second meeting of the horizon 2020 informal strategic pc configuration 24 october 2013

Policy Research and Innovation

Second meeting of the Horizon 2020 informal Strategic PC Configuration

24 October 2013


Today's agenda

1. Introduction2. Approval of minutes from the previous meeting and

agenda of the meeting 3. Remit of strategic configuration of Programme Committee4. Horizon 2020 work programme: state of play 5. Discussion on relevant work programme parts:

• ‘General introduction’• ‘Spreading excellence and widening participation’• ‘Science with and for society’• ‘Communication and Dissemination’• ‘General annexes’

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1. Introduction

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State of play – inter-institutional negotiationsAt the trilogue meeting of 25 June 2013, the co-legislators reached a political agreement covering the Framework Programme, the Rules for participation and some elements of the Specific Programme of Horizon 2020 as well as the EIT. The Euratom 2014-2018 programme was not part of this agreement.The main elements of the compromise package include:

simplification (retaining the Council’s funding model) architecture and new action lines Horizon 2020 budget and earmarking for the SME instrument, Energy and FET the budget distribution a Fast Track to Innovation Pilot time to Grant of 8 months derogations from the Rules of Participation for JTIs

COREPER approved the compromise package on 17 July 2013

The President of COREPER has sent the letters to the Chair of the ITRE Committee on 12 September 2013 (covering the Framework Programme, the Rules for Participation and EIT) On 26 September, the ITRE Committee adopted the reports on the Framework Programme, the Specific Programme and the Rules for Participation.

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Multiannual financial framework (2014-2020)State of play :

• Political Agreement reached between the three institutions before the summer break

• Formal steps towards adoption of the MFF and the 2014 budget acts to be taken by EP and Council in November 2013 (vote foreseen for the week of 18 November)

• The same applies to all sectorial dossiers, including Horizon 2020

• Overall H2020 budget: € 79,402 mio (current prices)

• Reminder: H2020 cannot be formally adopted before the MFF formal agreement

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Specific ProgrammeSpecific Programme: • Following the agreement on the Horizon 2020 package in COREPER on 17 July,

the Specific Programme has been aligned with the Framework Programme Regulation

• Annex V with the list of 14 programme committee configurations, and indications on the reimbursement of experts have been included in the Specific Programme

• A consensus has been reached on the administrative expenditure: No more than 5 % of the amounts for the Parts I, II, III, IIIa and IIIb of the

Specific Programme shall be for the Commission's administrative expenditure.

The Commission shall ensure that during the programme its administrative expenditure will decrease and it will endeavour to reach a target of 4.6 % or less in the year 2020

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Next stepsFramework Programme Regulation & Rules for Participation: Vote of the MFF in the EP Plenary: week of 18 November Vote of Horizon 2020 and ITER in EP Plenary: week of 18 November Adoption by the Council: November/December 2013 (TBC)Specific Programme & Euratom: Finalisation of work in the Council Research Working Party: October 2013Files related to Horizon 2020: Article 185 & 187 Initiatives: examination in Council Research Working Party is ongoing. The main issues for Art 187 are: budget, role of Member States, additional activities, audits, and transparency of evaluation and selection process for the. For Art 185 the main issues include budget, EU contribution to administrative costs, audits, synergies with other programmes. ITER funding for 2014-2020: examination in Council Research Working Party ongoing.


2. Approval of minutes from the previous meeting and agenda of the meeting

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3. Remit of Strategic configuration of Programme

Committee

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Programme committee

• Following the messages from Robert-Jan Smits to MS/EEA on the shadow configurations, these have commenced work in early September (three meetings foreseen for each configuration)

• Commission services discuss the various work programme parts with the configurations according to the Specific Programme, namely Article 5 and the list of configurations agreed as Annex V

• Once Specific Programme agreed, MSs/EEA will be asked to confirm their nominations

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Specific Programme Implementing Horizon 2020 – Annex V (excerpt)

Programme Committee configurations

1. Strategic configuration: Strategic overview of the implementation of the whole programme, coherence across the different parts of the programme and cross-cutting issues including “Spreading excellence and widening participation” and “Science with and for society”.

2. European Research Council (ERC), Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

3. Research infrastructures 4. Information and communication technologies (ICT)5. Nanotechnologies, Advanced materials, Biotechnology, Advanced manufacturing and processing6. Space7. SMEs and Access to risk finance 8. Health, demographic change and wellbeing9. Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water

research and the bioeconomy10. Secure, clean and efficient energy11. Smart, green and integrated transport12. Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials13. Europe in a changing world – Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies14. Secure Societies – Protecting Freedom and security of Europe and its citizens

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Specific Programme Implementing Horizon 2020 – Annex IV

Information to be provided by the Commission in accordance with article 8a(2) of SP

1. Information on individual projects, enabling the monitoring of the entire lifetime of each proposal, covering in particular:

– submitted proposals,

– evaluation results for each proposal,

– grant agreements,

– completed projects.

2. Information on the outcome of each call and project implementation, covering in particular:

– results of each call,

– outcome of negotiations on grant agreements,

– project implementation, including payment data and outcome of projects.

3. Information on programme implementation, including relevant information at the level of the Framework Programme, the

specific programme and each theme and the JRC, as well as the synergies with other relevant Union programmes.

4. Information on the execution of the Horizon 2020 budget, including information on commitments and payments for article

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Remit of the strategic configuration - OpinionOn:

• the work programme parts on• Introduction • Science with and for society • Spreading excellence and widening participation • Communication and Dissemination• General Annexes

• the funding of indirect actions involving the use of human embryos and human embryonic stem cells on

• Science with and for society • Spreading excellence and widening participation

• the funding of indirect actions where the estimated amount of the Union contribution is equal to or more than EUR 0.6 million on

• Science with and for society • Spreading excellence and widening participation

• the drawing up of the terms of reference for the evaluations provided for in Article 26 of the Horizon 2020 Regulation.

This configuration will also adopt the Rules of Procedure of the Programme Committee of the Specific Programme.

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Remit of the strategic configuration – Exchange of views and deliberations

On:• Strategic overview of the implementation of the whole

programme:• Multi-annual approach and strategic orientations for the following years of

implementation • Relevance to a wide range of different types of participants, especially newcomers• Delivering on simplification agenda

• Coherence across the different parts of the programme: • Overall coherence of the programme• Linkages across the various parts of the programme• Level of integration

• Cross-cutting issues:• International cooperation; • Social and economic sciences and humanities; • Climate change and sustainable development; • Innovation and close to market actions;• Cross-disciplinary and cross-sectoral research and innovation; • Fostering the functioning and achievement of the ERA and of the Innovation Union;• Responsible research and innovation including gender• SME involvement in research and innovation and the broader private sector

participation. • Other issues relevant to the topics put forward for

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On the organisation of future Strategic Configuration+ meetings:

Two types of meetings:• DG level, around 2 times per year, on:

- strategic issues relating to the programme as a whole, addressing questions such as: are the work programmes in overall terms meeting Horizon 2020’s objectives, by being more strategic/less prescriptive, more focused on impact, providing access to new players, coupling research to innovation, and delivering on radical simplification

- the strategic programming process - relations with other policies

• Director level addressing:- Key operational aspects, including the work programme parts

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Cross-cutting issues – SME aspects and the SME instrument

• The strategic configuration ensures the overview on the SME aspects, including the SME instrument, from a strategic perspective

• The Work Programme part Innovation for SMEs will contain the SME instrument information

• Each of the configurations on LEITs and the Societal Challenges decides on the corresponding work programme parts, including in what concerns the SME aspects and the SME instrument

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4. Horizon 2020 work programme

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Specific Programme Implementing Horizon 2020 - Article 5(6) (excerpt)

"The work programmes […] shall set out the objectives pursued, the expected results, the method of implementation and their total amount, […]. They shall also contain a description of the actions to be financed, an indication of the amount allocated to each action, an indicative implementation timetable, as well as a multi-annual approach and strategic orientations for the following years of implementation. They shall include for grants the priorities, the selection and award criteria and the relative weight of the different award criteria and the maximum rate of funding of the total eligible costs. […]. They shall allow for strategic top-down as well as bottom-up approaches, as appropriate, that address the objectives in innovative ways."

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Work programme structure One Horizon 2020 work programme (18 parts) covering: General Introduction (part 1) Pillar I (except ERC) (parts 2-4)

FET, Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions, Research infrastructures Pillar II (parts 5-7)

LEITs, Access to risk finance, Innovation in SMEs Pillar III (parts 8-14)

All seven societal challenges Spreading excellence and widening participation (part 15) Science with and for society (part 16) Communication and dissemination (part 17) General Annexes (part 18)

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A strategic programming approach ("multi-annual approach and strategic orientations") Work Programme preparation based on guidance and input from

stakeholders as part of a strategic programming exerciseo To increase impact of the funding, and for a more integrated approach

o 'key drivers' used to identify areas on which resources and effort will be focused for maximum impact

o Fully in line with the contents of the Specific Programme / not creating new priorities

o First work programme needs to boost jobs and growth

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Focus Areas Strategic programming has identified 12 focus areas, each

covered by a specific call:o Centre of gravity for portfolios of activities around a mature research

agenda, across different challenges and enabling technologies

o Provide support across the innovation cycle from research to development, proof of concept, piloting, demonstration projects, and to setting standards

o Make use of the full spectrum of types of action e.g. research and innovation actions, innovation actions, ERA-Nets, SME instrument

o Integrate different perspectives, including from the social sciences and humanities, gender perspectives, and international strategy

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Calls not addressing focus areas

Majority of Work Programme comprised of non-focus area calls (total no. 80 calls)

These address topics in other parts of the Specific Programme based on areas with similar high potential for impact

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Work Programme addressing two years

Multiannual perspective foreseen in the Commission’s proposals for Horizon 2020 o Strong message from public consultation

Supports a more strategic approach to priority setting, to implementation, to integration, and helps ensure greater impact

Provide a clear base for the research community to plan and network ahead (simplification)

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Work programme parts relating to 2015

All WP parts relating to 2015 are provisional (including budget, and deadlines)

PC therefore needs to readdress WP parts including new features – e.g. Fast Track to Innovation (FTI) (ie, opinion required)

Timing: mid-2014

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Future work programmes

Strategic programming will support future Work Programmes: o Extensive engagement with the strategic PC, links with MS activities

o Consultation with the Advisory Groups

o Monitoring of the performance and outputs of projects

o Use of data on economic, social, market and technological trends

o Foresight and other types of forward looking activities to identify possible future trajectories and scenarios

o Other sources of intelligence on emerging needs and opportunities such as the EIPs, ETPs and JPIs

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Timeline

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Three meetings per configuration envisaged between September and mid-November:o Third meeting (opinion): docs with deadlines

o Potentially associated countries to get copies during this process

Adoption of WP/calls on 10 December; publication on 11 December Horizon 2020 national launch events – dates fixed for all MS

(between September and February) Programme Committee in 2014:

o Start discussion on next strategic programme (2016-2017), meeting at DG level meeting in spring 2014

o Address 2015 work programme parts


5. Discussion on relevant work programme parts

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5.1. General Introduction

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Changes since First PC meeting• New section 'overview' and revised 'political context and

key drivers'• New section on 'cross-cutting issues', 'open access to

research results'• Taking into account comments from MS• Restructuring to simplify the layout

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Comments from MS (1)• Support for the general programming/focus area approach (BE, NL,

NO, SE)• Concerns with alignment to Specific Programme (FR)• Need for more explanation on background to strategic

programming, focus area approach incl. governance (HU, NL, NO, SE)

• Duration of the WP and strategic programming (FR, IT, HU)• Implications for evaluation system (DE, NL)• Clarification of partnership with MS (DE, FR, ES, NO) • Strengthening references to gender (FR)• Request for general clarifications/rewording - near to market; avoid

political statements; synergies with structural funds; rationale for prizes (DE); international strategy (DE, FR, IT); financial instruments (IT); cross-cutting issues (NO); FET (FR)

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Comments from MS (2)• Focus areas

• 'personalising health' – breadth (BE, FR)• 'mobility' – relationship with other initiatives (FR)• Linkage between 'competitive low carbon energy' and 'energy

efficiency' (BE)• 'Blue growth' to include reference to seas (IT, HR)• 'Overcoming the crisis', doesn’t address long term changes and needs

updated in light of current events (FR, UK)• 'disaster resilience', mixing long and short term (FR)• additional focus area proposed on cultural heritage (IT)• Relationship between focus areas and other initiatives (DE)

• Other general comments not linked to the text - link with COSME; NCP/EEN role; synergies with Structural Funds; role of the strategic configuration e.g. SMEs; access to finance; state aid rules; KET report; FTI 31


5.2. Spreading excellence and widening participation

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IntroductionBackground : 13 Sept - 1st shadow Strategic PC meeting: first presentation

and discussion with MS representatives of the widening measures (Teaming, Twinning, ERA Chairs etc.) and of specific eligibility options

17 Sept - Berlin Seminar: Specific discussion on Teaming and its detailed modalities with policy/technical stakeholders, interesting discussions on eligibility criteria

End Sept/ October – Taking stock of the discussions and MS views and further analysis within the Commission on eligibility criteria

Today: Summary of changes introduced in the Widening WP after the

1st shadow PC and post Berlin Presentation of eligibility indicator for Widening actions under

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Summary of main modifications in Widening WP• General changes: indicative budget, indicative project size, specific eligibility

conditions, specific evaluation criteria, indicative timetable for the evaluation and the grant agreement.

• Teaming (2014): Shortened project duration of the first stage (from 18 to 12 months), reference to the duration of the 2nd stage of 3-5 years [possibly 5-7 years], Stage 2 to be implemented through a Framework Partnership Agreement (still under examination internally).

Budget: 12M (Stage 1) & ~80-90M (Stage 2 in 2016)Indicative Project Size: 0.3-1M (Stage 1) [possibly 0.2-0.5M] & 15-20M (Stage 2)

• ERA Chairs (2014): More detailed description of the scope section, including details of the modalities of appointment of the ERA Chair holder and the proposed duration of the action.

Budget: 34M Indicative Project Size: 2.5M (similar to pilot)

• Twinning (2015): Minor changes compared to the previous version of the WP.

Budget: ~ 60-65M Indicative Project Size: 1M

• Description of other actions, not subject to calls for proposals (COST, Policy Support

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Special Eligibility for Widening actions WHY?• Necessity to target measures under "Spreading Excellence and

Widening Participation" towards those countries with low performance in R&I

• Focus on the countries that are less performing in terms of research excellence to enable them in the future to raise their level of excellence and thus also better participate in future framework programmes

PROPOSAL• A composite indicator grasping research excellence in each

country, will be the eligibility criterion of Widening actions (as far as the "Low performer" is concerned)

Suggested by Estonia and supported by others in their written comments

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Composite Research Excellence Indicator at National level

Origin: Developed by DG RTD & JRC, part of the IU progress at country level 2013 publication & will be included in the IU Competitiveness Report 2013 to be published in November.

Definition: "A composite indicator developed to measure the research excellence in Europe, meaning the effects of the European and national policies on the modernisation of research institutions, the vitality of the research environment and the quality of research outputs in both basic and applied research."Methodology:Composite indicator of four variables:1. Highly cited publications of a country as a share of the top 10% most

cited publications normalised by GDP2. Number of world class universities and public research institutes in a

country normalised by population in the world top 250 universities and research institutes

3. Patent applications per million population 4. Total value of ERC grants received divided by public R&D performed

by the higher education and government sectors

Threshold: MS below 70% of the EU average Resulting eligible MS: Latvia, Croatia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia, Romania, Luxembourg, Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Portugal, Slovenia, Cyprus, Czech Republic and Hungary

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5.3. Science with and for society

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General Comments from MSIn general positive and constructive comments (NO, SP, NL…): welcome Science With And For Society WP and support to Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI).

Letter UK, F, DE Ministers (EU regulation Research Innovation): "Necessary to encourage an early dialogue between scientists, policy-makers and civil society" + risk governance strong support for science with and for society activities (see calls Integrating Society in Science and Innovation + Governance for RRI) ----------------Calls less prescriptive (NO,HU) 1 call removed and 12 topics merged and less prescriptive (Science Education and careers, Integrating Society in Science and Innovation + Governance for RRI), 1 topic removed.

Definition of RRI (DE) New text will be added in introduction of the WP - Concept not new as already introduced in Science in Society WPs 2012 and 2013

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2014 – 2015 Budget (including EFTA contribution)

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Call 2014 2015Call SEAC: EUR 12.2 million EUR 10.4 millionCall GERI: EUR 9.5 million EUR 9 millionCall ISSI: EUR 10.3 million EUR 22 millionCall GARRI: EUR 12.5 million EUR 5.5 millionOther Actions: EUR 8.704 million EUR 9.15 million

Dissemination / communication: EUR 0.07 million

Total budget: EUR 53.274 million EUR 56.05 million


New structureCall SEACFormer SEAC 1+SEAC 2 = new SEAC 1Former SEAC 4+ SEAC 5 = new SEAC 4Call GERISame structureCall ISSIFormer ISSI 1 + ISSI 3 = new ISSI 1Former SA 1 + SA 2 = new ISSI 3Former ISSI.5 = droppedCall GARRIFormer GARRI 2 + GARRI 3 = new GARRI 2Former GARRI 4= new ISSI 5Former GARRI 6 + GARRI 7 = new GARRI 4Former SA 3= new GARRI 7Former SA 4 = new GARRI 8Former GARRI 10 = new SEAC 2Call SA (Dropped)

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Call SEAC - Science Education And Careers Attractive For Young People

Clarify the broadening scope of SEAC compared to FP7 (FR, DE, ES), including the calls on EURAXESS (EE, FR, ES) SEAC is based on trialogue’agreed text for Horizon 2020, which specifies a widening of attention beyond science education, to include actions to make science careers more attractive. This also explains the inclusion of the EURAXESS calls (scientific careers for young people)

Avoid duplication of efforts (FR, IT) calls build on outcomes of FP7 SiS activities, no duplication is expected.

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Call GERI - Gender equality in Research and Innovation

High interest for gender topics and support to structural changes (DE, EE, AT, NO, IT, FR, SP)

Concerns regarding "Science it's a girl thing" campaign title (AT) and scope (FR, SP, NO, HU) Change in campaign's title not recommended, as it was previously tested with female teenagers + topic offers applicants autonomy to address specific needs and cultural contexts, in a bottom-up way

Regarding the evaluation of national initiatives one MS (ES) found it premature but others (DE, FR,NL, IT) supported it timing maintained

Need for financial support to existing Gender Equality Plans (IT) Can’t be supported as financial resources are limited. Need to attract newcomers and reach a critical mass of organisations implementing Gender Equality Plans.

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Call ISSI - Integrating Society in Science and Innovation

Support to 'hands-on' activities

Clarify availability of the RRI toolkit by the time the project starts (DE, SP Topic ISSI.1.2015) Toolkit will be made available during second semester 2015.

Text to be adapted in some cases following MS comments e.g. 'Universities' to be replaced with "Higher Education Institutions" (FR), acronyms to be spelt out (DE) Text adapted

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Call GARRI – Governance for the advancement of Responsible Research and Innovation

Clarify availability of the RRI toolkit by the time the project starts (DE) Toolkit will be made available during second semester 2015.

Text and Data Mining (TDM) to be clarified (SP) and ‘linguistic aspects’ (BE) definition added.

Clear support from MSs (DE, BE, FR, SP, EE) to peer review and indicators topics with minor comments topics merged and text adapted.Funding and coordination of NCPs networks (EE, IT) Only NCPs from EU MSs, Associated Countries and neighbourhood policy countries appointed officially by relevant national authorities are eligible to participate and receive funding.

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5.4. Communication and Dissemination

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Corporate Communication

Article 22 of Horizon 2020 Regulation:

'Budget allocated to communication under Horizon 2020 shall also contribute to covering the corporate communication of the Union's political priorities as far as they are related to the general objective of this Regulation.'

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Seven key priorities for the EU:

•Creating jobs•Helping competiveness of industry•Exiting the crisis – fairly!•Reducing cost of living•Improving quality of life•Tackling global challenges•Protecting the citizen

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Corporate Communication WP 2014

Pilot phase will focus on:•Growth and jobs•Future of Europe

Budget €13,5 million. Horizon 2020 will contribute €4 million to address cross-cutting issues that are central to objectives of the programme.

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Dissemination

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General context

On the one side:•Strategic change to a strong output and impact oriented logic•High expectation from MS, Council, EP

On the other side:•Pressure to limit public sector expenditure

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General context

Numerous rationalisation processes in the EC

•IT rationalisation

•Web rationalisation

•Administrative rationalisation in the R&I DGs

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Dissemination

Need for the continuation and improvement of dissemination services i.e.:

•projects & results information for H2020 and•ensure the continuity for FP7 and historic FP data

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Exploitation

In the past the Commission has not been very active in fostering exploitation

need to explore options and build exploitation services

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Dissemination & exploitation – changes

• Strategic decisions: R&I Family DGs

• Coordination and monitoring: CSC Common

Service for information and data unit

•Service provision: relevant service providers

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EU research fundingAccess to information/services


Portfolio of general dissemination tasks in 2014/ 2015

• Make available relevant services in a user-friendly way including content management, IT developments, maintenance, operational and supporting activities;

• Consolidate services to reflect decisions on the Commission’s web and IT rationalisation strategies;

• Improve and develop services to disseminate and exploit research results according to the needs as defined by the research and innovation Directorates-General/Agencies;

• Ensure editorial harmonisation, technical interoperability, integration and seamless navigation with other research-related EC and non-EC websites and systems.

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5.5. General Annexes

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Annex: General ConditionsA. List of countries, and applicable rules for funding

B. Standard admissibility criteria

C. Standard eligibility criteria

D. Types of action: specific provisions and funding rates• R&I/I actions, CSA, SME, PPC/PPI & ERANET Cofund

E. Specific requirements for innovation procurement

F. Rules of contest (prizes)

G. Technology readiness levels

H. Proposal evaluation (criteria, scoring etc.)

I. Budget flexibility

J. Classified information

Next slides…

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Proposal evaluation: Building on past experience…

…but adapting to Horizon 2020• New types of call; new types of proposal

• multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral; more emphasis on innovation and close-to-market

• Simplification, for applicants, for experts, and for streamlined operations;

• Coherence across the programme• General annex sets standard conditions• Differences possible for specific calls, where justified

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Dealing with different sorts of proposal

• Criteria (aspects to be considered) and proposal template designed to fit full spectrum of collaborative projects• An important simplification

• Differences in content (R&D, close-to-market, high/low TRL etc) accommodated by referring back to work programme topic description• especially 'expected impact'

• For Innovation Actions and SME instrument:• Impact criterion weighted by factor of 1.5• Impact considered first when scores equal

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Evaluation ProcessChain of individual, consensus and panel review maintained. But changes w.r.t. FP7:Dealing with multi-disciplinary/sectoral proposals

New expert profiles, new blood; Call for experts planned for November

Robust rules on expert turnover;More experts per proposal;Clear procedures for cases where experts disagree

Dealing with 8 month TTGProposals strictly evaluated on their own merit

No recommendations for substantial changesMore multi-step (stopping evaluation when threshold failed)Fast and simplified procedure for SME instrument (i.a.) 62


Award criteria: Research and Innovation Actions;

Innovation Actions; SME instrument 1. Excellence Ground-breaking nature (eg. level of ambition, beyond the state-of-the-art, novel

approach, addresses challenge, … ) Conceptually robust; trans-disciplinarity considered…

2. Impact […] extent to which project outputs contribute to: The expected impacts listed in the work programme under the relevant topic; Enhancing innovation capacity and integration of new knowledge; Strengthening the competitiveness and growth of companies by developing innovations

meeting the needs of European and global markets; Effectiveness of the proposed measures to communicate the project, disseminate and/or

exploit the project results, and appropriate management of IPR.3. Quality and efficiency of implementation

Coherence and effectiveness of the work plan, including appropriateness of the allocation of tasks and resources;

Competences, experience and complementarity of the individual participants, as well as of the consortium as a whole;

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SubmissionSimpler but tougher page limits

• “warn and watermark” in first round of calls

More 2-stage procedure; :• Particularly for challenge-based calls, expected to attract large

collaborative projects; and where costs of preparing full proposal likely to be relatively high.

• Generally not suitable when time from "idea to grant" is critical; nor when evidence suggests costs of preparing first stage proposals is particularly high

• With simplified approaches for short first stage proposals

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Next steps:

- Deadline for written comments: 29 October e.o.b.

- Commission to send revised texts during the course of the following week (week 45)

- Third Strategic PC meeting with a view to opinion: 15 November

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second meeting of the horizon 2020 informal strategic pc configuration 24 october 2013

Documents

specific programme of

policy research

relevant work programme

vote of horizon

rules of participation

political agreement

mff formal agreement

budget distribution