1. Project BEBB
Better Environment – Better Business
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2. and the environmental project opportunities the programme will offer
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HORIZON 2020
and the environmental project opportunities the programme will offer
Disclaimer:
Status of discussions as of today, 02/09/2013, in the absence of a final decision of the legislators on the programmes and on agreements with the Member States on work-programmes for 2014 and 2015

3. MAIN PRIORITIES OF HORIZON 2020
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MAIN PRIORITIES OF HORIZON 2020
Excellent science
Industrial leadership
Sociatal challenges

4. PRIORITY 1 EXCE LLEN T SCIE NCE € 24 441 mln.
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EXCE LLEN T SCIE NCE
€ mln.
European Research Council (ERC) - € mln.
Future and Emerging Technologies - € mln.
Marie Curie Actions - € mln.
Research Infrastructures - € mln.

5. PRIORITY 1
WHY?
World class science is the foundation of tomorrow’s technologies, jobs and wellbeing
Europe needs to develop, attract and retain research talent
Researchers need access to the best infrastructures

6. PRIORITY 1 OPPORTUNITIES:
Frontier research by the best individual reasearceres - substantial grants to top-level individual researchers working in Europe
Collaborative research to open new fields of innovation
Opportunities for training and career development
Ensuring access to world-class facilities

7. INDUS TRIAL LEAD ERSHI P
PRIORITY 2
INDUS TRIAL LEAD ERSHI P
€ mln.
Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (LEITs) - € mln.
Access to risk finance - € mln
Innovation in SMEs - € 616 mln.

8. PRIORITY 2
WHY?
Strategic investments in key technologies underpin innovation across existing and emerging sectors
Europe needs to attract more private investment in research and innovation
Europe needs more innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to create growth and jobs

9. PRIORITY 2 OPPORTUNITIES:
Make Europe a more attractive location to invest in research and innovation
Major investments in key industrial technologies such as (ICT, nanotechnologies, materials, biotechnology, manufacturing, space)
Facilitate access to risk finance

10. PRIORITY 3 SOCIA L CHAL LENG ES € 29 678 mln.
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SOCIA L CHAL LENG ES
€ mln.
Health, demographic change and wellbeing - € mln.
Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research & the Bio economy - € 3 851mln.
Secure, clean and efficient energy - € mln.
Smart, green and integrated transport - € mln
Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials - € mln.
Inclusive and reflective societies - € mln.
Secure societies - € mln.

11. PRIORITY 3
WHY?
Concerns of citizens and EU policy (society) objectives (climate, environment, energy, transport, etc) cannot be achieved without innovation
Breakthrough solutions come from multi-disciplinary collaborations, including social sciences & humanities
Promising solutions need to be tested, demonstrated and scaled up

12. PRIORITY 3 OPPORTUNITIES:
The goal will be more than ever to bring excellent research results to market
To deliver direct benefits to citizens, such as affordable health-care, protection against cyber-crime, and the transition to a resource-efficient, low-carbon economy

13. SIMPLIFIED RULS 1 a more transparent program architecture
a single set of rules for participation, including on eligibility for funding, evaluation and IPR
Replacing the four methods to calculate overhead or indirect costs with a single flat rate (25%) and only two funding rates - for research (100%) and for close to market activities respectively (70%)
streamlined funding rules, for instance allowing the use of researchers' own accounting methods

14. SIMPLIFIED RULS 2 audit strategy focused on risk and fraud prevention
no time-sheets for personnel working full time on a project, possibility of output-based grants
further simplified provisions in the Grant Agreement and implementing procedures to facilitate access to Horizon (e.g. common IT platform)
earlier project starts (100 days less from application to grant)
Improved rules on intellectual

15. IN DETAILS... Structural simplification:
a simpler program architecture centered on three strategic objectives, making it easier for participants to identify where funding opportunities exist
a single set of participation rules, on issues such as eligibility, evaluation or Intellectual Property Rights, applying to all components of Horizon 2020, with deviations only possible when justified by specific needs

16. IN DETAILS... Simpler funding rules:
simpler reimbursement of direct costs, with a broader acceptance of beneficiaries' usual accounting practices
the possibility of using unit personnel costs (average personnel costs), including for SME owners without a salary
simplification of time-recording by providing a clear and simple set of minimum conditions; in particular abolition of time-recording obligations for staff working exclusively on an EU project

17. IN DETAILS... Simpler funding rules:
indirect costs will be covered by a single flat-rate applied to the direct costs as a general rule - removing a major source of financial errors and complexity
two funding rates but only one predetermined rate applicable to all participants and activities in the same project: one project - one rate
lump sums, prizes, output based funding for specific areas where this has proved appropriate

18. IN DETAILS...
New control strategy - balance between trust and control:
an ex-ante financial capacity checks required only for project private coordinators
a reduction of the number of certificates on financial statements by requiring only one such certificate per beneficiary at the end of the project
reduction of the limitation period for ex-post audits from five to four years
7% of Horizon 2020 beneficiaries being subject to audit over the whole programming period

19. BUDGET UNDER 7FP 4 kinds of indirect costs actual real 60% 20%
2 funding rates for RTD activities - 50% and 75% depending on the beneficiary
Different funding rate for different budget heading - management, demo, RTD and others

20. Requested EU contribution (100%)
BUDGET UNDER H2020
Participant short name
Direct costs
Indirect costs (25%)
Total costs
Requested EU contribution (100%)
University A
Foundation B ,5 ,5
University C
,25
,25
SME D
,25
,25
Enterprise E ,5 ,5
SME F ,5
Total

21. STRONG PARTICIPATION BY SMEs
Integrated approach - around 20% of the total budget for societal challenges and LEITs goes to SME Instrument
SME participation in collaborative R&D or innovation projects (all three priorities)
Innovation in start-ups, spin-offs and young companies (Eurostars2)
Access to risk finance (debt and equity facility)
Exchange and mobility of researchers involving SMEs (Marie Curie actions)

22. FP7 Cooperation program Theme
FP7 TRANSFERRED INTO H2020
FP7 Cooperation program Theme
Horizon 2020 Pillar
Horizon 2020 activity
Health
Societal challenges
Health, demographic change and wellbeing challenge
Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Food security, sustainable agriculture and the bio-economy challenge
Industrial Leadership
Biotechnology
Information and communication Technologies
Applications within relevant challenges
Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies: Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

23. FP7 TRANSFERRED INTO H2020 FP7 Cooperation program Theme
Horizon 2020 Pillar
Horizon 2020 activity
Nano-science, nanotechnologies and new production technologies
Societal challenges
Applications within relevant challenges
Industrial Leadership
Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies: Support for enabling technologies
Energy includes follow-up to CIP intelligent energy program
Secure, clean and efficient energy challenge
Environment (including climate change and CIP eco-innovation actions)
Climate action, resource efficiency including raw materials challenge

24. FP7 Cooperation program Theme Transport (incl. Aeronautics)
FP7 TRANSFERRED INTO H2020
FP7 Cooperation program Theme
Horizon 2020 Pillar
Horizon 2020 activity
Transport (incl. Aeronautics)
Societal challenges
Smart, green and integrated transport challenge
Socio-economic science and humanities
Inclusive, innovative and secure societies challenge and applications within all other societal challenges
Space
Industrial Leadership
Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies: Space
Security
Inclusive, innovative and secure societies challenge

25. NEXT STEPS... Formal political decisions on Horizon 2020 Autumn 2013
Formal political decision on Multi-annual financial framework ( )
Adoption of work program and publication of first calls for proposals
11 December 2013
Horizon 2020 national launch events
October to January 2014

26. THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION !!!
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