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1 CIRCULAR ECONOMY OPPORTUNITIES for R&I in HORIZON 2020 GreenEconet Final Conference, Brussels, 26/05/2016 PANOS BALABANIS Unit Eco-innovation EU Commission, DG RTD

2 Circular economy Circular Economy is about Change, and about requires RTD&I investments, multi-stakeholder involvement and an enabling framework

3 Eco-innovation for circular economy Looking at the whole 'Circle' Going beyond waste demonstrating the economic and environmental feasibility of the circular economy supporting systemic innovation to obtain a systems-wide transformation reorganising production and consumption to maintain/enhance value of products, components, materials and resources throughout the value chain and product life decoupling creation of wealth and jobs from resource consumption

4 Role in CE Create the right environment for innovation and investments DEMONSTRATING the opportunities for moving towards a circular economy through the Focus Area "Industry 2020 in the Circular Economy" REGULATORY INNOVATION: addressing regulatory barriers to circular economy activities or business models, through the implementation of Deals Financial : Assessment of the possibility of launching a platform together with the EIB and national banks to support the financing of the circular economy and supporting FINANCING TOOLS and ADVISORY SERVICES through InnovFin (business models)

5 ADDRESSING CIRCULAR ECONOMY in H2020 WP FOCUS AREA 'Industry 2020 in the Circular Economy' Cross-cutting call Focus Area "Industry 2020 in the Circular Economy" over 650 M budget

6 CIRCULAR ECONOMY CALL H2020 WP2017 CIRC : Systemic, eco-innovative approaches for the circular economy: large-scale demonstration projects ->Systemic services for the circular economy (IA deadline 07/03/2017 for stage 1 & 05/09/2017 for stage 2) Total indicative budget for these topics in 2017: 40M Recommended EU contribution/project: 4-7 M CIRC : Water in the context of the circular economy -> Towards the next generation of water systems and services large scale demonstration projects (IA deadline 07/03/2017 for stage 1 & 05/09/2017 for stage 2) Total indicative budget for these topics in 2017: 30M Recommended EU contribution/project: 10 M

7 SME Instrument call: SC5 topic SMEinst : Boosting the potential of small businesses in the areas and priorities of SC5 Commercialising innovative solutions for green growth Only SMEs allowed to participate and to apply for funding and support Minimum condition: participation of one SME (based in the EU or associated countries 70% co-funding

8 Strategic Programming: Process and timing 01-06/ / / / Foresight + stakeholder consultation + Advisory Groups Consultation Member States Strategic Priorities Elaboration and adoption of work programmes

9 Deals A new way to address EU regulatory or legislative obstacles to innovation in an open and transparent manner, in the form of a voluntary cooperation between innovators, national, regional, local authorities and Commission services, aiming to better achieve EU policy objectives Pilot phase to be launched today Call for Expression of Interests focused on Deals for a Circular Economy in spring (up to 5 Expressions of Interest to be selected) Additional possibilities for Deals under Industry 2000 in the Circular Economy call of the Horizon 2020 WP2016/2017 (Calls CIRC-01 and CIRC-02)

10 Deals Concrete outcomes LEGISLATIVE BARRIERS IMPROVED CLARITY 1. Lack of clarity in legislation 2. Inconsistencies in legislation or policy objectives 3. Lack or conflicting standards/norms/guidelines 4. EU legislation not fit for purpose (might feed REFIT) OTHER BARRIERS ENHANCED COOPERATION 1. Improve communication channels 2. Improve awareness of specific elements (e.g. legal, technical, regional or local )

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