1. Horizon Europe Missions #HorizonEU Renzo Tomellini
Horizon Europe
Missions
#HorizonEU
Renzo Tomellini
- Head of Unit “Horizon Strategic Planning and Programming (Co-creation and Co-design)”
- acting Head of Unit “Missions and Partnerships”
This presentation is based on the Commission Proposal for Horizon Europe, the common understanding between the co-legislators and the Partial General Approach. It does represent an engagement on behalf of the European Commission. Please refer to official documents.
Research and Innovation

2. Missions Horizon Europe: Preliminary structure Pillar 2 Pillar 1
Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Reforming and Enhancing the European R&I system
Widening participation and spreading excellence
Pillar 1
Excellent Science
European Research Council
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Research Infrastructures
Pillar 3
Innovative Europe
European Innovation Council
European innovation
ecosystems
European Institute of Innovation and Technology
Pillar 2
Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Health
Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society
Civil Security for Society
Digital, Industry and Space
Climate, Energy and Mobility
Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Joint Research Centre
Clusters
Missions

3. Commission proposal for budget: €100 billion* (2021-2027)
* This envelope includes EUR 3.5 billion allocated under the InvestEU Fund.

4. R&I Missions are… Portfolios of actions across disciplines
intended to achieve a bold, inspirational and measurable goal within a set timeframe
with impact for society and policy making as well as relevance for a significant part of the European population and wide range of European citizens.

5. Mission-oriented research and innovation
Lamy Report (2012)
Mission-oriented research and innovation
Key recommendations:
Build a true EU innovation policy that creates future markets
Design the EU R&I programme for greater impact
Adopt a mission-oriented, impact-focused approach to address global challenges
Privilege impact over process
Mobilise and involve citizens
Align EU, national and private R&I investments
Capture and better communicate impact

6. R&I Missions should… 1st Mazzucato Report (2018)
Be bold and inspirational, with wide societal relevance;
Indicate a clear direction: targeted, measurable and time-bound;
Be ambitious but realistic research and innovation actions;
Spark innovation across disciplines, sectors and actors;
Drive multiple, bottom-up solutions.
100 Carbon Neutral Cities by 2030
A plastic-free ocean
Decreasing the burden of dementia

7. Implementation of R&I Missions
2nd Mazzucato Report (2019)
Implementation of R&I Missions
Key recommendations:
Engage citizens in co-designing, co-creating, co-implementing and co-assessing missions
Innovation in public sector capabilities
Mission-oriented finance and funding to leverage and crowd-in other forms of finance

8. Adaptation to climate change, including societal transformation
Healthy oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters
5 Mission areas
Cancer
Soil health and food
Climate-neutral and smart cities

9. Mission Boards Need for independence + broad expertise
Engaging with MS – e.g. via link with ad hoc group of the PC
Commission supervision
Advisory roles in
Defining specific missions (from areas) and objectives – these to be endorsed by Members States via Programme Committee
Drafting mission portfolio calls and topics in WP – to be endorsed by Members States via Programme Committee
Selection of evaluation experts, evaluation briefing and portfolio of projects selected (not evaluating proposals)
Reporting on progress to PC
Monitoring, steering and portfolio adjustments
Role in communication

10. Chairs of the Mission Boards
Adaptation to Climate Change including Societal Transformation:
Ms Connie Hedegaard
Cancer:
Prof Harald zur Hausen
Healthy Oceans, Seas, Coastal and inland Waters: Mr Pascal Lamy
Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities: Ms Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz
Soil health and Food:
Mr Cees Veerman

11. Steps towards the first Horizon Europe Strategic Plan and then the missions in the Work Programme
Early involvement and exchanges with Member States, consultation with stakeholders and the public at large. Co-design via web-consultation (close on 8 September) and at the Research & Innovation Days 24 – 26 September. Establishment of Mission Boards
Summer
2019
Autumn-winter 2019/2020
Extensive exchanges with the new European Parliament. Establishment of new Commission. Drafting the Strategic Plan including identification of missions by proposal of the Mission Boards
2020
Drafting of first Horizon Europe Work Programme on the basis of the Strategic Plan including the calls of the missions
2021
Start of Horizon Europe including the calls of the missions, as appropriate

12. Obrigado !
Research and innovation days, 24 – 26 September 2019