FORSKNING FOR INNOVASJON OG BÆREKRAFT

Informasjonsmøte om EØS-midler

Intro fra Utenriksdepartemetet – Anne Havnør

Forskningsprogrammene - Aleksandra W. Haugstad

Utdanningsprogrammene – Tore Kjærgård fra DIKU

Næringslivsprogrammene – Frauke Muth fra Innovasjon Norge (forfall)

Spørsmål fra SLI.DO

Program

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tivesEEA and Norway GrantsTogether for a green, competitive and inclusive Europe

Objectives

Reducing economic and Strengthening

social disparities bilateral relations

Overall result of the EEA and Norway Grants

EEA and Norway Grants 2014-2021

EEA and Norway GrantsTogether for a Green, Competitive and Inclusive Europe

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FORSKNING FOR INNOVASJON OG BÆREKRAFT

Forskningssamarbeid i EØS-midlene

Informasjonsmøte om EØS-midlene 18.juni 2019ForskningsrådetAleksandra W. Haugstad

18.06.201910

Hvem jobber med EØS-midlene i Forskningsrådet?

Koordinering EØS-midlene

+ Polen, Romania, Tsjekkia, Portugal

Aleksandra W. Haugstad awh@rcn.no

Juridisk bistand

Anja Wiesbrock awi@rcn.no

Flere ressurspersoner kobles på de forskjellige programmene…

Baltisk program

Estland, Latvia og Litauen

Birgit Jacobsen bija@rcn.no

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Polen – Warszawa

Anvendt forskning og Idelab

Jan-Arne Eilertsen jae@rcn.no

Romania - Forskning

Cristina Mihai cmi@rcn.no

Tsjekkia

Anvendt forskning og CCS

Lenka Hannevold lha@rcn.no

Portugal

Hav og blå vekst

Kristin Thorud ket@rcn.no

Polen – Krakow

Grunnforskning og Idelab

Lena Cappelen Endresen lce@rcn.no

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Forskning i EØS-midlene

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Research programmes – basic ingredient

▪ Research institutes, Universities, SMEs

▪ 3 years +

▪ Coordinator in BS

▪ Norwegian partners mandatory, 30-50% budget

▪ International experts + bilateral programme committee

▪ «Special» rules based on H2020: Guideline for Research Programmes

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Norway partner

Forskningsinstituttene som partner- i forskningsprogrammene

18.06.201915

Hovedregel: H2020 regler for timepris + overhead

Alternativ kun for instituttsektoren:

• Institutter som har innmeldte timepriser hos Forskningsrådet kan bruke disse

• Husk at Forskningsrådets satser inneholder en overhead så indirect cost = 0 %

• Hjemmel: Regulation art.8.4.b og utlysningstekst

NYTT! IDEALAB x2 i POLEN

Romania

Research cooperation on: energy, environment, health, society, humanities, ICT, biotechnology, CCS @UEFISCDI

Second call launch Autumn 2019.

Portugal

38 million EUR for Blue Growth – programme for innovation, research and education

Programme under development @DGPM

Call launch expected in November 2019

Poland

Basic research programme (51,7 mill EUR) @NCN

Applied research programme (77,6 mill EUR) @NCBR

Call launches expected in 2019: basic research(June), and for applied research (September)

Baltic Research Programme for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

23 million EUR available for research cooperation projects involvingresearch partners from all Baltic States and Norway. Next call launch Autumn 2019. Third call in 2020.

Czech Republic

30 million EUR for applied research incl. CCS

Programme under development@Technology Agency of the Czech Republic

Call launch expected in September/October 2019

BALTIC RESEARCH PROGRAMME (implementation 2019-2024)

• To strenghten Baltic cooperation in research and to enhance research cooperation between the Baltic States and Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein

• Collaborative research projects in all scientific areas in fundamental and/or applied research

• 3 calls for proposals (EE, LV, LT)

• Total programme budget: 23.5 mil EUR

• EE call: 6 mil EUR, LV call: 7.5 mil EUR, LT call 10 mil EUR

BALTIC RESEARCH PROGRAMME PRIORITY THEMES & SUBMITTED PROPOSALS in 2018 call

1. Public health; translational medicine; health technologies

2. Migration; social inclusion

3. Regional cyber security; public security

4. Environmentally friendly solutions

5. Regional economic development; employment;

labour market regulations and social policy

6. More effective use of resources

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The Baltic Research ProgrammeLatvian 2019 call

• Cooperation between research institutions

• Latvian project coordinator

• Norwegian and/or Icelandic partner (mandatory)

• Partner from Estonia and/or Lithuania (mandatory)

• Up to €1 000 000 per project when all 3Baltic states are involved

• €7 541 272

• Call to be announced in October

• Deadline in January 2020

27.08.2017Birgit Jacobsen

Ambitions

• Support projects of regional Balticadded value in prioritised areas

• Provide a stepping stone for future collaborative research projects on EU and regional level

• Increase research cooperation between theBaltic States and Norway, Iceland, and/ or Liechtenstein

23.09.2017Birgit Jacobsen

Thematic areas:

✓ Energy

✓ Environment

✓ Health;

✓ Social sciences and humanities, including gender studies and social inclusion studies

✓ ICT

✓ Biotechnology

Romania Research

• € 24.687.500 in 2019 call

• Call launch : 15th July 2019

• Several infodays in Bucharest: end of July and first part of September

• Call deadline: 1st November 2019

✓ Target applicants:

✓ Research Organisations

✓ Enterprises

• Programme website at UEFISCDI

The Blue Growth Programme has three distinctive programmatic areas:

» Business Development, Innovation and SMEs

» Research

» Education, Scholarships, Apprenticeships and Youth Entrepreneurship

The programme has 44,7M€ funding which 70% should be dedicated to the business and innovation area.

Blue Growth in Portugal• Call launch research : November 2019

• Matchmaking in Lisboa: October 2019

• 1st call Business: NOW open

Click to play video

Thematic areas:

• 27,3 mill EUR open to all topics

• 5,2 mill EUR reserved to CCS

TACR programme website: Kappa

Czech Applied Research: KAPPA

• Call launch : autumn 2019

✓ Target applicants:

✓ Research Organisations

✓ Enterprises

2 Polish Research Programmes

Basic Research Programme: operated by the National Science Centre (NCN)

✓ GRIEG call

✓ IdeaLab workshop: “Managing Threats”

✓ POLS calla mobility scheme for researchers going to Poland

Applied Research Programme: operated by the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR)

✓ POLNOR call

✓ POLNOR CCS call

✓ IdeaLab workshop: “Cities for the Future”

✓ € 49,745,454 POLNOR call

✓ € 11,764,706 POLNOR CCS call

✓ € 6,651,016 IdeaLab workshop

✓ Target applicants:

✓ Research Organisations

✓ Enterprises

✓ Information meetings:in Warsaw 19th and 25th JuneLysaker 12th September 2019

Applied Research Programme• Call open for POLNOR/CCS:

23.09.2019 – December 2019

• Thematic areas POLNOR:

• Welfare, health and care;

• Digital technology and industry;

• Focus topic: Autonomous vehicles

• Food and natural resources;

• Energy, transport and climate;

• Societal and economic development

• CCS

• IdeaLab topic: “Cities for the Future”

• IdeaLab call for participation: November-December 2019,

• Idealab workshop: March 2020

GRIEG call – basic research

Call documents: available at: https://ncn.gov.pl/ogloszenia/konkursy/grieg?language=en

Size of the projects: € 500,000 - € 1,500,000

Duration of the projects: 24 months or 36 months

Eligible applicants:

✓ Polish Project Promoter – a research organisation

✓ main Norwegian partner – a research organisation

✓ other Polish and Norwegian partners – any public or private entities, commercial or non-commercial, as well as non-governmental organisations, established as legal persons in Poland or Norway

GRIEG call – basic research

Call milestones:

✓ June 17, 2019 – call launch

✓ July 8, 2019 – info-day in Krakow

✓ September 17, 2019 – call deadline

✓ April/May 2023 – April 30, 2024 implementation of projects

Thematic areas:

✓ open in all research disciplines – a bottom-up approach

✓ evaluated by the superpanels: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Life Sciences, and Physical Sciences and Engineering

✓ shall include support to polar research and social sciences

IdeaLab workshop – basic information

What is an IdeaLab?

✓ an initiative designed to develop ground-breaking research and innovation projects

✓ the main element is a residential 5 day interactive workshop during which research projects are created

✓ a highly multidisciplinary mix of participants drives lateral thinking and radical approaches to address the research challenges

✓ the workshop formula encourages the participants to think outside the box, reconceive the world from new perspectives and generate new solutions and understanding

Who takes part in an IdeaLab workshop?

✓ around 30 participants – active researchers and users of research outcomes from a broad range of disciplines and cultures, representing different expertise and backgrounds

✓ a director and a team of expert mentors who select the workshop participants, facilitate workshop discussions, challenge the proposed solutions and evaluate the created project proposals

✓ facilitators who design workshop activities, guide the director and mentors, run the workshop

IdeaLab workshop

Topic of the call – „Managing threats”

Call for ground-breaking, interdisciplinary research projects

Call documents and topic description available at: www.ncn.gov.pl

Duration of the projects: 24 months or 36 months

Size of projects: € 500,000 - € 1,500,000

Eligible applicants:

✓ Polish Project Promoter – a research organisation (Principle Investigator holding a PhD degree)

✓ Polish and Donor States partners – any public or private entities, commercial or non-commercial, as well as non-governmental organisations, established as legal persons in Poland or Norway

IdeaLab “Managing Threats”

Call milestones:

✓ June 17, 2019 –call launch, 1st stage call for the workshop participants

✓ July 8, 2019 – info-day in Cracow

✓ August 19, 2019 – call deadline

✓ end of September – selection of the workshop participants

✓ October 21-25, 2019 – IdeLab workshop and evaluation of projects

✓ December 15, 2019 – deadline for the submission of full proposals

✓ February/March 2023 –April 30, 2024 implementation of projects

POLS call

Mobility scheme for researchers coming to Poland

Call milestones:

✓ December 16, 2019 – planned call launch

✓ March 16, 2020 – call deadline

Thematic areas:

✓ open in all research disciplines

Size of the projects:

✓ grant amount - € 100,000 to € 200,000

Duration of the projects: 12 months or 24 months

Eligible applicants:

✓ Project Promoter – a research organisation or a company in Poland

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✓ Principal Investigator – holding a PhD degree – coming from abroad

Call city/shortnameCall amount(mill.EUR)

Call opens Call closes project max. EURProgramme webpage link

Warszawa POLNOR49,7 23.09.2019 des.19 1500000https://www.ncbr.gov.pl/en/norwaygrants/en

Warszawa CCS11,7 23.09.2019 des.19 1500000

som over

Warszawa IdeaLab6,6 nov.19 des.19 6651016

som over

Krakow GRIEG37,3

17.jun17.09.2019

1500000https://www.ncn.gov.pl/ogloszenia/konkursy/grieg?language=en

Krakow IdeaLab4,4

17.jun19.08.2019 1500000https://www.ncn.gov.pl/ogloszenia/konkursy/idealab?langua

ge=en

Krakow POLS 7,0 16.12.2019 16.03.2020 200000

Lisboa Blue Growth5,4

nov.19 feb.20https://www.eeagrants.gov.pt/en/programmes/blue-growth/

Praha KAPPA27,3 okt/nov 2018

ca. feb.201500000https://www.tacr.cz/index.php/en/programmes/kappa-

programme.html

Praha CCS 5,2 okt/nov 2019 ca. feb.20 2500000 som over

Bucharest 2019 24,6 15.jul 01.nov 1 200 000https://uefiscdi.gov.ro/eea-norway-grants

Riga – Baltic2019 7, 5 ~ October 2019 ~January 2020 1 000 000www.viaa.gov.lv

Vilnius – Baltic2020 10,0 2020 2020 1000000

Full oversikt! (per 18.06.2019)

Finding partners and information

EEA and Norway Grants at RCN:

• https://www.forskningsradet.no/en/apply-for-funding/international-funding/eos-midlene/

Partner Search

• Through matchmaking events

• Apply for bilateral funding for partnership development

• Database: open for registration

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Oslo

Building on success – outlook for the new programme

period

Educational Cooperation – EEA and Norway

Grants 2014-2021(24):

University of

Stavanger (23)

Oslo and Akershus University College (20)

University of Oslo (100)

Norwegian University of Life

Scineces (33)

University College of Southeast

Norway (USN) (34)University of Agder (32)

University of

Bergen (60)

UiT The Arctic University of

Norway (31)

Lillehammer University College (17)

Volda University College(15)

Østfold University College(14)

NHH Norwegian

School of

Economics(12)

Hedmark University College (10)

Nord University (9)

Sogn of Fjordane University

College (9)

Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO) (1)

Westerdals Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology (1)

Bergen Academy of Art and Design (2)

The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (3)

MF Norwegian School of Theology (3)

Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (5)

Molde University College (6)

VID Specialized University (7)

Bergen

University

College (7)

BI Norwegian Business School (9)

NLA University College Gimlekollen Gimlekollen School of Journalism and

Communication(1)

The Norwegian University

College for Agriculture and

Rural Development (2)

Norwegian Academy of Music (2)

Norwegian University of

Science and Technology (121)

*As per 1.1.2016

Building on success: Norwegian partners and projects

2009-2014

Building on success: Partner countries and

projects 2009-2014

EEA Grants NO Grants

Bulgaria 56

Czech Republic 40 283

Estonia 10 20

Hungary 42

Latvia 13 15

Lithuania 19

Poland 115 147

Romania 58

Slovakia 25

Slovenia 34 19

Spain 116

Total 528 484

• Scholarship programmes in 11

Beneficiary States

• In total 1,012 projects

received financial support

Educational Cooperation – EEA and Norway Grants

2014-2021(24)

Allocations 2014-2021 by sector as of January2019. (€ million)

EEA Grants -mill. Norway Grants Total

Czech Republic €6.5 - €6.5

Croatia €24.0 €1.0 €25.0

Estonia €1.4 - €1.4

Latvia €5.5 €1.3 €6.8

Poland €20.0 - €20.0

Portugal €3.3 - €3.3

Romania €12.0 - €12.0

Slovakia €0.9 €2.1 €3.0

Slovenia €1.5 €12.0 €13.5

• Nine Beneficiary countries

• Funding: 90 million Euros

Education, scholarships, apprenticeships and youth

entrepreneurship

• Objective

o Enhancing human capital and knowledge base

• Means: Institutional cooperation across countries to

o Improve skills and competences of students and staff

o Enable mobility, knowledge production, exchange and learning

o Instruments: Project grants including but not limited to-

o Education scholarships

o Curriculum development / educational materials

o Apprenticeships / trainees

o Youth entrepreneurship grant

o Academic and staff grants

• Background- European Strategic Framework for Cooperation in

Education and Training 2020

• Rapidly changing needs of a dynamic labour market

• Gap in skills and competences

• Need for innovation, education and research

• Social mobility, Reducing inequality, Provide the competitive edge

• Anchored in educational priorities of BS (special sectors/areas/

marginalized groups)

• Matches DS priorities and EU mainstream policies

• Contributes to internationalization policy and strategy through

educational cooperation between DS and BS institutions

EEA and Norway grants financial

mechanisms

What’s in it for me?

• Opportunity for institutions and organisations for projects that include education,

innovation,and research elements

• More generous as compared to Erasmus +. All costs covered and more

• Can be used in combination with other European programmes

• For example-measures that are no longer possible or not easily implemented

in Erasmus +

• Springboard for strategic development of large project portfolios

• Other EU programmes

• Other EEA sector programmes such as justice, environment, health and civil

society

What are the main focus areas?

• Knowledge triangle: Partnerships between business, research and education

• Cooperation projects developing soft and hard skills and competences for

the 21st century

• Youth traineeships, apprenticeships and stipends

• Innovative educational models at all levels of education

• Modernization of school systems and digitalization of learning at all

educational levels

• Cross cutting priorities - minorities, gender, good governance, environment

• Open to higher education institutions, schools,professional schools/colleges/

VET and SMEs

Some examples

• Romania -projects in Citizenship, Democracy and Minorities in Romania

• Portugal- Education and innovation in business under the Blue Economy

(marine and maritime sectors) programme

• Baltic States – Joint research and higher education

• Slovakia – Education, innovation and business in green industry, welfare and

ambient assisted living technologies

• Latvia - Cooperation between Norwegian and Latvian Innovation and Science

Centres

• Slovenia and Croatia - Modernisation of school systems (STEM, Digitalisation)

• Poland and Czec Republic - Comprehensive educational measures at all

levels of education

The timeline 2017– 2021(24)

• Romania Spring 2019 (03.05 VET, School and Roma) and

Czech Republic –Spring (20.05 Inclusive Education )/Autumn

2019

• Poland – First call May – June 2019

• Slovakia and Portugal – Autumn/Winter 2019/2020

• Croatia – Winter 2019/2020

• Slovenia – Autumn 2019/2020

• Latvia – Winter 2019/2020

• Estonia – Spring/Autumn 2019Eventual Evaluation

2024

Projects implementation

2020 – 2024 (final year ofcompletion)

Activities /Measures 2019-2021:

Annual calls - preparatory visits– project applications

Preparatory work - Educationprogrammes

2017-2018

How do I go about it?

• EEA and Norway Grant Educational Guidelines have been

made with the idea of minimising bureaucracy

• All calls and relevant documents will be available on Dikus website

www.diku.no including links to the Impementation

Agency/Programme Operator websites in the BS

• Project applications are submitted by the Project promoter in the

BS – saving your administrative resources

• However initiative can come from DS or BS

• Projects are jointly developed with full budget provision to the DS

project partner

• At project conclusion reporting responsibility is with the BS

Where to find more information

eeagrants.org/

diku.no/ressurser-og-verktoey/eoes-midlene

www.diku.no

EEA and Norway Grants contact persons at Diku

Veena Gill

veena.gill@diku.no

Tore Kjærgård

tore.kjaergaard.@diku.no

diku.no

Thank you

for your attention

Ny programperiode - Gjennomføring 2018 - 24

Romania

IN forvalter

Næring- og Innovasjon, Blå vekst45 mill. EUR

Fornybar Energi, Energieffektivisering62,8 mill. EUR

Neste utlysning juni2019

Bulgaria

IN forvalter

Næring- og innovasjon

28,5 mill. EUR

Utlysninger i 2019/20

Slovakia

IN programpartner

Næring, Innovasjon, velferdsteknologi ogutdanning

20 mill. EUR

Utlysninger 2019/20

Estland

IN programpartner

Næring- og Innovasjon, IKT Cyber security

23 mill. EUR

Utlysning høsten 2019

Portugal

IN programpartner

Næringsliv, blå vekst, innovasjon, forskningog utdanning

38 mill. EUR

Klima og miljø 24 mill. EUR

Utlysning sommer2019

Hellas

IN forvalter

Næringsutviklingog Innovasjon -Grønn industri, Blå vekst og IKT

21,5 mill. EUR

Utlysning ute nå, first oktober

Latvia

IN programpartner

Næring- oginnovasjon

12,5 mill. EUR

Utlysning høst2019

Polen

IN programpartner

Næring ogInnovasjon, Blåvekst, GrønnInnovasjon ogvelferdsteknologi

85 mill. EUR

Utlysning høst2019

Litauen

IN programpartner

Næring- ogInnovasjon, Grønn Innovasjon

14 mill. EUR

Utlysning høst2019

Kroatia

IN Forvalter

• Næring, GrønnInnovasjon, blåvekst

• 23 mill. EUR

Utlysning sommer2019

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- Registrerte virksomheter i mottagerlandene;

- Alle typer virksomheter: Bedrifter (privat og offentlig eide),

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• Du vil snart også finne der andre fra

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