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Claus Schultze

Maritime Policy Baltic and North Sea

European Commission, DG MARE

Claus.schultze@ec.europa.eu

DG MARE Blue Growth Strategy & Actions

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Overview• The EU's blue economy is already significant

550 billion EUR Gross Value Added (4% of the EU economy), 5 million jobs

EU is global market leader in marine equipment, offshore wind, tidal and wave energy, cruise ship building

• The EU's blue economy has huge potential to grow further• Land: 30% of Earth, 95% of economic activity ↔Oceans: 70% of Earth, 5% of economic activity

• Member States' Exclusive Economic Zones jointly are the largest in the world (more than 20 million km²)

• We need to remove obstacles to further growth and encourage blue growth more systematically through sectoral and cross-sectoral initiatives

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Major blue economy sectors• Traditional sectors

Shipping, shipbuilding and marine equipment [more than 1.5 million jobs]

Fisheries and Aquaculture [more than 420 000 jobs]

Offshore oil and gas [160 bn EUR turnover in 2014]

Coastal Tourism [more than 2.7 million jobs]

• Emerging sectors Blue data [making high-quality data widely

available would increase productivity by 1 bnEUR/year]

Offshore energy [global investment needs of 690 bnEUR by 2040 for offshore renewables]

Marine biotechnology [2.6 bn EUR global market]

Seabed mining [value of proven deep seabed mineral resources is 150 tn EUR]

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Massnahmen im Bereich Blaues Wachstum

• 1. Maßnahmen der integrierten Meerespolitik

• a) Meereskenntnisse – zur Verbesserung des Zugangs zu Informationen über das Meer;

• b) Maritime Raumordnung – zur Gewährleistung eines wirksamen und nachhaltigen Managements der Aktivitäten auf See;

• c) Integrierte Meeresüberwachung – zur Verbesserung der Informationen für Behörden über maritime Tätigkeiten.

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• 2. Sea-BasinStrategies/Meeresbeckenstrategien –spezifische Maßnahmen unter Berücksichtigung (makro-) regionaler Fakoren

• - Adria und Ionisches Meer, Arktischer Ozean (Nordpolarmeer), Atlantik, Ostsee,

• Schwarzes Meer, Mittelmeer, Nordsee

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• 3. gezieltes Vorgehen in bestimmten Wirtschaftszweigen

• a) Aquakultur

• b) Küstentourismus

• c) Meeresbiotechnologie

• d) Meeresenergie

• e) Meeresbodenbergbau

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• Challenge

• Knowledge needed to foster business innovation (off-shore energy, aquaculture, biotech, data services, seabed activities …) and inform policy makers

• Many cutting-edge blue industries, mostly SMEs, face start-up challenges

• Ensure continued public acceptance of Blue Economy (ocean literacy)

• Action

• Data-sharing, for example through EmodNet, the EU's Blue Data Network

• The world's most advanced high-resolution seabed map by 2020

• Horizon 2020: up to 100 million EUR per year for marine research and bring it to the market

• More seed funding needed, especially for blue SMEs

Removing obstacles to growth IKnowledge and research

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• Challenge

• Jobs paradox: 23 million unemployed in the EU – but Blue Economy sectors lack qualified staff

• Skills gaps in emerging and traditional blue sectors

• Blue Economy careers not seen as attractive

• Action

• A grant programme for "Blue Careers" in Europe

• Engagement with all blue industry, e.g. through maritime clusters

• Raise awareness amongst stakeholders

• Remove labour market obstacles (e.g. recognition of qualification for skippers)

Removing obstacles to growth IISkills

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• Challenge

• Blue business needs legal certainty and business-friendly regulatory and policy environment

• Action

• Joint EU-industry-Member States strategies already in place to promote blue growth in ocean energy, coastal and maritime tourism, aquaculture, …

• More blue growth advocacy needed – e.g. role of ocean energy in energy policy (Energy Union)

• EU sea-basin strategies: more strategic transnational cooperation on blue growth (Atlantic Action Plan, Blue Tech Call)

• Maritime Spatial Planning - adoption of implementation strategy for MSP Directive in 2016

• Guidance on the application of environmental rules to the blue economy - e.g. aquaculture and ocean energy

Removing obstacles to growth IIIRegulatory and policy obstacles

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• Challenge

• Top-notch industries such as marine renewables, or crucial infrastructures such as ports, need massive investment

• New ocean industries are seen as high-risk economic activities. Market failure: not enough risk financing

• Action

• Structural funds may invest up to €10 bn in the Blue Economy

• EFSI: 20% of first list of possible projects directly or indirectly targeted the Blue Economy

Some projects already selected for funding under EFSI relate to the Blue Economy (e.g. offshore wind farms in UK and Belgium)

• More risk funding needed to move from pre-commercial to commercial (example: ocean energy)

Removing obstacles to growth IVFinancing

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• Challenge

• "Sustainability is Europe's key competitive advantage" (Cssr. Vella)

• EU companies can suffer competitive disadvantage if global playing field is uneven

• Action

• Promoting global rules, e.g. on emissions, sustainable fishing and aquaculture

• Blue Growth advocacy in trade policy (FTAs) and development policy

• NEW: Initiative on Ocean Governance

Removing obstacles to growth VGlobal level playing field

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• EU is global player on oceans and key actor in international fora and negotiations

• Existing international ocean governance framework is ineffective, notably in 60 per cent of oceans beyond national jurisdictions.

• This is mostly because of a lack of compliance and inadequate implementation of existing rules and policies, overlaps and lack of coordination between institutions, weak governance mechanisms in the high seas and ineffective regional cooperation.

• Having no coherent and targeted EU policy on how to improve ocean governance leads to inconsistencies and fragmentation in EU action at international level.

• It also translates into a lack of business certainty for Europe's maritime industries, which risks creating a competitive disadvantage for them at the global level.

• A communication is planned for 2016 to take stock of the current state of play, analyse areas for improvement, including in terms of EU action, and propose ways forward.

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Funding Blue Growth• All ESI Funds (ERDF (incl. ETC), ESF, Cohesion Fund = € 350 billion, EAFRD = €95.6 billion, EMFF= €5.7 billion) via grants, financial instruments, public procurement, trans-nat. cooperation, feasibility studies, administrative capacity building, tech. assistance

• Horizon2020 for mostly transnational research and innovation projects (e.g. "Food Security,

Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Marine, Maritime and Inland Water Research and the Bioeconomy" but certainly also for maritime relevant projects under Industrial Leadership), incl. non-EU, grants, financial instruments…: €79.4 billion + BONUS programme

• COSME for SME competitiveness, financial instruments, business support, cluster cooperation: € 2 billion

• Erasmus+ for students, teachers, pupils mobility + training: €14.5 bn

• Creative Europe for culture & creative sector; grants, fin.instrument: €1.4 billion

• Digital service part of CEF for EU wide e-government and open data platforms: procurement and grants (€0.85 billion)

• LIFE programme for environment and climate, incl. financial instruments: € 3,4 billion

• Programme for Employment and Social Innovation ("EaSI"): € 0.92 billion

• European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), € 315 billion

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EMFF OPs: 6 priorities• Sustainable fisheries: (share of the total EMFF budget: 26.9%): to promote environmentally sustainable, resource–efficient, innovative, competitive and knowledge–based fisheries. This will help to deliver the main the CFP objectives to manage fish stocks at Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) and reduce unwanted catch.

• Sustainable aquaculture (21%): to foster environmentally sustainable, resource-efficient, innovative, competitive and knowledge-based aquaculture.

• Implementing the CFP (19.1%): to improve data collection and scientific knowledge, to support monitoring, control and enforcement of fisheries and to enhance the efficiency of public administration.

• Employment and territorial cohesion (9%): to promote economic growth, social inclusion and job creation in coastal and inland communities which depend on fishing and aquaculture.

• Marketing and processing (17.6%): to improve market organisation and to encourage investment in the processing and marketing sectors.

• Integrated Maritime Policy (1.2%): to promote maritime surveillance and protection of marine environment.

• Technical assistance (5.1%): to support actions for preparation, management, monitoring, evaluation, information and communication, networking, complaint resolution, and control and audit

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EMFF OPs allocations• Sustainable fisheries: (26.9%): MS have allocated Euro 2.37 billion to UP1 of which Euro 1.55 billion (about 26.9% of the total) is from EMFF budget and the national contribution amounts to Euro 822 million. MS aim to support 59,000 operations, to maintain about 35,000 jobs and create 4,000 new jobs in the fisheries sector.

• Sustainable aquaculture (21%): MS have allocated Euro 1.7 billion to UP2, of which Euro 1.2 billion from EMFF budget (21% of the total) and 0.5 billion from national budgets. The MS aim to support almost 11,000 operations and to create about 1,500 new employment opportunities and maintain some 22,500 jobs. Aquaculture production is expected to increase by over 320,000 tonnes, worth over Euro 1 billion.

• Implementing the CFP (19.1%): …

• Employment and territorial cohesion (9%): Twenty MS have allocated a total of Euro 519 million to UP4 from EMFF budgets, which will be supplemented by Euro 170 million from national sources, to support the sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture areas.

• Marketing and processing (17.6%): …

• Integrated Maritime Policy (1.2%): MS have allocated Euro 71 million (1.2%) of their EMFF budgets and Euro 51 million from national sources. They plan to support 40 operations associated with Integrated Maritime Surveillance and 245 operations to protect and improve knowledge of the marine environment.

DG MAREPl. Note: for DE and PL figure includesonly OPs of regions with Baltic Sea Cost

Available fundingfor Baltic SeaERDF + ESF aslaid down in OPs

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Smart Specialisation PrioritiesBlue Growth as a Smart

Specialisation Priority

Source: http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/eye-ris3

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Example: Offshore Wind Value Chain

Source: Vanguard Initiative/Technopolis – RIS3 platform for advanced manufacturing scoping paper

Why cooperate?• Smart specialisation for several EU regions• European value chains not well integrated, little knowledge exchange• Industry-led interregional collaboration can generate economies of

scale, enhance competitiveness, and create new opportunities

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The VI maps regional activities and roadmaps in specific value chains related to RIS3 priority areas, followed by the targeted matching of cluster actors on specific investment opportunities/demonstrator ideas to facilitate joint/aligned investments and targeted

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What is at stake?

Strategic partnerships for developing investment

roadmaps & boosting the blue economy at sea

basin level

What do we expect?

Joint investment roadmaps and bankable

demonstration projects in high potential blue

growth domains

Total budget and co-financing rate: EUR

2.520.000 and 80% co-financing

Budget range per project: EUR 600.000-800.000

Duration of projects: max 24 months

Deadline for submission: 30/09/2016

Evaluation period: October-December 2016

Information to applicants: January 2017

Grant Agreement preparation: February-March

2017

Start of the projects: April 2017

https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/call-proposals-blue-technology-transfer-innovative-solutions-sea-basin-economies

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Roadmapping: 'challenges' meet

'resources' for co-creation of futures

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• Geographical scope: All sea basins surrounding EU coasts

• Eligible applicants:

from EU MS

from third countries bordering EU sea basins & participating in cooperation

frameworks (e.g. EU Atlantic Strategy, UfM, …)

• Project consortia:

Transnational consortium of minimum 3 legal entities:

‒ 3 cluster organisations and/or business network organisations each from a different

EU MS

‒ coordinator from an EU MS bordering the targeted sea basin

‒ additional partners

ELIGIBILITYsection 6 of the call

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The workshop will explore ways to facilitate and accelerate strategic public-private initiatives harnessing Blue

Growth economic opportunities in the North Sea, including possible consortia for the DG MARE Blue Tech

call. It will also help identify DG MARE how to use available funds for thematic support actions for the North

Sea and start discussions on possible investment platforms.

The workshop will be organised in a participative and inclusive way, as to identify the collective ideas and

needs of the stakeholders. Based on the responses to a stakeholder survey, topics selected to ‘focus’ the

discussions are:

• Marine aquatic / food products

• Short sea shipping (ship building, shipping technologies, port infrastructure, and logistics)

• Blue biotechnology (including marine - pharmaceutical products)

The agenda and workshop background paper, including the survey results are available on the

website http://thehague.maritimecooperation.eu/.

Registration still open!