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ICT Related Calls in H2020

Dr. Dimitrios TzovarasDirector, Information Technologies InstituteCentre for Research and Technology HellasThessaloniki, [email protected]

Information Technologies Institute (www.iti.gr)2

HORIZON 2020

- ICT Related Calls in H2020


ICT 5-2017

Customised and low energy computing

i) Programming environments and toolboxes for low energy and highly parallel computing (RIA) – 20M€

ii) Low power processor technologies (RIA) – 10M€

iii) Structuring and connecting the European academic and industrial research and innovation communities (CSA) – 2M€


Customised and lowenergy computing

i) Programming environments and toolboxes for low energy and highly parallel computing

Topic ICT-05-2017 - (RΙΑ)

Specific challengesCurrent programming tools do not fully support emerging system architecturesMassively parallel and heterogeneous systems are difficult to programHardware limitations of processor architectures for low power - high computing performance

Scope•Provide programming environments and tools optimised for specific application domains of significant economic value•Support modern system architectures possibly including those based on heterogeneous processors while allowing for optimization of energy, performance, reliability, time predictability and system cost•Model-based approaches and reuse and extension of existing platforms, libraries, frameworks Security by design allowing applications to be resilient to cyber-attacks•Solutions will be demonstrated in real-life applications through at least two different use cases

Expected Impact•Reinforce and broaden Europe's strong position in low-energy computing by reducing the effort needed to include digital technology inside any type of product or service, including outside the traditional “high-tech” sectors.•Tools should be usable in realistic use cases, and should significantly increase the productivity in efficiently programming and maintaining advanced computing systems •Higher share of European SMEs and mid-caps in the reference markets



ii) Low power processor technologies

Topic ICT-05-2017 - (RΙΑ)


Scope•Provide innovative processor designs - improvement over the current state of the art in energy/performance ratio for typical high performance computing and server workloads•Ideally include hardware-based security features and may optionally include support for real-time applications•Go beyond current semiconductor technologies•Provide solutions that can be actually manufactured in volume at reasonable cost, and appropriately addressing intellectual property issues•Bring hardware design to the market•Demonstrate a working prototype

Expected Impact•Availability of a new family of processors with a significantly better energy/performance ratio compared to current offerings, specifically tailored for high-performance and low-power server-side applications.



Topic ICT-05-2017 - (CSA)


Scope• Structuring and connecting the European academic and industrial research and innovation

communities • Cross-sectorial industrial platform-building, constituency building and consultations,

clustering of related projects, and road-mapping for future research innovation in the area of computing for Cyber-Physical Systems, high performance computing and industrial applications

• No more than one action will be funded

Expected Impact• Increased cooperation between industrial and academic communities• Increased synergy and collaboration between projects, high-quality roadmap for future

research and innovation activities in the relevant areas


ICT-11-2017

Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social Innovation

Budget: 10 € Million (IA: 9M€, CSA: 1M€)

Deadline: 25 April 2017



Topic ICT-11-2017 - (IA)

Specific challenges•Capitalise on participatory innovation and collaboration•Develop models and blueprints to produce collective intelligence

• Leverage open data sources, knowledge networks, open hardware and IoT •Empower citizens to be ready to cope with emerging sustainability challenges

Scope•Pilots of CAPs demonstrating new forms of bottom-up innovation and social collaboration•New participatory innovation models for economy and society•Solutions such as collaborative consumption, smart reuse and low carbon approaches•Ethics of digital innovation, such as social entrepreneurship, privacy preservation digital rights•Include in consortia an existing community of citizens, to drive platform development•Base the platforms on an appropriate combination of existing or emerging network technologies•Include in the consortia at least two entities with focus of interest beyond ICT domain

Expected Impact•Demonstrate increased effectiveness, compared to existing solutions•Capability to reach a critical mass of European citizens•Achieve effective involvement of citizens and relevant new actors in decision making•Achieve measurable improvement in cooperation among citizens•Demonstrate the applicability of concrete and measurable indicators




Specific challenges•Capitalise on participatory innovation and collaboration•Develop models and blueprints to produce collective intelligence

• Leverage open data sources, knowledge networks, open hardware and IoT •Empower citizens to be ready to cope with emerging sustainability challenges

Scope•Coordinate and support the CAPS initiative and the underlying broader digital social innovation constituency•Identify links and synergies among different projects•Ensure visibility and contacts at European and international level

Expected Impact•Demonstrate increased effectiveness, compared to existing solutions•Capability to reach a critical mass of European citizens•Achieve effective involvement of citizens and relevant new actors in decision making•Achieve measurable improvement in cooperation among citizens•Demonstrate the applicability of concrete and measurable indicators


Big Data PPP

H2020-LEIT-ICT-2017

• ICT 14 Big Data PPP: cross-sectorial and cross-lingual dataintegration and experimentation (IA) - Budget 27 M€

• ICT 15 Big Data PPP: large scale pilot actions in sectors best benefitting from data-driven innovation (IA) - Budget 25 M€

• ICT 16 Big Data PPP: research addressing main technologychallenges of the data economy- Budget 33 M€

• ICT 17 Big Data PPP: support, industrial skills, benchmarking and evaluation (1 RIA) - Budget 2 M€


ICT-14-2017

Big Data PPP: cross-sectorial and cross-lingual

data integration and experimentations


Big Data PPP: cross-sectorial and cross-lingual data integration and experimentations


Specific challenges• Underdeveloped data sharing and linking culture and agreed standards and formats• Create a stimulating, encouraging and safe environment for experiments

ScopeCover one of the following bullets:• Data integration activities address data challenges in cross-domain setups

• Cover the range from informal collaboration to formal specification of standards• Support for multilingual data management

• Data experimentation incubators should address big data experimentation in a cross-sectorial, cross lingual and/or cross-border setup• Address challenges of industrial importance jointly defined by the data providers• Address the technical, linguistic, legal, organisational, and IPR issues

Expected Impact• Data integration activities

• Data integration activities will simplify data analytics carried out over datasets independently• Substantial increase in the number and size of data sets processed and integrated• Increase in revenue by 20% (by 2020) by selling data integration services and data

• Data experimentation incubators• 30% annual increase in the number of Big Data Value use cases • Substantial increase in the total amount of data made available in data incubators• Emergence of innovative incubator concepts and business models


ICT-15-2017

Big Data PPP: Large Scale Pilot actions in sectors

best benefitting from data-driven innovations


Big Data PPP: Large Scale Pilot actions in sectors best benefitting from data-driven innovations


Specific challenges•Stimulate effective piloting and targeted demonstrations in large-scale sectorial actions ("Large Scale Pilot actions"), in data-intensive sectors, involving key European industry actors. •The Large Scale Pilot actions are meant to serve as best practice examples to be transferred to other sectors and also as sources of generic solutions to all data intensive sectors

Scope•Large Scale Pilot actions should address domains of strategic importance for EU industry and carry may involve cross-domain activities•Propose replicable solutions by using existing technologies or very near-to-market technologies•Demonstrate how industrial sectors will be transformed by putting data harvesting and analytics at their core•Exhibit substantial visibility, mobilisation, and commercial and technological impact

Expected Impact•Demonstrated increase of productivity in main target sector of the Large Scale Pilot Action by at least 20%;•Increase of market share of Big Data technology providers of at least 25% if implemented commercially within the main target sector of the Large Scale Pilot Action•Doubling the use of Big Data technology in the main target sector of the Large Scale Pilot Action•Leveraging additional target sector investments, equal to at least the EC investment•At least 100 organizations participating actively in Big Data demonstrations (not necessarily as partners of the projects)


ICT-16-2017

Big Data PPP: research addressing main

technology challenges of the data economy


Big data PPP: research addressing main technology challenges of the data economy

Topic ICT-16-2017 - (RIA)

Specific challenges• Available software and IT architecture solutions are not adapted to the processing, analysis and

visualisation of data• Fundamentally improve the technology, methods, standards and processesScope• Address cross-sector and cross-border problems or opportunities of clear industrial significance:

• Software stacks designed to help programmers and big data practitioners take advantage of novel architectures in order to optimise Big Data processing tasks

• Distributed data and process mining, predictive analytics and visualization at the service of industrial decision support processes

• Real-time complex event processing over extremely large numbers of high volume streams of possibly noisy, possibly incomplete data

• Human factors claims concerning software tested by methodologically sound experiments• Make best possible use of large volumes of diverse corporate data as well as, where appropriate,

open data from the European Union Open Data portal

Expected Impact• Powerful (Big) Data processing tools and methods that demonstrate their applicability in real-

world settings, including the data experimentation/integration (ICT-14) and Large Scale Pilot (ICT-15) projects

• Demonstrated, significant increase of speed of data throughput and access• Substantial increase in the definition and uptake of standards fostering data sharing, exchange

and interoperability.


ICT-17-2017

Big data PPP: Support, industrial skills,

benchmarking and evaluation


Big data PPP: Support, industrial skills, benchmarking and evaluation


Specific challenges• Big Data Value contractual public-private partnership (cPPP) needs strong operational support

for community outreach, coordination and consolidation• Urgent need to improve the education, professional training and career dynamics

(including addressing the existing gender gaps in ICT) so that the profiles of data professionals better respond to the rapidly evolving needs of data intensive industry sectors

Scope• Identify specific data management and analytics technologies of European significance• Benchmarking and evaluation schemes will liaise closely with data

experimentation/integration (ICT-14) and Large Scale Pilot (ICT-15) projects• When real datasets cannot be made available for benchmarking, synthetic datasets will be

acceptable• Address areas of activity that do not yet have a benchmarking/evaluation scheme

Expected Impact• Availability of solid, relevant, consistent and comparable metrics for measuring progress in Big

Data processing and analytics performance;• Availability of metrics for measuring the quality, diversity and value of data assets;• Sustainable and globally supported and recognized Big Data benchmarks of industrial

significance.


ICT-20-2017

Tools for smart digital content in the creative

industries

RIA, budget: 17 € Million

Suggested funding per project: 2-4 € Million (100%)

Suggested project duration: 24-36 months

Planned Call closing date: 25 April 2017


Tools for smart digital content in the creative industries


Specific challenges•Making content "smarter" thanks to new and emerging technologies•Maximising the potential for re-use and re-purposing of all types of digital content,for instance,•Usable in different contexts and technical environments•Dynamically adapting to users

Scope•Explore novel ways of digital content production and management•demonstrate a significant progress beyond the current state of the art in digital content production and management•Focus on technologies for the production of new content or for the enhancement and (re-)use of already existing digital content•pay attention to cost effectiveness and efficiency increase through the use of ICT in the creative industries•Consortia include representatives from the targeted Creative Industries with a leading role in the design of solutions and their validation in real-life environments

Expected Impact•Increase the potential for re-purposing and re-use of digital content in order to diversify the market and improve ROI for producers•Improve technologies for digital content production and management•Reduce costs for the production of enhanced digital content


ICT-23-2017

Interfaces for Accessibility

RIA, IA - Budget: 10 € Million

Suggested funding per project: 2 € Million



Interfaces for accessibility


Specific challenges• Lack of accessible systems for those with neurological conditions as well as cognitive disabilities• More effective solutions, designed with people with disabilities and their carers• Technologies aiming at enhancing cognitive accessibility • Improving the capacity to decode and use brain signals will help to accelerate the development of

solutions for people with communication disorders.

ScopeCover one of the following:• Support the development of personalised interfaces and affective computing for people with

cognitive disabilities to enable them to undertake everyday tasks • Improve communication and facilitate the uptake and use of digital services • Solutions should recognise user's abilities and be able to detect behaviours and recognise

patterns, emotions and intentions in real life environments• Improve (and act upon) information extraction from brain and neural signals

Expected Impact• Improved communication and interaction capability of people with disabilities and facilitate

social innovation• More affordable technologies and products that support interactions for people with disabilities• New generation of services that are highly adaptable and personalisable to individual contexts• New approaches to brain computer interfaces


Interfaces for accessibility


Specific challenges• Lack of accessible systems for those with neurological conditions as well as cognitive disabilities• More effective solutions, designed with people with disabilities and their carers• Technologies aiming at enhancing cognitive accessibility • Improving the capacity to decode and use brain signals will help to accelerate the development of

solutions for people with communication disorders

Scope• Develop and demonstrate decision support tools for the assessment of compliance to web

sites accessibility standards and guidelines• Research should focus primarily on quality and accuracy of automatic support to

assessments, detecting accessibility hurdles and assisting developers in repairing accessibility barriers

• Solutions shall enable fast processing of dynamic content and large volumes of web pages/content and data, and more effective hybrid combination of automatic /expert reviews

Expected Impact• Easier and more cost effective assessment of web accessibility requirements, at scale


4th Robotics Call in H2020

ICT 25-2017: Advanced robot capabilities research and take-up (RIA, IA)

ICT 27–2017: System abilities, SME & benchmarking actions, safety certification (RIA, IA, PcP)

ICT 28-2017: Robotics competition, coordination and support (CSA)

Type of Actions:

Research and Innovation (RIAs)

Innovation Actions (IAs)

Pre-Commercial Procurement (PcP)

Coordination and Support Actions (CSA)


4th Robotics Call in H2020 (closing: 25-4-2017)

ICT 25-2017: Advanced robot capabilities research and take-up

RIA 15M€

a) Open, generic research

b) Step changes in Technical capabilities

IA 19M€ c) End User driven: application development

d) End User driven: Filling technology / regulatory gaps

ICT 27–2017: System abilities, SME & benchmarking actions, safety certification

RIA 28M€

a) System Abilities: Perception ability, decisional autonomy, increasing dependability levels, self-verifying behaviour

b) SME-based research and benchmarks

IA 11M€ c) Shared facilities for safety certification

PcP 7M€ d) Pre-commercial procurement: smart cities

ICT 28-2017: Robotics competition, coordination and support

CSA 5M€

a) Non-technical barriers

b) Standards & regulation

c) Community support and outreach

d) Competitions

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ICT-25-2017

Advanced robot capabilities research and take-up


2017

H2020 ICT-25-2017 - IA


IA

€19m

RIA

aOpen, generic, all topics

and disciplines

€2–4m

bStep changes: systems

development, HRI, mechatronics,

perception, navigation and cognition

€2–4m

€15m

cOpen, end user-driven

application development, areas with significant market

potential> TRL5

€2–4m

dFilling technology and

regulatory gaps through end user-driven innovation

actions

€2–4m

14/12/2016

25/4/2017




Specific challenges• Easy deployment of smart robots in everyday life is still beyond the technical capability of most

current laboratory prototypes.• Development of robots that respond more flexibly, robustly and efficiently to the everyday needs

of workers and citizens in professional or domestic environments

ScopeAt least 1 action per bullet expected• Open, generic forward-looking research into novel technical advances in robotics – open to

all robotics-related research topics and disciplines• Address technical topics which cut across application domains - achieve high future

impact on markets• Achieve step changes in the capabilities of the following high priority RAS technologies:

systems development, human-robot interaction, mechatronics, perception, navigation, cognition

Expected Impact• Develop robotic and autonomous systems with clear and measurable progress over the state

of the art as evidenced by improvements in performance • Demonstration of deeper involvement of industry and stronger take-up of research results • Fostering new links between academia and industry, accelerating and broadening technology

transfer• more competitive positioning of European robotics providers in the marketplace, in terms of their

penetration in new or emerging robotics sectors.




Specific challenges• Easy deployment of smart robots in everyday life is still beyond the technical capability of most

current laboratory prototypes• Development of robots that respond more flexibly, robustly and efficiently to the everyday needs

of workers and citizens in professional or domestic environments

ScopeAt least 1 action per bullet expected: • Improving the deployment prospects of RAS through end-user-driven application

developments in domains and application areas with significant market potential• To address system development beyond TRL 5• Outputs should provide a valuable basis for setting operating parameters and for

reducing commercial risks for future investors • Filling technology or regulatory gaps through end-user-driven innovation actions

• Proposals to address a gap in either technical capability or system ability• The targeted gap and the required steps to tackle the gap must be clearly identified in the

proposal

Expected Impact• Increasing market-readiness of robotics applications including in terms of technological

validation outside the laboratory and of sound operational and cost-benefit models• Lowering of market entry barriers, increasing industrial and commercial investment• Contributing to the faster growth of competitive small and mid-scale robotics EU companies


ICT-27-2017

System abilities, SME & benchmarkingactions, safety certification


H2020 ICT-27-2017

System abilities, SME & benchmarking actions, safety certification

RIA

€28m

aActions on system

abilities

€2–4m

bFor SME-based research

Benchmarking

€5–8m

€7m

2017

IA

cShared facilities for safety

certification

€6–11m

€11m

PcP dSmart cities

€5–7m14/12/2016

25/4/2017


System abilities


Specific challenges• Revitalise Europe's robot-making capacity• Stimulate SMEs in the robotics sector to develop innovative technology thus opening new markets• Market-driven need for benchmarks that can be applied across multiple domains or areas of

application allowing technical comparison is a priority• Viable safety certification standards and processes that should cut across different domains

and areas of application• Take up of robotics systems by public authorities

Scope Advancing the state of the art in the level of smart robotics system abilities• Contribution to the needs of applications and domains with the highest impact on markets • Address at least one of the following prioritised abilities: perception ability which is immune

to natural variation (e.g. changing weather conditions); decisional autonomy; increasing dependability levels to the level of graceful degradation; systems that are able to self-verify correct behaviour in safety critical tasks.

Expected Impact• Verifiable increase in the level of system abilities of value in the targeted application

domains, in particular improving the innovativeness, robustness and longevity of operations of robots deployed in challenging environments

• Significant improvements in the technologies or their combination, underlying the chosen system abilities


SME based research Benchmarking





Scope • Stimulate SMEs in the robotics sector to develop novel and challenging technology and systems

applicable to new markets.• Provide SMEs with access to technical and non-technical support services and technology

relevant to the new market addressed. • Provide to SMEs, who are not necessarily in the original consortium, with facilities to carry out

their research more efficiently and may include access to specialized development facilities or technology.

• Identify how they will enable SMEs to access stakeholders in new markets. • Address extended clinical validation for healthcare are specifically excluded.

Expected Impact• Contribute to overall growth of SMEs targeting new robotics markets • SMEs conducting and utilising research to access new markets


SME based research Benchmarking (II)





Scope Development and implementation of robotics application-relevant benchmarks and metrics to assess progress in technologies and systems. • Qualitative and quantitative information to support the assessment and development of

systems addressing step changes and ability levels • Benchmarks and metrics which are useful to an end user

Expected Impact• More efficient development of the robotics sector and wide acceptance in both academia and

industry of new benchmarking tools • Improved systems characterisation and improved means of robotics system performance

evaluation.


Shared facilities and safety certification





Scope• Development of testing protocols for shared space cooperative and collaborative systems leading

to viable safety certification standards • Proposals must cover a range of domains and applications where safety certification is a market

barrier • May involve financial support to third parties (FSTP)

Expected Impact• Broad acceptance of testing protocols and validation processes for a wide range of shared space

applications• New validation processes on which deployment regulations and standards can be based.


Smart cities

Topic ICT-27-2017 - (PcP)


application allowing technical comparison is a priority• Viable safety certification standards and processes that should cut across different domains and

areas of application• Take up of robotics systems by public authorities

Scope Proposal size: EUR 5 to 7 million funding • Demand-driven PCP actions in the area of smart cities • Actions will aim at but not be limited to one or several of the following topics: waste

management, transport (with focus on smart mobility), the provision of city-wide utilities and services, the provision of healthcare, social care and education (including social innovation)

• Actions will be expected to show how the PCP instrument and procurers will be mobilised to develop new robotics related solutions in a smart cities context

Expected Impact• Proof-of-concept and validation of robotics technology in the smart city context, to encourage

procurement by smart city stakeholders of robotics technology • New market opportunities for robotics technology suppliers to the smart city sector.• Inroads into the defragmentation of the market and potential elaboration of standards for public

procurement in this domain.


ICT-28-2017

Robotics competition, coordination and support


H2020 ICT-28-2017

2017

Robotics competition, coordination and support

CSA

€5m

14/12/2016

25/4/2017

dCompetitions

€2m

bStandards and

Regulation

aNon-technical barriers to

robotic take-up

cCommunity support and

outreach

€3m


Robotics Competition, coordination and support


Specific challenges•Disseminate information not only to the robotics community but also externally to those users and organisations impacted by robotics technology•Intense user-engagement in the developments of robots designed to perform social tasks•Competitions on smart robotics

Scope•Non-technical barriers to robotics take-up

• Promotion of entrepreneurial skills specific to robotics • Addressing non-technical market barriers (e.g. ethical, legal and socio-economic issues) • Promotion of responsible research and innovation in robotics • Strategies to anticipate new skills requirements

•Standards and regulation • Coordination of standards harmonisation and regulation • Dialogue with regulatory bodies

•Community support and outreach • To improve information exchange, to communicate outcomes of EC-funded projects• Robotic competitions to speed up advance towards smarter robots

Expected Impact•Strengthen collaboration between diverse robotics communities•Increase the uptake by entrepreneurs and end users through e.g. skills acquisition and training•Significant and measurable evolution in the public awareness and understanding of robots


ICT-30-2017

Photonics KET 2017


ICT 30 – 2017: Photonics KET

ICT30.a Research and Innovation Actions

■ Application driven core photonic technology developments for agile Petabit/s Optical Core and Metro Networks

■ Photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology

■ Disruptive approaches to optical manufacturing by 2 and 3 D opto-structuring

ICT30.b Innovation Actions

■ Innovation Incubator for SMEs

■ Application driven core photonic devices integrated in systems

Focus is on:

– Biophotonics: imaging systems for in-depth disease diagnosis

– Sensing for process and product monitoring and analysis

43 M€

43 M€

ICT30.c Coordination and Support actions 3 M€

■ Supporting the industrial strategy for photonics in Europe

An Overview of the Actions called: 89 M€

LEIT ICT CallDDL: 25 APR 2017


Photonics KET 2017


Specific challenges• Strengthen the manufacturing base, exploit the potential of innovation and value creation and

job creation• Exploit the large enabling potential of photonics in many industrial sectors & in major societal

challenges (such as health and well-being, energy efficiency or safety)• Exploit the innovation capacity of SMEs and leverage of clusters & national platforms

Scopei. Application driven core photonic technology developments for a new generation of

photonic devices (including components, modules and sub-systems) for agile Petabit/s Optical Core and Metro Networks.

ii. Photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology: Achieve major advances in chip integration technology, enabling a cost effective volume manufacturing of PICs

iii. Disruptive approaches to optical manufacturing by 2 and 3 D opto-structuring: Develop new optical manufacturing approaches for photonic components with unprecedented resolution

Expected Impacti. Next generation agile, high-capacity and energy efficient core and metro networks &

Secured industrial leadership in optical communications systems for core and metro networks ii. Industrial volume manufacturing in Europe of PICs with in cost/performance advantages &

New or significantly enhanced integration technology platforms iii. Technology leadership in optical manufacturing of 2 and 3 D opto-structuring & Emergence of

innovative optical components or material for specific applications

i. actions 6-8 M€, 100% funding

ii. iii. actions 3-4 M€, 100% funding


Photonics KET 2017


Specific challenges•Strengthen the manufacturing base, exploit the potential of innovation and value creation and job creation•Exploit the large enabling potential of photonics in many industrial sectors & in major societal challenges (such as health and well-being, energy efficiency or safety)•Exploit the innovation capacity of SMEs and leverage of clusters & national platforms

Scopei.Innovation Incubator for SMEs

reinforce the competitiveness of photonics and end-user industries,Service should be driven by its business needs and the implementation must be flexible

ii.Application driven core photonic devices integrated in systems: Actions should address validation and demonstration of photonic based systems for the target applications. Actions should also include standardisation activities. Focus is on one of the following themes:

1. Biophotonics: imaging systems for in-depth disease diagnosis2. Sensing for process and product monitoring and analysis

Expected Impacti.Broader and faster take-up of photonics in innovative products, in particular by SMEsii.1. Substantially improved and wider deployed in-depth diagnosis & increased market presence in the Diagnostic and Analysis Imaging Systemsii.2. Increased process monitoring efficiency in the food and pharmaceutical industries and reduction of waste along the logistic food and drugs chain & Increased competitiveness

i. actions 8-10 M€, 70% funding

ii. actions 6-8 M€, 70% funding


Photonics KET 2017


Specific challenges• Strengthen the manufacturing base, exploit the potential of innovation and value creation and

job creation• Exploit the large enabling potential of photonics in many industrial sectors & in major societal

challenges (such as health and well-being, energy efficiency or safety)• Exploit the innovation capacity of SMEs and leverage of clusters & national platforms

Scope• Supporting the industrial strategy for photonics in Europe: Support the development and

implementation of a comprehensive industrial strategy for photonics in Europe.• Include the development of strategic technology road-maps, strong stakeholder

engagement• development of financial models and financial engineering to facilitate access to

different sources of financing

Expected ImpactReinforced value chains and deployment of photonics technologies by stronger cooperation of photonics stakeholders, clusters and end-users;Increased competitiveness of the European photonics sector and improved access to risk finance for the photonics sector in Europe.

One action up to 3 M€, 100% funding


ICT-31-2017

Micro- and nanoelectronics technologies


ICT-31 – Positioning

Objective: Generic Technology Development

Shrinking of horizontal and vertical physical feature sizes

Focus: Exploratory research

Differentiating factors for the Industry

Research & Innovation Actions(19 M€ budget)

Innovation Actions(3 M€ budget)

Coordination and Support Actions(1 M€ budget)

2 - 4 M€

~ 0.5 M€

1 - 2 M€

Expected per project




Specific challenges•Prepare for the future of the electronics industry the next wave of industry-relevant technologies to extend the limits mainstream technologies will be facing in the medium term

Scope•Scale the functional performance

• New approaches: Information processing, Storage• Work on: Materials, Processes, component architectures, System micro-architectures,

Security, Design, Modelling, Simulation, Nano-characterization• Focus in Ultra-low power high performance• Integration, systemability, manufacturability to be considered

•System solutions• Increase functionalities and capabilities (3D sequential integration (@ transistor scale)

3D parallel integration (@ circuit level))

• Work on: Interconnects (intra-layer, vertical structures), Design, Prototyping, Test methods

Expected Impact•Contribute to the growth of micro- nanoelectronics and related industries•Doubling the economic value of electronic components production in Europe (10 years)•Realistic Roadmap towards higher TRLs beyond project timeframe•Concrete business perspectives•Expected markets (for industrial partners)•Impact on society





Scope•Equipment Assessment Experiments

• Suppliers assess and validate their prototypes or products that have left the R&D phase in environments that are very close to real-life conditions in cooperation with end-user.

• Proposals at TRL 6-7 are called for.

Expected Impact•Demonstrate the route from assessment to first use of the equipment•Demonstrate improvement to existing equipment





Scope•Pan-European event

• Promoting careers in micro/nanoelectronics• Showcase the possibilities offered by hardware technologies• The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of about

EUR 0.5 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately.

Expected Impact•Raise awareness of young people – More students in micro-nanoelectronics•Reach out to 1000s students


ICT-39-2017

International Partnership Building in Low and Middle Income Countries (sub-Saharan Africa and ASEAN)

Budget: 13 € Million

Other conditions: €1-2 million per proposal

Deadline: 25 Apr 2017


International partnership building in low and middle income countries


Specific challenges• To reinforce cooperation and strategic partnership with selected countries and regions in areas of

mutual interest.• Targeted countries: Low and middle income countries in sub-Saharan Africa and ASEAN countries

Scope• Actions will address the requirements of end-user communities in developing countries• Include specific technological targets such as co-design, adaptation, demonstration and

validation (e.g. pilots) of ICT related research and innovation in relevant thematic areas addressed by Horizon 2020

Expected Impact• Development of relevant technologies responding to specific needs of target countries• Sustainable uptake of results beyond project completion date• Reinforced international cooperation on ICT R&D with low and middle income countries• Focussing on areas that are beneficial to the target countries/regions


ICT-41-2017

Next Generation Internet

Type of Action: CSA


Other conditions: €0.7 Million per proposal



• Addressing technological opportunities arising from cross-

links and advances in various research fields,

• Extending from new network architectures and software-

defined infrastructures to open service platforms, and

• From application domains to aspects of social innovation.

Validation and testing market traction with minimum viable

products are part of involving users and market actors at

an early stage.

The scope of the initiative should therefore be broadTopic ICT-41-2017 - (CSA)


Next Generation Internet


Specific challengesToday the Internet is key to almost any socio-economic activityAiming to future Internet as an open, data-driven, user-centric, interoperable platform ecosystem

Scopecover one of the three bullet points:•Identification of research topics

• Design, build and apply a methodology to identify continuously those key future technologies that will support an Internet model more open and more inclusive in 10 years from now

•Dynamic and continuous consultation• Build an open, dynamic and continuous consultation process which engages all relevant

stakeholders in a long-term and multi-disciplinary fashion•A programme shape for of a Next Generation Internet initiative.

• mobilise the best researchers and focus on a continuous scouting of developments

Expected Impact•Establish the base for a large scale research flagship on the NGI.•Prototype and validate new processes for research and innovation on NGI.•Mobilise the new players indispensable for agile research on the NGI, notably leading individual or teams of researchers and high tech startups.•Build an active, visible and agile ecosystem comprising all relevant stakeholders •Build a dynamic and growing knowledge base of technological trends, initiatives and key players


ICT-32-2017

Startup Europe for Growth and Innovation Radar


STARTUP EUROPE ACTIVITIESEU NETWORKS OF ECOSYSTEM BUILDERS

EU networks to facilitate:

Collaboration between startups

Collaboration between investors,

corporates and startups

Encourage female entrepreneurs

The building of the entrepreneurial

culture

Link startups with students and young

adults

Organise Failing Forward events

Topic ICT-32-2017


Call ICT-32-2017

in a glance

Scope 1

- IA – 10M

- based on Startup Europe activities

Theme (a) –networks -

Theme (b) –financing -

Scope 2

- CSA – 2M

- based on Innovation Radar initiative

Theme (a)

- support services -

Theme (b) – networks -

Deadline : 25 April 2017Topic ICT-32-2017

1. Startups Grow International: Support high-tech start-ups and innovative SMEs to grow

and scale-up cross border and internationally

2. Increased Innovation: Support the translation of research results with high innovation

potential into viable products and services




Specific challenges•Too many promising high tech start-ups or innovative SMEs do not manage to grow and scale up at pan-European or international level •Turning research results with high innovation potential into viable products and services, bringing them to the market at European or even global level remains a big challenge

Scopeone or both of the following themes:•Reinforcing ICT ecosystems for high growth tech startups by interconnecting and creating new synergies between 3-4 different Startup hubs across Europe per project

• Focus on scaling-up of companies•Improving the liquidity for European investments in fast growing ICT startups and scaleups

Expected Impact•Networking: Connecting tech start-up hubs and their to the larger European business ecosystem •Skills: Increased access to customers, new products or services on the market, increase in turnover, better access to qualified employees•Money: Stimulate European investments in digital sectors •Sustainability: Demonstrate sustainability of proposed actions beyond the life of the project•Synergies: Where appropriate, seeking synergies with ESIF funds or ESIF supported actions

EU contribution/proposal – approx. €1,5M -70%




Specific challenges• Too many promising high tech start-ups or innovative SMEs do not manage to grow and scale

up at pan-European or international level • Turning research results with high innovation potential into viable products and

services, bringing them to the market at European or even global level remains a big challenge

Scopea) "Support services for EU funded innovators" • Offering tailored support to innovators to turn their research results into marketable products• Actions primarily targeted towards technologies developed in EU funded projectsb) "European wide network of support centers“• Establish an European wide network of support centers• Hands-on courses based on proven methodologies for the development of growth business

models

Expected Impact• Increase the number of digital technology based spin-offs and startups or successfully

transferred technology from EU funded projects• Enable a significant number of companies based on ICT technologies to reach investment

maturity and market introduction readiness• Enable innovators from EU funded projects to be part of the relevant EU networks created by

Startup Europe• Where appropriate, seeking synergies with ESIF funds or ESIF supported actions

EU contribution/proposal – approx. € 1M -100%


ICT-33-2017

Innovation procurement networks




Innovation procurement networks


Specific challenges• Facilitate access of innovative companies to the market by removing barriers to Pre-Commercial

Procurement (PCP) and Public Procurement of Innovative solutions (PPI) in Europe. • Speeding up of implementation cycles and further networking of national innovation

procurement

Scopefocus on one of the two themes below:i. Support the creation of European wide networks of procurers that define together an

innovation procurement roadmap• Identify shared procurement needs in areas of common European interest in the near term• Undertake activities that investigate the feasibility and facilitate the concrete preparation of a

cross-border PCP or PPI for at least one shared common procurement needii. Support the creation of one EU wide network of national competence centers on

innovation procurement (PCP and PPI)• Develop and coordinate policy actions to mainstream PCP and PPI across Europe• Promote Horizon 2020 funding and synergies

Expected Impact• Reduced fragmentation of public sector demand through definition of common specifications• Increased awareness on PCP and PPI among policy makers and procurers. • Enhanced capacity of the public sector to carry out PCPs and PPIs• Creation of 5 new innovation competence centers

Proposals between 1 – 2 million -100%


ICT-40-2017

Reinforcing European presence in

international ICT standardisation



Specific challenges• Deeper involvement of European specialists is needed in order to ensure that EU's priorities and the

Digital Single Market perspectives are sufficiently represented in the entire spectrum of organisations

Scope• Mapping in international ICT standardisation regarding the priority domains• Identification of, technical bodies, committees and concrete working items• Management facility to support participation and leadership of key European specialists in those

organisations and technical bodies identified• Proactively achieving critical mass from industry, including SMEs and Startups, and academia for

emerging standardisation activities• Liaise with relevant on-going developments in EU and national funded R&I projects• When relevant hosting standardisation meetings and workshop in Europe.

Expected Impact• Identification of ICT standardisation areas which need European intervention • Engagement of required stakeholders and experts to ensure lasting impact• Increase the influence or Europe into international ICT standardisation, ensuring promotion of

European requirements and interests• Set-up of a facility to support participation of European experts in international ICT SDOs and

technical bodies• Increase the participation of European experts in international ICT Standardisation activities .• Synergies with other similar initiatives or European players including from EU funded R&I projects• Common positions of European stakeholders in international ICT standardisation

Reinforcing European presence in international ICT standardisation

Requesting a contribution from the EU of up to EUR 2 million -100%


HORIZON 2020

R&I on IoT integration and platforms

IoT Focus Area


• Foster take-up of IoT in Europe and enable the emergence of IoT ecosystems supported by open technologies and platforms.

• Coordination body to ensure an efficient interplay of the various elements of the IoT-FA and liaise with relevant initiatives at EU, Member States and international levels

• Research and innovation effort in specific IoT topics will ensure the longer-term evolution of the Internet of Things

• Link with IoT 1 and IoT 2 (IoT Large Scale Pilots)

Large Scale Pilots in 5 areas:

• Smart living environments for ageing well

• Smart Farming and Food.

• Wearables for smart ecosystems

• Reference zones in EU cities

• Autonomous vehicles in a connected environment Supprt

• Proposals should also and link with LSP or related CSAs

Internet of Things Focus Area


IOT ecosystem:

Devices, Applications and Business model


IoT-03-2017:

R&I on IoT integration and platforms

Type of Action: RIA




Specific Challenge:

• Future design of IoT applications will depend crucially on sophisticated platform architectures for smart objects, embedded intelligence, and smart networks.

• Ambitious use cases responding to futures needs of IoT systems

• IoT platforms should be open and easy-to-use to support third party innovation.

• Key points for future innovation specifically related to Actuation and Smart Behaviour.

Scope:

• Architectures, concepts, methods and tools for open IoT platforms integrating evolving sensing, actuating, energy harvesting, networking and interface technologies.

• Platforms providing connectivity and intelligence, actuation and control features, linkage to modular and ad-hoc cloud services, data analytics and open APIs as well as semantic interoperability across use cases and conflict resolution.

• IoT Security and Privacy advanced concepts for end-to-end security in highly distributed, heterogeneous and dynamic IoT environments. Approaches include identification and authentication, data protection and prevention against cyber-attacks at the device and system levels.

• Other proposal characteristics: To include two or more usage scenarios, verification and testing, and identify the added value of the proposed approach specific to IoT in comparison to generic solutions.

IoT-03-2017: R&I on IoT integration and platforms

Requesting a contribution from the EU of 3-5 million EUR -100%


Expected impact:

Two or more of the following criteria should be addressed, with success metrics where appropriate.

• Evolution of platform technologies and contribution to scientific progress enabling novel, advanced semi-autonomous IoT applications

• Strengthen the industrial EU technological offer of innovative IoT solutions

• Support emergence of an open market of services and innovative businesses

• Increase of IoT usability and user acceptance, notably through strengthened security and user control

• Promote the adoption of EU platforms in European and international context

• Contribution to emerging or future standards and pre-normative activities

IoT-03-2017: R&I on IoT integration and platforms


HORIZON 2020

- Factories of the Future Calls


Factories of the Future 2020

• Demonstrate the economic and environmental feasibility of the circular economy

• Enhancing European industrial competitiveness

• Greener, more customised and higher quality products

• Specific objectives

• reduction of costs and emissions

• more efficient use of energy and resources

• cascade use of materials

• R&I to integrate & demonstrate innovative manufacturingtechnologies in:

• advanced surface manufacturing, multi-material processing, micro-/nano-enabled high-volume manufacturing, predictive maintenance technologies, reconfigurable & reusable customised products , ICT

Factories of the Future Call Objectives


245 Projects to date.

> 1,500 organisationsparticipating

High involvement of SMEs: 200+

Majority of projects feature demoactivities

700+ results have been reported on EFFRA Innovation Portal

Close to the market exploitation of project results

Project results enhancing existing products

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027Nr of

projects

Cumulative

total

FoF-2010 25 25

FoF-2011 36 61

FoF-2012 37 98

FoF-2013 53 151

FoF-2014 29 180

FoF-2015 28 208

FoF-2016 37 245

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post-project impact &investments



post-project impact &investments

7 e post-project impact & investments

Factories of the Future 2020 cPPP: Progress


FOF-06-2017 – RIA

FOF-07-2017 – RIA

FOF-08-2017 – IA

FOF-09-2017 – IA

FOF-10-2017 – IA

86.180.000 €Closing 19 January 2017

FOF-12-2017 – IA 33.000.000 €Closing 19 January 2017

FOF-12-2017 – CSA

1.000.000 €Closing 19 January 2017

FOF Calls in H2020 (Deadline Date: 19-1-2017)Call Budget Overview


Topic FOF-06-2017 - (RIA)

Specific challenges• Explore innovative approaches aimed at producing high added-value functional surfaces by a

superficial modification of the substrate• cost efficiency of the novel surface manufacturing processes• development of technologies that are adaptable and up-scalable to real scale conditions and to

their implementation into mass production conditions• environmental aspects of the processes should also be addressed

Scope• Introduce micro- or nano-scale modifications at the surface level of the part• Methods and systems enabling highly efficient up-scaling of the developed processing techniques

from laboratory scale to real scale - mass production• Modelling tools to support selection of the processing parameters• Solutions -> economically viable, environmentally friendly & easy to transfer to other fields• In-process inspection and monitoring possibilities

Expected Impact• Cost increase should be below 10% with respect to the cost of conventional products.• The improvement in the product performance should be above 20% in the targeted functionalities• Strengthened global position of European manufacturing industry

New product functionalities through advanced surface manufacturing processes for mass production

EUR3-5million


Topic FOF-07-2017 - (RIA)

Integration of unconventional technologies for multi-material processing into manufacturing systems

Specific challenges• Integrate unconventional manufacturing technologies (UMT) within a specific set (water jet,

ultrasonic and micro-wave, electron beam welding and/or electro discharge machining, laser and photopolymerisation) into a manufacturing system to make multi-material products composed of high cost or critical materials with a prolonged service life.

Scope• High cost or critical multi-material products based on UMT, integrated if appropriate with more

conventional manufacturing techniques such as machining and joining• manufacturing processes capable of generating the features and geometries required for multi-

material products as well as integrating additional improvements such as thermal treatment, stress relieving, surface hardening, corrosion resistance or micro-structural improvements

• new flexible machinery concepts and components allowing the integration of UMT and processes into industrial manufacturing systems

• in-process inspection and control to ensure quality requirements

Expected Impact• Reduction of at least 10% in the production time• Reduction of at least 15% in the production cost• Resource efficiency improved by at least 10%• Intensive implementation of innovative UMT along the European manufacturing value chain.• Low capital investment solutions available for SME uptake.

EUR3-5million

SMEs


Topic FOF-08-2017 - (IA)

In-line measurement and control for micro-/nano-enabled high-volume manufacturing for enahnced reliability

Specific challenges• The process scaling needs to include system-level architectures for metrology and control.• Practical industry solutions for reference metrology at these small dimensions are not readily

available.• Enable predictive management of batches, improved quality and speed control, and machine

learning enabling fully autonomous control at the level of the process tool.

Scope• Measurement techniques targeting products at the micro- (and nano-) scale.• Measurement and data acquisition which are non-destructive• Traceability in the measurements back to reference samples. Direct contributions to related standards• Approaches should include process variation, product reliability, waste optimisation, yield/

output improvements and predictive/preventive corrections to the entire line.

Expected Impact• System-wide control systems, demonstrating better resource efficiency, yield and productivity of a

wide variety of components and final products• Improvement in technical knowledge on the in-line metrology for micro-/(nano-)sized components• Traceability in terms of physical dimensions, functionality and reliability of micro-/nano-sized

components.• Contribution to standardisation in the field of reference materials and factory integration.

EUR4-6million



Novel design and predictive maintenance technologies for increased operating life of production systems

Specific challenges• Analysis of operational parameters and in-service behaviour, self-learning features and condition

prediction mechanisms -> improve smart predictive maintenance systems and will lead to a more efficient management, reconfiguration and re-use of assets and resources, avoiding false alarms and unforeseen failures which lower operators' confidence in such systems.

Scope• Methodologies & tools for improved maintainability and operating life of production systems.• Methodologies & tools to schedule maintenance activities together with production activities.• Predictive maintenance solutions, combined with integrated quality-maintenance methods and

tools, as well as failure modes, effects, and criticality analysis (FMECA) techniques• Versatility, in order to make solutions transferable to different industrial sectors.• Two complex demonstrators in real industrial settings

Expected Impact• 10% increased in-service efficiency through reduced failure rates, downtime due to repair,

unplanned plant/production system outages and extension of component life.• Demonstration of more accurate, secure and trustworthy techniques at component, machine

and system level• Increased accident mitigation capability. SMEs

EUR4-6million



New technologies and life cycle management for reconfigurable and reusable customised products

EUR 4-6 M€/PROJECT

Specific challenges• The integration of highly differentiated materials and components is a key requisite for flexible

manufacturing of individualised consumer/customised products• Integration of ICT-based components and of advanced materials -> further pollution risks• Reconfiguration and reuse of products, and related services, need to be developed.

Scope• Methodologies, engineering & tools -> fast reconfiguration and re-use of products & components• Production techniques -> fast manufacturing, assembly & configuration of personalised products• Methods & technologies for personalised products updatability, disassembly for reuse and end of

life management of the products as well as their different components• Methodologies & tools for the development of assembly, configuration, disassembly and

reconfiguration services along the whole consumer/customised products value chain and along its overall life cycle also including the aftersale stage.

Expected Impact• Reduction of time to market of new personalised products/services by 30%• Cost reduction of the manufacturing of personalised products by 25%• Reduction of environmental impact by more than 50%• Savings of overall products/services life cycle costs by 30% SMEs

EUR4-6million


Topic FOF-12-2017 - (IA) & (CSA)

Digital

Innovation

Hubs

Preparing

Europeans

for the Digital

Age

Smart

Regulations

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Industry

Leadership

through

Partnerships

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LinkingUp

National

Initiatives

ICT

Standards &

Interoperability

Testbeds

FoF-12: ICTInnovation for

Manufacturing SMEs


Innovation Action Proposals should address 3 aspects

1.Establish a network of competence centres offering marketplaces for companies that want to experiment with digital technologies in manufacturing of discrete or continuous goods. Link with regional innovation hubs.

2.Carrying out a critical mass of cross-border experiments bringing together key actors across the full value chain to customise the technologies according to the requirements of new users.

3.Activities to achieve long-term sustainability of one-stop shop/market place services by competence centres and the eco-system. Investors should be attracted to support business development of SMEs and mid-caps.Ensure availability of sufficient training opportunities.

Proposals should have an outline business scenario

collaborate on reinforcing I4MSecosystem,

establish links to related activities,e.g. in the IoT Focus Area, ECSEL, SPARC, Big Data PPPs.



1.Integration of Cyber Physical Systems and IoT concepts in smart production environments

2.Robotics systems cost effective at lower lot sizes

3.HPC Cloud-based modelling, simulation and analytics services focusing on sustained service models and real-time support

4.Digital design for additive Manufacturing focusing onlink between design tools and production

Large projects (5-8 M€)

Budget 32 M€

IA70%


Innovation Action


Close cooperation with European Factories of the Future Association (EFFRA)


Scope: To advance the I4MS Ecosystem

• Single portal for newcomers

• Sharing of best practices

• Brokering between users and suppliers

• Identifying new ICT technologies that can benefit from I4MS scheme

• Levering further investment

• mapping and matching competences in and between regions

• linking up with regional/national initiatives

Impact:

• Exploration of new application areas for advanced ICT in manufacturing at large, a significant number of new users, in particular SMEs and Mid-caps

• More innovative and competitive technology suppliers, in particular SMEs

• More competitive European service providers through provisioning of new types of services and strengthening the presence on local markets

• Creation of a self-sustainable ecosystem of competence centers, users and suppliers covering a large number of regions and their smart specialisation

• A critical mass of pan European experiments covering the whole value chain to demonstrate innovative and sustainable business models


HORIZON 2020

- Smart Cities and Communities (SCC) Calls 2017


Smart Cities and Communities (SCC) Calls

• Smart and Sustainable Cities – cross-cutting

• Sustainable, cost-effective and replicable district-scale solutions at the intersection of energy, transport enabled by ICT

• Intelligent, user-driven and demand- oriented city infrastructure and services

69.500.000 €Closing 14 February 2017

44.000.000 €Closing 05 September 2017

SCC-1-2017 – IA

SCC-02-2017 – IA

Call Budget Overview


Topic SCC-1-2017 - (IA)

• 2017 will be the 4th

year of lighthouse projects and the network is steadily growing.

• 27 Lighthouse cities and

30 Follower cities

• They do not operate in isolation but are now forming a lighthouse collaboration network.


Topic SCC-1-2017 - (IA) (1)

Specific challenges•To demonstrate solutions at district scale integrating smart homes, smart grids (electricity, district heating, telecom, water, etc.), energy storage, electric vehicles and smart charging infrastructures, using the latest generation ICT platforms (and infrastructure) based on open specifications.

Scope

Lighthouse cities develop and test integrated innovative solutions at large scale (at least district level). The proposals should address a well-balanced combination of smart homes, smart energy and ICT systems and electric vehicles.

The project should cover:•A larger district of buildings (old or new or mixed and ideally nearly zero or low energy).•Smart interaction of different energy systems at districts level going far beyond classical electricity grids management only (smart management of electricity, heat cold, gas or other grid systems, including water with smart solutions for storage, including intelligent use of thermal mass of buildings that exploit synergies between these urban grids.•Integration with and/or consolidation of low carbon ICT systems at district level (communication networks, computing facilities, data centres).•Electromobility: smart EV charging (grid to vehicle and vehicle to grid),while ensuring a positive impact on the whole energy system from a technical point of view.

Smart Cities and Communities lighthouse projects EUR12-18million


Topic SCC-1-2017 - (IA) (2)

Each project must:• Be realised in 3 new lighthouse cities that are situated in different EU Member states or associated

countries.• Involve at least 3 follower cities from at least 3 different EU Member states or associated countries

(that are different also from the countries of the lighthouse cities of the project).• Have Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP), positively evaluated by the Covenant of Mayors

before submitting a proposal.

Important Details• A city can be funded as a lighthouse city only once under Horizon2020• Follower cities are defined as cities that have yet to acquire the full technical competence needed to

become a lighthouse city• Performance monitoring for at least 2 years during the project• Convincing and realistic work, replication and investment plans• Incorporate all performance data into Smart Cities and Communities Information System SCIS• The initial investment plans shall show that after successful demonstration private capital can take

over further investments at low technical and financial risks• foresee about 2 % to 3% of the requested funds for inter-project cooperation

Non-eligible costs• Costs of construction (including scale of unit costs)• Costs of retrofitting (including scale of unit costs)• Cost of purchasing/leasing electric vehicles• Costs of acquisition of standard ICT tools conventional RES and their mounting• Insulation of the building envelope, good windows; heat pumps, and other appliance


Eligible costs

All those innovative aspects that transform the city into a smart city, such as for example:• Integration of storage with all grids• Innovative part of building management that is leading to a deep integration with the local energy

system• Smart integration of the electricity grid with RES, with electricity storage and heat storage at the

district level• Only the innovative parts of RES, suited for smart integration• Economic research for and development of highly innovative approaches and testing of integrated

business models• Smart storage (electricity, heat or cold) and its management for maximising self-consumption

Platforms based on open specifications with open application program interfaces (API)• Further refinements of the initially submitted replication plans• Training and education within and between cities

Expected Impact• Put in practice a bankable solution for a challenge identified by the city• Increase the energy efficiency on district scale• Increase significantly the share of renewable energies and their integration into the energy system• Roll-out of electric vehicles in cities• Increase local air quality• Create stronger links and active cooperation between cities in a large number of Member States

Topic SCC-1-2017 - (IA) (3)


Topic SCC-02-2017 - (IA) (1)

Demonstrating innovative nature-based solutions in cities

EUR10millionSpecific challenges

•To provide a robust EU-wide evidence base and develop a European reference framework on nature-based solutions for regional and local city authorities, communities, enterprises, other stakeholders, about benefits, co-benefits, cost-effectiveness, economic viability of these solutions, to: (i) enhance climate and water resilience in cities and (ii) address inclusive urban regeneration in cities, thus promoting their large scale deployment and creation of a global market.•Mass urbanisation is one of the most urgent challenges in the 21st century. Cities and urban communities have to cope with several challenges (poor air quality, heat island effects, increased flood risks, increased frequency/severity of extreme events, derelict industrial sites, dis-functioning urban areas, increased criminality, social exclusion, inequalities, marginalisation, poverty, degraded urban environments).

Scope

Projects should adopt a 'front-runner' and a 'follower' cities approach, to facilitate rapid exploitation, replication, up-scaling of the solutions, and via large-scale demonstration should aim to:•develop, deploy and demonstrate innovative, replicable and locally attuned nature-based solutions, with systemic impact at the scale of the intervention;•assist 'follower' cities that commit proactively seek advice, expertise, assistance capacity building and mentoring, and develop a sustainable urban planning that systemically replicates, embeds and integrates the demonstrated nature-based solutions customised to their particular context.•engage 'front-runner' cities in further networking;


• set up a robust monitoring scheme to monitor the performance and assess the impact of the solutions;

• develop methodologies for replication and up-scaling in different contexts;• Identify and assess potential regulatory, economic, social and technical barriers of relevance to

these solutions, and propose ways to overcome them;• Establish long-term sustainable data platforms to systematically document information and

provide evidence on practices and lessons learnt regarding the deployment, cost-effectiveness and performance of nature-based solutions.

Nature-based solutions for inclusive urban regenerationActions should address nature-based solutions for inclusive urban regeneration – including regeneration of deprived districts, or neglected or abandoned areas. Testing to what extent nature-based solutions can reduce crime and security costs, and enhance human health, wellbeing and social cohesion.The role of social innovation, and hence the participation of social sciences and humanities disciplines such as law, economics, political science, architecture or design studies, is particularly important.

Topic SCC-02-2017 - (IA) (2)


Expected Impact• creation of an European reference framework & establishment of EU leadership in a new global

market for nature-based solutions, new economic opportunities, new products, services, protocols and standards, leverage of investments, reduced regulative and administrative barriers, and new local green jobs;

• increased awareness of the benefits of re-naturing cities, more effective policy making and better informed decision making, efficiency and comparative advantages of a range of nature-based solutions;

• enhanced stakeholder and citizen ownership of the solutions• increased international cooperation and global market opportunities through replication of

approaches and solutions in non-EU countries;• enhanced implementation of EU environmental policies;• creating by 2020, through the implementation of nature-based solutions, healthier, culturally diverse

and greener regenerated European cities, with better living conditions for all, reduced crime and security costs, increased green infrastructure and biodiversity, improved air and water quality, enhanced human health and wellbeing, reduced health costs, improved mobility conditions, opportunities for urban farming and increased social cohesion

Topic SCC-02-2017 - (IA) (3)

Thank you for your attention!

Dr. Dimitrios TzovarasDirector, Information Technologies InstituteCentre for Research and Technology [email protected]

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