TCBL Post-Grant Funding Opportunities

TCBL HANDBOOKS

TCBL POST-GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Elisa Pautasso Michele Osella Co-funded by Horizon 2020

ANNEX II TO TCBL D 7.3 - 31 MARCH 2019

INTRODUCTION TCBL project includes – as part of WP7 activities – task 7.2, titled ‘Policy Environment’, which aims to analyse the policy background affecting the T&C sector, to provide actionable insights for TCBL Associate enterprises and, more in general, for T&C companies interested in following the TCBL approach. To this end, during the first two years of the project two documents1 were released, analysing relevant policy initiatives and distilling practical insights for T&C companies.

As the end of the project is coming, during the fourth year (Y4) the policy activities are focusing on the post-grant phase (Figure 1). In particular, the objective of this handbook is to shed light on possible funding opportunities for the forthcoming for-profit (LTD) and not-for-profit (NGO) TCBL bodies that are going to be generated after the end of Y4 and for any Associate enterprise being part of the TCBL ecosystem.

More in detail, this handbook focuses on two time spans: a) the two-year period 2019-2020, for which concrete funding opportunities in Europe have been found, in the background of Horizon 2020 and INTERREG programmes; b) the period after the year 2020, for which the Horizon Europe programme is discussed, even if more detailed information on it are still to be published by the European Commission.

Figure 1 – TCBL post-grant funding opportunities analysis

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https://tcbl.eu/sites/tcbl.eu/files/u4/thetcblpolicyenvironment.pdf in Y1; http://www.ismb.it/sites/default/files/Documenti/Research_Docs/TCBL_policy_handbook.pdf in Y2

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HORIZON 2020 Horizon 2020 is the big EU Research and Innovation programme running between 2014 and 2020. Merging together research and innovation, Horizon 2020 focuses on excellent science, industrial leadership and tackling societal challenges with the ultimate goal of producing science, removing barriers to innovation and making it easier for the public and private sectors to work together in delivering innovation.

The programme is structured in eight main work programmes (WP) and comprises many thematic sections: each of them describes the overall objectives, the respective calls for proposals, and the topics within each call. Figure 3 schematises its structure2 and proposes for the years 2019 and 2020 the most significant calls for proposals taking into consideration the TCBL values. The selection has been made according to the following criteria (Figure 2): 1. Accordance to the five policy trends identified in “TCBL policy environment (Y2 update)� handbook3: social innovation, smart specialization, industry 4.0, circular economy, collaboration.

2. Presence of specific reference to textile / fashion / creative industry.

3. Calls addressed to organisations dealing with specific textile materials relevant for TCBL (e.g., recycled, bio-based) or technologies (e.g., additive manufacturing).

More precisely, the selected calls for proposals can be grouped into three clusters: 1. Yearly detailed calls (in yellow): 2019-2020 calls with details about topics, budget and deadlines.

2. No detailed calls (in green): 2020 calls for which only the title is currently available.

3. Recurring calls (in pink): EIC pilot calls (i.e., SME instruments and Fast Track to Innovation), which do not contain yearly specific topics but are recurring (e.g., three or four cut-off dates each year).

Figure 2 – Methodology used for H2020 analysis

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https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/h2020-sections

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http://www.ismb.it/sites/default/files/Documenti/Research_Docs/TCBL_policy_handbook.pdf

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WORK PROGRAMME PART

Year 2019

Year 2020

European Research Council (ERC) Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions Research Infrastructures

LEGEND: Yearly detailed calls No detailed calls Recurring calls

Industrial Leadership Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies Information and Communication Technologies

ICT-08-2019 ICT-24-2018-2019 DT-ICT-07-2018-2019 ICT-38-2020 ICT-39-2020

Nanotechnologies Advanced materials Biotechnology Advanced manufacturing and processing

DT-FOF-05-2019 DT-FOF-08-2019 DT-FOF-12-2019 DT-SPIRE-06-2019

Space Access to risk finance Innovation in SMEs

INNOSUP-01-2018-2020 INNOSUP-04-2019

Societal Challenges Health, demographic change and wellbeing Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, CE-RUR-10-2019 marine and maritime and inland water research and the RUR-05-2020 Secure, clean and efficient energy Smart, green and integrated transport Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials

CE-SC5-07-2018-2019-2020 CE-SC5-08-2018-2019-2020

Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective societies Secure societies - protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens Spreading excellence and widening participation Science with and for Society European Innovation Council (EIC) Pilot SME Instrument Fast Track to Innovation Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Open Horizon Prizes The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Euratom Research and Training Programme 2014-2018

TRANSFORMATIONS-17-2019

SwafS-14-2018-2019 SwafS-15-2018-2019

SwafS-14-2020 SwafS-15-2020

SME Instrument 2019 - 2020 FTI 2019 - 2020

Figure 3 – H2020 structure and selected calls for TCBL after the grant period (Source: EC website4)

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See footnote 2.

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YEARLY DETAILED H2020 CALLS (2019-2020) The first group of funding opportunities that is going to be discussed focuses on fifteen calls (Table 1) foreseen for years 2019 and 2020, for which information is currently available on the European Commission web site. More specifically, more than half of them belong to the “innovation leadership” work programme, four are part of the “societal challenges” WP and, finally, the last two are associated to the “science with and for society” WP. The links to the selected calls are provided in the Appendix (Table 11).

Call identifier

1

ICT-08-2019

2

ICT-24-20182019

Next Generation Internet - An Open Internet Initiative

DT-ICT-072018-2019 DT-FOF-052019 DT-FOF-082019 DT-FOF-122019 DT-SPIRE06-2019 INNOSUP-012018-2020 INNOSUP-042019

Digital Manufacturing Platforms for Connected Smart Factories Open Innovation for collaborative production engineering

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Topic Security and resilience for collaborative manufacturing environments

WP

SOCIETAL CHALLENGES

ID

ID

Call identifier

10

CE-RUR-10-2019

11

CE-SC5-07-20182019-2020

12 13

CE-SC5-08-20182019-2020 TRANSFORMATIONS17-2019

Topic Circular bio-based business models for rural communities Raw materials innovation for the circular economy: sustainable processing, reuse, recycling and recovery schemes Raw materials policy support actions for the circular economy Societal challenges and the arts

Pilot lines for modular factories (IA 50%) Handling systems for flexible materials Digital technologies for improved performance in cognitive production plants Cluster facilitated projects for new industrial value chains

SwafS

INNOVATION LEADERSHIP

WP

14

SwafS-14-2018-2019

Supporting the development of territorial Responsible Research and Innovation

15

SwafS-15-2018-2019

Exploring and supporting citizen science

Workplace innovation uptake by SMEs Table 1 – List of selected H2020 calls (yearly detailed)

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Table 2 analyses each of the selected calls providing details extracted from the text of the calls: description, type5, deadline, budget, and contribution request.

Moreover, the table adds some qualitative evaluations made by ISMB analysts in order to understand the alignment of the call with the TCBL principles, namely the “keywords” and “relevance for post-grant TCBL organisation” columns. Keywords have been conceived referring to the three selection criteria listed above, while the “relevance for post-grant TCBL organisation” takes in consideration: -

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The different subjects that could be interested in finding new funding opportunities, inspired by the TCBL approach, which are: o The TCBL NGO; o The TCBL LTD; o TCBL Associate enterprises.

The level of interest in the call of the three previously mentioned subjects. It is defined according to the following scale: o Null: the subject could not be interested in participating to the call; o Medium: the subject could be interested in participating in the call as Consortium partner; o High: the subject could be interested in participating in the call as Consortium coordinator.

Call identifier

Short description concepts)

(core

1

ICT-08-2019

2

ICT-242018-2019

Develop tools and services that guarantee an adequate level of data security for digital collaboration between manufacturing environments and value chains.

Support to the cultural and creative industries and its media sector.

Support of the industry 4.0 revolution and the digitization of industry.

Type

Deadline

Budget (M€)

Contribution request (M€)

Keywords

Relevance for organisation NGO

post-grant

LTD

TCBL

Associates

RIA

28/03/2019

11

4-5

collaboration; value chain; industry 4.0 / manufacturing

medium

high

null

RIA

28/03/2019

21,5

7

collaboration; social innovation; industry 4.0 / manufacturing; focus on creative industry

medium

medium

null

RIA = Research and Innovation Action; IA = Innovation Action; CSA = Coordination and Support Action.

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Call identifier

Short description concepts)

(core

Type

Deadline

Budget (M€)

Contribution request (M€)

Keywords

Relevance for organisation NGO

post-grant

LTD

TCBL

Associates

Competitiveness of European industry.

3

DT-ICT-072018-2019

Sustainable Value Networks: manufacturing in a circular economy (2019 call)

IA

02/04/2019

45

16

4

DT-FOF-052019

IA

21/02/2019

106,6 * * for DTFOF: 05-2019; 06-2019; 08-2019; 12-2019

4-6

5

DT-FOF-082019

Cover consumer-goods sectors and couple design, creativity and knowledge with a customer-driven production.

Co-creation of products in both ends of the value chain represents customer involvement in the production.

Enable efficient production of small series tailored to customer demands.

Development of a range of production modules covering several disciplines such as […] and additive manufacturing technologies.

Integration of comprehensive production management systems, including real-time process control in a reconfigurable line.

IA

21/02/2019

12 - 15

value chain; circular economy; industry 4.0 / manufacturing collaboration; value chain; social innovation; industry 4.0 / manufacturing; focus on creative industry

high

high

null

high

high

medium

process innovation; industry 4.0 / manufacturing

null

medium

medium (for Associates dealing with additive manufacturing)

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Call identifier

Short description concepts)

(core

6

DT-FOF-122019

7

DT-SPIRE06-2019

8

INNOSUP01-20182020

Automate production processes involving soft and flexible materials.

Proposal areas: - Innovative technologies for the handling of the soft and flexible materials such as gripping, moving, positioning, sorting, joining etc.

- System solutions that can manage all product and material related data.

Develop new technologies to realise cognitive production plants, with improved efficiency and sustainability, by use of smart and networked sensor technologies, intelligent handling and online evaluation of various forms of data streams as well as new methods for selforganizing processes and process chains Cross sectorial collaboration, value chains, development of emerging industries.

Cross-border and crosssectoral collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship across different regions

Type

Deadline

RIA

21/02/2019

IA

22/02/2019

IA

2 stages: 03/04/2019; 12/09/2019

Budget (Mâ‚Ź)

Contribution request (Mâ‚Ź)

Keywords

Relevance for organisation NGO

post-grant

LTD

TCBL

Associates

6-8

process innovation; industry 4.0 / manufacturing; focus on specific materials

medium

medium

medium (for Associates dealing with call-specific materials)

32,9

6-8

industry 4.0 / manufacturing

medium

medium

null

22,85

2,5 - 5

collaboration; value chain; industry 4.0 / manufacturing; smart specialization / territory

high

high

null

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Call identifier

Short description concepts)

(core

9

INNOSUP04-2019

10

CE-RUR-102019

11

CE-SC5-072018-20192020

Uptake of workplace innovation by SMEs. Creation of interregional networks gathering national or regional innovation support agencies.

Consider a variety of additional bio-based processes and end products that could be integrated into the system, and that are viable on a small scale (farm to rural community level).Proposals can target any combination of nonfood bio-based outputs.

Proposals shall fall under the concept of the 'multi-actor approach', ensuring solid collaboration between relevant actors Develop and demonstrate innovative pilots for the clean and sustainable production of non-energy, nonagricultural raw materials in the EU from primary and/or secondary sources Facilitation of the market uptake of solutions developed through industrially and user-driven multidisciplinary consortia.

Type

Deadline

Budget (Mâ‚Ź)

Contribution request (Mâ‚Ź)

Keywords

Relevance for organisation NGO

post-grant

LTD

TCBL

Associates

CSA

19/01/2019

1,5

0,3

process innovation; smart specialization / territory

medium

null

null

IA

23/01/2019

20

10

collaboration; focus on environment; focus on specific materials

medium

null

medium (for Associates dealing with call-specific materials)

IA (2 stages)

19/02/2019; 04/09/2019

30

8 - 13

value chain; circular economy; focus on environment; focus on specific materials

medium

medium

medium (for Associates dealing with call-specific materials)

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Call identifier

12

CE-SC5-082018-20192020

13

TRANSFOR MATIONS17-2019

14

SwafS-142018-2019

Short description concepts)

(core

Application of a circular economy approach throughout the entire value chain.

Responsible sourcing of raw materials in global value chains (2019): Creation of a global business and stakeholder platform for exchange of information and the promotion of responsible sourcing and responsible business conduct involving a network of key international experts and stakeholders.

Identify and study artistic productions that have generated new thinking, engagement and possibly action in relation to contemporary societal challenges as experienced in Europe. Consider the role of local, regional and national identities and traditions, of global and European intellectual trends, and of social movements in shaping artistic representations. * Arts include also craft and creativity Map Consortia current territorial R&I ecosystem, taking into account and

Type

Deadline

Budget (Mâ‚Ź)

Contribution request (Mâ‚Ź)

Keywords

Relevance for organisation NGO

post-grant

LTD

TCBL

Associates

CSA

19/02/2019

3

3

collaboration; value chain; focus on specific materials

medium

null

null

RIA

19/03/2019

9

3

territory / smart specialization; focus on environment; focus on creative industry

high

medium

medium

CSA

02/04/2019

9,5

2

social innovation; territory / smart

high

null

null

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#

15

Call identifier

SwafS-152018-2019

Short description concepts)

(core

complementing existing mapping exercises such as the Smart Specialisation Platform, the European Cluster Observatory, and the Regional Innovation Scoreboard.

Reflect on how the system could be more open and inclusive.

Consider Consortia place within larger societal, geographical, economic and environmental framework.

Support hands-on citizen science activities. Focus on one particular area of scientific enquiry or tackle several, though transdisciplinary approaches should be favoured.

Results: development of new knowledge, new technologies, or new means of using existing technological or social innovations better.

Type

Deadline

Budget (M€)

Contribution request (M€)

Keywords

Relevance for organisation NGO

post-grant

LTD

TCBL

Associates

specialization; focus on environment

RIA

02/04/2019

10

2

social innovation

medium

medium

null

Table 2 – Characteristics of the selected H2020 calls (yearly detailed)

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Table 2 allows not only to have a snapshot of each call, but also to compare them according to specific features.

First of all, Table 2 points out that the interest of Associate enterprises in the selected calls is no higher than “medium”. In fact, considering their small size and their business orientation, they are not likely to coordinate a project as it would require an excessive effort if compared with their limited resources.

Moreover, neither the Associates nor the LTD is fit with CSA calls. As a matter of fact, the objectives of a CSA are too much misaligned with the business commitment of for-profit organisations, while they could be better in line with the objectives of a NGO. Finally, through the evaluation of the scores obtained in the last three columns (“relevance”) of the table, the selected calls have been ranked (Table 4): as a result, four clusters have been identified by grouping calls with similar relevance level (Table 3).

Cluster

Definition

1 (very relevant)

2 “high” relevance levels

2 (relevant)

1 “high” relevance level

3 (quite relevant)

0 “high” relevance levels & ≥ 2 “medium” relevance levels

4 (borderline)

1 “medium” relevance level & 2 “null” relevance levels

Table 3 – H2020 Calls Cluster

Three calls (DT-FOF-05-2019; DT-ICT-07-2018-2019; INNOSUP-01-2018-2020) can be marked as the most relevant: they meet a “high” relevance level for two of the three considered bodies.

Cluster

Topic

Call identifier

Relevance for post-grant TCBL organisation NGO

LTD

Associates

1

Open Innovation for collaborative production engineering

DT-FOF-052019

high

high

medium

1

Digital Manufacturing Platforms for Connected Smart Factories

DT-ICT-072018-2019

high

high

null

1

Cluster facilitated projects for new industrial value chains

INNOSUP-012018-2020

high

high

null

2

Societal challenges and the arts

TRANSFORM ATIONS-172019

high

medium

medium

2

Security and collaborative environments

ICT-08-2019

medium

high

null

2

Supporting the development of territorial Responsible Research and Innovation

SwafS-142018-2019

high

null

null

3

Handling systems for flexible materials

DT-FOF-122019

medium

medium

medium

3

Raw materials innovation for the circular economy: sustainable processing, reuse,

CE-SC5-072018-20192020

medium

medium

medium

resilience for manufacturing

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recycling schemes

and

recovery

3

Next Generation Internet - An Open Internet Initiative

ICT-24-20182019

medium

medium

null

3

Circular bio-based business models for rural communities

CE-RUR-102019

medium

null

medium

3

Pilot lines for modular factories (IA 50%)

DT-FOF-082019

null

medium

medium

3

Digital technologies for improved performance in cognitive production plants

DT-SPIRE-062019

medium

medium

null

3

Exploring and citizen science

SwafS-152018-2019

medium

medium

null

4

Workplace innovation uptake

by SMEs

INNOSUP-042019

medium

null

null

4

Raw materials policy support actions for the circular economy

CE-SC5-082018-20192020

medium

null

null

supporting

Table 4 – Ranking of H2020 selected calls with reference to the relevance for TCBL

Figure 4 provides a brief overview of the calls according to the relevance level for TCBL NGO, LTD and Associates.

Figure 4 – Overview of selected calls according to relevance for TCBL after the grant period (ISMB elaboration)

H2020 CALLS FORESEEN IN 2020 The H2020 work programme for the period 2018-2020 contains also provisional indications for calls for proposals that will run during the last year (2020). However, for these calls, only the 13

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title is currently available. Despite this lack of information, ISMB analysts made a first examination of them by focusing on the titles and found out the following five calls potentially of interest for entities of the TCBL ecosystem (Table 5). Links to the identified calls are specified in the Appendix (Table 12).

Call identifier

Topic

Focus

ICT-38-2020

Artificial intelligence for manufacturing

industry 4.0

ICT-39-2020

Digital advances manufacturing

smart specialization

RUR-05-2020

Connecting consumers and producers in innovative supply chains

value collaboration

SwafS-14-2020

Supporting the development of territorial Responsible Research and Innovation

smart specialization; process innovation

SwafS-15-2020

Exploring and supporting citizen science

social innovation

for

local/urban

chain;

Table 5 – H2020 calls with deadlines in 2020 of potential interest for TCBL

FOCUS ON EIC PILOT The European Innovation Council pilot (EIC pilot) is an initiative born within the H2020 programme that fosters researchers, innovators, start-up and SMEs to develop innovative, highly scalable and marketable ideas different from existing services / products. Looking at the initiative, two main instruments could be appropriate for TCBL in coming years: the SME Instrument and Fast Track to Innovation Action (FTI). They seem to be particularly suitable for for-profit organisations and especially for TCBL Associates. Table 6 compares these two kinds of initiatives. Links to these two initiatives are indicated in the Appendix (Table 13).

SME Instrument

Fast Track to Innovation

Who can participate

For-profit SMEs, including young companies and startups, from any sector

Both for-profit and not-for-profit organisations.

Industry involvement: - either the allocation of at least 60% of the budget to industry participants in the consortium, - or the presence of a minimum number of two industry participants in a consortium of three or four partners, or of three industry participants in a consortium of five partners.

Consortium

At least 3 international partners (all for-profit).

Single partner participation is accepted

3-5 international partners.

Single partner participation is NOT accepted

Budget

552,26 M€ in 2019; 600,99 M€ in 2020

100 M€ in 2019; 100 M€ in 2020

Proposal contribution request Topics

Phase 1: 50.000 €; Phase 2: 0,5-2,5 M€; Phase 3: no grants no specific topics

3 M€ no specific topics

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Deadline Relevance for TCBL NGO Relevance for TCBL LTD Relevance for TCBL Associates

4 cut-off dates in 2019 and 4 cut-off dates in 2020 for phase 1 and phase 2

3 cut-off dates each year

null

medium

medium

medium

high

high

Table 6 – Comparison between SME Instruments and Fast Track to Innovation calls

In contrast to the initiatives described in the previous chapter (yearly specific), the calls for both the SME Instrument and the FTI Pilot are permanently open, meaning that applicants can submit their proposal at a time of their choice.

The FTI Pilot differs from the SME instrument in a number of ways. First, the FTI Pilot does not exclusively target SMEs, while for the SME Instrument the for-profit nature of applicants is an important requirement. This initial hint reveals that FTI could be taken into consideration by the TCBL NGO, the SME instrument is not adequate for this organisation.

Moreover, SME instrument allows single applicants to submit proposals: this could be an advantage for TCBL Associates provided with already developed ideas / services / products, which can try to apply for the financing while relying on their internal resources. On the contrary, it could be an obstacle for the future new-born TCBL LTD that more likely will need the help of other bodies to submit a successful and complete proposal. Consequently, the TCBL LTD is going to be interested to participate as Consortium partner (relevance = “medium”) both in the SME instrument and in the FTI Pilot. This latter opportunity requires consortia of a limited size (i.e., minimum 3 and maximum 5 partners) and aims to deliver an innovation to the market within a period of 36 months.

The third main difference between these two types of initiatives is related to the fact that the FTI Pilot is a one-stage scheme for helping industry-driven consortia to mature and deliver advanced innovation concepts to the market and into society via a grant within a period of 36 months. On the other side, the SME Instrument foresees three phases: from the stage of studying the commercial and technical viability of a well-developed idea to its launch onto the market (which is not fixed in time), through grants and other types of support.

Finally, Figure 5 provides a big picture of EIC pilot initiatives according to the relevance level for TCBL NGO, LTD and Associates analogously to Figure 4.

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Figure 5 – Overview EIC Pilot initiatives according to relevance for TCBL after the grant period (ISMB elaboration)

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INTERREG Interreg is one of the key instruments of the European Union (EU) supporting cooperation across borders through project funding. Its aim is to jointly tackle common challenges and find shared solutions in many fields (e.g., health, environment, research, education, transport, sustainable energy).

It is composed by three types of programmes (Figure 6): Cross border, named Interreg A. It supports cooperation between adjacent NUTS III regions from at least two different Member States. This kind of action focuses on local issues faced by citizens and businesses crossing borders on a daily basis.

Transnational, known as Interreg B. It involves regions from several countries of the EU forming bigger areas where it aims to promote better cooperation and regional development within the Union by a joint approach to tackle common issues. Interreg B supports a wide range of project investment related to innovation, environment, accessibility, telecommunications, urban development etc.

Interregional, known as Interreg C. It comprises four programmes: Interreg Europe, Interact, Urbact and Espon. The interregional programmes are geographically “pan-European” covering vast areas. It builds networks to develop good practice and facilitate the exchange and transfer of experience by successful regions. It showcases what regions do well, to the benefit of those still investing.

Figure 6 – Interreg structure (source: INTERREG website6)

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https://interreg.eu/

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Considering the whole Interreg programme, there are currently twelve open calls for projects7: two within INTERREG B and ten within INTERREG A. A first analysis of their relevance for the previously mentioned TCBL bodies (NGO, LTD, Associates) has been carried out. However, before going into details, it is important to remember that INTERREG programmes are context (region / country) specific: they can be taken into account only after having verified the eligibility on the basis of the geographical area where the organisation resides.

According to ISMB analysts, once the new TCBL organisations – both NGO and LTD – are established, they will be more interested in participating in INTERREG Transnational (B) calls as they are not limited to very restricted regions. Moreover, it goes without saying that INTERREG B calls could attract also the interest of TCBL Associates. Whilst Table 8 maps each of the INTERREG B programmes in relation to specific thematic objectives, Table 7 reports each of the thematic objectives showing the alignment with the TCBL principles. All the links to the INTERREG B programmes are provided in the Appendix (Table 14).

Acronym

Thematic objective

Relevance for TCBL

R&I

Research & innovation

x

ENV

Environment & resource efficiency

x

TRANS

Sustainable transport

PA

Better Public Administration

LCE

Low carbon economy

x

CLIM

Combating climate change

x

COMP

Competitiveness of SMEs

x

EDU

Better education, training

SOC_INC

Social Inclusion

x

EMP

Employment and mobility

x

Table 7 – INTERREG A and B thematic objectives and relevance for TCBL

Interreg ADRION Interreg Alpine Space Interreg Amazonia Interreg Atlantic Area Interreg Balkan – Mediterranean

R&I x

ENV x

x

x x

x

TRANS x

PA x

LCE

x

x

x

COMP

EDU

x

x x

CLIM

x x

SOC_INC

x

x x

x

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https://interreg.eu/call-for-project/?soft-scroll-to=ul-call-for-project-icons-view&selectapplicant=0&select-country=0&select-nuts3=&select-thematic-objective=0&keywords= : continuous calls or calls with deadline in 2019

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Interreg Baltic Sea Region Interreg Carribbean Interreg Central Europe Interreg Danube Transnational Programme Interreg Indian Ocean Interreg Mediterranean Interreg North Sea Region Interreg North West Europe

x

Interreg SUDOE Northern Periphery and Arctic 20142020

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x x

x

x x x x

x x

Table 8 – INTERREG B programmes (in yellow the open calls with deadline in 2019 or 2020) (ISMB elaboration from INTERREG website8)

It has to be noted that only two INTERREG B programmes currently foresee calls having deadline in 2019 or 2020 (in yellow in Table 8). However, by going through the specific calls for proposals, they seem to focus on issues not perfectly aligned with TCBL objectives. More precisely:

INTERREG MEDITERRANEAN Third call for proposals: from 30th October 2018 to 31st January 2019.

This call is targeted to the priorities: axes 1 (only sub-objective “Blue Growth”) and axes 3 (subobjectives: “Sustainable Tourism” and “Biodiversity protection”). It is clear that this call focuses on priorities that are different from the TCBL ones.

NORTHERN PERIPHERY AND ARCTIC 2014-2020 Within this programme, calls for project applications have been launched regularly, approximately two per year from 2015 (continuous call).

The programme comprises four priority areas all focused on sustaining remote and sparsely populated areas in the north Europe. Considering the very specific areas towards which the programme is addressed, ISMB analysts believe it could have limited application for TCBL postgrant exploitation.

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On the other side, the INTERREG Cross Border (A) programmes are specific to cross border regions (NUTSIII): due to this reason, it is plausible that they will not be chosen by the forthcoming TCBL organisations (NGO and LTD). Conversely, they could be more suitable for Associates located in the programme areas and interested in new funding opportunities. Table 9 recaps the eleven INTERREG A programmes with open calls9 in the forthcoming two years, underlying a possible alignment with TCBL. The analysis has been carried out for the programmes with available English written websites. Four calls of possible interest for TCBL Associates have been identified: this “possible interest”, however, has to be verified considering the geographical location of Associates. All the links to the selected INTERREG A programmes with open calls are provided in the Appendix (Table 15).

Finally, Figure 7 combines the findings of the examination of INTERREG A and INTERREG B programmes conducted so far.

Figure 7 – INTERREG A and B analysis outline

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Extracted from https://interreg.eu/call-for-project/.

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NAME Interreg V-A Česká republika Polsko Interreg (Channel Manche) England Interreg DeutschlandNetherland

AREAS10 CZ; PL

R&I

ENV

FR; ENG

x

x

DE; NL

x

Interreg ABH

LIE; A; DE; SWI A; HU

x

SL; A

x

x

x

continuous call

DE; A

x

x

x

continuous call

Interreg Austria Hungary Interreg Slovenia Austria

Interreg OB

10

TRANS

x x

x

PA x

LCE

deadline continuous call

relevance for TCBL translation not available

x

continuous call

x

x

continuous call

x

x

Five Specific Objectives. Innovation, Social Innovation, Low Carbon Economy, Natural and Cultural Heritage, Coastal and Transitional Water Ecosystems Priority 1: to strengthen the competitiveness of the region through smart growth. Relevant sectors: Agribusiness/food, Health & Life Science, High Tech Systems & Materials (HTSM), Logistics and Energy / reduction of carbon dioxide Priority 2 focuses on investing in social, cultural and territorial cohesion in the border area, in line with the EU 2020 “inclusive growth” priority. translation not available

x

CLIM

COMP

EDU x

EMP x

x x

continuous call continuous call

website not available

Priority axes 1 Strengthening CB competitiveness, research and innovation 2 Protecting the Environment and Promoting Resource Efficiency 3 Enhancing Institutional Capacity and an Efficient Public Administration 4 Technical assistance website not available

Countries in which the programme’s regions (NUTS III) are located.

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Interreg Slovakia Hungary

SK; HU

Interreg Austria Slovakia Interreg Estonia Latvia

A; SK

x

x

EST; LATV

x

continuous call

x

x

continuous call x

x

03/01/2019

4 priority axes: PA1 - Nature and Culture PA2 - Enhancing cross-border mobility PA3 - Promoting sustainable and quality employment and supporting labour mobility PA4 - Enhancing cross-border cooperation of public authorities and people Limited application for TCBL community website not available

The 4th call for proposals is thematically targeted to the Specific objective 1.2 “More jointly developed products and services in the programme area” and the Specific objective 4.1 “Improved conditions for accessing jobs across the border”.

Table 9 – INTERREG A open calls (ISMB elaboration from INTERREG website11)

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https://interreg.eu/call-for-project/

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HORIZON EUROPE The analysis of H2020 and INTERREG programmes provides a good understanding of shortterm funding opportunities for organisations working in the ecosystem built around TCBL. However, even if details are still vague, it could be interesting to examine what will happen after the awaited year 2020. In this regard, it is worth mentioning the Horizon Europe 2021-202712, recently announced by the European Commission. The programme proposal was published on 7th June 2018 and will be effective from 1st January 2021. The proposed budget for this new research and innovation programme is of 94.1 billion €.

One of the distinctive traits of the new Horizon programme is its mission-oriented policy approach that will help citizens to understand the value of investments in research and innovation and will maximise the impact of investments by setting clearer targets and expected impact when addressing global challenges. These targets will be clearly measurable and need to be achievable with a portfolio of research and innovation measures.

The Horizon Europe proposal envisages three pillars, namely: • • •

Open Science Global Challenges and Industrial Competitiveness Open Innovation

In addition, a sector for strengthening the European Research Area is planned through “Sharing Excellence” and “Reforming and Enhancing the European R&I System” (Figure 8).

Figure 8 – Horizon Europe structure (source: EC website13)

The originalities of the proposal programme, in comparison to Horizon H2020, are summarised in Figure 9 and are clarified by the following three points: 1. Increased investments in highly skilled people and cutting-edge research (for strengthening EU science and technology); 2. Support to market-creating innovation via the European Innovation Council and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. This will foster the EU’s industrial competitiveness and its innovation performance;

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https://ec.europa.eu/info/designing-next-research-and-innovation-framework-programme/what-shapesnext-framework-programme_en 13

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta-political/files/budget-may2018-research-innovation_en.pdf

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3. Focus on the EU’s strategic priorities, such as the Paris Agreement on climate change, and tackle global challenges that affect the quality of citizens’ daily lives.

Figure 9 – Original features of Horizon Europe programme (source: EC website14)

Finally, the Horizon Europe proposal encourages synergies with other future EU programmes and policies to promote faster dissemination at national and regional level and uptake of research and innovation results, among which: EU Cohesion Policy, European Defence Fund, the ITER project on fusion energy, Digital Europe Programme, and Connecting Europe Facility Digital.

14

See footnote 13.

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CONCLUSIONS This conclusive chapter aims to provide a summary of the main findings stemming from the analysis conducted in this document. It goes without saying that the discussion is based on all previous chapters.

The analysis has focused primarily on the two-year period 2019-2020, for which detailed calls are available. Moreover, an overview of Horizon Europe proposal has been presented in order to reflect on the TCBL exploitation using a long-term perspective. The funding opportunities have been evaluated for the two organisations that will be founded after the TCBL grant period (NGO and LTD) and for the TCBL Associate enterprises (and, by analogy, for all SMEs operating in the textile sector interested in following the TCBL approach).

Table 10 proposes a synthesis of the funding opportunities more suitable for each type of organisation considered. It is possible to observe that the future TCBL NGO and LTD are going to be more interested in some typical H2020 calls (preferably DT and INNOSUP sub programmes). In contrast, the EIC Pilot initiatives (SME Instruments and FTI Action) are more congenial for Associates; they could also evaluate the feasibility of participating in some INTERREG calls if compatible with their geographical location. Finally, all these organisations are supposed to be interested in the Horizon Europe programme: when the final programme will be published, it will be possible to understand to what extent each organisation can contribute.

H2020 (high relevance)

TCBL NGO

TCBL LTD

Associates

Open Innovation for collaborative production engineering (DT-FOF-05)

Open Innovation for collaborative production engineering (DT-FOF-05)

SME Instrument

Digital Manufacturing Platforms for Connected Smart Factories (DT-ICT-07)

Digital Manufacturing Platforms for Connected Smart Factories (DT-ICT-07)

Cluster facilitated projects for new industrial value chains (INNOSUP-01)

Cluster facilitated projects for new industrial value chains (INNOSUP-01)

Societal challenges and the arts (TRANSFORMATION-17)

Security and resilience for collaborative manufacturing environments (ICT-08)

Supporting the development of territorial Responsible Research and Innovation (Swafs-14) INTERREG

FTI Action

INTERREG (B)

INTERREG (B)

INTERREG (B)

(No calls)

(No calls)

(No calls) INTERREG (A) (4 potential calls)

HORIZON EUROPE

Yes

Yes

Yes

Table 10 – Synthesis of the most relevant funding opportunities for each type of TCBL organisation considered

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APPENDIX Call identifier

Link

ICT-08-2019

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opport unities/h2020/topics/ict-08-2019.html

ICT-24-2018-2019

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opport unities/h2020/topics/ict-24-2018-2019.html

DT-ICT-07-2018-2019

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opport unities/h2020/topics/dt-ict-07-2018-2019.html

DT-FOF-05-2019

https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal4/desktop/en/oppo rtunities/h2020/topics/dt-fof-05-2019.html

DT-FOF-08-2019

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opport unities/h2020/topics/dt-fof-08-2019.html

DT-FOF-12-2019

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opport unities/h2020/topics/dt-fof-12-2019.html

DT-SPIRE-06-2019

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opport unities/h2020/topics/dt-spire-06-2019.html

INNOSUP-01-2018-2020

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opport unities/h2020/topics/innosup-01-2018-2020.html

INNOSUP-04-2019

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opport unities/h2020/topics/innosup-04-2018-2020.html

CE-RUR-10-2019

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opport unities/h2020/topics/ce-rur-10-2019.html

CE-SC5-07-2018-2019-2020

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opport unities/h2020/topics/ce-sc5-07-2018-2019-2020.html

CE-SC5-08-2018-2019-2020

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opport unities/h2020/topics/ce-sc5-08-2018-2019-2020.html

TRANSFORMATIONS-17-2019

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opport unities/h2020/topics/transformations-17-2019.html

SwafS-14-2018-2019

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opport unities/h2020/topics/swafs-14-2018-2019.html

SwafS-15-2018-2019

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opport unities/h2020/topics/swafs-15-2018-2019.html Table 11 – H2020 Yearly detailed calls (links)

Call identifier

Link

ICT-38-2020

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/20182020/main/h2020-wp1820-leit-ict_en.pdf page 135

ICT-39-2020

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/20182020/main/h2020-wp1820-leit-ict_en.pdf page 135

RUR-05-2020

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/20182020/main/h2020-wp1820-food_en.pdf page 139

SwafS-14-2020

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/20182020/main/h2020-wp1820-swfs_en.pdf page 71

SwafS-15-2020

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/20182020/main/h2020-wp1820-swfs_en.pdf page 71 Table 12 – H2020 calls foreseen in 2020 (links)

EIC Pilot initiative

Link

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SME Instruments

https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/h2020section/sme-instrument

Fast Track to Innovation

https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/h2020section/fast-track-innovation-pilot Table 13 – H2020 EIC pilot initiatives (links)

INTERREG B programme

Link

Interreg ADRION

http://www.adrioninterreg.eu

Interreg Alpine Space

http://www.it.alpine-space.eu

Interreg Amazonia

http://europe-guyane.fr/volet-transfrontalier-2

Interreg Atlantic Area

https://www.atlanticarea.eu –

Interreg Balkan Mediterranean

www.interreg-balkanmed.eu

Interreg Baltic Sea Region

https://www.interreg-baltic.eu

Interreg Caribbean

https://interreg.eu/programme/interreg-caribbean

Interreg Central Europe

https://www.interreg-central.eu

Interreg Danube Transnational Programme

www.interreg-danube.eu

Interreg Indian Ocean

https://interreg.eu/programme/interreg-indian-ocean

Interreg Mediterranean

https://interreg-med.eu

Interreg North Sea Region

https://northsearegion.eu

Interreg North West Europe

www.nweurope.eu

Interreg SUDOE

http://interreg-sudoe.eu

Northern Periphery and Arctic 2014-2020

www.interreg-npa.eu

Table 14 – INTERREG B programmes (links) INTERREG A programme

Link

Interreg V-A

http://www.cz-pl.eu/

Česká republika - Polsko Interreg England

(Channel

Manche)

https://www.channelmanche.com/

Interreg Deutschland-Netherland

https://www.deutschland-nederland.eu/

Interreg ABH

https://www.interreg.org/

Interreg Austria - Hungary

https://interreg.eu/call-for-project/3286/

Interreg Slovenia Austria

http://www.si-at.eu/

Interreg OB

https://interreg.eu/call-for-project/3552/

Interreg Slovakia - Hungary

http://www.skhu.eu/

Interreg Austria -Slovakia

https://www.sk-at.eu

Interreg Estonia - Latvia

https://estlat.eu

Table 15 – Selected INTERREG A programmes with open calls in 2019 – 2020 (links)

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DOCUMENT INFORMATION REVISION HISTORY This document is Annex I to TCBL Deliverable 7.3, “Exploitation and Impact Plan: Release 3 after Engagement and Impact Phase”. Simon Delaere, IMEC; Michele Osella and Elisa Pautasso, ISMB; Luca Leonardi, ARCA; Fabrizio Cardinali, Skillaware, Jesse Marsh and Paolo Guarnieri, City of Prato. This Handbook is in particular the work of Elisa Pautasso and Michele Osella.

REVISION

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DESCRIPTION

Version 1

19.12.2018

Elisa Pautasso and Michele Osella

LINKS

First draft

Version 2

22.04.2019

Jesse Marsh

City of Prato

Layout for review

Version 3

30.06.2019

Jesse Marsh

City of Prato

Incorporating reviewer comments

STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY This deliverable contains original unpublished work except where clearly indicated otherwise.

Acknowledgement of previously published material and of the work of others has been made through appropriate citation, quotation or both.

COPYRIGHT This work is licensed by the TCBL Consortium under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, 2015-2016. For details, see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ The TCBL Consortium, consisting of: Municipality of Prato (PRATO) Italy; German Institutes for Textile and Fiber Research - Center for Management Research (DITF) Germany; Istituto Superiore Mario Boella (ISMB) Italy; Skillaware (SKILL) Italy; Oxford Brookes University (OBU) UK; imec (IMEC) Belgium; Tavistock Institute (TAVI) UK; Materials Industrial Research & Technology Center S.A. (MIRTEC) Greece; Waag Society (WAAG) Netherlands; Huddersfield & District Textile Training Company Ltd (TCOE) UK; eZavod (eZAVOD) Slovenia; Consorzio Arca (ARCA) Italy; Unioncamere del Veneto (UCV) Italy; Hellenic Clothing Industry Association (HCIA) Greece; Sanjotec - Centro Empresarial e Tecnológico (SANJO) Portugal; Reginnova NE (Reginnova) Romania, Centexbel (CTB) Belgium, Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) France, IAAC (FabTextiles) Spain, Cleviria (Cleviria) Italy, and Sqetch (Sqetch) Netherlands.

DISCLAIMER All information included in this document is subject to change without notice. The Members of the TCBL Consortium make no warranty of any kind with regard to this document, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The Members of the TCBL Consortium shall not be held liable for errors contained herein or direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The TCBL project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Programme for research, technology development, and innovation under Grant Agreement n.646133.

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