The transition towards a Circular Economy:

The role of Innovation and Horizon 2020

26 March 2018, Geneva

Vincenzo GENTE

Senior Project Adviser Unit B2 H2020 Environment and Resources

Eco-innovation Sector

vincenzo.gente@ec.europa.eu

4 Key areas of action

5 Priority sectors

CIRCULAR ECONOMY ACTION PLAN

https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/sites/hori

zon2020/files/ce_booklet.pdf

CENTRAL ROLE OF INNOVATION

ECO-INNOVATION: ENABLING THE TRANSITION TOWARDS A CIRCULAR ECONOMY - COUNCIL

CONCLUSIONS (DECEMBER 2017)

Research and Innovation

essential to boost the sustainable and

efficient processes

Eco-innovation

increasing resilience throughout

product life cycles across sectors

rethinking supply chains and

minimising waste generation

http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-15811-2017-INIT/en/pdf

WP 2018-2020 'Connecting economic and environmental gains – the

Circular Economy‘ € 940 m

WP 2016-2017 ‘Industry 2020 in the circular

economy’ € 650 m

CREATE THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT FOR INNOVATION AND INVESTMENTS

Cohesion Policy: for the current (2014-2020) financing programme - €5.5 billion dedicated to waste management

European Fund for Strategic Investment - EFSI 2.0 expected to mobilise € 500 billion

Life Programme: Over EUR 100 million

NEW to download!! Life and the Circular Economy

OTHER INVESTMENTS AND FUNDING

EUROPEAN CIRCULAR ECONOMY STAKEHOLDER PLATFORM

Network of networks- Open Platform

Three pillars I. Policy dialogue gathering stakeholders' input and

views.

II. Coordination group I. Knowledge, national strategies and good

practices https://circulareconomy.europa.eu/platform

EIP on Raw Materials

EUROPEAN INNOVATION PARNERSHIPS

Supporting Circular Economy

https://sc5.easme-web.eu/?theme=green

Horizon 2020 environment data hub

How to identify local Circular

Economy potential Value

Chains

(Regional level)

How to identify cross-regional

Circular Economy

Synergies

(Operational synergies)

How to finance projects raising

from cross-regional

synergies

(Funding synergies)

How to assess the “circularity” of one project with respect to

another one

(Assessment Criteria)

METHODOLOGY FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION

http://www.screen-lab.eu/

Coordinator: KOBENHAVNS KOMMUNE (DK)

Beneficiaries: 24 (DK, IT, PT, DE)

EU contribution: 9,724,969 €

Duration: 48 months (Started: September 2016)

The four cities involved in the project, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Lisbon and Genoa, will engage enterprises, citizens and academia in 16 participatory value chain based partnerships to create and develop eco-innovative solutions.

Demos • Copenhagen: mixed plastic waste • Genoa: wood waste • Hamburg: WEEE • Lisbon: food

http://www.ce-force.eu/

Coordinator: FUNDACION DEUSTO (ES)

Beneficiaries: 24 (ES,IT, PT, GR, DE, DK)

EU contribution: 8,818,556 € €

Duration: 42 months (Started: June 2016)

The main objective is demonstrate the value of integrating and validating 20 eco-innovative solutions that cover all the waste value chain. The benefits of these solutions will be enhanced by a holistic waste data management methodology, and will be demonstrated in 4 complementary urban areas in Europe

http://waste4think.eu/

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Vincenzo GENTE Unit B2 H2020 Environment and Resources, Eco-innovation Sector

Vincenzo.Gente@ec.europa.eu

EASME on Twitter @H2020EE • @H2020SME • @EEN_EU • @EU_ECOINNO

Innovation Deals

1.Sustainable wastewater treatment

using innovative anaerobic membrane bioreactors

technology (7 April 2017)

2.From E-mobility to

recycling: the virtuous loop of electric vehicle (12 March 2018)