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CIP Eco-Innovation Call 2011:
Market Replication Projects
Closing the gap between research and markets
Eco-innovation, EACI, European Commission
Market Replication Eco-Innovation Unit
Judit Fejes
CIP Eco-Innovation European Info Day – Brussels – 28 April 2011
What do we do?
Eco-innovation – the market replication definition
« All forms of innovation reducing environmental impacts
and/or optimising the use of resources »
Part of the CIP programme in EIP pillar
New services: greening businesses
New processes: cleaner production
New materials
New products
Good for business, good for the environment
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Eco-innovation market replication projects
Support innovative ideas which can
be turned into ‘marketable’ green
products and services
These need incentives to penetrate
the market.
Potential for replication and wider
application must be demonstrated
Budget ~ €200 million (2008-2013)
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Main target group: SMEs
23 million SMEs in the EU
The backbone of the economy
99% of all enterprises
1/3 world market shares
Yet causing 60-70% of the
EU’s industrial pollution
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How does it work?
Key design elements
Risk sharing for green ideas (50%)
Market orientation
Bridging the gap between RTD and
commercialisation
Direct funding (no intermediaries)
A kind of public business angels
Good for business, good for the environment
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How
does elements:
it work?
Key
design
Key design elements
Life cycle assessment thinking
Flexible - no partnerships required but
EU added value important
Leverage factor and replication crucial
Approximate project size: 1,4 m € total
costs
Good for business, good for the environment
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Five priorities
Materials recycling
Sustainable building products
Food and drink
Water → NEW!
Greening business/ smart purchasing
→ 38m€ for ~45-50 projects
Compared to the 2010 call: resource efficiency transversal
priority, new water priority and small fine tuning on the rest
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Materials recycling
Improve quality of recycled material, better waste sorting
and treatment methods
Innovative products using recycled material or
facilitating material recycling
Business innovations to strengthen the competitiveness
of recycling industries, such as new market structures
for recycling products, processes and services
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Sustainable building products
Construction products and related processes
(construction, maintenance, repair, retrofitting or
demolition of buildings) that reduce consumption of
resources, embodied carbon and production of by-product
wastes.
More environmentally friendly construction materials and
innovative manufacturing processes.
NEW! → Projects on the addition of various types of fly and bottom
ashes in concrete and mortar are not covered under this Call
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Food and Drink Sector
Cleaner and innovative products, including packaging
methods and materials aiming at higher resources
efficiency, reduction of waste and greenhouse gas
emissions, or/and increasing recycling and recovery
New or improved production processes with high water
efficiency and improved water quality
Innovative cleaner products, processes and services
aiming at reducing the environmental impact of
consumption of food and drinks
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Water
Water efficient processes, products and technologies (reduce
water consumption by at least 30%)
Water-free processes.
Water and wastewater treatment: solutions that offer greater
efficiency and reduced environmental impact.
Smart distribution systems aiming at the saving of water,
chemicals, energy and materials: innovative systems for
measuring and adjusting chemical dosing, flow and pumping
rates; leakage detection and repair, novel pipe materials etc.
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Greening business and smart purchasing
Green products and services
Substitution of materials by others leading to a reduced
environmental impact
Clean production processes
Re-manufacturing mechanisms and innovative repairing
services
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Performance indicators
Improved environmental
performance
Better use of resources
Economic Performance /
Market Replication
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Increasing response to Eco-innovation Calls
Important attention from the market, mainly SMEs
More than 1000 web enquiries answered every year
Proposal Received
2008
2009
2010
134
202
+ 50%
287
+ 42%
43
47
~50
Yearly increase
Projects funded
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Reaching the target group: more than 65% SMEs!
100%
SME
90%
81%
private
sector
80%
70%
66%
60%
50%
LARGE Enterprises
40%
30%
15%
20%
10%
19%
Universities/Public/Others
0%
Our beneficiaries (Source: call 2010)
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SME’s breakdown - Beneficiaries Eco-innovation
79% of SME‘s are small and micro companies
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Call planning 2011
Fourth Call: 28 April with a closing date of
8 September 2011, 17h00
Electronic submission (EPSS)
Evaluation: end of 2011
First projects start May 2012
50% funding rate of eligible costs
Max 3 years contract duration
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Eco-Innovation website as source of information
Newsflash subscription
Call for proposals
Guide for proposers
Frequently asked questions
Grant Agreement and
Financial Guidelines
Info days + slides/recordings
Pre-screening: max 2 pages
summary
Link to EPSS
Projects database
http://ec.europa.eu/ecoinnovation
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How to Apply for Funding 2011?
A good idea that matches with CIP Eco-innovation
objectives
A thorough reading of the Call and the following
supporting documents:
Frequently Asked Questions (9 pp)
Guide for proposers (40 pp,
explaining all steps)
Application Forms – access
through the online submission
system EPSS
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Which are the parts of a proposal?
You must use the forms provided:
Part A: Administrational information
Part B: Work description
Part C: Budget and indicators
Annexes
Letters of Intent
Legal documents
Attention: to be successful you need to provide
sufficient answers to all award criteria!
Follow the structure of the forms, expecially Part B/C
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How will proposals be evaluated?
Fair and equal treatment of all proposers:
Based on the criteria announced in the Call
Confidential process, no conflicts of interest
Independent external experts as advisers
Transparency: You will receive a feedback on your proposal
arguing each award criterion and its score
Four successive checks:
1. Eligibility criteria (yes/no)
2. Exclusion Criteria (yes/no)
3. Selection criteria (yes/no)
4. Award criteria (scores with thresholds)
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Call for proposals 2011: Award Criteria
You need to reach the threshold of each criterion (x of 10) and a total
threshold of at least 34
Relevance of the action (7 of 10): alignment with Call
priorities and environmental policies, innovation,
substantial environmental benefits & SMEs
Quality of the proposed actions (6 of 10):
Soundness and coherence of project from a technical
perspective
Impact on target audience (6 of 10): Replication
during and after the project, exploitation & business
approach
Budget and cost-effectiveness (6 of 10): appropriate
level of effort per task/partner, justified costs, notably
equipment/ co-financing
European added value (6 of 10)
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No formal criterion on international partnership.
However, European added value of Eco-Innovation
projects is part of the award criteria:
Value generated by the project being a EU-funded project
as compared to local, regional & national actions
EU dimension of the market barriers
Level of European cooperation in the project
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Application is only possible online
EPSS: Electronic Proposal Submission System
Link to be followed via the CIP Eco-innovation website
Submission of proposals only electronically and using
the application forms
Deadline is 8 September 2011, h 17:00:00 Brussels time
straight. Even one second too late will not be accepted!
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Timeline : from proposal to signature
of Grant Agreement
8 September 2011
Call for
proposals
28 April
2011
Evaluation
Contract
of proposals negotiation
May 2012
Project implementation
January 2012
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Realistic costing is required !
Direct staff costs – hourly costs must equal actual salary (from pay
slips) + social charges
Be sure you can substantiate staff costs (eg: copies of payslips)
Equipment and infrastructure (depreciated,
only parts for innovative action)
Sub-contracts to specialised professionals
but not core tasks – up to 35% of total eligible
costs
Meetings and travel – budget should be
reasonable
Other specific cost (not: electricity & gas)
7% of the total eligible direct costs for
overheads/indirect costs
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Co-financing
Funding from EU tax payers must be justified – Why
EC money instead of local/regional/national funding?
Explain WHY you (or others) are willing to co-finance
the action
State clearly the status of negotiations in case of an
application for co-financing from a 3rd party
Income e.g. generated by selling of your ecoinnovative product, can be used as co-financing – but
you cannot generate profit
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Writing your proposal (things to do) I
Provide answers to all award criteria
Create a clear picture of what you want to do and how
Business case with clear view on the market already during
the development of the project
Include clear flow charts regarding processes
Realistic time planning – account for the time needed for
permits (environmental / construction etc)
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Writing your proposal (things to do) II
Quantify! Measure the performance of your project using the
indicators table: Realistic, but ambitious targets
Estimate appropriate efforts for each partner and each work
package throughout the proposal
Choice of partners and subcontracting is clearly explained,
and their skills fit with the allocation of tasks in the work
packages
Ensure that you have attached the correct files when
submitting your proposal
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Writing your proposal (things not to do)
Do not submit a research project
Do not submit an energy project
Do not forget the LCA perspective (Life cycle assessment) when
describing the environmental benefits
Replication is not the same as dissemination. Exploitation is not
the same as dissemination. Please distinguish potential from
realities during the project
Do not wait too long with submitting your proposal – you can
always replace earlier versions
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