Hans-Jörg LutzeyerDG Research and InnovationF-3 Agri-Food Chain

EC Workshop Horizon 2020 (2014 – 2020)

7 November 2014

How does Agricultural Researchfit into H2020?

Horizon 2020: 3 Priorities

1. Excellent

science

2. Industrial

leadership

3. Societal

challenges

1. Health, demographic change and wellbeing

2. Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy3.851 billion euros 2014-2020

3. Secure, clean and efficient energy

4. Smart, green and integrated transport

5. Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials

6. Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies

7. Secure societies 2

Legal texts for the EU Research Program (Framework Programme 7 up to 2013,

Horizon 2020 (2014 to 2020)

Horizon2020

Specific Programmme

Work Programme (updated bi-annually, current version 22/07/2014)

Calls for Proposals (next deadline 03/02 2015)

2.1 Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry

2.2 Sustainable and Competitive agri-food sector for a safe and healthy diet

2.3 Unlocking the potential of aquatic living resources

2.4 Sustainable and competitive bio-based industries

2.5 Cross-cutting marine and maritime research

WORK PROGRAMME2014-2015: 3 Calls

Focus Area Sustainable Food Security

(SFS)

Focus AreaBlue Growth

(BG)

Innovative, Sustainable and Inclusive Bioeconomy (ISIB)

SPECIFIC PROGRAMME 2014 - 2020

Strategic Programming

FA Waste, FA Water, FA Personalising Health

Strategic Programming: Development of Focus Areas

2.1 Sustainable agriculture and forestry

• Increasing production efficiency and coping with climate change, while ensuring sustainability and resilience…integrated and diverse production systems,including precision technologies and ecological intensification approaches to benefit both conventional and organic agriculture…;

• Providing ecosystem services and public goodsWider societal public goods and important ecological services (biodiversity, pollination, water regulation, landscape, GHG mitigation)…management solutions; decision-support tools…

• Empowerment of rural areas, support to policies and rural innovationSocio-economic research along with development of new concepts and institutional innovations; social and economic cohesion; diversification of economic activities; relation urban/rural areas; regional/local/inter-regional/European; tools/indicators/models/forward looking activities; support to policy making (monitoring/assessment of strategies, policies, legislation)…

5

• Emphasis on an integrated chain approach from primary production to transformations and consumers

• Emphasis on multifunctional character of agriculture and forestry

• Foster innovation and innovative capacity of the agri-food sector/chain and rural areas

Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry

International cooperation in Horizon 2020

Key messages: Horizon 2020 is open to participation from across the world! Ambition to increase participation of international partners!

How:• Automatic funding:

• Member States (including overseas departments and overseas territories)

• Associated Countries

• exhaustive list of countries in annex to work programme, including all Mediterranean countries (but: no longer BRIC + Mexico in this list!)

• Participants from other countries only funded in exceptional cases:

International collaboration

- Food security requires a global approach

- Problems targeted in call topics may not be specific to Europe and require that the best expertise – globally - is gathered to provide solutions

- Agricultural research is highlighted in existing commitments for international research collaboration

- General encouragement to international collaboration in several topics (e.g. SFS 5,7B,14A,15,20)

- Targeted international collaboration is proposed with partners in Africa (SFS 6,18), China (SFS 1A,1B,3B,4,13) and others in Asia, Australia and North America (SFS 10B,16,18)

The SFS Call in the context of Horizon2020

- General features

- (Most) topics are framed in a very general way have a large scope. They offer significant opportunities for proposing innovative ideas

- Integration of more basic and applied research with a clear remit to "translate" outputs into practice (farming sector, business, policy)

- Objectives of topics require participation of several disciplines and sectors

- Horizontal issues such as innovation, sustainability, climate, gender are intrinsic to projects and need to be given due consideration

• Specific features

- Several topics ask for synergies with European Innovation Partnership: E.g. specific request for so called "multi-actor approach"

SFS - Sustainable food production systems

Topic 2014 2015

SFS-1 Sustainable terrestrial livestock production X X

SFS-2 Sustainable crop production X X

SFS-3 Practical solutions for native and alien pests affecting plants X

SFS-4 Soil quality and function X

SFS-5 Strategies for crop productivity, stability and quality X

SFS-6 Sustainable intensification of agro-food systems in Africa X

SFS-7 Genetic resources and agricultural diversity X X

SFS-8 Resource-efficient eco-innovative food production, processing X X

SFS-9 Towards a gradual elimination of discards in Europ. fisheries X

SFS-10 Disease related challenges and threats faced by European farmed aquatic animals

X X

SFS-11 Eco-system based approach for European aquaculture X X

PolicyPolicy Research and Innovation

Research and Innovation

H2020 SC2

WP 2014–2015

Impacts• provide a better understanding of the role of small and family

farms and small food businesses in meeting the sustainable FNS challenge (across its various dimensions) encompassing the implications on small and medium size businesses along the supply chain and within the context of demographic developments

• help better tailoring international cooperation and agricultural research for development to the agro-food sector

• contribute to policy making for the identification of new development models for the agro-food sector.

SFS-18 Small farms but global markets: the role of small and family farms in food and nutrition security

PolicyPolicy Research and Innovation

Research and Innovation

H2020 SC2

WP 2014–2015

Impact• - Clarify the different dimensions of social innovation and its dynamics in

agriculture, forestry and rural development - Identify pathways to unfold the territorial capital of rural regions and

thus shape sustainable development trajectories in different types of rural areas

- Support more sustainable agri-food and forestry systems and rural development, thus contributing in the medium term to smart, inclusive and sustainable growth in rural areas

ISIB-3-2015: Unlocking the growth potential of rural areas through enhanced governance and social innovation

PolicyPolicy Research and Innovation

Research and Innovation

H2020 SC2

WP 2014–2015

Impact - Improve territorial governance and pave the way for an integrated

approach to rural development (i.e. ensuring effective mechanisms to coordinate different policies and establish appropriate linkages with other areas).

- Deliver analyses of different innovative governance mechanisms with respect to social innovation in different contexts

- Allow policy makers and the local communities to improve the formulation and delivery of relevant policies as well as to shape such programmes that explicitly foster the creation of sustainable social innovations.

ISIB-3-2015: Unlocking the growth potential of rural areas through enhanced governance and social innovation

Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems

Agricultural Research in Horizon 2020

• Topics have a larger scope and offer significant opportunities for proposing innovative ideas

• Integration of more basic and applied research with a clear remit to "translate" outputs into practice (farming sector, business, policy)

• Objectives of topics require participation of several disciplines and sectors

• Horizontal issues such as sustainability, climate, gender are intrinsic to projects and need to be given due consideration

Total budget for all multi-actor projects and thematic networks in the first Horizon 2020 Workprogramme: 148 mio euro

All multi-actor projects have the following sentence in the description of the topic:

"Proposals should fall under the concept of multi-actor approach"

and refer to footnote 1 on p.4 of the Work programme that describes the multi-actor approach as follows

Multi-actor projects in Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2014-2015

• "multi-actor" is more than a strong dissemination requirement or what a broad stakeholders' board can deliver

• "all along the project" *: a clear role for the different actors in the work plan, from the participation in the planning of work and experiments, their execution up until the dissemination of results and the possible demonstration phase.

• Project proposals should illustrate sufficient quantity and quality of knowledge exchange activities

This should generate innovative solutions that are more likely to be applied thanks to the cross-fertilisation* of ideas between actors, the co-creation and the generation of co-ownership for eventual results.

(*legal base in Specific Programme)

Multi-actor projects in Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2014-2015

A multi-actor project needs to take into account:

• how the project proposal's objectives and planning are targeted to needs / problems and opportunities of end-users

• the composition of the project consortium must get sufficient involvement of key actors with complementary types of knowledge (scientific and practical) to reach the project objectives and make its results broadly implemented.

(see evaluation criteria on ambitions, expected impact, etc)

Multi-actor projects in Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2014-2015

2 stage-call – deadline for proposals 03/02/2015)

Which multi-actor projects in 2015?

SFS-1C Sustainable terrestrial livestock production: Assessing sustainability of livestock production

SFS-2B: Sustainable crop production: Assessing soil-improving cropping systems

SFS-5 Strategies for crop productivity, stability and quality

SFS-13 Biological contamination of crops and the food chain

SFS-20 Sustainable food chains through public policies: the cases of the EU quality policy and of public sector food procurement

ISIB-4B Improved data and management models for sustainable forestry

• exploring different visions•creating different scenarios•analysing the trends• analysing the drivers• in depth studies

• building the vision• selections

• decision making process

• framework programme

• monitoring• evaluating• foresighting• analysing the system• analysing the context

II Sense-making

III Selecting priorities

IV Imple-mentatio

n

I Strategic intelligenc

e

Foresight (I) > Insight (II) > Strategy (III) > Action (IV)

SCAR Foresight ………. Existing

Features of I and II:• involves

input from wide range,

• gets input from MS strategy processes

• uses new informal processes,

• exposes increasingly to global signals

• seeks constantly new ways to increase openness

Features of III and IV: • involves

decision makers

• uses existing formal processes

• seeks constantly new ways to increase openness

Strategic Programming

Existing

Strategic programming: timing     

2014 By the summer break External consultation, including: - Advisory Groups; - other stakeholders and wider R&I community; - Strategic configuration of the PC (on process, criteria)

After the summer break Discussion with PC configurations on the basis of drafted documents

December Proposed 2nd Strategic Programme

2015 First half of the year 

Preparation of the 2016/17 Work Programme content, prepared on the basis of the endorsed Strategic Programme

In the course of Summer 2015 or later

Adoption of the Work Programme;Publication of the calls for 2016

1. FORESIGHT PROCESS

SCAR Collaborative/Strategic Working Groups

Update 11 June 2014

ON-GOING SWGs Coordinator SCAR countries Kick-off meeting

Forest Research and Innovation SE 13 10/10/2013European Agricultural Research towards greater impact on Global CHallenges - ARCH SCAR-EIARD 13 17/09/2013

Sustainable Bioresources for a Growing Bioeconomy - BIOMASS NL 15 7/09/2012

Fisheries & Aquaculture - SCAR FISH DK 18 14/06/2012

Agriculture Knowledge and Innovation Systems - AKIS III FR-NL  16 4/05/2010 

ON-GOING CWGs Coordinator SCAR countries Kick-off meeting

Sustainable Animal Production DE-ES 14 29-30/01/2014

Integrated Biorefineries DE 12 13/11/2013

CWGs leading to ERA-Nets Coordinator SCAR countries Kick-off meeting

IPM for the reduction of pesticide risks and use – IPM ERA-NET "C-IPM" FR 18 13/05/2011

Forest value chain in the light of climate change – ERCF ERA-NET "SUMFOREST" AT-DE 12 3-4/05/2011

Sust. food production for wealth, welfare and health ERA-NET “SUSFOOD” DK 17  6/05/2010 

Risk Research on GMOs ERA-NET preparatory action "PreSto GMO" AT 15 13/10/2009

Coordinated research agenda for EU rural policy ERA-NET “RURAGRI” SE - NL 7 23/11/2006

Agriculture and Sustainable Development ERA-NET “RURAGRI” FR 11 6/12/2005

ICT and Robotics in Agro-Food Industries ERA-NET “ICT-AGRI” DK 11 1/09/2005

Relevant Issues for Mediterranean Agriculture ERA-NET “ARIMNet” FR 12 2/12/2005

Animal Health and Welfare ERA-NET “ANIHWA” UK 21 8/12/2005

Animal Health ERA-NET “EMIDA” UK 21 8/12/2005

STAND-BY or FINISHED CWGs Coordinator SCAR countries Kick-off meeting

Shared Infrastructures in the field of Agricultural Research FR 15 25/09/2008

Climate Change and Agriculture included in the JPI "FACCE" ES 21 24/06/2008

Agriculture and Energy supported by CSA "AGREE" DE 20 24/06/2008

Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Baltic Sea Region PL 8 17/11/2006

Ecology for Ecosystems & Natural Resources Sustainable Management FR 8 16/06/2006

Adaptation of Human Nutrition to Environment Evolution FR 10 29/05/2006

Advanced Technologies for Climatic Control of Greenhouses and Livestock Housing IL 14 14/03/2006

Renewable Raw Materials and their Applications in Non-Food Industry DE 18 27/09/2005

Sustainable Livestock Production from Grasslands IE 21 1/12/2005

2. COMMON RESEARCH AGENDAS

Horizon 2020: EXPERTS

AFRICA in FP7 (Sept. 2013)

Leading participants

South Afri

ca (1

)

Egypt (

2)

Moro

cco (3

)

Tunisia (4

)

Kenya (5

)

Tanzania (6

)

Burkina Fa

so (7

)

Ghana (8)

Uganda (9)

Senegal (1

0)

Benin (11)

Nigeria (1

2)

Cameroon (1

3)

Ethiopia (14)

Moza

mbique (15)

Algeria (1

6)

Malawi (1

7)

Mali (

18)

Sudan (1

9)

Gabon (20)

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5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

35.0

40.037.3

16.115.0

13.412.3 12.0

8.5 8.2 7.7

5.33.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.1 2.7 1.9 1.9

EU contribution (€m)

PolicyPolicy Research and Innovation

Research and Innovation

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