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Objectives To identify innovative ways of funding dual use R&T projects, in order to promote innovation across the EDTIB To support defence SMEs; ESF is one of the key actions included in EDA’s Action Plan for SMEs 2 www.eda.europa.eu
EDA actions In 2013 EDA developed actions to: Ra Raise ise awar aren eness ess of Ministries of Defence and defence industry/SMEs as regards the use of ESF; Iden dentify tify an and supp suppor ort eli ligib ible le pil ilot projects ojects in R&T and industrial capabilities for the European Structural Funds; Develop lop a met methodo odolo logy to be used by defence stakeholders to increase eligibility for future projects. 3 www.eda.europa.eu
St Stru ructural ctural Funds ds and d Cohesion Policy icy in 200 007-20 2013 13: : A br brief over vervie iew Struct ctur ural l Funds ds (200 007-20 2013) 3) EUR 347 B ► Structu ructural ral Funds s : Financ ncia ial l The three e main funds ds under r which h inst strumen ruments ts throug ough which h EU resear arch h and innovat ation ion activit ivities ies can be suppor orted ed are: Cohesion esion Policy icy is implem lement nted d to ► European ean Regional onal Develop velopmen ent reinforce economic and social Fund d (ERDF): F): EUR 201 B cohesion within the EU ► European ean Social al Fund d (ESF): EUR 76 B ► Support the need to stren rengthen gthen ► Cohesio ion n Fund: d: EUR 70 B compet etit itivenes eness s and innovat vation ion These e funds are linked ed to to 3 main n object ectiv ives es: ► Contributes to raising the EU’s long - ► Converge ergence: nce: EUR 283 B ► Regional onal competit etitiv iven enes ess & term rm researc search h and innovation ation emplo loymen ent: t: EUR 55 B performanc formance e based d on smart art ► European ean Territ itor orial ial Cooper erat ation: ion: EUR 9 B specialization ialization The EU investment for innovation and research in 2007-2013 amounts to around EUR 86 B. 4 www.eda.europa.eu
Dual-use use technolo ologie gies European Commission’s definition: Cluster mapping linked with defence/security dual-use technologies Goods and technologies are considered to be dual-use when they can be used for both civil and military purposes. Defence expenditure is not eligible for Structural Funds. How owev ever: : Sec ecurit ity has become a top prior ority ty ► for the European Union Dual-use se techn hnolo ologie ies that are ► transversal to both defence and security can be eligible Key ey enabl abling techn hnolo ologie ies can be ► applied to several sectors Materials als proce cessi ssing ng Navigation on & avioni nics cs Telecommu communi nicati ation ons ICT equ quipm pment ent Encryption yption Ae Aerospa ospace ce & Marine ne equ quipm pment ent propu opuls lsion n equ quipm pment ent Sensor sors & l lasers Electroni onics 5 www.eda.europa.eu
Raising awareness • In 2013 EDA organized 4 workshops in 4 Member States (PT, PL, BG, IE) • Main objectives: To familiarize and mobilize key stakeholders at regional level in academia, research institutes, defence and security industries especially SMEs; and To influence better use of European Structural Funds for dual application projects in the field of defence and security. 6 www.eda.europa.eu
Raising awareness (2) More than 700 key experts, SMEs, universities, federal and regional administrations in charge of structural funds, innovation, defence and security, technology attended those seminars. The outcomes of these seminars were : A first positive dialogue between MoDs and the Ministries managing Structural Funds A knowledge transfer to the military and civilian R&T community Creation of good contacts with operational stakeholders in charge of the coordination of Cohesion Policy and ERDF programmes Initiate a new mind set and cooperation spirit regarding dual use R&T projects 7 www.eda.europa.eu
Supporting eligible projects 72 potential projects from 6 criteria: 12 MS were identified EDA key priorities for MS 7 projects selected, with Project readiness focus on key R&T priorities Project consistency The selection process was composed by two main Impact on EDTIB steps: Economic & social impact Preliminary Dual use technologies Project holder and co-funding Assessment 6 criteria 8 www.eda.europa.eu
Supporting eligible projects (2) Count ntry Project ct Bulgaria Improvement of the urban security and defence through the implementation of advance detection sensors' system Poland Intruder detection and collision avoidance system for flight aircraft Germany Adaptation of SWIR technology for high resolution hyper spectral and imaging applications Portugal Turtle: increased sustainability of operations in the sea bottom by developing key technologies France European icing testing platform for aeronautics United Kingdom Microwave Epitaxial Spain Underwater signature monitoring and analysis (USMA) Centre 9 www.eda.europa.eu
Supporting eligible projects (3) • 2 projects submitted successfully/ Both announced eligible to financial support by the regional authorities • One of them received 770K ESF funds out of 1,2M eligible project budget (60% from ESF) • 4 projects have been prepared for the next programming period • Most important!! In all cases no obstacles identified in order to use ESF for dual use projects 10 www.eda.europa.eu
Developing a methodology • Rationale of the project What What • Main scope (general economic and social context and expected goals) • Project added value (at EU, MS and regional level ) • Project objectives (general and specific) Wh Why Relevance of the project in relation to the strategy of the OP • Project stakeholders (skills and expertise needed for the project; partners and involvement in the project • Who Who development) Target groups (direct and indirect beneficiaries) • For whom or whom • Content (action plan to realise the project and resources used) • Implementation (location and schedule) How ow Financing plan and provisional cost • For or whi which re h resu sult lts • The results (output / deliverables) EDA upon experie ience nce and results ts of work work so far will continue inue in 2014 suppo porti ting ng defence stakeho holder ders s on accessing sing ESF 11 www.eda.europa.eu
Way ahead Capacity building- Transfer of know-how • In 2014, EDA upon MoDs invitation, will continue organizing ESF seminars and training activities in the MS • Training or informative sessions on ESF will be organized also in the frame of the regular EDA working groups, with the participation of MS, industry and academia • 1 st Q 2014 EDA will publish a Handbook with practical information/steps to be followed by defence stakeholders to access ESF • EDA will take advantage of EU, government or B2B events to promote use of ESF for dual-use projects 12 www.eda.europa.eu
Way ahead (2) Supporting eligible projects • U pon EDA’s specific calls to be issued through the MoDs, EDA will collect, asses and select project proposals for further support • EDA will provide free of charge support to the project holders in developing the application folders • EDA calls will include among others: areas of priority, predetermined criteria, application format etc. • Unsolicited project proposals delivered to EDA outside the EDA calls, will not be assessed 13 www.eda.europa.eu
The upc pcomi ming ng opp pportunities nities of the 2014 14-2020 2020 prog programming ramming pe peri riod od The next programming period will be slightly different from 2007-2013: Be based on regional and national Focus on Thematic Objectives Resea earch ch & Innovat ation ion Strategies egies for Smart t Speci cialisa isations tions (RIS IS3) 3) 1. 1. Resea search & innovatio ion 2. 2. Infor ormation mation & c commu ommunication ication technolo ologie ies s (ICT) T) 3. Competitiv 3. itivenes ess of Smal all l and d Mediu dium-siz ized d The RIS3 S3 requires nationa onal/reg /region ional Enter erprises ises (SMEs) MEs) autho horiti rities es to identi tify fy the unique ue 4. Shift 4. t towards ds a low-carbon on econom onomy 5. Clima 5. mate e chan ange e adap daptatio tation & r risk sk preventio ion and charact acteristi istics cs and assets ts of each h managem agement count ntry and region on, so as to focus on 6. Envir 6. ironme mental tal protec ectio ion & resou source e efficien iciency policy support and investments 7. Sustainable transport & removing bottlenecks in received through Structural Funds. key network infrastructures 8. Employment & supporting labour mobility Stakeholder participation and 9. Social inclusion & combating poverty ownership is essential to the 10.Educatio 10. ion, , skills lls & lifelo long lear arnin ing development of these strategies. 11.Institutional capacity building & efficient public administrations 14 www.eda.europa.eu
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