Horizon 2020 and Innovation
The international dimension
Raniero Chelli
UNIMED
Summary
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Research and Development VS Innovation
Innovation as a concept in EU strategies
The strategic basis for international cooperation in H2020
The three main objectives for international cooperation in H2020
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The regional dimension (country groupings)
Openness in international cooperation
Targeted international cooperation activities
Coordinating with other policies and international fora
Widening participation: the role of industries and civil society organizations in
innovation projects
From research to innovation
Conclusions
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Research and Development VS Innovation
 Research and Development
 Basic, long term R&D: developing new knowledge in Science and Technology,
 Applied R&D: developing new Knowledge leading to prototypes of new products,
services and processes at precompetitive stage (i.e. further invesment neede to
bring them to the market.
 Innovation:
 Bringing R&D results to the market. Issues:
 Protection of Knowledge (Patents, copyright and IPR in general)
 Deployment (pilots, in field tests)
 Financial support (seed capital, venture capital, equity…)
 Technology transfer (from R&D results to SMEs)
Innovation as a concept in EU strategies
 The EU defined in 2020 its stragtegy for growth in the next decade.
Communication COM(2010) 2020: « A strategy for a smart, sustainable and
inclusive growth» kwown as «Eurepe 2020 strategy»
 Key concepts:
 Innovation is a driver of future growth
 It addresses education, research and development, knowlege transfer and
so on
 Innovative ideas must be turned into new products and services that create
growth, quality jobs and help address European and global societal
challenges.
The strategic basis for international
cooperation in H2020
 Why International cooperation in R&I?
• Emerging economies account for an increasing share of expenditure on research
and innovation
• Research and innovation in themselves are also increasingly globalised activities.
• The number of internationally co-authored publications is increasing, as is the
international mobility of researchers
• Companies are investing beyond their national borders, in particular in the
emerging economies.
• Today's societal challenges, (e.g. combatting climate change, securing a steady
supply of energy or feeding a growing world population), are global by definition.
The strategic basis for international
cooperation in H2020
 Why International cooperation in R&I?
• For all these reasons, the concept of Mutual Benefit in International R&I
cooperation has become more and more important in the EU strategies.
• As a consequence, the Commission has published in 2012 a communication
titled "Enhancing and focusing EU international cooperation in research and
innovation: a strategic approach“
• Most of the Materials constituting this presentation are extracted from this
Communication
The three main objectives for international
cooperation in H2020
The 3 objectives fit into the Europe 2020 Strategy:
1) Strengthening the Union’s excellence and attractiveness in research
and innovation as well as its economic and industrial competitiveness
• win-win situations;
• mutual benefit;
• attracting talent and investment to the Union;
• facilitating access to new and emerging markets;
• common practices for conducting research and exploiting the results;
The three main objectives for international
cooperation in H2020
The 3 objectives fit into the Europe 2020 Strategy:
2) Tackling global societal challenges –
• by developing and deploying effective solutions more rapidly
• by optimising the use of research infrastructures;
The three main objectives for international
cooperation in H2020
The 3 objectives fit into the Europe 2020 Strategy:
3) Supporting the Union’s external policies –
by coordinating closely with
• enlargement,
• neighborhood,
• trade,
• Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP),
• humanitarian aid and development policies
• making research and innovation an integral part of a comprehensive
package
The three main objectives for international
cooperation in H2020
How will these objectives by pursued?
Through a Dual approach:
• openness
• Complemented by
• targeted international cooperation activities,
• developed on the basis of common interest and mutual benefit,
optimal scale and scope, partnership, and synergy.
The regional dimension (country
groupings)
The EFTA countries, EU enlargement countries and countries covered by the
European Neighborhood policy,
Focus:
• fostering integration into – or alignment with – the European Research Area,
including through their possible association to Horizon 2020.
• For the Neighbourhood*, this will contribute to developing a 'Common
Knowledge and Innovation Space',
• improving the research and innovation competences of these countries.
• Close coordination with the instruments of the enlargement and
neighborhood policies,
* Including MEDA Countries
The regional dimension (country
groupings)
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Industrialised countries and emerging economies
• Developing countries,
Openness in international cooperation
 Who can participate?
• Horizon 2020:fully open to participation from all over the world
• European Research Council and Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions:
open to researchers from third countries.
• The Research Infrastructures: specific focus on international
cooperation.
• e-Infrastructures: international dimension by supporting
collaboration through digital means.
• Note: not all countries will be eligible: list will be published soon.
Selection are criteria based on GNI/capita and total GDP
Targeted international cooperation
activities
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Maximising the impact of international research and innovation activities
avoiding a costly fragmentation of efforts
Mutual interest
targeted actions in order to ensure optimal scale and scope: specific topics in
the calls for proposals
Coordinating with other policies and
international fora
Close coordination with the Union's external policies and instruments:
• International cooperation in higher education proposed under Erasmus for All
• The Union's external policies (building-up research capacity in the enlargement,
neighborhood and developing countries.
• European Investment Bank (example: the Tunisian Technopoles project)
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Coordinating with other policies and
international fora
United Nations system:
• UNESCO
• the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,
• Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem services,
• Food and Agricultural Organisation
• World Health Organisation,
• …and many more…..
• (hint for proposal writing: show connections with other policies!)
Widening participation: the role of
industries and civil society organizations in
innovation projects
 Evolution from Fp1 to H2020 on industrial role:
 Constantly growing role of the industry (small, medium, large) as a driver
for economic development (in conjunction with social and employment
objectives!)
 Industrial role is to ensure that results will be used an have an impact on
economy and society
 Companies not having internal R&D resources access these through
partnerships.
 Depending on the pillar, role of industrial involvement can be margianl
(Excellent Science) to vital (Enabling Industrial technologies)
Widening participation: the role of
industries and civil society organizations in
innovation projects
 Evolution from Fp1 to H2020 on involvement of Civil Society:
 Civil Society Organisations basically represent the final users of
beneficiaries of any RDI activity supported by the EU.
 At the beginning of the FP their role was marginal
 In the last decade the pressure on use of results has been growing
 This implies that CSO must be involved from the very beginning in the
programmes and project design
Widening participation: the role of
industries and civil society organizations in
innovation projects
 Evolution from Fp1 to H2020 on involvement of Civil Society:
 Three main roles:
 Defining real needs of end users/beneficiaries
 Define usability and acceptance criteria
 Validate results
 The concept of Open Innovation and living Labs
 Example: the Sustains project.
From research to innovation
 R&D activities must lead at some point in time to concrete usage of results
 Exploitation and sustainability are key factors AND evaluation criteria for EC
 Innovation in its own needs further support, but Public Funding can not
support product development
 Innovation content of projects needs:
 Sound consortium building (industries AND CSO)
 Elaboration of project Idea with exploitation in mind
 Protection of Knowledge and IPR from the very beginning
 External funding from private organisations.
Conclusions
 Main Issues we have dealt with:
 The concept on Innovation
 The international dimension of Horizon 2020
 Involvement on Industrialists and Civil Society
 From research to market
A final word…..
Conclusions
A final word…..
• EU programmes are instruments for the implementation of EU policies and
strategies.
THEREFORE
• A key success factor for EU project proposals is the contribution of the
project itself to EU policies.
• It is vital for the success of the proposal to know the EU policies and
strategies and emphasise how your project contributes to one or more of
them!
Questions and Answers
Thank you
Raniero Chelli
r.chelli@uni-med.net
www.medspring.eu
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