GEN4OLIVE PROJECT INTRODUCTION

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020

research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 10100042715/09/2021

HRISTOFOR MIHOCordoba University

I N T R O D U C T I O NGEN4OLIVE

Call:H2020-SFS-2020-1

Topic:SFS-28-2018-2019-2020 - Genetic resources and pre-breeding communitiesSFS - Sustainable Food Security (Societal Challenges 2)

Funding SchemeIA - Innovation action*

Innovation actions (IA): Closer-to-the-market activities

Prototyping, testing, demonstrating, piloting, scaling-up etc.Producing new or improved products or services.

Who?Consortia of partners from different countries, industry and academia.

GEN4OLIVE Consort ium

• 16 partners - interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary

• 7 countries: Spain, Morocco, France, Germany, Italy, Greece and Turkey

• 5 olive germplasm banks (GBs)

UCOLIVO - Research Group “Genetic Resources and Olive Breeding”

o Diego Barranco Navero

o GEN4OLIVE coordinator

Main research lines of UCOLIVO:

✓ Olive breeding.

✓ Identification, evaluation and conservation of olive genetic resources.

✓ Plantation systems

❖ Other Research Groups involved in GEN4OLIVE: Entomology and Plant Pathology

❖ Other Departments involved in GEN4OLIVE: Analytical Chemistry

GEN4OLIVE coordination - Agronomy Department - UCOLIVO Research Group

GEN4OLIVE GOALS• GEN4OLIVE aims to leverage olive Genetic Resources (GenRes) by bringing

them to a higher level closer to breeders and farmers.

• Foster pre-breeding activities by:

1. Characterize more than 500 worldwide varieties and 1000 wild and ancient

genotypes around 5 topics:

- climate change

- pests and diseases

- production and quality

- and modern planting systems

2. Developing a smart end user-friendly interface to centralize and categorize all

olive varieties

3. Building two Apps to quickly identify genotypes and pest and diseases through

image analysis

4. Enhancing breeders and growers’ participation through the implementation of

two SMEs open calls for supporting pre-breeding activities and breeding plans

C O M M O N P R O T O C O L S

GEN4OLIVE CONCEPT

GEN4OLIVE aims to leverage olive Genetic Resources

(GenRes) by bringing them to a higher level closer to breeders

and farmers.

GEN4OLIVE CONCEPTF o s t e r p r e - b r e e d i n g

a c t i v i t i e s b y :

1. Characterize more than 500 worldwide

varieties and 1000 wild and ancient

genotypes around 5 topics:

- climate change

- pests and diseases

- production and quality

- and modern planting systems.

C O M M O N P R O T O C O L S

GEN4OLIVE CONCEPT

F o s t e r p r e - b r e e d i n g a c t i v i t i e s b y :

2. Climate change effects prediction

• Evaluation of Cultivar x Environment interaction will be done taking advantage to the variety's

replication in 5 different GBs

So, if a certain cultivar (e.g Arbequina) is found as replication in 5 GB, we will compare its properties considering the climatic

variables differences.

By these comparations, prediction models related to the climate change will be developed

GEN4OLIVE CONCEPT

F o s t e r p r e - b r e e d i n g a c t i v i t i e s b y :

3. Shortening the juvenile period (JP) – speeding up breeding

• Generation of early selection markers for short JP

• Evaluation of genetic mechanisms controlling JP

• Design and installation of the “Hybrid Fully Automated

Climate Controlled Cabinet”

o Stimulate the rapid growth of the seedling by

modifying the environmental conditions, fertilization

etc

GEN4OLIVE CONCEPT

F o s te r p r e - b r e e d i n g a c t i v i t i e s b y :

4. Developing user-friendly interfaces and databases

• Developing a smart end user-friendly interface to centralize

and categorize all olive varieties

• Building two Apps to quickly identify genotypes and pest

and diseases through image analysis;

GEN4OLIVE CONCEPT

F o s te r p r e - b r e e d i n g a c t i v i t i e s b y :

5. Involvement of SMEs and Impact

Maximization

• Call 1: Month 12;-September 2021-

“technological development”

• Call 2: Month 25; October 2022

“design of Breeding Plans”

GEN4OLIVE WORKPLAN

WP No LP Short Name

WP1 UCO

WP2 UGR

WP3UCO

WP4

UCO

WP5DEMETER

WP6SAPIENZA

WP7 FCTA

WP8 FOCOS

WP9 GALPAGRO

WP10 UCO

WP11 UCO

G E N 4 O L I V E : E X P EC T E D R E S U LT S

1. Fully characterize a vast number of cultivated and wild olives under

common protocols

2. Contribute to predict possible effects of climate change in olive to find

solutions

3. Shortening the JP to speed up the breeding process

4. Building two Apps to quickly identify genotypes and pest and diseases

through image analysis;

5. Enhancing breeders and growers’ participation through the

implementation of two open calls

Promote the collaboration between Germplasm Banks to correctly identifyand evaluate olive genetic resources.

Thank you!

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020

research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101000427

C o n t a c t :g e n 4 o l i v e @ u c o . e s

https://gen4olive.eu/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/gen4olivehttps://twitter.com/Gen4Olivehttps://www.facebook.com/Gen4Olive-103561861630522https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Xri30t9RGHCTLtk9zljVA

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovationprogramme under grant agreement No. 101000427

First GEN4OLIVE Open call for proposals

INFO DAY and MATCHMAKING EVENT

1 5 t h o f S e p t e m b e r 2 0 2 1

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovationprogramme under grant agreement No. 101000427

• Marisol Castro – Communication officer• Nathalie Chavrier – Agrifood expert• Macarena Ureña – Project leader

WELCOME

Please, all microphones and cameras must be turned off.

We would like to inform you that this webinar is being recorded.

You can send all your questions through the chat, at the end we will leave a space for Q&A.

Disseminate the conversation on Social Media! Tag @Gen4Olive

AG ENDA

1. Why GEN4OLIVE call for proposals?

2. Who can apply?

3. What activities and costs are eligible?

4. When can you apply?

5. How is the evaluation?

6. How are reporting and payments?

7. How to submit?

8. Q&A

9. Matchmaking session

Why a ca l l for proposa ls?

Olive production sectorfacing current technical andcommercial challenges suchas climate change effects,pests and diseases issues,consumer demands,increase of the agronomicperformance. Tapping intothe olive genetic resources

GEN4OLIVE’s key ambition is to accelerate themobilization of domestic and wild Genetic Resourceof the Mediterranean basin olive cultivar andenhance olive pre-breeding activities through amulti-actor approach

The interaction between Academy and stakeholders (nurseries, breeders) is necessary tofulfill with the main ambition of GEN4OLIVE project

Scientific knowledge relatedto Olive genetic, olivegenetic resources(Universities, GermplasmBanks, Research centers) areavailable in Mediterraneancountries

Who can appl y?

Call has been designed taking into account SMEs conditions, thatneed to:- Reach results in short term – 2 years projects- Reach results close to market – TRL 6 innovation activities- Choose by itself partners and subcontractors- Work on topic with commercial potential- Optimize submission time: application process easy to carry on- Be supported for call and reporting procedures: direct

interaction with funder

SMEs

SME in accordance with the SME definition of the European UnionStaff headcount: < 250 persons; turnover: < 50 M€; balance sheet total < 43 M€

Wh o can ap p ly?

Applicant must be a SME established in Germany,Greece, France, Italy, Morocco, Turkey or Spain

The applicant SME is the direct beneficiary who receivethe funding

For collaborative project, applicant SME is the leader ofthe consortium. The other SMEs consortium partnersshall be established in an EU Member State or Horizon2020 associated country

RTO, Germplasm Bank, University, technological provider,large company can be part of the consortium assubcontractors and shall be established in an EU MemberState or an associated country

E l ig ib le act i v i t ies

Innovativeactivities

PRE-BREEDING ACTIVITIES

implementation of activitiesbased on the use of olivegenetic resources extractedfrom Germplasm Bankcollections in order tocharacterize/test new traitsthat can be bred into newolive tree varieties

ENABLING TECHNOLOGIESDEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

development of atechnological solutionaiming at supporting theimplementation of pre-breeding activities forolive tree varieties

(1) Climate change effect resilience(2) Pests and diseases resilience(3) High production varieties(4) High quality varieties(5) Excellent agronomic performance

S O M E E X A M P L E S E L I G I B L E A C T I V I T I E S

• Field trials to study the adaptation of olive varieties to biotic and abiotic stresses and other commercial purposes.• Characterization of cultivars for specific breeding line programs such as table olives, landscaping (pollen free) and other

commercial purposes. • Multisite evaluation of candidate new varieties under different environments (evaluation of environment effect).• Selection of rootstocks adapted to crops conditions (resistance to soil diseases and appropriate vigor). • Propagation/micropropagation and culture techniques for shortening juvenile period. • Development and testing of effective methodologies for increasing the rooting rate of varieties.

• Development of automatic rapid and massive phenotyping platforms/technologies (image analysis etc). • Development of molecular tools such as, for instance, gene silencing, with the aim of speeding up the breeding process. • Development of chips for the rapid detection of olive tree diseases.• Geo-localization of trees in the Germplasm Banks to ensure traceability. • Development of a genomic platform for editable variants from an olive core collection useful for association mapping

studies • Enabling blockchain technologies to support olive development activities. • IOT devices to support pre-breeding activities such as field evaluation of pests and diseases resilience.• Development and validation of new laboratory equipment to accelerate the pre-breeding process in olive tree.

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What k ind of vouchers?

INDIVIDUAL VOUCHER

Maximum grant / project:50.000€

Applicant = 1 SMEestablished in one of the 7targeted countries

Project duration: 2 yearsmaximum

Grant agreement: contractto be signed between SMEapplicant and GEN4OLIVE

COLLABORATIVE VOUCHER

Maximum grant / project:100.000€

Applicant = SME consortiumleader, established in one ofthe 7 targeted countries

Project duration: 2 yearsmaximum

Grant agreement: contractto be signed between SMEleader and GEN4OLIVE

LUMP SUM: don’t apply less than indicated amount

Our best consortium for COLLABORATIVE PROJECT:- SME applicant from one of the 7 targeted

countries – partner, applicant, direct beneficiary- + 1 or 2 SMEs from EU or associated countries -

partners, indirect beneficiaries- Research centers, labs, big companies,

technology providers etc.. – subcontractors,indirect beneficiaries

- consortium agreement is required with budgetsharing

W h i c h c o s t s a r e e l i g i b l e ?

• Direct staff costs: cost hours of the staff of the beneficiary dedicated to actual work under the project. –• Other direct costs: further direct incurred costs directly related to the implementation of the action can be

claimed for travel costs for project team meetings, equipment, consumables, etc. Only the part ofequipment costs used for the project, and the usual depreciation rules of the company have to be applied.

• Indirect costs: costs incurred within the context of a project that cannot be attributed directly to theproject, e.g., room rent, energy costs or general administration costs. A flat rate of 25% of the directeligible costs shall be applied.

• Subcontracting costs such as expert services by Research Technology Organization (RTO), Universities,Research Institutes, living labs and similar, but could be also public research center or other, largecompanies, other specialized SMEs such as technological supplier and similar. Those costs are theservices/products carried out by a provider-subcontractor via a legal agreement between them, which setout the rights and obligations of both parties for the sake of the project completion. Subcontracting maycover only a limited part of the action. If the subcontracting budget is quite high, beneficiary must andshould justify it properly

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS

Applicant has to be a SME (definition of the European Union)

Applicant has to be a SME established in one of the 7 Gen4olive countries:France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Spain or Turkey.

Applications must be submitted in English through the web-based system by17:00 CEST (Brussels time) of the 1st December 2021

ELIGIBILITY CHECK

Project description: only the first 10 pages will be evaluated

Project budget: at least 50.000€ for individual proposal or 100.000€ for collaborative proposal

Collaborative projects: - at least 2 SMEs, maximum 3 SMEs- RTO, technology providers, big companies can only act as subcontractors, cannot be

direct beneficiaries- consortium agreement has to be submitted-budget distribution has to be explained into the consortium agreement

Each interested SME can apply to one or more voucher types in accordance with its needs but can only ask for the maximum financial contribution cumulatively (60.000€ during the 2 GEN4OLIVE calls)

When?Ti mel ine

E x p e c t e d r e s u l t s

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Voucher €/project Expected projects

Total (€)

Individual 50.000 5 250.000Collaborative 100.000 5 500.000

Total 10 750.000

E v a l u a t i o n c r i t e r i a

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Transnational consortia and germplasm bank subcontracting are welcome

The threshold for individual subcriterion is 3

The threshold for the total score is 70 points

Payment s cheme

Grant agreement will be signed with SME applicantPayments will be done to SME applicant

Report ing

A n y d o u b t s ?

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Key document- Guide for applicants https://gen4olive.eu/wp-

content/uploads/2021/08/GEN4OLIVE-First_Call_Text_and_Guide-for-Applicants.pdf

Contact- call@gen4olive.eu- Local contact point

CALL FOR EXPERTS

https://gen4olive.eu/1st-gen4olive-call-proposals/From today until the 15th of November 2021

Be careful with Conflict of Interest!

How to s ubmi t?

Submission platform: https://gen4olive.grantplatform.com/

Select category: collaborative/individual projects

Required information:

- Applicant information. SME status: 2020 Turnover, employees, balance- Subcontractor´s information (if applicable)- Project proposal. Max. 10 pages. Template- Project budget. Template- Only for collaborative projects: consortium

agreement. Template- Compliance and declarations

Any questions?

Thank you

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovationprogramme under grant agreement No. 101000427

Macarena UreñaNathalie Chavrier

call@gen4olive.eu