Planning for the EC funding programs

Anna Paterlini

A European strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive

growth

5 headline targets:

• 75 % of the population aged 20-64 should be employed.

• 3% of the EU's GDP should be invested in R&D.• The "20/20/20" climate/energy targets should be met

(including an increase to 30% of emissions reduction if the conditions are right).

• The share of early school leavers should be under 10% and at least 40% of the younger generation should have a tertiary degree.

• 20 million less people should be at risk of poverty.

7 flagship initiatives:

• Innovation Union

• Youth on the move

• A digital agenda for Europe

• Resource efficient Europe

• An industrial policy for the globalization era

• An agenda for new skills and jobs

• European platform against poverty

Why apply for EU funding?

Pros

• Finance your projects

• Implement risky ideas

• International cooperation

• Prestige

Cons

• It is verycompetitive

• Long and demanding process

Types of funding:

Indirect funding structural and cohesion funds

€351 billion

•European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

•European Social Fund (ESF)

•Cohesion Fund (CF)

•European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)

•European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)

Direct fundingor community action programs

• Erasmus Plus (€14.7 billion): education

• Creative Europe (€1,46 billion): arts and culture

• Social Innovation Europe (€815 million): social policies

• Horizon 2020 (€80 billion): research and innovation

Where to find information?

• Official website to the EU: http://europa.eu/

• Community program websites: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/

• EU agencies: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/index_en.php

• Local agencies: http://www.apre.it/

• Previously funded projects’ websites: http://narnia-itn.eu/

Horizon 2020

Excellence Industrial Leadership Societal Challenges

• ERC• Marie Curie• Research

Infrastructures• Future and Emerging

Technologies

• Key enablingtechnologies

• Information and Communication technologies

• Nanotechnologies• Advanced Materials• Biotechnology• Advanced

Manufacturing and processing

• Space• Support fro cross

cutting actions• Access to risk finance• Support to SMEs with

high growth potential

• Health, demographicchange and well-being

• Food security, sustainable agricultures, marine and maritime research and the bio-based economy

• Secure, clean and efficient energy

• Smart, green and integrated transport

• Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials

• Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies

• Secure societies

How to get started

Project Cycle Management

Identify a call

Program's websites Types of actions

Eligibility

• Legal entity

• Type of entity

• Geographical location

• Financial viability

Find partners/a project

Make yourself visible:

– Linkedin

– Program website

– Thematic projects

– NCP network

Evaluation and Dissemination