Session 2. Financing Blue Growth

How can BONUS, the joint Baltic Sea research and development programme support innovation funding

Fritz Köster

Content of talk

• What is BONUS?

• What do we fund?

• How do we operate?

• Cooperation

• The future

What is BONUS?

• BONUS is an initiatives under Article 185 (former 169) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) being the highest level of formalized integration in the European Research Area.

• Enables the EU to participate in long-term research programmes undertaken jointly by several Member States.

• Co-decision by the European Parliament and Council on BONUS in 2010.

• Funding of EUR 100 million for the years 2011-2017.

• EU funding 50%, matching nationalfunds by 8 riparian countries.

Vision and implementation

VisionEconomically and ecologically prosperous Baltic Sea region where resources and goods are used sustainably and where the long-term management of the region is based on sound knowledge derived from multidisciplinary research. Implementation through joined:• programming including stakeholders,• calls,• evaluations,• funding rules and rates,• grant agreements,

based on a virtual common pot.

Development of BONUS

2004-2008

ERA-NET

Developing preconditions for a Joint Baltic Sea Research Programme

ERANET ERANET Plus Article 185

2013 -2017+

BONUS Implementation Phase

Durable collaborative research and innovation programme of the Baltic Sea states

2011-2013

BONUS Strategic Phase

Strategic development and preparation for Implementation Phase

2007-2011

BONUS+

Implementing a Joint Call to test mechanisms of collaboration among national funding institutions

BONUS-169 Science Plan and

Implementation Strategy

2006 Outline of the

BONUS-169 Joint Baltic Sea Research

Programme

2010

The strategic research agenda process

Focus on Baltic marine

environment

BONUS Strategic Research Agenda

2011-2017

2011

Inclusion of the catchment and

coasts, Innovation

Policy framework analysis in the

fields relevant to the BONUS programme

2013 BONUS Strategic

Research Agenda2013-2017

update

2014 Strategic Research

Agenda BONUS II2018-2023

2017

Sustainable Development, Blue Growth,

North Sea

Strategic Research Agenda

2018-2022?

Structure of the current research agenda

Ecosystems

Coast and catchment area

Sustainable use of goods and services

Societal responses

Observation and data management

Five strategic objectives: 19 themes:

• Biogeochemical processes • Biodiversity • Food webs • Hazardous substances • Catchment land cover • Coastal systems

• ICZM • Eco-technology

• Maritime risks • Pollution by

• Fish stock assessments shipping• Fisheries management • Aquaculture

• Governance and policy• Lifestyles and well-being• Maritime spatial planning

• Integrated monitoring programmes• Innovative measurement techniques• ICT services

• Eco-innovation

Biogeochemical processes

Food webs

Biodiversity

Hazardous substances

Catchment & land cover

ICZM

Coastal systems

Maritime risks

Fish stock assessments

Fisheries management

Pollution by shipping

Governance and policyLifestyles and well-being

Maritime spatial planningIntegrated

monitoring programmes

Research themes

Eco-innovationAquaculture

Measurementtechniques

ICT services

Innovation themes

The Funders of BONUS

Basic

Basic/strategic research funders Innovation fundersFunding both

BONUS calls and projects

BONUS+ call in 2007: Ecosystem approach to management 16 funded projects – EUR 22 million 2009 - 2011

BONUS call 2012: Viable ecosystem & Innovation 20 funded projects – EUR 32 million 2014 - 2017

BONUS call 2014: Sustainable ecosystem services 8 funded projects – EUR 18 million 2015 - 2017

BONUS call 2015: Blue Baltic research and innovation? funded projects – EUR 30 million 2016 - 2018 HTTP://WWW.BONUSPORTAL.ORG/PROGRAMME/COMPETITIVE_CALLS/BONUS_CALL_2015_BLUE_BALTIC

Project examplesHazardous substances

CHANGE seeks to alter antifouling practices of leisure boats by considering individual attitudes and behaviour, market actors and legal framework

Land-coast interaction

SOILS2SEA reducing nutrient loadings from agricultural soils to the Baltic Sea via groundwater and streams

Marine living resources

INSPIRE improves fish stock assessments and the knowledge basis on spatial dynamics of fish resources

Maritime risks

STORMWINDS Designs an operational risk management system to improve safety of wintertime navigation in the Baltic

Pollution by shipping

ZEB Enhances on-board treatment of polluted bilge water to achieve zero emissions into the Baltic Sea

Cooperation and coordination

EU framework programmes

1. FP7 The Ocean of Tomorrow: 31 projects, 195 mill. EUR

2. H2020 Societal challenges Blue growth focus area

WP 2014/2015: 16 topics, 145 mill. EUR

WP 2016/2017: 12 topics, 109 mill. EUR (without ERA-NET)

but 9 of these 29 topics have regional focus outside the Baltic

3. ERA-NETS: several running with direct relevance: COFASP, MBT, MARTEC II, but funding generally more limited; further to come under H2020: ERA-NET Cofund on marine technologies (tentative volume 30 mill. EUR)

4. Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs), organised by European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), may become more relevant in future

European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI)Will support projects in the field of research, development and innovation with main target group being SME’s and small middle capitalization companies

1. presentation in session

European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF)

1. European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) : ca. 1,200 mill. EUR incl. both Data Collection (DCF) and projects that promote sustainable aquaculture and fisheries and that improve competitiveness of those sectors.

2. European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

with the Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme: 264 mill. EUR

3. Cohesion Fund (CF)covering activities of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland used for marine and maritime projects delivering into EUSBSR.

2. presentation in session

ESIF and ESIF

EUSBSREU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region coordinates relevant activities under objective Save the Sea (and Increase Prosperity)

 PA

NutriPA

Hazards

PA Bio

PA Agri

PA Ship

PA Safe

PA Transport

PA Ener

gy

PA Crime

PA Market

HA Spatial

HA Sustain

able

Objective 1: Save the Sea                        

Clear water in the sea ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔             ✔

Rich and healthywildlife ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔           ✔ ✔

Clean and safe shipping ✔ ✔     ✔ ✔ ✔     ✔    

Better cooperation ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔   ✔ ✔

✔ Dark check - the PA or HA primarily addresses this sub-objective    

✔ Light check - the PA also addresses these sub-objectives, though not as directly    

However, specific sectors, e.g. energy and tourism not yet well covered yet…

The need for cooperation

Cooperation/coordination is necessary and can and need to be improved, between the different:

• programming/funding initiatives,• member states,• science, policy and stakeholders,• maritime sectors,• scientific disciplines,

Without this cooperation we will not achieveour objective of sustainable blue growth!

WWF 2010

Next phase

Extend BONUS to the North Sea

Time line: 2018-2022, volume 200 mill. EUR

Source: Danish Meteorological institute. http://ocean.dmi.dk/

Rational:

• similar challenges from climate and sea level change

• interconnected seas impacted by water exchange with the North Atlantic

• runoff from large, densely populated and heavily exploited catchment areas

• homogeneous cultures and visions for exploiting marine resources

• high potential for the ‘blue growth’ in the whole region, enhancing global level competitiveness

• similarities in policy setting (HELCOM, OSPAR)

For more information: http://www.bonusportal.org/

Thank you for your attention!