Month: September 2020

For traditional large-scale projects that contribute to the fight against climate change in the areas of mitigation, adaptation and governance and information.

LIFE ClimateAction sub-programme aims specifically to fulfil the following objectives of LIFE programme: ​

• To contributeto the shift towards a resource-efficient, low-carbon and climate-resilient economy; ​
• To improve the development, implementation and enforcement of Union climate policy and legislation; ​
• To act as a catalystfor, and promote, the integration and mainstreaming of climate objectives into other Union policies and public and private sector practice.​

The LIFE Climate Action call for proposals will close on 6 October 2020. Of the €3.4 billion allocated to the LIFE programme, the Climate Action sub-programme has been endowed with a total of €864 million, of which €413 million have been allocated for the 2018-2020 period. ​

The LIFE 2020 call for the Climate Action sub-programme has €74.1 million. ​

The co-financing percentage for traditional projects is 55%.

​Certain projects or specific actions could directly or indirectly target problems linked with the management of COVID-19 pandemic.​

The LIFE Climate Action sub-program encompasses three priority areas:​

• Mitigation of climate change (€35.9 million): renewable energies, energy efficiency, farming, land use, and peatland management.​
• Adaptation to climate change (€30.2 million): resilience to water scarcity, droughts, forest fires or floods, adaptive technologies for economic sectors, and safeguarding natural resources.​
• Governance and information (€8 million): awareness raising, training and capacity building, law compliance and enforcement, knowledge development and stakeholder participation.​

Should be used eProposal web application to build and submit the application.​

Among the beneficiaries of these funds there are:​

• Public bodies operating under a national government’s authority (e.g. local authorities, national administrations, etc.),​
• Private commercial organisations,​
• Private non-commercial organisations (NGOs etc.).​

Important to note, UK applicants and beneficiaries remain eligible to receive LIFE funds. This applies to existing grants, ongoing procedures and calls for proposals published in 2020 even if the grant is signed after 31 December 2020. ​

For more information:​

Cristina Tavío | Project Manager at Finnova Foundation​

cristina.tavio@finnova.be | proptech@finnova.eu ​

Tel: +32 492 41 53 39​

www.finnovaregio.eu

For public bodies or non-profit organisations with legal personality established in a participating country.

Fast Track to Innovation provides funding for bottom-up proposals for close-to-market innovation activities in any area of technology or application. This thematic openness – combined with the possibility for all kinds of innovation actors to work together and deliver innovation onto the market and/or into society – is set to nurture trans – disciplinary and cross – sectoral cooperation.  ​

The programme has the following objectives:​

• To reduce time from idea to market.​
• To stimulate the participation of first-time applicants to EU research and innovation funding.​
• To increase private sector investment in research and innovation. 

The Programme 2018-2020 has a total budget of €300 million and is derived from the Horizon 2020 priority “Societal Challenges” and the specific objective “Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies (LEITs)”. ​

The call will be opened until 27 October 2020. ​

As for other innovation actions, EU funding levels are fixed at 70% of the eligible costs. The maximum EU contribution per action amounts to €3 million. Time-to-grant for participants is targeted to be six months at most. 

Proposals must be created and submitted by a representative/contact person of the coordinating organisation.  The proposal itself consists of 2 main parts:​

• Administrative forms (structured information of the basic administrative data, declarations of partners, organisations and contact persons, etc.). ​
• Technical annex, which is the detailed description of the planned research and innovation project outlining work packages, costs, etc.​

Actions are to be ‘business-driven’ because they are intended to give breakthrough innovation ideas the last push before shaking up the market. Substantial industry involvement in FTI actions is mandatory to ensure quick market take-up (‘quick’ meaning within a three-year period after the start of the FTI-action). ​

For Proposals for funding must be submitted by consortia comprising between three and five legal entities established in at least three different EU Member States or countries associated to Horizon 2020. ​

This industry involvement implies, either the allocation of at least 60% of the budget to industry participants in the consortium, or the presence of a minimum number of two industry participants in a consortium of three or four partners, or of three industry participants in a consortium of five partners.

For more information:​

​Cristina Tavío, Project Manager at Finnova Foundation​

cristina.tavio@finnova.be proptech@finnova.eu ​

Tel: +32 492 41 53 39​

www.finnovaregio.eu 

The European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual event in which cities and regions show their ability to créate growth, to implement the cohesion policy of the European Union and to demonstrate the importance of a good European governance at a local and regional level.

Side Events are closely linked to the European Week of the Regions and Cities 2020 due to their proximity in topics, in time (5-9 October 2020, 12- 16 October 2020, 19-22 October 2020) and in formats (digital). Nevertheless, Side Events are not part of the official programme of the European Week of the Regions and Cities

This year, Side Events are going to be distributed among three different periods of time according to their thematic priority:

• 5-9 October 2020: Empowering Citizens.

• 12-16 October 2020: Cohesion and cooperation.

• 19-22 October 2020: Green Europe, in cooperation with the Green Week.

The application form should be filled before 2 September 2020.

How to apply:

Applications must be completed and submitted online in due time. The link between your Side Event and the thematic priority 2020 of your choice must be specified in the application form, so the attractiveness of the event for participants of the European Week of Regions and Cities 2020 is demonstrated. Submitted applications will be assessed and only a limited number of Side Events will be selected.

Please contact the Finnova Foundation for further information:

• Lola Bordás, CMO at Finnova cmo@finnova.eu
• Beatriz Martínez, EU Project Officer and CommunicationOfficer at Finnova beatriz.martinez@finnova.eu

FIRST DEADLINE: 29 OCTOBER 2020.

SECOND DEADLINE: 23 JUNE 2021.

For large-scale projects requiring more than 7,5 million EUROS.

The Innovation Fund is one of the world’s largest funding programmes for the demonstration of innovative low-carbon technologies.  The Innovation Fund is endowed with 450 million euros to which the unallocated funds from the NER 300 Programme will be added. Thus, for the period 2020-2030, the fund could amount to some €10 billion depending on the carbon price.

Applications for the large-scale projects call are divided into two stages: the first is until 29 October 2020 and will be made through the Funding and Tenders Portal; the second one, until 23 June 2021.

The Innovation

Fund aims to finance a varied project pipeline achieving an optimal balance of a wide range of innovative technologies. Among the main objectives of the Innovation Fund are the following:​

– To create clean and renewable energy projects in intensive industries.​

–  To share economic risks: this grant covers up to 60% of capital and operating costs.​

–   To provide support in a flexible way.​

–   To simplify the selection process application.​

–   To strengthen collaboration with other European projects.​

Two informative webinars have been planned. In the first one, held on 14 July 2020, the first stage of the application (step by step) was discussed. The second will be held on 15 September 2020 and will deal with GHG emissions avoidance and FAQs.

This call is aimed at large-scale projects (over €7,5 million) in the following sectors:​

• Renewable energies​
• Energy intensive industries, including carbon capture, storage and use (CCU and CSS)​
• Energy storage​
• Substitute products and cross-cutting projects

For more information, please contact The Finnova Foundation:

• Adrián Noheda | Director of the Open Innovation Hub adrian.noheda@finnova.eu ​ Tel: +34 677 86 55 47