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Karsten Gödderz

Project Officer, CINEA C.1.1

Climate Science

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10 May 2023

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CINEA in a nutshell�

• Policy feedback as an essential part of funding activities

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• Expertise at the service of beneficiaries in managing the complete lifecycle of projects

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• Exploitation of synergies and dynamic ways to work across programmes

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> 58 billion for the period 2021-2027

> 500 staff by 2027

from 2800+ projects managed in October 2021 to > 4500 projects by 2027

CINEA - the Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency started its operations on 1 April 2021

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Introducing CINEA�

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INNOVATION FUND

LIFE PROGRAMME

JUST TRANSITION

MECHANISM

Public Sector Loan

Facility pillar

CONNECTING EUROPE FACILITY 2

Transport and Energy

EUROPEAN MARITIME FISHERIES

AND AQUACULTURE FUND

HORIZON EUROPE

Climate, Energy and Mobility

RENEWABLE ENERGY FINANCING MECHANISM

HORIZON 2020 Legacy

Climate, Energy and Mobility

CINEA's role

In charge of the whole cycle of project implementation:

• Evaluation of Proposals
• Grant Agreement Preparation
• Scientific/Technical and Financial monitoring of projects
• Supporting exploitation and dissemination of project results
• Policy feedback to DGs

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CINEA Sector C1.1 Climate Science

• H2020 legacy - Societal Challenge 5 Climate Action: around 90 projects on climate ​mitigation, adaptation, climate services, earth system modelling & polar
• Horizon Europe Cluster 5: ​
• Destination 1 Climate Science and solutions ​
• parts of Destination 2: Emerging Breakthrough technologies and Driving Urban Transitions to a sustainable future (Co-FUND)​
• Horizon Europe Mission on Adaptation and Mission Ocean

The policy context

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Raising EU ambition: a Green Deal for Europe

• Implementing CINEA’s portfolio supports the European Green Deal - the roadmap for making the EU’s economy sustainable

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• Aiming to boost the efficient use of resources by moving to a clean circular economy, restore biodiversity, cut pollution, and achieve climate neutrality by 2050

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Periodic and continuous reporting (Art. 21)

• Periodic and final reports to EC, payment requests
• 3 reporting periods

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• Continuous submission of deliverables, milestones, etc.
• Throughout the action
• Submit online through dedicated interface

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All the public deliverables once accepted by the project officer will automatically be published on CORDIS

See IT manual: Online Manual - Online Manual - Funding Tenders Opportunities (europa.eu)

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Periodic reporting and payment

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Pre-financing

(5% guarantee fund)

Start of the project

01/09/2019

48 months

End of 1st reporting period

28/02/2021

M18

End of final reporting period

31/08/2023

M48

• Submission of reports max. 60 days after the end of the reporting period

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• Paid within max. 90 days of receipt of the periodic report

• Payment of balance.
• Paid within max. 90 days of receipt of final report

End of 2nd reporting period

31/08/2022

M18

Final reporting (GA art. 21)

• Final Technical Report
• of results and their exploitation & dissemination
• summary for publication by the agency
• conclusions and socioeconomic impact
• Overview

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• Final Financial Report
• use of the resources
• Financial Statement (individual & summary)

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TEMPLATE

Financial aspects

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• Keep records and supporting documents
• Costs must be actually incurred by the beneficiary: i.e. only what is in the beneficiaries (or TP) books is eligible
• And clearly related to the project (DoA)
• Records for personnel costs (except for staff working full time for the project)

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H2020/Horizon Europe COORDINATORS' DAY :

Horizon Europe – Grants & reporting (europa.eu)

4-legal_and_financial_aspects.pdf (europa.eu)

All details in: Participant portal → How to participate →

Reference Documents →Guidance → AMGA

Immediate results versus long-term impact

DISSEMINATION & EXPLOITATION

FEEDBACK TO POLICY

Legal Basis

H2020 Legal basis

Rules for Participation ((EU) No 1290/2013) state clear obligations for beneficiaries:

• "Each participant that has received Union funding shall use its best efforts to�exploit the results it owns, or to have them exploited by another legal entity...
• "Subject to any restrictions due to the protection of intellectual property,�security rules or legitimate interests, each participant shall through appropriate�means disseminate the results it owns as soon as possible.“
• "... participants shall provide any information on their exploitation and�dissemination related activities, and provide any documents necessary in�accordance with the conditions laid down in the grant agreement”

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• Grant Agreement Articles 28 on Exploitation and 29 on Dissemination
• Checked in periodic and continuous reporting

Guidance

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• Horizon Europe Programme Guide – detailed guide for applicants covering D&E, Open Science and all parts of proposal submission under Horizon Europe
• IP Helpdesk Guide – comprehensive guide for applicants and beneficiaries covering definitions, examples, situation analysis on D&E, IP management, Open Access.
• Public events: Info Days, D&E specific trainings, thematic trainings.

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• Funding and Tenders portal: online manual (H2020 and Horizon Europe)
• Dissemination and Exploitation webpage on Europa

Information on projects

Horizon Dashboard

• Place to find data and statistics on projects founded since FP1 until HE
• Focus on visualisation, possible to extract data
• Place of reference for Country profiles

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CORDIS

• Public repository with general information on R&I FP projects
• Information on the projects and results
• Participants list, reports, deliverables and links to open-access publications
• Project factsheets, results packs, results in brief, news items, podcasts and more.

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Horizon Results Platform (HRP)

• Horizon Results Platform is the Commission’s corporate Platform for Key Exploitable results (HRP)

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• Part of Funding & Tenders Portal

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• Involves: beneficiaries, stakeholders, and the Commission

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• Facilitate and promote the uptake of R&I KERs
• KERs from FP7, Horizon 2020, the future Horizon Europe and possibly other EC R&I Programmes are in scope
• Beneficiaries from above programmes can upload results through their project roles on the Funding & Tenders Portal
• Primary Coordinator Contact (PCoCo), Coordinator Contact (CoCo) �and Participant Contact (PaCo) roles only!

About the Horizon Results Platform (HRP) …

• Live platform – update and enrich the result whenever you want
• When a partner publishes (or updates) a result: Automated alerts to all partners, EC Project Officer for soft peer-to-peer validation
• If in doubt on whether a (usually sensitive) result is to be made public use the principle “as open as possible as closed as necessary” – you may also check with your Project Officer
• Multiple benefits – visibility, matchmaking with investors, policy and linking support services (e.g. Horizon Results Booster, EU IP Heldpesk)

More about the Horizon Results Platform (HRP) …

• Audio-visual library of videos or podcasts
• Launched in April 2021
• 'The experts say…' 
• Interview-videos or podcasts of experts sharing their specific knowledge and practical insights, tackling the innovators' main challenges and needs.
• 'Get inspired!'
• Testimonials on using HRP and personal stories of researchers who overcame the hurdles to becoming successful entrepreneurs. 

And introducing the Horizon Results Platform TV!

Horizon Results Booster (HRB)

• An initiative of the European Commission to maximize the impact of research
• Provides free support services online: coaching, tools and methodologies
• Eligibility: closed and ongoing projects funded by FP7, H2020 and Horizon Europe

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Horizon Results Booster Services

Service 1

Portfolio Dissemination & Exploitation Strategy

Service 2

Business Plan Development

Service 3

Go To Market

• Identify and create the portfolio of R&I project results
• Help projects to design and execute dissemination plans
• Assist projects in improving their existing exploitation strategy

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Support for bringing research results closer to the market:

• Develop an effective business plan
• Prepare to secure appropriate funding

Support for commercialisation:

• Pitching
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Innovation management
• Business services
• Business implementation options
• Non-EU funding opportunities

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Information on projects

Horizon Dashboard

• Place to find data and statistics on projects founded since FP1 until HE
• Focus on visualisation, possible to extract data
• Place of reference for Country profiles

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CORDIS

• Public repository with general information on R&I FP projects
• Information on the projects and results
• Participants list, reports, deliverables and links to open-access publications
• Project factsheets, results packs, results in brief, news items, podcasts and more.

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Useful links

Thank you

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