Horizon 2020

Research opportunities on farm animal welfare and trends for Horizon 2020

Strasbourg: Animal Welfare Intergroup 19 April 2012 Dr Danièle Tissot European Commission DG Research and Innovation, Dir E

Animal welfare research in FP7

From FP5 to FP7

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Increase project size Pure AW projects Broader projects including AW as a package From qualitative to quantitative welfare assessment Coverage of new species in relation to future AW strategy

Seventh Framework Programme Animal Welfare

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First Call 2007: 2 projects selected 2008 Calls: topic closed 2009 Call: Topic closed 2010 Work Programme: 3 projects selected 2011 Call: ERA-Net on Animal Health and Welfare 2012 Call: Topic closed 2013 Call: intention to open again for animal welfare linked to production aspects

EU Seventh Framework Programme

First call 2007

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Econwelfare: Good animal welfare in a socio economic context: Project to promote insight on the impact for the animal, the production chain and society of upgrading AW standards

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EAWP: European Animal Welfare Platform: adding welfare quality to food/progressing animal welfare throughout the food chain

Call 2011

ERA-Net on Animal Health and Welfare: ANIHWA • an

ERA-NET instrument using grants

to support public-public partnerships in their preparation, establishment of networking structures, design, implementation and coordination of joint activities as well as topping up of

individual joint calls

and of actions of a transnational nature;

EU Seventh Framework Programme

Call 2010  Welfare Indicators: Development, integration and dissemination of animal-based welfare indicators,including pain,in commercially important husbandry species, with special emphasis on small ruminants, equidae and turkey 

Aware

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Animal welfare research in an enlarged Europe  Copewell: Coping ability of farmed fish towards a deeper understanding of fish welfare

Horizon 2020: What

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s new

• A single programme bringing together three separate programmes/initiatives: the 7th research Framework Programme (FP7), innovation aspects of Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP), EU contribution to the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) • More innovation, from research to retail, all forms of innovation • Focus on societal challenges facing EU society, e.g. health, clean energy and transport • Simplification: new simplified rules of participation with a reduced number of funding schemes.

Europe 2020 Priorities

Horizon 2020: Framework Programme for Research and Innovation

European Research Area International cooperation Shared objectives and principles

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Tackling Societal Challenges Health, demographic change and wellbeing Food sec., sust. agri., mar. res. & bioeconomy

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Secure, clean and efficient energy Smart, green and integrated transport Supply of raw materials, resource efficiency

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and climate action Inclusive, innovative and secure societies

EIT will contribute to addressing these challenges

Creating Industrial Leadership and Competitive Frameworks

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Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (Biotechnology,…)

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Access to risk finance Innovation in SMEs

Simplified access

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Excellence in the Science Base Frontier research (ERC) Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Skills and career development (Marie Curie) Research infrastructures

Common rules, toolkit of funding schemes Coherence with other EU and MS actions

Horizon 2020: Three priorities:

• Excellent science (

€

24,6 billion)

• Industrial leadership (

€

17,9 billion)

• Societal challenges (

€

31,7 billion)

Horizon 2020 Priority 1: Excellent science

Why:

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World class science is the foundation of tomorrow’s technologies, jobs and wellbeing

• Europe needs to develop, attract and retain research talent • Researchers need access to the best infrastructures

13 268 M € European Research Council

Frontier research by the best individual teams

Future and Emerging Technologies

Collaborative research to open new fields of innovation

Marie Curie actions

Opportunities for training and career development

Research infrastructures (including e-infrastructure)

Ensuring access to world-class facilities

3 100 M € 5 752 M € 2 478 M €

Horizon 2020 Priority 2: Industrial Leadership

Why:

• Europe needs more innovative SMEs to create growth and jobs • Strategic investments in key technologies (e.g. advanced

manufacturing, micro-electronics) underpin innovation across existing and emerging sectors

• Europe needs to attract more private investment in research and

innovation

Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies

(ICT, nanotechnologies, materials, biotechnology, manufacturing, space)

13 781 M € Access to risk finance

Leveraging private finance and venture capital for research and innovation

3 538 M € Innovation in SMEs

Fostering all forms of innovation in all types of SMEs

619 M

€ complemented by 6829 M € (expected 15% of societal challenges + LEIT

Horizon 2020 Priority 3: Societal challenges

Why:

• EU policy objectives (climate, environment, energy, transport etc)

cannot be achieved without innovation

• Breakthrough solutions come from multi-disciplinary

collaborations, including social sciences & humanities

• Promising solutions need to be tested, demonstrated and scaled

up Health, demographic change and wellbeing

Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime resources & the bioeconomy

Secure, clean and efficient energy Smart, green and integrated transport Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials Inclusive, innovative and secure societies

8 033 M € 4 152 M € 5 782 M € 6 802 M € 3 160 M € 3 819 M €

Horizon 2020

Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime resources & the bioeconomy The specific objective is to secure sufficient supplies of safe and high quality food and other bio-based products, by developing productive and resource efficient primary production systems, fostering related ecosystem services, along side competitive and low carbon supply chains. This will accelerate the transition to a sustainable European bio economy

Broad lines of activities:

• Sustainable agriculture and forestry • Sustainable and competitive agri-food sector for a safe and healthy diet • Unlocking the potential of aquatic living resources • Sustainable and competitive bio-based industries

Horizon 2020

Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime resources & the bioeconomy Sustainable agriculture and forestry: «The aim is to supply sufficient food, feed, biomass and other raw-materials, while safeguarding natural resources and enhancing ecosystems services, including coping with and mitigating climate change. The activities shall focus on more sustainable and productive agriculture and forestry systems which are both resource-efficient (including low-carbon) and resilient, while at the same time developing of services, concepts and policies for thriving rural livelihoods »

Horizon 2020

Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime resources & the bioeconomy

Sustainable agriculture and forestry

: 1. Increasing production efficiency and coping with climate change, while ensuring sustainability and resilience 2. Providing ecosystem services and public goods 3. Empowerment of rural areas, support to policies and rural innovation

Horizon 2020

Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime resources & the bioeconomy

Unlocking the potential of aquatic living resources

1. Developing sustainable and environmentally- friendly fisheries 2. Developing competitive European aquaculture 3. Boosting marine innovation through biotechnology

The Bioeconomy

Promotes sustainable production of renewable biological resources and their conversion into food, bio-based products, biofuels and bioenergy while preserving the environment and ecosystem services;

Encompasses the sectors of agriculture, forestry, fisheries, food and pulp and paper, as well as parts of the chemical, biotechnological and energy industries; Provides and protects public goods, such as clean air and water, fertile and functioning soils, landscapes, sustainable marine ecosystems and biodiversity; Applies a wide array of sciences (e.g. life sciences, agronomy, ecology, forestry-, fisheries- and social sciences) and enabling and industrial technologies (e.g. biotechnology, nanotechnology and ICT) with local and tacit knowledge; Contributes to address major societal challenges (e.g. food security, climate change, limited natural resources), economic growth and job creation.

European Strategy and Action Plan Innovating for Sustainable Growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe

Challenges identified - Ensuring food security - Managing natural resources sustainably - Reducing dependency on non-renewable resources - Mitigating and adapting to climate change - Creating jobs and maintaining European competitiveness Objectives - Pave the way to a more innovative, resource efficient and competitive society that reconciles food security with the sustainable use of renewable resources, while ensuring environmental protection.

- Contribute to a more coherent policy environment and better interrelations between national, EU and global bioeconomy policies - Seek synergies and respect complementarities with other policy areas, instruments and funding sources

European Strategy and Action Plan Innovating for Sustainable Growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe

INVESTMENTS IN RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND SKILLS

    Ensure substantial EU and national funding for bioeconomy and innovation Increase the share of multi-disciplinary and cross-sectoral research and innovation Promote the uptake and diffusion of innovation in bioeconomy sectors; create feedback mechanisms on regulation and policy Build the human capacity required to support growth and integration of bioeconomy sectors EU Institutions   

REINFORCED POLICY INTERACTION AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

 Create a Bioeconomy Panel to enhancing synergies and coherence between policies; foster participation of researchers, end-users, policy- makers and civil society Establish a Bioeconomy Observatory and develop forward-looking and modelling tools Support the development of regional and national bioeconomy strategies Develop international cooperation to jointly address global challenges (e.g.food security, climate) Member States Stakeholders International organisations

ENHANCEMENT OF MARKETS AND COMPETITIVENESS IN BIOECONOMY SECTORS

    Provide the knowledge-base for sustainable intensification of primary production; Promote the setting up of networks for integrated and diversified biorefineries; establish a PPP for bio-based industries Support expansion of new markets; facilitate green procurement for bio-based products Develop science-based approaches to inform consumers about product properties

Horizon 2020 and partnering

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Public private partnerships:

Through Joint Technology Initiatives or other formal structures (Art. 187) Through contractual agreements, which provide inputs for work programmes Only when criteria met, e.g. clear commitments from private partners

Public public partnerships:

Through “ERA Nets” for topping up individual calls/ actions (replacing current ERA Net, ERA-Net Plus, Inco-Net, Inno-net) Through participation in joint programmes between Member States (Art. 185) Supporting agendas of Joint Programming Initiatives when in line with Horizon 2020 Only when criteria met, e.g. financial commitments of participating countries

European Innovation Partnerships

Not funding instruments, but for coordination with broader policies and programmes

Innovation Union: Enhancing Joint Programming

• JP is a voluntary partnership between Member States (and

Associated Countries) that aims to tackle major but common European societal challenges by combining national research programmes and thereby making better use of Europe’s limited R&D resources.

• Three essential stages: • development of a common vision; • adoption of a Strategic Research Agenda (SRA); • implementation of the SRA with the support of national

research instruments.

• Two relevant Joint Programming Initiatives: • Agriculture, Food security and Climate Change • Heathy diet for a healthy life

ICT-AGRI Core Organic II, ERACAPS ERA-IB, EUROTransbio ERASysBio, ERA SynBio (EUPHRESCO) (ANIHWA) ERA ARD2 ARIMNET SAFEFOOD SUSFOOD RURAGRI (CIRCLE 2) 1. Sustainable under food climate 2. Environmentally sustainable growth and intensification of agriculture 4. Climate Same domain as FACCE JPI Other sectors than agriculture & food Other regions than Europe Includes health and food habits CIRCLE2 EUPHRESCO ANIHWA (ERA-ARD2) 3. Assessing food biodiversity and & reducing production, tradeoffs : ecosystems BIODIVERSA2 ARIMNET, CORE ORGANIC (EUPHRESCO, ANIHWA) (RURAGRI) (SUSFOOD) 5. Greenhouse (SUSFOOD) (ERA CAPs) (ERA-IB)

Innovation Union European Innovation Partnerships

Objective

: Join-up resources to speed-up breakthrough innovations Tackling Europe’s major societal challenges, whilst creating new market potential for EU businesses

Approach

:

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Challenge-driven

=> address target within a specific societal challenge

Acting across whole research & innovation chain

=> bring together supply and demand, across sectors and borders => foster communication among stakeholders and workable links between science and practice (from

research to market)

Streamlining, simplifying and coordinating existing instruments and initiatives The EIP is not a funding instrument, nor a programme instrument; it cannot take decisions in areas for which Member States and/or the EU are competent Existing initiatives are keeping their own identity and lifecycle and can use the EIP as a platform for adjusting their own priorities and for contributing to its overall target

Innovation Union:

EIP «Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability» • Pilot EIP on active and healthy ageing (2011) • Commission examines a first round of partnerships: raw

materials, water, smart cities, smart mobility and

Innovation Partnership on Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability

• Communication concerning agricultural EIP schedule beginning

of 2012 (expected to include appropriate forest-related initiatives)

• Subject to endorsement of EIP by Council and European

Parliament, Steering Board to be established beginning of 2012

Network Function of the EIP

• Interlinking innovation-related actions of Rural Development Policy and the Union Research and Innovation Framework • Ensuring an effective flow of information and providing advice to partners about the opportunities provided by EU policies • Exchange on best practice and accompanying research • Systematic feedback about practice needs to the scientific community • Exchange with European Technology Platforms (ETPs), European Research Area Networks (ERA-NETs), Joint Programming Initiatives, and other relevant fora • Interface function of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Research SCAR

Means

Rural Development Programmes:

• • • • • Cooperation, including pilot and demonstration projects Business development Knowledge transfer and advisory services Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs Investment in physical assets

European Union Research Policy (Horizon 2020)

• • • Targeted and applied research enhancing the knowledge base Clusters of applied innovation actions and multi-stakeholder projects Support innovation brokers and innovation centres

• • Ensuring systematic feedback on needs from practice to science

Summary

Increasing productivity while ensuring sustainable resource management and environmental preservation • Adapting to climate change and contributing to mitigation by reducing emissions of greenhouse gas • Promoting a competitive agricultural sector, able to contribute to global food security • Transferring possible innovative approaches and products faster from science to practice

“Achieving more from less”

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