Participation of European Neighbourhood Policy countries

HORIZON 2020The New EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation

(2014-2020)

Fadila BoughanemiUnit "EU Neighbourhood, Africa and the GulfDG Research & Innovation

What is Horizon 2020?

• Framework funding programme for all EU research & innovation-related activities (2014-2020)

• The total budget in constant prices €70,2 billion

• A core part of Europe 2020, Innovation Union & European Research Area:

− Responding to the economic crisis to invest in future jobs and growth

− Addressing people’s concerns about their livelihoods, safety and environment

− Strengthening EU’s position in research, innovation and technology

Three priorities

Excellent Excellent sciencescience

Industrial Industrial leadershipleadership

Societal Societal challengeschallenges

European Research Council (ERC)Frontier research by the best individual teams 13 095

Future and Emerging TechnologiesCollaborative research to open new fields of innovation

2 696

Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA)Opportunities for training and career development 6 162

Research infrastructures (including e-infrastructure)

Ensuring access to world-class facilities 2 488

Priority 1. Excellent science

funding (€ million, 2014-2020)

Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (LEITs)(ICT, nanotechnologies, materials, biotechnology, manufacturing, space)

13 557

Access to risk financeLeveraging private finance and venture capital for research and innovation

2 842

Innovation in SMEsFostering all forms of innovation in all types of SMEs

616 + complemented by expected 20% of budget of societal

challenges + LEITs and 'Access to risk finance'

with strong SME focus

Priority 2. Industrial leadership

funding (€ million, 2014-2020)

Priority 3. Societal challenges

funding (€ million, 2014-2020)

Health, demographic change and wellbeing 7 472

Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the Bioeconomy

3 851

Secure, clean and efficient energy * 5 931

Smart, green and integrated transport 6 339

Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials

3 081

Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies 1 309

Secure societies 1 695

Science with and for society 462

Spreading excellence and widening participation 816

Simplification: summary

Single set of simpler and more coherent participation rules

New balance between trust and control

Moving from several funding rates for different beneficiaries and activities to just two

Replacing the four methods to calculate overhead or «indirect costs» with a single flat rate

Major simplification under the forthcoming financial regulation

Successful applicants to get working more quickly: reduction of average time to grant by 100 days (current average of around 350 days under FP7)

International Cooperation in Horizon 2020

•International cooperation is crucial to address many Horizon 2020 objectives

•Principle of general openness: the programme will remain to be the most open funding programme in the world

•Need to join forces globally to tackle global challenges

New strategy for international cooperation in research and innovation

Need to engage more actively and strategically in international cooperation:

Three main objectives:- Strengthen the Union's excellence and attractiveness in research and innovation - Tackle global societal challenges- Support the Union's external policies

Combining openness with better targeted actions

Strengthened partnership with Member States

Stronger contribution of research and innovation to external policies of the Union

Dual approach

Openness: Horizon 2020 open to participation from across the worldRevision to the list of countries which receive automatic funding

Targeted actions:1.Thematic: identifying areas for international cooperation on the basis of the Union's policy agenda2.Differentiation by countries/regions to target partners for cooperation

multi-annual roadmaps for cooperation with key partners

Multi-annual roadmaps for cooperation with countries/regions

Enlargement and neighbourhood countries, and EFTAFocus on alignment with the ERASupport enlargement and neighbourhood policies (support to developing a common 'Knowledge and Innovation Space')Industrialised countries and emerging economiesFocus on competitivenessTackle global challengesBusiness opportunities and access to new marketsDeveloping countriesSupport development policy by building partnerships contributing to sustainable developmentAddress relevant challenges (e.g. poverty-related diseases, energy and food security, biodiversity)

Cooperation status in terms of policy in the Mediterranean region

A new response to a changing Neighbourhood

Development of Common Knowledge and Innovation Space (CKIS) New approach to cooperation: mutual benefit, mutual accountability and differentiation

New impetus given by the Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Research and Innovation held in Barcelona (2-3/04/2012)

Thematic areas addressed: water, energy, health, transport and marine sciences. Key cross-cutting issues addressed: Innovation, changing society, coordination of programmes, infrastructure, mobility

New strategy on International Cooperation on Research and Innovation

Need to access knowledge produced outside Europe Need to promote Europe as an attractive location and partner for research and innovation Need to join forces globally to tackle global challenges

EU – South Mediterranean R&I cooperation

Specific activities to promote the EU – South Mediterranean cooperation

Support to bilateral activities (Bilats)

Support to regional platforms INCO-Nets (MIRA/MedSPRING)

Building competence in research labs (ERA-WIDEs)

ERANET MED

Bridging the gap between research and innovation (R2I)

EU – South Mediterranean R&I cooperation

Bilateral policy dialogues

5 S&T agreements: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia

2 association agreements in FP7: Israel, Turkey

Bi-regional policy dialogue

The Monitoring Committee for Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation in RTD (MoCo) -17 meetings since 1995

EU – South Mediterranean R&I cooperation in FP7 (2007-2013)

296 FP7 funded projects

● Success rate – 13%

● 704 million EUR EU contribution to the projects

● 62 million EUR EU contribution to the South Mediterranean partners

● 586 participations of public and private South Mediterranean institutions

● Main thematic areas of cooperation –KBBE, Environment, ICT.

Synergy with the European Neighbourhood Partnership Instrument (ENPI)

The ENPI supports research capacity building through the implementation of Research Development and Innovation Programme (RDI):

Algeria (21 M€), Egypt (11 M€ + 20 M€),

Jordan (5+5 M€), Morocco (1.35 M€), Tunisia (12 M€)

Participation in Horizon 2020 as Third Country• As a general rule, the legal entities and individuals established in

the ENP countries may participate in all parts of the programme (exception: access to risk finance)

• The minimum rules of participation should be observed

- For standard collaborative actions: At least three legal entities each established in a different Member State or an Associated Country

- For ERC, SME instrument, programme co-fund, coordination and support, training and mobility actions: One legal entity established in a Member State or in an Associated Country

Additional conditions can be set out in the work programme or work plan, e.g. number of participants, type of participants etc.

Participation in Horizon 2020 as Associated Country

• ENP countries already associated to FP7 are eligible for association without pre-conditions (Art. 7.1.c)

• ENP countries, not previously associated, have to fulfill four criteria (Art. 7.1.b)

- Close economic and geographical links with the Union

- Good capacity in science, technology and innovation

- Good track record of previous FP participation

- Fair and equitable treatment of IPR

Useful links and publications

http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm

http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/index.cfm

http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/pdf/neighbourhood_policy.pdf

http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/pdf/projects_in_support_publication.pdf

Thank you for your attention!

HORIZON 2020

Contact point for more information:fadila.boughanemi@ec.europa.eu