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Blue Growth: new calls for proposals under the European Maritime and
Fisheries Fund
The Blue Economy in the EURO-MED area – Innovative policies for the growth
29 April 2016 – Gaeta, Italy
Victoria Beaz Hidalgo (EASME, A3 – EMFF)
2014 – 2020 € 10 bn
From policy to implementation
European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (6,4 bn)
2014-2020
- 1 of 5 European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF)
- key EU funding instrument to support:
Common Fisheries Policy
Integrated Maritime Policy
EMFF actions supporting Blue Growth - implemented
by EASME
New in EMFF 2016
Support business, training, research, authorities, clusters to cooperate and develop new or missing
capacities supporting the blue economy
Cooperation projects
Blue Careers
Blue Labs
Blue Technology
Sustainable jobs & growth
Communication on Innovation in the Blue Economy (2014)
Blue economy development in Europe
Interdisciplinary R&D and
innovation across sectors
Skilled and qualified
workforce
Research results and technological innovation faster
to the market
BLUE CAREERS: ADDRESSING A REAL
NEED
Why, what, how?
Strengthen cooperation
between industry and education
Partnerships at local/regional
level
Design and implement
concrete actions
TO FILL THE SKILLS GAP
TO RAISE AWARENESS OF BLUE CAREERS
BLUE CAREERS CHALLENGE/OBJECTIVES
• Eligible applicants:
Only participants from EU 28 Member States
3rd Countries may take part as observers
• Project consortia:
minimum 2 legal entities:
‒ 1 education/training organisation + 1 company or chamber of commerce
‒ Parnership can be local/national/transnational (no min. nb of countries)
‒ Participants active in education/training/blue economy related sectors
BLUE CAREERS ELIGIBILITY
BLUE CAREERS SNAPSHOT
• What is at stake?
Adress skills' gap & boost the blue economy in Europe
• What do we expect?
Improve skills & career opportunities in the blue economy
• Total budget and co-financing rate:
EUR 3.452.000 and 80% co-financing
• Budget range per project:
EUR 500.000-700.000
• Duration of projects: max 24 Months
• Deadline for submission: 31/05/2016
BLUE LABS: innovative solutions
to tackle maritime challenges
Piloting new and viable solutions
selected maritime/ marine challenges
and opportunities in the blue economyy
tailored to the specific problems or needs of one or more sea basins
surrounding the EU coasts
TO PROVIDE an interface between
research and commercial exploitation
TO GENERATE jobs and business
opportunities in the blue economy
BLUE LABS CHALLENGE/OBJECTIVES
Why, what, how?
• Blue (bio)remediations
What?
• Marine litter
• Underwater cultural heritage
• Invasive alien species and jelly fish proliferation
Other topics not excluded
BLUE LABS 2016 priorities
• Geographical scope: All sea basins surrounding EU coasts
• Eligible applicants:
from EU MS
from third countries bordering EU sea basins & participating in cooperation frameworks (e.g. EU Atlantic Strategy, UfM, …)
• Project consortia:
minimum 2 legal entities both from an EU MS:
‒ 1 scientific/research body + 1 private entity or public entity
‒ additional partners can partipate
Blue Lab Team to be set up: some requirements
BLUE LABS ELIGIBILITY
BLUE LABS SNAPSHOT
• What is at stake?
Support creativity and multidisciplinary approaches to address maritime & marine issues & boost blue growth
• What do we expect?
Smart partnerships that develop innovative solutions tackling marine & maritime challenges
• Total budget and co-financing rate: EUR 1.700.000 and 80% co-financing
• Budget range per project: EUR 200.000-500.000
• Duration of projects: max 24 months
• Deadline for submission: 31/05/2016
BLUE TECHNOLOGY: TRANSFER
INNOVATION TO SEA BASIN ECONOMIES
Establish strategic
transnational partnerships
Develop joint roadmaps to
coordinate Blue Growth
investments Deliver a set of
bankable/ready- to-invest
commercial pilots or demonstration
projects
TO MAKE projects readily
available for industry and
finance institutions
TO BRING applications faster to the
market
BLUE TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE/OBJECTIVES
Why, what, how?
• Geographical scope: All sea basins surrounding EU coasts
• Eligible applicants:
from EU MS
from third countries bordering EU sea basins & participating in cooperation frameworks (e.g. EU Atlantic Strategy, UfM, …)
• Project consortia:
Transnational consortium of minimum 3 legal entities:
‒ 3 cluster organisations and/or business network organisations each from a different EU MS
‒ coordinator from an EU MS bordering the targeted sea basin
‒ additional partners
BLUE TECHNOLOGY ELIGIBILITY
BLUE TECH SNAPSHOT
• What is at stake?
Strategic partnerships for developing investment roadmaps & boosting the blue economy at sea basin level
• What do we expect?
Joint investment roadmaps and bankable demonstration projects in high potential blue growth domains
• Total budget and co-financing rate: EUR 2.520.000 and 80% co-financing
• Budget range per project: EUR 600.000-800.000
• Duration of projects: max 24 months
• Deadline for submission: 30/09/2016
More information
ANY QUESTION?
Useful links:
https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/call-proposals-blue-careers-europe
https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/call-proposals-blue-labs-innovative-solutions-maritime-challenges
https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/call-proposals-blue-technology-transfer-innovative-solutions-sea-basin-economies
Launch event 5 April:
https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/information-day-blue-growth-calls-under-emff-5-april-2016
THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATTENTION
#bluegrowth
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