DALIBOR DRLJAČA - op.mahidol.ac.th · CHALLENGE, SCOPE AND IMPACT CHALLENGE: • ... most of today's healthcare protocols do not include personalised approaches apart from occasional

Name: DALIBOR DRLJAČA

Function: Service Facility in support of International

Cooperation in Research and Innovation ([email protected])

Dalibor Drljača

Business consultant

Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing

• Adapting to an ageing population

• Pursuing the path to more personalised

medicine

• Translational research (clinical trials)

• Harnessing and encouraging private sector

capability

• Coordinating national efforts

• Reducing costs (comparative effectiveness

research)

• Expanding global cooperation

Health Research in Horizon 2020

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BASIC FACTS ON THE CHALLENGE IN WP2018-2020

Horizon 2020 Pillar: Societal Challenges

(SC1)

Work Programme 2018-2020 Part 8:

Health, demographic change and wellbeing

Main call groups:

Better Health and care, economic growth and sustainable health

systems (SC1-BHC) total 32 topics

Digital transformation in Health and Care

(SC1-DTH) total 13 topics

Trusted digital solutions and Cybersecurity in Health and Care

(DT/SU-TDS) 3 topics

48 topics in 2018-

2019

697.72 MEUR total

buget

TOPIC TITLE: Actions in support of the International Consortium for Personalised Medicine (SC1-HCO-01-2018-2019-2020)

4 MEUR total buget

CSACall opening:

26 July 2018

Deadline:

16 Apr 2019Time to Grant:

8 months – Dec 2019

Projects starting

January 2020 !!!

1.5-2 MEUR buget/project

CHALLENGE, SCOPE AND IMPACTCHALLENGE:

• ... most of today's healthcare protocols do not include personalised approaches apart from occasional division into broad age groups(children/adults/elderly), sex or ethnicity. Furthermore, the prevention aspect of personalised medicine, i.e. identifying individuals proneto develop certain diseases, is largely isolated from treatment options. As is the case for a relatively nascent field there is a need forstandardisation of approaches, including for sampling, data storage, interpretation and data exchange and also for clinical trials designand reimbursement models. ... Many needs for coordination and support activities have been identified by ICPerMed, which includesrepresentatives from most EU countries along with several other European countries and Canada. Also the wider internationalisation ofICPerMed can be underpinned by coordinating networking activities with third countries.

SCOPE(Proposals should address all of the following activities:)• International aspect: The action should focus on building links with third countries by analysing the potential and advantages of collaboration in

personalised medicine (PM) …, studying areas of interest … and promoting international standards in the field. In particular the uptake of

personalised approaches in health systems and healthcare should be addressed, taking into account social and cultural aspects, health

economy issues and equitable healthcare. …, the project should focus on … for the 2019 call on China. … proposals shall include at least one

participant from the international partner …, respectively.

• Regional aspect: The action should establish and support networking between regions and interregional cooperation in different European

countries, …. The focus of the action can include aspects of genomic analysis, me-Health (mobile and electronic Health), telemedicine etc. but should

aim at structuring PM application at regional level. ....

• Healthcare- and pharma-economic models: ... The action should carry out studies in support of research in and development of new health- and

pharma economic models for PM, including prevention, to capture value and to develop relevant health financing models. Analysing mid- and

long-term impacts of innovative products designated for sub-sets of patient populations on the patients themselves and on public health systems. ...

The action should involve different relevant stakeholders and take into account work being carried out by other EU funded initiatives, such as

EUnetHTA. SME participation is encouraged.

• Standardisation for clinical study design: … The action should take into account sex/gender differences as well as the work done by relevant

stakeholders and authorities such as EMA and the HMA network, as well as the European legal framework. ... The results of the studies and

workshops should be actively disseminated to a wider audience... (2019 call).

IMPACT (Proposals are expected to contribute to:)

• International aspect: Integrating the country/group of countries into ICPerMed activities. Support wider adoption of standards developed in

Europe. Contribute towards the UN Sustainable Development Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.

• Regional aspect: Strengthened links between European regions setting up or planning personalised medicine healthcare approaches. Aligning

research funding with ongoing and foreseen investments .... Recommendations on best practice in implementing PM at regional level.

• Healthcare- and pharma-economic models: … how to capture value, develop institutional support and design relevant payment models.

Recommendations for faster translation from discovery to patients'/citizens' access. Contributing to understanding of trends and dynamics in

the pharmaceutical markets in relation to increased emphasis of research and development efforts on PM. Suggestions on how savings through

prevention can be included in payment and reward models and contribute to the sustainability of public health systems in the EU. …

• Standardisation for clinical study design: Contribute to standardisation of PM clinical trial design. Demonstrate feasibility and importance of PM

approaches. Underpin accelerated market uptake. …

TOPIC TITLE: Understanding causative mechanisms in co- and multimorbidities combining mental and non-mental disorders (SC1-BHC-01-2019)

70 MEUR total buget

RIA-2 stageCall opening:

26 July 2018

Deadline:

2 Oct 2018 (1st stage)

16 Apr 2019 (2nd stage)

Time to Grant:


Projects starting

January 2020 !!!

4-6 MEUR buget/project


• The increasing number of individuals with co-and multimorbidities poses an urgent need to improvemanagement of patients with multiple co-existing diseases. A better understanding of theircausative mechanisms is needed to develop early diagnosis, efficient prevention and monitoring,and better treatments adapted to co- and multimorbid patients throughout their life course. Furthermore,there are many different etiological models of comorbid conditions (e.g., direct causation model or aconsequence of treatment). In this context, capturing and measuring patient's complexity in thecontext of co- and multimorbidities is crucial for adequate management of these conditions andrequires innovative approaches.

SCOPE(Proposals should address all of the following activities:)

• Proposals should identify and validate causative mechanisms (e.g. molecular, genetic, correlative, drug-drug interaction) of co- and multimorbidities combining mental and any non-mental disorders through theintegration of basic, pre-clinical and/or clinical research[excluding clinical trials].

• Applicants should prove the relevance of the identified mechanisms for co-morbid development.Where pertinent, development of biomarkers and other technologies for diagnosis and monitoring ofcomorbid conditions in patients is encouraged.

• A purposeful exploitation of existing data, biobanks, registries and cohorts is expected, but does notexclude generation of new data. Sex and gender aspects, age, socio-economic, lifestyle and behaviouralfactors and any other non-health related individual attributes should be taken into consideration. SMEparticipation is strongly encouraged.


• New directions for clinical research to improve prevention, diagnosis, prognosis, therapydevelopment, and management of co- and multimorbidities.

• Whenever relevant identified biomarkers for more accurate and earlier diagnosis, prognosis as well asmonitoring of patients' condition.

TOPIC TITLE: Big data and Artificial Intelligence for monitoring health status and quality of life after the cancer treatment (SC1-DTH-01-2019)

RIACall opening:

16 Oct 2018

Deadline:

24 Apr 2019 Time to Grant:


Projects starting

January 2019 !!!


35 MEUR total buget

CHALLENGE, SCOPE AND IMPACT

CHALLENGE:

• ...Therefore, the importance of addressing and, ..., preventing long-term effects of cancer treatment is growing.

• In addition to patient-reported outcomes such as functional status, symptoms intensity and frequency, multiple domains of well-being and overall satisfaction with life, the use of big data can bring valuable information for monitoring health status andquality of life after the cancer treatment.

• Big Data can provide new opportunities to define statistical and clinical significance, but present also challenges as it requiresspecific analytical approaches.


• ... how to better acquire, manage, share, model, process and exploit big data using, ..., high performance computing toeffectively monitor health status of individual patients, provide overall actionable insights at the point of care andimprove quality of life after the cancer treatment. ...

• ... address relevant health economic issues, use patient reported outcome and experience measures (PROMs andPREMs) and take into account the relevant social aspects of health status and quality of life after cancer treatment.

• Integrated solutions should include suitable approaches towards security and privacy issues.

• Information can be collected from traditional sources of health data (...), from new sources of health data (...) and fromsources ...created for other purposes such as environmental data.

• It is important to assure ethical aspects of data, confidentiality, and anonymity of data transfer and engagement of those whocollect/code such data in its analysis and interpretation, in order to avoid misinterpretation and inappropriate conclusions by usingproper annotation methodologies of the data.

• Involvement of those who work within healthcare systems, patients, family and relatives, and the general public is needed.


• Mapped comprehensive big data in a reachable and manageable way by applying principles for sharing and reusability,creating a network of knowledge by linking translation tools, heterogeneous data sources and biomedical texts for monitoringhealth status and quality of life after the cancer treatment;

• Emerging data driven analytics and advanced simulation methods to study causal mechanisms and improve forecasts ofill-health, identification of disease trajectories and relapse;

• Better and faster means of high quality response to prevent or timely address development of new medical conditions and/orimprove the quality of life;

• Better knowledge for improved patient counselling as well as to improve follow-up of patients;

• Novel information on health maintenance, onset and course of medical conditions with a view to optimise prevention andtreatment;

• Evidence base for the development of policy strategies for prevention, early diagnosis, therapies as well as addressing healthinequalities, support to patient registries at national level;

• Improved quality of life after cancer treatment, strengthening personal confidence and enhancing employability;

• Preventative strategies are established which have a real effect of reducing the occurrence of health disorders and co-morbidities associated with cancer treatment.

TOPIC : Towards risk-based screening strategies for non-communicable diseases (SC1-BHC-30-2019)


40 MEUR total buget

RIA - 2 stageCall opening:

26 July 2018

Deadline:

02 Oct 2018 (1st stage)

16 Apr 2019 (2nd stage)

Time to Grant:


Projects starting

January 2019 !!!


CHALLENGE:

• Prevention and early detection continue to represent areas where effective strategies havethe potential to generate major impacts. Effective screening may result in earlier diseasedetection which provides possibilities for more effective treatments, better disease control andcare. It can diminish the disease burden and the costs of healthcare systems.Personalised medicine and health digitalisation provide new opportunities to improvetargeted screening interventions through the identification of subpopulations at highrisk of developing a disease.


• Proposals should develop new or refined, targeted population-based screeninginterventions aiming at identifying populations or groups at high risk of developingdisease.

• Stratification by health risk factors and determinants, such as (epi)genetic, exposomic,socio-economic, sex and gender, geographic, immunological, environmental, behavioural,occupational, cultural, and lifestyle habits should be addressed.

• Strategies may include the use of markers and digital applications.

• The risk-adapted screening interventions should demonstrate a high level of accuracy,clinical value, cost-effectiveness, acceptability and the potential to be taken up byhealthcare systems.

• Health inequities and ethics should be considered.

• Proposals should aim at providing sufficient evidence for health care systemsimplementation.


• Established risk-based screening strategies, which have demonstrated to be effective,affordable, acceptable to the population, cost-effective and suitable for implementation.

• Demonstrated potential to improve health outcomes and equity across Europe.

TOPIC : Towards a next generation influenza vaccine to protect citizens worldwide – an EU-India collaboration (SC1-BHC-32-2019)


15 MEUR total buget

RIACall opening:

26 July 2018

Deadline:



Projects starting

January 2020 !!!

Thailand and Philippines eligible for participation under condition that there are min. 3 Indian partners!


CHALLENGE:

• ...A further threat from influenza is the non-seasonal emergence of new strains, which have the potential toresult in major influenza pandemics.

• ..., current influenza vaccines need to be developed every year, as they only work against a narrowrange of the hugely variable influenza subtypes, and are also highly vulnerable to strain mutations after anannual vaccine has been developed.

• Improved influenza vaccines would simultaneously ease a significant global health burden, and helpthe international community to better prepare in the event of an influenza pandemic.

• ...To build on this shared recognition of the importance of influenza, as well as significant expertise available inboth regions, a renewed effort by India and Europe towards the development of a next generationinfluenza vaccine is needed. Furthermore, utilisation of the human challenge model of influenza, orwork to improve the model itself, may be an important step to progress this essential field.


• Proposals should further the advancement of next generation influenza vaccine candidate(s) with improved efficacy and safety, duration of immunity, and reactivity against an increased breadth of influenza strains.

• Proposals should make use of new knowledge of, for example, structural biology, immunology, genetics and genomics, influenza transmission modelling, vaccine production, formulation and delivery methods.

• Proposals should cover at least pre-clinical and/or early clinical research, selecting promising vaccine candidate(s), supporting their proof of concept, showcasing new pre-clinical or clinical knowledge.

• The approach taken should include validation of one or more candidate vaccine(s) in a human challenge model of influenza, and/or work to improve the influenza human challenge model itself....

• The suitability of the interventions to be developed should be addressed and assessed for different population groups, as should the suitability of the candidate(s) to low- or middle-income settings. The downstream constraints for the uptake of the intervention by national health systems should be taken into account.

• ... For more information, interested entities in India shall consult the website of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/funding-mechanism/call/# , where DBT will indicate the eligibility conditions to Indian applicants.

• Proposals should include participants from a variety of different disciplines.

• Further the development of a vaccine that could be effective against an increased breadth of seasonal strains and/or from the outset of a large-scale influenza pandemic.

• Utilisation of and/or further improvement of the human challenge model of influenza as a tool for candidate vaccine(s) assessment.

• Contribute to the reduction of the burden of influenza outbreaks worldwide, particularly in Europe and India.

• Contribute to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 3, to ensure health and well-being for all, at every stage of life.

• Specific to India, boost initiatives like the National Health Mission and Biopharma Mission [Innovate in India (I3)] of the Government of India by developing affordable biopharmaceuticals, including vaccines, for citizens the world over.


Innovative tools and strategies for surveillance and control

of dengue

• Call: HEALTH.2011.2.3.3-2 - Comprehensive control of

Dengue fever under changing climatic conditions

• Type of action: CP-FP-SICA - Small/medium-scale focused

research project for specific cooperation actions dedicated to

international cooperation partner countries(SICA)

• Partner: MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY, Bangkok

DEVELOPING AND TESTING OF NEW METHODOLOGIES TO

MONITOR AND EVALUATE HEALTH RELATED EU-FUNDED

INTERVENTIONS IN COOPERATION PARTNER COUNTRIES

• Call: HEALTH.2010.4.2-5 - Methodology to evaluate and

monitor health policy implementation and performance of EU

funded interventions in developing countries. FP7-HEALTH-

2010-single-stage

• Type of action: CP-FP-SICA - Small/medium-scale focused

research project for specific cooperation actions dedicated to

international cooperation partner countries(SICA)

• Partner: MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY, Bangkok

Health Equity and Financial Protection in Asia

• Call: HEALTH-2007-3.5-2 - Universal and equitable access to health care and health

financing

• Type of action: CP-SICA - Collaborative project for specific cooperation actions

dedicated to international cooperation partner countries (SICA)

• Partners: UPECON FOUNDATION, INC, Quezon City, Philippines and

INTERNATIONAL HEALTH POLICY PROGRAM FOUNDATION,Nonthaburi, Thailand

Health system analysis to support capacity development to respond to pandemic

influenza in Asia

• Call: HEALTH-2007-2.3.3-8 - Influenza research in collaboration with Asian partners

• Type of action: CP-SICA - Collaborative project for specific cooperation actions

dedicated to international cooperation partner countries (SICA)

• Partner: INTERNATIONAL HEALTH POLICY PROGRAM FOUNDATION,Nonthaburi,

Thailand

Sustainable Micronutrient Interventions to Control Deficiencies and Improve

Nutritional Status and General Health in Asia (http://www.nutrition-smiling.eu)

• Call: KBBE.2011.2.2-04 - Translation mechanisms for targeting interventions on micro-

nutrients — Mandatory South Asia and South East Asia

• Type of action: CSA-SA - Support actions

• Partner: MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY Bangkok, Thailand

Dalibor Drljača

Business consultant


Horizon 2020 Pillar: Societal Challenges 2 (SFS)

Work Programme 2018-2020 Part 9: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy

>40 topics in

2018-2019

>511 MEUR

total buget

Call groups

Sustainable food security

•From functional ecosystems to healthy food

•Environment and climate-smart food production and consumption

•Building capacities

•Targeted interational cooperation

Blue growth

Rural renaissance

•From farm to society: understanding dynamicsand and modernising policies

•Organising sustainable food and non-food valuechains under changing conditions

•Taking advantage of the digital revolution

•Boosting innovation and enhancing the human and social capital in rural areas

TOPIC TITLE:

Agri-Aqua Labs (SFS-30-2018-2019-2020)

RIA (two stage) Call opening:

16 Oct 2018

Deadline:

23 Jan 2019 (1st stage)

04 Sep 2019 (2nd stage) Time to Grant:

8 months – May 2019

Projects starting

June 2019!!!

buget/project:

up to 5 MEUR

total buget:

2018 RIA – 10 MEUR

B. [2019]: Looking behind plant adaptation (RIA)

C. [2020]: Plant energy biology (RIA) - tbc


CHALLENGE:

• …This nexus between basic and applied research requires specific openings for testing ideas and their potential application inplant and animal production, both terrestrial and aquatic. Recent developments in genomic selection haverevolutionised animal breeding and resulted in significant gains in production efficiency of animals. However, ourunderstanding of the biological mechanisms underpinning traits remains limited. … In the area of crop production, there isa fundamental interest in deciphering the dynamic responses of. …plants as they (pre)adapt to local conditions or adjust theirgrowth and development to changes in the environment within their plasticity range


• B. [2019]: Looking behind plant adaptation (RIA)

• Proposals shall advance our understanding of the ability of plants to (pre)adapt to specific – often extreme -conditions or to react to sudden changes in their environment.

• They will look into the specific mechanisms (genetic, epigenetic, physiological, morphological, metabolic…) and dynamics that underlie adaptive processes of crops and how these responses are modulated by the type and severity of conditions/stresses. In studying adaptation of crops to single or multiple abiotic conditions, work shall also establish potential fitness trade-offs. Proposals are expected to improve capacities for modelling plant adaptation responses in order to better predict changes in plant performance and inform crop improvement and crop management strategies. While taking advantage of findings from (semi) model crops, work shall focus on crop plants and relevant agronomic conditions.

• Proposals should foresee a task for joint activities with other projects financed under this topic.


• provide insight into the range of mechanisms that underpin plant responses (from single cell to whole plant) to specificand/or multiple environmental changes (sub-topic B);

• deliver more accurate models for the prediction of crop adaptation in response to environmental stresses (sub-topic B);

• translate knowledge on the adaptive plasticity of plants and complex genotype by phenotype interactions into crop improvement and management strategies (sub-topic B).

IACall opening:

16 Oct 2018

Deadline:

23 Jan 2019Time to Grant:

8 months – Aug 2019

Projects starting

Nov 2019!!!

Up to 10 MEUR

buget/project

10 MEUR total buget

TOPIC : A vaccine against African swine fever (SFS-12-2019)


CHALLENGE:

•While in the EU, strict control measures including in particular biosecurity, culling of infected pigs, killing of wild-boars, have so far managedto contain the spread of the disease, restrictions on farming and trade remain. … No vaccine is currently available and the developmentof effective and safe ASF vaccines is urgent as an additional tool to re-inforce control and eradication strategies currently in place.For details of potential strategies and possible research steps for vaccine development, see the blueprint and roadmap produced by the EUReference Laboratory for ASF (https://ec.europa.eu/food/animals/animal-diseases/control-measures/asf_en#bmrp).


•The research proposals will address the necessary steps for developing safe vaccines against ASF for domestic pigs and wild boars.Proposals should build on past or ongoing EU funded research and on current knowledge of the characteristics of the viruses andresearch gaps, with the overall purpose of developing pilot vaccines and their companion DIVA test.

•Activities should address vaccination as part of a control strategy in different scenarios and should consider the potential impact onanimal production and trade.

•Particular focus should be put on the European situation and the role of wild boars in the spread of the disease, so the proposals shouldaddress at least the ASF viruses circulating in Europe, and may also cover all or the most relevant exotic ones. Wild fauna other thanwild boars, that are involved in the epidemiology and for which vaccination may help control the disease, may also be addressed.Participation by non-EU regions particularly affected by ASF is recommended.

•The selected project should take into consideration the EU animal health regulatory framework, and follow the policies and contribute to the objectives of the STAR-IDAZ international research consortium[2].

•Proposals should fall under the concept of the 'multi-actor approach'[3] and be based on the active participation of stakeholders from research, animal health authorities and the farming and business sectors. Involvement of the pharmaceutical industry is highly recommended.


•Pilot ASF vaccines and their companion DIVA tests for the possible prevention and/or eradication of the disease in domestic pigs andwild boars, at target TRL 5-6;

•Contribution to international cooperation on animal health research, potentially reducing the threats from the introduction of exotic ASF virus strains in the EU and reducing the burden of ASF in countries outside the EU.

TRL

5-6

https://ec.europa.eu/food/animals/animal-diseases/control-measures/asf_en#bmrp

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/sfs-12-2019.html#fn2

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/sfs-12-2019.html#fn3

TOPIC : New and emerging risks to plant health (SFS-05-2018-2019-2020)

Up to 7 MEUR

buget/project

7 MEUR total

buget


16 Oct 2018

Deadline:




Projects starting

June 2019!!!


CHALLENGE:

•Trade and the movement of goods and people have facilitated the introduction, spread and establishment of plant pests and diseases.While new pests and diseases are likely to arise, existing ones might become more severe as a result of intensification, climatic variationsand changes in agricultural and forest management practices. They can have a significant impact on agricultural and forest productivity.Appropriate and rapid responses from decision-makers need to be informed by scientific knowledge which addresses pest anddisease management in a comprehensive manner.


•Proposals will target one or more new or emerging plant pests and/or diseases (regulated or non-regulated, introduced or native) thatare causing, or likely to cause, significant (socio-)economic and/or environmental losses to EU agriculture/forestry.

•The choice of target pest and/or disease will consider the potential threat in terms of development and spread, its potentialexacerbation under climate change as well as the potential impact on agricultural production, forestry, trade and the widerenvironment.

•Proposals will increase knowledge of the biology, pathways of entry and spread of pests/diseases.

•They will improve methods and strategies for early detection, prevention and control as well as enlarge the range of tools forintegrated, sustainable and effective pest/disease management.

•International cooperation with countries affected or threatened by the same pest(s)/disease(s) is encouraged.

•Proposals should fall under the concept of the ‘multi-actor approach’ including a range of actors to ensure that knowledge and needs fromvarious sectors such as research, plant health services and the farming/forestry sector are brought together.


•Activities will contribute to finding adequate responses to new and/or emerging plant pests/diseases:

•the understanding of drivers of plant pest/disease emergence including the influence of climate change;

•the development of efficient tools for the prevention, detection and control of pests/diseases;

•the development of environmentally sound solutions for effective pest/disease management in farming and forestry in line with the principles of Integrated Pest Management;

•the reduction of economic, social and/or environmental losses for the EU;

•support for relevant EU plant health policies.

•In the longer term, project outputs will help the agricultural/forestry sector to remain productive and contribute to sustainable agriculture and/or forest health.

TOPIC : Sustainable wood value chains (LC-RUR-11-2019-2020)

A. Up to 10 MEUR

B. Up to 5 MEUR

buget/project

20 MEUR total

buget

IACall opening:

16 Oct 2018

Deadline:

23 Jan 2019Time to Grant:


Projects starting

Nov 2019!!!

A. [2019] Building with wood(IA)

B. [2020] Resilient forest systems(IA) - tbc


CHALLENGE:

• ... The combined sink and substitution effects of wood value chains can provide a key mitigation option, provided that changes in fossil and biogeniccarbon are taken into account in a comprehensive and balanced manner. ... Several FP7 projects and COST Actions looked into the developmentof innovative, resource efficient wood-based products. While ensuring the sustainability of forest production systems under changing climateconditions remains a long-term objective for the sector, a key challenge now is to further develop and deploy the technological advancements ofenvironmental and micro/macroclimate-friendly wood-based value chains on the ground.


•A. [2019] Building with wood: Proposals shall develop and test new technologies and environmental friendly solutions for the use of wood-basedmaterials in the (re)construction and/or retrofitting of buildings.

•Proposals should also explore options for building with wood in combination with composite/hybrid materials, linkages with other nature-based solutions,make use of ICT, and consider LCA and carbon accounting, ‘environmental documentation’ (i.e. product definitions, standards and construction codes),performance standards, public policies and regulations, consumer perception and engagement/co-creation.

• ... limited research and shall produce plans and arrangements or designs for new, altered or improved products, processes or services. For this purposethey may include prototyping, testing, demonstrating, piloting, large-scale product validation and market replication.

•Proposals shall ensure that relevant actors (....) work together during the whole research and innovation process in order to better align the process andits outcomes with the societal values, needs and expectations.

•Both sub-topics (A and B) are suitable for INCO and SMEs participation, and are expected to integrate technology with SSH and RRI aspects.


• Increased resource and/or energy efficiency and added value and minimising pollution and the environmental footprint (emissions of GHG and airpollutants included) in the construction sector in the cities, by specific amounts/proportions to be specified in the proposals, by 2030 [sub-topic A];

•Enhanced connectivity of rural-urban areas and their overall contribution to a resilient, circular and competitive, forest-based bioeconomy, by2025 [sub-topic A];

•Enhanced contribution of forest-based sector to long-term climate change mitigation, adaptation and rural development objectives [sub-topics A &B];

•Also in the long-term, prompt a sizeable positive change to European landscapes and economies, by keeping the countryside green and servingto make the cities greener, and increasing the share of both decent and green jobs [sub-topics A & B].

•Advance available solutions from TRL 4-5 to TRL 6-7 for sub-topic A

TRL

4-5-->6-7

TASCMAR - Tools And Strategies to access to original bioactive compounds from

Cultivation of MARine invertebrates and associated symbionts

• Type of action:RIA

• Call: H2020-BG-2014-2

• Partner: CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY Bangkok (+2 MSCA projects!)

Strength2Food - Strengthening European Food Chain Sustainability by Quality and

Procurement Policy

• Type of action: RIA

• Call:H2020-SFS-2015-2

• Partner: Kasetsart University Bangkok

Dalibor Drljača

Business consultant

SPECIFIC CHALLENGE 5:Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and rawMaterials (PART 12)


Horizon 2020 Pillar: Societal Challenges 5

(SC5)

Work Programme 2018-2020 Part 12: Climate action, environment, resource

efficiency and raw materials

Main call groups:

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

(LC-CLA) total 8 topics

Greening the economy in line with the Sustainable Development Goals

(SDGs)

(SC5) total 21 topics

29 topics in 2018-

2019

1.100 MEUR total buget

TOPIC : Sustainable solutions for bio-based plastics on land and sea (CE-BG-06-2019)

IA Call opening:

16 Oct 2018

Deadline:

23 Jan 2019

Time to Grant:

8 months – Sep 2019

Projects starting

October 2019!!!

9 MEUR

buget/project

18 MEUR total buget


• ... The shift towards biomass-sourced plastics will only make sense in the framework of a circular plastics economywhere plastics reuse and recycling are maximised. ... As regards marine litter, while land-based sources arepredominant as a result of land-sea interaction, sea-based sources such as shipping, fishing or aquaculture arealso significant. As part of the mitigation efforts, biodegradable or compostable plastics for specific applicationssuch as fishing gear could be a positive development if a clear sustainability framework for biodegradabilityconditions is provided.

SCOPE(Proposals should address ONLY ONE of the following activities:)

• Plastics Strategy shall include innovative product design and business models facilitating efficient reuse andrecycling strategies and solutions, including ensuring the safety of recycled materials when used for toys orpackaging food stuffs. They shall address the technical and economic barriers to bio-based plastics recycling asregards established and/or alternative recycling options.

• The risk, impact and solutions to cross-contamination with conventional plastics waste streams or othercontaminants shall also be addressed.

• Additionally, activities shall contribute to building a biodegradable plastics sustainability framework bymapping and focusing on the applications where biodegradable and compostable solutions could supportpublic policies. ....

• Lastly, in line with the requirements of responsible research and innovation, activities shall support thedevelopment of international fora and platforms that would facilitate systemic innovation and uptake ofresults by enabling different actors of the value chains, from industry to civil society and public authorities, tocooperate towards more circularity in the bio-plastics economy.

• Activities shall build on the results and ongoing developments of EU projects ...as well as on available and on-going standardisation results and activities including work within CEN TC 411 or under ISO.

• The interdisciplinary and cross-sectorial nature of the proposal should also apply to training activitiesimproving the professional skills and competencies and supporting the creation of new jobs in the blueeconomy and in the bioeconomy.


• Contributing to the implementation of the EU Bioeconomy Strategy, the EU Plastic Strategy, the EU CircularEconomy action plan, the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive, the EU Maritime Spatial Planning Directive,the Energy Union's vision for a low carbon, energy-efficient economy, the EU Blue Growth Strategy and the UNSDGs

• In the short term:

• Deliver solutions with work starting at technology readiness level (TRL) 5 and achieving TRL 6 or higher,where technological innovation is involved.

• Deliver results ... for efficient feedback into policymaking in research, innovation and technology, inparticular in the EU Plastic Strategy.

• Prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities,including marine debris and nutrient pollution by 2025 (UN SDG 14).

• Raise awareness and create a better framework for systemic innovation and uptake of resultsthrough broad stakeholder engagement.

• In the medium term:

• Demonstrate solutions and develop strategies for circular innovation of the whole bio-plastics system,building on a shared vision and enhancing cooperation between all stakeholders on land and at sea.

• Contribute to the development of EU-harmonised criteria for biodegradability (in open-air and inoceanic conditions) and a sustainability framework that increase market transparency and improves wastemanagement practices on land and sea.

• Contribute to the assessment of the impact of plastics on terrestrial and aquatic flora and faunaand on human health.

• Improve the professional skills and competences of those working and being trained to work within theblue economy and the bioeconomy.

• Improve framework conditions and foster innovations that enable the plastics value chains to becomemore circular, resource-efficient and reduce their carbon and GHG footprint, in line with climate, energy andsustainable development goals (e.g. UN SDG 14).

• Contribute to policymaking in research, innovation and technology.

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TOPIC TITLE: Human dynamics of climate change(LC-CLA-05-2019)

RIA-2 stage Call opening:

14 Nov 2018

Deadline:

19 Feb 2019 (1st stage)

4 Sep 2019 (2nd stage)

Time to Grant:


Projects starting

June 2020!!!buget/project:

5-7 MEUR

total buget:23MEUR


• ... However, less developed countries – particularly in Africa – are often less resilient to climate change andrequire the deployment of appropriate support to adaptation, including in the form of bespokeclimate services tailored to users' needs. There is some evidence that climate change may already beplaying a role in shaping population migration patterns around the world (e.g. Africa to Europe). It isimportant to make use of the wealth of available socio-economic and geophysical data to betterunderstand these patterns in order to develop appropriate policy responses.


• a) Climate services for Africa: Actions should exploit new, relevant climate data made available by Copernicus and otherrelevant sources (such as GEOSS) and create dedicated climate services for Africa for at least two of the followingsectors: water, energy, food security, land use, health and infrastructure. Actions should develop and delivertools/applications which demonstrate clear end-user engagement, consultation and participation, and which enhanceplanning and implementation of climate adaptation strategies in Africa. Actions should consider activities addressed byother initiatives such as the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS), Copernicus, and development cooperation activities,and provide added value. ...

• b) Climate and human migration: Actions should identify and analyse drivers relating to climatechange that may affect human migration and displacement patterns.

• Actions should – using a multidisciplinary approach – identify and describe climate parameters,develop analytical methodologies, and demonstrate how these relate to human migration patterns,including the probability of migration/forced displacement and design adaptation solutions that mayhelp in alleviating migration pressures at the source.

• They should also provide guidelines and policy recommendations for the European Agenda onMigration.

• Actions may also harness local knowledge and information by engaging with civil societyorganisations and citizen groups.


The project results are expected to contribute to:

• better policy making for climate adaptation in partner countries and Europe;

• supporting international scientific assessments such as the IPCC Assessment Reports;

• stronger adaptive capacity and climate resilience.

5-7 MEURbuget/project

22 MEUR total buget

TOPIC : Negative emissions and land-use based mitigation assessment (LC-CLA-02-2019)

RIA-2 stage Call opening:

14 Nov 2018

Deadline:

19 Feb 2019 (1st stage)


Time to Grant:


Projects starting

June 2020!!!


CHALLENGE:

• ...– in line with the Paris Agreement goals – include negative emissions to compensate for residual emissions and/ortemperature overshoot and highlight the critical role of land-use based mitigation. There is therefore a need toquantitatively assess the potential, effectiveness and impacts of negative emission technologies/practicesand of land-use mitigation options, in achieving the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement, as well aslinking these to what it would mean for concrete policy challenges.


• a) Feasibility of negative emissions for climate stabilisation: Actions should assess the potential,effectiveness, efficiency, risks and costs of existing and emerging negative emission technologies andpractices for climate stabilisation and their impact on: land, subsurface, water, oceans and other resources, bio-diversity, human safety, food security, ecosystems and their ability to deliver services to society, including implicationsfor resilience, sustainability, feedbacks on climate and the global carbon cycle, and other relevant issues.

• Actions should also cover the issue of public acceptance and explore the international governancerequirements associated with large-scale deployment of negative emission technologies and practices.

• b) Land-based mitigation: Actions should provide a comprehensive analysis of various land-use basedmitigation options at the global and regional level, assessing their potential and effectiveness in providinglarge-scale reductions of greenhouse gases, in the context of trade-offs and/or co-benefits in relation toother pressures and goals (e.g. food, energy and water security, biodiversity, air quality) and should analysefeedbacks between land-use based mitigation and climate change impacts.

• Actions should also improve current methodologies to estimate emissions and removals associated with landuse measures, also by leveraging observations from GEOSS and in particular the Copernicus programme.

• Actions should envisage clustering activities with other relevant selected projects for cross-projects co-operation, consultations and joint activities on cross-cutting issues and share of results as well as participating in jointmeetings and communication events. ... proposals should foresee a dedicated work package and/or task, andearmark the appropriate resources accordingly.

• ..., international cooperation is encouraged.IMPACT (Proposals are expected to contribute to:)

• major international scientific assessments such as the IPCC reports and the IPBES, as well as to nationaland EU impact assessments of possible mitigation options;

• developing a comprehensive medium-to-long term vision and analytical framework on pathways toachieve climate neutrality in the perspective of reaching the PA goals;

• improved ex-post, spatially explicit monitoring of the mitigation performance of the land sector;

• enhanced international cooperation.

• INTERMIN-INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF RAW

MATERIALS TRAINING CENTRE

• Type of action: CSA

• Call:H2020-SC5-2016-OneStageB

• Partner: COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR

GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES IN EAST AND

SOUTHEASTASIA, Bangkok

• RECONECT- Regenarating ECOsystems with

Nature-based solutions for hydro-meteorological

risk rEduCTion

• Type of action: IA

• Call:H2020-SC5-2017-TwoStage

• Partner: HYDRO AND AGRO INFORMATICS

INSTITUTE (HAII) Bangkok

Dalibor Drljača

Business consultant

H2020 Work Programme 2018-2020

H2020 Policy Priorities Transport Policy Goals

Increased investment in sustainable

development and climate related R&I

35% of budget to climate actions

60% of budget to sustainable

development

Resource efficient transport that

respects the environment

Integrating digitisation in all industrial

technologies and societal challenges

Digital Single Market Strategy

Better mobility, less congestion, more

safety and security

Strengthening international R&I

cooperation: 30 Flagships to ensure

scope and scale in targeted areas

Global leadership for the European

transport industry

Resilience to societal concerns: security

and migration

Socio-economic and behavioural

research & forward looking activities

Market creating innovation: EU Innovation


Horizon 2020 Pillar: Societal Challenges

(SC4)

Work Programme 2018-2020 Part 11: Smart, green and integrated transport

Main call groups:

Mobility for Growth

(MG)

Digitising and Transforming European Industry and Services: Automated

Road Transport

(DT-ART)

Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: Green Vehicles

(LC-GV)

24 topics in 2019

386 MEUR total buget

TOPIC : InCo Flagship on Integrated multimodal, low-emission freight transport systems and logistics (MG-2-9-2019)

Two-stage RIA Call opening:

05 Sep 2018

Deadline:



Time to Grant:


Projects starting

Jun 2020!!!

Up to 8 MEUR buget/project

8 MEUR total buget

CHALLENGE:

• New logistics concepts (such as the Physical Internet) and new disruptive technologies,such as Blockchain, Industry 4.0, vehicle automation and truck platooning or new businessmodels, like 'crowdshipping' and the circular economy models will have an impact on globalfreight transport, its optimisation and its environmental footprint that needs to be betterunderstood and assessed.

• ...new trade routes from and to Europe will probably change the traditional pattern of freightmovement and will need new connections with European corridors and hubs at a time ofbudget limitation on investment for transport infrastructure.

• Sustainable integrated multimodal freight transport is particularly important for thedevelopment of countries in special situations – ... - which face common problems resultingfrom the under-resourcing of transport infrastructure and services, traffic-related air pollutionand high accident levels, but also diverse geopolitical and trade situations. ... also have anenormous potential for sustainable development.

• International cooperation can support their economies both domestically and globally for aglobal benefit and ensuring better integration ...


• Understanding how new concepts in logistics, ..., have an impact on global freight transport, and onrelated greenhouse gas emissions.

• Multimodal transfer zones ... need to be better analysed in order to find appropriate measures and forensuring seamless door-to-door transport, exploiting the full potential of modularization and otherinnovative logistics concepts. ...

• Proposals should also address solutions that enable peripheral regions and landlocked developingcountries to have proper accessibility to international trade.

• Speed up the process and transition towards the Physical Internet paradigm, demonstrating how differenttechnologies, business cases and standards come together in real-world applications, and are able to deliveradded value to the users and have positive impacts in terms of emissions and energy consumption. ...Demonstrations of satellite-based applications using EGNOS and Galileo are also suggested.

• Research the range of new issues and questions emerging with the new trade routes to and fromEurope, such as the Northern Sea Route (across an ice-free Arctic in summer months) or the new Silk Roadroutes and the Chinese One Belt One Road strategy; the effect of the development of these new routes ontrans-continental freight modal split; the additional interfaces needed between the new overlandroutes and the EU internal transport networks / corridors. ... The geopolitical and trade aspects ofthese developments, in particular on countries affected by these developments, should be considered.

• Understand new disruptive trends emerging as on-demand logistics solutions such as crowd-sourcing ofdeliveries (or ‘crowdshipping’) which have the potential to be a logistics ‘game-changer’, evidencing differentimpacts in both emerging and industrialized countries, including the possible integration of passengers andfreight flows.

• Research on the crowd-sourcing of logistics would benefit from international collaboration, partly tocompare the development of the phenomenon in different markets, but also to explore whether it can beextended to long-haul / cross border freight delivery, taking in consideration economic, regulatory andsecurity constraints.

• Assess the impact of emerging technologies in other sectors than freight transport (e.g. Blockchain,Industry 4.0, 5G, 3D printing, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV's)) on the logistics operational system, and identifythe potential development paths that lead to the optimal exploitation of their positive effect.

• Collect best case models and develop decision support systems aimed at helping public authorities andprivate companies to determine the most likely scenarios and to promote a higher level of collaborationbetween the different stakeholders, including new emerging ones.

• Consideration of aspects of governance, privacy and cybersecurity of and with regard to cargo.



• Main impact from the R&I activities should be the improved integration of the Europeantransport network (both hard – TEN-T – and soft – logistics and IT) with the globalnetwork, through the sustainable development of the transport nodes likely to benefitfrom the emergence of new trade routes and harmonised platforms and new andrevised 'nodes', also in support of the sustainable development of new logistics routesand their link with national/regional markets.

• Better understanding of the impact of emerging technologies on freight flow andsubsequent guidelines to optimize vehicle, infrastructure and operation accordingly.

• Facilitate the development of disadvantaged regions and their inclusion into theinternational trading system.

• Better understanding of links between technological development, trade andgeopolitics.

• Research should be validated in a selected number of case studies through pilotdemonstration, trials and testing involving service providers and end-users.

TOPIC TITLE: InCo flagship on “Urban mobility and sustainable electrification in large urban areas in developing and emerging economies” (LC-GV-05-2019)

Single-stage IA Call opening:

04 Dec 2017

Deadline:



Projects starting

January 2019!!!


18 MEUR total buget


CHALLENGE:

• urbanisation requires integrated mobility solutions that bring together technologyopportunities with local and national policy, including land use and mobilityplanning. Efficient transport and mobility, based on a balanced mix of public andprivate transport and dependent on the characteristics of each city, is and willcontinue to be the backbone of cities’ growth and competitiveness.


• Development of a toolbox for E-mobility management strategies, focusing on smartdeployment and operation of vehicles, in particular electrified vehicle, to increase mobility andenergy efficiency, emission reduction and user acceptance of electrified vehicles

• Innovative concepts for electrified road public transport (passenger and freight) as acontribution to a wider sustainable mobility concept and seamless mobility, through thecomparative demonstrations activities and pilots in cities

• Implementation concepts to scale up the demonstration activities and exploration of thesustainable mobility planning in the city transformation process


• Capability to quantify the potential reduction of greenhouse gas and pollutantemissions as well as traffic congestion (in line with the objectives set by the COP21and the New Urban Agenda)

• Reference models of the mobility system to provide a basis in order to assess theability to replicate sustainable concepts by demonstrating the short- and long-termbenefit for the stakeholders involved

• A basis for strengthening the collaboration of the European Union with Asia, LatinAmerica and Africa, as a starting point for common future legislative efforts andnew business opportunities for innovative entrepreneurs.

TOPIC : Ship emission control scenarios, marine environmental impact and mitigation (MG-BG-02-2019)

Single-stage RIA Call opening:

04 Dec 2018

Deadline:

25 Apr 2019 Time to Grant:


Projects starting

Jan 2020!!!

Up to 8 MEUR buget/project

8 MEUR total buget

CHALLENGE:

• Increasingly strict emission standards ... are mainly focussed on SOx, but in future, reflecting health concerns, increasingly strictlimits are likely to address NOx and particulate matter.

• A variety of compliant solutions can meet present, and may be able to meet emerging and future standards. However, some ofthese solutions may lead to secondary impacts and new waste streams.

• The principal challenge is to better understand the comprehensive environmental impacts from the wide scale adoptionof a range of potential emission reduction solutions together with any secondary effects on the on the marineenvironment. As well as building upon current state of the art modelling (e.g by IIASA and EMSA), appropriate Earth Observationdata and information provided by the Copernicus programme and its Marine Environmental Monitoring Service maybe taken intoconsideration.


• Assess the range of emission reduction technologies and designs which may be deployed, consider their cost benefits.

• Experimentally characterise waste streams from emission control technologies, identifying the substances and quantities involved.

• Considering several possible scenarios for the wide scale adoption of different emission control technologies depending onfuel costs, availabilities service needs etc model the disbursement of to the marine environment around the European coastline.

• Modelling should consider the main shipping routes, use real ship traffic, hydrological and weather data and the variety ofconstituents discharged. Consideration should be given to vulnerable regions such as estuaries and enclosed waters.

• For the scenarios modelled assess the environmental impact on the marine environment in the medium and long termincluding consideration of any potential bio accumulation.

• Considering SOx, NOx and particulate matter, assess and propose sustainable cost effective emission reduction strategiesand technologies. Assessments should also include consideration of waste stream costs and their cost effective treatment.

• Open access to source and dispersion model data is encouraged.

• ..., international cooperation is encouraged. The participation of civil society is also encouraged.


• ..., activities will provide comprehensive information concerning the predicted dispersion of discharges fromshipping and any long term environmental impact.

• Identify the most effected locations.

• Provide a sound science basis for future policy decisions at local, national, European and international levels.

• Provide a valuable open data and modelling resource.

• Facilitate cooperation between industry and environmental scientists.

• Contribute to UN's Sustainable Development Goals 14 Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marineresources and the target to prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds.


The SOLUTIONS Network keeps alive the valuable collaborations on sustainable

urban mobility created during the SOLUTIONS project and helps deliver on the

UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement and the New Urban

Agenda.

To join or to find out more about this exciting new initiative, please contact the

SOLUTIONS project coordinator, Oliver Lah: [email protected]

More information: http://www.uemi.net/asia.html

Dalibor Drljača

Business consultant

RIA/CSACall opening:

26 July 2018

Deadline:

14 Nov 2018Time to Grant:


Projects starting

Sept 2019!!!

buget/project

10-15 MEUR (RIA)

Up to 2 MEUR (CSA)

90 MEUR total buget (RIA)

2 MEUR total budget (CSA)

TOPIC : Advanced 5G validation trials across multiple vertical industries (ICT-

19-2019)


CHALLENGE:

•The challenge is to get the European 5G Vision of "5G empowering vertical industries" closer to deployment with innovative digital usecases involving cross industry partnerships. It requires technological and business validation of 5G end to end connectivity andassociated management from two perspectives: i) within the set of requirements specific from one application domain; ii) across all sets ofheterogeneous requirements stemming from concurrent usages of network resources by different vertical domains.


•RIA:

•Trials of various scales, depending on the target technology, in view of demonstrating that performance conforming to 5G PPP KPIsrequirements are met in the context of specific vertical use cases. ...

•Trials leverage results of 5G PPP phases 1 and 2 and go beyond the proof of concepts of phase 2.

•Vertical use cases may focus on those outlined in the 5G PPP White paper "5G empowering vertical industries" (Automotive, smart factories,energy, media, smart healthcare) though other may be considered (e.g. PPDR). ...

•Trials are preferably implemented over the 5G end to end platforms developed under ICT-17-2018, and may contribute to 5Gdemonstration in the context of large showcasing events.

•Coordination and Support Actions

•shall liaise with the 5G RIA and IA actions to exploit synergies for:

•- Management and orchestration of 5G PPP project cooperation for horizontal issues of common interests (adherence to KPIs, security, energy efficiency, spectrum, standardisation, societal impact of 5G…) in support of the commitments of the 5G PPP contractual arrangement and mapping the strategic programme of the 5G industrial Association.

•- Portfolio analysis, coverage, mapping and gap analysis, roadmaps for key PPP technologies and for experimental requirements and facilities, also taking into account national developments.

•- Proactive support to key international co-operation activities … to leverage relevant 5G PPP project outcomes in the context of key standard developments and of relevant spectrum related bodies.

•- Organisation of stakeholder events, including reaching out to users and key verticals.

•- Monitoring of the openness, fairness and transparency of the PPP process, including sector commitments and leveraging factor.

•- Maintenance of the "5G web site".


RIA Advanced Trials

• Validated core 5G technologies and architectures in the context of specific vertical use cases and deployment scenarios, from

high to low density regions.

• Validated core technologies and architecture for differentiated performance requirements originating from eMBB, mMTC,

URLL use cases, notably for end to end slicing and virtualisation.

• Viable business models for innovative digital use cases tested and validated across a multiplicity of industrial sectors,

including demonstration of required network resource control from the vertical industry business model perspective.

• Impactful contributions towards standardisation bodies, involving vertical actors, for what concerns the second phase of 5G

standardisation. Participation of key European industrial partners with high standardisation impact is desired.

• Validation of relevant KPIs with services linked to specific vertical sectors.

• Europe 5G know how showcasing.

Coordination and Support Actions

• Organisation of the 5G PPP as a programme with clear links to the 5G Infrastructure Association.

• Maximised output and exploitation of 5G PPP project results in key domains (standardisation, spectrum) through managed

projects cooperation on horizontal issues.

• Constituency building, stakeholder support, support to key international cooperation events; dissemination, support to core

international cooperation activities, to relevant stakeholder events; definition of future R&I actions.

Dalibor Drljača

Business consultant

TOPIC TITLE:Photocatalytic synthesis (RIA)(CE-NMBP-25-2019)


16 Oct 2018

Deadline:




Projects starting

June 2019!!!buget/project:

5-7 MEUR

total buget:

18.46 MEUR


CHALLENGE:

•The efficient storage and utilisation of solar energy in the form of chemicals or chemical energy will play a key role to transform theEuropean industry into a low-carbon economy. In the long term, there will be a need for highly integrated solutions enabling the carbon-neutral production of high-value chemicals or energy, which is crucial to reduce CO2 emissions. The development of integratedprocesses will require a systems-catalysis approach that includes engineering aspects as small-scale and intermittent operation.


•Development of cheap materials and integrated processes/devices for the direct photocatalytic conversion of CO2 (…) and H2O tofuels and/or chemicals, with an overall solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of >20%, with the following goals:

•Improve selectivity and efficiency by rational engineering of the bandgap and electronic structures;

•Realise a new design of multi-heterojunction materials with scalable preparation for Z-scheme mimicking;

•Design multifunctional photocatalysts for simultaneous CO2 reduction and H2O oxidation;

•Optimise solar photoreactors (light harvesting, mass transfer, reactivity);

•Couple photo-assisted and non-photo-assisted catalytic processes for C-C bond formation.

•Proposals should assess the efficiency, reduction of the steps and costs with respect to the overall process, as well as the advantages of the proposed technology in terms of social/environment impact with respect to conventional production of the same chemicals and/or fuels.

•The scalability and exploitability of the devices should be analysed.

•The validation of the technology should be carried out by a demonstration of a photo- or photo-electrochemical reactor/integrated device of the size of the existing photovoltaic cells.

•…international cooperation is particularly encouraged.


•Development of cost-efficient systems based on multifunctional photo catalytic system which should enable upscaling and processintensification, with:

•Increased efficiency of the system with sunlight to chemical energy conversion efficiency (to chemicals other than H2) higher than 5%;

•Improved stability/robustness of the system under extended operational conditions, with loss of performances <5% in 1000h;

•Cost reduction/effectiveness of the system, including recycling if relevant and continuous product recovery, with cost of production ofchemicals comparable to actual route from fossil fuels, but with an improved energy efficiency and <50% CO2 emissions (based on LifeCycle Assessment).

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