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Innovation Project

How to identify suitable EU Innovation Programmes and

Funding

Networks for Innovation Funding

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Content

Orientation sessions

1. Different Funding Sources

2. Main EU Funding programmes

3. EU Programmes for innovation

Practical advices

1. Approach to EU project development

2. Partner search and networking

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Funding Sources

Overview of Support Programmes for SMEs in 2012 ( National and EU programmes)http://www.icip-serbia.org/assets/Uploads/Brochure-May.pdf

Seed and micro-financing funding sources ( National, Bilateral, EU and others)http://www.inkluzija.gov.rs/vodic/9-Vodic-kroz-finansijska-sredstva.html

European business angels, business angels networks (BANs), seed funds www.eban.org

EU Venture capital funds http://www.evca.eu/toolbox/membersearch.aspx?id=624

EIF Venture Capital http://www.eif.org/what_we_do/equity/deals/index.htm

EBRD Projects http://www.ebrd.com/saf/search.html?type=project

EIB Projects http://www.eib.org/projects/topics/sme/index.htm

Main funding opportunities available to European SMEs http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/_getdocument.cfm?doc_id=4619

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European Funding Programmes

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CIP - Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme

Culture 2007 Programme

Customs 2013

Europe for Citizens

Fiscalis 2013

FP7 - Seventh Framework Programme

Fundamental Rights and Justice

Galileo

Hercule II.

LIFE+ - Financial Instrument for the Environment

LLP - Lifelong Learning programme

Marco Polo II.

Media 2007

Pericles Programme

Progress

Public Health Programme

Safer Internet Programme

Security and Safeguarding Liberties Framework programme

TEN-E - Trans-European Energy Networks

TEN-T - Trans-European Transport Networks

Youth in Action etc…

Structural and Cohesion Funds

internal funds operated by the National intermediaries

Community Action Programmes

operated by the European Commission in Brussels

External cooperation Programmes

operated by the EC Delegations and coordinated by the EuropeAid

Trans: Stability - Macro financial assistance - Humanitarian Aid

Pre-defined geographical zones:

Thematic : Asylum and Migration - Food Security – Environment and Energy

Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights EIDHR

Non-state actors and local authorities – investing in people etc

The European Development Fund (EDF)

European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI)

Instrument for Pre Accession

ERDF ESFCohesion

Fund

infrastructure, innovation,investments

etc.

employment, social inclusion,

institutionalcapacity

environment and transport infra-

structure, renewable energy

The financing instrument for development cooperation (DCI)

Programmes for SMEs:http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/

_getdocument.cfm?doc_id=4619

Programmes for Research and Innovation:

ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/practical-guide-rev3_en.pdf

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New funding instruments

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CohesionFuture Cohesion PolicyEuropean Social FundEuropean Globalisation Adjustment FundProgramme for Social Change and Innovation

PROGRESS ProgrammePROGRESS MicrofinanceEURESAgriculture

The Common Agricultural Policy after 2013Connecting EuropeCommunication - A growth package for integrated European infrastructures(46 Kb) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Connecting Europe Facility(707 Kb) Guidelines for trans-European telecommunication networks(316 Kb) EnergyTransportBroadbandFinancial InstrumentsEurope 2020 Project BondsHealth and ConsumersHealth for Growth ProgrammeConsumer Programme Customs Union and TaxationFISCUS  Programme proposal

Justice and Home AffairsJustice programme  Rights and Citizensip Programme Asylum and Migration FundInternal Security FundEducation and CultureErasmus for All ProgrammeCreative Europe ProgrammeAnti-fraudOLAF's Community Programmes: Hercule III and Pericles 2020Research, Innovation and CompetitivenessHorizon 2020 - Framework Programme for Research and InnovationProgramme for the competitiveness of enterprises and SMEs (COSME) 2014-2020Strategic Innovation Agenda for the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)Life ProgrammeThe European Earth monitoring programme (GMES)Galileo and EGNOS programmesExternal RelationsStrengthening Europe's place in the world: budget 2014-2020CitizensEurope for citizens' Programme 2014-2020Civil ProtectionUnion Civil Protection Mechanism Statistical ProgrammeEuropean statistical programme 2013-2017

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EU Programmes for Research and Innovation

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Practical Guide to EU Funding Opportunities for Research and Innovation

ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/practical-guide-rev3_en.pdf

Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) http://ec.europa.eu/cip/

Understanding the Seventh Framework Programme http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp7/understanding/fp7inbrief/what-is_en.html

Participant Portal is your entry point for electronic administration of EU-funded research and innovation projects

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/home

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7th Framework Programme for research, technological development

and demonstration activities

Over €52 billion

FP7 is coming to an end and will be replaced by Horizon 2020.

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FP7 is the short name for the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development with a strong focus on Innovation.

This is the EU's main instrument for funding research in Europe and it will run from 2007 to 2013 with total funding of 52 billion Euro.

FP7 supports research in selected priority areas - the aim being to make, or keep, the EU as a world leader in those sectors.

All FP7 projects are collaborative !

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Nearly all Serbs were partners in other people’s project consortia

Serbia's success in Framework Projects

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IDEAS

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“challenging Europe’s brightest minds”

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COOPERATION: Research Themes

1 Health

2 Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology

3 Information and Communication Technologies

4 Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies

5 Energy

6 Environment (including Climate Change)

7 Transport (including Aeronautics)

8 Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities

9 Space

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The Role of SMEs in FP7

SMEs play an increasingly important role in the "research to innovation chain".

By the end of September 2012, SMEs made up 18.5% of all participations on the Cooperation programme.

74.5% of all projects involve at least one SME and 11.1% of all the projects have an SME as its coordinator.

Around 11,000 SMEs were involved in the Cooperation Programme with a budget share of 16.3 %.

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The Role of SMEs in FP7

Within R&D project:• Not the main research partner• Application partner• Developer, targeting commercial applications after the

end of the project• System integration• Testing in real life environments• Future end user

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Motivation: Pro and Contra

• PRO• Substantial Funding• Lower risk for new R&D• Profit from the other partners

• build new markets with the partners

• ...

• CONTRA• You share your ideas with others

• ‘Time to market’ very long ( > 3 years)

• ...

Long-term, strategic approach

Short term, market oriented approach

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Calls for projects are published once a year.

Topics are chosen by the Commission.

Topics change every year!

The whole process from having the first idea to the start of the research takes up to 2 yr!

The final FP7 Calls is published

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Cooperation - collaborative research:

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Who should take part in this programme?

- Innovative SMEs that have little or no research capacity themselves, that are looking for new markets, new business partners and possibilities to extend their knowledge-base through R&D and innovation.

- Research performing SMEs who need to complement their core research activities through outsourcing.

- It focuses on outsourcing research by SMEs to specialised 'RTD performers' (universities, research centres,…)

- It needs at least 3 SMEs and 2 RTD performers

Capacities - Research for the benefit of SMEs

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Horizon 2020 will spend €74.28 billion to:

Provide major simplification through a single set of rules. Combine all research and innovation funding provided through FP7, CIP and EIT

Excellent science: Horizon research and innovation (Ideas), Marie-Curie Infrastructures;

Competitive Industries: ICT, Micro- and nano-electronics; photonics, Nanotechnologies, Advanced materials, Advanced manufacturing and processing (NMP), Biotechnology (KBBE)

Better Society: Health, demographic change and wellbeing (Health); Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research, and the bio-economy (KBBE); Secure, clean and efficient energy (Energy); Smart, green and integrated transport (Transport); Inclusive, innovative and secure societies (SSH); Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials (ENV).

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Competitiveness and Innovation Programme

Improved SME Competitiveness and Innovation Project

1. To foster the competitiveness of enterprises, in particular of SMEs

2. To promote all forms of innovation, including eco-innovation

3. To accelerate the development of a sustainable, competitive, innovative and inclusive information society

4. To promote energy efficiency and new renewable energy sources in all sectors, including transport

CIP programme is composed of 3 operational sub-programmes

1) Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme

2) ICT Policy Support Programme

3) Intelligent Energy Europe.

Calls for Proposals http://www.cip-srbija.rs/

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Competitiveness and Innovation Programme

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The upcoming call for Eco-innovation “First application and market replication projects, is expected in the beginning of May.

Call priorities are: Reducing environmental impacts, in particular greenhouse gas emissions, and increasing resource efficiency, by environmental-friendly processes, products and services by innovation to design, manufacture and recycle and support to enterprises in greening business.

Priority will be given to sectors with important improvement potential e.g., material recycling and re use as well as material substitution and food and drink sector and other innovations that assist adaptation to climate change.

2012 call for proposals - application pack

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eco-innovation/getting-funds/application-packs/index_en.htm

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How to find Calls for Proposals?

A good place to start is www.eufunds.info

FP7 CORDIS, http://cordis.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/fp7_calls?

CIP SERBIA http://www.cip-srbija.rs/

WBC INCO NET, http://www.wbc-inco.net/object/news/list

ISDACON http://www.evropa.gov.rs/Evropa/PublicSite/Ipa.aspx

EU Funding Guide for SMEs http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/_getdocument.cfm?doc_id=4619 and other links from www.eufunds.info