Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking
Italian Bioeconomy strategy – High level event Roma 14th May 2019
Philippe Mengal BBI JU Executive Director @philippemengal
Public-Private Partnership (PPP) between European Commission & BIC (Bio-based Industries Consortium)
• BBI JU Budget: € 3.7 bn (25% EU - 75% BIC) • Support R&I programme in Bio-based industries
European public-private partnership (iPPP) aims at:
De-risk investments
Organize the value chains
Reach critical mass
Trigger - Keep - Attract
Mobilising effect
Structuring effect
Implem
entation
BBI JU was part of EU Bioeconomy strategy in 2012 Italy is strongly and continuously committed since 2012
Develop sustainable and competitive bio-based industries in Europe, based on advanced biorefineries that source their biomass sustainably. How ? By implementing SIRA,…
BBI JU objectives supporting BIT
1. Demonstrating new technologies
2. Developing business models
3. Set-up flagship biorefinery plants
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Demo
FLAG Key role of Italy in BIC and BBI JU
Governance
Outputs from Calls 2014 - 2018
100 projects (well spread) € 602 million grant (EC)
€ 1.65 bn private contribution
1 project - GAP
Ongoing
7 Calls • € 813 million EU grant
1179 beneficiaries 40% SMEs 35 countries
8 FLAGs (SIRA objective: 5) + 1 FLAG under GAP
2021 Call 2020
Call 2019
Call 2018
Call 2017
Call 2016
Call 2015
Call 2014 2023 2022 2024
Beneficiaries FLAG biorefineries
€75 million grant for Italy
BBI JU activities in Italy
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(*) + € 11 m with Call 2018EU public contribution for Calls 2014-2017
Successful Participants in retained proposals compared to reserve list and rejected – Calls 2014 - 2018
Total successful participations: 1179 EU-15: 1036 EU-13: 82 AC: 64
KPI 7/8
7 FLAGSHIPs
3.000 direct jobs
> 10.000 indirect jobs
Total Grant: € 159 million
€1.000 million private investment
High replicability potential
Most in EU13
Ratios EU15 / EU13 Population: 3.8
GDP: 11.3
Outcome monitoring – KPI 7/8 from SIRA 7 BBI JU Flagships* against a target of 5 by 2020
* Call 2014-2017 monitoring
First Flagship in Italy Highest amount of Demonstation plant
Beneficiaries from calls 2014 – 2017 Type of participants
61% 20%
13%
6% 1%
Private-for-profitorganisationsResearch organisations
Higher educationestablishmentsOthers
Public body
• Solid mobilisation of the private sector • High representation by SMEs with an
overall participation of 41%
11% grants amount to Universities
20% participants are research organisations
17% grants amount to research organisations
13% participants are Universities
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SME participation in BBI JU Call 2014 - 2017
46% of Italian beneficiaries are SMEs
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proposals
% SMEs funding
Universities beneficiaries in Calls 2014-2018
11% of BBI JU grants amount goes to Universities
20% of BBI JU participants are research organisations
17% of BBI JU grants amount goes to research organisations
13% of BBI JU participants are Universities
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University of Bologna (Italy)
University of Ghent (Belgium)
Wageningen University (The Netherlands)
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (United Kingdom)
KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden)
University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
University College Dublin (Ireland)
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences , Vienna (Austria)
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Italy)
University of Alicante (Spain)
Technische Universität Dresden (Germany)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
Technical University of Denmark (Denmark)
Agricultural University of Athens (Greece)
No. of BBI JU Projects
Top 14 Universities
Examples of BBI JU projects * in Italy
FIRST2RUN grows cardoon on arid and marginal wasteland to deliver biobased vegetable oils used in the manufacture of bioproducts and bioplastics. This flagship project will generate new incomes for local farmers and create an estimated 600 jobs in an area with a high unemployment rate due to progressive marginalisation of fields. ReInvent will develop multifunctional, sustainable and low-cost materials and fibres with enhanced properties and performance. These can replace the petroleum-based insulation and structural products used in buildings and vehicle interior products.
ReInvent
(*) More information about EU grant contribution to projects can be found on BBI JU website: https://www.bbi-europe.eu/projects
Examples of BBI JU projects * in Italy
EMBRACED will turn Absorbent Hygiene Products (AHP) waste destined to landfill or incineration into valuable bio-based materials such as building blocks, polymers and fertilizers. It actively involves the local community in the collection and recycling of AHP waste and creates new jobs in the value chain. BioBarr will develop new bio-based and biodegradable food packaging materials using wastes and agro-industrial co-products. This project provides an opportunity for innovation and job creation and allows Europe to reduce its dependency on imported oil. It will generate additional income and sustainable development to rural areas.
(*) More information about EU grant contribution to projects can be found on BBI JU website: https://www.bbi-europe.eu/projects
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