Thierry Devars, EC/DG RTD

thierry.devars@ec.europa.eu

EaP NCPs trainingKiev, 16-17/03/2016

2007-2013FP7 SP cooperation

Participant

Country Name

ENERGY ENV HEALTH ICT KBBE NMP SEC SPA SSH TPT Grand

Total

Armenia 1 2 5 1 3 2 14

Azerbaijan 4 2 1 4 11

Belarus 3 10 1 4 1 4 2 25

Georgia 4 5 3 4 3 4 1 24

Moldova 1 1 6 4 1 1 3 17

Ukraine 9 24 8 8 16 20 3 10 9 19 126

Grand Total 10 34 24 32 24 30 3 11 24 25 217

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: mappingstrategies and strengths in Horizon 2020

- Research and Innovation Panel implemented throughthe EaP Platform 4 "Contacts between People"

+ launch of a bi-regional policy dialogue gatheringofficials 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; 26/03/2015+ Next panel meeting 21/06/2015

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 +regionalevaluation 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

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 H2020

- 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

Energy efficiency and

renewable energy sources

SecurityAgri-food &

Forest and wood

R2I-EAST Cluster

HORIZON 2020

WORK PROGRAMME 2016-17

DG Research and Innovation

Horizon 2020 implementationStatistics – 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%

Key features of Work Programme (2016-17)

• Total budget over €16 bn. over two years.

• Two years duration

• This package is Work Programme for Researchand Innovation and Euratom

• European Research Council (ERC) WorkProgramme already adopted on 28 July 2015

• Calls published on 13 October

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Content of Work Programme (2016-17)

• 63 calls for proposals and 588 topics (the basicentity against which an R&I proposal issubmitted)

• Other actions includes public procurement,prizes…

• Developed after extensive consultation processwith experts, stakeholder communities andMember States

• Covers all areas of Research and Innovation andthe full innovation cycle

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Work Programme highlights

• Strong alignment with Commission's 10 newpolicy areas,

• notably contribution to Jobs, Growth and InvestmentPackage 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;

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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 ratesin stage two (i.e. dynamic threshold taking into accountbudget available);

• reinforcing broad approach to innovation incl. social anduser innovation;

• reinforced integration of social sciences and humanitiesaspects;

• better targeting of potential international cooperation;

• high standards for feedback to applicants.14

SME

• Work programmes will continue to provide strongsupport to SMEs

• target to spend 20% of the budget of the Industrial andSocietal Challenges parts of the programme on SMEs –around €2bn over 2016-17

• over €740m ringfenced in SME only instrument in WorkProgramme

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Prizes

• Inducement prizes bring forward breakthroughideas in radical and uncertain areas.

• Recognition prizes award excellence and promotefollow-on

• 12 inducement prizes (over €30 m in total); threein 2016 (transport; health)

• 4 recognition prizes (over € 3m in total); two in2016 (Reflective societies; Euratom)

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Participant portal

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• Powerful search enginesupported by flags andmetadata

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html

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-to-grant of 8 months…;)

• Feedback exercises in 2nd semester 2015:

o Online survey of applicants to 2014-15 calls taking stock of their experiences with rules, processes and systems etc.

o Workshops with national research and innovation funders for identifying and exchanging best practice

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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 2020 - end of 2017

Ideas for next programming period

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For further information• Participant Portal

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html

• Helpdesk

http://ec.europa.eu/research/enquiries

• Expert evaluators needed!http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/experts/index.html

• Learn more about Horizon 2020

http://ec.europa.eu/horizon2020

• H2020 country profiles with participation and R&I situation, success stories etc.:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm?pg=country-profiles

Thank you for your attention!20

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)

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PARTICIPATION TO EURAXESS (Researchers Mobility)

ASSOCIATION TO H2020 =

INTEGRATION OF UKRAINIAN NCPs in ALL (22) EU NCP NETWORKS, COORDINATION ACTIVITIES and TRAININGS

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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)

ASSOCIATION TO H2020 =

IMPLEMENTATION= (VERY) COMPETITIVE CALLS FOR PROPOSALS

No guarantee of « fair return » !!

ASSOCIATION= FULL ACCESS TO ALL ACTIVITIES

WIDENING PARTICIPATION through H2020

New set of measures in Horizon 2020 under the separate specificobjective "Spreading Excellence and WideningParticipation" (WIDESPREAD):

- Teaming for Excellence (CoEs)- Twinning (institutional networking)- ERA Chairs (bringing excellence to institutions)

- NCPs (information, communication, support)- Policy Support Facility (support for R&I Policy

design)

Total budget 816M€24

Calls for Proposals

Country Mainlistedparticipations

EC funding

AR 10 848.520

AZ 5 158.731

BL 20 2.824.175

GE 15 645.737

MD 15 1.172.961

UA 60 7.018.200

H2020 participation

H2020 participation

HORIZON 2020

Get involved!

Find out more:www.ec.europa/research/horizon2020