Patrick Barrett

Research & Codex

Division

Growing

Complexity –

Systems

Approach

Biomass production

Agriculture

Forests

Fisheries

Aquaculture

Global & Local Challenges

Food and nutrition security

Viable Food Production

Food Quality, Safety, Provenance, Authenticity,

Traceability

Competiveness, efficiency & diversification

Sustainable use of resources (air, water, soil and land use),

resilience & ecosystem services

Demography & Health

Biodiversity

Energy & Climate

Market & Territorial Development

Fast growing technologies

ICT, Sensors, IoT, Big Data

Gene technology, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology

Increased knowledge and actions required

for/by

Farmers

Processors

Retailers

Consumers

Publicly & Regionally

MS & EU

Biomass uses

Food & Feed

Fuels & Energy

Materials & Chemicals

See e.g. 4th SCAR

Foresight Exercise –

Sustainable Agriculture,

Forestry & Fisheries in

the Bioeconomy

• Innovation Union

• Resource Efficiency

• Bioeconomy StrategyEU 2020 Strategy

• Jobs, Growth & Investment

• Digital Agenda

• Energy & Climate

• Markets & Industrial Base

EU Commission Agenda 2015-2020

• CAP, EMFF, IMP, CSF, ERDF,

• Horizon 2020, EuroStars, COSME, Erasmus, ESIF, LIFE+

• European Innovation Partnership

EU Policy & Funds

• FoodWise 2025

• Innovation 2020, Action Plan for Jobs, Green Economy

• NPRE – SHARP & FORI

• FIRM, Stimulus, COFORD, Industry Co-Fund

• SFI, Enterprise Ireland

National Policy & Funds

Europe 2020 Strategy

Flagship Initiative:

Innovation Union

Flagship Initiative:

Resource Efficient Europe

New EU Agriculture Research Strategy

Bioeconomy Strategy

CAP

Agri Research

Strategy

EIP

Horizon 2020Societal Challenges

1. SC2: Food security, agriculture, forest & marine activities, rural renaissance & the bioeconomy

2. SC5: Climate change, resource efficiency and raw materials

3. Cross cutting activities including circular economy and IoT

Excellent Research

Industrial Leadership incl. future emerging

technologies

ERA-NETs – SusAn, SusFood, ERA-GAS,

WaterWorks, SumForest, WoodWisdom,

JPI’s – HDHL, FACCE, Oceans. Climate

Biobased Industries Annual Work Plan

DAFM Research Division1. Food - FIRM

2. Primary Production - RSF

3. Forestry - CoFoRD

4. Thematic Network

5. Research Plus

6. DAFM Industry Co-Funded Agri-Food and

Bioeconomy Innovation Platform Funding

Instrument

7. Joint Programming Initiatives funding

8. ERA-NET funding

9. Horizon 2020 promotion

Call 2016-17

Horizon 2020

SC-3, 5, 6

Cross cutting activities

IoT, Circular Economy,

Climate Action

Synergies with national & co-funds

Sustainable Food Security,

Blue Growth,

Rural Renaissance

&

Bioeconomy

SME, Industry, RPOs, Farmers, Foresters, Fishers,

NGOs, Rural Actors

Multi- Actor Approach

2016-17 Work Programme

€877 million

Total Fund

2014-20

€80 billion

Societal Challenge-

2

€ 3.8 billion

2016-17 Call - Fields of Action

Research &

Innovation

Action

New knowledge, new or improved technology, products, process, service

or solution. Three legal entities. Each of the three shall be established

independently in a different Member State or associated country.

Funding rate 100%

Innovation

Action

Production of plans, arrangements, designs for new, altered or improved

products, processes or services (prototypes, tests, demonstrations, pilots,

large scale product validation or market replication). Three legal entities.

Each of the three shall be established independently in a different Member

State or associated country

Coordination &

Support Action

Standardisation, dissemination, communication, networking, policy

dialogues etc. One legal entity established in a Member State or

associated country

ERA-NET

Art 185 TFEU

Public – Public

partnership

Three legal entities and research funders. Each established in -

dependently in a different Member State or associated country owning or

managing public research and innovation programmes. Calls published

separately.

Joint

Undertaking

Public - Private

partnership

Research & Innovation Action as above. Demonstration or Flagship Action

e.g. Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) Calls published

separately .

2016-17 Call - Fields of ActionJoint

Programming

Initiatives

Pooling of national research efforts to tackle common EU challenges. They

are larger and more focussed on long-term issues in comparison to ERA-

NETS.

Marie-

Skłodowska-

Curie actions

Supports career development and training of Researchers through

transnational mobility. Focused on innovation skills. €370 million in

Innovative Training Networks, €218 million in Individual Fellowships and

€80 in staff exchange

SME

instrument

One for-profit SME. Only applications from SMEs established in EU

Member States or countries associated to Horizon 2020.

Fast Track to

Innovation

Bottom up Pilot with a €100 million yearly budget

European

Technology

Platforms

Industry led stakeholder fora recognised by the EU Commission developing

research agendas and roadmaps to shape public and private research

agendas

Research

Infrastructures

€88 million in 2016 to Integrated activities for Advanced Communities

which can be related to the topics concerned with SC-2 etc.

Multi-Actor Approach Work Programme 2016-2017

Investment in MAA increases x 2.5 371,5 Million euros (vs. WP 14/15)

38 topics in 3 calls: SFS, RUR, IoT

0

5

10

15

20

25

SFS RUR IoT

Number of multi-actor topics in WP2016-2017

2016-2017 2016 2017

a) Multi Actor Approach (MAA)

a) Description now in the WP introduction pages 9-10

b) Multi-actor projects are about interactive innovation

c) Beyond dissemination requirement and stakeholders' board

d) Genuine and sufficient involvement of various actors all along

the project, from planning to demonstration

e) Demonstrate how project will respond to end-users needs

f) Substantial practical knowledge easily accessible and

understandable

g) Complementary key actors & Cross fertilisation

h) Material for EIP-AGRI (for EIP-AGRI related areas)

i) Common format & Connect with operational groups

b) Thematic Networks – MAA bringing research, knowledge and

practice to reality

Societal Challenge 2

Four Calls 2016-17

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Sustainable food security

Blue Growth

Rural Renaissance

Bio-based innovation

for sustainable goods and services

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1. Topics

a) Resilient and resource efficient value chains

b) Environment smart and Climate smart primary Production

c) A Competitive Food Industry

d) Healthy and Safe Foods and Diets for all

e) Support to the implementation of the EU-Africa Partnership on

Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture

f) Implementation of the EU-China FAB Flagship Initiative

2. Challenges:

a) Supporting research to feed 9 billion people by 2050

b) Improving food systems capacity to sustainably supply sufficient

and healthy food

3. Objectives:

a) Ensure food and nutrition security, by fostering resilient and

resource efficient primary production and industry as well as

sustainable and healthy consumption

Sustainable Food Security – TOPICS AND BUDGET

32 topics:• Crop Production, Diversity, Sustainability, Conservation• Precision Farming • IPM, Organic Farming• Animal & Plant Health• Fisheries & aquaculture• Bioeconomy• Legumes, Permanent Grassland• Functional Biodiversity• Socioeconomics of ecological approaches• N, C, P cycling – closing the loop• Farming for tomorrow• Total: 310 M€

Resilient and resource efficient value chains

Environment smart and Climate smart primary

Production

Sustainable Food Security – TOPICS AND BUDGET

Three topics:• Understanding food value chains and networks dynamics;• Innovative agri-food chains: unlocking the competitiveness and

sustainability potential; • Innovative solutions for sustainable food packaging• Total: 24 M€

Competitive food industry

Sustainable Food Security – TOPICS AND BUDGET

Five topics: • Co-fund on "One Health" (zoonoses – emerging threats);• The impact of consumer practices in food safety;• Impulsivity and compulsivity and the link with nutrition, lifestyle and the

socio-economic environment;• How to tackle the childhood obesity epidemic?• Sweetners and sweetness enhancers• Total: 85,5M€

Healthy and safe foods and

diets

Sustainable Food Security – TOPICS AND BUDGET

Three topics:• EU-Africa Research and Innovation partnership on food and nutrition

security and sustainable agriculture;• Promoting food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture in

Africa: the role of innovation• Earth observation services for the monitoring of agricultural production in

Africa• Total: 25M€

EU-Africa Partnership

The presentation shall neither be binding nor construed as constituting

commitment by the European Commission

Sustainable Food Security – TOPICS AND BUDGET

Five topics:• A joint plant breeding programme to decrease the EU's and China's

dependency on protein imports• Increase overall transparency of processed agri-food products• Alternative production system to address anti-microbial drug usage, animal

welfare and the impact on health• Soil water resources management in the EU and China and its impact on

agro-ecosystem functions• Resource-efficient urban agriculture for multiple benefits - contribution to

the EU-China Urbanization Partnership• Total: 27M€

EU-China Flagship

Societal Challenge 2

Four Calls 2016-17

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Sustainable food security

Blue Growth

Rural Renaissance

Bio-based innovation

for sustainable goods and services

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1. Topics

a) New approaches towards policies and governance

b) New value chains and business models

c) Innovation and skills development

2. Challenges:

a) Raise the sustainable growth potential of rural areas, and their

ability to cope with demographic, climatic and economic change

3. Objectives:

a) Foster innovation and business opportunities for rural and coastal

areas, through new territorial approaches and business models

Rural Renaissance:€ 128 million to grasp promising opportunities

to boost rural growth and jobs

Boost rural growth & employment

Develop rural & coastal areas through new territorial approaches & business models

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Rural Renaissance – TOPICS AND BUDGET

Five topics:• Coastal-rural interactions: enhancing synergies between land and sea-based activities• Novel public policies, business models and mechanisms for the sustainable supply of and

payment for forest ecosystem services• Economic benefits from ecosystem services:

– Farming & drinking water– Forest ecosystem services (IA)

• Total: 32 M€

New approaches towards Policies and governance

Rural Renaissance - TOPICS AND BUDGET

Four topics:• Crop diversification systems for delivery of food, feed, industrial products

and ecosystem services• Resource-efficient and profitable industrial crops on marginal land• Demonstration of integrated logistics centres for food and non-food

applications• Business models for modern rural economies

Total: 47 M€

New value chains andbusiness models

Rural Renaissance – TOPICS AND BUDGET

Seven topics:• Experimental and demonstration farms:• Mapping & linking• Thematic networks of demonstration farms• Building a future science and education system• Advisors' role in agriculture knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS)• Working together in EU countries where cooperation level is low• Optimising interactive innovation projects and policies for innovation

Total: 49 M€

Innovation and skillsdevelopment

Societal Challenge 2

Four Calls 2016-17

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Sustainable food security

Blue Growth

Rural Renaissance

Bio-based innovation

for sustainable goods and services

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1. Topics

a) Securing sustainable biomass

b) Building the biobased markets of the future

2. Challenges:

a) Boost bio-based markets, to create for example over 3% growth

per year in the bio-based chemistry sector

3. Objectives:

a) Re-industrialise Europe, through new bio-based value-chains,

while securing sustainable biomass

Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI – JU)

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Public Private Partnership supporting R&I

for bio-based industries:

Partners: European Commission and

Biobased Industries Consortium (BIC)

Budget: € 3.705 billion (about 75% from

industry)

Implementation:

Principles of openness,

transparency and excellence

Horizon 2020 rules for participation

Objectives: At least 5 new bio-based

value chains for Europe based on 2nd

generation/advanced biorefineries

Bio-based innovation for sustainable goods and services – TOPICS AND BUDGET

Four topics:• Sustainability schemes for the bio-based economy• Towards a methodology for the collection of statistical data on bio-based

industries and bio-based products • Adaptive tree breeding strategies and tools for forest production systems

resilient to climate change and natural disturbances

• Total: 23 M€

Securing sustainable bio-mass supply

Bio-based innovation for sustainable goods and services – TOPICS AND BUDGET

Two topics:• Bio-based products: mobilisation and mutual learning action plan• Bio-based industries regional dimension

• Total: 4 M€

The presentation shall neither be binding nor construed as

constituting commitment by the European Commission

Building the bio-basedmarkets of the future

SC2 Calls 2016 - DATES

Publication Submission DeadlinesInformation

to applicants

Grant

Agreements

14 OCT 2015

two-stage

submission

(RIA with some

exceptions)

1st stage 17 Feb 2016 May 2016 -

2nd stage 13 Sept 2016 Nov 2016 May 2017

single stage

submission

(IA, CSA, ERA Net) Single

stage17 Feb 2016 May 2016 October 2016

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SC2 Calls 2017 – INDICATIVE DATES

Publication Submission DeadlinesInformation

to applicants

Grant

Agreements

14 OCT 2015

two-stage

submission

(RIA with some

exceptions)

1st stage 14 Feb 2017 May 2017 -

2nd stage 13 Sept 2017 Nov 2017 May 2018

single stage

submission

(IA, CSA, ERA Net) Single

stage14 Feb 2017 May 2016 October 2016

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Participation in Societal Challenge 2

• Horizon 2020 Participant Portal

• Work Programme

• Research Office

• Research successful applications – 2014/15 calls, FP 7 & 6

• Existing academic networks

• Consider COST networks

• Establish connections with relevant Irish, NI, EU & global

associations

• European Innovation Partnership (EIP) for Agricultural

Productivity & Sustainability

i. Register, partner search, feed-in relevant research

• Contact your NCP

• Operational support from Enterprise Ireland & InterTradeIreland

Participation in Societal Challenge 2

• Develop a concept note to describe what you wish to do

• Develop processes for the following:

• Engagement programme

• Proofing Protocol & Checklist

• Awareness & dissemination programme

• Supporting Projects and Actions including the long-term embedding

of research & innovation actions, drawdown of structural funds,

harnessing of innovation finance tools, harnessing of private finance

Proposal Preparation

• Account for the scale of the topic and call

• Select participants as required

• Ensure good complement & mix of partners

• Responsible Research & Innovation – education, agendas, conduct,

access, application, gender equality & dimension and ethics

• Use Social Sciences & Humanities – IDR & TDR

• Maximise local support particularly for evaluation sections on

impact, implementation & innovation

• Review, rewrite & review your proposal

• Coordinate with the NCP for policy input, coordination with EU

Commission

• FiWare, Copernicus, INSPIRE, Pilot on Open Research

Evaluation

Evaluation

Excellence

Quality and Efficiency of

Implementation

Impact

Evaluation outline

• Three criteria marked out of 5.

• Minimum threshold of 3/5 for each criterion

• Minimum threshold 10/15

• For two stage proposals - only excellence and impact evaluated at first stage with a threshold of 4/5

SC-2 Results to date- Call 2014 & 2015

• 2014 - 4 co-ordinated projects - 3 in BG and 1 in SFS

• 2014 - Funding of €11.1m (3.5% of overall budget) (with a 2% target)

• 2015 - 2 co-ordinated projects across SC2 area – (2 in BG), 12 successful proposals which included 24 Irish applicants

• 2015- Funding of €4.5m (3.5% of overall budget) (with a 2% target)

• Overall for WP 2014-15 120 applicants, 37 retained proposals - 31%

Increase ourglobal

agricultural production to feed 9 billion

people by 2050

Ensure food & nutrition security

by fosteringresilient and

resource efficient primary

production and related industry

Sustainable food security

€431,5M

Resource-efficient value chains, climatesmart primary

production, healthy/safefood & diets

Demonstratethe innovative

potential of the oceans by bringing

technology to market

Blue Growth

€129M

Innovation for emerging Blue

growthactivities,

healthy oceansfor healthy

people

Foster innovation and

business opportunitiesfor rural and costal areas

Rural Renaissance

€128M

New governance, new value chains and business

models, rural innovation and

skills

Re-industrialiseEU through new

bio-basedvalue-chains,

securingsustainable

biomass

Bio-basedinnovation for

sustainablegoods and

services

€27M

Sustainablebiomasssupply,

biobasedmarkets of the

future

Unlock the potential of seaswhich cover 70%

of the earth’ssurface & host 50% of known

species

Raise the sustainable

growth potentialof rural areas and

their ability to cope withchange.

Boost bio-basedmarket to createover 3% growth / year and 90.000 new jobs in bio-based chemistry

4 calls

4 objectives

4 challenges

4 outcomes

Summary - WP 2016/17 Societal Challenge 2 at a glance

Societal Challenge 2

Policy Drivers 2018-2020

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Sustainable food security

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Blue Growth

??

Rural Renaissance

??

Bio-based innovation

for sustainable goods and services

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EXTERNAL ADVICE and SOCIETAL ENGAGEMENT EC

MEMBER

STATES

EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS

ADVISORYGROUP

REPORTQUESTIONNAIRE,Workshop

Programme Committee

(SC2)

Programme Committee(Strategic)

Scoping paper

Strategic Programme

Work Programme

2018-2020

Horizon Group (Policy DGs)

RTD & AGRI

20162016

CONSULTATION

CONSULTATION CONSULTATIONS

CONSULTATION

2018-2020 Work Programme Process

QUESTIONNAIRE

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2017 2017

Why Food and Nutrition Research will be an important element?

• 9 billion people by 2050

• Estimated need of a 70% increase of global food production

• Nowadays, 1.5 Earths needed for resources. Two Earths by 2030!

• 1.3 billion tonnes of food wasted per year – 100 kg per person in EU

• 795 million adults undernourished

• 1.9 billion adults overweight and or obese

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• Milan 2015 World EXPO

• UN Sustainable Development Goals

– 2 Zero hunger

– 3 Good health and well-being

– 6 Clean water and sanitation

– 12 Responsible consumption and production

– 13 Climate action

– 14 Life below water

– 15 Life on land

• Major issue during Climate Change COP21:Discussion

off Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture

• Broad Food Security and Nutrition Development Approach from G7 declaration in Elmau

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Policy drivers

Joint Research Centre Foresight Study: Global Food Security 2030

• EU Policy coherence and coordination

• In 2030, "feeding the world" will essentially be "feeding the cities"

• Crucial role of demand-side dynamics in shaping future food systems

• Culture of innovation in food systems needed

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Policy drivers

Research and 47

4th SCAR Foresight Exercise 2015• 5 Principles

• Food first

• Sustainable yields

• Cascading approach

• Circularity

• Diversity

• 8 Research themes• New paradigms for primary production based on ecological

intensification

• Emerging enabling technologies: the digital revolution

• Resilience for a sustainable bioeconomy

• The new energy landscape

• Business and policy models for the bioeconomy

• Socio-cultural dimensions of the bioeconomy

• Governance and the political economy of the bioeconomy

• Foresight for the biosphere

Policy drivers

• A new EU Agriculture Research Strategy will be

launched in January 2016

• This will inform the Horizon 2020 WP for 2018-2020 and

into the next programme beyond Horizon 2020

• Resource Management, Healthier Plants and Animals,

Ecological Intensification of Land Management

Practices, Rural Innovation likely to be key priorities

Considerations & Participation

• Consider the Full Agri-Food Supply Chain and Policies &

Activities that are Impacted by this Chain

• Need for transitioning of practices and activities

• Contact your National Contact Point. Use the system

• Thank you for your attention

• Patrick.Barrett@agriculture.gov.ie - +353 1 6072302 or

+353 86 830 7726