A Public-Private Partnership for Bio-Based

Industries

Antonio Di GiulioActing DirectorDirectorate for Biotechnologies, Agriculture, FoodDirectorate-General Research & InnovationEuropean Commission

Building bioeconomy in Europehttp://ec.europa.eu/research/bioeconomy/

The Public-Private Partnership on Bio-Based Industries:

the state of art and the effects at the European level

Rimini, 7 November 2013

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�Societal Challenges

�Policy background

�Public-Private Partnership

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Societal Challenges

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• Ensuring food security

• Managing natural resources sustainably

• Reducing dependence on non-renewable resources

• Mitigating and adapting to climate change

• Creating jobs and maintaining European competitiveness 3

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New, cross-disciplinary skills are needed to...

...promote and valorise innovation (new services and new business models)

...promote activities which can look at our ecosystems in a sustainable way (less energy, less water, less land, ...)

...deliver territorial approaches in a new systemic way (networks)

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Research and Innovation will play an important role for European industrial policy. OECD: Domestic Material Consumption (DMC) by material group, 1980-2008

Source: OECD Resource Material Flows database.

Research and Innovation will enable European Industry to launch new products, improve industrial processes and become more sustainable

Building competitive Bio-based industries in Europe

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STRATEGY

ACTION

PLAN

INVESTMENTS IN RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND SKILLS

REINFORCED POLICY INTERACTION AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

ENHANCEMENT OF MARKETS AND

COMPETITIVENESS IN BIOECONOMY

SECTORS

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EUROPE 2020

Enhancement of markets and competitiveness in bioeconomy sectors

• setting up of networks of biorefineries

• Establish a research and innovation PPP for bio-based industries (by 2013).

• expansion of new markets, • facilitate green procurement for bio-based products

• contribute to the long-term competitiveness of the bioeconomy sectors

• Inform consumers about product properties and

• promote a healthy and sustainable lifestyle

A10.1 Public-Private initiative for bio-based industries

A10.2 Network of diversified biorefineries across Europe, and creation and networking of clusters of biorefineries in every Member State

A11.1 Methodological standards for bio-based products

A11.2 Up-scaling of bio-based products and processes

A11.4 Knowledge base for certification schemes and labels for bio-based products

Launch a study in 2013 to assess different labelling options for bio-based products

A11.5 Initial European product information list for bio-based products

A11.10 Knowledge base to reduce food waste. New processing systems for converting food waste in added-value by-products

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Innovation by:•Adoption•Incremental change

•Combining knowledge in new ways

Innovation fromown resources

'Radical' innovators

Bigger companies

With R&D department's

Effective networks

'Incremental' Innovators

Smaller companies

No R&D department

No or less networks

Source: Adapted from "Neglected innovators: How do innovative firms that do not perform R&D innovate?" INNO-Metrics Thematic Paper No. 215 (2008)

Fostering innovation: Fostering innovation: Types of innovatorsTypes of innovators

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BioBio--Based Based Industries JTIIndustries JTI

Overall budget: €3.800 million

Leverage: €2,8 private investment

for every €1 public investment

EU Contribution:

€ 1.000 million

Industry Contrib.:

€ 2.800 million

Feedstock BiorefineriesMarkets, Products, Policy

Objectives: Integrated value chainsEuropean Bioeconomy Strategy

(February 2012)

European Industrial Policy for growth

and economic recovery (October 2012)

BENEFITS

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A proposal for a Public-Private Partnership - General Principles

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Objectives: Integrated value chains

Feedstock

Biorefineries

Markets, products and policies

Fostering a sustainable biomass supply and building new value chains

Optimising efficient processing through R&D and upscaling in large-scale demo/flagship biorefineries

Developing markets for biobased products and optimising policy frameworks

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Legislative decision on EU budget (2014-2020) Autumn 2013

Legislative decisions on Horizon 2020

� PPPs with industry – art. 187 End 2013 - Council, Early 2014 - EP

� P2Ps with Member States – art. 185 End 2013

Horizon 2020 launch events Oct 2013 - Jan 2014

Launch of Horizon 2020 calls for proposals 11 December 2013

Launch of JTIs and Joint Programmes Spring 2014

Next stepsNext steps

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• More info on the Bioeconomy at:http://ec.europa.eu/research/bioeconomyhttp://ec.europa.eu/research/bioeconomy

• More info on EU2020 and Horizon 2020 at:http://ec.europa.eu/europe2020/index_en.htmhttp://ec.europa.eu/europe2020/index_en.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfmhttp://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm

• More info on EU Budget – Myths and Facts:http://ec.europa.eu/budget/explained/myths/http://ec.europa.eu/budget/explained/myths/

myths_en.cfmmyths_en.cfm

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