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Green Industry Innovation Programme
– opportunities for partnership
Sofia, 4 December 2012
Randi Alkem Andresen
Programme Manager
Realization of business
opportunities linked to
the greening of the
European economy
Agenda outline
• Highlights of the Green Industry Innovation
Programme
• What can be supported
• Target groups
• Partnership opportunities
• Funding for preparation of projects
• Deadlines
Green Industry Innovation Programme
Programme highlights:
EUR 12 mill available
(min EUR 200 000/ normally max EUR 1mill)
Grant rates:
Private projects - in line with state aid regulations –normally
not more that 50 %
Public sector - up to 85 %
NGOs - up to 90 %
Innovation Norway – the programme operator
Cooperation with the Bulgarian National Focal Point and
line ministries
Green Industry Innovation Programme
Eligible activities
 Investments in environmental
technology and processes,
training, research and
development; environmentally
friendly products
 Capacity building on
environmental issues within
the private sector
 Remote monitoring related to
the environment
Green Industry Innovation Programme
Target groups
 Bulgarian private
companies in a partnership
with Norwegian entities
(business projects)
 Bulgarian NGOs and
research institutes, in a
partnership with
Norwegian entities,
(on capacity building and
awareness-raising)
What do we mean by green?
• technologies which are less environmentally harmful than the
technology in use today
• development/implementation of green products and services
• material efficiency, improving the supply-chain, and the use
and re-use of recycled materials
• efficiency in business operations as solutions/systems related
to management, HR, smart purchasing, inventions, CSR,
networking, clustering
What do we mean by innovation? Something new
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Products or services
Production processes
Organisation of a company or an entity
Market innovation, not market adaption
Increasing environmental
performance
Maximum grant rates GBER and SME bonus
• Investment
50%
• Industrial research
50%
• Development and innovation 25%
• Environmental protection
35%
• Specific training
25%
• General training
35%
• External counsultancy
50%
Only the 4 first ones are stand-alone categories
+ bonus 20% Small enterprises, 10 % Medium enterprises
Grant rates assessment depending of
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Environmental impact
Innovation level
Project profitability
Project Risk
Releasing effect
Small enterprises – less than 50 employees
Medium enterprises – less than 250 employess
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/facts-figuresanalysis/sme-definition/index_en.htm
Why partnership ?
• Strenghten bilateral relations
between Norway and Bulgaria is
encouraged in the Norwegian
contribution
• Increased quality of the project
• 1+1=3
• Long term co-operation, beyond
the deadline for implementation
• Shared results,not a financing of
Norwegian exports to Bulgaria
Foto Erik Jørgensen
Green Industry Innovation Bulgaria
How to establish a partnership?
•Template for partnership agreements available
• Partner search 100% your own responsibility,but
•Innovation Norway will provide advice and cooperate
with relevant institutions
•Advice on project partners does not implicate any
«pre-approval» for project proposals
Green Industry Innovation Bulgaria
Relevant institutions for partner search
•European Enterprise Network – focal points both in
Norway and Bulgaria
•Norwegian Embassy, commercial officer
•Innovation Norway – sector responsible and district
offices – company profile template
• Norwegian Industrial Organisations
How to find a partner
European Entreprise Network
http://portal.enterprise-europenetwork.ec.europa.eu/
Bulgarian Branch
http://portal.enterprise-europenetwork.ec.europa.eu/about/branches/BG/
Preparation funding
Bilateral relations EUR
100 000
Project Development
Fund
max EUR 10 000; Norwegian
companies also eligible
Travel Support
EUR 1 200 per entity for project
proposal development,
Norwegian companies eligible
Photo. Nancy Bundt
• Complementary actions in the
programme
• Exchange of experiences and best
practices between public
institutions
• Coordination with other
environmental EEA programmes
• Bilateral activities:
competence building, networking
between project promoters
Foto Erik Jørgensen
Green Industry Innovation Programme
Timeline
Call for proposals –
4 December 2012
Deadline Applications –
15 April 2013
Deadlines bilateral fund
Project Development Fund 31 January
Travel support
15 March
Final deadline project
implementation - 30 April 2016
Green Industry Innovation Programme
Contacts:
Oslo office
Ms. Randi Alkem Andresen, Programme Manager
Ph: +47 22 00 25 00
e-mail: [email protected]
Sofia office
Ms. Venceslava Yanchovska, Manager
Tel: +359 2 981 94 24
Email: [email protected]
Ms. Galina Vassileva, Programme Officer
Tel: +359 2 981 94 24
Email: [email protected]
Green Industry Innovation Programme
More information will be published on :
www.norwaygrants-greeninnovation.no
Good luck with your projects!