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Eco-Innovation & C2CN – Merging environmental and cohesion policy
Mechelen26/05/2010
Igor JelinskiDG ENV, E.4 „LIFE-Environment and Eco-innovation”
The Europe 2020 vision
• The Europe 2020 vision: Smart, sustainable and inclusive growth
• A new governance framework for the European Union and the Member States
• Flagship initiatives to solve
societal challenges• The “Innovation Union” – A new
European innovation strategy
Bridging the gap - Environment and growth
Eco-industries in the European Union:
• Annual turnover 319 billion Euro (2,5% EU GDP)
• Strong recent growth (app. 8 % p.a.)
• 3,4 million directly employed (1,5% of EU employment)
• 600 000 jobs created between 2004 - 2008
• Venture Capital : 1.6 billion USD investment in cleantech in 2009 in EU
Source: IDEA Consulting and Ecorys, Study on the competitiveness of the EU eco-industry, 2009
EU Action Plan 2004 - 2009
ETAP
Getting from Research to Markets
Improving Market Conditions
Acting Globally
Priority Actions
• ETAP: Promote eco-innovation and the take-up of environmental Technologies:
– R&D: €10 billion in FP7 for environmental technologies– 30 technology platforms (fuel cells, H2)– Tailor-made financial instruments for eco-innovation– Expansion of eco-design– Environmental Technology Verification– Review of state-aid (eco-innovation bonus)– Green Public Procurement → 50% target – Awareness-raising → ETAP Forum – Innovation in promising areas → Lead Markets
EU-wide Action 2004 - 2009
ETAP has been successful
• Conditions have improved thanks to– Putting environmental technologies/ eco-
innovation on the agenda– Mobilizing Member State actions (ETAP national
roadmaps)– Focusing research efforts– Improving market conditions through:
• Coordinating policies (Lead Market Initiative)• Innovative financial instruments • Partnerships with the private sector
But obstacles remain
• Generic eco-innovation barriers• ETAP-specific issues:
– Limited information on EU and Member State performance
– Focus of actions and coordination of efforts and policies
– Diversity and overlap of instruments (both at EU and Member State level)
– Uneven impact on Member States (long run)– Limited impact globally
• Need for our economies to adapt to resource and carbon constrained world – paradigm shift
• Good for the economy, jobs and the environment• The economic crisis - an opportunity to speed up this
adjustment process• Eco-efficiency and 'Green growth' a challenge both for
the EU and globally
Why an Eco-innovation Action Plan?
• Creation of greater market demand from the private sector for Eco-Innovation: - changing the relative prices, working to influence consumption patterns
• Provision of the new public infrastructure needed – to avoid lock-in to existing economic patterns: eg. electric car charging points
• Supply-side innovation policy to help firms change the direction of their innovation – eg. skills support
• Assistance to firms to adjust their production, business models, efficiency and skills to new market conditions
What is needed from policy to foster eco-innovation
From ETAP to an Eco-innovation Action Plan
• Objectives still relevant:– Eco-innovation for competitiveness and sustainable
development– EU competitive advantage in the green tech sector– Mobilize stakeholders– New, reinforced targeted actions
• Priority areas still relevant:– From research to demonstration and wider use– Better markets and diffusion– Acting globally
From ETAP to an Eco-innovation Action Plan
• New focus…– Role of environmental (and economic) policy in
promoting eco-innovation– Expand focus from green tech to eco-innovation– Better coordination of EU and Member State
actions– Leverage further private funding – Increase SME focus and networking – Reinforce the global dimension
• C2C Network = first FTN in the area of environment/sustainable development/eco-innov.
• Help regions fill the project pipeline with qualitative and innovative projects towards EU 2020 objectives (resource-efficiency, knowledge society…)
• EC support to cutting-edge innovation & developments
• Merging cohesion and environmental policy
• Regions often incubators of innovative policy approaches
C2CN in the new framework?
• In general focus on the substance & process of developing the action plans
• Support to regular organisation of steering committee (help on agendas, debates, reports…)
• Act as an animator (checking benchmarks are set in the project to assure achievements of results);
Role of EC
• Help setting up a culture of transparency and communication (need for a well organised website)
• Help to establish a culture of peer assessment
• To confirm the involvement of the Managing and other authorities in the project
Role of EC
• The C2C FTN is ‘just in time’ vs. recent policy developments at EU level
• EC will be closely involved and push for success
• This project and its success is owned by all project partners
Conclusions
For more information
www.ec.europa.eu/environment/etap
• Google ‘EU ETAP’
• Newsletter ‘Clean, Clever, Competitive’
• Interviews, info on environmental technologies and eco-innovationin Member States