European Innovation PartnershipsOpen Call

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• What is an EIP?• What are we trying

to achieve? • How does it fit into

the RDP?• How are projects

selected and funded?

European Innovation Partnership

Identify the challenge/issue – a challenge driven process

Design a process to test/solve – an innovation centred process

Bring together a group of actors in an operational group – a collaborative process

Three EIP Sub-Measures – Budget €59mAll are ‘Support for EIP Operational Groups’

Locally Led Environmental and Climate

Projects

General EIPs

Locally Led Hen Harrier

and Freshwater Pearl Mussel

Projects.

Budget: €20m

Budget: €4m

Budget: €35m

BURREN€15m

Open Call EIPs

The process is bottom up and challenge driven

All EIP support must reflect the RDP programme logic via the RDP priorities

Priority 1 is an overarching priority – innovation and knowledge transfer in agriculture, forestry and rural areas & strengthening links between research and innovation

General EIP category

Projects in this category will focus on RD Priorities 2&3, basically:

• Farm viability and competitiveness• Innovative farm technology and sustainable

forest management• Economic performance• Food chain organisation, competiveness of

producers, animal welfare and risk management

€4m

Environmental & Climate EIPs

Projects in this category will focus on RD Priorities 4&5, basically:

• Restoring, preserving and enhancing ecosystems

• Resource efficiency, and a low carbon climate resilient sector

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2A – Economic performance of farms, restructuring, increasing market participation,

and diversification

2B-General renewal and facilitating the entry of adequately skilled farmers into agricultural

sector

3A-Competitiveness, promotion in local markets and short supply circuits, producer groups and

inter branch organisations

3B – Supporting farm risk prevention and management

A bit more detail.....

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4A-Biodiversity, HNV farming and landscapes

4B-Water, fertiliser and pesticide management

4C-Preventing soil erosion and improving soil management

5A-Increasing efficiency in water use by agriculture

And/or.....

And/or........

5B-Increasing efficiency in energy use in agriculture and food processing

5C-Facilitating the supply and use of renewable sources of energy, of by-products, wastes, residues and other non food raw material for the purposes of the bio-economy

5D-Reducing greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions from agriculture

5E-Fostering carbon conservation and sequestration in agriculture and forestry

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Projects targeting restoration of uplands peats specifically sought

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Basic Steps for an EIP

Design Implement Disseminate

Phase 1 Competitive approach First call end 2016 Very simple application Operational Group

details Project Details Estimated costs

Selection Committee will review and shortlist (end Qtr 1 2017)

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Phase 2

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• Shortlisted projects funded to produce detailed project plan.

• Workshop to help.

• 4-5 months to produce.

• Selection Committee evaluate and shortlist again.

Phase 3

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• Shortlisted projects funded for full implementation

• Workshop to help.

• Up to five years term.

• Outreach, PR, education, review and assessment.

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The Odds– Stage 1 Funding

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The Odds – Stage 2 funding

Support Available

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The cost of studies and the drawing up of a detailed business /environmental planThe costs of an innovation broker used in creation of OG

The cost of a researcher

The cost of animation of the project

The direct costs of the implementation of projects

The running costs of the co-operation

The costs of promotion activities

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Open Call

• First call by end 2016• Shortlist by end Quarter 1 2017• Project Design May-Sep 2017• Shortlist Quarter 4 2017• Roll-out

• Second call middle of 2017

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