International Cooperation in Horizon 2020 Practical Horizon 2020 Training and Coaching for Panama Research Innovation Community Anete Beinaroviča International Cooperation Specialist Project Manager July 2016 1
intensification of international cooperation engaging with partners outside of Europe on equal terms and in programmes and activities of high mutual interest coherent strategic development Enhancing and focusing EU international cooperation in research and innovation: A strategic approach /* COM/2012/0497 final */ 2
Objectives Extending the frontiers of scientific knowledge Strengthening the Union s excellence and attractiveness in research and innovation as and its economic and industrial competitiveness Tackling global challenges Investing in competitive industries Supporting the Union s external policies 3
Openness Horizon 2020 The European Research Council Marie Skłodowska-Curie The Research Infrastructures 4
Targeted Actions Targeted international cooperation activities across Horizon 2020: area for cooperation and partner specified upfront Areas identified based on analysis of a set of criteria to ensure common interest and mutual benefit: Research and innovation excellence Framework conditions/access to markets Contribution to international commitments Frameworks to engage in cooperation and lessons learned 5
The EFTA countries, EU enlargement countries and countries covered by the European Neighborhood policy fostering integration into or alignment with the European Research Area development of a 'Common Knowledge and Innovation Space improving the research and innovation competences 6
Industrialized countries and emerging economies increasing the Union's competitiveness jointly tackling global challenges through common innovative solutions developing enabling technologies by accessing new sources of knowledge business opportunities and access to new markets strengthened innovation dimension 7
Developing countries complementing the Union's external policies and instruments by building partnerships sustainable development supporting the Millennium Development Goals 8
Eligibility Automatically eligible - Associated Countries (15) - Developing countries (130) Not automatically eligible - Industrialized countries and emerging economies Exceptions - Bilateral agreement with EU - Explicit identification 9
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Opportunities Collaborative research & innovation projects - 3 EU partners or Associated Countries - any legal entity Individual research projects - European Research Council - Marie Skłodowska-Curie 11
Latin America and the Caribbean 700+ partners +100 million EUR +250 participations of institutions 12
Main Pillars of H2020 Excellent Science Industrial Leadership Societal Challenges 13
Excellent Science Attractive and flexible funding fortalented and researchers Support for collaborative research Excellent and innovative research training Development of European research infrastructure for 2020 14
Industrial Leadership "Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies" "Access to risk finance" "Innovation in SMEs" 15
Societal Challenges Health, demographic change and wellbeing Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry marine and maritime and inland water research, and the Bioeconomy Secure, clean and efficient energy Smart, green and integrated transport Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective societies Secure societies - protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens 16
Blue green innovation for clean coasts and seas Type of action: IA Innovation action Deadline: 14 February 2017 (single-stage) Work Programme Part: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy Develop innovative technological methods or processes for cleaning coasts and seas and transforming waste into a resource Reduce cleaning up/restoration costs through cost-effective solutions, in particular through enhanced resource efficiency Increase awareness and acceptance of civil society about the importance of healthy oceans and seas, devoid of litter and pollutants, in civil society 17
The European Union and the global challenge of migration Type of action: IA Innovation action Deadline: 02 February 2017 (single-stage) Work Programme Part: Europe in a changing world inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies Strengthen EU cooperation with third countries of origin and transit of migrants, by fully addressing the root causes of migration and exploiting the potential of migration as a development enabler Bring about greater policy coherence and effectiveness in the field of migration management and relations with third countries by clearly identifying and depicting good practices and effective ways to manage incoming and transiting migration at the benefit of local communities and immigrants 18
New knowledge and technologies Type of action: RIA Research and Innovation action Deadline: 05 January 2017 (single-stage) Work Programme Part: Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy Move the technology involved to TRL 4 and to provide better scientific understanding and guidance enabling the players concerned (e.g. policy makers, regulatory authorities, industry, interest groups) to frame strategic choices concerning future energy technologies and to integrate them in the future energy system The emergence of new, out-of-the-box or advanced innovative ideas will emerge that will provide new impetus to technology pathways, to new solutions, and to new contributions to the energy challenge in Europe or worldwide. 19
Advancing basic biological knowledge and improving management tools for commercially important fish and other seafood species Type of action: RIA Research and Innovation action Deadline: 13 September 2017 (two-stage) Work Programme Part: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy Increase the knowledge base, share new findings, provide new tools and promote their uptake by end-users to more efficiently manage fish stocks of interest to the EU, both inside and outside EU waters. Increase the long-term profitability of the EU fleet and increase the number of jobs in the fishing sector Improve market supply and food security in Europe through a significant, predictable and sustainable provision of seafood from all areas in which EU vessels operate 20
Diagnostic characterisation of rare diseases Type of action: RIA Research and Innovation action Deadline: 11 April 2017 (single-stage) Work Programme Part: Health, demographic change and well-being Develop knowledge management strategies, with the view of facilitating models of care and access to the data gathered Providing better knowledge for improved family counselling as well as to improve follow-up for patients and research initiatives 21
Data and Distributed Computing e- infrastructures for Open Science Type of action: RIA Research and Innovation action Deadline: 29 March 2017 (single-stage) Work Programme Part: European Research Infrastructures (including e-infrastructures) Operation of a federated European data and distributed computing infrastructure for research and education communities will optimise the access to IT equipment and services and will put all European researchers and educators in equal footing to access essential resources to express their talent and creativity Reliable operation of e-infrastructure services for access and preservation of scientific information will make the intellectual capital of Europe available to researchers, business and citizens at large 22
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