish new knowledge

Basic and applied research, technology development, lab-scale prototypes

Funding rate: 100%

Example: SPIRE-08-2017: Carbon dioxide utilisation to

produce added value chemicals

Research and

Innovation

Innovation action

Activities aiming at new, altered or improved products, processes or services

Prototyping, testing, piloting, product validation, demonstration

Funding rate: 70% (100% for non-profit legal entities)

Example: CIRC-1-2016-2017: Systemic, eco-innovative approaches for the circular economy: large-scale demonstration projects

Research and

Innovation

Coordination and support action

Accompanying measures: Networking, coordination between programmes, mutual learning, dissemination, standardisation

Funding rate: 100%

Example: Waste-4b-2014: Global waste dimension (Development of a strategy for global dissemination and uptake of European best management practices)

SME Instrument call: SC5 topic

SMEinst-12-2016-2017: Boosting the potential of small businesses in the areas and priorities of Societal Challenge 5 Commercialising innovative solutions for green growth

Only SMEs allowed to participate and to apply for funding and support

Minimum condition: participation of one SME (based in the EU or associated countries

70% co-funding

Research and

Innovation

Phase 1: Concept and feasibility assessment

Phase 2: R&D, demonstration,

market replication

Input: Idea/Concept: "Business Plan 1"

(~ 10 pages) 10% budget

Activities:

Feasibility of concept Risk assessment

IP regime Partner search Design study

Pilot application etc.

Output: elaborated "Business plan 2"

Input: "Business plan 2" plus description of activities under Phase

2 (~ 30 pages) 90% budget

Activities: Development,

prototyping, testing, piloting,

miniaturisation, scaling-up, market

replication, research

Output: "investor-ready Business plan 3"

Lump sum: 50.000 €

~ 6 months

Phase 3: Commercialisation

0.5-2.5 M€ EU funding

~ 12 to 24 months

Promote instrument as quality label for

successful projects

Facilitate access to private finance

Support via networking , training, information,

addressing i.a. IP management,

knowledge sharing, dissemination

SME window in the EU financial facilities (debt

facility and equity facility)

Possible connection to public procurement

activities

Phase 3 & coaching ~ 2% budget

SME Instrument

Fast Track to Innovation pilot

Close-to-market innovation activities

Innovation Actions (70% EU co-funding)

bottom-up logic: any technology field under 'Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies' and 'Societal challenges'

Consortia comprising 3-5 entities from at least 3 different EU MS or associated countries

continuously open call, three cut-off dates per year in 2016

each grant maximum EUR 3 million

Research and

Innovation

Other instruments

Pre-commercial procurement (PCP)

Public Procurement of Innovative solutions

ERA-NET co-fund

Research and

Innovation

Public-private partnerships

Representing 8 industry sectors (chemical, steel, minerals, …, and water)

Dedicated to resource and energy efficiency in process industries

Industry providing advice on research priorities in the domains concerned within H2020

Objectives set out in a multi-annual roadmap

900 MEUR from H2020 earmarked for SPIRE

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