European Opportunities for Defence-related Clusters
European Synergies & Innovation Directorate
28 March 2017
Opening remarksby Tarja JAAKKOLA
www.eda.europa.eu3
Mission
… to support
the Council and the Member
States in their effort to improve
the European Union’s defence
capabilities for the Common
Security and Defence Policy.*
*Treaty of Lisbon, signed in 2007,
entered into force in 2009
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Institutional setting
European
Defence Agency
EDA Steering Board 27 Defence Ministers
CHODs
Federica MogheriniHigh Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Vice-President of the European Commission
Head of Agency
Foreign Affairs CouncilForeign /Defence Ministers
EUMC
CONSULTATION
European
CouncilHeads of State
and Government
GUIDELINES
REPORTS
PSCAmbassador level
EEASEUMS - CMPD
www.eda.europa.eu5
Facts & Figures
27 Member States (all EU members except Denmark)
& Administrative Arrangements
with Norway, Serbia, Switzerland
and Ukraine)
Operational budget 2017
€31 Mio (+ €0,5 Mio
compared to 2016)
Number and value of ad-hoc R&T
projects under negotiation in 2016:
26 projects / 120 Mio
Value R&T projects 2004-2017 run
within EDA: approx. €1 billion
Only Agency whose Steering Board meets at ministerial level
Established
2004Based in
BRUSSELS
140 staffconnected with
2,500 experts in
Member StatesEDA Chief
Executive
Jorge
DOMECQ
www.eda.europa.eu6
SUPPORT
the development
of key
capabilities
structuring
European
defence
STIMULATE
defence R&T
to prepare the
capabilities of
tomorrow
and support
the EDTIB
EDA priority workstrands
ENSURE
that military
interests are
taken into
account in wider
EU policies
www.eda.europa.eu7
Background
• Initial study in 2012 which has identified 110 European
clusters which were working also in the defence sector,
• In 2013, integration of information related to those clusters in
the Defence Procurement Gateway- Per pMS, access to clusters website
- Contact table with sector identification
• November 2014- EDA, EC and EURADA co-organised a
workshop on Strengthening Europe’s Defence Industry: Dual
use and smart clustering- Participation of more than 150 people
- Cluster to Cluster networking sessions
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AGENDA
• 10h00 – 10h15 Opening remarks by EDA
• 10h15 – 10h50 The European Defence Action Plan (EDAP) and the
European Commission’s actions in support of defence-
related SMEs, clusters and regions by EC
• 10h50 – 11h40 EDA support to Defence R+T+I
• 10h50 Innovation, the DNA of EDA: reinforcing the EDTIB by EDA
• 11h10 Preparatory Action, how to engage Cluster’s members in the
European dynamic? by EDA
• 11h40 – 12h00 Coffee break
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AGENDA
• 12h00 – 13h00 EDA support to Defence Industry
• 12h00 How to enhance EDA-industry engagement by EDA
• 12h30 Access to European Structural and Investment Funds: lessons
learnt (R&T) and new area of EDA engagement (ESF for KSC) by
EDA
• 13h00 – 13h40 Light lunch
• 13h40 – 14h00 COSME opportunities for defence-related SMEs and
clusters by EDA
• 14h00 – 14h15 Wrap-up by EDA
• 14h15 – 14h30 Coffee break
• 14h30 - 17h30 Matchmaking session (B5)
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Matchmaking session – per ClusterMS Name of the clusters Website
BE Flemish Aerospace Group [FLAG] www.flag.be
BE Skywin www.skywin.be
BG Cluster Aero-Space technologies, Research and Applications [CASTRA] www.castra.org
DK Center for Defence, Space and Security [CenSec] www.censec.dk
EE Defence and Security Innovation Cluster [DSIC] www.defence.ee
EL Hellenic Space Technologies and Applications Cluster [si-Cluster] www.si-cluster.gr/en
ES Basque Aerospace Cluster (As. Cluster de Aeronáutica y Espacio del País Vasco - HEGAN) www.hegan.aero
ES Madrid Aerospace Cluster [MAC] www.madridaerospace.es
FR SAFE Cluster www.safecluster.com
FR Pôle d’excellence cyber -
FR Optitec www.pole-optitec.com
FR Pole Mer Bretagne Atlantique [PMBA] www.pole-mer-bretagne-atlantique.com
FR Pôle Mer Méditerranée www.polemermediterranee.com/
LT National Defence Industry Ass. (Nacionalinės gynybos pramonės asociacija - NGPA) www.ngpa.lt
LV Cluster of Security and Defence of Latvia [CSDL] http://federacija.lv/lv/ klasteris-0
PL Cluster for Rescue, Safety and Civil and Environment Protection www.klasterratownictwa.pl/en/
UK Midlands Aerospace Alliance [MAA] www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk
EDAP and EC’s actions in support of defence-related SMEs, clusters and regions
by Paul Anciaux & Christophe Guichard, EC/DG GROWTH
ENTR F
Workshop European opportunities for defence-related clusters
Brussels – 28 March 2017
Paul AnciauxEuropean Commission, Directorate General for InternalMarket, Industry, Entrepreneurship & SMEsDefence, Aeronautics and Maritime Industries Unit
EDAP and European Commission's actions in support of defence-
related SMEs, clusters and regions
Does not represent an official legal opinion of the European Commission
European Defence Action Plan
• Focus on defence capability needs and support to the European Defence Industry
• Three main pillars
Launching a European Defence Fund
Fostering investments in defence supply chains
Reinforcing the single market for defence
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Fostering investments in defence supply chains
• Access to finance for SMEs and investments in the defence sector [COSME]
• Strengthen the support of EU funds to investment in defence [ESIF]
• Encourage the development of regional clusters of excellence
• Supporting skills in defence
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Dual use products, services and technologies can address the needs of
both defence and civil communities
Dual use guide available in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish –online & printed
http://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/defence/industrial-policy/smes/index_en.htm
What is dual use?
• SMEs participating in defence markets today are (almost) exclusively involved in dual-use activities
• Armed Forces rely increasingly on development of civil industrial products and technologies
• Growing # of research & technologies for multiple applications: nano-electronics, unmanned systems, synthetic biology, big data, 3D printing, etc.
• In 2013 licensed exports of dual use products amounted to €48 billion. This represented 3.1% of total extra-EU exports.
Why dual use?
EUROPEAN STRUCTURAL & INVESTMENT FUNDS (ESIF)
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• ESIF may be used in defence sector as long as they contribute to objectives of the fund
• ERDF may fund defence activities and dual-use activities in research and innovation, as part of a smart specialisation strategy
• Commission will promote funding opportunities through ESIF to the benefit of defence stakeholders & prepare a guidance paper
EDAP
Forum for regional organisations & clusters to exchange information and share best practices
Info on access to funding at EU level
Organisation of events
ENDR
ENDR
Dual use Cyber security strategies symposium
Rennes, 23-24 November 2016
EDAP's new opportunities for regions workshop
Brussels, 9 March 2017
Maritime and Defence Dual-use conference
Southampton, 4-5 April 2017
Dual-Use Conference 2017 – Drones & Space
Aarhus, 4-5 May 2017
ENDR
Roadmap (collect best practices, way forward)
Technical workshop for ENDR members –26 October 2017
Possible extension and strengthening of activities ENDR 2018-2019
ENDR
COSME
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COSME Financial Instruments
• Budget: 60% - over €1.3 billion
• Overall target is to provide support to up to 330 000 SMEs
• Debt and equity financial instrument for SMEs:
Loan Guarantee Facility (LGF)
Equity Facility for Growth (EFG)
Support to existing and new ESCPs
Call open until 23 May 2017
More info: https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/cosme/calls/cos-clusint-2016-03-01.html
Support to partnerships in area of dual use :
Call expected for Q3 2017
European Strategic Cluster Partnerships
EEN
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Enterprise Europe Network -Services for SMEs
International Partnership Services
• Business cooperation, technology transfer, innovation and research projects – and related activities: matchmaking events, technology brokerage and company missions;
• Partnership Opportunities Database with 10 000 cooperation demands and offers.
Information & Advisory Services
• EU policies, legislation and programs;
• Innovation support services, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR);
• Access to international markets;
• Access to finance;
• Horizon 2020 participation, SME Instrument;
• Resource efficiency.
Feedback from SMEs concerning EU initiatives, EU legislation
EEN
EEN Global Presence
full list on: http://een.ec.europa.eu
625 partner organisations4.500 professional advisers450.000 companies helped / Year2.500 signed agreements / Year
EU Member States
AlbaniaIcelandArmeniaFYROM
MontenegroTurkeyMoldovaSerbia
Buss. Cooperation
Russia
New Zealand
Japan
China
Switzerland
Brazil
Norway
Egypt
Israel
Singapore
Taiwan
Bosnia-Herz.
Paraguay
*not funded by EU
Centres*
Indonesia
Canada
Argentina
S-Korea
United States
Peru
India
Serbia
Mexico
Tunisia
Belarus
Chile
Ukraine
EEN
Awareness campaign
• Develop brochures and video clip to show successful cases of SMEs taking advantage of EU funding for dual use
• Raise awareness among SMEs and other stakeholders & highlight increased funding opportunities presented by EDAP
• Disseminate via Enterprise Europe Network in 2nd half of 2017
SKILLS
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Support on skills
• European Defence Action Plan
• … need to retain key skills and acquire new ones to be able to deliver high-tech defence products and services …
New Skills Agenda for Europe
… need for sector-specific skills solutions …
Blueprint for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills
Defence is one of the pilot sectors
Support on skills
Sector Skills Alliances project (Erasmus+)
• Expected to set up an industry-led European defence skills partnership and solve imminent skills gaps (call for proposals, €4 M / 4 years)
COSME project on defence-related skills
Expected to complete data, deliver the sector's strategy on skills and engage stakeholders (call for tenders, €800,000 / 1 year)
ESIF: actions are expected to roll-out at national level (e.g. European Regional Fund)
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European Network of Defence-related Regions
http://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/defence/industrial-policy/smes/index_en.htm
European Commission Defence SME-pages
http://www.endr.eu
Thank you for your attention!
European Commission's actions in support of defence-related SMEs, clusters and regions
Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
EDA Workshop for Defence-related clusters
28 March 2017, Brussels
Christophe Guichard
Team leader Cluster internationalisation
Unit GROW.F2 – Clusters, Social Economy & Entrepreneurship
Focus of European cluster policy
Clusters accelerators for innovation and
industrial change
Cluster excellence
International cluster
cooperation
PME
Promoting international cluster cooperation
Cluster Internationalisation Programme for SMEs (COSME, €19m)
European Cluster Collaboration Platform
• The hub connecting clusters across Europe and beyond.
• Over 500 cluster organisations profiled !!!
International cluster matchmaking events in third countries and Europe
• 6 Events in 2016 with: US, Taiwan, Iran, Mexico, Brazil & EU stakeholders
• 5 events planned in 2017: US, Taiwan, possibly India
European Strategic Cluster Partnerships – Going International (ESCP-4i)
• "Clusters Go International" call promoting SME internaliationalistion towards 3rd countries
• 15 Cluster partnerships implementing joint strategies to go international
Supporting SME internationalisation through clusters
The European Cluster Collaboration Platform -ECCPThe Platform Connecting Cluster Organisations
ECCP is a service facility aiming to provide cluster organisations modern tools to:
•map and profile cluster organisations across Europe (and beyond) - currently over 500 organisations
•make efficient use of networking instruments (search/find potential partners and opportunities)
•develop collaboration trans-nationally (within Europe) and internationally (beyond Europe)
•support the emergence of new value chains through cross-sectorial cooperation
•access the latest information on cluster events and development in Europe and third countries
•support policy dialogues with third countries (eg. EU-US Cluster Cooperation Arrangement)
The European Cluster Collaboration Platform -ECCPThe Platform Connecting Cluster Organisations
www.clustercollaboration.eu
2016
• EU-USA Event, Hannover Messe, 25-26 April 2016
Focus: Advanced manufacturing, industrial automation, environmental technology, etc.
Participation of over 75 EU and US clusters / EDOs with 250 face-to-face meetings scheduled
• Taiwan -EU Event, ICT Fair Computex, Taipei, 30 May-3 June 2016
Participation of 23 EU clusters - 120 one-to-one meetings with Taiwanese organisations
• Iran – EU event, EU Economic Mission led by Commissioner Bienkowska, 17-19 Oct. 2016
Focus: automotive and mobility, tourims and sports, textile, biotech and green tech
Participation of 14 EU clusters and 60 Iran organisations – 7 industrial site visits
• Mexico – EU event, Green Expo, 25-27 October 2016
Focus: Renewable energy, Energy efficiency, Waste management, Wastewater management
Participation of 38 EU clusters and Mexican organisations - in cooperation with the Low CarbonBusiness Action (funded under FPI, EEAS)
• EU – Brazil Event, Pollutec, Lyon, 28-30 November 2016
Participation of 35 EU clusters and Brazil organisations – Green technologies
• EU Cluster Event, Brussels, 30 November 2016 - prior to the European Cluster Conference 2016
Participation of 115 EU clusters across 21 European countries – 500 one-to-one meetings
International Cluster Match-making Events
2017
• EU Cluster Mission to the USA, 15-19 May 2017
US-EU Cluster Matchmaking Event, TechConnect World Innovation Conference, Washington D.C., 16-17 May 2017
Cluster visits to Boston, Philadelphia and Washington D.C.
Focus: Nanotech, Advanced manufacturing and processing, Advanced materials, Biotech, Energy and sustainability, Electronics and microsystems, etc.
• EU – Taiwan Cluster Matchmaking Event, Brussels, 26-27 June 2017
Participation of 23 EU clusters - 120 one-to-one meetings with Taiwanese organisations
• Others: India, Paris Air Show (tbc)
International Cluster Match-making Events
• Support the establishment of European Strategic Cluster
Partnerships - Going International (ESCP-4i)
• "ESCP-4i" main characteristics:
minimum 3 cluster organisations
to develop and implement a joint internationalisation strategy fostering complementarities in a
thematic area, promoting notably cross-sectoral cooperation
to facilitate internationalisation of SME members in third markets in view to support growth and
employment in Europe
to set up a partnership agreement to develop common actions and implementation roadmap with a
L.T. cooperation agenda
• Award of the "ESCP-4i" label based on results of the "Cluster Go International" call
all consortia to be funded and put on a reserve list under phase 1 and 2 of this action;
• 1st round of ESCP-4i started in January 2016
"Clusters Go International" Call - COSME
"Clusters Go International" call - COSME
o Phase 1: Preparatory phase - tailored to support the establishment of
European Strategic Cluster Partnerships for Going International
=> Joint strategy and roadmap for implementation
o Phase 2: Implementation phase - aimed at supporting the further development
of the European Strategic Cluster Partnerships for Going International
=> Cooperation building with international partners
o New calls 2017
Publication on 21 March – Deadline 23 May(Total budget: 5,79M€)
Phase 1: Open to all sectors + 2 partnerships reserved on the Earth Observation
downstream market and various application domains
Publication planned in Q3 2017 : For partnerships reserved on dual use
technologies in the defence and security sector
European Strategic Cluster Partnerships –Going International (ESCP-4i)
Others: Korea, Taiwan, North & West Africa, ASEAN, Gulf/Middle East
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Other Latin…
MEXICO
CANADA
INDIA
CHINA
JAPAN
BRAZIL
USA
Main target countries
Overall, 15 EU Cluster Partnerships "Go international" (+ 10 non-funded)
involving: 80 European cluster organisations
10,000 SMEs across 23 European countries
List of European StrategicCluster Partnerships – GoingInternational (ESCP-4i)
http://www.clustercollaboration.eu/escp-list
More information
• EU Cluster Portal:
• http://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/cluster/
• European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP)
• http://www.clustercollaboration.eu/
• @Clusters_EU
• European Strategic Cluster Partnerships – Going International
• http://www.clustercollaboration.eu/eu-cluster-partnerships
• COSME calls
• https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/cosme
• Thank you for your attention
EDA support to Defence R+T+I
Innovation, the DNA of EDA: reinforcing the EDTIB
by Panagiotis KIKIRAS
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Dimensions of innovationThere are several types of innovation
- Process, product/service, strategy,
which can vary in degree of newness:
- Incremental to radical,
and impact:
continuous to discontinuous
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Conditions for succesfull InnovationSeveral trends align to change the conditions for successful
innovation
• Innovation increasingly relies on effective interaction between the
science base and the business sector.
• Networking and collaboration among firms are now more
important than in the past
• Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), especially new
technology-based firms, have a more important role in the
development and diffusion of new technologies
• The globalisation of economies is making countries’ innovation
systems more interdependent
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Drivers for innovation (Schumpeter approach)- Financial pressures to reduce costs, increase efficiency, do more with
less, etc
- Increased competition
- Shorter product life cycles
- Value migration
- Stricter regulation
- Industry and community needs for sustainable development
- Increased demand for accountability
- Demographic, social and maket changes
- Rising customer expectations regarding service and quality
- Changing economy
- Greater availability of potentially useful technologies coupled with a need to exceed the competition in these technologies
Which are relevant to
Defence
environment?
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Key Challenges 1/3• Defence R&T budgets are shrinking and thus
‒ Production of new collaborative projects is suffering
‒ Less projects are developed
‒ Minimum number of countries are participating in collaborative research
‒ Limited participation / interest of industry
RTO’s / SME’s whenever possible demonstrating interest (e.g Pilot Project – JIP
programs) but in general do not actively participating
Nevertheless the trend seems to be reverting
This year the number and volume of collaborative projects seems to be increasing
• Existing SRA’s are fragmented and coordinated capability driven research is limited/
missing
- OSRA will close this gap assuring the coordination and direct linkage with capabilities
- Nevertheless, it is still needed an “authoritative instrument” to validate OSRA
prioritization
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Key Challenges 2/3• Technological innovation rapidly disrupts the military domain
- New non-traditional defence technology providers are emerging out of the traditional
supply chains.
• New emerging funding instruments are disrupting the traditional national – bilateral –
collaborative funding models.
- Need to add another dimension to prioritization – from capability /time to
capability/available funding instrument/time
Risk
Cost
Value
Capability Development
Prioritization Model
Pri
ori
ty
Time
Pri
ori
ty
Time
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Key Challenges 3/3• The cost of acquiring new technology is rising
- Need to rethink technology acquisition strategies
• Keep national critical components, seek collaboration for the rest
• Opportunity for innovative modular architectures
• Discrepancy between RT and acquisition, resource, and requirements communities in
terms of understanding of the technological advances
- Leads to the famous “valley of death”
- Not optimal planning / resource spending
- Funding Gap between R&T and Dev is a
“no-win”situation
Bridge the Valley
of Death
Capability
commissioning
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Approaching Innovation in defence
• Should we look apart from R&T for?
- Innovations in military doctrine/operations
- Innovations in “military systems”
- Innovations in military logistics and support
- Innovations in military acquisition and systems design
- Importance of process and organisational change
• Pain points to be considered
- The effects of defence R&D investment – the relationship between defence and civilian innovation
- Procurement reform and defence R&D
- Defence research facilities and primes have a history of isolation
• Innovation requires extroversion by default. Can we learn from similar sectors e.g Energy?
- Dual use / spin in / …how do we move forward given the fact that defence industries might be
reluctant to embrace the concept?
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EDA’s toolbox to foster Defence R&T&I
R&T Management Tools:
Identification of technologies - Technology Watch and Foresight.
Technology assessment - Critical Defence Technologies.
R&T priorities are defined in Overarching Strategic Research
Agenda.
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Technology Assessment
Technology Prioritization
CapTechs Assessment for
SRAs/OSRA
CDTs Assessment by
CapTechs
Tech Watch
Tech Foresight
Horizon Scan.
Network of
ExpertsOSRA
SRAs
Technology Identification
In detail:Comprehensive R&T&I Planning to support pMS
CDTs List
Stakeholders: CapTechs members, pMS R&T Experts, R&T PoCs, R&T Directors, Industry, Operatives, CDP, etc.
Stakeholders: open to EC, NATO, ESA
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Overarching Strategic research Agenda (OSRA) & CapTechs SRAs
• Develop a solid systematic approach (architecture) to be
used by EDA CapTechs for:
- the development of Strategic Research Agendas (SRAs), and
- Overarching Strategic Research Agenda,
• Implement the architecture produced:
- Providing a harmonized view of the current Strategic Research
Agendas (SRAs),
- Developing the Overarching Strategic Research Agenda (OSRA)
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Our approach on Military Technological Innovation
Innovation in Defenceis targeting the creation of Military Value a.k.a in delivering Military Capabilities
Military innovation may not require high technology: Low – tech expedients may suffice if coupled with creative operational or tactical concepts
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Defence Innovation: a Capability Driven Approach
Future ScenariosEmerging
Threats
Present
Requirements
Short Term Mid Term Long Term
Military
needs
Future Technologies
(high risk, high investment)
Emerging Technologies
(maturation of existing, investment in technology
insertion)
Ready to market solutions
(Capabilities, Platforms, Systems)
Technol
ogies
Today
Innovation Target = Closing the gap
between Future Scenarios Capability
needs and Existing Technologies
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Establishing an innovation environmentStructured process to drive innovation is a prerequisite
Innovation Action plan
Promote innovation
culture
Engage with research, innovation
and industrial stakeholders in line with
provisions of Annex 2
Implement and measure
innovation activities
Establish idea acquisition
and management
processes
Lightweight innovation framework
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Initiatives to be launched in 2017
Ca
pTe
ch • Technology
foresight workshops
• Design thinking workshops
• Systematic identification of innovators
• Extension of communities
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w a
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s • Proposal for new tech fields to be included in the next Captechrevision
• Areas – big data, machine learning, IoT, AI
Inn
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acilit
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on • Innovation in
Defence Challenges
• Innovation demonstrators
• Inside exercises
Preparatory Action, how to engage Cluster’s members in the European dynamic?
by Dirk TIELBUERGER
Background of the Preparatory ActionPreparatory Action Defence Research
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Pilot ProjectPreparatory Action DR
EDRP in next MFF*
Timeline
Background of the Preparatory Action
2015-2016 2017-2019 2021-
*Multi-annual Financial Framework
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Acronym TopicConsortium
leaderGrant Duration
EuroSWARM
Unmanned
Heterogeneous Swarm
of Sensor Platforms
Cranfield
University434,000€ 12 months
SPIDER
Inside Building
Awareness and
Navigation for Urban
Warfare
Tekever 433,225€ 12 months
TRAWA
Standardisation of
Remotely Piloted
Aircraft System (RPAS)
Detect and Avoid
NLR 433,292€ 18 months
Pilot Project: 3 research activities funded
Background of the Preparatory Action
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The Goal of the PA
Background of the Preparatory Action
• Preparatory Action on defence research is to test and prepare a
thematic programme for defence research at EU level
• Preparatory Action to be launched in 2017
• Under European Commission
EDA’S contribution :
• Bring expertise on capability development
and defence research through capability
development planning and strategic
research agenda setting
• Upstream role: platform for discussion
among defence experts and refinement of
topics for work-programme
• Implementation
• Downstream role: exploitation of results
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• President Juncker stresses importance of security & defence at EU level
• HR/VP Mogherini presents the EU Global Strategy for the EU's Foreign and Security Policy
• European External Action Service: Implementation Plan
• Commission Communication: European Defence Action Plan
Also: GoP Group of Personalities report was issued in February 2016
Preparatory Action: policy context (2016)
Background of the Preparatory Action
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Preparatory Action: timetable, budget and objectives
Background of the Preparatory Action
• Start 2017
• Duration: 3 years: 2017- 2019
• Budget: Commission requested total budget of
90 million euro. (subject to yearly decisions)
2017 budget: 25 million euro
Ob
jecti
ves • Demonstrate and assess added-value of EU-
supported defence R&T
• Results should foster further cooperation between MoDs and between EU defenceindustries
• Prepare for a basic act to launch a substantial defence research programmefrom 2021 onwards
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• January – March 2017:
- Rules of Participation, concluded
- Work-programme, concluded
- Security Instructions (draft status, MS to comment)
- Model Grant Agreement (final draft soon)
- Description of Tasks and Tasks Management (final draft soon)
- Delegation Agreement (final draft soon)
• April 2017: (tbc) Communication of Commission on PA
• May-June 2017: Launch of the first Call
• September 2017: Evaluation of proposals
• End of 2017: Signature of 1st grant agreement(s)
Preparatory Action: next steps
Work Programme 2017
Work Programme 2017Preparatory Action Defence Research
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• 3 years: yearly calls (and yearly budget)
Structure of the PA
Work Programme 2017
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Defence Research
Demonstrator Project2017
Critical Defence Technologies
Future and Emerging
Disruptive Technologies2017
Standardisation and
Interoperability
Strategic Technology Foresight, Modalities 2017
Rules of ParticipationPreparatory Action Defence Research
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• Consortia: min 3 MS (or Norway) and 3 entities
• Participation: legal entities established in EU Member States or
Norway only
• Activities of the project carried on territory of EU or Norway
• Funding: 100% direct eligible costs + indirect costs (flat rate of
25% of direct eligible costs)
• IPR: results owned by participants
• Special Report: extra deliverable to inform national authorities on
research performed (to assess + to draw up specifications)
• Experts in the evaluation: validation of MoD
Rules adopted under silence procedure
Rules of Participation
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• PA coordination meetings in 2017 with pMS
• Delegation Agreement between EDA and EC
• Set up of IT tools to support submission of proposals
• Publish first call May/June 2017
• Organise the evaluation
• Negotiate and sign Grant Agreements end 2017
Next steps for EDA
Coffee break
EDA support to Defence Industry and RTOs
How to enhance EDA-industry engagementby Isabelle DESJEUX
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Background• Evolving environment
- June 2016 European Union Global Strategy calls for a structured dialogue with
defence industry to ensure “a solid European defence, technological and
industrial base …”.
- November 2016 European Defence Action Plan “contributes to ensuring that
the European defence industrial base is able to meet Europe’s current and
future security needs and, …“
• Need for EDA to assess and rethink its interaction with industry.
• Process
- Internal assessment presented & discussed with Member States in October
2016
- FfT paper’s questions presented to Member States and Industry in November
2016
- Recommendations proposed to Member States in February 2017 which will be
endorsed in May 2017
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Objectives
1. To act as interface towards wider EU policies by sharing
with industry information on EU regulations/policies, …;
2. To support access to EU funding;
3. To maximise defence industry involvement in R&T projects
and development of capabilities;
4. To share with defence industry the evolution of European
defence requirements, in particular the EU capability
development priorities resulting from the CDP; and
5. To analyse and collect information on the EDTIB and
defence industrial capabilities.
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Principles
A. Increased transparency towards industry on EDA
activities, processes and practices;
B. Inclusive approach in respect of industrial interlocutors;
C. Coherent use of EDA for a and tools to interact and
communicate with industry;
D. Coordination of internal processes, practices and actions
towards industry; and
E. Enhanced output and effectiveness through better focus.
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EDA & Industry engagement – Capability development
• Capability development process
- Capability Development Plan: To consult industry to provide inputs
about technological and industrial challenges and expected
development to support the CDP update and to inform industry on
long term perspectives
- Exercises: To incrementally offer opportunities for industry to test
concepts and equipment within the existing EDA exercise programme
through technology demonstrator projects and in the medium term to
develop the ‘joint exercise’ concept.
- EDA to continue to act a facilitator of the military views in
SES/SESAR
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EDA & Industry engagement – Research & Technology, Innovation
• Defence research prioritization:
- Industry involvement in the Defence Research Prioritisation
process by extending (mandate and membership) of the existing
fora.
• Innovation:
- Interaction with innovative companies that are not traditionally
present at the defence sector.
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EDA & Industry engagement – KSA
• Key Strategic Activities at EU level:
- The identification of KSA, based on Capability Development Plan
and the Overarching Strategic Research Agenda, is a top down
process.
- Inputs from industry will be actively sought in order to refine the
findings and benefit from industrial knowledge of the state of skills
and manufacturing capabilities in Europe.
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EDA & Industry engagement – Support to industry
• To support the depth and diversity of the defence supply chain and
industry competitiveness as well as to strengthen the European
Defence Technological and Industrial Base, the EDA will continue,
among others:
- to develop concrete means and tools to improve information sharing to industry,
- to support building cross-border partnerships and
- To support industry to benefit from available EU tools.
• Support to SMEs will remain one of the key areas
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Current EDA support to Industry
• Network : Defence Supply Chain Network
• Publication:
- Newsletter - News Review for Industry
- Handbook: SME handbook
• Information
- Defence Procurement Gateway
- SME Corner
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Defence Supply Chain Network
• Objectives
- Improve information sharing
• To improve information sharing on best practices within the industrial community
and in relation to potential business opportunities.
• To update participants on the industry-related activities of both the EDA and EC.
- Facilitating Supply Chain Discussions
• To facilitate discussions regarding supply chain efficiency, supply chain
collaboration, research & development, and competitiveness of the supply chain.
- Encouraging Cross-Border Participation
• To encourage and enhance cross-border participation in programmes and
cooperation on innovative research and technologies.
• Membership:
- ASD
- NDIA : from all EU pMS (including DK and NO)
- Selection of defence-related clusters
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News Review for Industry• Objective:
- To inform European defence industries
of relevant EDA/EC industrial related
activities & actions
• Format
- 1 page document with embedded link
to EDA/EC websites
- To be sent on a monthly basis
• Recipients
- ASD, NDIAs, defence-related clusters
- Industry met
- Industry in various database
• First edition : mid January 2016
• To become a recipient
- Contact: [email protected]
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Handbook for defence-related SMEs
• Published in March 2016
- To provide defence-related SMEs with simple, smart and short advice on how to get
easier access to the defence market in the four main areas: defence procurement,
supply chain, access to finance and support to innovation;
- https://www.eda.europa.eu/docs/default-source/eda-publications/eda-smes-2016-
hd
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EU Procurement Opportunities (H2020,
Frontex, EASME, EMITS, EU Sat center,
EMSA, ENISA, EEAS, EASA)
CSO platform
National portals
OCCAR
TED
EDA Procurement Gateway
Tab
e-QUIP
CODABA
Procurement Gateway Tab
If you are Industry
or RTO
If you are
Government
EDA Procurement
D2004
D2009/81 + Guidelines + Comm
FP Regulation / H2020
D2009/43
Court cases (national + EU)
Legal articles
Infringement cases
EDA Market &
Industry policies
EU Regulation/policies
Information
EDA Procurement
rules & policies
Code of Conduct on DP, Code of
BPSC Code of Offsets
Code of Conduct P&S
SME Guidelines
Procurement Regulations
Model contracts
R&T Projects User guide
EPM Policy
Procurement
http://www.eda.europa.eu/procurement-biz
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EDA Industry Matters Tab
National directory
Industry / RTOs
directory
Procurement training
& Conferences
EDA Specific portalsEDSIS, EDSTAR
SoS
REACh
Defence Data
National policies / regulations
Regional Industrial Portals & Clusters
ASD/NDIA links
Defence Industry Directory
Workshops, conferences
Announcement for Procurement
training
Industry Matters Tab
DirectoriesIndustry
Competitiveness
Research &
Technology
R&T Projects User guide
Links to Grants page
Link to CapTechs page
Funding mechanisms page
SME CornerInformation & News
News Review for
Industry
Industrial studies
http://www.eda.europa.eu/industry-info
Access to European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF):
lessons learnt (R&T) and new area of EDA engagement (KSC)
by Pierre Di TORO & Darius SAVOLSKIS
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5 Funds: ERDF + ESF + CF + EAFR + EMFF = ESIF
(EAFR)
(CF)(EMFF)
“Structural Funds” ≈ € 190 (ERDF) + 85 (ESF) bn ≈ € 275 bn
≈ € 450 bn
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European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
ERDF can actually support defence-related activities/projects
(both preparation and management) concerning
• products, processes or technology R&D+I,
• machineries/intangible assets purchase,
• consultancy services,
• protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) and related activities,
• matchmaking events,
• (foreign) fairs and exhibition participation,
• incubators, demonstration centres,
• dissemination activities, ….
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60%
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79%(€ 1,75 Mn) (€ 2,2 Mn)
“Intruder Detection And Avoid System”(IDAAS)
2016
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(EAFR)
(CF)(EMFF)
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ESIF’s “Interreg” Transnational programmes
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www.eda.europa.eu/esifguideEDA’s guide for defence and dual-use R&T projects
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Capacity building seminars in 15 MS
(1550 experts
since 2013)
2016:
ESIF +
COSME
2013-15:
ESIF
2017:
ESIF +
COSME + PA
+ EDA’s ‘Ad
Hocs’
Key Skills and Competences
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Key Skills and Competences (KSC) for Defence
• Background- Pressure on defence budgets, lower number of new programmes, ageing
workforce- risk of skills base erosion;
- EU Council 2013 (‚... stresses the need to further develop the necessary
skills identified as essential to the future of the European defence
industry);
- EDA mapping key European defence skills and competences (study
commissioned, finalised in 2015);
• Current actions- Developing a KSC element within the EDA ESIF mechanism and
launching EDA technical assistance on key skills and competences
related projects with regard to the European Social Fund (2017);
- Analysis on key skills and competences in the Government (MoD)
domain (study commissioned, 2017);
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Output of the EDA KSC study
1. Taxonomy of skills and competences required by the
defence sector and distinguishing which skills are critical for
each defence domain;
2. The supply and demand side of key skills and competences
(current procurement, maintenance and upgrade
programmes vs. European-wide courses and programmes
which promote skills for defence);
3. Prioritised list of skills and competences considering
importance to industry, uniqueness to defence, the
relevance to the CDP Priority Actions, and any anticipated
gaps in availability
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Example of KSC taxonomy for KSC
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List of prioritised key skills (I)
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List of prioritised key skills (II)
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New area of EDA’s engagement re ESIF
• European Social Fund (ESF) in support of
Key Skills and Competencies (KSC) in defence
EDA about to address MoDs in order
to foster and gather nationally
projects-fact-sheets enhancing KSC.
Closing the “skills gap” by training
for productive KSC, linked to
concrete defence job opportunities
EDA will select some pilot projects
to develop fully and free-of–
charge by an EDA’s contractor,
according to ESF rule, when
applying to ESF calls
Light lunch
COSME opportunities for
defence-related SMEs and clusters
by Pierre Di TORO
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LONG-TERM LOANS FOR SMEsProvided by financial intermediaries
ELIGIBLE SMEs
(1) An "EU Defence SME": i.e., a defence SME involved in EU programmes / projects / activities
(e.g., the Common Security and Defence Policy - CSDP);
(2) a "Dual-use SME": i.e., a defence-related SME whose “survival” (financial viability) does not
rely essentially on military activity/market
(however, a financial intermediary always reserves the right to reject any application).
• Eligible transactions:
loans with a high-risk profile (e.g.: less collateral; longer maturity).
• Amount of a loan:
≤ €150.000 for every SME;
> €150.000 for SMEs not qualifying for "SME InnovFin Guarantee" (a Horizon 2020
financial instrument).
• Products:
wide range
(e.g., working capital, investment loans, subordinated loans, bank guarantees, leasing)
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Clear bottleneck:
too few banks financing for sure
defence SMEs!
-> 2017: study mapping
«defence-friendly banks»
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- ENTERPRISE EUROPE NETWORK (EEN) -
DUAL-USE SECTOR GROUPS‘ MEMBERS/POINTS OF CONTACT
(in native language)
EEN may provide dual-use SMEs with free-of-charge services:
- Support packages for innovation(http://een.ec.europa.eu/content/support-packages-innovative-smes)
- Technology transfer(http://een.ec.europa.eu/content/technology-transfer)
- Access to finance(http://een.ec.europa.eu/content/access-finance)
- Information on EU law and standards(http://een.ec.europa.eu/content/advice-eu-law-and-standards)
- Advice on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)(http://een.ec.europa.eu/content/intellectual-property-rights-iprs)
- Speak-up on EU law(http://een.ec.europa.eu/content/speak-eu-law)
- Research funding(http://een.ec.europa.eu/content/research-funding)
- Going international(http://een.ec.europa.eu/about/about)
N.B.: the possible exploitation of dual-use technologies within the EEN mandate can
only include business or technology profiles that already have a civilian purpose.
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- ACCESS TO MARKETS -
FUNDING FOR CROSS-BORDER CLUSTER PARTNERSHIPS
The European Executive Agency for SMEs (EASME,
https://ec.europa.eu/easme/ ) publishes calls for proposals
under the COSME programme to fund cluster partnerships' activities.
ELIGIBLE CLUSTERS - REQUIREMENTS
(a) Defence-related cluster organisations with a legal status (non-for-profit or for-profit).
Additionally,
(b) cluster/business network organisations supporting their SMEs as "innovation clusters"
[as in "Framework for State Aid for research and development and innovation" (2014/C
198/01), Sec. 1.3, 15(s)]: i.e.,
"stimulate innovative activity by promoting sharing of facilities and exchanges of
knowledge and expertise and by contributing effectively to knowledge transfer,
information dissemination and collaboration”.
N,B.:
Innovation clusters shall register on the European Cluster Collaboration Platform
(http://www.clustercollaboration.eu) before applying COSME calls.
A defence-related cluster can register in the category "Aerospace Vehicles and Defence"
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Sectoral industry: “Aerospace Vehicles and Defence”(currently 42 clusters)
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Call “CLUSTER GO INTERNATIONAL”(COS-CLUSINT-2016-03-01 1A)
DDL: 23 May 2017
OBJECTIVE: intensify cluster and business network collaboration across European
countries … and to support the establishment of European strategic cluster
partnerships [“ESCP-4i”].
DELIVERABLES (strands 1.a, 1.b): a joint internationalisation strategy, comprising …
- a plan, exploiting synergies with the interregional activities (e.g., INTERREG, ESIF);
- an implementation roadmap … facilitating SME members’ internationalisation.
GRANT per PROJECT: max. € 200,000 (strands 1.a and 1.b).
FUNDED PROPOSALS (tot. expected for strands 1.a, 1.b): no. 11.
REIMBURSEMENT RATE: grants covering max. 75% of eligible costs.
ELIGIBLE CONSORTIA: min. 3 partners from 3 countries (min. 2 EU).
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 12-24 months.
[N.B.: the specific “defence-oriented” call has
not been published yet: July-Sept. 2017?]
Thank you for your attention!
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Pierre DI TORO
Policy Officer
Wider EU Policies - Access to EU Funding
Wrap-upby Tarja JAAKKOLA
Coffee break
Matchmaking session: C2C
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Logistics
• C2C will be held in B5
• 5 tables are made available (A to E)
• Agenda is available: do not hesitate to ask EDA staff