Transcript Limburg verlegt grenzen

Network Support Units and the European Innovation
Partnership
Agriculture Productivity & Sustainability
Annemiek Canjels – Dutch Interprovincial Assembly
My region can not succeed alone
Annemiek works / worked for:
Province of Limburg, Senior EU Public Affairs
Brainport 2020, secondment, Manager EU Affairs 2012/13
Member of research team EU KP7 project "Foodlinks“
2011/13
EU-related secondments:
EU Commitee of the Regions as expert/writer/negotiator for
rapporteur
- on CAP Health Check Legislative Proposals in 2008/09
- on Local Food Systems in 2010/11
- on European Innovation Partnership APS in 2012
DLA Piper Global Government Relations, Brussels Office
2007/08
Presentation:
More about the EIP Agri - WHAT INNOVATION AND WHY
More about the EIP Agri - BASIC IDEA OF HOW
A little about the importance of Triple Helix cooperation
A little about Horizon 2020 in general
How will the Netherlands work with the EIP Agri in detail
 What should an ideal support structure look like in the
Netherlands
 What operational needs have existing “Operational Groups”
in the Netherlands already expressed
EIP Agri – What innovation & why
Why is the EIP Agri a great tool ?
 First instrument that and accommodates quick results and
builts a powerful EU-knowledge community that can survive
global competition
 First instrument that seriously seeks to connect CAP and KF
– EAFRD and Horizon 2020 – not only funds, but also the
people involved
 But EU Structural Funds (EFRD, INTERREG), national and
regional funds are still needed !
EIP Agri: welcomed by the regions
The EU Committee of the Regions decided to embrace the
EIP Agri by giving advice to the EC and by promoting it
among the EU Regions – Dutch rapporteur
The young ERIAFF Network - European Regions for
Innovation in Agriculture, Food & Forestry – has already
about 60 members that seek to adress opportunities
together – Tuscany region leads
EIP Agri: What is it ?
A new EU development model for agriculture innovation –
supported with existing – but improved - EU Funding
instruments
EIP’s for:
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Healthy aging
Water
Raw materials
Smart cities
Agriculture productivity & sustainability
EIP’s are meant to
 Help setting the EU research agenda (+ prioritise Horizon
2020 calls)
 Target research projects sharper, by putting them in the
perspective of actual societal needs
Help society articulate knowledge gaps
 Encourage the quick use of research results by society
and entrepreneurs
 Turn research results into business opportunities
 Start and maintain dialogue and cooperation
EIP Agri: aims and topics 1
Sustainable and competitive agri-food sector for a safe and
healthy diet:
1.Informed consumer choices
2.Healthy and safe foods and diets for all
3.A sustainable and competitive agri-food industry
EIP Agri: aims and topics 2
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
EIP Agri: aims and topics 3
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
EIP Agri: aims and topics 4
Sustainable and competitive bio-based industries
1.Fostering the bio-economy for biobased industries
2.Developing integrated biorefineries
3.Supporting market development for biobased products and
processes
EIP Agri: How
Not so easy ….
EIP Agri: Operational Groups
The “Operational Group” is the key element in the
process
Key actors in “Operational Groups”:
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Farmers and Foresters
Researchers
Agri-business and other business experts (cross – overs !)
Advisors (on business, marketing, design …)
NGO’s
Rural development authorities
EIP Agri: Financing innovation stages
1. Idea, creating group, travelling, involving experts, hiring a
knowledge broker and process facilitator:
Rural Development funding
2. Creating or joining a research consortium (at least 3 member
states), using existing research outcome, responding to a call:
Horizon 2020 funding
3. Implementing R&D results, turning the idea into a business model,
pilot, support early adopters:
Rural Development or Regional Policy funding
4. Putting to market:
European Investment Fund, revolving fund, venture capital
Horizon 2020
Horizon 2020 and EIP APS
Eligible costs:
 Research projects enhancing the knowledge base
 Thematic networks and multi-actor projects
 Support for innovation brokers and innovation centres
EU Societal Challenges Food / Agri /
Bio-economy
Focus area Sustainable Food Security
Sub-challenges:
 Sustainable Food Production Systems
 Safe food and healthy diets
 Global drivers of food security
EU Work Programme Food / Agri / Bio-economy
Topics in calls
 Increasing production efficiency + coping with climate
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change, while ensuring sustainability and resilience
Providing ecosystem services and public goods
Empowerment of rural areas, support RD policies, support
rural innovation
Sustainable forestry
Informed consumer choices
Healthy and safe foods and diets for all
Sustainable and competitive agri-food industry
Fostering the bioeconomy for bio-based industries
Developing integrated biorefineries
Supporting market development for bio-based products and
processes
Triple Helix cooperation
EIP Agri in the Netherlands
EIP Agri: Agriculture in poll position ?
 Higher costs to produce because of higher costs of feed,
energy, animal welfare, environmental care, labour,
technology ….
 Only slightly covered by higher consumer prices ….
 Higher demand for food because of population growth and
welfare growth but ….
 Lower income for farmers ….
 Or ….
EIP APS: Agriculture in poll position ?
 Agriculture collectives stronger price negotiator for food and
feed because of new skills, new activities and partnerships
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 Agriculture new supplier of resources, energy, health and
materials – cross overs with other sectors like high tech
systems, life sciences, logistics, chemistry ….
 EU farmers shareholders of enterprises global, co-owner of
Intellectual Property, involved in remote management ….
EIP Agri: New jobs and value
Business opportunities:
On farm level; more results, more added value and income
New jobs in the agri-industry and the food supply chain
New jobs in adjacent industries: biotech, high tech systems,
healthcare, transport, ICT, energy, trade
Societal value:
Food security, sustainable environment, health, resource
efficiency, inclusion
EIP Agri in the Netherlands
 Innovation experts from the farmer organization LTO,
Wageningen University, the Dutch Triple Helix cooperative
for “topsectors Agri & Food and Horticulture and Seeds”, the
national government and the regions have created a “help
install the EIP” - team
 The draft Rural Development plan was sent to the EC
 Article 35 (and 14 and 16) has a specific EIP section that fits
the demands of the EIP - team
 The team has drafted detailed EIP – measurement for this
section, ready to do a “call for proposals” with asap
EIP Agri details: Dutch budget
 Part of EAFRD: less than 5%, disappointing
 Co-financed / doubled by Dutch provinces, still poor budget
But
 Enough to start like a dozen OG
 And when soon proven promising – or even succesful
 More budget will be added – already lobbying on this
EIP Agri details - OG
 An OG may be small or big – up to you – just motivate
 An OG has at least a farmer involved – preferably in the lead
 The OG project must at least involve R&D partners –
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scientists or engineers from a public or a private institute
The OG must have sufficient internal or hired capacity for
project management and innovation brokerage
The OG must be open to fresh blood – different expertise,
partners, applications, buyers, go cross border, go EU
The OG must look beyond developing a solution: marketing,
business model, competition, cooperation opportunity
An OG can propose several projects over time
An idea is probably a good idea if it comes from the heart –
passion is a key to success – PITCH !
EIP Agri details – Costs & support rates
Up to 100%:
 Operational / process
 Capacity (additional)
 Prototype / model / demo
 Research applied
 Investments (non profitable)
Up to state aid level / pre-competitive
 High risk investments
 Market introduction
Why so “generous”: Urgency !
EIP Agri details: Project approval
Of course general / minimum requirements
Of course the usual eligibility check
And criteria as mentioned before, made public in the call
But true innovation can not be defined in advance
So proposals will be judged by an independent, expert-team
A broad range of disciplines and stakeholders
Flexible and well connected to practice and science
Who will dispense advice to the MA and co-financer
Which will follow up on the advice (motivated exception
possible)
EIP Agri support in the Netherlands
Already there, but not yet connected:
 Topsector SME desks – national support / R&D cooperation
with public R&D / tax deduction for hiring researchers /
support for R&D consortia
 New Chamber of Commerce desk for SME new business
ideas
 Regional Innovation and Investment Support Desks
 National Enterprise Service Agency – expertise on Horizon
2020 calls / expertise on CAP – direct payments and RD
 Business Development and Fund raising units of public and
private R&D institutions
 Commercial advisors, financial advisors
EIP Agri support in the Netherlands
New:
NSU of national EIP Network / extended RD Network
National EIP platform of current members of EIP – team plus
RvO, MA
Independent expert team for judging / evaluating / ranking
proposals
Network Support Unit tasks could be
 Help spread the news about the EIP Agri and the next call
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for proposals, help handling calls
Divert initiators to the correct desk* for first assistance
Help initiators to write a “quick scan” proposal, when
accepted:
Help initiators to find a innovation broker or business
developer
Collect practical operational problems that come with the
new EIP tool and find answers / offer models to OG
Offer practical assistance to the expert-team
Create an environment for a triple helix - platform
Help create publicity for OG
Help OG get in touch with the EIP Service Point
Needs expressed by agri-networks & OG
 We have little money, are you happy if we invest time and
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effort ?
Do we have to share all the results of our hard work, or do
we keep a head start in making business out of it ?
Can we keep ownership of part of the IP ?
How do we legally organize an OG without creating an
administrative burden and without making just one of our
members responsible for the whole project ?
Who can help us on the spot with the project administration
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Who can help us disseminate results in a practical way ?
Make way for future agriculture guys !
…. And galls !