West Midlands European Service: Your route to

Transnational Funding

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WMES Services

1. Application support from initial project idea to submission

2. Help with finding European, national and regional partners

3. Information days on programme specific funding opportunities

4. Application writing workshops

5. 1-2-1 advisory sessions and project surgeries

6. Feedback on draft applications

7. Project management advice and support with project kick-off

Which Funds do we support?

Life Long Learning

Vocational trainingskillsEmployabilityInnovative learningPolicy or delivery

INTERREG

Regional levelStrategyPolicyExchange of best practice

Competitiveness & InnovationSMEsICTEnvironmentInnovative products,servicesand processes

Marie CurieActions

SMEs/universitiesNetworksResearch/KnowledgeTransferFellowships

LIFE+

EnvironmentProtecting naturalAssets / speciesStrategic / policy

Intelligent Energy EuropeEnergy efficiencyRenewable energysourcesEnergy in transportIntegrated initiatives

Erasmus for Y.Entrepreneurs

Work placements in the successful enterprises

Our success so far

•467 submitted projects worth €73M

•225 successful projects so far

•€19,000,000 investment to the WM

•1661 people trained in bid writing /

project development

Small scale: Transversal Study Visits

European study visits for professionals involved in education or vocational training

Choose from a catalogue of week-long visits on different themes in 31 countries

Average grant is 1500 euro towards the costs of travel and subsistence

Aimed at senior decision-makers; The next deadline is 31st March 2011

Erasmus for Young EntrepreneursEuropean Exchange programme

• New entrepreneurs travel to an experienced entrepreneur in another EU country and work with him/her for 1 to 6 months.

• The matching of the new entrepreneurs with the host entrepreneurs is carried out with the help of the intermediary organisations.

• The objective is to help new entrepreneurs to acquire relevant skills for running and developing an SME; taking full advantages of opportunities provided by the internal market.

THE BENEFITS (HE)

• work with a NE who has strong analytical and strategic skills

• new skills and innovative knowledge• new ideas and views• knowledge and intelligence about the foreign

markets;• expansion of the business to a new country;• network with the other HEs.

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THE BENEFITS (NE)

• business experience;• international connections • knowledge about foreign markets;• co-venturing opportunities • development of cross-border markets;• cultural and organisational;• understand the regulatory framework in another EU

country.

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NE

HE

www.erasmus-entrepreneurs.eu

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Step 1.  Application phase Interested NEs and HEs apply via an on-line registration tool and establish contact with the IO that they have chosen. The IOs responsible screen the entries and, once completed, accept them.

NE

IO

STEP 2: Matching

• Matching of NE and HE with the help of the 2 IOs

STEP 3: Contracting and preparation

• HE, NE and IOs establish agreements;

• NE does pre-departure induction;

• NE receives a grant.

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NE

IO

HE

STEP 4: stay abroad

• Duration: 1-6 months;

• On-site support provided by the host IO to the NE;

• Reporting about the exchange. IO

STATISTICS

The United Kingdom is the most desired destination for New Entrepreneurs (32% of applications), followed by Spain (11%) and Italy (11%).

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How to get involved

Talk to us today, and

register on http://www.erasmus-entrepreneurs.eu/

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MARIE CURIE :INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA PARTNERSHIPS & PATHWAYS (IAPP)

Funding for R&D and cooperation between businesses and academia

What is an Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways?

• It is a two-way partnership with at least one commercial enterprise and one academic organisation in two different MS or Associated Countries

• Includes secondments, recruitment and networking activities

• Project can be up to 48 months

• Majority of researcher months should be secondments

• Deadline to submit application – December 2011

What can you do with an IAPP?

• Staff exchange (mandatory) – experienced researchers, early-stage researchers (and possibly technical staff and research managers!) for between 2 months and 2 years

• Recruit experienced researchers for between 12 months and 2 years (optional)

• Organise common workshops/conferences

• Inter-sectoral mobility possible, within framework of whole project, in same country up to a maximum of 30% of total researcher months

• For SMEs, a contribution towards small equipment costs (up to 10% of project total)

Living Allowance

LIFE+

Environment Protection

Funding for Conservation and Nature Protection

• Nature protection • Halting the loss of biodiversity• Developing Environmental Policy

around: climate change, water, soil…• Awareness raising campaigns• Training for forest fire prevention

• Deadline 15th July 2011

• Average budget €1 million (capital & revenue)

• Duration 2 – 5 years

• No European partner requirement but increased chance success

What does it fund?

Yes

• Innovative/best practice/demonstration projects in the Environment field.

• Projects that have EU added value - policy relevant, Natura 2000 etc.

No

• Does not fund research actions

• Actions proposed in LIFE+ projects should not be eligible for support under other European funds [Article 9], CIP, FP7, EEF etc

• Does not fund projects that have been done before

Examples

Shropshire Housing Alliance

Budget:

Integrated business management

model for mattress recycling

Staffordshire Wildlife Trust

Budget: €1,309,734

Connecting UK Biodiversity Action

Plan habitats and species in the North

Staffordshire Living Landscape area

and beyond (Nature & Biodiversity)

Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

Budget: €29,237

Communication and education on

biodiversity around Roman Roads

INTELLIGENT ENERGY EUROPE (IEE)

Energy

• Addresses non-technical barriers to sustainable energy technologies, energy & carbon savings

• Four project areas:

– Energy Efficiency (SAVE)

– Renewable Energy (ALTENER)

– Transport (STEER)

– Integrated initiatives

Convert policy into action

Real changes on the ground

EU energy efficiency and renewables objectives

Creating & spreading effective methods & best practice

Training & education

Know-how transfer

Market intelligence

Inform policy development & implementation

• 2010 Call published 22nd March

• Deadline 12th May

• Average project budget €1million

• Project duration 2 – 3 years

• Any organisation eligible

Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE)

CIP Eco-Innovation Programme: Market Replication Projects

Closing the gap between research and markets

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New services - greening businesses

New processes - cleaner production

New management methods, technologies and products

Eco-innovation

« All forms of innovation reducing environmental impacts and/or optimising the use of resources »

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Support innovative ideas which can be turned into ‘marketable’ green products and services

These need incentives to penetrate the market

Potential for replication and wider application must be demonstrated

Budget ~ €200 million (2008-2013)

Eco-innovation market replication projects

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Materials recycling

Sustainable building products

Food and drink

Greening business/ smart purchasing

~35m€ for ~45-50 projects

Four priorities

Compared to the 2009/10 call, more emphasis on resource efficiency

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Fourth Call: April with a deadline inSeptember 2011

Electronic submission (EPSS)

Evaluation: Sept 2011-Feb 2012

First projects start May 2012

50% funding rate of eligible costs

Max 3 years contract duration

Call planning 2011

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Eco-I versus FP 7 Research

Post research Adaptation for market uptake Industrialisation First commercial deployment Market demonstration

Basic research Applied research Prototyping/first practical

use of technology Technology demonstration Knowledge gathering

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Eco-I versus IEE First application of solution and

market uptake Integrated approach covering

various environmental aspects (resource efficiency including water, energy and raw materials…)

Life-cycle approach Explicit SME and private sector

focus Market uptake important

Promotion & dissemination of well-proven intelligent energy solutions

Energy focus: energy efficiency & renewable energy sources, including transport

Stimulates action through better market conditions & admin. procedures, training, awareness raising, policy analysis etc

No investment project, no RTD Impact and contribution to 2020 EU

energy targets important

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Eco-I versus LIFE +

Priority on private sector, businesses

CIP umbrella Market competitiveness and

market uptake Replication is crucial Integrated environmental

impacts (e.g. water only one ascpect)

Mainly public sector Policy development and

Implementation of legislation Dissemination, awareness

raising, capacity building Land-use, urban planning and

water management Environmental solutions but

market uptake is not vital

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