CIRCULAR ECONOMY OPPORTUNITIES for R&I in

HORIZON 2020

PANOS BALABANIS

Unit Eco-innovation

EU Commission, DG RTD

GreenEconet Final Conference, Brussels, 26/05/2016

Research and Innovation

Circular economy

Circular Economy is about Change, and about Innovation requires RTD&I investments, multi-stakeholder involvement and an enabling framework

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Eco-innovation for circular economy

demonstrating the economic and environmental feasibility of the circular economy

supporting systemic innovation to obtain a systems-wide transformation

reorganising production and consumption to maintain/enhance value of products, components, materials and resources throughout the value chain and product life

decoupling creation of wealth and jobs from resource consumption

Going beyond waste

Looking at the whole 'Circle'

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Research and Innovation Role

in CE

Create the right environment for innovation and investments

DEMONSTRATING the opportunities for moving towards a circular economy through the Focus Area "Industry 2020 in the Circular Economy"

REGULATORY INNOVATION: addressing regulatory barriers to circular economy activities or business models, through the implementation of Innovation Deals

Financial Innovation: Assessment of the possibility of launching a platform together with the EIB and national banks to support the financing of the circular economy and supporting FINANCING TOOLS and ADVISORY SERVICES through InnovFin (business models)

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FOCUS AREA

'Industry 2020

in the Circular Economy'

Cross-cutting call

ADDRESSING CIRCULAR ECONOMY in H2020 WP 2016-2017

Focus Area "Industry 2020 in the Circular Economy"

over 650 M€ budget

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CIRCULAR ECONOMY CALL H2020 WP2017

• CIRC-01-2017: Systemic, eco-innovative approaches for the

circular economy: large-scale demonstration projects ->Systemic services for the circular economy

(IA – deadline 07/03/2017 for stage 1 & 05/09/2017 for stage 2)

Total indicative budget for these topics in 2017: € 40M

Recommended EU contribution/project: 4-7 M€

• CIRC-02-2017: Water in the context of the circular economy -> Towards the next generation of water systems and services – large scale demonstration projects

(IA – deadline 07/03/2017 for stage 1 & 05/09/2017 for stage 2)

Total indicative budget for these topics in 2017: € 30M

Recommended EU contribution/project: 10 M€

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SME Instrument call: SC5 topic

SMEinst-12-2016-2017: Boosting the potential of small businesses in the areas and priorities of SC5 Commercialising innovative solutions for green growth

Only SMEs allowed to participate and to apply for funding and support

Minimum condition: participation of one SME (based in the EU or associated countries

70% co-funding

Strategic Programming: Process and timing

Foresight + stakeholder

consultation + Advisory Groups

Consultation Member States

Strategic Priorities

Elaboration and adoption of work

programmes

01-06/2016 04-09/2016 10/2016 11/2016…..

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A new way to address EU regulatory or legislative obstacles to innovation in an open and transparent manner, in the form of a voluntary cooperation between innovators, national, regional, local authorities and Commission services, aiming to better achieve EU policy objectives

Pilot phase to be launched today – Call for Expression of Interests focused on Innovation Deals for a Circular Economy in spring (up to 5 Expressions of Interest to be selected)

Additional possibilities for Innovation Deals under Industry 2000 in the Circular Economy call of the Horizon 2020 WP2016/2017 (Calls CIRC-01 and CIRC-02)

Innovation Deals

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Concrete outcomes

1. Lack of clarity in legislation

2. Inconsistencies in legislation or policy objectives

3. Lack or conflicting standards/norms/guidelines

4. EU legislation not fit for purpose (might feed REFIT)

1. Improve communication channels

2. Improve awareness of specific elements (e.g. legal, technical, regional or local…)

Innovation Deals

OTHER BARRIERS ENHANCED COOPERATION

IMPROVED CLARITY LEGISLATIVE BARRIERS

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Thank you for your attention!

Find out more: www.ec.europa/research/horizon2020