H2020 Sustainable Food Security - Ian Holmes Bioeconomy NCP - GOV.WALES

H2020 Sustainable
             Food Security
Ian Holmes
Bioeconomy NCP

14/08/2018

Contents

Part 1
- State of Play
- Introduction to SC2 work programme
- Sustainable Food Security and International Cooperation

Part 2
- Blue Growth,
- Rural Renascence
- Top Tips

Brexit State of Play

•   UK is a top performer in H2020 SC2 (in 90% of all funded projects!)
•   UK government will safeguard funding for current UK participants of
    H2020
•   Treasury will underwrite funding for approved H2020 projects applied
    for before the UK leaves the EU*
•   Reassurance for applicants from the UK and their potential partners
•   UK applicants will have the same rights and obligations as all other EU
    member states until the UK leaves the EU.
•   The Commission “statement” refers to the existing Ts&Cs of the EU
    framework programme agreements. Termination of projects is not
    automatic or obligatory.

* covers current 2017 calls and 2018/19 calls

Useful Brexit Links

https://www.enterprise-europe.co.uk/blog/horizon-2020-european-business-
funding-uk-underwrite-qa
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/further-certainty-on-eu-funding-for-
hundreds-of-british-projects
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/safeguarding-funding-for-research-
and-innovation
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-union-funding
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/instruct-european-research-
infrastructure-consortia-eric-inaugural-event

NCP support

       • Feedback to/from EC on work programmes
       • Guidance on choosing topics and “instruments”
       • Advice on administrative procedures and contractual issues
       • Support with the application process (workshops and 1-2-1)
       • Feedback on draft proposals
       •   @UKH2020_Sustain for updates

Horizon 2020

Collaborative Projects
•       Research and Innovation 100% funded (RIA)
         •   TRL 3-5
    •    (Innovation Actions 70% funded (100% Not For Profit)(IA)
         •   TRL 5-7
•       Coordinated Support Actions 100% funded (CSA)
•       Must have at least 3 EU countries in consortium*
•       Emphasis on expected impact and Market exploitation
•       Industry participation, especially SMEs is vital

         *could be an issue post Brexit!

Responding to key challenges
facing our planet

          Read the introduction page 5 - 10

Sustainable Food Security
                                    ICT for
                      Logistics    Big Data
                        and                    Sensors
                     transport

         Aerospace                                        Satellite

       Policy
                                                               Robotics
       makers

           NGOs                                            Cities

                                                Social
                     Trainers
                                               Sciences
                                  Economists

H2020 - Sustainable Food Security
call aims to:

Deliver diverse and healthy food from land and sea

Increase resource efficiency and environmental performance of
food systems from primary production to consumers

Understand the impact of climate change on agriculture,
resources, food quality and identify ways to manage its effects

Reduce GHG emissions from land use and food production

The Policy Context

        Global commitments   European policies

                                                          Climate & energy
                                CAP & EIP-AGRI

                             Bioeconomy strategy       Circular economy

                                 Integrated Maritime       Digital single
                                and common fisheries          market         12
                                        policies

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),

Proposals are expected to support Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in
particular:

- SDG 2 'Zero hunger’,
- SDG 11 'Sustainable cities and communities’,
- SDG 12 'Responsible consumption and production’,
- SDG 13 'Climate action' and
- SDG 15 'Life on land‘

Identified in the call text and often appear as “Expected impacts”

SC2 calls in the context of H2020

     - Calls are challenge-based, and open to innovative proposals
     • Calls are not prescriptive –
         • They don’t outline the expected solutions, or the approach to be
           taken to solve it
     • Emphasis on impact, each topic has an impact statement
         • Explain how you will address these impacts
     • Need different disciplines and sectors to tackle challenges
        - Horizontal issues such as sustainability, climate, gender are
          intrinsic to all projects
        - Low Carbon (LC), Circular Economy (CE) and Digital
          Transformation (DT) issues may also need to be addressed
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From functional ecosystems to healthy food

         Ecosystems services for crop and animal production, pest and
         disease control, nutrient cycling, soil fertility and productivity.

             Interconnection between modes of food production,
            ecosystem functions, food quality and consumer health.

                Diversity to increase resilience of food systems.

          Better use of plant, animal and microbial genetic resources.

          Understand how biodiversity underpins processes across the
                               “bioeconomy”

Environment and climate-smart food production
and consumption

          Low GHG emission agriculture, fisheries and food industries.

         Strategies and tools to cope with variable / extreme weather,
           changing environmental conditions and emerging threats.

           Stewardship and use of natural resources on land and sea
                and other inputs throughout food production.

          Optimise resource use and reduce environmental footprints
                      across the whole food value chain.

Building capacities

       Address fundamental research needs and harmonise data, methods or
                                infrastructures.
       Test new approaches / develop new models for business creation and
                              societal engagement.

          Knowledge and resources to support deployment of research       .

      Targeted international cooperation
         Activities are of global concern and require significant international
                   cooperation, exchanges and sharing of resources.
        EU-Africa Partnership on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable
                                Agriculture (FNSSA)

                           EU-China FAB Flagship initiative.

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From functional ecosystems to healthy food

       SFS-01-2018-2019-2020: Biodiversity in action: across farmland and
       the value chain
       - B. [2019] Capitalising on native biodiversity in farmland landscape (RIA) €8m
       SFS-04-2019-2020: Integrated health approaches and alternatives to
       pesticide use
       - A. [2019]: Integration of plant protection in a global health approach (€15m -
         RIA)
       SFS-05-2018-2019-2020: New and emerging risks to plant health (RIA)
       €7m
       SFS-08-2018-2019: Improving animal welfare
       - B. [2019] Precision livestock farming (IA) €6m
       SFS-11-2018-2019: Anti-microbials and animal production
       - B. [2019] Alternatives to anti-microbials (IA) €6m
       SFS-12-2019: A vaccine against African swine fever (IA) €10m
       LC-SFS-17-2019: Alternative proteins for food and feed (IA) €8m

Environment and climate-smart food production
and consumption

LC-SFS-19-2018-2019: Climate-smart and resilient farming
- B. [2019] Efficiency and resilience of mixed farming and agroforestry systems (RIA) €7m
SFS-23-2019: Integrated water management in small agricultural catchments (RIA) € 7m
CE-SFS-24-2019: Innovative and citizen-driven food system approaches in cities (IA) €7.5m
DT-SFS-26-2019: Food Cloud demonstrators (IA) €10m
SFS-28-2018-2019-2020: Genetic resources and pre-breeding communities
- B. [2019]: Adding value to plant GenRes (RIA) €7m
SFS-30-2018-2019-2020: Agri-Aqua Labs
- B. [2019]: Looking behind plant adaptation (RIA) €5m

Targeted international cooperation

EU-Africa Partnership on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA) – African
partners required!
LC-SFS-34-2019: Food Systems Africa - €7m RIA
SFS-35-2019-2020: Sustainable Intensification in Africa -
- [2019]: African Farming Systems, sustainable intensification pathways (RIA)€7.5
- [2019]: Soil system for Africa (RIA) €5m
EU-China FAB Flagship initiative Chinese partners required!*
SFS-37-2019: Integrated approaches to food safety controls across the food chain (€4m – RIA)
CE-SFS-39-2019: High-quality organic fertilisers from biogas digestate (€5m – IA)

* Additional deadlines and applications for Chinese partners.

Ian Holmes
Bioeconomy NCP

       H2020 Blue Growth,
       RUR and Top Tips

Blue Growth                                 ICT for Big
                                               Data

                     Logistics
                       and                                         Sensors
                    transport

                                                                                 Space/
         Marine
                                                                               Satellite for
         vessels
                                                                               observation

            Aerospace
                for
                                                                             Biotech
           observation
              / UAV

                                  Social                  Human
                                 Sciences                 Health

Blue Growth

i) Improve our knowledge about the impact of climate change on marine ecosystems in order to
manage their response, mitigation and resilience;
ii) Preserve and sustainably exploit marine and coastal ecosystems, to deliver improved nutrition and
health;
iii) De-risk major investments and boost blue innovations on land and sea to develop bio-based
marine value chains and open up new markets;
iv) Develop smart and connected territories between land and sea;
v) Strengthen international research and innovation cooperation around seas and oceans, to
promote a globally sustainable blue economy.

Blue Growth

       DT-BG-04-2018-2019: Sustainable European aquaculture 4.0: nutrition
       and breeding €6m IA
       BG-05-2019: Multi-use of the marine space, offshore and near-shore:
       pilot demonstrators €9m IA
       CE-BG-06-2019: Sustainable solutions for bio-based plastics on land and
       sea €9m
       BG-07-2019-2020: The Future of Seas and Oceans Flagship Initiative
       - [A] 2019 - Blue Cloud services €6m
       - [B] 2019 - Observations and forecasting €12m
       BG-08-2018-2019: All Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance Flagship
       - [B] 2018-2019- Assessing the status of Atlantic marine ecosystems €9m RIA
       - [C] 2018-2019- New value chains for aquaculture production. €8m RIA
       LC-BG-09-2019: Coordination of marine and maritime research and
       innovation in the Black Sea- €2m CSA

Rural Renaissance

Rural areas will become smarter, greener, more circular and better connected

The RUR call aims to:

              Develop synergies between the economic sectors of rural areas

             Boost the sustainable development of food and non-food chains

                        Develop the circular economy in rural areas

                        Digitisation as an enabler of rural economies

Rural Renaissance
                                   Social
                                  Sciences

                   E-commerce                    Modelling

           Logistics
                                                              Precision
             and
                                                             agriculture
          transport

                       Policy
                                                 Logistics
                       makers

                                    Digital
                                Infrastructure

Rural Renaissance

       RUR-01-2018-2019: Building modern rural policies on long-term visions
       and societal engagement
       - C. [2019] Building resilient mountain value chains delivering private and public
         goods (RIA) €6m
       RUR-04-2018-2019: Analytical tools and models to support policies
       related to agriculture and food
       - [2019] Modelling international trade in agri-food products (RIA) - €5m RIA
       CE-RUR-08-2018-2019-2020: Closing nutrient cycles
       - B.[2019] Bio-based fertilisers from animal manure (IA) €8m
       CE-RUR-10-2019: Circular bio-based business models for rural
       communities - €10m IA

Rural Renaissance

LC-RUR-11-2019-2020: Sustainable wood value chains -
- A. [2019] Building with wood - €10m IA
RUR-15-2018-2019-2020: Thematic networks compiling knowledge ready for practice -€2m CSA
RUR-16-2019: Fuelling the potential of advisors for innovation - €2m CSA
RUR-17-2019: Reinforcing the EU agricultural knowledge base - €2.5m CSA

How to read the calls

       - Call Title
           •This is the problem to be addressed
       - Specific challenge
           •This explains the reason for the challenge
       - Scope
           •This provides some insights to possible approaches / solutions
           •It is not very prescriptive
           •Look for acronyms, legislation, specific countries, other EC initiatives
           •It will indicate the expected size of the project e.g. Euro 3 million
           • Multi-Actor approach
       - Expected impact:
           •This is what the project must deliver
           •Justify how your approach is the best way to achieve these impacts
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LC-SFS-17-2019: Alternative proteins for food and
feed

Specific Challenge:
- While facing climate change and natural resource scarcity, ensuring sufficient, nutritious, safe and
  affordable food to a fast growing world population with changing dietary habits becomes
  increasingly challenging.
- The protein supply is in this respect most critical, both for human consumption and animal feed.
- Integration of a variety of new or alternative protein sources from both terrestrial and aquatic
  origin into new and/or existing processes or products needs to be explored, in order to develop
  and ensure more sustainable, resilient supply chains, featuring high consumer acceptability by a
  clean labelling approach and attractive market opportunities.

Scope

        - identify and assess new or alternative protein sources for food and/or feed and develop/validate
          efficient production and processing approaches to convert/integrate them into high quality, safe,
          healthy, and sustainable products or ingredients.
        - focus on the characterisation of nutritional values, functional and sensory properties of new and
          alternative proteins, as well as on the deepening of the understanding of protein-protein
          interactions for knowledge-based (re)formulations of protein blends that partly or fully could
          substitute traditional sources.
        - include one or more of the following sources,
             -  for food: plant-based proteins, micro-organisms, terrestrial non-chordate phyla, algae and
               plankton or sources not deploying natural resources;
             - for animal feed: algae, insects and other terrestrial non-chordate phyla, micro-organisms, plankton
               and or other sources whose production is not in competition with food production.
        - Synergies in applications for both food and feed are encouraged, in particular for logistical and
          safety aspects of production and processing, as well as value chains.
        - Activities shall comprise testing, demonstrating and/or piloting in a (near to) operational
          environment, as well as experimental production, with a view to commercialisation.
        The Commission considers that proposals of EUR 8 million would allow this specific challenge to be
        addressed. This does not preclude selection of proposals requesting other amounts.

Expected Impact

       In the framework of SDG no 2, 9, 12, 13 and 15, The EU's Bioeconomy Strategy
       2012 and the Food 2030 SWD, proposals should explain how the activities
       included will contribute to:
       In the short run,
       - Far-reaching progress in providing, processing and production of high
          quality proteins for food and/or feed from terrestrial and/or aquatic origin,
          moving available solutions from TRL 5 to TRL 6;
       - New market opportunities for novel products, exclusively or partly derived
          from non-traditional proteins;
       - Future-proofed protein supply chains based on the principles of diversity,
          sustainability and resilience;
       - Increased trust and consumer acceptability for alternative protein sources
          and processes.

       In the longer run, a sustainable food sector that significantly reduced its
       footprint in terms of land use, greenhouse gas emissions, energy, water and
       other relevant indicators.
       - Type of Action: Innovation action

Stage 1 Application

Only 10 pages to cover;
1.Excellence
   1.1 Objectives
   1.2 Relation to the work programme
   1.3 Concept and methodology
   1.4 Ambition
2.Impact
   2.1 Expected impacts

1.        Excellence
Your proposal must address a work programme topic for this call for proposals.

     This section of your proposal will be assessed only to the extent that it is relevant to that topic.

1.1       Objectives

             Describe the overall and specific objectives for the project1, which should be clear,
              measurable, realistic and achievable within the duration of the project. Objectives should
              be consistent with the expected exploitation and impact of the project (see section 2).

1.2       Relation to the work programme

             Indicate the work programme topic to which your proposal relates, and explain how your
              proposal addresses the specific challenge and scope of that topic, as set out in the work
              programme.

1.3       Concept and methodology
          (a) Concept

             Describe and explain the overall concept underpinning the project. Describe the main
              ideas, models or assumptions involved. Identify any inter-disciplinary considerations and,
              where relevant, use of stakeholder knowledge. Where relevant, include measures taken
              for public/societal engagement on issues related to the project.

             Describe the positioning of the project e.g. where it is situated in the spectrum from ‘idea
              to application’, or from ‘lab to market’. Refer to Technology Readiness Levels where
              relevant. (See General Annex G of the work programme);

             Describe any national or international research and innovation activities which will be
              linked with the project, especially where the outputs from these will feed into the project;
          (b) Methodology

             Describe and explain the overall methodology, distinguishing, as appropriate, activities
              indicated in the relevant section of the work programme, e.g. for research, demonstration,
              piloting, first market replication, etc;

             Where relevant, describe how the gender dimension, i.e. sex and/or gender analysis is
              taken into account in the project’s content.
             Please note that this question does not refer to gender balance in the teams in charge of carrying
          out the project but to the content of the planned research and innovation activities . Sex and gender
          analysis refers to biological characteristics and social/cultural factors respectively. For guidance on
          methods of sex / gender analysis and the issues to be taken into account, please refer to
          http://ec.europa.eu/research/swafs/gendered-innovations/index_en.cfm?pg=home

1.4   Ambition

         Describe the advance your proposal would provide beyond the state-of-the-art, and the
          extent the proposed work is ambitious.

         Describe the innovation potential (e.g. ground-breaking objectives, novel concepts and
          approaches, new products, services or business and organisational models) which the
          proposal represents. Where relevant, refer to products and services already available on
          the market. Please refer to the results of any patent search carried out.

2.    Impact
2.1   Expected impacts
        Please be specific, and provide only information that applies to the proposal and its objectives.
      Wherever possible, use quantified indicators and targets.

          Describe how your project will contribute to each of the expected impacts mentioned in
          the work programme, under the relevant topic.
                  The same amount of marks as all 4 of the excellence headers!

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First stage proposals:

- The minimum font size is 11 points.
- Page limit for first stage proposal is 10 pages.
- Page limit is applied automatically; remove the instruction page before
  submitting.
- If you upload a proposal exceeding the limit, before the deadline you get a
  warning.
- After the deadline, excess pages are invisible!
- Keep your text concise

Useful Tips

•    No guide for applicants, instructions are in the forms
    • Read the forms
    • Answer the questions
    • Stick to the page limit
• First impression count
    • Choose a catchy title
    • Make it engaging /interesting from the Start
    • Use clear, legible diagrams
    • Use your NCP /or impartial colleagues to read it

Lessons learnt so far

     • TRL –
          - Right level
          - Right place,
          - Correct terminology
     •   Involvement of future end-users
     •   Clear exploitation approach
     •   Don’t “shoe horn” it in where it doesn’t fit.
     •   Real market information needed
     •   Real Impact to be demonstrated

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Ian Holmes
H2020 Bioeconomy National Contact Point
NCP-Food-Bio-Marine@innovateuk.gov.uk
Twitter - @UKH2020_Sustain