Transcript Presentation for 9th GEO 15-16 June 2015

Introduction to the EASME and its role in
Horizon 2020
Arnoldas MILUKAS
EASME B2: H2020
Environment and Resources
EASME: History
• One of the 6 Executive Agencies of the EU
• Established in December 2003 as the
Intelligent Energy Executive Agency (IEEA)
• 2007-2013: remit extended to the
Competitiveness and Innovation Framework
Programme (CIP) and Marco Polo
• On 1st January 2014: EACI became EASME
• 7 Parent DG's: GROW, RTD, ENV, ENER,
CLIMA, MARE, CONNECT
Horizon 2020 @ EASME
• Part of 'Secure, clean and efficient energy' challenge: Energy
efficiency call
• Part of 'Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and
raw materials' challenge:
o Climate Action
o Natural Resources
o Eco-innovation
o Raw materials
o Earth observation
• Industrial leadership:
o Sustainable Industry Low Carbon Scheme (SILC II)
o Innovation in SMEs
o Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (LEIT)
• The SME instrument
Unit B2 - Horizon 2020: Environment
and Resources
Unit created on 1 January 2014
• Human Resources:
28 staff members today to grow to some
70 staff members by 2020
• Unit organised around 4 sectors:
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H2020 Eco-innovation
Climate Action
Natural Resources
Raw Materials and SILC II
Societal Challenge 5: Climate Action,
Environment, Resource Efficiency and
Raw Materials
• To achieve a resource – and water - efficient
and climate change resilient economy and
society,
• The protection and sustainable management
of natural resources and ecosystems, and
• A sustainable supply and use of raw
materials, in order to meet the needs of a
growing global population within the
sustainable limits of the planet's natural
resources and eco-systems.
• Harnessing Earth observation data (GEO)
H2020 SC5: Helping to build a green economy
Budget of €3 billion over 7 years for:
Waste
Eco-Innovation
Natural resources
Water
Climate Change
Raw materials
Blue Growth focus area (part of)
• Blue Growth – Unlocking the potential of Seas and
Oceans
• Cross cutting – cooperation within
H2020 SC2, SC3, SC4 and SC5
• Call 2014 – BG-8 – Developing
in-situ Atlantic Ocean Observations
for a better management and sustainable
exploitation of the maritime resources - One project
AtlantOS – selected for funding
• 2015 – evaluations ongoing
AtlantOS - Optimizing and Enhancing
the Integrated Atlantic Ocean
Observing System
• Budget: 20.652.923 € - 51 months
• 62 beneficiaries from 18 countries, incl. from US, CA, BR,
ZA (without funding) and international organizations (ICES,
UNESCO)
• Led by GEOMAR (DE)
• Objective: to improve and innovate Atlantic observing by
creating a more systematic, cost effective and user-driven
international Integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing
System (IAOOS).
• https://www.atlantos-h2020.eu/
GEO – Earth Observation
• Topic SC5-16 – Making Earth Observation
and Monitoring Data usable for ecosystem
modelling and services
• 2 proposals were selected: SWOS and ECOPOTENTIAL –
both started on 1 June 2015
• Both projects will build synergies between them and with other
GEO projects
• They will undertake pilot actions in selected protected
areas to further develop the Global Earth Observation System
of Systems (GEOSS) and foster a knowledge base regarding
ecosystem observations for the Copernicus (Global Monitoring
for Environment and Security) initiative.
SWOS - Satellite-based Wetland
Observation Service
• Budget: 4,979,198 € - 36 months
• 12 partners from 11 countries, including industrial partners
(SMEs) and key users
• Will develop a monitoring and information service focusing on
wetland ecosystems
• SWOS will contribute to establishing a Global Wetland
Observing System, it will position Europe in a leading role for
wetland activities within the GEO ecosystem, biodiversity,
water, land cover tasks.
• http://www.swos-service.eu/
ECOPOTENTIAL - Improving Future Ecosystem
Benefits through Earth Observations
• Budget:15,993,931 € - 48 months
• 47 partners from 14 countries, including non-EU (ZA, AU) and
IO (UNESCO, UNEP)
• Broad coverage in terms of ecosystems (mountains, marine
areas, arid areas)
• ECOPOTENTIAL focuses on internationally recognized PAs in
Europe and beyond in a wide range of biogeographic regions,
and it includes UNESCO, Natura2000 and LTER sites and Large
Marine Ecosystems.
• http://www.ecopotential-project.eu
Ongoing evaluations:
 SC5-18b-2015: Integrating North African, Middle East and Balkan
Earth Observation capacities in GEOSS (CSA)
• Objective: to strengthen the Earth Observation networks of the
broad European and North African, Middle East, and Balkan region
 SC5-17-2015: Demonstrating the concept of 'Citizens‘
Observatories'(IA)
Citizen Observatories:
• can strengthen environmental monitoring capabilities,
• have the potential to generate new and original applications to
reduce investment and running costs of in-situ observations and
monitoring applications and solutions,
• involve novel partnerships between the private sector, public bodies,
NGOs and citizens.
Thank you
for your attention!
• Find out more:
• www.ec.europa/research/horizon2020