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TRANSNATIONAL FUNDING 2014-2020

BREAKFAST BRIEFING

BREAKFAST BRIEFING • Opening Remarks – Simon Nokes, New Economy • Setting the scene and introduction – María González, New Economy • UK Position in relation to the Future EU Programmes - Sue Baxter, Department for Business Innovation and Skills • New Transnational EU Programmes in brief – María González, New Economy

OPENING REMARKS • Current Financial Period 2007-13 • New Financial Period 2014-20 • Draft Regulations to be discussed by the Council and the European Parliament during 2012-2013.

• Focusing on Future Transnational Programmes.

SETTING THE SCENE NEW PROGRAMMES AND THEIR SUCCESSORS

2014-20 2007-13 Cohesion Policy ( €376bn) Horizon 2020 ( €80bn) Cohesion Policy (EDF/ESF) Framework 7 th Programme Competitiveness & Innovation Territorial Cooperation Programmes ( €11.7bn) Connecting Europe ( €50bn) Northwest Europe Interreg IVB TEN-T Atlantic Area Interreg IVB Erasmus for All ( €15.21) LIFE ( €3.2bn) Competitiveness & SMES – COSME ( €2.38bn) Creative Europe ( €1.5bn) Interreg IVC Lifelong Learning (Erasmus, Leonardo Comenius, Grundtvig, Jean Monnet) Tempus LIFE + Competitiveness & Innovation (access to finance schemes) Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme Youth for Action MEDIA CULTURE MEDIA MUNDUS URBACT and ESPON ALFA and EDULINK

Common Features across all New Programmes • Delivering Europe 2020 principles of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. • SME support and sustainability mainstreamed across all programmes.

• Strong emphasis on impacts and results.

• Simplification – easier procedures and access to funds.

• Stronger focus and fewer priorities.

HORIZON 2020

The Future Common Strategic Framework for EU Research and Innovation Funding.

Three Priorities: I.

II.

III.

Excellence in the Science Base (26% of budget) Industrial Leadership and Competitive Framework (30%) Societal Challenges (44%) • • • • Financial instruments: Grants Debt finance and equity investment Procurement Prizes

I. Excellence in the Science Base

World class excellence – developing talent and attracting leading researchers European Research Council (support for frontier research) Future and Emerging Technologies 13,268 3,100 Marie Curie Actions (skill, training and career development for researchers) Research Infrastructures (access and development f priority research infrastructures) 5,572 2,478

II. Industrial Leadership

Supporting and Promoting business research and innovation in key technologies Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (ICT, nanotechnology, biotechnology and advanced manufacturing) Access to Risk Finance and Venture Capital 13,781 3,538 Innovation in SMEs (the “whole innovation chain” – from basic research to market penetration, design or marketing) 619 + (15% of P. I&III)

III. Societal Challenges

Tackling the societal challenges identified in the Europe 2020 Strategy

Health, demographics changes and well-being Food security and bio-base economy

8,033 4,152

Secure clean and efficiency energy Smart, green and integrated transport

5,782 6,802

Climate change and resource-efficiency including raw materials Inclusive, innovative and secure societies

3,160 3,819

A further IV Priority dealing with the Joint Research Centre and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology

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Overview

Strong Focus on

Societal Challenges

:  60% focused on sustainable development (35% to climate change).

Address the whole innovation cycle.

Greater integration of

SMEs

(specially across the industrial leadership and societal challenges objectives).

  15% of the budget will be aimed at SMEs. The American Small Business Innovation Research Programme.

The

Smart Cities and Communicates

Scheme.

Close synergies with Cohesion Policy and other Programmes (eg. COSME)

Simplification – one set of rules

 The intervention rate increased to 100% for research actions and 70% for actions closer to market replication.

 Time to grant reduced; time recording, etc

EUROPEAN TERRITORIAL COOPERATION PROGRAMMES

ETC Programmes: • Interregional Cooperation INTERREG IVC / URBACT / ESPON • Transnational Cooperation INTERREG IVB • Cross-boarder Cooperation INTERREG IVA In the Northwest of England: • INTERREG IVC / URBACT / ESPON • Northwest Europe INTERREG IVB • The Atlantic Area INTERREG IVB

NWE Interreg IVB 2007-13

ERDF approved by partners' country to PSC9 80,000,000 70,000,000 60,000,000 50,000,000 40,000,000 30,000,000 20,000,000 10,000,000 0 BELGIUM FRANCE GERMANY IRELAND LUXEMBOURG NETHERLANDS UNITED KINGDOM ERDF allocated by region/DA to PSC8 €16,000,000.00

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EUROPEAN TERRITORIAL COOPERATION PROGRAMMES POST 2013 • Geographic flexibility • Simplified Rules

EUROPEAN TERRITORIAL COOPERATION PROGRAMMES POST 2013 Thematic concentration

1. Research and Innovation 2. Access and use of ICT technologies 3. SMEs 4. Shift to low carbon economy 5. Climate change 6. Promoting the Environment & resource efficiency

Four priorities per programme

7. Sustainable Transport 8. Employment and labour mobility 9. Social inclusion and poverty 10. Education, skills and lifelong learning 11 Institutional capacity

ERASMUS FOR ALL

Financial Allocations: • Trans-national learning mobility (65%).

• Co-operation activities between education institutions (25 %).

• Policy support to gather evidence on the effectiveness of education investments (4%).

• Two separate pillars for "Jean Monnet Initiative" and "Sport Action“.

Two New Elements: • A loan guarantee scheme to help Master's degree students to finance their studies abroad; • The creation of 400 'knowledge alliances' and 'sector skills alliances‘.

COSME

• Directly accessible to local businesses.

• Focus on financial instruments and support to the internationalisation of enterprises.

• Encourage an entrepreneurial culture and promote the creation and growth of SMEs.

LIFE

• Three priorities : Biodiversity; Environment and Resource Efficiency; and Environmental Governance and Information.

• Three Sub-Programmes: Climate Change Mitigation; Climate Change Adaptation; Climate Governance and Information.

• Integrated Projects - environmental or climate plans and strategies on a larger territorial scale

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NEXT STEPS

Ongoing:

Parliament and Council negotiations on the basis of the Commission proposals

Ongoing:

Parliament and Council negotiations on EU budget 2014 20 (including overall budget for Horizon 2020)

Feb. 2012:

Commission to present the Common Strategic Framework (CSF) for cohesion policy, rural development policy and fisheries and maritime policy.

Mid/End 2012:

Final calls under some of the current programmes – FP7, Lifelong learning.

Mid 2013:

Adoption of legislative acts by Parliament and Council on all Programmes

Jan 2014:

Launch of all New Programmes

THANK YOU

María González

Principle EU Funding Tel 0161 237 4031 [email protected]