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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 ResearchE-mail: [email protected]

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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]

Sustainable BioEconomy

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

Sustainable Agriculture and

food security

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)

Innovative, Sustainable and

Inclusive Bioeconomy

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)

Blue Growth: Marine, Maritime

and inland Water Research

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)

Italian Delegation for the SC2: objectives, composition and

strategy

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