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BLUE GROWTH in Horizon 2020

2014-2020

HORIZON 2020

Christos Fragakis Deputy Head of Unit

Management of natural resources DG Research & Innovation

Info-Day, Paris 24th January 2014

BLUE GROWTH FOCUS AREA

• Adopt a strategic approach and maximize impact of activities to address large and complex ocean challenges which are cross-cutting in nature

• Catalyze efforts of different Societal Challenges or H2020 priorities to address challenges that could not be tackled by a single Societal Challenge and necessitate integrated approaches

• Support marine and maritime research to underpin the Integrated Maritime Policy, the Blue Growth Strategy, and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive

• A new activity (2.5) was introduced to SC2 Specific Programme by the legislator to deal with these cross-cutting marine issues

Why a Blue Growth Focus Area in H2020 ?

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Five priority areas :

1.Sustainably exploiting the diversity of marine life

2.New offshore challenges

3.Exploitation of deep sea resources – deep sea mining (not covered in 2014-2015)

4.Ocean observation technologies/systems

5.Socio-economic aspects

What is the Blue Growth Focus Area in H2020 ?

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Policy Research and Innovation

International cooperation: The Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance

Launched in May 2013 (Galway Statement) under Irish Presidency with Commissioners Geoghegan-Quinn & Damanaki

Goal: To better understand the Atlantic Ocean and Ecosystem and to promote the sustainable management of its resources. The work will also study the interplay of the Atlantic Ocean with the Arctic Ocean, particularly with regards to climate change. In WP 2014-2015: Several topics are identified as relevant for the Galway Statement. Participation of USA and Canada is encouraged but not exclusive


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AREA 1: Sustainably exploiting the diversity of marine life (56 M€)

BLUE GROWTH FOCUS AREA WP 2014-2015

BG 3 – 2014: Novel marine biomolecules (Research & Innovation action – 20 M€) BG 4 – 2014: Potential of marine-derived enzymes (Innovation Action – 6 M€) BG 1 – 2015: Atlantic marine ecosystems (Research & Innovation action – 20 M€) BG 2 – 2015: Effects of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture (Research & Innovation action – 10 M€)

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BG 3 – 2014: Novel marine biomolecules

Specific challenge: Marine (micro)organisms as a source of bioactive compounds and biomaterials with biotechnological, pharmaceutical and other industrial application is increasingly recognised but there is a need to improve the efficiency of the marine bio-discovery pipelines Scope: Develop innovative approaches to address technical bottlenecks associated with marine resource identification, sustainable supply, discovery pipelines as well as more efficient production in biological systems. Proposals should cover the innovation chain from research to development and proof of concept and be industry-driven. Expected Impact: Enhance competitiveness and sustainability of European Industry Type of action: Research and innovation actions Indicative budget range: 6 to 10 M€/proposal)


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BG 4–2014: Potential of marine-derived enzymes

Specific challenge: High potential of novel marine-derived enzymes but their commercialization is limited by constraints in screening and expression technologies and IPR issues Scope: Develop and demonstrate innovative technologies for high throughput enzyme screening and/or for expression of marine enzymes and proteins, including purification systems and upscaling of the marine enzymes.

Expected Impact: Enhance competitiveness and sustainability of European industry (pharmaceuticals, cosmetic and fine chemicals…) using marine enzymes through increased efficiency in the enzyme identification-to-market success rate.

Type of action: Innovation action Indicative budget range = 6 M€/proposal)


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BG 5 – 2014: Innovative offshore economy (Coordination and Support Action - 2 M€) BG 6 – 2014: Sub-sea technologies (Research and Innovation action - 16 M€) BG 7 – 2015 : Response capacities to oil spills and marine pollutions (Research and Innovation action- 8M€)

AREA 2: The new offshore challenge (26 M€)


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BG 5 – 2014: Future innovative offshore economy

Specific challenge: With the expected intensification of activities offshore, it is necessary to overcome a series of technological, operational, environmental

challenges Scope: Identify, review and analyse the technological and environmental challenges in the offshore large scale industrial activities and identify the most promising business models. Also set-up a mechanism associating the key stakeholders involved in Blue economy to propose appropriate large scale pilot initiatives to demonstrate feasibility of the most promising business models. Expected Impact: Prepare the ground for demonstration activities for the most promising offshore activities to support the Blue Growth Type of action: CSA, EUR million = 2M€


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BG 6 – 2014: Sub-sea technologies Specific challenge: Working at high depths (down to 6,000m), or in extreme conditions (Arctic conditions, high pressure and temperature...) requires ability to conduct challenging unmanned underwater operations (observation, data collection, transmission, complex industrial operations, …) Scope: Innovative design of new underwater vehicles and specialised robots and/or their main components. If relevant, proposals could go to the stage of demonstrators or prototypes. Areas of interest are: ROVs, AUVs, deployment, recovery and docking systems, sub-sea “factory” machineries Expected Impact: Enable sustainable, cost-efficient and safe offshore operations by European industries in extreme conditions

Type of action: Research and innovation Indicative budget range: 8-10M€


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BG 8 – 2014 Atlantic Ocean Observations (Research and Innovation action- 20M€) BG 9 – 2014: Acoustic and Imaging Technologies (Research and Innovation action- 10M€)

AREA 3: Ocean observations systems and technologies (30 M€)


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BG 8 – 2014 Atlantic Ocean Observations

Specific challenge: Development and deployment of an Integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing System (IAOOS), building on existing capacities on both side of the Atlantic for systematic data collection to improve knowledge base and predictive capacity Scope: Fill gaps in observations to support the understanding of the ocean process at the level of the entire basin and reduce the costs of in-situ ocean observation. R&I to underpin full and open discovery and access to ocean observations and facilitate interoperable exchanges Expected Impact: Increase temporal and geographic coverage of observational data in the Atlantic Ocean. Integrate standardised in-situ key marine observations into process models and forecast systems.

Type of action: R&I Indicative budget range: 15-20M€/proposal)


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BG 9 – 2014: Acoustic and Imaging Technologies Specific challenge: Further improve performance of acoustic and imaging technologies for characterisation of the marine environment with respect to good environmental status or underpin sustainable marine economy.

Scope: Develop innovative technologies to improve performance and cost-efficiency of underwater acoustic and imaging sensors and survey systems (acoustic detection, imaging, LIDAR).

Expected Impact: Strengthen competitiveness and safety of European maritime industry, support the marine, maritime and fisheries policies (MSFD & CFP, including detection of marine litter); Support marine science and ocean characterisation

Type of action: Research and innovation actions Indicative budget range:4-6M€/proposal)


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BG 10 -2014 : Competitiveness of seafood markets (Research and Innovation action-10M€) BG 11 – 2014 Monitoring, disseminating and valorising research outputs (Coordination and Support Action - 4 M€) BG 12 – 2014/2015 : Supporting SMEs efforts for the Blue Growth : marine biotechnologies, aquaculture and related technologies (SME instrument - 8 M€)

AREA 4 : Horizontal aspects (33M€)


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BG 13 – 2014 : Ocean Literacy: Oceans and human health

(Coordination and Support Action-3,5M€)

BG 14 – 2014 :Atlantic Ocean Cooperation research Alliance (Coordination and Support Action Action-3,5M€)

BG 15 – 2014 : European polar research Cooperation (Coordination and Support Action-2M€)

BG 16: 2015 : Support to the Joint Programming Initiative on "Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans" (Coordination and Support Action-2M€)

AREA 4 : Horizontal aspects


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Specific Challenge: EU Fisheries & Aquaculture (marine and freshwater) face

competition in the global market (>60% EU seafood consumption imported). Limited availability of appropriate production and socio-economic data hampers the development of reliable models and prediction tools for production planning and development of novel products and markets

Scope: Study production segments , systems and products , taking account of supply chains and markets. Assess impact of regulatory systems on profitability and growth of the sectors, as well as trends and dynamics of EU and global seafood markets . To investigate potential for new markets and marketing tools.

Expected impact: Support the fisheries and aquaculture sector and boost competitiveness of EU seafood products

Type of action: Research and innovation actions

Indicative budget range = 5 M€/proposal

BG-10 -2014:Competitiveness of seafood markets


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Specific Challenge: Tangible outputs of large number of EU-funded marine and

maritime projects are not always known and exploited by stakeholders, scientists and policy makers. Scope: To develop a strategy to identify successful EU-funded projects and analyse, disseminate and promote exploitation of the results with highest potential regarding growth and social innovation. Expected impact: Make available ready-to-use knowledge/results to advance the Blue Growth Agenda Type of action: Coordination and Support Action Indicative budget range = 4 M€/proposal Min duration: 36 months

BG-11 -2014 : Monitoring, disseminating and valorising research outputs


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BG 13 – 2014 : Ocean Literacy: Engaging with society

Specific Challenge: Engage citizens to enhance their understanding of the influence of seas and oceans on their lives and how their behaviour impact on marine environment.

Scope: Compile existing knowledge in the broad area of oceans status and "health" and its impact on Human Health into easily communicable material. Promote social literacy through traditional or in a proactive mutual learning way by engaging citizens as responsible actors of change.

Expected impact: Develop citizens’ understanding of the importance of Seas and Ocean Health to foster behavioural change

Type of action: Coordination and Support Action (participation of US/Canada welcome)

EUR million = 3,5 Min duration: 36 months


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BG 14 – 2014 :Atlantic Ocean Cooperation research Alliance

Specific Challenge: Increase impact and facilitate synergies between transatlantic marine research and innovation activities

Scope: Contribute to aligning the planning and programming of research activities across the Atlantic and identification of research gaps in 6 selected priority areas (marine ecosystems, observing systems, marine biotechnology, aquaculture, seabed mapping, ocean literacy) to facilitate joint R&I activities

Expected impact: Support the implementation of the Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance and improve international cooperation framework in this field.

Type of action: Coordination and Support Action EUR million = 3,5 Min duration: 60 months


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BG 15 – 2014 : European polar research Cooperation

Specific Challenge: Rapid environmental changes in the Arctic and parts of the Antarctic continent have global impacts both by accelerating global warming and in a geo-strategic and socio-economic dimension

Scope: Coordinate polar research in Europe and develop a comprehensive European Polar Research Programme in coordination with international research organisations and programmes.

Expected impact: Substantially increase the scale and ambition of polar research cooperation in Europe and optimise use of the resources.

Type of action: Coordination and Support Action EUR million = 2


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Modalities:

Research and Innovation Actions

Innovation Actions

Coordination and Support actions

Find out more and get support : http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html

WATER FOCUS AREA

Two-stage evaluations First deadline:

08/04/2014

Second deadline: 16/09/2014

Single-stage evaluation Deadline: 08/04/14

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Research and Innovation

Thank you for your attention!

Find out more:

www.ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020

http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm?pg=h2020-documents

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