Capacity building and international networking NCP Meeting 6 May 2014, Montevideo Uruguay Horizon 2020 Societal Challenges Flavia Mariani, IRD Giorgos Tzamtzis, FORTH/PRAXI
Overview of the Societal Challenges How to read call topics Relevant topics for LAC countries in the following areas: Health Bio-economy and food security Energy Environment (including climate change) ICT Outline
Societal Challenges: Overview
Societal Challenges: Overview Why? The main societal problems which affect people in Europe and worldwide have to be tackled with a common effort!
Societal Challenges: Objectives Target wider societal challenges rather than specific scientific disciplines or technological sectors Multi-disciplinary approach Making the best out of our resources in a sustainable way Find solutions which will make positive changes to our society, economy and environment through R&I Test and demonstrate promising solutions
Societal Challenges: Focus Areas Personalising health and care Sustainable food security Blue growth: unlocking the potential of seas and oceans Smart cities and communities Competitive low-carbon energy Energy Efficiency Mobility for growth Waste: a resource to recycle, reuse and recover raw materials Water innovation: boosting its value for Europe Overcoming of the crisis: new ideas, strategies and governance structures for Europe Disaster resiliance: safeguarding and securing society (adapting to climate change) Digital security
Societal Challenges: Budget
The Work Programme 2014-2015
The Work Programme 2014-2015 A new approach! Challenge-driven Broad topics Less prescriptive topic texts Stronger focus on end users Two-year work programme
How to read call topics? 'PHC 2 2015' 'Specific challenge' 'Scope' 'Expected impact' 'Type of action'
How to read the conditions?
How to read the conditions? For eligibility and admissibility conditions, evaluation criteria, scoring and threshold, evaluation procedure See Annexes of the WP
Societal Challenge 1: 'Health, demographic change and wellbeing'
Societal Challenge 1: Context Ageing population Increased disease burden Unsustainable and unequal health & care systems Health & care sector under pressure to reform
Societal Challenge 1: Objectives Translating science to benefit citizens Improve health outcomes Support a competitive health & care sector Test and demonstrate new health & care models, approaches and tools Promote healthy and active ageing Do also look elsewhere! EU support of health related research & innovation is not limited to Societal Challenge 1
Societal challenge 1: budget Proposed funding 2014-2020 (million EUR)
Societal Challenge 1: 2 main calls Call 'personalising health and care' 34 topics (15 in 2014, 17 in 2015, 2 open in both years) Call for 'co-ordination activities' 15 topics (10 in 2014, 5 in 2015)
Call Personalising health and care : 7 Areas Understanding health, ageing & disease Effective health promotion, disease prevention, preparedness and screening Improving diagnosis Innovative treatments and technologies Advancing active and healthy ageing Integrated, sustainable, citizen-centred care Improving health information, data exploitation and providing an evidence base for health policies and regulation
Call PHC: Relevant topics for LA C researchers (2015) Effective health promotion, disease prevention, preparedness and screening PHC 4-2015: Health promotion and disease prevention: improved inter-sector cooperation for environment and health based interventions In line with the Union s strategy for international cooperation in research and innovation, research activities should be developed as a European contribution to existing international activities and under development.
Call PHC: Relevant topics for LAC researchers (2015) PHC 9-2015: Vaccine development for povertyrelated and neglected infectious diseases: HIV/AIDS In line with the Union s strategy for international cooperation in research and innovation, international cooperation is encouraged. The proposals should also address the barriers and possible facilitators regarding the uptake and implementation of a new vaccine in low, middle and high income countries in different regions of the world.
Call PHC: Relevant topics for LAC researchers (2015) Innovative treatments and technologies PHC 14-2015: New therapies for rare diseases In line with the Union s strategy for international cooperation in research and innovation, proposals should contribute to reaching the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium objective to deliver 200 new therapies for rare diseases by 2020.
Call for PHC: Relevant topics for LAC researchers (2015) Improving health information, data exploitation and providing an evidence base for health policies and regulation PHC 33-2015: New approaches to improve predictive human safety testing Safety testing is a worldwide concern and therefore international cooperation may be an important element in addressing the challenge Advancement of international cooperation in the field of predictive toxicology and human safety testing (expected impact)
Call for co-ordination activities: Relevant topics for LAC researchers(2015) HCO 6-2015: Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases: 2015 priority See Expected impact of HCO 5-2014: Contribute to the WHO Global Action Plan on NCDs (2013-2020) as proposals will demonstrate alignment with international and/or national commitments to halt the rise in prevalence of type 2 diabetes Contribute to the Millennium Development Goals
Societal Challenge 2: 'Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research & the Bioeconomy
Societal Challenge 2: Context Ensuring the availability of and access to sufficient and safe food is a key priority for the EU It is necessary to reduce gas emissions and to look at how seas and oceans can deliver human necessities (energy, food, etc.) in a sustainable way Innovation is a key-driver of sustainable growth
Societal Challenge 2: Objectives Contribute to securing sufficient supplies of safe, healthy and high quality food and other bio-based products Make positive changes to our society, economy and environment by using resources more efficiently Multi-actor approach!
Societal challenge 2: budget Proposed funding 2014-2020 (million EUR)
Societal Challenge 2: 3 main calls Call Sustainable Food Security 20 topics (8 in 2014, 5 in 2015, 7 open in both years) Call Blue Growth: Unlocking the potential of Seas and Oceans 16 topics (11 in 2014, 4 in 2015, 1 open in both years) Call Innovative, Sustainable and Inclusive Bioeconomy 12 topics (7 in 2014, 2 in 2015, 3 open in both years)
Call Sustainable Food Security : 3 Areas Sustainable food production system Safe food and healthy diets and sustainable consumption Global drivers of food security
Call SFS: Relevant topics for LAC researchers (2015) Sustainable food production system SFS 5-2015: Strategies for crop productivity, stability and quality In line with the Union s strategy for international cooperation in research and innovation, proposals are encouraged to include participants established in third countries. SFS 7-2014/2015: Genetic resources and agricultural diversity for food security, productivity and resilience In line with the Union s strategy for international cooperation in research and innovation, proposals are encouraged to include participants established in third countries.
Call SFS: Relevant topics for LAC researchers (2015) Safe food and healthy diets and sustainable consumption SFS 13-2015: Biological contamination of crops and the food chain In line with the Union s strategy for international cooperation in research and innovation [...], proposals are encouraged to include third country participants [...].
Call SFS: Relevant topics for LAC researchers(2015) Global drivers of food security SFS 18-2015: Small farms but global markets: the role of small and family farms in food and nutrition security In line with the objectives of the EU strategy for international cooperation in research and innovation [...], proposals are encouraged to include third country participants [...]. SFS 20-2015: Sustainable food chains through public policies: the cases of the EU quality policy and of public sector food procurement Research should involve relevant categories of stakeholders and cover an appropriate number of EU Member States, Associated Countries and Third countries.
Call Blue Growth : 4 Areas Sustainably exploiting the diversity of marine life New offshore challenges Ocean observation technologies/systems Horizontal aspects, socio-economic sciences, innovation, engagement with society and ocean governance across the blue growth area
Call BG: Relevant topics for LAC researchers (2015) Sustainably exploiting the diversity of marine life BG 1-2015: Improving the preservation and sustainable exploitation of Atlantic marine ecosystems In line with the objectives of the EU strategy for international cooperation in research and innovation, proposals should contribute to implementing the Transatlantic Research Alliance, launched by the Galway Statement on Atlantic Ocean Cooperation in May 2013 and should benefit from the inclusion of partners from the USA and Canada. Cooperation is also encouraged with other international partners.
Call BG: Relevant topics for LAC researchers (2015) New offshore challenges BG 7-2015: Response capacities to oil spills and marine pollutions In line with the objectives of the EU strategy for international cooperation in research and innovation, proposals should benefit from the inclusion of partners established in third countries [...].
Call Innovative, Sustainable and Inclusive Bioeconomy : 3 Areas Sustainable agriculture and forestry Sustainable and competitive bio-based industries Cross-cutting actions covering all activities
Call ISIB: Relevant topics for LAC researchers (2015) Sustainably agriculture and forestry ISIB 3-2015: Unlocking the growth potential of rural areas through enhanced governance and social innovation In line with the objectives of the EU strategy for international cooperation in research and innovation, proposals are encouraged to include third country participants [...].
Thank you for your attention! Flavia Mariani, European Project Manager Institut de recherche pour le développement, France flavia.mariani@ird.fr