The BLUEMED Initiative

Marta IGLESIAS European Commission, DG Research and Innovation Marine Resources Unit – F4

AE-2017: EU Forum Dubrovnik, October 18

Strengthening Euro-Mediterranean cooperation through research and innovation

Valetta declaration endorsed in May 2017 by UfM and EU

The BLUEMED WG will be created as a subgroup of the GSO

The BLUEMED SRIA

• Boosting Blue Growth in the MED

• Promoting joint actions on aligned RTD priorities

http://www.bluemed-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Bluemed-SRIA_A4.pdf

H2020 project contributing to BLUEMED

• SC2 Work Programme 2016-2017 flagged topics

• SME Instrument BlueGrowth projects

• Other parts of the Work Programme

http://www.bluemed-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Mediterranean-H2020-projects-final.pdf

Start date: 1st October 2016 Duration: 48 months

http://www.bluemed-initiative.eu/the-project/

The BLUMED CSA project

http://www.bluemed-initiative.eu/the-project/

UfM Regional Stakeholder Conference on Blue Economy

Naples (Italy) 29-30 November 2017

Two-day international and multi-stakeholder Conference that aims to:

i) consolidate the Mediterranean blue economy community through the exchange of ideas and views among key stakeholders;

ii) capitalize on the experiences and lessons learned so as to stimulate cross-fertilization and foster large partnerships;

iii) discuss the opportunities and challenges of the various blue economy sectors in terms of jobs creation and investments potential.

The registration process is now open! no later than November 3rd, 2017

http://www.med-vkc-blueconomy.org/events/ufm-blue-economy-stakeholders-conference/

Blue Growth

POLICY DRIVE and IMPACTS

BLUE GROWTH 2018-2020

COMMON FISHERIES POLICY, INTEGRATED MARITIME POLICY

BLUE GROWTH AGENDA & SEA BASINS STRATEGIES

MARINE STRATEGY FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE

MARITIME SPATIAL PLANNING

BLUE ENERGY, BLUE TOURISM, BLUE INNOVATION, INTERNATIONAL

OCEAN GOVERNANCE …

VFA: CLIMATE CIRCULAR DIGITAL

EU

INTERNATIONAL

LC-BG-03-2018 Sustainable harvesting of marine biological resources

RIA, 12 M€ (2018) 6 M€

DT-BG-04-2018-2019 Sustainable EU aquaculture 4.0

IA, 24 M€ (2018-19) 6 M€

BG-05-2019 Multi-use of the marine space, offshore and near-shore: pilot demonstrators

IA, 18 M€ (2019) 9M€

CE-BG-06-2019 Sustainable solutions for bio-based plastics on land and sea

IA, 18 M€ (2019) 9M€

TOPICS - RIAs & IAs

BLUE GROWTH 2018-2020

BLUE GROWTH 2018-2020

BG-01-2018 Towards a Baltic and North Sea R&I programme

CSA, 2,5 M€

LC-BG-09-2019 Coordination of marine and maritime R&I in the Black Sea

CSA, 2 M€

BG-02-2018 Blue Bioeconomy Public-Public Partnership

ERA – Net 8 M€

TOPICS - Coordination and Support Actions

BLUE GROWTH 2018-2020

All Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance

BG-08-2018-19

Co-ordinating Atlantic R&I CSA, 4 M€

Ecosystems assessment RIA, 9M€

Aquaculture value chains RIA, 8 M€

The Future of Seas and Oceans

BG-07-2019-20

Blue Cloud IA, 6 M €

Observations and forecasting IA, 12 M €

Technologies (tbc 2020)

18 M €

64 M €

FLAGSHIPS

Blue Growth Flags across Horizon 2020 Work Programmes 2018-2020

SC3 Energy

SC4 Transport

SC5 Climate

• wave energy • floating wind farms • aquatic biomass biofuel • offshore storage of C02 • Shipping renewable fuel • Energy islands

• Innovative ships • autonomous ships • ship emissions • unmanned activities • underwater noise • maritime transport safety • Marine accidents response

• Climate change, biodiversity and ecosystems

• recovery of sea resources • sea level changes • Cryosphere

INFRASTR

LEIT

SC5

SC4

SC3

SC2

BG

EXAMPLES

BLUE GROWTH 2018-2020

Blue Growth Flags across Horizon 2020 Work Programmes 2018-2020

BLUE GROWTH 2018-2020

EXAMPLES

LEIT

Infrastructures

• SPACE – Copernicus Marine Services, ocean models

• NMBP: off-shore energy

materials

• Research Vessels

INFRASTR

LEIT

SC5

SC4

SC3

SC2

BG

PUBLICATION OF the WORKPROGRAMMES

https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/what-work-programme https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/food-security-sustainable-agriculture-and-forestry-marine-maritime-and-inland-water-research-and-0

BLUE GROWTH 2018-2020

https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/news/horizon-2020-info-day-societal-challenge-2-calls-2018

Direct link to the Blue Growth presentations http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/image/document/2017-46/bg_2018_B84D21A8-AB4C-A641-AC0CB2CC6162C9FF_48376.pdf

DT-BG-04-2018-2019: Sustainable European aquaculture 4.0: nutrition and breeding

Innovation Action 6M€

Challenges:

Policy priorities and existing EU initiatives:

Innovation Action 6M€

and/or

Smart breeding Smart Feeding

Aquaculture

4.0

Smart Technologies

Expected Impact Increase available, accessible, affordable and nutritious food and feed

Innovation Action 6M€

New value chains, markets, growth and

jobs

BG-02-2018: Blue Bioeconomy Public-Public Partnership ERA-NET Cofund indicative contribution from the EU in the range of EUR 8 million

ERA-NET Co-fund EUR 8 million

Aquatic biomass (e.g. fish, selfish, microalgae, seaweeds and seagrasses) is currently underutilised due to a lack of synergies between sectors and of adequate investments. EU intervention is needed to create the conditions to mobilise investments by aligning national and regional innovation research agendas across different blue bioeconomy sectors.

• Activities shall pool the necessary financial resources from the participating national and/or regional research programmes with a view to implementing a joint call for proposals with EU co-funding resulting in grants to third parties.

• Proposers are requested to implement other joint activities, including additional joint calls without EU co-funding.

ERA-NET Co-fund EUR 8 million

Expected impacts

In the short term:

• Create, test, upscale and bring to the market new knowledge-intensive products and services derived from aquatic biomass, fostering job creation and economic growth in Europe.

• Provide consumers with the knowledge needed to make informed decisions about safe, healthy and sustainable food and policy makers with robust scientific advice

In the medium term:

• Increase the efficient and sustainable use of by-products generated from blue bioeconomy sectors.

• Contribute to the UN SDG 2 target to ensure sustainable food production systems and the UN SDG 14 target to effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing.

• Contribute to improve the professional skills and competences of those working and being trained to work within the blue economy.

• Contribute to policymaking in research, innovation and technology.

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ERA-NET Co-fund EUR 8 million

Thank you!

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