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HORIZON 2020| 02/09/2013| 2
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
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MAIN PRIORITIES OF HORIZON 2020
Excellent
science
Sociatal
challenges
Industrial
leadership
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EXCELLENT SCIENCE
€ 24 441 mln.
PRIORITY 1
European Research Council (ERC) - € 13 095 mln.
Future and Emerging Technologies - € 2 696 mln.
Marie Curie Actions - € 6 162 mln.
Research Infrastructures - € 2 488 mln.
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
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
INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP
€ 24 441 mln.
PRIORITY 2
Leadership in enabling and industrial
technologies (LEITs) - € 13 557 mln.
Access to risk finance - € 2 842 mln
Innovation in SMEs - € 616 mln.
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
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
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PRIORITY 3
SOCIAL CHALLENGES
€ 29 678 mln.
Health, demographic change and wellbeing - € 7 472 mln.
Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research & the Bio economy - € 3 851mln.
Secure, clean and efficient energy - € 5 931 mln.
Smart, green and integrated transport - € 6 339 mln
Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials - € 3 081 mln.
Inclusive and reflective societies - € 1 309 mln.
Secure societies - € 1 695 mln.
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
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
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

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 2020
(e.g. common IT platform)

earlier project starts (100 days less from application to grant)

Improved rules on intellectual
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
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
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
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
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
management, demo, RTD and others
budget
heading
-
BUDGET UNDER H2020
Participant
short name
Indirect costs
Direct costs
(25%)
Total costs
Requested EU
contribution
(100%)
University A
862.500
215.625
1.078.125
1.078.125
Foundation B
828.230
207.057,5
1.035.287,5
1.035.287,5
University C
641.001
160.250,25
801.251,25
801.251,25
SME D
465.625
116.406,25
582.031,25
582.031,25
Enterprise E
486.486
121.621,5
608.107,5
608.107,5
SME F
562.722
140.680.5
703.402,5
703.402,5
3.846.564
961.641
4.808.205
4.808.205
Total
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)
FP7 TRANSFERRED INTO H2020
FP7 Cooperation
program Theme
Horizon 2020 Pillar
Horizon 2020 activity
Health
Societal challenges
Health, demographic change
and wellbeing challenge
Food security, sustainable
Food, Agriculture and Societal challenges agriculture and the bio-economy
challenge
Fisheries, and
Biotechnology
Industrial
Biotechnology
Leadership
Information and
communication
Technologies
Societal challenges
Applications within relevant
challenges
Industrial
Leadership
Leadership in enabling and
industrial technologies:
Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT)
FP7 TRANSFERRED INTO H2020
FP7 Cooperation
program Theme
Horizon 2020 Pillar
Horizon 2020 activity
Applications within relevant
Societal challenges
Nano-science,
challenges
nanotechnologies and
Leadership in enabling and
new production
Industrial
industrial technologies: Support
technologies
Leadership
for enabling technologies
Energy includes
follow-up to CIP
Secure, clean and efficient
Societal
challenges
intelligent energy
energy challenge
program
Environment
(including climate
change and CIP eco- Societal challenges
innovation actions)
Climate action, resource
efficiency including raw
materials challenge
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
Societal
challenges
Inclusive, innovative and secure
societies challenge and applications
within all other societal challenges
Space
Industrial
Leadership
Leadership in enabling and
industrial technologies: Space
Security
Societal
challenges
Inclusive, innovative and secure
societies challenge
NEXT STEPS...
Formal political decisions on Horizon 2020 Autumn 2013
Formal political decision on Multi-annual
financial framework (2014-2020)
Autumn 2013
Adoption of work program and publication
11 December 2013
of first calls for proposals
Horizon 2020 national launch events
October to January 2014
THANK YOU FOR THE
ATTENTION !!!
Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Stara Zagora
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