Opportunities offered by the EU's Research Programme 'Horizon 2020' for research and Innovation on Water

Florent Bernard, Ph.D.Directorate General for Research and InnovationEuropean Commission

Research and Innovation

- S&T Agreement

- FP7 calls: 41 mln € - 326 projects- FP7 co-funded joint calls: 60 mln €

- computational materials science, - food and nutrition research, - solar energy research,- water related challenges

- Horizon 2020: open to the world + ERA NETs + JPIs co-funding mechanism?

- EU–India Joint Declaration on Research and Innovation Cooperation Building an Indo-European Research and Innovation Partnership Group of Senior Officials (GSO)

Platform of Funders: INNO INDIGO

Opportunities for the water sector in Horizon 2020

EU major policy drivers for research and innovation in the water sector in the

context of Horizon 2020

Innovation Union Flagship Initiative - European Innovation Partnership on Water

Resource Efficiency Flagship Initiative Eco-Innovation Action Plan EU water related policies (Blueprint to safeguard Europe’s

waters) Joint Programming Initiative "'Water challenges in a

Changing World“ Water related ETPs (WssTP, SusChem) and PPPs (SPIRE)

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What is Horizon 2020?

• €70.2 billion* billion research and innovation funding programme (2014-2020)

• Coupling research to innovation – "from research to retail", all forms of innovation

• Focus on societal challenges facing EU society, e.g. health,clean energy and transport

• *2011 constant prices

Health, demographic change and wellbeing 7 472Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the Bioeconomy

3 851

Secure, clean and efficient energy 5 931Smart, green and integrated transport 6 339Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials

3 081

Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies 1 310

Secure societies 1 695Science with and for society 462Spreading excellence and widening participation 816

Funding of Societal Challenges (in € million, 2014-2020)

Water in Horizon 2020A key component of Societal Challenge 5: Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw

materials

•Objective of Societal Challenge 5: •"to achieve a resource – and water – efficient and climate change resilient economy and society, the protection and sustainable management of natural resources and ecosystems, and a sustainable supply and use of raw materials, in order to meet the needs of a growing global population within the sustainable limits of the planet's natural resources and eco-systems."

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Research and Innovation

SC5 Work Programme 2014-2015 SC5 Work Programme 2014-2015 Focus AreaFocus Area

Water innovation: Boosting its value for Water innovation: Boosting its value for Europe Europe

Reinforcing water innovation capacity and market uptake of successful research resultsBoost the competitiveness and growth of European water sectorCreate leadership in water resources management and positioning Europe as a global market leader in water related innovative solutionsSupport the needs of relevant EU water, innovation and resource efficient policies, international commitments and related initiatives.

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Prospects for water R&I in the 2016-2017 Horizon Work Programme

Maintain the momentum of the Water Innovation FA promoting investment of innovative solutions

Putting water in the center of a systemic approach for eco-innovation and circular economy, natural based solutions and climate services

Help unlock public and private investments in the water sector Make wider use various Horizon 2020 financial instruments

and create opportunities for synergies with other EU funds (Cohesion funds, LIFE+, etc.)

Large-scale demonstration projects with replication potential

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Thank you for your attention!

Find out more:

www.ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020