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Nerea Aizpurua

DG RTD Unit I.1 Strategy

Climate Action, Resource Efficiency

InfoDay Spain – CDTI- 14th November 2017

Societal Challenge 5 'Climate action,

environment, resource efficiency and

raw materials'

Horizon 2020 After nearly 4 years of implementation

Interim Evaluation

An attractive, simplified and well-performing € 77 billion programme, but underfunded (12% success rate)

On track to deliver value for money and to meet its knowledge-creating objectives

Strong EU Added Value through unique opportunities, competition & access to new knowledge.

Participation (Oct. 2017)

15,000 grant agreements

with € 27 billion EU contribution

65,000 participations

Horizon 2020: Next 3 years of implementation Work Programme 2018-2020

Objectives of Strategic

Programming

Provide for a coherent implementation of the Horizon 2020 objectives and the multiannual approach, taking account of the Interim Evaluation and first two work programmes (for 2014-15 and 2016-17)

Enhance relevance and impact by delivering against the EU policy priorities and the priorities 'Open Science - Open Innovation - Open to the World'

Prepare for a bridge in the last years of the programme to enable a smooth transition to the successor to Horizon 2020

Work Programme 2018-2020 R & I investment of € 30 billion for 3 years

Addressing main concerns of citizens such as security, migration and economic situation…

Focus on impact (fewer & broader topics with sharpened impact statements, better dissemination of results, open access to data…)

Piloting new initiatives and flexibility for 2020, with 'minimum' content of calls and other actions at this stage

Objective: Strengthen breakthrough innovations and boost the number of high-growth companies

Focus on people and companies with ideas for :

• Radically new, breakthrough products, services, processes or business models

• That open up new markets with the potential for rapid European and global-scale growth (high risk, need for significant investment)

• Take shape at the intersection between different technologies, industry sectors and scientific disciplines

© European Union, 2017.

European Innovation Council (EIC) Pilot (1)

European Innovation Council (EIC) Pilot (2)

Brings together, adapts and aligns innovation schemes addressing different communities in a bottom-up approach:

• SME Instrument: close-to-market projects of single SME or a consortium of SMEs (new: non-thematic, focus on cross-disciplinarity, revised evaluation criteria; face-to-face interviews in Phase 2)

• Fast Track to Innovation (FTI): close-to-market projects of consortia with industry participation (new: revised evaluation criteria)

• FET Open: early stage research by consortia exploring novel ideas for radically new future technologies

• Six EIC Horizon Prizes for breakthrough innovations bringing major benefits to society

• Cross-cutting: coaching, mentoring (for SME beneficiaries), monitoring progress with innovation radar

Total Budget: € 2.7 billion

Focus Areas and other cross-cutting priorities

Further cross-cutting priorities

• Migration (€ 200M)

• Batteries (€ 100M + € 100M to come)

• Blue Growth, Cities ……

€ 7 billion for 4 mutually reinforcing focus areas

• aligned to political priorities

• expected to have exceptional impact

• implemented through 'virtual calls cutting across the programme (description in 'General Introduction', common call identifier of contributing calls and topics)

Circular Economy

Circular Economy

COP 21 Circular Economy

Digitisation Security



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Panagiotis Balabanis

Deputy Head of Unit

DG RTD - Unit I2: Eco-Innovation


'Connecting economic and environmental gains – the Circular Economy'

Focus Area

Covers the main actions in Work Programme 2018-2020 which will directly support the circular economy policy

– integrating production, consumption, waste management and raw materials

* Ensure that growth no longer requires increasing consumption of resources, energy, water and primary raw materials

* Minimise waste, including from plastics

* Enhance industrial competitiveness

Total indicative budget (2018-2020):

EUR 940 million

SDGs:

Use resources efficiently

– including primary and secondary raw materials

Reduce waste and environmental

pollution

Competitive advantages for businesses

Opportunities for new business

Objectives


Focus Area

Industrial technologies (LEIT-NMBP): topics in call 'Industrial Sustainability' (notably Sustainable Process Industry and Catalysing the Circular Economy); and in industrial biotechnology: €370 million

Food security and Bioeconomy (SC2): topics in calls 'Sustainable Food Security', 'Blue Growth' and 'Rural Renaissance', including access to risk finance: €253 million

Energy (SC3): Carbon dioxide reuse: €12 million

Climate, Environment and Raw Materials (SC5): topics in call 'Greening the economy in line with the SDGs' – circular economy and raw materials: €306 million


Focus Area

Call "Greening the economy in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)"

Connecting economic and environmental gains - the circular economy

Raw materials

Water for our environment, economy and society

Innovating cities for sustainability and resilience

Protecting and leveraging the value of our natural and cultural assets: Earth observation; nature-based solutions, disaster risk reduction and natural capital accounting; heritage alive

• Budget in 2018 €219.7 million

• 2018 topics open: 7 November 2017

• First call deadline: 27 Feb 2018

Connecting economic and environmental gains - the circular economy. Objectives:

• substantially improve efficiency of resource use

• increase use of resources originating from secondary sources, while avoiding adverse health effects

• minimise production of waste (including through design for product durability), pollution and GHG emissions

• enhance cities' capacity to embrace circular econ. approaches

• support transition to systemic, integrated solutions for closed cycles of resource use in the water sector

• contribute to implementing the Circular Economy Action Plan and key high-level EU priorities, including jobs, growth and investment, climate and energy, strengthened industrial base

• support EU endeavours to implement the SDGs, particularly SDGs 12, 6, 11 and 13, and Habitat III New Urban Agenda


Connecting economic and environmental gains - the circular economy

• CE-SC5-01-2018: Methods to remove hazardous substances and contaminants from secondary raw materials (RIA)

• CE-SC5-02-2018: Independent testing programme on premature obsolescence (RIA)

• CE-SC5-05-2018: Coordinated approaches to funding and promotion of research and innovation for the circular economy (CSA)


CE-SC5-01-2018 Methods to remove hazardous substances and contaminants from secondary raw materials Specific Challenge:

• Reuse and recycling of many secondary raw materials continues low

• Uptake and recyclability of secondary raw materials could be hampered by the presence of contaminants, additives or even substances of concern

• Removal could improve the purity of the resulting secondary raw material

Scope:

• Develop innovative solutions for removing undesirable substances from secondary raw materials

• Undesirable substances: those posing risks (health/env) and/or those affecting quality of the secondary raw materials

• Safe utilisation or disposal of the removed substances addressed as well

• Economic feasibility and environmental performance to be considered

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RIA 100%

TRL 5-6

Expected impact:

• Increased purity and/or desirable quality of the secondary raw mats

• Increased recycling rate, reduced landfill & incineration

• Reduced risk of retaining hazardous substances in recyclates

• Contribution to: EU Circular Economy Action Plan; Strategy on Plastics in Circular Economy; implementation of the SPIRE Roadmap;

Total budget: 34.00 EUR Million

27 Feb 2018 (First Stage)

04 Sep 2018 (Second Stage)

EUR 3-5 millions

SMEs

CE-SC5-01-2018 Methods to remove hazardous substances and contaminants from secondary raw materials

CE-SC5-02-2018 Independent testing programme on premature obsolescence

Specific Challenge:

• Making products more durable and easier to repair, upgrade or remanufacture and lightening their lifetime

Scope:

• Prepare an independent testing programme to help identify issues related to premature obsolescence to be used by relevant stakeholders (eg. testing bodies, consumer organisations or product designers)

• Focus on a group of consumer products for which the issue of obsolescence is important from the resource efficiency point of view

• Convincing methodology used to select products group

• Including a research component for the identification of key aspects to be tested and validated in several case studies

• Actions to be tackled by a multi-disciplinary consortium addressing also standardisation issues

• Participation of the retail sector is encouraged

RIA 100%

Expected impact:

• Development of products designed for durability, interoperability, repair and reuse

• Development of markets based on durability

• Reduced materials consumption and waste generation

• Reduced information asymmetry between producers and consumers regarding product durability

• Increased awareness and understanding of the types of design that may lead to premature obsolescence

• Support the implementation of the EU Circular Economy Action Plan




EUR 3-5 millions

CE-SC5-02-2018 Independent testing programme on premature obsolescence

CE-SC5-05-2018 Coordinated approaches to funding and promotion of research and innovation for the circular economy

Specific Challenge:

• Need to develop a strategic approach to overcome fragmentation of national/regional R&I programmes on CE and strengthen coordination and implementation synergies

Scope:

• Bring together national and regional programme owners to establish a joint platform to formulate R&I needs and priorities

• Action should encompass joint development of objectives, priority setting, impact assessment, and programme and project organisation, summarise recommendations for research priorities, coordinated programming and funding and mechanisms and produce a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for CE

• Innovation involving SMEs should be explicitly addressed, available expertise and experience to be considered and multinational R&I actions and dissemination of best practices to be considered

CSA 100%

Expected impact:

• Alignment and coordination of regional, national and European programming of R&I in the area of the circular economy and associated environmental impacts

• Effective regional, national and European R&I funding in the field of the circular economy, with special attention to SMEs

• Accelerated diffusion of state-of-the-art circular economy solutions and best practices in circular economy R&I throughout Europe

• Support the implementation of national and EU-level action plans including the Circular Economy Action Plan, the Green Action Plan for SMEs, and Eco-Innovation Action Plan


27 Feb 2018 (One Stage Topic)

CE-SC5-05-2018 Coordinated approaches to funding and promotion of research and innovation for the circular economy

EUR 2 millions

Water for our environment, economy and society: Objectives

• support and accelerate implementation of EU policies and initiatives relating to water, resource efficiency and water-dependent industries

• contribute to policy relating to the Energy Union, climate action and the digital economy

• lead in the medium term to: digital solutions for improved public- and private-sector decision-making on water-related risks, efficiency and resilience; substantial reductions in water and energy consumption; development of new markets for water-smart technologies and services

• improve wastewater efficiency and quality of and access to drinking water in India

• support EU endeavours to implement the SDGs, particularly SDGs 6 and SDG 13


SC5-11-2018 Digital solutions for water: linking the physical and digital world for water solutions

Specific Challenge:

• Address several challenges hampering the potential of digital technologies in the water sector and harness their potential to create the foundations for a more water-smart society

Scope:

• Develop and test new, robust and cybersecure systems, linking the physical and digital world to ensure tailored, water-smart solutions, exploit the value of data, foster higher information transparency and accountability

• Actions should combine different types of advanced data and digital technologies in a multidisciplinary environment, including mobile technology, clouds, artificial intelligence, sensors, open source software and analytics

• Bring together research and innovation players from the digital and physical spheres

• Topic of relevance for social sciences and human disciplines

• Involvement of market take-up partners and/or end users from a wide range of different European regions is strongly encouraged.

IA 70%

TRL 5-7

Expected impact:

• Interoperability of decision support systems

• Improved decision making on water management, related risks and resource efficiency

• Reduced operational costs for water utilities, maximising return on investments

• Enhanced public awareness on water consumption and usage savings;

• Market development of integrated and cyber-resilient ICT solutions and systems for smart water management,

• Support the implementation of the objectives of the EIP Water, especially,




SC5-11-2018 Digital solutions for water: linking the physical and digital world for water solutions

EUR 5 millions

SC5-12-2018 EU-India water co-operation

Specific Challenge:

• Address many common to EU and India water related challenges that affect society, environment, food security and economy and strengthen cooperation and concerted effort already undertaken by EU and India in the water area, thus help in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals' (SDGs) agenda on water.

Scope:

• Develop new and/or adapt the most suitable existing innovative and affordable solutions for Indian conditions, both in urban and rural areas, addressing one or more of the following broad challenges:

- drinking water purification with a focus on emerging pollutants;

- waste water treatment, with scope for resource/energy recovery, reuse, recycle and rainwater harvesting, including bioremediation technologies;

- real time monitoring and control systems in distribution and treatment systems.

• Co-funding with Indian Ministry of Science and Technology (DST/DBT) who have committed to fund the Indian participants

• Proposals to be developed jointly between European and Indians

RIA 100%

TRL 3-6

Expected impact:

• Improved and efficient wastewater treatment systems

• Improved novel drinking water purification technologies for safe drinking water

• Improved smart and comprehensive solutions for both quality and quantity monitoring and management of water resources

• Strengthening the Sustainable Development Goals' ( SDGs) agenda on water

• Boosting initiatives like the Ganga Rejuvenation Initiative, fostering the emergence of quick–win business, affordable, innovative solutions

• Creating a level playing field for European and Indian industries and SMEs working in this area, paving the way for a potential joint venture for

manufacturing of water treatment technologies and systems.

Total budget: 15.00 EUR Million (EU contribution)

27 Feb 2018 (One Stage Topic)

SC5-12-2018 EU-India water-cooperation

EUR 3-5 millions

(both EU/India funding

Objective

• make integrated water management and agro-food systems in the region more climate-resilient, efficient, cost-effective and sustainable

• develop joint innovative solutions by pooling know-how and financial resources

• address up-stream problems such as water scarcity, food security, health, well-being and migration

Current number of Participating States:

• 11 EU Member States (Cyprus, France, Germany, Portugal, Luxembourg, Greece, Italy, Malta, Spain, Croatia, Slovenia)

• 3 H2020 Associated Third Countries (Israel, Tunisia, Turkey)

• 5 H2020 non-Associated Third Countries (Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordan and Algeria - subject to international agreements)

PRIMA

Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area

• Legal Basis: Article 185 TFEU – to achieve maximum integration at scientific, management and financial levels among all Participating States

• Duration: 2018-2028 (entry into force: 8/2017)

• Starting Date: launch of calls for proposal foreseen for January 2018

• Current Budget: €494 million

€274 million national contributions

€220 million EU contribution

Additional in-kind contributions: €121,5 million

PRIMA

Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area

Andrea Tilche

Head on Unit

DG RTD. Unit I.4 Climate Action and Earth

Observation




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Focus Area 'Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future'

Covers the main actions in Work Programme 2018-2020 which can contribute to the goals of the Paris Agreement limit global temperature rise

to well below 2°C, make efforts to limit this to 1.5°C;

enhance adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerabilities;

Aims to develop ground-breaking solutions capable of achieving carbon neutrality and climate resilience of Europe and beyond in the second half of the century

Integrating multiple angles of society, economy, technology, industrial value chains, the energy system, environment, health, land use and governance

Total indicative budget (2018-2020): EUR 3 343 million

Operationalise the Paris Agreement goals

(including input to the IPCC's 6th Assessment

Report)

Accelerate transformation towards carbon neutrality through

clean technologies

Enhance climate resilience in Europe and

beyond

Contribute to long-term mitigation and

adaptation policy planning

Objectives

'Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future' Focus Area

Industrial technologies (LEIT-NMBP): topics in call 'Industrial Sustainability' (notably on Energy Efficient Buildings and Clean Energy through Innovative Materials), €271 million

Space (LEIT-Space): topics on Earth Observation, €82 million

Food security (SC2): some topics in calls 'Sustainable Food Security', 'Blue Growth' and 'Rural Renaissance', €203 million

Energy (SC3): all topics in call 'Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: secure, clean and efficient energy', €1 953 million

Transport (SC4): all topics in call 'Green vehicles' and some topics in call 'Mobility for Growth' ('Low-carbon and sustainable transport'), €408 million

Climate (SC5): all topics in call 'Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: climate action in support of the Paris Agreement', €426 million

'Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future' Focus Area

Call "Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: climate action in support of the Paris Agreement" – Objective

• produce solutions for the achievement of the PA's mitigation and adaptation goals

• further relevant scientific knowledge for the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and for key PA-related milestones

• support relevant EU policies and objectives, e.g. Energy Union, Arctic policy, EU Adaptation Strategy, and EU climate diplomacy efforts

• cooperation with strategic partner countries/regions

• communicating research results to a broader audience, including the wider public

• support EU endeavours to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDGs 13, 6, 11, 14 and 15

Call "Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: climate action in support of the Paris Agreement"

Decarbonisation

Climate adaptation, impacts and services

Inter-relations between climate change, biodiversity and ecosystem services [in 2019]

The Cryosphere [in 2019]

Knowledge gaps

Earth observation [in 2020]

• Budget in 2018: €123 million



Call "Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: climate action in support of the Paris Agreement" 2018 topics:

Decarbonisation

• LC-CLA-01-2018: Supporting the development of climate policies to deliver on the Paris Agreement, through Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) (RIA)

a) Supporting the design and assessment of climate policies

b) Improving Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs)


• LC-CLA-03-2018: Climate change impacts in Europe (RIA)

a) Climate change impacts on health in Europe

b) Global climate change impacts from a European perspective

Knowledge gaps

• LC-CLA-08-2018: Addressing knowledge gaps in climate science, in support of IPCC reports (RIA)

a) Improving the understanding of key climate processes for reducing uncertainty in climate projections and predictions

b) Tipping points

c) Ice-core drilling in East Antarctica

Call "Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: climate action in support of the Paris Agreement"


Protecting and leveraging the value of our natural and cultural assets: Earth observation

2018 topic:

• SC5-15-2018: Strengthening the benefits for Europe of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) - establishing 'EuroGEOSS' (IA)

N.B. Some topics in the call 'Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: climate action in support of the Paris Agreement' also contribute to this priority area [in 2020].

See also EIC Horizon Prize 'Early Warning for Epidemics'

Early Warning for Epidemics Prize

• The 'Early Warning for Epidemics' EIC Horizon Prize was announced at the Web Summit in Lisbon this week. The prize shall be launched & the application process opened in Q1 2018.

• The challenge is to successfully develop and demonstrate a scalable, reliable and cost-effective early warning system prototype to forecast and monitor vector-borne diseases such as e.g. malaria, zika, dengue or yellow fever.

• The system shall use different types of earth observation data e.g. space borne, air borne, in-situ and citizen science including climate data, vector modelling, meteorology and geo-located information related to vector borne disease outbreaks & behaviour.

• The prize deadline is Summer 2020 & shall be awarded in 2021.

• The prize is set at 5 MEuros

European Innovation Council (EIC) Pilot



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Christos Fragakis

Deputy Head of Unit

DG RTD - Unit I.3: Sustainable Management of

natural Resouces

InfoDay Spain – CDTI- 14th Novembre 2017

Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2018-2020

• Challenge-based approach, with high-impact calls and fewer, broader topics, each supporting a balanced portfolio of projects

• Making research and innovation more visible through communication, open access to research results, new emphasis on data management

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2 multiannual calls:

"Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: climate action in support of the Paris Agreement"

"Greening the economy in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)"

Total indicative budget 2018-2020 €1.1bn

Societal Challenge 5: Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials

Work Programme 2018-2020

Focus:

moving to a greener, more resource efficient and climate-resilient economy in sync with the natural environment

demonstrating strong commitment to support the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the targets of the COP21 Paris Agreement

"Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: climate action in support of the Paris Agreement" 2018 topics


• LC-CLA-03-2018: Climate change impacts in Europe (RIA)

• LC-CLA-04-2018: Resilience and sustainable reconstruction of historic areas to cope with climate change and hazard events (RIA)

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LC-CLA-04-2018: Resilience and sustainable

reconstruction of historic areas to cope with climate change and hazard events (RIA) (1/3)

• For historic areas and their surroundings (both in urban

and rural environments):

Increase proactively their resilience through

‘preparedness’ interventions;

In case of damage or destruction, secure their

sustainable and integrated reconstruction and

recovery (in line with “build back better” principle of

Sendai Framework)

• Proposals can address sustainable reconstruction and recovery

and/or enhanced resilience

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• Take stock of existing experiences in Europe and globally and recommend interventions, including replicability conditions;

• Tools, models, plans, methodologies etc. for vulnerability assessment and prediction of impacts of climate, global and environmental change on historic areas;

• Test and pilot novel cost-effective solutions to enhance the resilience of buildings and whole historic areas;

• Klowledge and evidence-based guidelines for reconstruction within a participatory and community–based context and new government and finance models;

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• Multi-disciplinary consortia, including societal stakeholders and community-based partners – role of SSH essential;

• Envisage also resources for clustering with other relevant projects

• Indicative budget per proposal: EUR 5 million - EUR 6 million

Eligibility and admissibility conditions

• At least 3 historic areas from different Member States and/or Associated Countries to cover diversity of natural and climate change hazards in different regions of Europe

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Innovating cities for sustainability and resilience

Protecting and leveraging the value of our natural and cultural assets: nature-based solutions, disaster risk reduction and natural capital accounting;

Protecting and leveraging the value of our natural and cultural assets: Heritage alive

• Budget in 2018 €219.7 million



Innovating cities for sustainability and resilience: Objectives

enable cities to design and implement transition pathways to becoming inclusive, resilient, sustainable, low-carbon and resource efficient

enhancing cities' innovation capacity and enabling them to act as hubs of innovation

strengthen sustainability of urban areas globally, and particularly in China

support EU endeavours to implement the SDGs, particularly SDGs 11, together with Habitat III New Urban Agenda and Urban Agenda of EU


• SC5-13-2018-2019: Strengthening international cooperation on sustainable urbanisation: nature-based solutions for restoration and rehabilitation of urban ecosystems (RIA) - EU-China collaboration (2018)

SC5-13-2018-2019: Strengthening international cooperation on sustainable urbanisation: nature-based solutions for restoration and rehabilitation of urban ecosystems - EU-China collaboration (RIA) (1/2)

• Models, tools, DSS, methodologies, guidelines, standards, indicators ….. for the design, construction, deployment and monitoring of nature-based solutions and restoration and rehabilitation for urban and peri-urban ecosystems;

• Systemic “approaches” embedded in integrated urban planning and city-making process to enhance urban ecological coherence and ecological integrity;

• Review and capitalise upon existing experiences and good practices in Europe and China;

• Methodologies for assessment of cost-effectiveness of measures, accounting for totality of the benefits by restored ecosystems;

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• Raise awareness through outreach and education activities about benefits from nature;

• Multi-stakeholder, multi-disciplinary (including social sciences and humanities) and balanced EU-China consortia

• Foster participatory engagement and co-creation in urban ecological restoration actions;

• Indicative budget per proposal: EUR 5 million


• Consortia must comprise at least three participants from China

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SC5-13-2018-2019: Strengthening international cooperation on sustainable urbanisation: nature-based solutions for restoration and rehabilitation of urban ecosystems - EU-China collaboration (RIA) (2/2)

Connecting economic and environmental gains - the circular economy (C.E.): Objectives

enhanced capacity of cities to embrace C.E. approaches

contribute to implementing the Circular Economy Action Plan and key high-level EU priorities, including jobs, growth and investment, climate and energy, strengthened industrial base

support EU endeavours to implement the SDGs, particularly SDGs 12, 6, 11 and 13, and Habitat III New Urban Agenda


CE-SC5-03-2018: Demonstrating systemic urban development for circular and regenerative cities (IA)

CE-SC5-03-2018: Demonstrating systemic urban

development for circular and regenerative cities (IA) (1/3)

To enable cities to design and implement circular urban processes and regenerative practices - urban and peri-urban areas including surrounding industrial areas and commercial ports;

Develop and implement:

innovative urban planning approaches, practices and instruments (e.g. 3D real time geospatial data and planning tools, new design approaches, business models, innovative governance) allowing for the design and implementation of circular and regenerative processes and the sustainable (re)using and (re)programming of existing buildings, open spaces and (infra)structures for circular initiatives;

Demonstrate innovative solutions to close the loop of urban material and resource flows within and across sectors and nexuses;

Innovative monitoring, new indicators and digital solutions enabling continuous monitoring for processes optimisation and rapid management interventions;

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Multi-stakeholder consortia, innovative local governance structures and networks and interdisciplinary practices, including SSH to stimulate behavioural changes and enhance entrepreneurship;

Sustainable data platforms for open access data on impact of the intervention;

Projects must engage in substantial networking, training and mentoring towards cities outside the project to disseminate experience, knowledge and deployment practices and promote upscaling, uptaking and replication of the solutions;

Resources must be foreseen for clustering;

Indicative budget per project: EUR 10 million

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At least 4 cities from different Member States and/or Associated

Countries to ensure coverage of diverse contexts across the EU

Grant Conditions

Funding rate:

As an exception from General Annex H for grants awarded under this topic

and type of action, funding rate for direct costs of construction and

installation of “infrastructure-targeted” interventions is 20% of the

eligible costs. Beneficiaries’ own resources and/or mobilisation and leverage

of additional investments beyond Horizon 2020, whether private or public,

should make up the remaining investment costs and should secure economic

and financial sustainability for the execution of the project.

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Protecting and leveraging the value of our natural and cultural assets: Nature-based solutions, disaster risk reduction and natural capital accounting

• SC5-17-2018: Towards operational forecasting of earthquakes and early warning capacity for more resilient societies (RIA)

• SC5-18-2018: Valuing nature: mainstreaming natural capital in policies and in business decision-making (CSA)

a) Valuing nature: developing and implementing natural capital and ecosystem accounts in EU Member States and Associated Countries

b) Operationalisation of natural capital accounting in business decisions


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SC5-17-2018: Towards operational forecasting of

earthquakes and early warning capacity for more resilient societies (RIA)(1/2)

To enhance real time seismic risk reduction capacity through

improvements of observational, forecasting modelling and

testing- validation capabilities;

Multi-disciplinary research to better understand conditions leading

to an earthquake and identify the properties to be monitored as

precursors to the event;

New generation of early warning systems, integrating innovative

concepts and technologies, decisional expert systems using

local and regional information (including social and economic

data) and capable of triggering automatic safety actions and

reach people before ground shaking;

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Move from single probabilistic hazard forecasting to

complex, short-term risk forecasting;

Communication systems and structures to improve

dialogue between science and relevant users and authorities;

Strong European and international scientific collaboration

is needed to make substantial progress in the domain;

Indicative budget per project: EUR 6 million - EUR 8 million

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SC5-17-2018: Towards operational forecasting of

earthquakes and early warning capacity for more resilient societies (RIA)(2/2)

To enhance the capacity of authorities and the private sector to better assess, value and mainstream biodiversity, ecosystems and their services into accounting and decision making frameworks

a)Develop and implement natural capital and ecosystem accounts in EU Member States and Associated Countries

b)Operationalisation of natural capital accounting in business decisions

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SC5-18-2018: Valuing nature: mainstreaming natural

capital in policies and in business decision-making (CSA)

a) Develop and implement natural capital and ecosystem accounts in EU Member States and Associated Countries

Make optimal use of existent data and in line with the SEEA-EEA recommendations and capitalizing on the work of KIP-INCA partners (ENV, ESTAT, JRC, EEA, RTD) and MAES:

Implement European/international guidance standards

in European countries;

Capacity building and mentoring activities among

countries advanced in natural capital and ES accounts and

others at early stages of development of NC accounts;

SEEA: System of Environmental-Economic accounting;

KIP-INCA: Knowledge Innovation Project-Integrated Natural Capital Accounting

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a) Develop and implement natural capital and ecosystem accounts in EU Member States and Associated Countries

Experienced countries can further improve their

accounts through experimentation of new approaches,

testing new valuation techniques, etc.

Strong commitment and/or participation from

competent public authorities (Ministries or environmental

agencies) and National Statistical Offices is highly

recommended, since the project should lead to publication of

accounts in national statistics.


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b) Operationalisation of natural capital accounting in business decisions

Facilitate the implementation of the "Natural Capital Protocol" at corporate level;

Establish a network of networks (“Valuing Nature Programme and Network”) linking relevant networks and intiatives to:

I. Take stock of ongoing initiatives;

II. Build a community of practice (e.g. businesses, administrations, academia and key stakeholders);

III.Recommend ways to operationalise and mainstream natural capital, including NBS, Green Infrastructures and biodiversity, in companies decision making and business models;


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Protecting and leveraging the value of our natural and cultural assets – Heritage alive: Objectives

position cultural heritage (CH) at centre of sustainable development

unlock potential of CH as strategic living resource and driver for economic growth and job creation, social cohesion and environmental sustainability

contribute to protection and preservation of CH in Europe and beyond

mobilise investments in the sector leading to emergence of global market

support to SDG 11 and its target (strengthening efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural & natural heritage)


SC5-19-2018: International network to promote cultural heritage innovation and diplomacy

SC5-19-2018: International network to promote cultural heritage innovation and diplomacy (CSA)

Establish an international network that, through continuous dialogue, will capitalise on EU expertise to leverage value of cultural heritage assets and promote heritage-led innovation for sustainable development

• Map, review, document and promote successful heritage-led "paradigms" as catalysts for sustainable development, new governance, business and finance models;

• Provide expertise, assistance and capacity building particularly in countries where heritage is at risk

• Develop guidelines to leverage CH potential for diplomacy

• Multi-stakeholder composition (e.g. researchers, policy-makers, businesses (including SMEs), societal and cultural institutions, NGOs and CSOs, public and private organisations, investors, experts, innovators and citizens)

• identify priorities, knowledge gaps and research and innovation needs and barriers and propose ways to overcome them;

• International cooperation is encouraged, particularly with EU Neighbourhood countries and with countries where cultural heritage is at risk;

• Indicative budget per proposal: EUR 2.5 to EUR 3 million

• Envisage resources for clustering;

SC5-19-2018: International network to promote cultural heritage innovation and diplomacy (CSA)

Funding for third countries

Applicants automatically eligible for funding:

• EU Member States and the Overseas Countries and Territories linked to Member States

• Countries associated to Horizon 2020

• Countries identified in WP General Annex A (developing countries)

• International European interest organisations

Details: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/funding/reference_docs.html#h2020-work-programmes-2018-20-annexes (after WP adoption)

In addition, eligible for funding:

When explicitly foreseen in the call

when provided for under a bilateral scientific and technological agreement or any other arrangement

when Commission deems participation essential for carrying out the action

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/funding/reference_docs.html#h2020-work-programmes-2018-20-annexes












Co-funding agreements with third countries

• Co-funding for all thematic areas:

China, Hong Kong & Macao, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Taiwan

• Co-funding for selected thematic areas:

Australia, India, Japan

• Co-funding by a region:

Brazil, Canada

• Countries where no jointly agreed mechanism for co-funding Horizon 2020 projects is currently in place:

New Zealand, USA

Thank you!

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Participant Portal:

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