H2020 and Societal Challenges

1. H2020 and Societal Challenges A. Hamid El-Zoheiry, Heliopolis University Cairo, Egypt

2. Objective Take stock of Societal Challenges in H2020 in terms of Priorities and Opportunities for MPCs

3. H2020: What's new? • A single programme bringing together three separate programmes/initiatives* • Coupling research to innovation – from research to retail, all forms of innovation • Focus on societal challenges facing EU society, e.g. health,clean energy and transport • Simplified access, for all companies, universities, institutes inall EU countries and beyond • The 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7), innovation aspects of Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP), EU contribution to the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)

4. Three priorities • Excellent science • Industrial leadership • Societal challenges

5. Priority 1. Excellent science • World class science is the foundation of tomorrow’s technologies, jobs and wellbeing

6. Priority 2. Industrial leadership • Strategic investments in key technologies (e.g. advanced manufacturing, micro-electronics) underpin innovation across existing and emerging sectors • Need for more innovative SMEs to create growth and jobs

7. Priority 3. Societal challenges Breakthrough solutions come from multi-disciplinary collaborations, including social sciences & humanities

8. International Cooperation • International cooperation is crucial to address many Horizon 2020 objectives • Principle of general openness: the programme will remain to be the most open funding programme in the world • Horizon 2020 shall be open to the association of: acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates and selected international partner countries that fulfil the relevant criteria (capacity, track record, close economic and geographical links to the Union, etc.) • Targeted actions to be implemented taking a strategic approach to international cooperation (dedicated measures in the 'Inclusive, innovative and secure societies' challenge)

9. INCO in H2020 vs FP7 • No ad-hoc INCO Work Programme • No Specific Actions having the inclusion of MPCs as eligibility criteria but open topics • Open topics • Instruments: research & innovation actions or support actions (horizontal issues, policy, cooperation and dialogue) • International cooperation hidden accross pillars and challenges

10. Renewed Euro-Med Partnership • A new response to a changing Neighbourhood •  Development of Common Knowledge and Innovation Space (CKIS) •  New approach to cooperation: mutual benefit, mutual accountability and differentiation • Mutual Interest & shared Benefit based on the principles of co-ownership and co-management with co-funding of activities • New impetus given by the Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Research and Innovation held in Barcelona (2-3/04/2012) •  Thematic areas addressed: water, energy, health, transport and marine sciences. •  Key cross-cutting issues addressed: Innovation, changing society, coordination of programmes, infrastructure, mobility

11. EU – South Mediterranean R&I cooperation Specific activities to promote the EU – South Mediterranean cooperation • Support to bilateral activities (Bilats) • Support to regional platforms INCO-Nets (MIRA/MedSPRING) • Building competence in research labs (ERA-WIDEs) • ERANET MED • Bridging the gap between research and innovation (R2I)

12. EU – South Mediterranean R&I cooperation Bilateral policy dialogues • 5 S&T agreements: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia • 2 association agreements in FP7: Israel, Turkey Bi-regional policy dialogue • The Monitoring Committee for Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation in RTD (MoCo) -17 meetings since 1995

13. EU – South Mediterranean R&I cooperation in FP7 (2007-2013) 296 FP7 funded projects ● Success rate – 13% ● 704 million EUR EU contribution to the projects ● 62 million EUR EU contribution to the South Mediterranean partners ● 586 participations of public and private South Mediterranean institutions ● Main thematic areas of cooperation –KBBE, Environment, ICT .

14. Synergy with the European Neighbourhood Partnership Instrument (ENPI) The ENPI supports research capacity building through the implementation of Research Development and Innovation Programme (RDI): Egypt (11 M€ + 20 M€), Algeria (21 M€), Jordan (5+5 M€), Morocco (1.35 M€), Tunisia (12 M€)

15. MPCs Participation in FP7 364 participants in 193 projects

16. Thematic distribution

17. MPC Priority Setting Excercises • MIRA Thematic workshops (2009-2011) • Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Research and Innovation, Barcelona (April, 2012) • Common Research & Innovation Agenda – CRIA, 2012 (Food, Water, Energy) • MED-SPRING EMEG

18. Calls topics addressed to Mediterranean A total number of 47 different call topics (KBBE, ENERGY and ENV) for the period 2007-2013.

19. Correspondance MIRA - FP7 calls • KBBE (Food/ Agriculture): water scarcity management in agriculture, post harvest losses, agro-food products and global market. • ENERGY: Concentrating Solar Power • ENV: Coastal zone, Freshwater ecosystems and Natural Hazards • Others: Health, Nanotechnologies

20. High Quality Affordable Food FOOD SECURITY, SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, MARINE AND MARITIME RESEARCH AND THE BIO-ECONOMY MedSpring Project and Horizon 2020 Energy SECURE, CLEAN AND EFFICIENT ENERGY Resource efficiency CLIMATE ACTION, RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AND RAW MATERIALS

21. H2020- 1st WP 2014-2015Analysis of relevant topics to MPCs

22. Methodology • Analysis of WPs 2014-2015 of H2020 identifying topicshavinggeographic focus or being of potential thematic interest for the Mediterranean Partner Countries • Grouping topics into four cathegories: 1) Direct geographic relevance (Mediterranean) 2)Indirect geographic relevance (ENP, Africa, S&T agreemets…) 3) International cooperation connotation (no geographic focus) 4)Thematic relevance (potentialthematic interest for MPCs)

23. Focus on Societal Challenges • The majority (82 out of 127) of the topics identified in the four categories belong to Pillar III – Societal Challenges. • Food appears to be the most recurring in the four categories. • Considering direct or indirect geographic relevance, the most recurring SC are Climate and Societies, followed by Food and Transport.

24. Mediterranean dimension of H2020 (1/3) • The 3 topics with direct geographic relevance are all included in Pillar III, and related to SC Food (1 topic) and SC Societies (2 topics) • The 11 topics with indirect geographic relevance are included in Pillar I (2 topics) and Pillar III (9 topics). The SC addressed by these topics are: Food, Transport, Climate and Societies.

25. Mediterranean dimension of H2020 (2/3)List of Topics with direct geographic relevance 1) Unlocking the growth potential of rural areas through enhanced governance and social innovation (ISIB 3 – 2015) 2) Re-invigorating the partnership between the two shores of the Mediterranean (INT 6 – 2015) 3) Towards a new geopolitical order in the South and East Mediterranean (INT 7 -2015)

26. Conclusions • All H2020 SCs represent potential priority areas for the MPCs. However, opportunities/capacities of partnership with the EU have to be further explored and determined. • H2020’s 1st WP has limited focus on the Mediterranean(3 topics, all in SC Pillar). • H2020 is not the ultimate or only programme for Euro-Med cooperation and is still not appropriate for several actions (CB or infrastructure..) Food & Environment (incl. Water) seem to be the two areas with strongest participation of MPCs in FP7

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