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GENERAL OVERVIEW H2020-BOTTOM-UP SSH-EMBEDDED SSH-DEDICATED SSH-REFLECTIVE SOCIETIES

Marc GOFFART

European Commission

DG Research & Innovation

Unit B.6 "Reflective Societies"

New Horizons in the Humanities

THE EU FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

30/01/2014, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin



I. Horizon 2020General overview

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EU budget 2014-2020 & Horizon 2020

MFF€ 1,025 bn

Commission proposals

29 June 2011 & 30 November 2011

Horizon 2020€ 80 bn

European Council conclusions

8 February 2013

MFF€ 908 bn

Horizon 2020€ 70 bn

Source: EC

Horizon 2020 - Three priorities

Excellent Excellent sciencescience

Industrial Industrial leadershipleadership

Societal Societal challengeschallenges



Excellent science (22,27 bn. euro)

European Research Council

Frontier research by the best individual teams

11,93

Future and Emerging Technologies

Collaborative research to open new fields of innovation

3,46

Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions

Opportunities for training and career development

5,62

Research Infrastructures (including e-infrastructure)

Ensuring access to world-class facilities

2,27



Industrial leadership (15,51 bn. euro)

LEIT: Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies

(ICT, nanotechnologies, materials, biotechnology, manufacturing, space)

12,36

Access to risk finance

Leveraging private finance and venture capital for research and innovation

2,59

Innovation in SMEs

Fostering all forms of innovation in all types of SMEs

0,56



Societal challenges (27,05 bn. euro)1 Health, demographic change and wellbeing 6,81

2 Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bio-economy

3,51

3 Secure, clean and efficient energy 5,41

4 Smart, green and integrated transport 5,78

5 Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials

2,81

6 Europe in a changing world – Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies

1,19

7 Secure societies – Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens

1,54



SSH as a cross-cutting issue

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Integration of SSH in Horizon 2020

• Supported through the 'Excellent Science' part of H2020 (ERC, Marie Skłodowska-Curie & Infrastructures)

• Integrated in Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies (LEIT) where relevant

• Integrated in each of the 7 Societal Challenges

• SSH play a major role in the Societal Challenge 6: "Europe in a changing world – inclusive, innovative and reflective societies"



The role of SSH in excellent science

• The European Research Council (ERC) is already a major funding source for curiosity driven frontier research. About 17 % of the ERC-budget will be allocated to SSH

• Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MCA) give opportunities for greater mobility and network building. SSH share of 11-12 %

• Several major research infrastructures in the SSH are supported by FP7/H2020 : CESSDA, DARIAH, CLARIN, ESS, SHARE



Embedded SSH: All Societal Challenges, LEIT and activities under Excellent Science are generally open to SSH contributions in all their lines of activity and thus favour 'embedding SSH' as genuine interdisciplinarity

Dedicated to SSH: In some Societal Challenges and parts of LEIT it is delineated a specific SSH line of activity called 'the socio-economic dimension of…'

Integrating SSH: two approaches



The role of SSH in industrial leadership• Strengthening the cultural and social aspects of

innovation • SSH as a source of creativity in development of

services and products• Societal aspects• Business and management

models



The role of SSH in the Societal Challenges

The Societal Challenges will bring together different technologies, sectors, scientific disciplines, social sciences and humanities, and innovation actors to find new solutions.



Integrating SSH - Features

Economic feasibility of the implementation, especially for

the close-to-the market R&I actions

Social acceptability of the new technology/ product/

service (cf. ICT, nanotechnologies, nuclear)

Human behaviours (cf. obesity in Health, savings in

Energy, alternative mobility in Transport)

Values (cf. cultural differences, ethnic issues, religious

backgrounds)

Governance, policy and institutional aspects

Forward-looking dimension (cf. modelling, scenarios)14



Integrating SSH – Challenges In technology-driven topics there is a tendency to

refer to SSH aspects in only a marginal way ( SSH as add-on not as integral or driving part);

The aim to make the call texts more general and less prescriptive might be in conflict with the need to draft texts with the necessary level of detail and reference to relevant SSH research;

Cultural and practical barriers/academic incentive system: mono-disciplinarity of training, curricula, journals, faculty structures;



Methods of implementation

Horizon 2020 Groups (collegiality, policy & SSH interests)

Guidance notes on the composition of:

External Advisory Groups

Peer review / evaluation panels

Structure of the Calls and Work Programmes with "Scope" and "Expected impact" directly linked to socio-economic concerns

In WPs: topics with strong SSH-relevance are "flagged"

SSH mapping - http://www.net4society.eu/public/ssh-opportunities.php

review of the implementation of interdisciplinarity in H2020

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http://www.net4society.eu/public/ssh-opportunities.php

http://www.net4society.eu/public/ssh-opportunities.php



SSH Mapping: None, Minor, Major, Dedicated & Flagging

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Call for an Innovative, Sustainable and Inclusive Bioeconomy

Topic None Minor Major Dedicated Flagging SSH relevant elements

ISB 1 1 1

Challenge: Provision of public goods by agriculture and forestry, societal and non-market benefits, incentives and policy options. Scope: "Projects should develop a systematic and operational framework to map and characterize the variety of public goods provided by agricultural and forestry activities throughout Europe", "work should consider ways in which to valorise and establish effective support measures (policies, incentives) for the delivery of public goods in response to societal expectations"

ISB 2 1 0Scope: Methods for generation of innovation-driven reserach, mapping and development of innovation borkering activities, methods and networks

ISB 3 1 1

Challenge: Balanced development of rural areas, facilitate social innovation. Scope: Analysis of social innovation in agriculture and rural development, methods for evaluation of social innovation, analyze the role of policy instruments and incentives

ISB 4 1 0

ISB 5 1 1Scope: The overall economic, social and environmental sustainability issues as well as its Life Cycle Assessment should also be critical elements.

ISB 6 1 0 ISB 7 1 0 Scope: identification of procurement needs, legal work

ISB 8 1 1

Challenge: Socio-economic implications of the bioeconomy. Ensuring a responsible and participative governance. Scope: Engaging society, participative governance of the bioeconomy, briding reserach and innovation efforts for a sustainable bioeconomy. Expected impact: Facilitate the development of regional and national bioeconomy strategies.

ISB 9 1 0

ISB 10 1 0

ISB 11 1 0 Scope: Enable evidence -based policy making and effective cross-policy actions.

ISB 12 1 0

Scope: B. "to ensure cohesion of rural areas and prevent economic and social marginalisation, foster diversification of economic activities (including the service sector), ensure appropriate relations between rural and urban areas.". C. "economic potential of CH4 and N2O mitigation", "economic and policy measures, including trade"

Total 4 5 3 0 4



Share of SSH-flagged topics in H2020



Provisional screening of SSH relevant topics in the WP 2014-15• 112 of 437 topics in Societal Challenges[*] can be

flagged as SSH-relevant, representing a share of 26 % of all topics and an estimated share of the budget of 3.7% (277 Mio. euro)

• SSH parts of the Societal Challenge 6: around 120 Mio. euro

• Total available budget for SSH under the first two years of Horizon 2020 (incl. ERC, MCA, RI) can be estimated to 1.100 Mio. Euro

[*] [except SC6, "Science with and for Society", "Spreading excellence and widening participation" and LEIT]



SSH as a dedicated issue

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Societal Challenge 6 objective

"To foster a greater understanding of Europe, provide solutions and support inclusive, innovative and reflective European societies in a context of unprecedented transformations and growing global interdependencies"

H2020 regulation

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The research is problem oriented and policy relevant: structured along issues & challenges, not along disciplines

but promoting interdisciplinarity: fair balance between economic, social, cultural and political issues and aspects

always in a comparative European perspective.

What socio-economic research contributes to policy:

KNOWING: data, statistics & indicators EXPLAINING: tools, definitions & methods UNDERSTANDING: context, causes &

mechanisms FORWARD-LOOKING: modelling, foresight &

scenarios RECOMMENDING: from knowledge to action /

policy

SSH Key Features



Economic

HumanitiesSocial

"Unity in Diveristy" Multi-/Interdisciplinary

Comparative Multi-/Mixed Methods

Macro

Meso

Micro

‘triangulation’

QuantitativeQualitative‘mixed methods’Psychology

AnthropologyHistory

InnovationLabour MarketDemographics

LawSociologyPedagogicsPolitical Sc.

Comparative•Geografical: Country / Region / City / …•Disciplines / concepts / methods=> similarities – differences => lessons?

Europe 2020Europe’s strategy for a social market economy

in 21st C

SmartSmart GrowthOpen economy based on knowledge & innovation

SustainableSustainable GrowthGreener, more efficient & competitive economy

InclusiveInclusive GrowthAll people at work + Provide chances & resouces to people

75% of aged25-64 at work

25% less poor(20 miop.)

5 objectives for 2020

<10% NEET>40% Masters

Education Jobs 20% green -20% CO2 -20% Kwh

Energy 3% EU's GDP

for R&D/I

Research Poverty

New Skills & Jobs Agenda

Industrial policyInnovation UnionYouth on the Move Poverty Platform

Resources EfficiencyDigital Agenda

3 priorities5 objectives7 initiatives3 Priorities

7 initiatives



Societal Challenge 6: Europe in the World"Inclusive, Innovative & Reflective Societies"

Inclusive societies Smart, sustainable and inclusive growth (EU2020) Resilient societies (migration, integration, demographic change) Europe's role as a global actor

Innovative societies Evidence base support for the Innovation Union and ERA New forms of innovation (incl. social innovation) Potential of all generations Cooperation with third countries

Reflective societies European heritage (memory, identity) European countries' and regions' history Europe's role in the world



A strategic programming approachto develop the Work Programmes

Orientation towards European societal challenges: research and innovation activities to increase the impact of the funding

Orientation towards EU political priorities: Europe 2020 and emerging political issues of European relevance

Leitmotiv of the 2 years WP 2014-15: economic crisis and the path to sustainable growther

=> Focus area in Societal Challenge 6: "Overcoming the crisis: new ideas, strategies and govnance structures for Europe"

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" Topics " of the Work Programme

The structure of each Topic respects the challenge-based approach, i.e. 3 key features:

Specific Challenge: Sets the context, the problem to be addressed, why intervention is necessary

Scope: delineates the problem, specifies the focus and the boundaries of the potential action BUT without describing specific approaches

Expected Impact: describe the key elements of what is expected to be achieved in relation to the specific challenge



The Call topics: bottom-up in terms of content and budget

Topics are described in a rather open fashion, less prescriptive than often under FP7, i.e. proposers can address the topics in a comprehensive way, in a focussed way or cover other issues relevant for addressing the topic

Call text provides an indicative budget range for research projects in order to indicate the average expected size of the proposal; however, any amount is possible, i.e. no eligibility criteria regarding the budget size

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SC6's WP2014/15 structured around 5 Calls1. "EURO"-CALL: Overcoming the crisis

(strategies and governance structures for Europe)

2. "YOUNG"-CALL: The Young generation

(labour market, mobility, inclusion)

3. "REFLECTIVE"-CALL: Reflective Societies

(cultural heritage and European identities)

4. "INT"-CALL: Europe as a global actor (supporting EU external

policies & increasing international cooperation)

5. "INSO"-CALL: New forms of innovation

(business models, social innovation, public sector innovation)

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Call 1 (2014/2015): Overcoming the crisis

1.Resilient and sustainable economic and monetary union in Europe1)Effective mechanisms of fiscal policy coordination in the EU2)Fair and sustainable taxation3)The impact of macroeconomic & social imbalances on economic stability4)The global impacts of the crisis in Europe and the international monetary relations

2. The European growth agenda (incl. Inclusive Growth & Social Investment)1)Reform management for economic recovery2)Innovation-based growth strategy for Europe3)Global production & innovation networks – costs & benefits for Europe4)Migration, prosperity and growth

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Call 1 (2014/2015): Overcoming the crisis

3. European societies after the crisis1)Individual reactions to the crisis and challenges to European solidarity2)Unity in diversity: prospects of a European identity and public sphere3)Innovative social investment approaches for the modernisation of social policies and services

4. Political challenges for Europe1)The future of European integration - 'More Europe – less Europe?'2)Challenges to democratic practices and parties in Europe in the context of the crisis3)Political leadership in times of economic, political & social crisis

6. Meeting new societal needs by using emerging technologies in the public sector

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Call 2 (2014/2015): The Young generation

1. Early job insecurity and labour market exclusion

2. Youth mobility: opportunities, impacts, policies

3.Lifelong learning for young adults: better policies for growth and inclusion in Europe

4. The young as a driver of social change

5.Societal and political engagement of young people and their perspectives on Europe

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WelfareStates

Inclusive Growth

local worlds of social cohesion

The impact of local welfare systems on female labour force participation and social cohesion

www.flash-it.eu/inclusive-growth

Social Innovation

Labour Market Resilience

COPECombating Poverty in Europe The theoretical, empirical and

policy foundations for buildingsocial innovation in Europe

MeasuringChild& Youth WellBeing

CARE CEC



3rd Call REFLECTIVE’Reflective Societies: Cultural

Heritage and European Identities’

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Humanities Research Infrastructures

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DARIAH: Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts & Humanities

•aims to enhance and support digitally-enabled research and teaching across the humanities and arts

CLARIN: Common Languages Resources & Technology (Research) Infrastructure•providing easy and sustainable access for scholars in the humanities & social sciences to digital language data (in written, spoken, video or multimodal form)

MERIL: Mapping of the EuropeanResearch infrastructure Landscape



MERIL.eu Mapping 51 European Research infrastructures in Humanities & Arts

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Reflective Societies: Cultural Heritage and European Identities

Main research areas:• cultural heritage• identity formation• intellectual, artistic, creative and historical legacy of the

European Union• digital technologies for facilitating the modelling,

analysis, understanding and preservation of European cultural heritage (topics 6 & 7)

• Related coordination and support actions (topics 8-10)



Topics in the call1. ERA Net on Uses of the Past

2. Emergence and transmission of European cultural heritage and Europeanisation

3. European cohesion, regional and urban policies and the perceptions of Europe

4. Cultural opposition in the former socialist countries

5. The cultural heritage of war in contemporary Europe

6. Innovation ecosystems of digital cultural assets

7. Advanced 3D modelling for accessing and understanding European cultural assets

8. Communication and dissemination platform

9. Social Platform on Reflective Societies

10.Mobilising the network of NCPs in SC6



Budgets and Deadlines

10 topics in 4 sub calls (2 DG RTD, 2 DG CONNECT)Sub call 'H2020-REFLECTIVE-SOCIETY-2014'

topics: Reflective 1, 9 and 10deadline: 03.06.2014, budget: €9,000,000

Sub call 'H2020-REFLECTIVE-SOCIETY-2015'topics: Reflective 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8deadline: 07.01.2015, budget: €16,500,000



REFLECTIVE-1-2014: ERA-NET on Uses of the past

Specific challenge: Need for a new, more complex understanding of how the past is used and reflected.

Scope: ERA-NET aiming at coordinating the research efforts of the participating Member States, Associated States and Regions in multidisciplinary and comparative research on the uses of the past (including joint transnational call for proposals with EU co-funding)

Expected impact: This ERA-NET will show how European diversity and integration is shaped by our interpretations of history.

Budget: minimum EUR 5 million (other amounts possible)



HERA: Humanities ERA-Net

partnership between 21 Humanities Research Councils across Europe & the ESF (management)

firmly establishing the humanities in the European Research Area and in Framework Programmes

HERA Joint Research Programmes• 2009 – “Cultural Dynamics: Inheritance and Identity” • 2009 –“Humanities as a Source of Creativity & Innovation”• 2012 – “Cultural Encounters”• 2015 – “Uses of the past” (...?)

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REFLECTIVE-9-2014: Social Platform on Reflective Societies

Specific challenge: Establishing a social platform of researchers, stakeholders and policy-makers to address the research agenda of 'Reflective Societies'.

Scope: Developing an understanding of the challenges and opportunities for research in the context of reflective societies.

Expected impact: This social platform will support the European Commission in the definition of an innovative and focused research agenda on the reflective societies in Europe.

Budget: EUR 1 million (other amounts possible)



Social Platform – background (1/2)

Introduced in FP7 by the Council’s Research Working Party during the discussions on Theme 8 - SSH.“For certain issues, use may also be made of social platforms to

discuss future research agendas; these would involve the research community and societal stakeholders.”

Counterpart to the Technology Platforms, as a means for civil society• to help determine the research agenda• to tackle complex societal problems, and • to catch different perspectives and involve stakeholders

(policy makers, civil society, researchers, …).



new challenge in the social sciences & humanities:the platform as a new instrument in the future of SSH

Main objective: help the EC in identifying new/ fundamental research areas,together with societal and research stakeholders.

=> The social platform will define a future research agenda,based on a focussed, critical review of existing research, and taking account of key policy questions in this context.Foresight dimension: it will look also at the future of the issue

tackled.

Social Platform – background (2/2)



Important features of social platform

Support action - not a research project... • Average life-span of 18-24 months => intensive• Needed to be operational at short notice => management• Mix of scientific and policy experience => communication

=> participative aspects are essential.

European coverage and balances - with an open mind…:• Geographical balance (Europe and beyond, if relevant),• incl. (if appropriate) balance of “welfare regimes”;• Balance of academic disciplines and methodologies;• Balance of civil society interests and of equal opportunities;



REFLECTIVE-2-2015: Emergence and transmission of European cultural heritage and Europeanisation

Specific challenge: Exploring cultural heritage, values and language as basis for the emergence of a truly European cultural heritage.

Scope: Multidisciplinary and comparative research focusing on the emergence of a European (tangible and intangible) cultural heritage in a historical perspective.

Expected impact: Research will support the EU cultural policies linked to fostering the emergence, transmission and use of cultural heritage at local, regional, national and, in particular, European level.

Budget: between EUR 1.5 and 2.5 million (other amounts possible)



REFLECTIVE-3-2015: European cohesion, regional and urban policies and the perceptions of Europe

Specific challenge: Analysing the impact of the European cohesion, regional and urban policies on a positive identification with the European construction.

Scope: Multidisciplinary research with strong emphasize on comparative case studies on different EU regions.

Expected impact: Better understanding of the relationship between European regional policies, local and regional identities and the perception of the added value of the EU by its citizens. Improvement of regional policy relevance and efficiency.




REFLECTIVE-4-2015: Cultural opposition in the former socialist countries

Specific challenge: Exploring the cultural & political heritage of independent cultural movements and activities against the regimes in the former socialist countries in Europe.

Scope: The comparative research will examine various types of collections and address the contribution of such movements to the fall of socialist regimes and to the creation of modern diverse societies.

Expected impact: Development of a register of these collections and recommendations for their better protection, promotion and valorisation.




REFLECTIVE-5-2015: The cultural heritage of war in contemporary Europe

Specific challenge: Understanding the many layers of the cultural heritage of war, whether for local communities, for national or for European identities.

Scope: The research will explore the relationship that contemporary European societies have with the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of the major armed conflicts of the 20th century.

Expected impact: Significant new knowledge on conflict heritage and policy advice on reinterpretation and promotion in communication, education and tourism at EU level.




3D & Cultural Heritage



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ICT 22 – R&I action (a)

a) RESEARCH ON COST-EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADVANCED 3D MODELLING TO ENHANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF CULTURAL HERITAGE – Research and Innovation actions.

Target: • New methods and tools for automated 3D modelling and

analysis of physical cultural resources and assets beyond simple digital reconstruction. High-fidelity models of objects (surface; transparency; dimensions etc.)

H2020 - Reflective 7 a



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a) RESEARCH ON COST-EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADVANCED 3D MODELLING TO ENHANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF CULTURAL HERITAGE – Research and Innovation actions.

Potential areas:o consolidation of imperfect data, o spatio-temporal analysis, o modelling/simulation of material degradation, o joint reconstruction within and across collections, o semantic-aware representation

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b) DEVISE STANDARD FORMATS FOR THE SEMANTIC-AWARE 3D MODELLING OF EUROPE'S CULTURAL HERITAGE FOR RESEARCHERS AND PRACTITIONERS – Coordination and Support actions.

Target:•Extend or develop standard formats of 3D semantic-aware objects with a view to improve their archiving and reusability.

•The proposed formats should enable easy exchange and use of 3D models that have been acquired or generated by a wide range of devices or software.

H2020 Reflective 7 b



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H2020 - Reflective 7

Budget: 14 M€ (a+b) with a max of 2M€ for b.

a) Research and Innovation actions.b) Coordination and Support actions.

CALENDAR

Reflective 7: 3DPublication date: 11/12/2013Deadline: 30/09/2014 at 17:00 Brussels time



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Description: Action primarily consisting of activities aiming to establish new knowledge and/or to explore the feasibility of a new or improved technology, product, process, service or solution. For this purpose they may include basic and applied research, technology development and integration, testing and validation on a small-scale prototype in a laboratory or simulated environment.Projects may contain closely connected but limited demonstration or pilot activities aiming to show technical feasibility in a near to operational environment.

Funding rate: 100%

H2020 Research and innovation actions



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Description: Actions consisting primarily of accompanying measures such as standardisation, dissemination, awareness-raising and communication, networking, coordination or support services, policy dialogues and mutual learning exercises and studies, including design studies for new infrastructure and may also include complementary activities of strategic planning, networking and coordination between programmes in different countries.

Funding rate: 100%

H2020 Coordination and support actions (CSA)



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Creativity website:http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/creativity/creativity_en.html

Digital Agenda for Europe: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/creativity-media/cultural-heritage

Connecting Europe Facility:https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/connecting-europe-facility

Info Day (23 January 2014)http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/creativity/call1-infoday_en.html

emails: [email protected] [email protected]

Twitter: @digicultEU & @ICTcreativityEU



REFLECTIVE-8-2015: Communication and dissemination platform

Specific challenge: Contributing to the professional communication and dissemination of the results of EU-funded projects in the area of inclusive, innovative and reflective societies.

Scope: Fostering dialogue and cooperation amongst researchers and between researchers and other stakeholders.

Expected impact: Creation of “Research and Policy Communities” that will ensure effective dissemination and take up of EU-funded research results.




REFLECTIVE-10-2014: Mobilising the network of National Contact Points in Societal Challenge 6

Specific challenge: Strengthening the administrative and operational capacity of transnational networks of National Contact Points.

Scope: Support to a consortium of formally nominated National Contact Points in the area of Societal Challenge 6 to promote good practice and to support the implementation of HORIZON 2020 .

Expected impact: Reducing the fragmentation of national research communities and promoting an improved and professionalised NCP service across Europe.




HORIZON 2020

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