Societal Challenge 2: priorità e opportunità per una strategia italiana

verso Europa 2020

Fabio Fava

DICAM, University of Bologna, Bologna

Italian Representative for Horizon2020 Societal Challenge 2 “European Bioeconomy Challenges: Food Security, Sustainable

Agriculture and Forestry, Marine, Maritime and Inland Water Research”

E-mail: fabio.fava@unibo.it

Sustainable BioEconomy

Presentation outline

Current job opportunities, turnover and main needs of Research & Development & Innovation in Italy in the macro-sectors: •Agriculture, livestock and food production; •Forestry and Biobased industry; •Marine, Maritime and Internal water management. Horizon 2020 topics of major interest for the Italian R&D&I needs;

The Italian SC2 delegation: its composition and strategy for boosting the Italian sucessful participation in Horizon2020 calls;

Conclusions

Sustainable Agriculture and food security

Agriculture, terrestrial

livestock & aquaculture:

~ 600.000

Agriculture: ~ €14.00 Billion

Terrestrial Livestock:

~ € 11.4 Billion

Aquaculture: ~ € 1.18 Billion

The Italian agriculture and livestock: facts and figures

Employment Annual Turnover

After: Indagine continua sulle forze di lavoro (fdl) http://siqual.istat.it/SIQual/visualizza.do?id=5000098&refresh=true&language=IT Produzione, consumi intermedi e valore aggiunto di agricoltura, silvicoltura e pesca (Nace rev.2) http://dati.istat.it/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=DCCN_VAAGSIPET

Mycotoxin control

Breeding for resistance

Improved nutritional value & food security

Byproducts for biorefineries

Marker Assisted Selection

Preservation, Evaluation, Exploitation of Biodiversity

Precision farming

Energy efficiency

Biofactories of specialty products

Improved fertilizers

Soil: organic matter and microbiome

Integrated Pest Management

Improved organic farming

Crop rotation

Traceability Authentication

Evaluation of environmental services

Conservation Agriculture

Management and decision support systems

Greenhouse efficiency

Agro-ecological Modelling

The Italian agriculture: main R&D&I needs

(courtesy of S. Bisoffi)

Functional longevity

Resistance to diseases

Feedstock (proteins)

Genetic improvement Breeding

Sex predetermination

Hormone/antiobiotics reduction/substitution

Sustainable management/disposal of manure & Effluent use for energy and fertilizers

Animal welfare

The Italian terrestrial livestock: main R&D&I needs

(courtesy of S. Bisoffi)

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0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180

Spain

UK

Italy

France

Germany

Top 5 Member States in terms of food & drink industry turnover, 2012* (€ billion)

The Italian food industry: facts and figures (a)

Source: Data processing and estimates Federalimentare 2012

€ Billion

(€ 25 billion of exports)

64%

18%

8%

9% 1% Traditional and local food

Advanced traditional food

Typical quality products(PDO, PGI, wine, etc)

New products (novel,functional, healthy, ready toeat, etc) Organic food

Source: Data processing and estimates Federalimentare 2012

The Italian food industry: facts and figures (b)

2011 2012 2013*

PRODUCTION -1.3% -0.9% -0.8%

N. COMPANIES (> 9 employees) 6.857 6.850 6.845

EMPLOYMENT 408.000 405.000 404.000

The Italian food industry: main R&D&I needs (a) • Increase the variety of products; • New foods with specific nutritional needs; • Tasty products; • Typical quality products (DOP, IGP,STG, etc.) • New knowledge and products for combating obesity and

ageing; • Develop products to specific needs: religious / ethnic /

ethical; • Develop Products affordable in price / quality ratio; • Develop strategies and tools for authentication of food

products and combating counterfeiting and imitations.

PRODUCTS RAW MATERIAL

FOOD PROCESSING MARKET

• Enzymes and microbes and bio-processing • ICT • Advanced Manufacturing and Processing

The Italian food industry: main R&D&I needs (b) Improve resource efficiency and environmental sustainability: lower food losses/discards, lower water and energy use, more efficient processing and recovery/purification of products and lower byproduct and waste production; biobased and biodegradable packaging; valorization of processing byproducts and waste.

Budget 2014: € 138 Mil The Sustainable food production systems priority will be given in 2014 to minimizing pre-harvest losses (including in aquaculture and fisheries), improving soil management and genetic resources supporting agricultural diversity and regional products, while 2015 will be on improved livestock and crop productivity and genetics for sustaining agriculture.

SFS-1-2014/2015: Sustainable terrestrial livestock production (2 topics: 1st on genetics/nutrition/alternative feedstocks; the 2nd on vacination swine, poultry, ruminants; China suggested) SFS-2-2014/2015: Sustainable crop production (precise farming, nutrients, water) SFS-3-2014: Practical solutions for native and alien pests affecting plants (2 topics: 1st on integrated strategies combating pests and invasive species agro, orthiculture and forest; 2nd on organic farming EU-China initiative) SFS-4-2014: Soil quality and function (impacts of land use and management on soil properties and function and in turn on crop productivity and yields) (China and third country suggested) SFS-5-2015: Strategies for crop productivity, stability and quality SFS-6-2014: Sustainable intensification pathways of agro-food systems in Africa

Call for Sustainable Food Security (a)

SFS-7-2014/2015: Genetic resources and agricultural diversity for food security, productivity and resilience (description, assessment, management of local/traditional crop, forest, livestock resources for agriculture and food chain) SFS-8-2014/2015: Resource-efficient eco-innovative food production and processing (resource efficiency, improved products quality and sustainability food SMEs) SFS-9-2014: Towards a gradual elimination of discards in European fisheries (innovative tech and practices for reducing unwanted catches and discards) SFS-10-2014/2015: Tackling disease related challenges and threats faced by European farmed aquatic animals (detection and cure of parasite in conventional and organic aquaculture) SFS-11-2014/2015 (CSA): Implementation of an Ecosystem-based approach for European aquaculture (initiatives and tools to support aquaculture in Europe)

Call for Sustainable Food Security (b)

The Safe food and healthy diets and sustainable consumption section supports food safety and sustainable/competitive food production (2014), and nutrition 2015:

SFS-12-2014: Assessing the health risks of combined human exposure to multiple food-related toxic substances (new tools for assessing risk for multiple toxicants across differing life stages) SFS-13-2015: Biological contamination of crops and the food chain SFS-14-2014/2015: Authentication of food products (development of methods and protocols for detecting undesired processing and adulteration in the oil production;3rd Countries) SFS-15-2014: Proteins of the future (new/improved, assessed chains to produce proteins) SFS-16-2015: Tackling malnutrition in the elderly SFS-17-2014: Innovative solutions for sustainable novel food processing (prototyping, testing, demonstrating, piloting more sustainable solutions) Other opportunities can be found also under Work Programme of the Societal Challenges 1 on 'Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing‘.

Call for Sustainable Food Security (c)

The Global drivers of food security section focuses on improving the understanding of current and future drivers of food security for 2014 the contribution of the small farming sector in 2015. SFS-18-2015: Small farms but global markets: the role of small and family farms in food and nutrition security SFS-19-2014: Sustainable food and nutrition security through evidence based EU agro-food policies (two topics: 1st development of indicators and analytical tools for improving monitoring food and nutrition securities in different countries; 2nd: assessing issues impacting the agrofood sector in EU) SFS-20-2015: Sustainable food chains through public policies: the cases of the EU quality policy and of public sector food procurement Other opportunities can be found also under Work Programme of the Societal Challenges 5 on 'Climate Action, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials'; as in WASTE 2 – 2014: A systems approach for the reduction, recycling and reuse of food waste WASTE 7 - 2015: ensuring sustainable use of agricultural waste, co-products and by-products.

Call for Sustainable Food Security (d)

Innovative, Sustainable and Inclusive Bioeconomy

Forestry ~ 200.000

Forestry ~ € 0.54 Billion

Wood and Wood products

~ 410.000

Wood and Wood products

~ € 28.0 Billion

The Italian Forestry sector: facts and figures

Employment Annual Turnover

After: Indagine continua sulle forze di lavoro (fdl) http://siqual.istat.it/SIQual/visualizza.do?id=5000098&refresh=true&language=IT Produzione, consumi intermedi e valore aggiunto di agricoltura, silvicoltura e pesca (Nace rev.2), http://dati.istat.it/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=DCCN_VAAGSIPET Repubblica - Affari e Finanza 18 marzo 2013 http://www.repubblica.it/economia/affari-e-finanza/2013/03/18/news/legno_e_arredo_persi_in_5_anni_14_miliardi_e_10_milaimprese-54795147/

Conservation of biodiversity

Improvement of Forest data

Forest Management Systems (especially at farm scale)

Ecosystem Services Adaptation to

climate change

Carbon sequestration

Low input cultural practices

Advanced genetics Forest Monitoring

Improved feedstock

for advanced biofuels

Protection from alien pests

SRF Management

New wood-based materials and composites

Phytoremediation

The Italian Forestry sector: main R&D&I needs

(courtesy of S. Bisoffi)

Biomass

AgriFood by-products & waste

Biobased Chemicals Biomaterials Biofuels

(Water, Feeds)

BIOREFINERY

Integrated, multipurpose biorefinery concept

PIEMONTE R&D CENTRE BIOPLASTICS AND

BIOCHEMICALS FROM RRM (NOVARA) R&D CENTRE CHEMISTRY FROM RENEWABLES

(NOVARA) R&D CENTRE BIOCHEMICALS PROCESSES

AND TECHNOLOGIES (RIVALTA SCRIVIA - AL) PILOT PLANT FATTY ALCOHOL (RIVALTA

SCRIVIA - AL) PILOT PLANT BIOMONOMERS (NOVARA)

DEMO PLANT GREEN GLYCOL (RIVALTA SCRIVIA - AL)

INDUSTRIAL PLANT LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOETHANOL (CRESCENTINO - VC)

FLAGSHIP SUCCINIC ACID (CASSANO SPINOLA - AL)

LOMBARDIA

R&D CENTRE GREEN CHEMISTRY PROCESS ENGINEERING AND BIOLUBRICANTS (MANTOVA)

R&D CENTRE BIOLUBRICANTS (SAN DONATO MILANESE - MI)

PILOT PLANT FOR BIOBASED BUTADIENE (SAN DONATO MILANESE - MI)

EMILIA ROMAGNA

R&D CENTRE BIOELASTOMERS (RAVENNA)

LOCATION TBD

EXPERIMENTAL CROPS AND DEMO PLANTS FOR EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RUBBER AND OTHER VALUABLE PRODUCTS (RESINS ETC.)

SARDEGNA

1 FLAGSHIP AZELAIC ACID AND PELARGONIC ACID (PORTO TORRES - SS)

1 FLAGSHIP BASIS FOR BIOLUBRICANTS AND BIOADDITIVES FOR RUBBER

R&D CENTRE

VENETO

FLAGSHIP 1,4 BDO FROM RRM (ADRIA - RO)

UMBRIA

R&D CENTRE, PILOT AND DEMO PLANTS ON OLEAGINOUS CROPS AND BIOLUBRICANTS

FROM LOCAL CROPS (TERNI) INDUSTRIAL PLANT BIOPLASTICS BASED ON STARCH AND POLYESTERS FROM VEGETABLE

OILS (TERNI)

PUGLIA

FLAGSHIP AVIATION FUEL (MODUGNO - BA) CAMPANIA

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL R&D CENTRE (PIANA DI MONTE VERNA - CE)

LAZIO

INDUSTRIAL PLANT BIODEGRADABLE

POLYESTERS (PATRICA - FR)

EXPERIMENTAL FIELDS 8 R&D CENTRES (9) PILOT PLANTS (4) DEMO PLANTS (2) INDUSTRIAL SITES (3) FLAGSHIPS (5)

Biorefineries in Italy: facts and figures

(courtesy of C. Bastioli)

Private investments: more than €1.0 billion; 1600 people employed.

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Developing new products/ processes Scale up Small scale

production

Bioproduct (commercially

available) Renewable resources

R&D Knowledge Transformation into commercially available products

R&D&I: process optimization

•Bio/Chem integration •Higher flexibility

•Downstream •LCA /cost analysis

Industrial Transfer •Spin-off/Start-up policy •Partners Integration

•IPR policy •Access Pilot plants,

•Demonstrators

Promotion of Bio- Based Products and Processes

•policies & regulations •consumer acceptance

R&D&I: improve raw materials

•Non-food crops •CO2, Biowastes

•Biomass Collection •Pre-treatment

Biorefineries in Italy: main R&D&I needs

Budget 2014: €44.5 M

This call includes actions aimed at supporting sustainable agriculture and forestry management processes providing public goods and innovative products, fostering innovation (including social innovation) in rural areas and enhancing innovation in the bio-based industry. ISIB-1-2014: Provision of public goods by EU agriculture and forestry: Putting the concept into practice (tools and strategies for mapping the valuable products coming from agriculture and forest under different temporal and spatial scales, and a variety of conditions). ISIB-2-2014/2015 (CSA): Closing the research and innovation divide: the crucial role of innovation support services and knowledge exchange (integrate the cooperation between scientists and farmers, on approaches in agricoltures, supply chain and rural areas). ISIB-3-2015: Unlocking the growth potential of rural areas through enhanced governance and social innovation ISIB-4-2014/2015: Improved data and management models for sustainable forestry (harmonization of forest data flowing into the European Sharing Environmental System, to have more accurate info, to develop more robust polity in the sector).

Call for Innovative, Sustainable, Incl. Bioeconomy(a)

Most activities related to sustainable and competitive bio-based industries will be implemented through the PPP/JTI on Bio-based Industries (BBI). Activities proposed in the current call are complementary to those undertaken by the JTI. Other are enclosed in the 'Key Enabling Technologies‘ (LEIT)- ISIB-5-2014: Renewable oil crops as a source of bio-based products (development of tailored oil crops; use of the whole biomass; quantity/quality and homogeneity of biomass are required) ISIB-6-2015: Converting CO2 into chemicals ISIB-7-2014: Public procurement networks on innovative bio-based products

The call also integrates cross-cutting activities such as Communication, technology transfer and dissemination activities, seeking to foster citizens' engagement and promote participative governance of the Bioeconomy, respecting a Responsible Research and Innovation

ISIB-8-2014: Towards an innovative and responsible bioeconomy ISIB-9-2014: Supporting National Contact Points for Horizon 2020 SC2 and (KET) IB ISIB-10-2014: Networking of Bioeconomy relevant ERA-NETs ISIB-11-2014: Coordination action in support of the implementation by participating States of a JPI FACCE ISIB-12-2015: Public-Public Partnerships in the bioeconomy

Call for Innovative, Sustainable, Incl. Bioeconomy(b)

Blue Growth: Marine, Maritime and inland Water Research

Marine & Maritime Research in SC2 Blue Growth (as opportunities from seas and oceans, COM (2012)494), articulated in 5 pillars): •Fishery and Aquaculture •Coastal tourism •Marine biotechnology •Ocean energy •Seabed mining

Submarine Cables

Fishing Renewable Energy

Marine Recreation

Mineral Extraction

Land-use

Tourism

Oil &Gas

Mariculture

Coastal Defence Ports & Navigation

Military Activities Culture

Conservation Dredging & Disposal

Marine and maritime research is ideed involving many sectors/activities:

(courtesy of P. Moretti)

Marine & Maritime research in Italy: facts & figures (a)

33 52

230 200 18

300

30

189

29

306

121

100

9

37

25

IT marine-maritime research spending (M€)

After: JPI Oceans. The Data include salaries, infrasct.

Council of Canadian Academies; 2013; “Ocean Science in Canada: Meeting the Challenge, Seizing the Opportunity”

Estimated economic value for the maritime sector:

~ € 40 Billion (after: Secondo Rapporto economia del mare, 2013)

(courtesy of P. Moretti)

1500 Reserchers

involved

Economical activities and support

Italy has leadership in passenger ships, yachting, coastal tourism. Public-Private partnerships, as technological districts and consortia (DITENAVE, DLTM, IMAST, PENTA, SIIT, STN, TEST Scral, DT AMAR etc.), and private research centers (CETENA, CIMTECLAB, CNM, CONSAR, CSTN, ISMEF, RINAVE, CTMI, CETMA, TEXTRA, Biotecmares etc.) International cooperation

ESFRI: EMSO, EMBRC, Euro-Argo, LifeWatch, KM3NeT ERANETs and initiatives: SEASERA, COFASP, Marine BIOTECH, JPI Oceans, Euro-GOOS Technology Platforms: Waterborne, PTMB (mirrored by the Italian PTNM) Main EU projects: EUROFLEETS, ECORD-IODP, ARICE, ECCSEL, JERICO, FIXO3, LTER-Europe, JERICO, MarSITE, SCIDIP-ES-SCI, COOPEUS, ENVRI, SEADATANET, COPERNICUS, MY Ocean 2, EMODNET, Coconet , Open ARIE etc.

Marine & maritime research in Italy: facts & figures(b)

(courtesy of P. Moretti)

Marine & maritime research: main R&D&I needs To intensify R&D&I in the Mediterranean Sea and Polar region

To boost maritime technological development & transfer, coordination and access to data and infrastructures, Human Capacity Building (mobility, training, education) and communication (for getting awareness & a more extensive involvement of stakeholders/end-users) for: Exploiting and sustainable using marine resources (bio and non-

bio); Implementing Integrated Costal Zone Marine Directive /Marine

Spatial Planning for coastal tourism and management of human activities;

Implementing the Marine Strategic Framework Directive (MSFD) and preservation of marine environment;

Getting a Safer and more sustainable Maritime transportation Improving Environmental & Societal Security.

National production by the services for wastes, wastewaters and water resources management for specialized and secondary producers (In M€, Year 2010)

Source: ISTAT , 2012

Working units (x1000) employed in services for waste management, waste waters and water resources management

Specialized producers Secondary producers

Wastes management

Wastewaters management

Water resources management

Total

Wastes management

Waste waters management Water resourcemanagement

Inland water research: Facts & Figures

(courtesy of G. Monacelli)

Needs R&D&I Priorities Improving water use efficiency Development of new tools, sensors, ICT, guidelines for

estimating the associated environmental resource costs.

Reducing soil and water pollution, improving pollution prevention, management of related environmental emergencies, sustainable reclamation of contaminated water ecosystems.

Development of cost-effective in-situ measures to use fertilizers and pesticides more efficiently. Application of innovative techniques, assessment of environmentally safe crop requirements and leaching prevention. Innovative and advanced technologies to survey and monitor pollution of water bodies and to launch early-warnings.

Satisfying water requirements under climate change

Simulating the effect of future climatic conditions on water uses through integrated models. Development of new models, tools and innovative technologies for low water consumption and strengthening the use of grey waters

Overcoming barriers preventing water reuse and recycling

Development of new standards and research on social perceptions, costs, technical and safety bottlenecks.

Inland water research:R&D&I needs in water Biobased economy

(courtesy of G. Monacelli)

Needs R&D&I priorities

Methodologies for valuation of water ecosystems services

Development of new methodologies for assessing the economic value of water ESS

Integration of ecosystem services into water resources management

Overcoming fragmentation between disciplines Better alignment of monitoring and reporting Assessment of environmental, economic and social values. Developing innovative management schemes Adopting an ESS approach to the role of agriculture, forestry and aquaculture to allow for careful planning in the use of water resources

Ecosystem services and the ecological functioning of water ecosystems

Obtaining a better understanding and quantification of the ecological functioning of ecosystems Development of new indicators of good functioning of aquatic and riparian ecosystems Development of new bio-assessment tools and validation methodologies

Inland water research: R&D&I needs ecosystem services approach in integrated water management

(courtesy of G. Monacelli)

Budget 2014: €100 M The sustainable exploitation of the diversity of marine life puts emphasis in 2014 on valuing and mining marine biodiversity while 2015 focuses on the preservation and sustainable exploitation of marine ecosystems and climate change effects on marine living resources.

BG-1-2015: Improving the preservation and sustainable exploitation of Atlantic marine ecosystems BG-2-2015: Forecasting and anticipating effects of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture (inland waters) BG-3-2014: Novel marine derived biomolecules and industrial biomaterials BG-4-2014: Enhancing the industrial exploitation potential of marine-derived enzymes The new offshore challenges are tackled in 2014 through a CSA preparing potential further offshore initiatives and an initiative on sub-sea technologies while in 2015 a large scale initiative on response to oil spill and maritime pollution is planned. BG-5-2014 (CSA): Preparing for the future innovative offshore economy BG-6-2014: Delivering the sub-sea technologies for new services at sea (novel vehicles, robots) BG-7-2015: Response capacities to oil spills and marine pollutions

Call for Blue Growth (a)

Initiative on improving ocean observation systems/technologies including novel monitoring systems for in-situ observations and one on acoustic and imaging technologies are supported in 2014.

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 Finally, several horizontal activities regarding socio-economic issues, valorising research outcomes or engaging with society as well as projects targeting SMEs are promoted in 2014.

BG-10-2014: Consolidating the economic sustainability and competitiveness of European fisheries and aquaculture sectors to reap the potential of seafood markets (inland waters) BG-11-2014: (CSA) Monitoring, dissemination and uptake of marine and maritime research

Call for Blue Growth (b)

BG-12-2014/2015: Supporting SMEs efforts for the development - deployment and market replication of innovative solutions for blue growth BG-13-2014 (CSA) Ocean literacy – Engaging with society – Social Innovation BG-14-2014: Supporting international cooperation initiatives: Atlantic Ocean Cooperation Research Alliance BG-15-2014: (CSA) European polar research cooperation BG-16-2015: Coordination action in support of the implementation of the Joint Programming Initiative on 'Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans’ Other opportunities can be found also in the Work Programmes of Societal Challenge 5 on 'Climate Action, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials‘ an societal challenge No. 3 “Secure, clean and efficient Energy”.

Call for Blue Growth (c)

Italian Delegation for the SC2: objectives, composition and

strategy

SC2 Italian Delegation Objectives To facilitate the participation of Italian public and private R&D&I performers (but also services and the society) in SC2 calls and to make it more successful, by providing information, promoting aggregation and supporting topics that might entail a successful Italian participation.

Overall with IT in % with IT in IT Position No. proposals

submitted 2936 1660 56 3

No. Proposals granted 502 313 62 4

Italian participation in KBBE FP7 calls (MIUR data, on 2007-2012 period)

Overall assigned

Assigned to IT

% assigned to IT

IT Position

Budget (€ M) 1755 129 7 6

Overall Granted % on the all granted

IT Position

IT Coordination

427 (2% SME) 27 6 6

SC2 Italian Delegation strategy: composition Representatives:

Prof. Fabio Fava, Università di Bologna, Bologna Dott. Stefano Bisoffi, CRA, Roma (Alternate) Experts: Dott.ssa Marina Montedoro, Min. Agriculture & JPI FACCE Ing. Giuseppina Monacelli, ISPRA & Min. Environment & JPI Water Dott.ssa Marina Leonardi, ENEA & Min Economical Dev, Roma Dott. Daniele Rossi, Federalimentare & Confindustria, Roma Dott.ssa Giovina Ruberti, CNR Roma & JPI HDHL Ing. PierPaolo Campostrini, CORILA Venezia & JPI Ocean Dott. Pierfrancesco Moretti, CNR, Brussels & JPI Ocean Dott.ssa Catia Bastioli, Bioeconomy Panel, European Commission NCP Dott.ssa Serena Borgna, APRE, Roma

Participating in the Programme Committee meetings (EU commission); Contributing to shaping content priorities in the relevant Work

Programmes; Making the meeting reports available to all Representatives, Experts; Actively passing on important information to players in Italy (national,

regional, sectorial); Participating in the draft of the national research plan (PNR) Participating in the regular exchange of the Representative for

Horizontal Issues in H2020 (e.g. gender, open access);

Major Representative’s role and activities

Participating in the Programme Committee meetings if items on the agenda require the Experts’ specific expertise and/or if an added value for supporting the Italian delegation can be expected;

Supporting the Representatives both with regard to content issues, and – by mutual agreement – also with regard to technical‐administrative issues (e.g. participating in reporting, or in organising events)

Actively passing on important information to players in Italy (national, regional, sectorial);

Expert’s role and activities

SC2 Italian Delegation strategy: Consultation Board

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Representative +Experts

+NCP DRAFT

Work Programme

National consultation on R&D&I priorities

(by APRE)

Technology Clusters IT Technology

Platforms, Public/private associations

1

“Consultation Board”

Representative +Experts

+NCP

European Innovation Partnerships, EIPs

“AGRI” “WATER”

“RAW Materials”

IT delegates in HLG on KETs, ERA-NETs (ANIHWA

ARIMNET I-II, CORE Organic, I-II e Plus, ERA CAPS, ERASysBIO+,

FORESTERRA, ICT-AGRI I-II, C-IPM, RURAGRI Seasera, SUMFOREST,

SUSFOOD etc) and COSTs (“Food and Agriculture”, “Forests,

their Products and Services”

Knowledge Innovation

Comm, KICs “Climate Change”

Joint Programming Initiatives, JPIs

“Healthy Diet for Healthy Life”,“Ocean for Tomorrow”,

“FACCE”, “Water Challenges”

Public-Private Partnerships PPPs, JTIs

“BBI” , “SPIRE”, “Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe”

Representatives of Italian Regions,

associations, etc AISSA

Current IT SC2 “Consultation Board” composition (open to other relevant organizations, associations, etc.)

National Technology Clusters:

“Chimica Verde” “AgroFood”

“Tecnologie per la mobilita' sostenibile terrestre e marina”

Delegates IT in ETPs “Water & sanitation”

National Technology Platforms:

“Food for Life”

“Plants for the Future” “Forestry”

“SusChem Italy” “Biofuels”

“Mare” “Organic farming”

The EU Bioeconomy stakeholder conference in IT The 3rd EU Bioeconomy Conference “Is the Bioeconomy the silver bullet for the European Economy?”, Turin, October, 8-10, 2014. Objectives of the Conference: assessment of outcomes of Dublin Bioeconomy conference and identification of the strategies for a successful deployment of the Bioeconomy in Europe. Target audience: 250 attendees, Representatives of key EU stakeholders such as government officials, industry players, NGOs, students, researchers, regional administrators, farmers and their cooperatives, trade unions representatives and society at large. Satellite events An event associated with EXPO 2015 on food security and safety, waste minimization and exploitation, and sustainable food processing). The OECD event on “The role and impact of science and technology policies on bio-based chemicals and bio-plastics”. Brokerage event on “The Financial and Innovation Value Chain in the Bio Economy”

Read the topic carefully: • Technical content / scope • Special features • Expected impact • Funding scheme

If you find « your topic »

• Select your partners on the basis of their quality/performances in FP7 project and of their actual contribution to the project synergies between entreprise and university/research/consumer associations/services • Do not wait: the connections are being made now

• Carefully read the assessment criteria and the instructions for the referees

• Allow sufficient time for asking an experienced person to preliminarly review the initial idea and the proposal

Suggestions for a successful participation in calls (a)

Read the call carefully: • Technical content / scope • Special features • Expected impact • Funding scheme

If you don’t find « your topic » • other parts of Horizon 2020

• input for next calls through

• Consultation Boards • National consultations APRE

• Organisation of/participation in workshops/position papers • Meetings to strengthen collaborations with groups from other countries • National and European information days, regional encounters • Project evaluation experts • The role of Detached National Experts

Suggestions for a successful participation in calls (b)

Sustainable BioEconomy

Fabio Fava, fabio.fava@unibo.it Serena Borgna, borgna@apre.it