H2020 and Societal Challenges

A. Hamid El-Zoheiry, Heliopolis UniversityCairo, Egypt

Objective

Take stock of Societal Challenges in H2020 in terms of Priorities and Opportunities for MPCs

H2020: What's new?

• A single programme bringing together three separate programmes/initiatives*

• 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

• Simplified access, for all companies, universities, institutes inall EU countries and beyond

The 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7), innovation aspects of Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP), EU contribution to the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)

Three priorities

•Excellent Excellent sciencescience

•Industrial Industrial leadershipleadership

•Societal Societal challengeschallenges

Priority 1. Excellent science–World class science is the foundation of tomorrow’s technologies, jobs and wellbeing

European Research CouncilFrontier research by the best individual teams

Future and Emerging TechnologiesCollaborative research to open new fields of innovation

Marie Skłodowska-Curie ActionsOpportunities for training and career development

Research infrastructures (including e-infrastructure)Ensuring access to world-class facilities

Priority 2. Industrial leadership• Strategic investments in key technologies (e.g. advanced manufacturing, micro-electronics) underpin innovation across existing and

emerging sectors

• Need for more innovative SMEs to create growth and jobs

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

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

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

Priority 3. Societal challengesBreakthrough solutions come from multi-disciplinary

collaborations, including social sciences & humanities

Health, demographic change and wellbeing

Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research & the bioeconomy

Secure, clean and efficient energy*

Smart, green and integrated transport

Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials

Inclusive, innovative and secure societies

International Cooperation

• 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

• Horizon 2020 shall be open to the association of: acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates and selected international partner countries that fulfil the relevant criteria (capacity, track record, close economic and geographical links to the Union, etc.)

• Targeted actions to be implemented taking a strategic approach to international cooperation (dedicated measures in the 'Inclusive, innovative and secure societies' challenge)

INCO in H2020 vs FP7• No ad-hoc INCO Work Programme

• No Specific Actions having the inclusion of MPCs as eligibility criteria but open topics

• Open topics

• Instruments: research & innovation actions or support actions (horizontal issues, policy, cooperation and dialogue)

• International cooperation hidden accross pillars and challenges

Renewed Euro-Med Partnership

• 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

• Mutual Interest & shared Benefit based on the principles of co-ownership and co-management with co-funding of activities

• 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

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, TurkeyBi-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):

Egypt (11 M€ + 20 M€), Algeria (21 M€), Jordan (5+5 M€), Morocco (1.35 M€), Tunisia (12 M€)

MPCs Participation in FP7

364 participants in 193 projects

Specific Programme Participations Number of projects

SP1 - Cooperation 238 120

SP2 - Ideas 1 1

SP3 - People 11 11

SP4 - Capacities 114 61

Thematic distribution

  ENERGY ENV HEALTH ICT KBBE NMP SEC SPA SSH TPT Grand Total

Projects 8 28 16 12 33 6 2 6 6 3 120

Particip. 19 54 34 27 72 8 2 7 10 5 238

MPC MPC PriorityPriority Setting Excercises Setting Excercises

• MIRA Thematic workshops (2009-2011)

• Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Research and Innovation, Barcelona (April, 2012)

• Common Research & Innovation Agenda – CRIA, 2012 (Food, Water, Energy)

• MED-SPRING EMEG

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Calls topics addressed to MediterraneanCalls topics addressed to Mediterranean

A total number of 47 different call topics (KBBE, ENERGY and ENV) for the period 2007-2013.

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Correspondance MIRA - FP7 callsCorrespondance MIRA - FP7 calls

• KBBE (Food/ Agriculture): water scarcity management in agriculture, post harvest losses, agro-food products and global market.

• ENERGY: Concentrating Solar Power

• ENV: Coastal zone, Freshwater ecosystems and Natural Hazards

• Others: Health, Nanotechnologies

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MedSpring Project and Horizon 2020 MedSpring Project and Horizon 2020

Resource efficiency

High Quality Affordable Food

Energy

CLIMATE ACTION, RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AND RAW MATERIALS

SECURE, CLEAN AND EFFICIENT ENERGY

FOOD SECURITY, SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, MARINE AND MARITIME RESEARCH AND THE BIO-ECONOMY

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H2020- 1st WP 2014-2015Analysis of relevant topics to MPCs

Methodology

• Analysis of WPs 2014-2015 of H2020 identifying topics having geographic focus or being of potential thematic interest for the Mediterranean Partner Countries

• Grouping topics into four cathegories:1) Direct geographic relevance (Mediterranean)2) Indirect geographic relevance (ENP, Africa, S&T agreemets…)3) International cooperation connotation (no geographic focus)4)Thematic relevance (potential thematic interest for MPCs)

Focus on Societal Challenges

• The majority (82 out of 127) of the topics identified in the four categories belong to Pillar III – Societal Challenges.

•Food appears to be the most recurring in the four categories.

• Considering direct or indirect geographic relevance, the most recurring SC are Climate and Societies, followed by Food and Transport.

Societal Challenge Direct Relevance Indirect Relevance International Cooperation Thematic relevance TOTALSC 1 - Health 6 2 8SC 2 - Food 1 2 10 7 20SC 3 - Energy 2 5 7SC 4 - Transport 1 10 11SC 5 - Climate 4 4 4 12SC 6 - Societies 2 2 4 8SC 7 - Security 15 1 16TOTAL 3 9 51 19 82

Mediterranean dimension of H2020 (1/3)

Pillar Topics WP 2015-15 Direct Relevance Indirect Relevance International cooperation Thematic relevanceI - Exc. Science 45 0 2 11 0II - Ind. Leadersh. 166 0 0 12 15III - Societ. Chall. 298 3 9 51 19Horizontal Issues 25 0 0 3 2TOTAL 534 3 11 77 36

• The 3 topics with direct geographic relevance are all included in Pillar III, and related to SC Food (1 topic) and SC Societies (2 topics)

• The 11 topics with indirect geographic relevance are included in Pillar I (2 topics) and Pillar III (9 topics). The SC addressed by these topics are: Food, Transport, Climate and Societies.

Mediterranean dimension of H2020 (2/3) List of Topics with direct geographic relevance

1) Unlocking the growth potential of rural areas through enhanced governance and social innovation (ISIB 3 – 2015)

2) Re-invigorating the partnership between the two shores of the Mediterranean (INT 6 – 2015)

3) Towards a new geopolitical order in the South and East Mediterranean (INT 7 -2015)

Conclusions• All H2020 SCs represent potential priority areas for the MPCs. However,

opportunities/capacities of partnership with the EU have to be further explored and determined.

• H2020’s 1st WP has limited focus on the Mediterranean (3 topics, all in SC Pillar).

• H2020 is not the ultimate or only programme for Euro-Med cooperation and is still not appropriate for several actions (CB or infrastructure..)

Food & Environment (incl. Water) seem to be the two areas with strongest participation of MPCs in FP7

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