West Midlands European Service:
Your route to
Transnational Funding
Dr. Julia Buckley
24 Feb 2011, RETS Seminar 5
WMES Services
1. Application support from initial project idea to submission
2. Help with finding European, national and regional partners
3. Information days on programme specific funding opportunities
4. Application writing workshops
5. 1-2-1 advisory sessions and project surgeries
6. Feedback on draft applications
7. Project management advice and support with project kick-off
Life Long
Learning
Vocational training
skills
Employability
Innovative learning
Policy or delivery
Marie Curie
Actions
SMEs/universities
Networks
Research/Knowledge
Transfer
Fellowships
INTERREG
LIFE+
Regional level
Strategy
Policy
Exchange of
best practice
Environment
Protecting natural
Assets / species
Strategic / policy
Competitiveness
& Innovation
SMEs
ICT
Environment
Innovative products,
services
and processes
Which Funds do
we support?
Erasmus for Y.
Entrepreneurs
Work placements
in the successful
enterprises
Intelligent
Energy Europe
Energy efficiency
Renewable energy
sources
Energy in transport
Integrated initiatives
•467 submitted projects worth €73M
•225 successful projects so far
•€19,000,000 investment to the WM
•1661 people trained in bid writing /
project development
Our success so far
Small scale: Transversal Study Visits
European study visits for professionals involved
in education or vocational training
Choose from a catalogue of week-long visits on
different themes in 31 countries
Average grant is 1500 euro towards the costs of
travel and subsistence
Aimed at senior decision-makers;
The next deadline is 31st March 2011
Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs
European Exchange programme
• New entrepreneurs travel to an experienced entrepreneur
in another EU country and work with him/her for 1 to 6
months.
• The matching of the new entrepreneurs with the host
entrepreneurs is carried out with the help of the
intermediary organisations.
• The objective is to help new entrepreneurs to acquire
relevant skills for running and developing an SME; taking
full advantages of opportunities provided by the internal
market.
THE BENEFITS (HE)
• work with a NE who has strong analytical and
strategic skills
• new skills and innovative knowledge
• new ideas and views
• knowledge and intelligence about the foreign
markets;
• expansion of the business to a new country;
• network with the other HEs.
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THE BENEFITS (NE)
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business experience;
international connections
knowledge about foreign markets;
co-venturing opportunities
development of cross-border markets;
cultural and organisational;
understand the regulatory framework in another
EU country.
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Step 1. Application
phase
Interested NEs and HEs
apply via an on-line
registration tool and
establish contact with the
IO that they have chosen.
The IOs responsible
screen the entries and,
once completed, accept
them.
HE
IO
NE
www.erasmus-entrepreneurs.eu
IO
STEP 2: Matching
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Matching of NE and HE
with the help of the 2
IOs
STEP 3: Contracting and
preparation
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HE, NE and IOs
establish agreements;
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NE does pre-departure
induction;
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NE receives a grant.
IO
NE
IO
HE
STEP 4: stay abroad
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Duration: 1-6 months;
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On-site support
provided by the host IO
to the NE;
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NE
Reporting about the
exchange.
HE
IO
IO
STATISTICS
The United Kingdom is the most desired
destination for New Entrepreneurs (32% of
applications), followed by Spain (11%) and
Italy (11%).
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How to get involved
Talk to us today, and
register on
http://www.erasmusentrepreneurs.eu/
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Funding for R&D and cooperation between businesses and
academia
MARIE CURIE :
INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA
PARTNERSHIPS & PATHWAYS (IAPP)
What is an Industry-Academia Partnerships
and Pathways?
• It is a two-way partnership with at least one commercial enterprise
and one academic organisation in two different MS or Associated
Countries
• Includes secondments, recruitment and networking activities
• Project can be up to 48 months
• Majority of researcher months should be secondments
• Deadline to submit application – December 2011
What can you do with an IAPP?
• Staff exchange (mandatory) – experienced researchers, early-stage
researchers (and possibly technical staff and research managers!) for
between 2 months and 2 years
• Recruit experienced researchers for between 12 months and 2 years
(optional)
• Organise common workshops/conferences
• Inter-sectoral mobility possible, within framework of whole project, in
same country up to a maximum of 30% of total researcher months
• For SMEs, a contribution towards small equipment costs (up to 10%
of project total)
Living Allowance
Environment Protection
LIFE+
Funding for Conservation and Nature Protection
• Nature protection
• Halting the loss of biodiversity
• Developing Environmental Policy
around: climate change, water, soil…
• Awareness raising campaigns
• Training for forest fire prevention
• Deadline 15th July 2011
• Average budget €1 million (capital & revenue)
• Duration 2 – 5 years
• No European partner requirement but increased chance
success
What does it
fund?
Yes
• Innovative/best
practice/demonstration projects
in the Environment field.
• Projects that have EU added
value - policy relevant, Natura
2000 etc.
No
• Does not fund research
actions
• Actions proposed in LIFE+
projects should not be
eligible for support under
other European funds
[Article 9], CIP, FP7, EEF
etc
• Does not fund projects that
have been done before
Examples
Shropshire Housing Alliance
Budget:
Integrated business management
model for mattress recycling
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
Budget: €1,309,734
Connecting UK Biodiversity Action
Plan habitats and species in the North
Staffordshire Living Landscape area
and beyond (Nature & Biodiversity)
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
Budget: €29,237
Communication and education on
biodiversity around Roman Roads
Energy
INTELLIGENT ENERGY
EUROPE (IEE)
• Addresses non-technical barriers to sustainable
energy technologies, energy & carbon savings
• Four project areas:
– Energy Efficiency (SAVE)
– Renewable Energy (ALTENER)
– Transport (STEER)
– Integrated initiatives
Convert policy into
action
 Creating & spreading
effective methods &
best practice
 Training & education
 Know-how transfer
 Market intelligence
EU energy
efficiency and
renewables
objectives
 Inform policy
development &
implementation
Real changes on the
ground
Intelligent Energy
Europe (IEE)
• 2010 Call published 22nd March
• Deadline 12th May
• Average project budget €1million
• Project duration 2 – 3 years
• Any organisation eligible
CIP Eco-Innovation Programme:
Market Replication Projects
Closing the gap between research and markets
Eco-innovation
 New services - greening businesses
 New processes - cleaner production
 New management methods, technologies and products
« All forms of innovation reducing environmental impacts
and/or optimising the use of resources »
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Eco-innovation market replication projects
 Support innovative ideas which can
be turned into ‘marketable’ green
products and services
 These need incentives to penetrate
the market
 Potential for replication and wider
application must be demonstrated
 Budget ~ €200 million (2008-2013)
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Four priorities
 Materials recycling
 Sustainable building products
 Food and drink
 Greening business/ smart purchasing
 ~35m€ for ~45-50 projects
 Compared to the 2009/10 call, more emphasis on resource
efficiency
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Call planning 2011
 Fourth Call: April with a deadline in
September 2011
 Electronic submission (EPSS)
 Evaluation: Sept 2011-Feb 2012
 First projects start May 2012
 50% funding rate of eligible costs
 Max 3 years contract duration
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Eco-I
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versus
Post research
Adaptation for market uptake
Industrialisation
First commercial deployment
Market demonstration
FP 7 Research
 Basic research
 Applied research
 Prototyping/first practical
use of technology
 Technology demonstration
 Knowledge gathering
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Eco-I
versus
 First application of solution and
market uptake
 Integrated approach covering
various environmental aspects
(resource efficiency including
water, energy and raw
materials…)
 Life-cycle approach
 Explicit SME and private sector
focus
 Market uptake important
IEE
 Promotion & dissemination of wellproven intelligent energy solutions
 Energy focus: energy efficiency &
renewable energy sources,
including transport
 Stimulates action through better
market conditions & admin.
procedures, training, awareness
raising, policy analysis etc
 No investment project, no RTD
 Impact and contribution to 2020
EU energy targets important
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Eco-I
versus
 Priority on private sector,
businesses
 CIP umbrella
 Market competitiveness and
market uptake
 Replication is crucial
 Integrated environmental
impacts (e.g. water only one
ascpect)
LIFE +
 Mainly public sector
 Policy development and
Implementation of legislation
 Dissemination, awareness
raising, capacity building
 Land-use, urban planning and
water management
 Environmental solutions but
market uptake is not vital
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