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Maria José AMARAL

Gaëlle LE BOULER

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Gema SAN BRUNO

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International cooperation - What does it mean at proposal stage?

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Content

• Horizon 2020: Open to the World

• International cooperation in SC5 work programme

• Targeted countries (India & China)

• International cooperation encouraged

• International cooperation at proposal stage

Horizon 2020: Open to the World

International cooperation contributes to:

• Tackle global challenges

• Advance science

• Capture knowledge flows

• Increase impact

International cooperation is a cross-cutting priority of H2020

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What do we mean with international cooperation?

EU Members States & Associated countries with the rest of the world

16 Countries Associated to Horizon 2020:

Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Faroe Islands, Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Serbia,

Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine

International participation increases success rate

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International Cooperation in SC5 work programme 2018-2020

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H2020 Interim

Evaluation

• participation of third countries has decreased when compared with the Environment theme in FP7

WP2018-2020

• reinforcement of international cooperation in calls and topics

International cooperation in SC5 – Calls 2018

• All topics are open to international cooperation

• Targeted topics:

- implemented through a joint or coordinated call

- contributing to implement multilateral/bilateral agreements

- encouraging international cooperation

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Joint or Coordinated Call

SC5-12-2018 – EU-India water co-operation

"develop new and/or adapt … solutions for Indian conditions"

• Proposals to be jointly developed

• Minimum requirement: 3 MS or AC + 3 Indian participants

• Part A and budget table filled in for all partners

- Indian partners - DST/DBT co-funding - Requested EU Contribution = 0€

- Budget table will be used by to assess contributions for Indian partners

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eligibility condition

Contributing to implement multilateral/bilateral agreements

SC5-13a-2018 – Strengthening international co-operation on sustainable urbanisation: nature-based solutions for restoration and rehabilitation of urban ecosystems

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"capitalise on experiences and good practices in Europe and China"

• Proposals to ensure appropriate balance in terms of effort and/or number of partners between EU and the international partners

• Minimum requirement : 3 MS or AC + 3 Chinese participants

• Part A and budget table filled in for all partners

• China partners - MOST co-funding - Requested EU Contribution = 0€

eligibility condition

Encouraging International Cooperation

NOT an eligibility condition A plus in the evaluation

Call – Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: climate action in support of the Paris Agreement

LC-CLA-01-2018 - Supporting the development of climate policies to deliver on the Paris Agreement, through Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs)

a) Supporting the design and assessment of climate policies b) Improving Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) Scope: international cooperation is encouraged with major emitters and with less developed countries requiring support for the design and implementation of current and future NDCs Impact: enhanced international cooperation

LC-CLA-08c-2018 - Addressing knowledge gaps in climate science, in support of IPCC reports

Call - Greening the economy in line with the SDGs

CE-SC5-06-2018 - New technologies for the enhanced recovery of by-products

CE-SC5-07-2018-2019-2020: Raw materials innovation for the circular economy: sustainable processing, reuse, recycling and recovery schemes

a) Sustainable processing and refining of primary and/or secondary raw materials (2018, 2019) b) Recycling of raw materials from end-of-life products (2018, 2019) c) Recycling of raw materials from buildings (2018, 2019) d) Advanced sorting systems for high-performance recycling of complex end-of-life products (2018, 2019)

CE-SC5-08-2018-2019-2020: Raw materials policy support actions

for the circular economy

a) Voluntary scheme for certification of treatment facilities for key types of wastes (2018)

Call - Greening the economy in line with the SDGs

SC5-17-2018 - Towards operational forecasting of earthquakes and early warning capacity for more resilient societies Scope: international cooperation is encouraged (e.g. with USA, New Zealand, Japan, Chile, Mexico)

SC5-19-2018 - International network to promote the cultural heritage innovation and diplomacy Scope: international cooperation is encouraged, in particular with EU Neighbourhood countries and with countries in which cultural heritage assets are under threat

International cooperation in

Proposal Preparation

• Non-EU and Non-Associated partners - involved from the start

• Role and contributions clearly described in Part A and Part B

Eligible or Not-eligible

Requesting or Not-requesting EU funding

Proposal Stage (1)

Proposal Stage (2)

Automatically eligible for EU funding

• General rules apply

Not automatically eligible for EU funding

• Different types of situations at different levels financial and legal

- Partners requesting budget

- Partners not requesting budget

Automatically eligible for EU funding

• EU Member States + 16 Countries Associated to Horizon 2020

• Other countries identified in the work programme - 130 developing countries - Annex A of the Horizon 2020 Work Programmes

• International European interest organisations

- Majority of MS or AC members / promote scientific and technical cooperation in EU

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Not automatically eligible for EU funding

• International Organisations

• Industrialised countries and emerging economies

• Except if:

- Provision in the work programme

- Provision under a bilateral S&T agreement

- Commission deems participation essential for carrying out the action

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Not eligible for EU funding - Matching funds

• Countries with jointly agreed co-funding mechanism covering most or all thematic areas: China, Hong Kong & Macao, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Taiwan

• Countries with jointly agreed co-funding mechanism covering selected thematic areas: Australia, India, Japan

• Countries with co-funding by a region: Brazil, Canada

More information: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/docs/h2020-funding-guide/cross-cutting-issues/international-cooperation_en.htm#countries

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Not automatically eligible - requesting EU funding

The partner provides same information as the others, among which :

Part A

• Partner details

• Indicate the estimated costs per category – indicate EU requested contribution

Part B

• Section 3.3 - explain why its activities are essential to the project on the basis of:

- outstanding competence/expertise

- access to research infrastructure

- access to particular geographical environments

- access to data

To be assessed during evaluations

Not automatically eligible - requesting EU funding

Part B

• Table 3.2

- risk for implementation –> convincing mitigation measure in case participation is not considered essential

The partner is expected to sign the Grant Agreement.

Not automatically eligible – not requesting EU funding

Information to be provided by beneficiaries willing to be full partners and signing the GA

Part A

• Full partner details

• Indicate the estimated costs/category – EU Requested Contribution = 0€

• The identification of the costs could help securing budget through national mechanisms

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Indian (SC5-12) and Chinese (SC5-13a)

partners

Part B

• Section 3 – indicate roles in the work plan (contribution to tasks) and the consortium + explain how the activities of the partner will be funded and from which sources

• Table 3.2

- risk for implementation –> convincing mitigation measure in case the funding for participation from other sources cannot be secured

• Section 4.1 – description of the partner

At GAP stage – they will need to be fully validated (anticipate this process)

Not automatically eligible – not requesting budget

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Not automatically eligible – not requesting budget

Information to be provided by international partners willing to be associated to H2020 projects without being a full partner

Article 14a of the GA

Non-eligible International partners – new Article 14a

Consortium Partner B

Grant agreement Article 14a – Implementation of action tasks by International Partner

Part B

In addition:

Part B

• Section 3 – indicate roles in the work plan (contribution to tasks) + explain how the activities of the partner will be funded and from which sources

• Table 3.2

- risk for implementation –> convincing mitigation measure in case the funding for participation from other sources cannot be secured

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Grant agreement Article 14a – Implementation of action tasks by International Partner

Article 14a - Characteristics of implementation by international partners:

• The international partner must NOT be eligible for funding, i.e. be established in a third country not listed in General Annex A to the Main Work Programme.

• The international partner does NOT sign the GA and they are NOT beneficiaries; it therefore has no direct obligations under the grant agreement (but its beneficiaries must to ensure that its complies with certain key obligations).

• The international partner may be used to implement any of the action tasks.

• The international partner must be named in Article 14a and their action tasks and estimated costs must be set out in Annexes 1 and 2 already at the moment of the GA signature (or if the international partner is added later, through an amendment; see Article 55).

Article 14a - Characteristics of implementation by international partners:

• The beneficiary remains responsible towards the Commission/Agency for the action tasks performed by its international partner.

• The beneficiary must make special arrangements regarding results produced by the international partners (in order to be able to fully comply with their obligations under the GA; see Article 26.3).

• The beneficiary must ensure that its international partner complies with certain key (non-financial) obligations:

Thus, they must ensure that the Commission/Agency, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) can exercise their rights under Article 22 to verify the proper implementation of the action tasks and that the Commission/Agency has the right to make an evaluation of the impact of the action under Article 23.

Article 14a - Characteristics of implementation by international partners:

Obligations that must be extended to international partners:

• Record-keeping obligations (on the scientific and technical implementation; see Article 18.1.1)

• Technical reporting (in the required language; see Article 20.3(a), 20.4(a) and 20.7)

• Avoiding conflicts of interest (see Article 35)

• Maintaining confidentiality (see Article 36)

• Promoting the action and give visibility to the EU funding (see Article 38).

Useful Information

H2020 Online Manual > Cross-cutting issues > International cooperation

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