1. Circular Economy in Horizon 2020
Marco Falzetti – APRE Director

2. Overview of the presentation
Circular Economy in Horizon 2020 – overview
APRE’s activities - overview
APRE as NCP Host Institution
APRE support for the applicants
NCPs CaRE: Partner Search, News and Workshop

3. Circual Economy Concept
Explanation of the rule of the cic. Economy – it involves co-design, co-creation, not only recycling (which can be considered a the lat step but nnot the main step)

4. Circular Economy in Horizon 2020
Excellent science
European Research Council
Future and Emerging Technologies
Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
European Research Infrastructures, including e-Infrastructures
Industrial leadership
Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies
Information and Communication Technologies
Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology
Space
Access to risk finance
Innovation in SMEs
The SME Instrument
The Eurostars programme
Societal challenges
Health, demographic change and wellbeing
Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Secure, clean and efficient energy
Smart, green and integrated transport
Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials
Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective societies
Secure societies - protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens.
ICT – co-creation of products
Fast Track to Innovation Pilot ( )
Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation
Science with and for Society
European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
Euratom
28/06/2016

5. 25 years of experience WHAT IS APRE?
Italian non-profit research organisation (PRIVATE)
created as a “Task Force” of the Ministry of Education, University and Research
MISSION
Promoting and supporting Italian participation to the EU Research and Innovation programmes (R&I)
Improve the “Quality” of the Italian participation in European programmes for R&I.
On behalf of the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR), APRE aims at providing infomation, support and assistance on the participation in the European programs of research and Innovation to publlic and private entities, as well as individuals.
Hosts the National Contact Point (NCP) network.
The final aim of the experience is to increase the access of national (Italian) entities to European R&D funds through increasing their participation to European-funded projects.
This aim is pursued through different support activities, described below.

6. APRE‘s services Information and Awareness Raising
Advising and Assisting
INFORMATION
Conferences
News Alert
Website (
Publications
- Public info-days on European programmes and existing opportunities. APRE, in collaboration with European and Italian representative of the institutions, illustrates and explains call contents and priorities, EU research policies, opportunities for researchers international career opportunities and training, etc.
- Brokerage events. APRE organizes a number of thematic brokerage events at the national and regional level (through its regional branches). These events are normally organised within and through the framework of the EU Coordination and Support actions APRE is partner with. Many of these projects are NCP networks.
- Setup of specific information and communication systems, notably public newsletters, and weekly dedicated news for APRE’s associated members in order to reach-out to a widespread constituency.
- Publication of monographic dossier focused on specific aspects of European R&D funding programmes, written by researchers and sector experts.
TRAINING (including webinars)
European R&I programmes
How to be a good external evaluator of EC
How to write a successful proposal
How to be a good coordinator
How to disseminate research results
Administrative and Legal Aspects
ASSISTANCE
Assistance
prior to the beginning of the project and
… after
Identification of research topics
Eligibility check of the proposal
Revision of proposals
Assistance in the use of SEP System
Partner search service
Signposting and Feedback
Training

7. APRE as NCP Host Institution
Explanation what NCP is (its role and main objectives, etc.)
NCP tasks:
Informing, awareness raising
Advising and assisting
Training
Signposting and Feedback
Source: “Guiding principles for setting up systems of National Contact Points (NCP systems) for the Seventh EU Framework Programme on Research and Technological Development (FP7)”, EC

8. Identikit of NCPs in APRE
Italy has 26 registered NCPs by the Commission.
Full time job
Most areas have 2 or 3 NCPs assigned
Knowledge in EU/international Policies and EU Research and Innovation Policies
years old
Skills: Project Management, project drafting, trainer skills, public speaking, law background economic background, socio economic and business skills;
A few Key expertise in Engineering, and life sciences

9. How APRE supports applicants in circular economy
Support to consolidate the idea
Support to indetify the right call
Partner search support
Indication of relevant documentation and policy
considerations to be taken into account
Pre-evalutation (pre screening)

10. Stakeholder integration
Co-design & Co-creation
Responsible Research and Innovation
Societal actors work together to align research and results with the values, needs and expectations of society.
Public engagement
Iterative/participatory multi-actor dialogues to co-create research and innovation outcomes and policy agendas.
Trans-disciplinarity
Methodologies that integrate scientific disciplines, and non-academic and non-formalized knowledge.
Stakeholder integration is an important element of call topics running throughout the work programme and co-creation of knowledge and co-delivery of outcomes with economic, industrial and research actors, public authorities and/or civil society is key for systemic innovation.
Although it depends on the nature of the call topic and project, stakeholders should generally be integrated in a participatory approach rather than one-way consultation.
A truly co-create project means stakeholders should be involved from the conception of the idea/proposal to steer the agenda and get a good understanding of the needs of users
There are three components relevant to Co-design and co-creation:
The cross-cutting objective in H2020 of RRI - Responsible Research and Innovation means that societal actors work together during the whole research and innovation process in order to better align both the process and its outcomes, with the values, needs and expectations of European society. That means public engagement and a sustained two-way dialogue between science and civil society.
Public engagement implies the establishment of iterative and participatory multi-actor dialogues to foster mutual understanding and co-create research and innovation outcomes and policy agendas. It is about bringing on board researchers, policy makers, industry and civil society organisations and NGO, and citizens, to deliberate on matters of science and technology. PE also creates the space for ethical value-laden issues to be explored, while bringing inclusiveness, transparency, diversity, and creativity into the R&I process.
A transdisciplinary perspective is necessary for systemic innovation integrating technology, business models and economic organisation, finance, governance and regulation as well as skills and social innovation.

11. NCPs CaRE Partner search tool
News (including articles and fact sheets about circular economy and related events)
Workshop for SME’s on ‘How to write a good proposal’
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