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Societal Challenge 2: priorità e
opportunità per una strategia italiana verso Europa 2020
Fabio Fava
DICAM, University of Bologna, Bologna
Italian Representative for Horizon2020 Societal Challenge 2
“European Bioeconomy Challenges: Food Security, Sustainable
Agriculture and Forestry, Marine, Maritime and Inland Water
Research”
E-mail: [email protected]
Presentation outline
Current job opportunities, turnover and main needs of Research
& Development & Innovation in Italy in the macro-sectors:
•Agriculture, livestock and food production;
•Forestry and Biobased industry;
•Marine, Maritime and Internal water management.
Horizon 2020 topics of major interest for the Italian R&D&I needs;
The Italian SC2 delegation: its composition and strategy for
boosting the Italian sucessful participation in Horizon2020 calls;
Conclusions
Agriculture,
terrestrial
livestock &
aquaculture:
~ 600.000
Agriculture:
~ €14.00 Billion
Terrestrial
Livestock:
~ € 11.4 Billion
Aquaculture: ~ € 1.18 Billion
The Italian agriculture and livestock: facts and figures
Employment Annual Turnover
After:
Indagine continua sulle forze di lavoro (fdl)
http://siqual.istat.it/SIQual/visualizza.do?id=5000098&refresh=true&language=IT
Produzione, consumi intermedi e valore aggiunto di agricoltura, silvicoltura e pesca
(Nace rev.2)
http://dati.istat.it/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=DCCN_VAAGSIPET
Mycotoxin
control
Breeding
for resistance
Improved
nutritional
value & food
security
Byproducts for
biorefineries
Marker
Assisted
Selection
Preservation,
Evaluation,
Exploitation
of Biodiversity
Precision farming
Energy
efficiency
Biofactories of
specialty
products
Improved fertilizers
Soil: organic matter
and microbiome
Integrated Pest
Management
Improved
organic farming
Crop rotation
Traceability
Authentication
Evaluation of
environmental
services
Conservation
Agriculture
Management and
decision
support systems
Greenhouse
efficiency
Agro-ecological
Modelling
The Italian agriculture: main R&D&I needs
(courtesy of S. Bisoffi)
Functional
longevity
Resistance
to diseases
Feedstock (proteins)
Genetic improvement
Breeding
Sex predetermination
Hormone/antiobiotics
reduction/substitution
Sustainable
management/disposal of
manure & Effluent use for
energy and fertilizers
Animal welfare
The Italian terrestrial livestock: main R&D&I needs
(courtesy of S. Bisoffi)
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0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180
Spain
UK
Italy
France
Germany
Top 5 Member States in terms of food & drink industry turnover, 2012* (€ billion)
The Italian food industry: facts and figures (a)
Source: Data processing and estimates Federalimentare 2012
€ Billion
(€ 25 billion of exports)
64%
18%
8%
9% 1% Traditional and local food
Advanced traditional food
Typical quality products
(PDO, PGI, wine, etc)
New products (novel,
functional, healthy, ready to
eat, etc)
Organic food
Source: Data processing and estimates Federalimentare 2012
The Italian food industry: facts and figures (b)
2011 2012 2013*
PRODUCTION -1.3% -0.9% -0.8%
N. COMPANIES (> 9 employees)
6.857 6.850 6.845
EMPLOYMENT 408.000 405.000 404.000
The Italian food industry: main R&D&I needs (a)
• Increase the variety of products;
• New foods with specific nutritional needs;
• Tasty products;
• Typical quality products (DOP, IGP,STG, etc.)
• New knowledge and products for combating obesity and
ageing;
• Develop products to specific needs: religious / ethnic /
ethical;
• Develop Products affordable in price / quality ratio;
• Develop strategies and tools for authentication of food
products and combating counterfeiting and imitations.
PRODUCTS RAW
MATERIAL
FOOD PROCESSING
MARKET
• Enzymes and microbes and bio-processing
• ICT
• Advanced Manufacturing and Processing
The Italian food industry: main R&D&I needs (b)
Improve resource efficiency and environmental sustainability: lower food
losses/discards, lower water and energy use, more efficient processing
and recovery/purification of products and lower byproduct and waste
production; biobased and biodegradable packaging.
MARKET RAW MATERIAL
FOOD PROCESSING
BY-PRODUCTS
Characterization & Preservation
Pre-treatment & Ingredient recovery
New food products (innovative and sustainable
processes/technologies)
New feeds (for aquaculture)
Assessment of products & processes/technologies
Identification of new market opportunities
Knowledge transfer & exploitation
WASTE
LEFTOVER MATERIAL
BIOENERGY
BIOCHEMICALS
The Italian food industry: main R&D&I needs (c)
Improve resource efficiency and environmental sustainability:
valorization of processing byproducts and waste
Budget 2014: € 138 Mil
The Sustainable food production systems priority will be given in 2014 to
minimizing pre-harvest losses (including in aquaculture and fisheries),
improving soil management and genetic resources supporting agricultural
diversity and regional products, while 2015 will be on improved livestock and
crop productivity and genetics for sustaining agriculture.
SFS-1-2014/2015: Sustainable terrestrial livestock production (2 topics:
1st on genetics/nutrition/alternative feedstocks; the 2nd on vacination
swine, poultry, ruminants; China suggested)
SFS-2-2014/2015: Sustainable crop production (precise farming, nutrients,
water)
SFS-3-2014: Practical solutions for native and alien pests affecting plants
(2 topics: 1st on integrated strategies combating pests and invasive
species agro, orthiculture and forest; 2nd on organic farming EU-China
initiative)
SFS-4-2014: Soil quality and function (impacts of land use and
management on soil properties and function and in turn on crop
productivity and yields) (China and third country suggested) SFS-5-2015: Strategies for crop productivity, stability and quality
SFS-6-2014: Sustainable intensification pathways of agro-food systems in Africa
Call for Sustainable Food Security (a)
SFS-7-2014/2015: Genetic resources and agricultural diversity for food
security, productivity and resilience (description, assessment,
management of local/traditional crop, forest, livestock resources for
agriculture and food chain)
SFS-8-2014/2015: Resource-efficient eco-innovative food production and
processing (resource efficiency, improved products quality and
sustainability food SMEs)
SFS-9-2014: Towards a gradual elimination of discards in European
fisheries (innovative tech and practices for reducing unwanted catches
and discards)
SFS-10-2014/2015: Tackling disease related challenges and threats
faced by European farmed aquatic animals (detection and cure of
parasite in conventional and organic aquaculture)
SFS-11-2014/2015 (CSA): Implementation of an Ecosystem-based
approach for European aquaculture (initiatives and tools to support
aquaculture in Europe)
Call for Sustainable Food Security (b)
The Safe food and healthy diets and sustainable consumption section
supports food safety and sustainable/competitive food production (2014),
and nutrition 2015:
SFS-12-2014: Assessing the health risks of combined human exposure to
multiple food-related toxic substances (new tools for assessing risk for
multiple toxicants across differing life stages) SFS-13-2015: Biological contamination of crops and the food chain
SFS-14-2014/2015: Authentication of food products (development of
methods and protocols for detecting undesired processing and
adulteration in the oil production;3rd Countries)
SFS-15-2014: Proteins of the future (new/improved, assessed chains to
produce proteins) SFS-16-2015: Tackling malnutrition in the elderly
SFS-17-2014: Innovative solutions for sustainable novel food processing
(prototyping, testing, demonstrating, piloting more sustainable solutions)
Other opportunities can be found also under Work Programme of the
Societal Challenges 1 on 'Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing‘.
Call for Sustainable Food Security (c)
The Global drivers of food security section focuses on improving the
understanding of current and future drivers of food security for 2014 the
contribution of the small farming sector in 2015.
SFS-18-2015: Small farms but global markets: the role of small and family farms in
food and nutrition security
SFS-19-2014: Sustainable food and nutrition security through evidence based
EU agro-food policies (two topics: 1st development of indicators and analytical
tools for improving monitoring food and nutrition securities in different
countries; 2nd: assessing issues impacting the agrofood sector in EU) SFS-20-2015: Sustainable food chains through public policies: the cases of the EU
quality policy and of public sector food procurement
Other opportunities can be found also under Work Programme of the
Societal Challenges 5 on 'Climate Action, Resource Efficiency and Raw
Materials'; as in
WASTE 2 – 2014: A systems approach for the reduction, recycling and reuse
of food waste WASTE 7 - 2015: ensuring sustainable use of agricultural waste, co-products and by-
products.
Call for Sustainable Food Security (d)
Forestry ~ 200.000
Forestry ~ € 0.54 Billion
Wood and Wood products
~ 410.000
Wood and Wood products
~ € 28.0 Billion
The Italian Forestry sector: facts and figures
Employment Annual Turnover
After:
Indagine continua sulle forze di lavoro (fdl)
http://siqual.istat.it/SIQual/visualizza.do?id=5000098&refresh=true&language=IT
Produzione, consumi intermedi e valore aggiunto di agricoltura, silvicoltura e pesca
(Nace rev.2), http://dati.istat.it/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=DCCN_VAAGSIPET
Repubblica - Affari e Finanza 18 marzo 2013
http://www.repubblica.it/economia/affari-e-
finanza/2013/03/18/news/legno_e_arredo_persi_in_5_anni_14_miliardi_e_10_mila
_imprese-54795147/
Conservation
of biodiversity
Improvement
of Forest data
Forest Management Systems
(especially at farm scale)
Ecosystem
Services Adaptation to
climate change
Carbon
sequestration
Low input
cultural practices
Advanced genetics Forest
Monitoring
Improved
feedstock
for advanced
biofuels
Protection from alien pests
SRF Management
New wood-based
materials and
composites
Phytoremediation
The Italian Forestry sector: main R&D&I needs
(courtesy of S. Bisoffi)
Biomass
AgriFood
by-products
& waste
Biobased Chemicals
Biomaterials
Biofuels
(Water, Feeds)
BIOREFINERY
Integrated, multipurpose biorefinery concept
PIEMONTE
R&D CENTRE BIOPLASTICS AND BIOCHEMICALS FROM RRM (NOVARA)
R&D CENTRE CHEMISTRY FROM RENEWABLES (NOVARA)
R&D CENTRE BIOCHEMICALS PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGIES (RIVALTA SCRIVIA - AL)
PILOT PLANT FATTY ALCOHOL (RIVALTA SCRIVIA - AL)
PILOT PLANT BIOMONOMERS (NOVARA) DEMO PLANT GREEN GLYCOL (RIVALTA
SCRIVIA - AL) INDUSTRIAL PLANT LIGNOCELLULOSIC
BIOETHANOL (CRESCENTINO - VC) FLAGSHIP SUCCINIC ACID (CASSANO
SPINOLA - AL)
LOMBARDIA
R&D CENTRE GREEN CHEMISTRY PROCESS ENGINEERING AND BIOLUBRICANTS (MANTOVA)
R&D CENTRE BIOLUBRICANTS (SAN DONATO MILANESE - MI)
PILOT PLANT FOR BIOBASED BUTADIENE (SAN DONATO MILANESE - MI)
EMILIA ROMAGNA
R&D CENTRE BIOELASTOMERS (RAVENNA)
LOCATION TBD
EXPERIMENTAL CROPS AND DEMO PLANTS FOR EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RUBBER AND OTHER VALUABLE PRODUCTS (RESINS ETC.)
SARDEGNA
1 FLAGSHIP AZELAIC ACID AND PELARGONIC ACID (PORTO TORRES - SS)
1 FLAGSHIP BASIS FOR BIOLUBRICANTS AND BIOADDITIVES FOR RUBBER
R&D CENTRE
VENETO
FLAGSHIP 1,4 BDO FROM RRM (ADRIA - RO)
UMBRIA
R&D CENTRE, PILOT AND DEMO PLANTS ON OLEAGINOUS CROPS AND BIOLUBRICANTS
FROM LOCAL CROPS (TERNI) INDUSTRIAL PLANT BIOPLASTICS BASED ON STARCH AND POLYESTERS FROM VEGETABLE
OILS (TERNI)
PUGLIA
FLAGSHIP AVIATION FUEL (MODUGNO - BA) CAMPANIA
BIOTECHNOLOGICAL R&D CENTRE (PIANA DI MONTE VERNA - CE)
LAZIO
INDUSTRIAL PLANT BIODEGRADABLE
POLYESTERS (PATRICA - FR)
EXPERIMENTAL FIELDS 8 R&D CENTRES (9) PILOT PLANTS (4) DEMO PLANTS (2) INDUSTRIAL SITES (3) FLAGSHIPS (5)
Biorefineries in Italy: facts and figures (a)
(courtesy of C. Bastioli)
Private investments: more than €1.0 billion; 1600 people employed.
22
Developing new
products/ processes Scale up
Small scale
production
Bioproduct
(commercially
available)
Renewable
resources
R&D Knowledge Transformation into
commercially available products
R&D&I: process
optimization
•Bio/Chem integration
•Higher flexibility
•Downstream
•LCA /cost analysis
Industrial Transfer
•Spin-off/Start-up policy
•Partners Integration
•IPR policy
•Access Pilot plants,
•Demonstrators
Promotion of Bio-
Based Products
and Processes
•policies & regulations
•consumer acceptance
R&D&I: improve
raw materials
•Non-food crops
•CO2, Biowastes
•Biomass Collection
•Pre-treatment
Biorefineries in Italy: main R&D&I needs
Budget 2014: €44.5 M
This call includes actions aimed at supporting sustainable agriculture
and forestry management processes providing public goods and
innovative products, fostering innovation (including social innovation) in
rural areas and enhancing innovation in the bio-based industry.
ISIB-1-2014: Provision of public goods by EU agriculture and forestry:
Putting the concept into practice (tools and strategies for mapping the
valuable products coming from agriculture and forest under different
temporal and spatial scales, and a variety of conditions).
ISIB-2-2014/2015 (CSA): Closing the research and innovation divide: the
crucial role of innovation support services and knowledge exchange
(integrate the cooperation between scientists and farmers, on approaches
in agricoltures, supply chain and rural areas). ISIB-3-2015: Unlocking the growth potential of rural areas through enhanced
governance and social innovation
ISIB-4-2014/2015: Improved data and management models for
sustainable forestry (harmonization of forest data flowing into the
European Sharing Environmental System, to have more accurate info, to
develop more robust polity in the sector).
Call for Innovative, Sustainable, Incl. Bioeconomy(a)
Most activities related to sustainable and competitive bio-based
industries will be implemented through the PPP/JTI on Bio-based
Industries (BBI). Activities proposed in the current call are complementary
to those undertaken by the JTI. Other are enclosed in the 'Key Enabling
Technologies‘ (LEIT)-
ISIB-5-2014: Renewable oil crops as a source of bio-based products
(development of tailored oil crops; use of the whole biomass; quantity/quality
and homogeneity of biomass are required) ISIB-6-2015: Converting CO2 into chemicals
ISIB-7-2014: Public procurement networks on innovative bio-based products
The call also integrates cross-cutting activities such as Communication,
technology transfer and dissemination activities, seeking to foster
citizens' engagement and promote participative governance of the
Bioeconomy, respecting a Responsible Research and Innovation
ISIB-8-2014: Towards an innovative and responsible bioeconomy ISIB-9-2014: Supporting National Contact Points for Horizon 2020 SC2
and (KET) IB
ISIB-10-2014: Networking of Bioeconomy relevant ERA-NETs ISIB-11-2014: Coordination action in support of the implementation by participating
States of a JPI FACCE
ISIB-12-2015: Public-Public Partnerships in the bioeconomy
Call for Innovative, Sustainable, Incl. Bioeconomy(b)
Marine & Maritime Research in SC2
Blue Growth (as opportunities from seas and oceans, COM (2012)494),
articulated in 5 pillars):
•Fishery and Aquaculture
•Coastal tourism
•Marine biotechnology
•Ocean energy
•Seabed mining
Submarine
Cables Fishing Renewable
Energy
Marine
Recreation
Mineral
Extraction
Land-use
Tourism
Oil &Gas
Mariculture
Coastal
Defence
Ports &
Navigation
Military
Activities
Culture
Conservation
Dredging &
Disposal
Marine and maritime research is ideed involving many sectors/activities:
(courtesy of P. Moretti)
Marine & Maritime research in Italy: facts & figures (a)
33 52
230 200 18
300
30
189
29
306
121
100
9
37
25
IT marine-maritime research spending (M€)
After: JPI Oceans.
The Data include
salaries, infrasct.
Council of Canadian Academies;
2013; “Ocean Science in Canada:
Meeting the Challenge, Seizing the
Opportunity”
Estimated economic value
for the maritime sector:
~ € 40 Billion (after: Secondo Rapporto
economia del mare, 2013)
(courtesy of P. Moretti)
1500
Reserchers
involved
Economical activities and support
Italy has leadership in passenger ships, yachting, coastal tourism.
Public-Private partnerships, as technological districts and consortia
(DITENAVE, DLTM, IMAST, PENTA, SIIT, STN, TEST Scral, DT AMAR etc.),
and private research centers (CETENA, CIMTECLAB, CNM, CONSAR,
CSTN, ISMEF, RINAVE, CTMI, CETMA, TEXTRA, Biotecmares etc.)
International cooperation
ESFRI: EMSO, EMBRC, Euro-Argo, LifeWatch, KM3NeT
ERANETs and initiatives: SEASERA, COFASP, Marine BIOTECH, JPI
Oceans, Euro-GOOS
Technology Platforms: Waterborne, PTMB (mirrored by the Italian PTNM)
Main EU projects: EUROFLEETS, ECORD-IODP, ARICE, ECCSEL,
JERICO, FIXO3, LTER-Europe, JERICO, MarSITE, SCIDIP-ES-SCI,
COOPEUS, ENVRI, SEADATANET, COPERNICUS, MY Ocean 2,
EMODNET, Coconet , Open ARIE etc.
Marine & maritime research in Italy: facts & figures(b)
(courtesy of P. Moretti)
Marine & maritime research: main R&D&I needs
To intensify R&D&I in the Mediterranean Sea and Polar region
To boost maritime technological development & transfer, coordination
and access to data and infrastructures, Human Capacity Building
(mobility, training, education) and communication (for getting awareness
& a more extensive involvement of stakeholders/end-users) for:
Exploiting and sustainable using marine resources (bio and non-
bio);
Implementing Integrated Costal Zone Marine Directive /Marine
Spatial Planning for coastal tourism and management of human
activities;
Implementing the Marine Strategic Framework Directive (MSFD)
and preservation of marine environment;
Getting a Safer and more sustainable Maritime transportation
Improving Environmental & Societal Security.
National production by
the services for wastes,
wastewaters and water
resources management
for specialized and
secondary producers
(In M€, Year 2010)
Source: ISTAT , 2012
Working units
(x1000) employed in
services for waste
management, waste
waters and water
resources
management
Specialized producers Secondary producers
Wastes
management
Wastewaters
management
Water resources
management Total
Wastes
management
Waste waters
management
Water resources
management
Inland water research: Facts & Figures
(courtesy of G. Monacelli)
Needs R&D&I Priorities
Improving water use efficiency Development of new tools, sensors, ICT, guidelines for estimating the associated environmental resource costs.
Reducing soil and water pollution, improving pollution prevention, management of related environmental emergencies, sustainable reclamation of contaminated water ecosystems.
Development of cost-effective in-situ measures to use fertilizers and pesticides more efficiently. Application of innovative techniques, assessment of environmentally safe crop requirements and leaching prevention. Innovative and advanced technologies to survey and monitor pollution of water bodies and to launch early-warnings.
Satisfying water requirements under climate change
Simulating the effect of future climatic conditions on water uses through integrated models. Development of new models, tools and innovative technologies for low water consumption and strengthening the use of grey waters
Overcoming barriers preventing water reuse and recycling
Development of new standards and research on social perceptions, costs, technical and safety bottlenecks.
Inland water research:R&D&I needs in water
Biobased economy
(courtesy of G. Monacelli)
Needs R&D&I priorities
Methodologies for valuation of water ecosystems services
Development of new methodologies for assessing the economic value of water ESS
Integration of ecosystem services into water resources management
Overcoming fragmentation between disciplines Better alignment of monitoring and reporting Assessment of environmental, economic and social values. Developing innovative management schemes Adopting an ESS approach to the role of agriculture, forestry and aquaculture to allow for careful planning in the use of water resources
Ecosystem services and the ecological functioning of water ecosystems
Obtaining a better understanding and quantification of the ecological functioning of ecosystems Development of new indicators of good functioning of aquatic and riparian ecosystems Development of new bio-assessment tools and validation methodologies
Inland water research: R&D&I needs ecosystem
services approach in integrated water management
(courtesy of G. Monacelli)
Budget 2014: €100 M
The sustainable exploitation of the diversity of marine life puts
emphasis in 2014 on valuing and mining marine biodiversity while 2015
focuses on the preservation and sustainable exploitation of marine
ecosystems and climate change effects on marine living resources.
BG-1-2015: Improving the preservation and sustainable exploitation of Atlantic
marine ecosystems
BG-2-2015: Forecasting and anticipating effects of climate change on fisheries and
aquaculture (inland waters)
BG-3-2014: Novel marine derived biomolecules and industrial biomaterials
BG-4-2014: Enhancing the industrial exploitation potential of marine-derived
enzymes
The new offshore challenges are tackled in 2014 through a CSA preparing
potential further offshore initiatives and an initiative on sub-sea technologies
while in 2015 a large scale initiative on response to oil spill and maritime
pollution is planned.
BG-5-2014 (CSA): Preparing for the future innovative offshore economy
BG-6-2014: Delivering the sub-sea technologies for new services at sea
(novel vehicles, robots) BG-7-2015: Response capacities to oil spills and marine pollutions
Call for Blue Growth (a)
Initiative on improving ocean observation systems/technologies
including novel monitoring systems for in-situ observations and one on
acoustic and imaging technologies are supported in 2014.
BG-8-2014: Developing in-situ Atlantic Ocean Observations for a better
management and sustainable exploitation of the maritime resources
BG-9-2014: Acoustic and imaging technologies
Finally, several horizontal activities regarding socio-economic issues,
valorising research outcomes or engaging with society as well as
projects targeting SMEs are promoted in 2014.
BG-10-2014: Consolidating the economic sustainability and competitiveness
of European fisheries and aquaculture sectors to reap the potential of
seafood markets (inland waters)
BG-11-2014: (CSA) Monitoring, dissemination and uptake of marine and
maritime research
Call for Blue Growth (b)
BG-12-2014/2015: Supporting SMEs efforts for the development -
deployment and market replication of innovative solutions for blue growth
BG-13-2014 (CSA) Ocean literacy – Engaging with society – Social
Innovation
BG-14-2014: Supporting international cooperation initiatives: Atlantic Ocean
Cooperation Research Alliance
BG-15-2014: (CSA) European polar research cooperation
BG-16-2015: Coordination action in support of the implementation of the Joint
Programming Initiative on 'Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans’
Other opportunities can be found also in the Work Programmes of Societal
Challenge 5 on 'Climate Action, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials‘ an
societal challenge No. 3 “Secure, clean and efficient Energy”.
Call for Blue Growth (c)
SC2 Italian Delegation Objectives To facilitate the participation of Italian public and private R&D&I
performers (but also services and the society) in SC2 calls and to make
it more successful, by providing information, promoting aggregation and
supporting topics that might entail a successful Italian participation.
Overall with IT in % with IT in IT Position
No. proposals
submitted 2936 1660 56
3
No. Proposals
granted 502 313 62 4
Italian participation in KBBE FP7 calls (MIUR data, on 2007-2012 period)
Overall
assigned
Assigned to
IT
% assigned
to IT
IT Position
Budget (€ M) 1755 129 7 6
Overall Granted % on the all
granted
IT Position
IT
Coordination 427
(2% SME) 27 6 6
SC2 Italian Delegation strategy: composition
Representatives:
Prof. Fabio Fava, Università di Bologna, Bologna
Dott. Stefano Bisoffi, CRA, Roma (Alternate)
Experts:
Dott.ssa Marina Montedoro, Min. Agriculture & JPI FACCE
Ing. Giuseppina Monacelli, ISPRA & Min. Environment & JPI Water
Dott.ssa Marina Leonardi, ENEA & Min Economical Dev, Roma
Dott. Daniele Rossi, Federalimentare & Confindustria, Roma
Dott.ssa Giovina Ruberti, CNR Roma & JPI HDHL
Ing. PierPaolo Campostrini, CORILA Venezia & JPI Ocean
Dott. Pierfrancesco Moretti, CNR, Brussels & JPI Ocean
Dott.ssa Catia Bastioli, Bioeconomy Panel, European Commission
NCP
Dott.ssa Serena Borgna, APRE, Roma
Participating in the Programme Committee meetings (EU commission);
Contributing to shaping content priorities in the relevant Work
Programmes;
Making the meeting reports available to all Representatives, Experts;
Actively passing on important information to players in Italy (national,
regional, sectorial);
Participating in the draft of the national research plan (PNR)
Participating in the regular exchange of the Representative for
Horizontal Issues in H2020 (e.g. gender, open access);
Major Representative’s role and activities
Participating in the Programme Committee meetings if items on the
agenda require the Experts’ specific expertise and/or if an added value
for supporting the Italian delegation can be expected;
Supporting the Representatives both with regard to content issues, and
– by mutual agreement – also with regard to technical‐administrative
issues (e.g. participating in reporting, or in organising events)
Actively passing on important information to players in Italy (national,
regional, sectorial);
Expert’s role and activities
SC2 Italian Delegation strategy: Consultation Board
40
Representative
+Experts
+NCP
DRAFT
Work Programme
National consultation
on R&D&I priorities
(by APRE)
Technology Clusters
IT Technology
Platforms,
Public/private
associations
1
“Consultation
Board”
Representative
+Experts
+NCP
European Innovation
Partnerships, EIPs
“AGRI”
“WATER”
“RAW Materials”
IT delegates in HLG on
KETs, ERA-NETs (ANIHWA
ARIMNET I-II, CORE Organic, I-II e
Plus, ERA CAPS, ERASysBIO+,
FORESTERRA, ICT-AGRI I-II, C-IPM,
RURAGRI Seasera, SUMFOREST,
SUSFOOD etc) and COSTs (“Food and Agriculture”, “Forests,
their Products and Services”
Knowledge
Innovation
Comm, KICs
“Climate
Change”
Joint Programming Initiatives,
JPIs
“Healthy Diet for Healthy
Life”,“Ocean for Tomorrow”,
“FACCE”, “Water Challenges”
Public-Private Partnerships
PPPs, JTIs
“BBI” , “SPIRE”, “Connecting
Climate Knowledge for Europe”
Representatives of
Italian Regions,
associations, etc
AISSA
Current IT SC2 “Consultation Board” composition
(open to other relevant organizations, associations, etc.)
National Technology
Clusters:
“Chimica Verde”
“AgroFood”
“Tecnologie per la
mobilita' sostenibile
terrestre e marina”
Delegates IT
in ETPs
“Water &
sanitation”
National Technology
Platforms:
“Food for Life”
“Plants for the Future”
“Forestry”
“SusChem Italy”
“Biofuels”
“Mare”
“Organic farming”
The EU Bioeconomy stakeholder conference in IT
The 3rd EU Bioeconomy Conference “Is the Bioeconomy the silver
bullet for the European Economy?”, Turin, October, 8-10, 2014.
Objectives of the Conference: assessment of outcomes of Dublin
Bioeconomy conference and identification of the strategies for a
successful deployment of the Bioeconomy in Europe.
Target audience: 250 attendees, Representatives of key EU
stakeholders such as government officials, industry players, NGOs,
students, researchers, regional administrators, farmers and their
cooperatives, trade unions representatives and society at large.
Satellite events
An event associated with EXPO 2015 on food security and safety,
waste minimization and exploitation, and sustainable food processing).
The OECD event on “The role and impact of science and technology
policies on bio-based chemicals and bio-plastics”.
Brokerage event on “The Financial and Innovation Value Chain in the
Bio Economy”
Read the topic carefully:
• Technical content / scope
• Special features
• Expected impact
• Funding scheme
If you find « your topic »
• Select your partners on the basis of their
quality/performances in FP7 project and
of their actual contribution to the project
synergies between entreprise and
university/research/consumer associations/services
• Do not wait: the connections are being made now
• Carefully read the assessment criteria and the
instructions for the referees
• Allow sufficient time for asking an experienced person
to preliminarly review the initial idea and the proposal
Suggestions for a successful participation (a)
Read the call carefully:
• Technical content / scope
• Special features
• Expected impact
• Funding scheme
If you don’t find « your topic »
• other parts of Horizon 2020
• input for next calls through
• Consultation Boards
• National consultations APRE
• Organisation of/participation in workshops/position papers
• Meetings to strengthen collaborations with
groups from other countries
• National and European information days,
regional encounters
• Project evaluation experts
• The role of Detached National Experts
Suggestions for a successful participation (b)
http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm