1.3 Funding opportunities for environmental challenges & climate change opportunities (A.Decramer)

Funding opportunities for environmental challenges

& climate change opportunities

CAMINO Ariane Decramer - Liaison agency Flanders-Europe 24 March 2015

Vleva?

▪ vleva? Public-Private Partnership with 26 members (governments + civil society organisations)

▪ What? More Europe in Flanders and more Flanders in Europe (policy, funding, grants, visibility,…)

▪ How? website, newsletter, meetings, customized service

Framework for EU funding 2014-2020

● Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)

● EU2020

● Implementation of EU policy

● Cofinancing

● Not for regular operations but for innovative projects

● No retroactivity

● International cooperation

● European added value – knowledge sharing & dissemination

EU funding logics I

● financial instruments vs. one-off grants

● recurrent calls

● ad hoc grants

● centralised vs. decentralised

● National Contactpoints (NCP)

● Think/be open-minded: 1 project => more than 1 EU funding opportunity

EU funding logics II

Programmes climate/environment 2014-2020

Goal ● R&I to drive economic growth ● ensure Europe produces world-class science ● removes barriers to innovation and makes it easier for the public and

private sectors to work together in delivering it

Budget € 78 billion ● Co-financing: 100% for research, 70% for close to the market

3 pillars ● Excellent Science ● Industrial Leadership ● Societal challenges

Priority III: Societal challenges (7)

2. Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Marine, Maritime and Inland Water Research and the Bioeconomy 3. Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy

www.stepupsmartcities.eu/

http://eu-gugle.eu/

4. Smart, Green and Integrated Transport

5. Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials

Help for rail industry on cutting pollutants from diesel engines http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/news/help-rail-industry-cutting- pollutants-diesel-engines

Using moss to measure air pollution

http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/news/using-

moss-measure-air-pollution

Joint programming Initiatives (10)

Goal pool national research efforts in order to make better use of Europe's precious public R&D resources and to tackle common European challenges more effectively in a few key areas.

Relevant Joint Programming initiatives for E&C ● Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FACCE) ● Urban Europe - Global Urban Challenges, Joint European Solutions ● Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe (CliK'EU)Water Challenges for

a Changing World ● Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans

http://ec.europa.eu/research/era/joint-programming-initiatives_en.html

Goal ● create better skills ● increase employability ● modernise training & education, youth sector & sports

3 key actions: ● KA 1: Learning mobility of individuals ● KA 2: Cooperation for innovation & exchange of good practices

● KA 3: Support for policy reform

ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/index_en.htm

Budget € 14,7 billion

● Mobility projects in the field of education, training

and youth; ● Large scale European Voluntary Service events; ● Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees; ● Erasmus+ Master Loans.

KA 2: Cooperation for innovation & exchange of good practices

● Strategic Partnerships in the field of education, training and youth; ● Knowledge Alliances; ● Sector Skills Alliances; ● Capacity Building in the field of higher education; ● Capacity Building in the field of youth.

KA 1: Learning mobility of individuals

Designing and Testing new management skills for the development of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Recycling and Re-use System in

EuropeEnvironmental technologies (Eco-Innovation)

https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/sites/eacea-site/files/ssa-2014-decision-list.pdf

http://ecopathways.blogspot.fr/

● Low carbon Economy ● Management and cofinancing at regional level

http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/policy/themes/

● partners 28 member states of the European Union, Norway and Switzerland

● exchange their experience and work on improving their Structural Funds and regional development policies

● Call June 2015 http://www.interreg4c.eu/programme/2014-2020/

http://www.eib.org/projects/priorities/climate-action/index.htm

● finances projects dedicated to climate change mitigation and adaptation across a variety of sectors,

● range of financial and advisory solutions tailored to the needs

● € 90 billion 2010-2014

European Investment Bank

Vleva EU funding tool

1. Online EU funding tool

2. e-book: www.eu-subsidiegids.eu

3. Partner search

4. First assistance

5. Information meetings and brokerage sessions

Contact details

Liaison Agency Flanders-Europe Ariane Decramer

[email protected] T (+32) 02 737 14 30

@ArianeDecramer www.vleva.eu

en.vleva.eu