Blue Growth

Fiona GRANTInternational Programmes

Marine Institute

Marine Acoustics WorkshopFebruary 7th 2018

Manage ourresources wisely to

nourish people sustainably

Understand, preserve and

valorise oceans

Develop smarter, greener, circularrural economies

Sustainable food security

Blue Growth

Rural Renaissance

Foster functional

ecosystems, sustainable

food systems, and healthy

lifestyles

Address climate change and resilience on land and sea

Boost major innovations on land and at sea new products, value chains and

markets

Develop smart, connected

territories and value chains in

rural and coastal areas

Make the transition towards

a circular bioeconomy

CircularBioeconomyinvestmentplatform

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Key im

pacts Dynamic & innovative

food and farming sectors

Resource & climate-smart eco-healthy

food production and consumption

Productive, healthy, resilient seas and

oceans

Sustainable aquatic resources for food and bio-based value chains

Strong blue economy

Sustainable growthbased on circularityand connectedness

Enhanced innovation systems

Strong & attractive rural areas

De-risking investments in

innovative technologies

fostering industrial, rural and coastal

development

POLICY DRIVE

COMMON FISHERIES POLICY, INTEGRATED MARITIME POLICY

BLUE GROWTH AGENDA & SEA BASINS STRATEGIES

MARINE STRATEGY FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE

MARITIME SPATIAL PLANNING

BLUE ENERGY, BLUE TOURISM, BLUE INNOVATION,

INTERNATIONAL OCEAN GOVERNANCE …

EU

INTERNATIONAL

Blue Growth calls Evolution

2014-15

UNLOCKING

2016-17

DEMONSTRATING

2018-20

HARVESTING

IAs

RIAs

CSAs

ERANET

SME Instrument

IAs

RIAs

CSAs

ERANET

SME Instrument

IAs

RIAs

CSAs

InnovationActions IA IA

INNOVATION

Blue Growth

€ 239 million to sustainably harvest the potential of aquatic and marine

resources, while protecting biodiversity and enhancing climate resilience

Climate and Oceans

Food and Oceans

Marine value chains

Land and Sea

International cooperation

• Multi-use of the marine space, offshore and near-shore: pilot demonstrators

• Sustainable European aquaculture 4.0: breeding and feeding

• Sustainable harvesting of marine biological resources

• Coordination of marine and maritime research and innovation in the Black Sea

Blue Growth topics (2018-2019)

Climate-Ocean

Food and Oceans

Marine value chains

• Sustainable solutions for bio-based plastics on land and sea

Land-Sea Connection

International cooperation

• All Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance

• The Future of Seas and Oceans

• Towards a Baltic and North Sea research and innovation programme

9 topics, 166.5 M€

• Blue Bioeconomy Public-Public-Partnership

• All Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance Flagship (BG-08-2018-19)

64 M€ in 2018-19

➢Co-ordinating Atlantic R&I CSA - 4 M€

➢Ecosystems assessment RIA - 9 m€ (x 3-4)

➢Aquaculture value chains RIA - 8 m€ (x 3-4)

• The Future of Seas and Oceans (BG-07-2019-20)

18 M€ in 2019

➢ Blue Cloud IA, 6 M €

➢ Observations and forecasting IA, 12 M €

➢ Technologies (tbc 2020)

International co-operation

➢ LC-BG-03-2018: Sustainable harvesting of marine biological resources

❖ RIA, 13 M€ (2018) 2 x 6.5 M€

➢ DT-BG-04-2018-2019: Sustainable EU Aquaculture 4.0 – nutrition and breeding

❖ IA, 24 M€ (2018-19) 4 x 6 M€

➢ BG-05-2019: Multi-use of the marine space, offshore and near-shore: pilot demonstrators

❖ IA, 18 M€ (2019) 2 X 9M€

➢ CE-BG-06-2019: Sustainable solutions for bio-based plastics on land and sea

❖ IA, 18 M€ (2019) 2 X 9M€

BLUE GROWTH2018-2020

TOPICS - RIAs & IAs

Blue Growth across Horizon 2020

A strategic coordinated approach for marine and maritime research across all

Horizon 2020 parts

Blue Growth

and otherSC2 calls

EXCELLENT

SCIENCE

INDUSTRIAL

LEADERSHIPOTHER

SOCIETAL

CHALLENGES

SC 3

ENERGY

SC 5

CLIMATE…

SC 4TRANSPORT

Infrastructures

LEIT

SC5

SC4

SC3

SC2 SFS, RUR

SC2 Blue

Growth

Blue Growth beyond SC2

SC3Energy

SC4Transport

SC5Climate

• wave energy• offshore wind• renewable energy

technologies

• ships emissions• unmanned & autonomous

activities • maritime transport safety

• recovery of sea resources• sea level changes• ice-core drilling

TOPICS EXAMPLES

LEIT

Infrastructures• SPACE – Copernicus Marine

Services, ocean models

• NMBP: off-shore energy materials

• Research Vessels

•EVALUATION OUTCOME OVERVIEW

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Main list single stage – BG-2017

Main PanelProposal Number

Proposal AcronymAction Type

Topic BudgetNumber of Participants

SME Participants

Final proposed EU contribution

BG-02 774519 NEXUS IA 8.000.000,00 € 7 1 3.337.099,38 €

BG-04 774253 Space at Sea IA 8.000.000,00 € 17 3 6.766.793,02 €

BG-06 774567 SOPHIE CSA 2.000.000,00 € 8 3 2.000.000,00 €

BG-07 774586 CLAIM IA12.000.000,00

€19 5 5.654.786,01 €

BG-07 774499 GoJelly IA12.000.000,00

€15 2 5.998.114,75 €

BG-08 773400SEAFOODTOMORRO

WIA 7.000.000,00 € 35 6 6.999.677,76 €

BG-11 773421 Nunataryuk RIA10.000.000,00

€28 5

11.467.317,50 €

BG-14 773753 SYMBIOSIS IA 1.400.000,00 € 4 2 1.399.960,00 €

2017 single stage calls

2017 single stage calls

1st stageRemote

(IER+CR)

Two stages• 19 topics• 210 M€

Single stage• 17 topics• 188,68 M€

On-site(CR)

Remote(IER)

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On-site(CR)

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Short proposal: 10 pagesAll participants in Part A

General feedback to successful applicants

Schedule 2018

H2020 - DASHBOARD

•New interactive tools in participant portal:

1. H2020 proposals

2. H2020 projects1. Simplified data

2. Full data

Partner search per

topic on the portal

WP 2019: changes made

• Typos, Factual Mistakes and text improvement:

• Several topics under SFS, BG, RUR

• Co-fund - On-going discussion in the SCAR-PC on:

• EJP Soils

• Prioritisation of ERANETs

• New topics:

• RUR-17-2019 Reinforcing the EU agricultural knowledge base

• Other Action for external expertise

Updates 2019-20: Next Steps

WP 2019:

• 15 January 2018: 1st draft ready

• 1 February 2018: 1st PC Discussion

• 1 March 2018: 2nd draft ready

• 22 March 2018: 2nd PC Discussion

• April/May 2018: Inter-Service Consultation

• June 2018: PC opinion

• Mid-July 2018: Adoption

WP 2020 (tentative):

• Mid-June 2018: 1st draft ready

• End of June/beginning of July 2018: 1st PC Discussion

• Mid-September 2018: 2nd

draft ready

• October 2018: 2nd PC Discussion

• December 2018: Inter-Service Consultation

• January: PC opinion

• February 2019: Adoption

Resources

• Index marine topics• Past projects – two EC brochures on successful marine

and maritime H2020 projects• New Connections 3 – Irish landscape• Slides from the SC2 information week available• Travel grants from EI and the MI networking grant (2018)• Contact your NCP early, lots of guidance and advice

available• Read all of the topic text, including the focus area

introductions• Know the policy context

Thank You! Participant Portal

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/

Horizon 2020 National Contact Pointfiona.grant@marine.ie Ph: +353 (0)1-7753913

Patrick.Barrett@agriculture.gov.ie Tel: 01-6072302

http://www.horizon2020.ie/who-to-contact/

Research Enquiry Servicehttp://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=enquiries

www.ec.europa.eu/research/bioeconomywww.ec.europa.eu/agriculture/research-innovation_en