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

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