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4th International Forum
Mineral Resources in Greece: A Driving Force for Economic Development 20 March 2014, Athens Mattia Pellegrini European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry Head of Unit F3 - « Raw Materials, Metals, Minerals, and Forest-based industries »
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Safeguarding Europe's Raw Materials Demand
How the EU Raw Materials Strategy can contribute
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Structure of presentation
1. Raw Materials Initiative • State-of-play
Focus on:
• Critical raw materials
2. European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials
Focus on:
• Strategic Implementation Plan
3. Raw Materials in Horizon 2020
4. Knowledge & Innovation Community for Raw
Materials
5. Cohesion Policy
6. Good Practices Study 2013: Germany's cases
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Background, aim and structure
EU “Raw Materials Initiative”
•Aim: securing sustainable supplies of raw materials •Launched in 2008, consolidated in 2011 •Non-energy, non-agricultural raw materials •Connecting EU external and internal policies •Integrated strategy (3 pillars) •Introduced list of Critical
Raw Materials (CRM) in 2010
1. Raw Materials Initiative
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State of play - overview
•EU trade strategy for raw materials
•Raw materials diplomacy (4 events in 2014)
•Assistance to developing countries
Fair and sustainable supply of raw materials from global markets (1st Pillar)
•Exchange of good practice between EU Member States
•Enhancing EU knowledge base
•Promoting research and skills
Fostering sustainable supply within the EU (2nd Pillar)
•Better implementation and smarter EU waste legislation promoting resource-efficiency & recycling
•Strengthen the enforcement of the EU waste Shipment Regulation
Boosting resource efficiency and promoting recycling (3rd Pillar)
Annual report on the implementation of the Raw Materials Initiative – 24.06.2013l
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Critical raw materials list as a policy tool:
• Monitor issues of critical raw materials to identify priority actions
• Policy actions not limited to critical raw materials exclusively
Relative concept of criticality:
«Critical» when risks of supply shortage and their impacts on the economy are higher
compared with most of the other raw materials
Assessment components:
Economic importance
Supply risk (and environmental country risk)
Features:
Pragmatic approach
Indicators-based
Dynamic concept
Primary and secondary R
Update list of critical raw materials at least
Every 3 years:
• Expanded scope
• Fine-tuning methodology
• Expert group
Criticality Assessment 1. Raw Materials Initiative
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Outcome 2010
Borate
Fluorspar
Gallium
Iron
Magnesium
PGM
Tellurium
Aluminum Bauxite
Antimony
Barytes
Bentonite
Beryllium
Chromium
Clays
Cobalt
Copper
Diatomite
Feldspar
Germanium
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Gypsum
Indium
Limestone
LithiumMagnesite
ManganeseMolybdenum
Nickel
Niobium
Perlite
Rare Earths
Rhenium
SilicaSilverTalc
Tantalum
Titanium
Tungsten
Zinc
Vanadium
0,0
0,5
1,0
1,5
2,0
2,5
3,0
3,5
4,0
4,5
5,0
3,0 4,0 5,0 6,0 7,0 8,0 9,0 10,0
Economic Importance
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ly R
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1. Raw Materials Initiative
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2013 review of critical raw materials list
Update list of critical raw materials at least every 3 years
Expanded scope
Fine-tuning methodology
Expert group
Expand scope to other materials
Nearly critical raw materials: rhenium, tellurium
Selected additional materials (e.g. hafnium, selenium, tin – JRC study on critical metals in energy technologies)
blast furnace coke,
gold
potash, phosphate rock
Progress regarding statistics
General data & information on minerals and metals (input geological surveys)
Statistics on value-added manufacturing chain
Analytical progress in the area of land-use planning
Technical work started in September 2012, the reviewed list will be published as an annex of the RMI Annual Activity Report which is foreseen for first half of 2014.
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European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials
Overall objective: Contribute to the 2020 objectives of the EU Industrial Policy (to increase the share of industry in GDP to 20%), the Innovation Union and the Resource Efficiency 'flagships'
Specific objectives: Reduce import dependency
Improve supply conditions from European and other sources
Push Europe to the forefront in raw materials sectors
Provide alternatives in supply
Mitigate negative environmental and social impacts
2. European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials
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Strategic Implementation Plan
• I. Technology Pillar
• I.A Raw materials research and innovation coordination
• I.B Technologies for primary and secondary raw materials' production
• I.C Substitution of raw materials
• II. Non-Technology Policy Pillar
• II.A Improving Europe's raw materials framework conditions
• II.B Improving Europe's waste management framework conditions and excellence
• II.C Knowledge, skills and raw materials flows
• III International Cooperation Pillar
• III.1 Technology
• III.2 Global Raw Materials Governance and Dialogues
• III.3 Health, Safety and Environment
• III.4 Skills, Education and Knowledge
• III.5 Investment activities
2. European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials
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Up to 10 innovative
pilot
actions
Substitutes
for 3 applications of
CRMs
Framework for
enhanced efficiency in
material use
EU Raw Materials
Knowledge base KIC Raw Materials
Framework conditions
for primary RMs
Pro-active international co-operation strategy of the EU at bilateral and multilateral level
Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 5
WP2014-2015
Stakeholders Community Industries, Academics, NGOs,
Public Administrations, etc….
To improve supply
conditions from EU
To diversify raw
materials sourcing
To improve resource
efficiency including recycling
To reduce dependency on imports
To promote the production and exports
To mitigate environmental,
social and health impacts
To make Europe
a leader in the
RM capabilities
To put Europe at the forefront
in RM sectors
To find alternative
raw materials
Strategic Implementation Plan (adopted on 25 September 2013)
EIP Scheme 2. European Innovation Partnership on
Raw Materials
Structural Funds Smart Specialisation
Strategies
EU policies (Industrial,
environmental, …)
Call for Commitments (closed on 7 February 2014)
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Call for Commitments
Call for Commitments launched on 31 October (closing on 31 January 2014)
next calls in 2015, 2017 and 2019
Guidelines - purpose
(1) To explain the basis for recognition of commitments by High-Level Steering Group
(2) To promote quality commitments
Guidelines - content
(1) Introduction
(2) Purpose of the call
(3) Conditions for recognition
(4) Procedure for recognition
(5) Implementation
2. European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials
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Horizon 2020 Context and overview
Excellent science
(€ 24 billion)
Industrial leadership (€ 17 billion)
Societal challenges (€ 31 billion)
* the numbers are based on European Council conclusions, 8 February 2013 and are subject to the approval of the Multiannual Financial Framework Regulation by the European Parliament and the Council
3. Raw Materials in Horizon 2020
SC5: Climate Action, resource efficiency and raw materials (3081 billion)
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Programming - Overall approch
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Strategic Programme
Work Programme 1 (plus tentative
information for 2016)
Strategic Programme
Work Programme 2 (plus tentative
information for 2018)
Strategic Programme
Work Programme 3 (plus tentative
information for 2020)
Work Programme 4
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3. Raw Materials in Horizon 2020
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How to join?
The first H2020 Call for Proposals - 11 Dec 2013 http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/index.html
Call for experts for H2020
(OJ of the EU, C 342, Volume 56, 22 November 2013) http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/experts/index.html
National NCP SC5 support and events http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/support/national_contact_points.html
3. Raw Materials in Horizon 2020
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KIC for Raw Materials
4. KIC for Raw Materials
European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT): body of the European Union based in Budapest
KIC: is the independent but operational part of the EIT
KIC partners: key actors from the three sides of the knowledge triangle
RESEARCH
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KIC for Raw Materials
4. KIC for Raw Materials
1. Raw materials: sustainable exploration, extraction, processing, recycling and substitution
2. Innovation for healthy living and active ageing
Two new KICs to be launched on the 14th of February:
As set in the EIT Regulation, the EIT funding on average may not exceed
25% of a KIC's overall funding
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Cohesion Policy 2014-2020
325 Billions € to invest in Europe's regions, cities and the real economy
EU's principle investment tool
for delivering the Europe 2020 goals
5. Cohesion Policy
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Cohesion Policy
Raw Materials: big scope for innovation
along the whole raw materials value chain
(exploration, mining, substitution, processing,
recycling)
ERDF regulation Regulation No 1301/2013 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013
Thematic concentration of at
least 80% of resources (in more developed regions) on
4 thematic objectives:
(1) strengthening research, technological development and innovation
(2) enhancing access to, and use and quality of, ICT
(3) enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs, of the agricultural sector and of the fishery and aquaculture sector
(4) supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors
5. Cohesion Policy