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Acronym | HE-CL4-RESILIENCE |
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Direct Management |
Description of programme "Horizon Europe - Cluster 4 - Destination
2: Increased autonomy in key strategic value chains for resilient industry" | This destination
will directly support the following Key Strategic Orientations, as outlined in the Strategic Plan: - KSO C, ‘Making
Europe the first digitally-enabled circular, climate-neutral and sustainable economy through the transformation of
its mobility, energy, construction and production systems’
- KSO A, ‘Promoting an open strategic autonomy by
leading the development of key digital, enabling and emerging technologies, sectors and value chains to accelerate
and steer the digital and green transitions through human-centred technologies and innovations’
- KSO D, ‘Creating
a more resilient, inclusive and democratic European society, prepared and responsive to threats and disasters, addressing
inequalities and providing high-quality health care, and empowering all citizens to act in the green and digital transitions.
Proposals
for topics under this Destination should set out a credible pathway to contributing to the following expected impact of Cluster
4: - Industrial leadership and increased autonomy in key strategic value chains with security of supply in
raw materials, achieved through breakthrough technologies in areas of industrial alliances, dynamic industrial innovation
ecosystems and advanced solutions for substitution, resource and energy efficiency, effective reuse and recycling and clean
primary production of raw materials, including critical raw materials, and leadership in the circular economy.
The
COVID-19 crisis has shown that global competitiveness and resilience are two sides of the same coin[[Annual Sustainable Growth
Strategy 2021 (COM/2020/575 final)]]. Resilience is about more than the ability to withstand and cope with shocks; it is an
opportunity to undergo transitions in a sustainable and fair way. As the EU gears up to becoming a climate-neutral, circular
and competitive economy by 2050, resilience will require paying attention to new vulnerabilities as entire sectors undergo
deep transformations while creating opportunities for Europe’s industry to develop its own markets, products and services
which boost competitiveness. Research and innovation will be fundamental to spur industrial leadership and enhanced
resilience. It will support the modernisation of traditional industrial models while developing novel technologies, business
models and processes. This can enhance the flexibility of the EU’s industrial base, and increase its resilience by reducing
EU dependencies on third countries for critical raw materials and technologies. In the first Work Programme, topics
under Destination 2 ‘Increased autonomy in key strategic value chains for resilient industry’ will tackle
missing segments in strategic areas and value chains, to strengthen the EU’s industrial base and boost its competitiveness
and open strategic autonomy. In addition, it will explore how increased circularity has the potential to increase the open
strategic autonomy of EU industry through the more efficient use of resources and secondary raw materials. This will
be achieved through R&I activities focusing on four areas key for the resilience of EU industry: - Raw materials:
The EU is highly dependent on a few third countries for the (critical) raw materials it needs for strategic value chains
(including e-mobility, batteries, renewable energies, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, dual-use and digital applications). In a
context where demand is set to increase[[ For example, demand for rare earths used in permanent magnets, e.g. for electric
vehicles, digital technologies or wind generators, could increase tenfold by 2050. See the Commission Communication “Critical
Raw Materials Resilience: Charting a Path towards greater Security and Sustainability”, COM(2020) 474 final.]], these will
remain, more than ever, a vital prerequisite for both Europe’s open strategic autonomy and a successful transition to a climate-neutral
and circular economy. Responding to the Critical Raw Materials action plan R&I activities will tackle the vulnerabilities
in the entire EU raw materials value chain, from sustainable and responsible exploration, extraction, processing, recycling,
contributing to building the EU knowledge base of primary and secondary raw materials and ensuring secure, sustainable and
responsible access to (critical) raw materials.
- Advanced materials that are sustainable by design are needed
to meet the challenges of climate neutrality, transition to a circular economy and a zero-pollution Europe, as well as broader
benefits in many different applications. While chemical and related materials production is expected to double globally by
2030, this will largely take place outside Europe[[By 2030, China will likely account for more than half of global production,
the EU and US for only one quarter of production (Mid-Century Vision report, Cefic, 2019, and International Energy Agency)]].
To overcome its reliance on imports of basic chemicals and related materials, Europe needs to strengthen its capacity to produce
and use chemicals in a sustainable and competitive way. In addition, it is necessary to continue work on an ecosystem, based
on open innovation test beds (OITBs), which enables the rapid development, uptake and commercialisation of advanced materials.
All actions should be guided by sustainable-by-design principles, i.e. environmental and health safety, circularity and functionality.
- Circular
value chains: to complement the circular technologies in Destination 1, further technological and non-technological elements
(such as business models and the traceability of products) are necessary in the transition to novel low-emission and circular
industrial value chains.
- Preparedness of businesses/smes/startups: European companies, and in particular SMEs,
have shown a chronic lagging behind the US and China in the uptake of new, and especially digital, technologies.[[ See ATI
reports from US and China about technology performance: China:https://ati.ec.europa.eu/reports/international-reports/report-china-technological-capacities-and-key-policy-measures;
and US: https://ati.ec.europa.eu/reports/international-reports/report-united-states-america-technological-capacities-and-key-policy
]]
To achieve these wider effects, unprecedented investments in re- and upskilling are central to supporting the
green and digital transitions, enhancing innovation and growth potential, fostering economic and social resilience and ensuring
quality employment and social inclusion. This is why activities planned under Destination 6 “A human-centred and ethical development
of digital and industrial technologies” will also contribute to the objectives of a more resilient industrial base. Further,
as industrial leadership and resilience are two sides of the same coin, activities targeting industrial leadership are a key
factor in the EU’s long-term industrial resilience. This is why activities supported under Destination 1 ‘Climate neutral,
circular and digitised production’ and Destination 3 ‘World leading data and computing technologies’ that further ensure Europe’s
productivity growth and competitiveness are also key to safeguarding its open strategic autonomy and resilience. In
addition, activities beyond R&I investments will be needed, in particular in terms of synergies with the European Innovation
Council and Pillar III of Horizon Europe given the strong role of SMEs in the development of the innovations planned. Synergies
will also be sought to access blended funding and finance from other EU programmes notably under InvestEU; testing and deployment
activities under the Digital Europe Programme (DEP); links to the EIT (Raw Materials and Digital KICs); links with the Single
Market programme to promote entrepreneurship and the creation and growth of companies and links to the thematic smart specialisation
platform on industrial modernisation. In line with the European Green Deal objectives, research and innovation activities
should comply with the ‘do no significant harm’ principle[[as per Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 2020/852 on the establishment
of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment (EU Taxonomy Regulation)]]. Compliance needs to be assessed both for activities
carried out during the course of the project as well as the expected life cycle impact of the innovation at a commercialisation
stage (where relevant). The robustness of the compliance must be customised to the envisaged TRL of the project. In this regard,
the potential harm of Innovation Actions contributing to the European Green Deal will be monitored throughout the project
duration. Proposals for topics under this Destination should set out a credible pathway to contributing to increased
autonomy in key strategic value chains for resilience industry, and more specifically to one or several of the following
impacts: - Resilient, sustainable and secure (critical) raw materials value chains for EU industrial ecosystems,
in support of the twin green and digital transformations.
- New sustainable-by-design materials with enhanced functionalities
and applications in a wide range of industrial processes and consumer products.
- Leadership in producing materials
that provide solutions for clean, toxic/pollutant free environment, decarbonising industry, and safeguarding civil infrastructures.
- Leadership
in circular economy that strengthens cross-sectorial cooperation along the value chain and enable SMEs to transform their
activities and business models.
- Increased adoption of key digital and enabling technologies in industrial value chains
and strategic sectors, paying particular attention to SMEs and start-ups.
Much of the research and innovation
supported under this Destination may serve as a cradle for the New
European Bauhaus: this is about designing sustainable ways of living, situated at the crossroads between art, culture,
social inclusion, science and technology. This includes R&I on manufacturing, construction, advanced materials and the
circular economy approaches. Business cases and exploitation strategies for industrialisation: This
section applies only to those topics in this Destination, for which proposals should demonstrate the expected impact by including
a business case and exploitation strategy for industrialisation. The business case should demonstrate
the expected impact of the proposal in terms of enhanced market opportunities for the participants and enhanced manufacturing
capacities in the EU, in the short to medium term. It should describe the targeted market(s); estimated market size in the
EU and globally; user and customer needs; and demonstrate that the solutions will match the market and user needs in a cost-effective
manner; and describe the expected market position and competitive advantage. The exploitation strategy should
identify obstacles, requirements and necessary actions involved in reaching higher TRLs, for example: matching value chains,
enhancing product robustness; securing industrial integrators; and user acceptance. For TRLs 7-8, a credible strategy
to achieve future full-scale manufacturing in the EU is expected, indicating the commitments of the industrial partners after
the end of the project. Activities beyond R&I investments will be needed to realise the expected impacts: these
include the further development of skills and competencies (also via the European Institute of Innovation and Technology,
in particular EIT Manufacturing); and the use of financial products under the InvestEU Fund for further commercialisation
of R&I outcomes. Where relevant, in the context of skills, it is recommended to develop training material to endow
workers with the right skillset in order to support the uptake and deployment of new innovative products, services,
and processes developed in the different projects. This material should be tested and be scalable, and can potentially be
up-scaled through the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+). This will help the European labour force to close the skill gaps in
the relevant sectors and occupational groups and improve employment and social levels across the EU and associated countries.
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Link | Link to Programme |
Call | Social and affordable
housing district demonstrator |
Description of call "Social and affordable housing
district demonstrator" | ExpectedOutcome: - Demonstrate renovation pilots in the
sense of “lighthouse districts” as announced by the Affordable Housing Initiative in the Renovation Wave communication following
a smart neighbourhood approach and providing blueprints for replication, setting liveability and latest technological and
social innovations at the forefront;
- Mobilise cross-sectoral industrial and partnerships at local level to develop,
adapt, design new processes, methods and technologies (e.g. energy efficiency, circular, modular building, smart living, eco-design
etc.). Special attention should be paid to the needs of residents in social using, through social innovation and using a human
centred approach;
- Following a multi-actor approach, as defined in WP/ Annex X, engaging both, different sectors and
fields of operation related to construction such as renewable energy, water treatment, and electronics as well as residents,
social and public housing associations and civil society actors will be key to boost tailor-made and fit for purpose innovation;
- Demonstrate
through such partnerships lighthouse districts that allow integrated renovation approaches. Besides technological innovation,
specific focus on social innovation is crucial as it can provide social engagement models to empower and engage residents,
foster the co-design, co-development and co-implementation, offer spatial organisation allowing socio-economic activities
and services, improve the wellbeing of citizens, and promote intergenerational and mixed forms of housing and accessible architecture
open for cultural and creative innovation. Social innovation may also form a key aspect in developing business models for
these types of lighthouse districts;
- Develop new bottom-up human-centred business models in housing area that facilitate
engagement of residents in renovation – for example by co-investing, setting up energy communities, housing cooperatives and
resident owned social services and (creative, green, … ) commons;
- Identify "ready to go projects" for the lighthouse
districts as well as “low hanging” fruit in terms of social housing renovation and worst performing buildings to test new
methods, practices and technologies. The selected districts/ use cases, the diverse climatic and biogeographic conditions
and settlement types in urban, sub-urban and rural areas across the EU are to be well reflected;
- Support businesses
and the private sector in developing demonstration projects that go the extra mile (environmental - social – cultural ambition)
and allow innovations and new technologies putting inclusion and social progress at the forefront;
- Pilot circular
construction methods taking into account the different industrial perspectives and value chains relevant for the renovation
of the districts;
- Apply and pilot innovative smart housing applications (at individual dwelling level) and general
smart grid or district-level energy, waste, water, storage and other systems using newest technology at scale as well as technology
that improves the social housing service provision itself;
- Plan actions for overcoming relevant barriers for renovation
at district level with a majority of social housing dwellings (e.g. regulatory limits, lack of trust amongst different stakeholders,
lack of private investors and awareness of the integrated approach potential);
- Effectively disseminate major innovation
outcomes established in districts to support the implementation of industrial-urban symbiosis, connection to the European
Community of Practice (ECoP) and development of flexible learning resources;
- Act as a catalyst for relevant EU projects
and policies and channel this intelligence towards local projects and stakeholders, e.g. active aging, smart communities,
including smart cities and smart villages, energy communities, skills, etc.;
- The final objective is to obtain a set
of lighthouse districts that each have followed a different approach, focussing on different innovative solutions addressing
the local reality and needs and to have demonstrated replication potential towards other districts by providing blueprints
for replication and adaptation and by setting up a network amongst social housing providers.
Relevant indicators
and metrics, with baseline values, should be stated clearly in the proposal. Scope: To
support a wide implementation of these district renovations, industrial urban symbiosis needs to be fostered amongst most
relevant partners engaged in construction and renovation of social housing facilities. The local and regional dimension is
important since local energy and utility networks, adjacent industrial infrastructures and available by-products and services
in such districts would have to be considered in a holistic and integrated approach. In the same way, logistics should be
optimised wherever possible and should be an advantage from the sustainable and competitiveness perspective. Technology
based innovations should prove the potential for novel symbiotic renovation projects acting as demonstrators involving multiple
industrial sectors (combining non-exhaustively energy, construction, renewables, circular, electronics and creative industries,
social housing associations and public authorities) in pilot multi-stakeholder partnerships focussing on a district approach
and social needs related to social housing. Projects are expected to address: - The development of a broader integrated
methodology towards renovation of social housing districts starting from a cross-sectoral approach (e.g. INNOSUP) and engagement
models of residents to develop the application of technologies that make social housing more energy efficient, accessible
and liveable;
- Research how technologies for housing and renovation can be adapted in a way that serves the needs of
residents in social housing at affordable cost as well as how development at scale (e.g. district level of multi-apartment
building) might bring cost optimisation and improve the affordability;
- The adaptation of technology in way it addresses
the basic and essential needs of residents rather than to showcase the most advanced application from a technical perspective
(human centred, fit for purpose and tailor made);
- Research on how renovation of social housing districts can deliver
a more balanced population in terms of income, age and socio-economic profile as well as to avoid formation of ghetto’s on
the one hand and gentrification on the other hand;
- Aspects of environmental friendly traffic and internet connectivity
to facilitate inclusion are to be considered;
- Energy poverty issues that must be avoided as a result of the renovation.
Social innovation and financial planning must ensure that the cost of living will not increase significantly for tenants and
residents;
- Integration of ICT and digital tools, including smart grids, smart living applications, advanced modelling
for eco-design and modular construction, to design and establish novel symbiotic interactions, data sharing and preservation
of data confidentiality, as a non-exhaustive list;
- Assessment methodologies and KPIs to measure the performance of
symbiosis, including environmental, economic and social impacts. Life cycle assessment and life cycle cost analysis should
take into account existing sustainability standards (e.g. ISO 14000) and existing best practices;
- New skills acquisition
in construction sector by piloting new technologies and processes in the renovation at district level focussing on needs in
social housing;
- Development of common reporting methodologies for the assessment of industrial symbiosis activities
and exchanges;
- Tools to support companies in redefining their products process and systems from the point of view
of design, production, logistic and business models;
- Research on how realised lighthouse models can be duplicated
and adapted to other social housing contexts, for example, where no strong social housing sectors are present or where participation
models are less developed, such as energy communities and cooperatives;
- This topic supports the Bauhaus Initiative
as lighthouse districts could display the application of the New European Bauhaus practices focussing on the aesthetic and
co-creative aspects of renovation and building of social housing districts.
Clustering and cooperation with other
selected projects under this cross-cutting call and other relevant projects as well as building on existing projects is essential,
as many existing EU projects can contribute to very specific applications or process in such a district renovation. |
Link | Link to Call |
Thematic Focus | Research & Innovation,
Technology Transfer & Exchange, Capacity Building, Cooperation Networks, Institutional Cooperation, Clustering, Development
Cooperation, Economic Cooperation, Digitisation, ICT, Telecommunication, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Green Technologies
& Green Deal, Circular Economy, Sustainability, Natural Resources, Climate, Climate Change, Environment & Biodiversity,
Competitiveness, SME |
Origin of Applicant | EU Member States Overseas Countries
and Territories (OCTs) |
Eligible applicants | Education and Training Centres,
Federal State / Region / City / Municipality / Local Authority, Research Institution, Lobby Group / Professional Association
/ Trade Union, International Organization, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs (between 10 and 249 employees), Microenterprises
(fewer than 10 employees), NGO / NPO, Public Services, National Government, Other, Start Up Company, University, Enterprise
(more than 250 employees or not defined), Association |
Applicant details | eligible
non-EU countries: - countries associated to Horizon Europe
At the date of
the publication of the work programme, there are no countries associated to Horizon Europe. Considering the Union’s interest
to retain, in principle, relations with the countries associated to Horizon 2020, most third countries associated to Horizon
2020 are expected to be associated to Horizon Europe with an intention to secure uninterrupted continuity between Horizon
2020 and Horizon Europe. In addition, other third countries can also become associated to Horizon Europe during the programme.
For the purposes of the eligibility conditions, applicants established in Horizon 2020 Associated Countries or in other third
countries negotiating association to Horizon Europe will be treated as entities established in an Associated Country, if the
Horizon Europe association agreement with the third country concerned applies at the time of signature of the grant agreement.
- low-and middle-income countries
Legal entities which are established in countries not listed above will
be eligible for funding if provided for in the specific call conditions, or if their participation is considered essential
for implementing the action by the granting authority. Specific cases: - Affiliated entities
- Affiliated entities are eligible for funding if they are established in one of the countries listed above.
- EU
bodies - Legal entities created under EU law may also be eligible to receive funding, unless their basic act states
otherwise.
- International organisations - International European research organisations are eligible
to receive funding. Unless their participation is considered essential for implementing the action by the granting authority,
other international organisations are not eligible to receive funding. International organisations with headquarters in a
Member State or Associated Country are eligible to receive funding for ‘Training and mobility’actions and when provided for
in the specific call conditions.
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Project Partner | Yes |
Project Partner Details | Unless otherwise provided for in the specific call conditions
, legal entities forming a consortium are eligible to participate in actions provided that the consortium includes: - at
least one independent legal entity established in a Member State;and
- at least two other independent legal entities,
each established in different Member States or Associated Countries.
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Further
info | Proposal page limits and layout: The application form will have two parts: - Part
A to be filled in directly online (administrative information, summarised budget, call-specific questions,
etc.)
- Part B to be downloaded from the Portal submission system, completed and re-uploaded as a PDF
in the system
Page limit - Part B: 45 pages |
Type
of Funding | Grants |
Financial details | Expected EU contribution per project | The Commission estimates that an EU contribution
of around EUR 2.50 million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission
and selection of a proposal requesting different amounts. | Indicative budget | The total indicative
budget for the topic is EUR 10.00 million. | Typ of Action | Innovation Actions (IA) | Funding
rate | 70% (except for non-profit legal entities, where a rate of up to 100% applies) | |
Submission | Proposals must be submitted electronically via the Funding
& Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System. Paper submissions are NOTpossible. |