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Horizon 2020 - the Framework
Programme for Research and
Innovation (2014-2020) Societal Challenge 2 – Food Security,
Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry,
Marine and Maritime and Inland Water
Research and the Bioeconomy
Leadership in Enabling and Industrial
Technologies; Key Enabling Technologies;
Biotechnology
Outi Suomi, BIO-NCP, Tekes
10.12.2013
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Related EU Policies
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EUROPE 2020 A strategy for smart,
sustainable and inclusive growth COM(2010) 2020
Innovating for sustainable Growth: a
Bioeconomy for Europe
COM(2012)60 final
Blue Growth Strategy COM
(2012)494
Europe 2020 A Stronger European
Industry for Growth and Economic
Recovery - Industrial Policy
Communication Update, COM(2012)
582 final
• Smart growth – an economy based on knowledge and innovation
• Sustainable growth – promoting a more resource efficient, greener and
more competitive economy
• Inclusive growth – a high-employment economy delivering economic,
social and territorial cohesion
• Ensuring food security (Global population growth by 2050 is estimated to lead to a 70%
increase in food demand, which includes a projected twofold increase in world meat consumption)
• Managing natural resources sustainably
• Reducing dependence on non-renewable resources
• Mitigating and adapting to climate change
• Creating jobs and maintaining European competitiveness
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• Blue energy
• Aquaculture
• Maritime, coastal and cruise tourism
• Marine mineral resources
• Blue biotechnology
• Markets for advanced manufacturing technologies for
clean production
• Markets for key enabling technologies
• Bio-based product markets
• Sustainable industrial and construction policy, raw materials
• Clean vehicles and vessels
• Smart grids
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Excellent science
European Research Council
Future and Emerging Technologies
Marie Curie actions
Research infrastructures
Industrial leadership Societal challenges
Health, demographic change and wellbeing
Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research & the bioeconomy
Secure, clean and efficient energy
Smart, green and integrated transport
Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials
Inclusive, innovative and secure societies
Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies = LEIT Access to risk finance
Innovation in SMEs
Horizon 2020 Structure
34% from total budget
24% from total budget
42% from total budget
Funding Possibilities in
Food Security and Biotechnology Work
Programmes
The calls open on the 11th Dec. 2013
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Work Programme
• Two year programme (2014-2015)
• The final versions will be published on the 11th Dec. 2013
• Participant Portal – search tool by words and themes
• Defines the call contents, budgets, funding instruments and
evaluation criteria.
• Work Program presents:
• Specific Challenge
o sets context, problem to be addressed, why intervention is necessary
• Scope
o delineates the problem, specifies the focus and the boundaries of the potential action
BUT without overly describing specific approaches
• Expected Impact
o describe the key elements of what is expected to be achieved
• Type of Action (Research and Innovation, Innovation Action, SME Instrument,
Coordination and Support)
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Basics • Food Security is one of the societal challenges – pilar III
• Food Security is consisted of 1. sustainable food security, 2. blue growth –
the potential of seas and oceans, 3. innovative, sustainable and inclusive
bioeconomy. Budget ~ 5% (~3.8 billion euros) of the total H2020 budget
(~79 billion euros).
• Biotechnology is one of the key enabling technologies – pilar II. Budget
~83.7 Meuros.
• Biotechnology is consisted for example of synthetic biology, bioinformatics,
system biology, industrial processes, innovative and competitive platform
technologies.
• Food Security and Biotechnology are in different work programmes
– Biotechnology is included in work programme ‘Nanotechnologies, Advanced
Materials, Biotechnology and Advanced Manufacturing and Processing’.
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Focus Areas
• The 12 focus areas aim to enhance broad cooperation in EU.
Different aspects (social, technical, economical, ecological) needs to
be taken into account from research to demonstration phase.
• Strategic Programme for the 2014-2016 Work Programmes defines
all focus areas.
• Food Security and Blue Growth are named as focus areas which
highlight (just to mention few)
– Resource efficient food production
– Safe foods and healthy diets for all
– Climate change mitigation and adaptation
– Valorising the diversity of marine life
– Sustainable harvesting of the deep-sea resources
– Ocean observation technologies
– Social aspects and human related research included
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Other Focus Areas
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Waste:
• Minimizing the waste produced in industrial production, in energy
industry, in agriculture, in food industry and in marine and maritime
related industry.
• Collection, recovery, recycling and transformation of valuable
materials from urban and industrial waste streams, including
municipal waste, construction and demolition waste, high tech
products, and bio-waste.
Water Innovations in Europe:
• ICT in risk management
• Treatment of waste water and drinking water, water reuse, closed
water cycles, efficient water use, water availability.
Technology Readiness Level – mentioned in
some calls
• TRL 1 – basic principles observed
• TRL 2 – technology concept formulated
• TRL 3 – experimental proof of concept
• TRL 4 – technology validated in lab
• TRL 5 – technology validated in relevant environment (industrial
environment in the case of key enabling technologies)
• TRL 6 – technology demonstrated in relevant environment (industrial
environment in the case of key enabling technologies)
• TRL 7 – system prototype demonstration in operational environment
• TRL 8 – system complete and qualified
• TRL 9 – actual system proven in operational environment
(competitive manufacturing in the case of key enabling technologies;
or in space)
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1. Call for Sustainable Food Security - SFS
The call focuses on (see Specific Programme):
1. Consumers’ needs versus needs in the food production
2. Food chain sustainability from production to consumption
3. Food availability for everyone
4. Healthy diet and wellbeing
5. Sustainable forestry
6. Resource efficiency as means for production enhancement
7. Minimizing waste production
8. Ensuring biodiversity
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Food Security Work Programme
A. Sustainable food production systems, 11 calls: eg. livestock production, crop
production, discards in European fisheries, China-cooperation, agro-food systems in
Africa.
SME instrument SFS-8-2014/2015: Resource-efficient eco-innovative food
production and processing. 70% funding. Commercialisation plan required. TRL 6.
B. Safe food and healthy diets and sustainable consumption, 6 calls: eg. health
risks, authentication of food products, malnutrition in the elderly (2015).
Innovation Action SFS-17-2014: Innovative solutions for sustainable novel food
processing. Prototypes, demonstrations and testing with customers are encouraged.
C. Global drivers of food security, 3 calls: eg. small farms role in the food security
(2015), EU politic’s impact on the sustainable food chain.
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• SFS-1-2014/2015: Sustainable terrestrial livestock production
• SFS-2-2014/2015: Sustainable crop production
• SFS-3-2014: Practical solutions for native and alien pests affecting plants
• SFS-4-2014: Soil quality and function
• SFS-6-2014: Sustainable intensification pathways of agro-food systems in Africa
• SFS-7-2014/2015: Genetic resources and agricultural diversity for food security,
productivity and resilience
• SFS-8-2014/2015: Resource-efficient eco-innovative food production and processing
• SFS 9 - 2014: Towards a gradual elimination of discards in European fisheries
• SFS-10-2014/2015: Tackling disease related challenges and threats faced by
European farmed aquatic animals
• SFS-11-2014/2015: Implementation of an Ecosystem-based approach for
European aquaculture
• SFS-12-2014: Assessing the health risks of combined human exposure to
multiple food-related toxic substances
• SFS-14-2014/2015: Authentication of food products
• SFS-15-2014: Proteins of the future
• SFS-17-2014: Innovative solutions for sustainable novel food processing
technologies
• SFS-19-2014: Sustainable food and nutrition security through evidence based
EU agro-food policies
Calls for 2015 not included. Bolded are Research and Innovation.
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Some Highlights from SFS Research and
Innovation (2014) • SME participation should be ensured. China or ’third country’
participation is especially encouraged:
– SFS-1 Sustainable terrestrial livestock production A. Genetics and nutrition and alternative feed sources for terrestial livestock production
B. Tackling losses from terrestial animal diseases (vaccines)
– SFS-3 Practical solutions for native and alien pests affecting plants A. Native and alien pests in agriculture and forestry (prevention and management)
B. EU-China cooperation on IPM (Integrated Pest Management) in agriculture
(cooperation should benefit both EU and China farmers and consumers)
– SFS-4 Soil quality and function (analysis of agricultural land use and
management)
– SFS-14 Authentication of food products A. Authentication of olive oil (olive oil production and sector evaluation)
– SFS-15 Proteins of the future (analysis of protein sources)
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2. Call for Blue Growth – Unlocking the potential of
Seas and Oceans – BG (All European seas, oceans
and inland waters)
The call focuses on (see Specific Programme):
1. Management of the marine ecosystems for social and economic
benefits
2. Enhancing EU’s own fish production and decreasing foreign fish
imports
3. Biotechnology innovations
4. Unlocking the marine potential: energy, food, minerals
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A. Sustainably exploiting the diversity of marine life, 4 calls: eg. Sustainable
exploitation of Atlantic marine ecosystems (cooperation with USA and Canada)
(2015), novel marine derived biomolecules and biomaterials.
Innovation Action BG-4-2014:Enhancing the industrial exploitation potential of marine-
derived enzymes. Prototypes, demonstrations and testing with customers are
encouraged.
B. New offshore challenges, 3 calls: eg.sub-sea technologies in 2014, response to oil
spills and marine pollutions (cooperation with USA and Canada) (2015).
C. Ocean observation technologies/systems, 2 calls: eg. acoustic and imaging
technologies.
D. Horizontal aspects, socio-economic sciences, innovation, engagement with
society and ocean governance across the blue growth focus area, 7 calls: eg.
Monitoring marine and maritime research, European polar research cooperation with
Russia, Japan, China, India, Latin America. International cooperation outside EU in
encouraged. Highly focused on 2014.
SME-instrument BG-12-2014/2015: Supporting SMEs efforts for the development -
deployment and market replication of innovative solutions for blue growth.
Commercialization plan required. TRL 6 .
• BG-3-2014: Novel marine derived biomolecules and industrial biomaterials
• BG-4-2014: Enhancing the industrial exploitation potential of marine-derived enzymes
• BG-5-2014: Preparing for the future innovative offshore economy
• BG-6-2014: Delivering the sub-sea technologies for new services at sea
• BG-8-2014: Developing in-situ Atlantic Ocean Observations for a better
management and sustainable exploitation of the maritime resources
• BG-9-2014: Acoustic and imaging technologies
• BG-10-2014: Consolidating the economic sustainability and competitiveness of
European fisheries and aquaculture sectors to reap the potential of seafood
markets
• BG-11-2014: Monitoring marine and maritime research, disseminating and valorising
research outputs
• BG-12-2014/2015: Supporting SMEs efforts for the development - deployment and
market replication of innovative solutions for blue growth
• BG-13-2014 Ocean literacy – Engaging with society – Social Innovation
• BG-14-2014: Supporting flagship international cooperation initiatives: Atlantic Ocean
Cooperation Research Alliance
• BG-15-2014: European polar research cooperation
Calls for 2015 not included. Bolded are Research and Innovation.
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3. Call for an Innovative, Sustainable and Inclusive
Bioeconomy – ISIB
The call focuses on (see Specific Programme):
1. Industrial resource efficiency
2. Achieving the EU climate change policy targets for 2020
3. Changing fossile fuel based processes into biotechnology based
energy efficient processes
4. Biorefineries all over the Europe
5. Supporting market development for bio-based products and
processes
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A. Sustainable agriculture and forestry, 4 calls: eg. public goods in EU, social
innovations in rural areas (2015), forestry management models.
B. Sustainable and competitive bio-based industries, 3 calls: eg. Renewable oil
crops, CO2 into chemicals (2015).
ISIB-5-2014: Renewable oil crops as a source of bio-based products. SME
participation is highly encouraged.TRL: 4-6, demonstrations. • Bioplastics, paints, fine chemicals demand for oil crops in increasing
• LCA and sustainability assessment
• New crop candidates
• Measurable improvements in the value chain
• Contribution to EU bioeconomy strategy
C. Cross-cutting actions covering all activities, 5 calls.
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• ISIB-1-2014: Provision of public goods by EU agriculture and forestry: Putting
the concept into practice
• ISIB-2-2014/2015: Closing the research and innovation divide: the crucial role of
innovation support services and knowledge exchange
• ISIB-4-2014/2015: Improved data and management models for sustainable
forestry
• ISIB-5-2014: Renewable oil crops as a source of bio-based products
• ISIB-7-2014: Public procurement networks on innovative bio-based products
• ISIB-8-2014: Towards an innovative and responsible bioeconomy
• ISIB-9-2014: Supporting National Contact Points for Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge
2 on ‘Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture, Marine and Maritime Research and the
Bioeconomy’ and the Key Enabling Technology (KET) ‘Biotechnology’
• ISIB-10-2014: Networking of Bioeconomy relevant ERA-NETs
• ISIB-11-2014: Coordination action in support of the implementation by participating
States of a Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate
Change
Calls for 2015 not included. Bolded are Research and Innovation.
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Multi Actor Approach
• Approach aims at more demand-driven innovation through the
genuine and sufficient involvement of various actors (end-users such
as farmers/farmers' groups, fishers/fisher's groups, advisors,
enterprises, etc.) all along the project: from the participation in the
planning of work and experiments, their execution up until the
dissemination of results and the possible demonstration phase.
• Calls: SFS-1A; SFS-1C; SFS-2A; SFS-2B; SFS-3A; SFS-4; SFS-5;
SFS-7A; SFS-13; SFS-19; ISIB-2; ISIB-4B, WASTE-2 and WASTE-7.
Waste calls are listed in the ‘Climate action, environment, resource
efficiency and raw materials’ work programme.
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An Example: SFS-2-2014/2015 -
Sustainable Crop Production. Research and
Innovation.
• Spesific Challenge:
• Loss of soil fertility and the consequent massive use of expensive
external nutrient inputs, notably Nitrogen and Phosphorous, for which
European agriculture is almost totally dependent on imported products,
or on fertilizers produced with expensive industrial processes, which
generates greenhouse gases (GHGs).
• Economic losses for farmers
• Burden on environment
• Impact on human health
• Scope:
• Proposals should address one of the following issues (A) and (B), and
should clearly indicate to which one they refer.
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A. [2014] External nutrient inputs
• Proposals should find innovative and effective strategies
to improve the management of external nutrient
inputs and water, and optimise their use efficiency at
farm level to improve both yield and quality. Novel
approaches could include advanced automation,
variable rate applications, remote sensing, field and
crop sensors, ICT technologies. In-field
demonstration to prove concept feasibility should also
be foreseen. Proposals should fall under the concept of
'multi-actor approach'.
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B. [2015] Assessing soil-improving cropping
systems
• Proposals should assess real benefits (reduced energy needs and
GHG emissions) that soil-improving cropping systems and
agronomic techniques, e.g. precision farming, crop rotations,
Conservation agriculture, can bring to European agriculture.
Proposals should also identify and minimise limitations and
drawbacks which may include increased weeds, soil pathogens
and problems with certain types of crops in relation to climatic
conditions. Scientifically supported and field tested evidences of
the mentioned beneficial effects as well as of drawbacks and
methods to minimise them, are needed. The development of tailor-
made soil-improving strategies, techniques and machinery
suitable to different farming areas and adapted to different crops
and crop systems, should help to overcome the current barriers
that prevent their adoption by European farmers. Proposals should
fall under the concept of 'multi-actor approach'
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• Expected Impact: Proposals should show how some, or all, of the
following impacts will be achieved:
– Improvement of ground and surface water quality.
– Reduction of soil contaminations with toxic compounds and heavy
metals.
– Conservation of biodiversity and wildlife.
– Improved human health, through the reduced release of pollutants and
GHGs.
– Scientific support to relevant EU policies
– Sound scientific evaluation of benefits and drawbacks of soil-
improving cropping systems and techniques.
– Reduction of soil erosion and improvement of soil quality and structure
– Increased European farmers’ competitiveness through the reduction
of production costs.
– Reduction of the negative environmental impact of crop production
through less soil disturbance, better exploitation of soil biodiversity and
functions and more rational use of external inputs, water and natural
resource base.
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• The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution
from the EU in the range of EUR 8 million for (A) and EUR 9 million
for (B) would allow this specific challenge to be addressed
appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and
selection of proposals requesting other amounts.
• The conditions related to this topic are provided at the end of this
call and in the General Annexes.
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Biotechnology Work Programme - BIOTEC
• The objective is to develop competitive, sustainable, safe and
innovative industrial products and processes and contribute as an
innovation driver in a number of European sectors, like agriculture,
forestry, food, energy, chemical and health as well as the
knowledge-based bio-economy.
A. Cutting-edge biotechnologies as future innovation drivers
• BIOTEC 1 – 2014: Synthetic biology – construction of organisms for new products and
processes. Research and Innovation.
• BIOTEC 2 – 2015: New bioinformatics approaches in service of biotechnology.
Research and Innovation.
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B. Biotechnology-based industrial processes driving competitiveness and
sustainability (SMEs’ and large industries’ technologies from lab to market)
• BIOTEC 3 – 2014: Widening industrial application of enzymatic processes. Innovation Action.
• BIOTEC 4 – 2014: Downstream processes unlocking biotechnological transformations.
Innovation Action.
• BIOTEC 5 – 2014/2015: SME-boosting biotechnology-based industrial processes driving
competitiveness and sustainability. SME Instrument.
C. Innovative and competitive platform technologies
• BIOTEC 6 – 2015: Metagenomics as innovation driver. Research and Innovation.
A & C develops generic technological enablers across economic sectors such as
health, agriculture and industry. Topics are broad and allow one or several projects
with complementary approaches to be financed
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• Biotechnical solutions can be developed in Food Security Work Programme:
• BG-3-2014: Novel marine derived biomolecules and industrial biomaterials
• BG-4-2014: Enhancing the industrial exploitation potential of marine-derived enzymes
• BG-12-2014/2015: Supporting SMEs efforts for the development - deployment and market
replication of innovative solutions for blue growth.
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Some Examples of Cross-Cutting Topics in
Other Work Programmes • Societal Challenge 1: Health, demographic change and wellbeing
• PHC 7 – 2014: Improving the control of infectious epidemics and foodborne outbreaks
through rapid identification of pathogens. Research and Innovation.
• Societal Challenge 5: Climate action, environment, resource efficiency
and raw materials • Call – Waste: A Resource to Recycle, Reuse and Recover Raw Materials
• WASTE-7-2015: Ensuring sustainable use of agricultural waste, co-products and by-
products
• WASTE-2-2014: A systems approach for the reduction, recycling and reuse of food
waste
• Call – Water Innovation: Boosting its value for Europe
• Integrated approaches to water and climate change adaptation and mitigation; bringing
innovative water solutions to the market; and harnessing water research and innovation
results for the benefit of industry, policy makers and citizens in Europe and globally.
• Call – Growing a Low Carbon, Resource Efficient Economy with a Sustainable Supply of
Raw Materials
• SC5-11-2014/2015: New solutions for sustainable production of raw materials
• SC5-20-2014/2015: Boosting the potential of small businesses for eco-innovation and a
sustainable supply of raw materials. SME instrument.
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Dates and Budgets
• Calls for proposals 2014 open: 11.12.2013
• Call for proposals 2014 in Food Security ends (SFS-8-2014/2015 and BG-12-
2014/2015 are exceptions): If in one stage: 26.6.2014. If in two stages: 1. stage
12.3.2014, 2. stage 26.6.2014. Biotechnology has the same dates, all in two stages.
(BIOTEC 5-2014/2015 exception)
• Food Security budget 2014-2015: 420 Meuros (contributions to other calls not
included)
– 2014 budget: SFS:138.0 – BG:59.0 – ISIB: 44.5 Meuros
– 2015 budget: SFS:110.5 – BG:26.0 – ISIB: 42.0 Meuros
• Biotechnology budget 2014-2015: 83.7 Meuros
– 2014 budget 51.7 Meuros
– 2015 budget 32.0 Meuros
• The goal for the average funding for one project is 6.8 Meuros
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Coming Infoday
• Info day 2014 Horizon 2020 calls for proposals – Societal
Challenge 2 and LEIT Biotechnology
• Charlemagne building, Rue de la Loi 170, Brussels, 17 January
2014, from 9.00 am till 5.00 pm
• What’s in Horizon 2020 for you? What are the new calls and how to
apply for funding?
• Participation in the Info Day is free of charge but registration is
compulsory.
• Registration is now open until 13 January and applications will be
considered on a “first come, first served” basis.
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Outi Suomi, NCP 1
Tekes
+358 29 50 55699
outi.suomi@tekes.fi
Jaana Lehtimäki, NCP 2
Academy of Finland
+358 29 53 35060
jaana.lehtimaki@aka.fi
Elina Nikkola, Committee Member / Food Security
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
+358 29 51 62333
elina.nikkola@mmm.fi
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National Contacts
Kari Keskinen, Committee Member / Biotechnology
Tekes
kari.keskinen@tekes.fi
Laura Höijer, Expert
Ympäristöministeriö
laura.hoijer@ymparisto.fi
Heikki Aro, Expert
Tekes
heikki.aro@tekes.fi
Laura Raaska, Expert
Academy of Finland
Laura.raaska@aka.fi
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Thank you for your attention
Questions?
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Work Programmes:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm?pg=h2020-documents
Call Coordinator (Brussels): Emanuela Picco: +32 2 2991205.
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