Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking

Italian Bioeconomy strategy – High level event Roma 14th May 2019

Philippe Mengal BBI JU Executive Director @philippemengal

Public-Private Partnership (PPP) between European Commission & BIC (Bio-based Industries Consortium)

• BBI JU Budget: € 3.7 bn (25% EU - 75% BIC) • Support R&I programme in Bio-based industries

European public-private partnership (iPPP) aims at:

De-risk investments

Organize the value chains

Reach critical mass

Trigger - Keep - Attract

Mobilising effect

Structuring effect

Implem

entation

BBI JU was part of EU Bioeconomy strategy in 2012 Italy is strongly and continuously committed since 2012

Develop sustainable and competitive bio-based industries in Europe, based on advanced biorefineries that source their biomass sustainably. How ? By implementing SIRA,…

BBI JU objectives supporting BIT

1. Demonstrating new technologies

2. Developing business models

3. Set-up flagship biorefinery plants

RIA

Demo

FLAG Key role of Italy in BIC and BBI JU

Governance

Outputs from Calls 2014 - 2018

100 projects (well spread) € 602 million grant (EC)

€ 1.65 bn private contribution

1 project - GAP

Ongoing

7 Calls • € 813 million EU grant

1179 beneficiaries 40% SMEs 35 countries

8 FLAGs (SIRA objective: 5) + 1 FLAG under GAP

2021 Call 2020

Call 2019

Call 2018

Call 2017

Call 2016

Call 2015

Call 2014 2023 2022 2024

Beneficiaries FLAG biorefineries

€75 million grant for Italy

BBI JU activities in Italy

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(*) + € 11 m with Call 2018EU public contribution for Calls 2014-2017

Successful Participants in retained proposals compared to reserve list and rejected – Calls 2014 - 2018

Total successful participations: 1179 EU-15: 1036 EU-13: 82 AC: 64

KPI 7/8

7 FLAGSHIPs

3.000 direct jobs

> 10.000 indirect jobs

Total Grant: € 159 million

€1.000 million private investment

High replicability potential

Most in EU13

Ratios EU15 / EU13 Population: 3.8

GDP: 11.3

Outcome monitoring – KPI 7/8 from SIRA 7 BBI JU Flagships* against a target of 5 by 2020

* Call 2014-2017 monitoring

First Flagship in Italy Highest amount of Demonstation plant

Beneficiaries from calls 2014 – 2017 Type of participants

61% 20%

13%

6% 1%

Private-for-profitorganisationsResearch organisations

Higher educationestablishmentsOthers

Public body

• Solid mobilisation of the private sector • High representation by SMEs with an

overall participation of 41%

11% grants amount to Universities

20% participants are research organisations

17% grants amount to research organisations

13% participants are Universities

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SME participation in BBI JU Call 2014 - 2017

46% of Italian beneficiaries are SMEs

% SME in retained

proposals

% SMEs funding

Universities beneficiaries in Calls 2014-2018

11% of BBI JU grants amount goes to Universities

20% of BBI JU participants are research organisations

17% of BBI JU grants amount goes to research organisations

13% of BBI JU participants are Universities

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University of Bologna (Italy)

University of Ghent (Belgium)

Wageningen University (The Netherlands)

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (United Kingdom)

KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden)

University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

University College Dublin (Ireland)

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences , Vienna (Austria)

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Italy)

University of Alicante (Spain)

Technische Universität Dresden (Germany)

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)

Technical University of Denmark (Denmark)

Agricultural University of Athens (Greece)

No. of BBI JU Projects

Top 14 Universities

Examples of BBI JU projects * in Italy

FIRST2RUN grows cardoon on arid and marginal wasteland to deliver biobased vegetable oils used in the manufacture of bioproducts and bioplastics. This flagship project will generate new incomes for local farmers and create an estimated 600 jobs in an area with a high unemployment rate due to progressive marginalisation of fields. ReInvent will develop multifunctional, sustainable and low-cost materials and fibres with enhanced properties and performance. These can replace the petroleum-based insulation and structural products used in buildings and vehicle interior products.

ReInvent

(*) More information about EU grant contribution to projects can be found on BBI JU website: https://www.bbi-europe.eu/projects

Examples of BBI JU projects * in Italy

EMBRACED will turn Absorbent Hygiene Products (AHP) waste destined to landfill or incineration into valuable bio-based materials such as building blocks, polymers and fertilizers. It actively involves the local community in the collection and recycling of AHP waste and creates new jobs in the value chain. BioBarr will develop new bio-based and biodegradable food packaging materials using wastes and agro-industrial co-products. This project provides an opportunity for innovation and job creation and allows Europe to reduce its dependency on imported oil. It will generate additional income and sustainable development to rural areas.

(*) More information about EU grant contribution to projects can be found on BBI JU website: https://www.bbi-europe.eu/projects

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