Maritime and marine RDI in the EU,
Blue Growth:
present and future
Maritime and Innovation Brokerage Event
Santiago de Compostela,
27-28 November 2013
Ronald Vopel
Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
Unit H.2 – Surface Transport
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Maritime and marine RDI in the EU,
Blue Growth:
present and future
1. Global overview of past, present and future marine and maritime
research areas on EU level
2. Horizon 2020 – basics and the place of transport
3. Outline of the Horizon 2020 work programme for 2014 and 2015,
"Waterborne Transport" and "Blue Growth"
4. Blue Growth: Scope, definition, policy drivers, study results and
possible funding sources
Scope of maritime and marine RDI in the EU
 Maritime transport incl. shipbuilding and marine equipment
 Energy efficiency and emission reduction [GHG, pollutants]
 Maritime safety and security
 Short Sea Shipping, ports and logistics [operations, e-maritime,
inter-modality, inland navigation, ICT]
 Waste management [shipborne, dismantling]
 Production processes and new materials
 Arctic shipping
 Marine renewable energy
 Wind
 Waves, currents and tides
 OTEC
 Algae biofuels
 Offshore oil and gas, methane hydrates
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Scope of maritime and marine RDI in the EU
(cont´d)
 Ocean mineral resources, sea bed mining, deep sea intervention
 Maritime tourism
 Cruise shipping – design, safety, efficiency, environment
 Sustainable coastal tourism
 Marine environment
 Biodiversity, habitats and eco-systems
 Invasive species, pollution incl. marine litter
 Living resources (fisheries, aquaculture)
 Climate change and Arctic dimension
 Oceanography, observation and monitoring, seabed mapping
 Maritime surveillance functions incl. space applications
 Socio-economic research (seafarers, transport systems etc.)
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Scope of maritime and marine RDI in the EU
(cont´d)
 Topics come under the responsibility of a number of DirectoratesGeneral in the European Commission (RTD, MOVE, CNECT, ENTR,
ENV, MARE, JUST, REGIO, ENER, EMPL)
 Policy development and RDI funding are always linked but not
necessarily organised in the same department
 Multitude of instruments (FPs, TPs, JPIs, JTIs, ERA, PPPs, studies
etc.)
 The regional context gets particular attention (e.g. through the
European sea-basin strategies), linkage with EU structural funds
 International co-operation where beneficial and adequate,
sometimes required (e.g. IMO, ICES, Arctic Council, bi-lateral)
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Horizon 2020 is different from FP7
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A strong challenge-based approach, allowing applicants to have
considerable freedom to come up with innovative solutions
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Simplified list of possible types of action (e.g. research and
innovation @ 100%; innovation actions @ 70%, …)
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Less prescription, strong emphasis on expected impact
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Broader topics
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Cross-cutting issues mainstreamed (e.g. social sciences, gender,
international…)
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Changing
world
Security
1695
Societal challenges - breakdown
1310
% of H2020
Health
9,7%
Health
Climate
7472
3081
Food
5%
Energy
Transport
Transport
Food
6339
3851
Energy
Climate
7,7%
8,2%
4%
Changing world
Security
1,7%
2,2%
5931
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global
competition
Rail
Road
Wate
Water
Urban
Urban
Infrastructure
climate
resilience
Socio-economic
Intelligent
Transport Systems
security
Air
Logistics
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sustainability
Horizon 2020 (2014-2020)
 Transport
 "Mobility for Growth": Resource efficient transport, safe
and seamless, environmentally friendly, competitive
 Partly to be carried out by PPPs, waterborne PPP under
discussion by industry
 Multidisciplinary research will play a key role
 Enhancing the innovation potential of projects, growth
and jobs, support for SMEs
 Ocean
 Unlocking the potential of the oceans ("Blue Growth")
included as focus area
 Marine mineral resources, blue bio-tech, maritime
tourism, ocean energy, new aquaculture identified as first
(policy) priorities, R&I priorities slightly different
 Need for marine knowledge generation and enabling
technologies, esp. for new frontiers (Arctic, deep sea),
international co-operation
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Horizon 2020: 2014-2015 work programme
 Mobility for Growth work programme is now final and has been
agreed by the Member States.
 WP 2014-2015 has been pre-published on 20 November 2013:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/transport/news/items/smart_green_tr
ansport_2014-2015_en.htm
 Timing:
 December 2013 → Adoption of H2020 legislative package
 11 December 2013 → Announcement of calls for proposals
WP2014-2015
 18 December 2013 → Info day in Brussels
 January – February 2014 → Confirmation of Work Programmes
(after H2020 entry into force)
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Horizon 2020: 2014-2015 work programme
 Four headline topics foreseen for waterborne transport:
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Towards the energy efficient and very-low emission vessel
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Safer and more efficient waterborne operations through new
technologies and smarter traffic management
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System modelling and life-cycle cost and performance optimisation for
waterborne assets
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Advancing innovation in the Inland Waterways Transport (IWT) sector
 Blue Growth: a very broad approach - see next
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CRITERIA FOR TOPICS TO BE INCLUDED IN
BLUE GROWTH
1/ High potential for innovation and growth
2/ Genuinely cross-cutting approaches
3/ Support across the innovation chain from
research, to development
4/ Support to Policy: Blue Growth agenda,
IMP, Marine Strategy Framework Directive
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Blue Growth Focus Area in WP 2014-2015 - topics
BG 1 – 2015:
Improving the preservation and sustainable exploitation of Atlantic marine ecosystems
BG 2 – 2015:
Forecasting and anticipating effects of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture
BG 3 – 2014:
Novel marine derived biomolecules and industrial biomaterials
BG 4 – 2014:
Enhancing the industrial exploitation potential of marine-derived enzymes
BG 5 – 2014:
Preparing for the future innovative offshore economy
BG 6 – 2014:
Delivering the sub-sea technologies for new services at sea
BG 7 – 2015:
Response capacities to oil spills and marine pollutions
BG 8 – 2014:
Developing in-situ Atlantic Ocean Observations for a better management and sustainable
exploitation of the maritime resources
BG 9 – 2014:
Acoustic and imaging technologies
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Blue Growth Focus Area in WP 2014-2015 - topics
BG 10 – 2014:
Consolidating the economic sustainability and competitiveness of European fisheries and
aquaculture sectors to reap the potential of seafood markets
BG 11 – 2014:
Monitoring, dissemination and uptake of marine and maritime research
BG 12 – 2014/2015:
Supporting SMEs efforts for the development - deployment and market replication of innovative
solutions for blue growth
BG 13 – 2014:
Ocean literacy – Engaging with society – Social Innovation
BG 14 – 2014:
Supporting international cooperation initiatives: Atlantic Ocean Cooperation Research Alliance
BG 15 – 2014:
European polar research cooperation
BG 16 – 2015:
Coordination action in support of the implementation of the Joint Programming Initiative on
'Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans'
Plus: Exploitation of deep sea resources – deep sea mining: To be addressed in SC 5: "Climate
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action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials"
Marine research in other parts of Horizon 2020
SC2 (Focus Area Sustainable Food Security)  Aquaculture &
Fisheries (discards, diseases, Ecosystem approach)
SC3 (Energy)  Generic topics open to ocean energy
SC4 (Transport)  Waterborne transport
SC5 (Climate)  Climate/ocean interactions, raw
materials/deep sea mining
LEIT1:  KET2 Nano materials
Excellent Science:  Infrastructure
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Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies
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Key Enabling Technologies
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The Blue Economy (bn EUR GVA)
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What is Blue Growth?
• Blue Growth describes the value of the
seas, oceans and coasts to economic
growth.
• Specifically, the Commission is looking
for “Sustainable growth and employment
based on marine resources, scientific or
economic activities in established,
emerging or future maritime sectors and
in the coastal regions.”
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Blue Growth and Growth Blues
• Lack of comprehensive analysis of
growth drivers and possible future policy
options
• Need for better understanding of the
impact of new technologies, external
factors and meta-trends
• Sub-optimal development of maritime
sectors
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The aims
• Look at key economic maritime areas
and assess potential (qualitatively and
quantitatively)
• Identify barriers to and drivers for
sustainable growth, derive “microfutures”
• Explore regional and sea-basin
dimension
• Guide future (maritime) policy
strategies, in line with Europe 2020
strategy and objectives
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Blue Growth – Maritime Functions
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Blue Growth – Maritime Sub-Functions
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Shortsea shipping (incl. RoRo)
Growing aquatic products (micro-algae)
High value use of marine resources (health, cosmetics, well-being, etc.)
Oil, gas and methane hydrates
Offshore wind energy
Ocean renewable energy resources (wave, tidal, OTEC, salinity)
Marine mineral resources
Securing fresh water supply (desalination)
Coastline tourism, including yachting and marinas
Cruise including port cities
Protection against flooding and erosion
Maritime monitoring and surveillance
Environmental monitoring
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Activities with high growth and employment prospects
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Blue Growth – Funding
• IMP until 2014: Framework contracts for
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Identifying and Supporting Blue Growth Projects in Emerging Sectors
(MARE/2012/06)
Support to the Implementation of the Integrated Maritime Policy of the EU
(MARE/2012/07)
• 2014-2020: mainstreaming of maritime policy objectives:
 more targeted use of EU funding instruments
• CSF funds to support 'blue economy' objectives
• Horizon 2020 (incl. JPI's, JTI's, IP's, PPP's) (see before)
• EIB financing instruments (loans, risk financing instrument)
• Private sector
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FP7 Project synopses and thematic brochures
http://ec.europa.eu/research/transport/publications/index_en.htm
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Blue Growth and IMP Links
Blue Growth Communication
http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/policy/blue_growth/documents/com_2012_494_en.pdf
Blue Growth study
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/maritimeforum/content/2946
Blue Growth webpage
http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/policy/blue_growth/index_en.htm
EU Integrated Maritime Policy
http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/index_en.htm
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Contact:
ronald.vopel@ec.europa.eu
Visit our website:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/transport/index_en.htm
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