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Innovation Union and Horizon 2020

Charlotte AndersdotterDG Research and InnovationInnovation Policy Unit



Innovation Union: the policy context



EU and the rest of the world

Note: For these graph a restricted set of 12 indicators is used.

EU27 Innovation performance compared to main competitors (over a five-year period)



EMPLOYMENT 75% of the population aged 20-64 should be employed

R & INNOVATION 3% of the EU's GDP should be invested in R&D

A reduction of CO2 emissions by 20%

CLIMATE / ENERGY A share of renewable energies up to 20%

An increase in energy efficiency by 20%

EDUCATION The share of early school leavers should be under 10%

At least 40% of the younger generation should

have a degree or diploma

POVERTY 20 million fewer people should be at risk of poverty

Europe 2020 - 5 headline target



The 7 “Flagship Initiatives”

Smart Growth Sustainable Growth Inclusive Growth

Innovation

« Innovation Union »

Climate, energy and mobility

« Resource efficient Europe »

Employment and skills« An agenda for new skills

and jobs »

Education« Youth on the move »

Competitiveness« An industrial policy for the globalisation era »

Fighting poverty« European platform

against poverty »Digital society« A digital agenda for

Europe »



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1. Training researchers

5. European Research infrastructures

8. Forum on Forward Looking Activities

2. University ranking system

3. Developing new curricula

7. Involvement of SMEs in R&I

6. Programmes focusing on EU2020 (HORIZON 2020)

4. ERA Framework

27. Research programmes on public sector and social innovation

19. European Design Board

12. Cross-border matching of innovative firms

9. EIT to expand its activities

10. New financial instruments for private finance

11. Free Venture Capital funds

34. New indicator for fast-growing companies and monitoring

31. Scientific cooperation with third countries

32. International agreements on research infrastructures

33. MS to carry out self assessments

14. EU Patent

17. Pre-commercial and public procurements

18. Eco-innovation action plan

13. Review of State aid R&D&I

24. Smart Specialisation

29. European Innovation Partnerships

30. Policies for researchers to reside in Europe

20. Open access

28. Partners consultation on knowledge economy

25. Focus on Innovation in the next Structural Funds

26. European Social innovation pilot

21. Knowledge transfer

16. Modernise standard-setting

22. European market for patents and licensing

23. Safeguard of IPRs

15. Screening of key regulatory frameworks

Innovation Union at a glanceSTRENGHTENING THE KNOWLEDGE BASE

BRINGING IDEAS TO MARKET

ENSURING TERRITORIAL AND SOCIAL COHESION

PARTNERSHIPS INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION MONITORING INNOVATION



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The first steps in building the Innovation Union



What do EU innovation leaders share?

They:

• …perform very well in Business R&D expenditures;

• …perform well in other indicators related to firm activities;

• …have higher scores in Public-private co-publications per million populations (=good linkages between science and enterprises);

• …excel in the commercialisation of their technological knowledge (i.e. indicator License and patent revenues from abroad).

• …have a balanced national research and innovation system (small variance in performance across all innovation dimensions)



Fiscal consolidation must preserve sources of future growth:

- Education;

- R&D;

- Innovation;

- Smart research infrastructure;

- Global market.

=>through growth-friendly Stability and Convergence Programmes;

Improving “Smart” fiscal consolidation



• A European Research Area in 2014;

• A better performing IPR system;

• Faster setting of European standards;

• Use public procurement budget to boost innovation;

• Remove remaining obstacles to the cross-border operation of venture capital.

Improving “Smart” conditions



State of the Innovation Union 2011

In 2011

Good progress in 30 out of the 34 Innovation Union commitments:

6 legislative proposals;

Horizon 2020 proposal enacting many IU commitments;

public consultation for completing European Research Area by 2014

In 2012

the Commission will deliver the ERA Framework and innovation headline indicator.

…and more…



Creating better market conditions

A public consultation on a new European Regime for Venture capital funds in June; legislative proposal at the end 2011

2 implementing proposals for a unitary Patent protection on 13 April

A “standardisation package” adopted on 1st June

Proposals to exploit public procurement budgets by the end of 2011 (Green Paper launched on the 27th January; pilot call launched in June)

Most Knowledge Transfer actions will be in Work Programme 2012- So far, facilitating Knowledge Transfer in Framework Programmes &

developing set model consortium contract agreements



• Council endorsement in February;

• A pilot European Innovation partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (AHA) has been launched:

European Innovation Partnerships

Pooling resources

• Target by 2020:

• 2 extra healthy life years



• Effective stakeholders mobilisation around grand challenges;

• Clear need for action, including funding, from Member States (national, regional, local), private sources and the EU;

• The pilot has taken due account of existing initiatives and has added value;

• Governance has achieved a well balanced representation;

• Its Strategic Implementation Plan has presented a common vision and a set of priority actions;

Features of the Pilot EIP



For the pilot EIP• Early-’12: Commission proposal for EU support to SIP

• June ’12: Council and Parliament support to SIP

New EIP proposals under preparation

• Raw materials

• Agricultural productivity and sustainability

• Smart Cities

• Water-efficient Europe

• Smart mobility …

What’s next for EIPs?



From FP7 to Horizon 2020

The structure of Horizon 2020

What is new and what is remained the same

Focus on the Rules for Participation

Content



Lessons from current EU R&I funding

Cross-border pooling of resources

More competition in research

Focus on Excellence

Wide range of training possibilities

Raise of the international attractiveness of EU R&I

Fragmentation

Need for further simplification

Better strategy for innovation

Need to focus resources to address grand challenges

Broaden participation

Clearer agendas



2007 - 2013

• .

R&D

7FP

Innovation

CIP

2014 - 2020

R&D&I

HORIZON2020

Innovation Union

Towards Horizon 2020

The European Institute for Innovation and Technology



Procurement

StandardsInvestment readiness

Services

SMEs

Social Innovation

Design

Knowledge Transfer

What’s going on until December 2013?

RSFF



Horizon 2020 structureEU REGULATION (2014-2020)

I Excellent science 24598

II Industrial leadership 17938

III Societal challenges 31748

European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) 1360 + 1440

Non-nuclear direct actions of the Joint Research Centre 1962

TOTAL EU REGULATION 77606

EURATOM REGULATION (2014-2018)

I. Indirect actions 1009

II. Direct actions of the Joint Research Centre 656

TOTAL EURATOM REGULATION 1665

TOTALE HORIZON 2020 79271*• *729 million€ in MFF proposals for EURATOM 2019-2020• NB features in 2011 constant prices



1. Excellent Science

To raise the level of excellence in Europe's science base, make Europe an attractive location for researchers and secure Europe's long-term competitiveness:

European Research Council supporting the most talented and creative individuals and their teams to carry out frontier research;

"Future and Emerging Technologies“: collaborative research to open up new and promising fields of research and innovation;

"Marie Curie“ actions, providing researchers with excellent training and career development opportunities;

Research Infrastructures accessible to all researchers in Europe and beyond.



2. Industrial leadership

To make Europe a more attractive location to invest in R&I, by promoting activities where businesses set the agenda:

Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – especially Key enabling technologies (Micro- and nano-electronics; photonics; nanotechnologies; Biotechnology etc);

Access to finance for innovative enterprises, financial instruments in partnership with the European Investment Bank;

Innovation in SME



3. Societal challenges

Actions from research to market with a new focus on innovation-related activities (in the framework of Europe 2020):

Health, demographic change and wellbeing;

Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research, and the bio-economy;

Secure, clean and efficient energy;

Smart, green and integrated transport;

Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials

Inclusive, innovative and secure societies;



I Excellent science 24598

1. The European Research Council 13268

2. Future and Emerging Technologies 3100

3. Marie Curie actions on skills, training and career development 5752

4. European research infrastructures (including eInfrastructures) 2478

II Industrial leadership 17938

1. Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies 13781 of which 436 for EIT

2. Access to risk finance 3538

3. Innovation in SMEs 619

III Societal challenges 31748

1. Health, demographic change and wellbeing; 8033 of which 254 for EIT

2. Food security, sustainable agriculture, …; 4152 of which 131for EIT

3. Secure, clean and efficient energy 5782 of which 183 for EIT

4. Smart, green and integrated transport 6802 of which 215 for EIT

5. Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials 3160 of which 100 for EIT

6. Inclusive, innovative and secure societies 3819 of which 121 for EIT

The proposed budget breakdown



What innovation in Horizon 2020?

Horizon 2020 will support every kind of Innovation:

- from R&D activities;

- from other activities, including innovative combinations of existing technologies, development of new business models etc.

- for non-commercial and/or non-technological applications, i.e. 'social innovation'.



Horizon 2020 approach to innovation

1. Increased support to innovative processes (testing, piloting, demonstration);

2. Support to innovation “market demand”: standard; public procurement, inducement prizes bottom-up activities (more flexible call for proposals)

3. A new SME instrument (on “Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies” e “Societal challenges”;

4. Broader use of financial instruments with leverage effect (Debt & Equity instruments)



Main aim: simplification

SIMPLIFICATION to…

- reduce the participants administrative costs;

- accelerate all processes of proposal and grant management;

- decrease the financial error rate.

How?

1. Structure: one Programme, better defined objectives.

2. Rules: One set of rules for the whole Programme.



Simpler cost eligibility and partnering rules;

Cost based reimbursement but broader acceptance of the participants' accounting systems;

Simpler time-recording requirements (i.e. abolition of time-recording obligations for staff full time on an EU project);

Only two reimbursement rates: 100% for research actions, 70% for demonstration, piloting, market replication, programme co-fund actions = No differentiation depending on legal status!;

One method to calculate indirect cost (single flat rate);

The new Rules for Participation



- Extension of the guarantee fund to all Horizon 2020 actions to reduce:

ex-ante financial capacity checksnumber of certificates on financial statements

- Ex-post audits limited on a risk-based audit and fraud detection (a maximum of 7% of participants would be subject to audit).

- Revised procedures for proposal and project implementation;

TARGET to reduce the average time to grant by 100 days (to 250)

RfP: audit and checks



Next stepsOngoing: Parliament and Council negotiations on the

basis of the Commission proposalOngoing: Parliament and Council negotiations on EU

budget 2014-202 (incl overall budget for Horizon 2020)

N.B. July 2012: Final calls under FP7 to bridge gap towards Horizon 2020

Mid 2013: Adoption of legislative acts by Parliament and Council on Horizon 2020

1 Jan 2014: Horizon 2020 starts, launch of first calls



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