This document summarizes various EU funding opportunities for environmental challenges and climate change, including the Horizon 2020 program which has a €78 billion budget to fund research and innovation. It also discusses other programs like LIFE, Interreg, and initiatives from the European Investment Bank and European Regional Development Fund that provide funding through grants, loans, and other financial instruments for projects related to climate change mitigation and adaptation. Contact information is provided for an agency that can provide assistance in identifying and applying for relevant EU funding opportunities.

1. Funding opportunities for
environmental challenges
& climate change opportunities
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Ariane Decramer - Liaison agency Flanders-Europe
24 March 2015

2. Vleva?
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(governments + civil society organisations)
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(policy, funding, grants, visibility,…)
▪ How? website, newsletter, meetings, customized service

3. Framework for EU funding 2014-2020
● Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)
● EU2020

4. ● Implementation of EU policy
● Cofinancing
● Not for regular operations but for innovative projects
● No retroactivity
● International cooperation
● European added value – knowledge sharing &
dissemination
EU funding logics I

5. ● financial instruments vs. one-off grants
● recurrent calls
● ad hoc grants
● centralised vs. decentralised
● National Contactpoints (NCP)
● Think/be open-minded: 1 project => more than 1 EU
funding opportunity
EU funding logics II

6. Programmes climate/environment 2014-2020

7. Goal
● R&I to drive economic growth
● ensure Europe produces world-class science
● removes barriers to innovation and makes it easier for the public and
private sectors to work together in delivering it
Budget € 78 billion
● Co-financing: 100% for research, 70% for close to the market
3 pillars
● Excellent Science
● Industrial Leadership
● Societal challenges

8. Priority III: Societal challenges (7)
2. Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry,
Marine, Maritime and Inland Water Research and the
Bioeconomy
3. Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy

9. www.stepupsmartcities.eu/

10. http://eu-gugle.eu/

11. 4. Smart, Green and Integrated Transport
5. Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials

13. Help for rail industry on cutting pollutants from diesel engines
http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/news/help-rail-industry-cutting-
pollutants-diesel-engines
Using moss to measure air pollution
http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/news/using-
moss-measure-air-pollution

14. Joint programming Initiatives (10)
Goal
pool national research efforts in order to make better use of Europe's
precious public R&D resources and to tackle common European challenges
more effectively in a few key areas.
Relevant Joint Programming initiatives for E&C
● Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FACCE)
● Urban Europe - Global Urban Challenges, Joint European Solutions
● Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe (CliK'EU)Water Challenges for
a Changing World
● Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans
http://ec.europa.eu/research/era/joint-programming-initiatives_en.html

15. Goal
● create better skills
● increase employability
● modernise training & education, youth sector & sports
3 key actions:
● KA 1: Learning mobility of individuals
● KA 2: Cooperation for innovation & exchange of good practices
● KA 3: Support for policy reform
ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/index_en.htm
Budget € 14,7 billion

16. ● Mobility projects in the field of education, training
and youth;
● Large scale European Voluntary Service events;
● Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees;
● Erasmus+ Master Loans.
KA 2: Cooperation for innovation & exchange of good
practices
● Strategic Partnerships in the field of education, training and youth;
● Knowledge Alliances;
● Sector Skills Alliances;
● Capacity Building in the field of higher education;
● Capacity Building in the field of youth.
KA 1: Learning mobility of individuals

17. Designing and Testing new management skills for the development of the
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Recycling and Re-use System in
EuropeEnvironmental technologies (Eco-Innovation)
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/sites/eacea-site/files/ssa-2014-decision-list.pdf

18. http://ecopathways.blogspot.fr/

19. ● Low carbon Economy
● Management and cofinancing at regional level
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/policy/themes/
● partners 28 member states of the European
Union, Norway and Switzerland
● exchange their experience and work on
improving their Structural Funds and
regional development policies
● Call June 2015
http://www.interreg4c.eu/programme/2014-
2020/

20. http://www.eib.org/projects/priorities/climate-action/index.htm
● finances projects dedicated to climate change
mitigation and adaptation across a variety of sectors,
● range of financial and advisory solutions tailored to
the needs
● € 90 billion 2010-2014
European Investment Bank

21. Vleva EU funding tool
1. Online EU funding tool
2. e-book: www.eu-
subsidiegids.eu
3. Partner search
4. First assistance
5. Information meetings and
brokerage sessions

23. Contact details
Liaison Agency Flanders-Europe
Ariane Decramer
ariane.decramer@vleva.eu
T (+32) 02 737 14 30
@ArianeDecramer
www.vleva.eu
en.vleva.eu