Transcript Earth observation & assessment tools for sustainable development

Framework Programme
Seven
Environment (including climate change)
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Framework Programme Seven
Environment (including climate change)
Next Steps
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Who We Are
• Project management consultancy in Doncaster, UK
• Bring together industry, the public sector and academia to develop and deliver
innovative projects
• Involved in the Framework Programme for over 20 years
• National Contact Point since FP3
• Contracted by Government (Defra, FSA, TSB ) to provide NCP services for
FP7 themes:
• Food, Agriculture & Fisheries, & Biotechnology
• Environment (including climate change)
• Health
• SME Activities
• Regions of Knowledge
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Framework Programme
Seven
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The Basics: What is the Framework Programme
• Framework Programmes have been operating since 1984
• EC’s mechanism for funding research and technological development
• Designed to generate new knowledge, new technologies and new intellectual
property for Europe to compete with China, India, USA and Japan
• Previous Framework Programmes have focussed on industrial competitiveness
and specific themes such as IT, energy, environment, agriculture and health. These
themes and many others are still in FP7
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The Basics: Framework Programme Seven
• Runs 2007-2013
• Budget €50.5 billion
• Building Europe’s knowledge and the European Research Area
• Improve competitiveness
• Resolve society’s problems
• The biggest research programme in the world
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The Basics: Funding Fundamentals
• Highly competitive application process
• Innovative collaborative projects
• Topics identified by the work programme
• In response to a call for proposals
• SME involvement is encouraged
• Involves partners from multiple countries - at least 3
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FP7 in Detail: The Structure
COOPERATION
IDEAS
Collaborative trans-national
research activities
Industry, universities, res. centres,
public authorities
10 Themes
Funding for basic or ‘frontier’ research
by individual teams competing at
European level
Creativity & dynamism:
PEOPLE
CAPACITIES
Initiatives in support of training,
mobility and career development, to
strengthen EU human resources.
Development of research
infrastructures; Support to regional
clusters; SMEs; Science in Society;
International cooperation
Marie Curie actions
investigation-driven research
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FP7 Budgets
Budget in € million
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FP7 in Detail: Funding Schemes
• Collaborative Projects
• Research projects with the aim of generating new knowledge and
technology
• Size and scope can vary
• Network of Excellence
• Join together a group of organisations around a common theme
• Integrate research activities and resources
• Coordination and Support Actions
• Non R&D activity to support research
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FP7 in Detail: Maximum Funding Rates
• Research and technological activities: – 50% of eligible costs except for:
• Public bodies: 75%
• Secondary and higher education establishments: 75%
• Research organisations (non-profit): 75%
• SMEs: 75%
• Demonstration activities: 50% of eligible costs
• Other activities: 100% including e.g. management
• Coordination and support actions:100% (+7% Indirect)
• Receipts are taken into account to determine the final Community financial
contribution
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Environment
(including climate change)
Theme
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6.2: Sustainable
management of
resources
6.1: Climate change,
pollution & risks
6.3: Environmental
technologies
6.4: Earth observation &
assessment tools for
sustainable development
Activity 1 – Climate Change, Pollution and Risks
Pressures on environment and climate
• Earth systems and climate: functioning and abrupt changes
• Emissions and pressures
• Global carbon cycle – greenhouse gas budgets
• Future climate
• Natural and socio-economics of climate change
• Response strategies: adaptation, mitigation and polices
Activity 1 - Climate Change, Pollution & Risks
Environment and health
• Health impacts of climate change
• Health effects of environmental stressors
• Methods and tools for environmental health risk analysis and policy
development
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Activity 1 - Climate Change, Pollution & Risks
Natural hazards
• European storm risk
• Investigating Europe's risk from droughts
• European (multi) hazard database analysis
• Assessing and managing volcanic threat
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Activity 2 - Sustainable Management of Resources
Conservation & sustainable management of natural & man
made resources & biodiversity
• Integrated resource management
• Water resources
• Soil research and desertification
• Biodiversity
• Urban development
• Integrated forest research
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Activity 2 - Sustainable Management of Resources
Management of marine environments
• ‘The Ocean of tomorrow’ call
• Joint call between:
• Theme 2 – Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology (KBBE)
• Theme 5 – Energy
• Theme 6 – Environment (including climate change)
• Theme 7 – Transport (including Aeronautics)
• Multi-use offshore platforms
• Marine microbial diversity…
• Assessing and predicting the combined effects of natural and human-made
pressures in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea…
• Knowledge-base and tools for regional networks of marine protected areas,
integrated management of activities together with assessment of wind energy
potential in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
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Activity 3 - Environmental Technologies
Environmental technologies for observation, simulation,
prevention, mitigation, adaptation, remediation & restoration
of the natural & man made environment
• Water
• Public-Private Partnership 'Green Cars': Cross-Thematic cooperation between
NMP, Energy, Environment (including Climate Change) and Transport (including
Aeronautics)
• Public-Private Partnership 'Energy efficient Buildings‘: Cross-thematic cooperation
between NMP, ICT, Energy and Environment (including climate change)
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Activity 3 - Environmental Technologies
Environmental technologies for observation, simulation,
prevention, mitigation, adaptation, remediation & restoration
of the natural & man made environment
• Eco-innovation
•Three specified topics
• One bottom up topic with a budget of €44 million to fund many proposals
• Proposals should address:
• The development of system solutions, in production processes or
consumption of goods and services and they should maximise eco-efficiency
• The development of novel eco-efficient environmental technologies (including
monitoring) whose direct or indirect use can substantially contribute to the
reduction of materials and resource use, energy consumption, polluting
emissions, etc.
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Activity 3 - Environmental Technologies
Protection, conservation & enhancement of cultural heritage,
including human habitat
• Assessment and conservation in cultural heritage
• Networking, knowledge transfer and optimisation of results in cultural heritage
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Activity 4 - Earth Observation & Assessment Tools
Earth and ocean observation systems and monitoring
methods for the environment and sustainable development
• Integration of European activities within GEO
• Earth Observation activities in emerging areas
• Developing capacity building activities in the domain of Earth Observation in the
new EU countries and in the developing countries
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Activity 4 - Earth Observation & Assessment Tools
Forecasting methods and assessment tools for sustainable
development taking into account differing scales of observation
• Tools for impact assessment
• Sustainable development indicators
• Interplay between social, economic and ecological systems
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Activity 5 - Horizontal Activities
Dissemination and horizontal activities
• ENV.2011.5.1.0-1 Uptake of climate related research results through knowledge
platforms with African collaboration partners
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Call Information - DRAFT
FP7-ENV-2011
Publication:
Deadline:
Budget:
30th July 2010
18th November
€155M
FP7-ENV-2011-ECOINNOVATION
Publication:
Deadline 1st stage/2nd stage:
Deadline single stage
Budget:
30th July 2010
To be confirmed
To be confirmed
€50M
FP7-OCEAN-2011
Publication:
Deadline:
Budget:
30th July 2010
18th Jan 2011
€45M (ENV €16M)
Call Information - DRAFT
FP7-ENV-NMP-2011
(Advanced materials for cultural heritage assets ENV-NMP.2011.3.2.1-1)
Publication:
30th July 2010
Deadline:
To be confirmed
Budget:
€12M (ENV €6M)
FP7-2011-NMP-ENV-ENERGY-ICT-EeB
(Energy-efficient buildings PPP)
Publication:
30th July 2010
Deadline
2nd December 2010
Budget:
€85.5M (ENV €5.5M)
FP7-2011-GC-ELECTRCHEMICAL-STORAGE
(Green cars PPP)
Publication:
30th July 2010
Deadline
2nd December 2010
Budget:
€25M (ENV €5M)
Next Steps
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Partners
• Collaborative Projects & Coordination Actions
• Three independent legal entities from three different Member States or
Associated States
• At least two Member States or Associated Candidate Countries
• Support Actions
• One legal entity
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Member States
Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, UK,
Greece, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia,
Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania
Other Countries
Associated States
Faroe Islands, Iceland, Israel, Lichtenstein,
Norway and Switzerland,
Candidate Countries
Croatia, Macedonia and Turkey
International Cooperation
Partner Countries
Africa, Caribbean, Pacific, Asia, Eastern
Europe and Central Asia, Latin America,
Mediterranean, Western Balkans
Third Countries
USA, Japan, Australia, etc
Work Programme
• Get the one for your specific theme and call
• Describes all the proposal topics open for
submission
• Dictates the type of funding scheme
• Partners
• Call details – deadlines, budget
• Project size – max €
Maximum EC Contribution Rates
Small Collaborative
Large Collaborative
CSA
Up to €3.5m
Up to €4-7m
Up to €1m
This is an eligibility criteria
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Topic number
Topic title
Topic description
ENV.2011.1.2.2-1 Combined exposures to environmental agents: integrated approaches to evaluate
environment-health relationships in children
Recent studies have suggested that even very low doses of some biologically active contaminants including toxic chemicals in
the environment can alter gene expression important to learning and developmental function. Exposures during early
development can adversely affect learning and development of the individual and last a lifetime, with huge economic and
social consequences.
Humans are exposed to complex mixtures of environmental contaminants that can interact to enhance adverse effects. The aim
of the project is to develop better and sophisticated tools, procedures and testing methods to screen compounds for
neurotoxicity and to improve assessment of exposures and effects. SMEs in the biotechnology area can play a key role and
therefore, their participation is encouraged. Timing of exposure, the role of bioaccumulation and mixtures, mechanisms of
disease development and the role of individual susceptibility should be examined using latest biotechnology tools available.
SMEs in the biotechnology area can play a key role and therefore their participation is encouraged……
Funding scheme: Collaborative Project (large-scale integrating project)
Additional eligibility criterion: SME-targeted Collaborative Projects will only be selected for funding on the condition that
the estimated EU contribution going to SME(s) is 15% or more of the total estimated EC contribution for the project as a
whole. This will be assessed at the end of the negotiation, before signature of the grant agreement. Proposals not
fulfilling this criterion will not be funded.
Expected Impact: Support for reduction of health inequalities, environmental sustainability and justice, including the goals of
the EU Sustainable Development Strategy with its environment and public health components. Support for the goals of the EU
and WHO environment and health process and EU chemicals legislation as well as Council conclusions on combination effects
of chemicals (2009). Reducing uncertainty of risk assessments.
Guide for Applicants
• Get the one for your funding scheme
• Describes the funding scheme
• Lists the funded countries
• Glossary
• Describes the proposal in detail
• Describes submission
• Checklist – USE IT!
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Contact details
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Environment/Bio NCP
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.betaeurope.co.uk
Tel: 01302 322633
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