Virtual Information Day Call LIFE 2020 (May 12, 2020)

08.05.2020. The CILIFO project and its beneficiary partners inform about this information day on the LIFE call.

On May 12th, the Virtual Information Day of the LIFE 2020 call will take place, with the participation of the Executive Agency for SMEs (EASME) and NEEMO.

The registration period is open: REGISTER HERE to participate in the virtual seminar.

This is the planned agenda.

IF YOU HAVE A PROJECT IDEA PLEASE CONTACT THE CILIFO TEAM WHO WILL HELP YOU THROUGH THE FIREFIGHTING OPEN INNOVATION LAB – CILIFO TO TURN YOUR IDEA INTO A POSSIBLE LIFE PROJECT FUNDED TO MORE THAN 1 MILLION EUROS.

Contact: José Manuel Requena (jrequena@finnova.eu)

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Hiring of Advice for the presentation of R+D+i projects

07.05.2020. Subsidy of up to 10,000 euros for the purpose of hiring external advice for the presentation of R&D&I projects to international calls, especially H2020.

Call for the granting of subsidies for the promotion of industrial research, experimental development and business innovation in Andalusia – Subsidy line «Program for the Promotion of International R&D&I», on a non-competitive basis.

DETAILS
The support will consist exclusively of a non-refundable grant for the hiring of external expertise to carry out tasks related to the preparation, drafting and submission of the proposal, as well as the search for partners when required by the call.

These consultancy projects will be subject to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis aid.

⏰ Deadline: 30 September 2020 Change possible due to the situation of Covid-19

OBJECTIVE
The contracting of an external consultancy for the presentation of R+D+i projects to international calls, especially H2020.

WHO?
The beneficiaries will be SMEs, which are not involved in the primary production of agricultural, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture products.

BUDGET
The maximum amount of aid will be 10,000 euros, and it will never be more than 75% of the total cost of the service.

CONTACT
Antonio Luis
Finnova Foundation Project Technician
antonio.luis@finnova.eu

Finnova y la aceleradora Firefighting Open Innovaition Lab-CILIFO, comprometidos con el #EUGreenDeal

30.04.2020. Medidas para proteger la biodiversidad y los ecosistemas, además mejorará la calidad de los océanos y los bosques y desarrollará el concepto de “ciudad verde” para incrementar la biodiversidad en los espacios urbanos.

La Fundación Finnova, beneficiaria del Centro Ibérico para la Investigación y Lucha contra Incendios Forestales (CILIFO), muestra su compromiso con el  #EUGreenDeal de la Unión Europea. La presidenta de la Comisión Europea, Ursula von der Leyen, presentó el Pacto Verde de la UE como un plan que incluye cincuenta acciones concretas para la lucha contra el cambio climático, que pretende convertir a Europa en el primer continente climáticamente neutro en el año 2050. Según la web de la Comisión Europea: El objetivo del #EUGreenDeal es Europa tenga una economía limpia, con cero emisiones, y proteger nuestro hábitat natural para mejorar el bienestar de las personas, de las empresas y que tome el liderazgo en la acción climática en todo el planeta.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEVpm-TwRQ0&feature=youtu.be

Las medidas del Pacto responden a la preocupación de la UE y de sus ciudadanos a causa de los efectos negativos del cambio climático.

Thinkforest webinar: Science Insights to the European Green Deal and Forests-

28/04/2020. Insights to the European Green Deal and Forests-webinar.

Organised by the European Forest Institute (EFI), this webinar aims to discuss the following questions:

  • What are the main objectives of the EU Green Agreement and how do they relate to the forest sector?
  • How does the forest sector in general view the Green Deal?
  • What are the strengths and weaknesses of the proposed Green Deal with respect to the forestry sector from the perspectives of ecological, economic and social sustainability?
  • How could the Green Deal be developed to better exploit the capacity of the EU sector to contribute to the main objectives of the Agreement?

ThinkForest is a high-level science policy forum that brings together policy makers, the scientific community and stakeholders to build bridges on pan-European forest and bio-economic issues.

Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2020

Time: 10:00 – 12:30 CEST

Location: Webinar
Register here
The webinar will be conducted using Zoom.us. A link to the webinar will be sent to you by e-mail the night before the webinar, May 19.

Download the program at the following link

More information on the following website

 

New Call B-SOLUTIONS

28.04.2020. B-solutions is a call to support local and regional authorities in European border regions in solving legal and administrative obstacles to cross-border cooperation.

It aims to find alternative, tangible and replicable solutions to the many legal and administrative obstacles that still hamper cooperation along the internal land borders of the European Union.

Cross-border authorities and entities receive legal advice from experts with proven expertise in cross-border matters that will help to find possible solutions to existing obstacles.

Authorities of border administrations have the opportunity to present information on a legal or administrative obstacle they face when implementing projects in a border area. Successful applicants are assigned the support of the European Commission to remove the difficulties that cooperation with the neighbouring country is hampering.

B-solutions consists of four calls for proposals, one open in early 2018 and one in early 2019. Two more calls will be opened in 2020 to identify new obstacles to cross-border cooperation.

When?
A call is foreseen in 2020, date to be confirmed.

By whom?
Managed by the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR) and promoted by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO).

More information:  www.b-solutionsproject.com 

European Union launches new EUR 50 million pilot project to develop skills and education across Europe

27.04.2020. The initiative is implemented by the Europe<an Investment Fund on behalf of the European Commission, and therefore benefits from EU budget support under the European Strategic Investment Fund (ESSF).

The EU is launching a new pilot project, the Skills & Education Guarantee Pilot (S&E Pilot), worth EUR 50 million, to develop skills and education across Europe. The initiative will encourage investment in education, training, and skills, and support European students, businesses and organisations in the field of education. The initiative will support businesses and students during and after the coronavirus pandemic crisis to ensure that Europe can innovate and stay at the forefront of global technological developments, boost the knowledge economy and accelerate economic recovery.

The European Investment Fund (EIF) and the European Commission are launching a new pilot guarantee scheme to improve access to finance for individuals and organisations wishing to invest in skills and education Skills & Education Guarantee Pilot (S&E Pilot).

The initiative will be piloted in 2020 with the aim of making it a conventional European financial instrument after that year, in the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework (2021-2027).

Beneficiaries:

  • Individuals (students and trainees) – who wish to continue studying and improving their skills through academia, vocational training, lifelong learning and other forms of education.
  • European companies – who contribute and facilitate skills transformation efforts; thus helping to increase the competitiveness and productivity of the company,.
  • European organisations – which are active in the field of skills, training and education or which develop projects in the field of education with the aim of significantly improving the ecosystem of supply of education, training and related skills services

Organisation: European Investment Found (EIF)

Application deadline: 17 May – 30 September 2020

Budget: In its pilot phase, this pilot project will provide an EU guarantee of up to EUR 50 million.

Contact: Alberto Navarro (navarro@finnova.eu)

More information; https://www.eif.org/what_we_do/guarantees/skills-and-education-guarantee-pilot/index.htm

Call: EIC Fast Track to Innovation (FTI)

23/04/2020. Projects that also help to prevent or combat epidemics such as Covid19 are particularly welcome.

OBJECTIVE:
Fast Track to Innovation finances «Bottom-Up» projects whose innovation activities are close to the market, regardless of their technological area and/or application. It is a financing tool designed to promote interdisciplinary cooperation between companies from different sectors and countries. The objectives of this initiative are to stimulate the participation of new companies in European public funding programmes and to increase private sector investment in R&D&I.

DETAILS:
Proposals for funding must be submitted as a consortium including between three and five legal entities established in at least three EU member countries or associated countries. In each consortium at least 60% of the budget must be allocated to industry participants, or the consortium must include at least two industry participants who are in a consortium with three or four partners. Another option is to have three industry participants in a consortium with five partners.

BENEFICIARIES:
This is a call open to any area, sector or theme with pillars of industrial leadership and social challenges (industries, universities, research centres, industrial associations, incubators, public sector) whose projects can be interdisciplinary and preferably oriented towards generating an impact on sustainability, climate change or any of the transversal objectives of Horizon 2020.

BUDGET: The maximum budget amounts to 3 million euros per proposal (funding rate of 70% for for-profit entities and 100% for non-profit entities).

DEADLINE: The deadline for submitting projects is 5 p.m. on 9 June 2020. (Brussels).

Contact: Adrian Noheda: adrian.noheda@finnova.eu

Calls for R+D+I projects (EUREKA)

 21.04.2020. EUREKA facilitates access to finance for companies involved in its projects; and promotes and supports the generation of market-oriented international R&D&I projects.

In this sense, the accelerator/incubator Firefighting Opan Innovation Lab – CILIFO reports that there are several calls for projects open:

 

Call for joint R&D&I projects between France and Spain

Bpifrance (French Bank for Public Investment) from France and CDTI, EPE from Spain announce this call for proposals for joint R&D projects, focusing on the development of innovative products and applications in all technological and market areas. Applicants are expected to develop solutions or ready-to-market projects that have a strong market potential for France and Spain.
Call for joint R&D&I projects between France and Spain

  • Deadline for international applications: 10 – June -2020
  • Eligibility feedback to applicants: 17 – June -2020
  • EUREKA Label (estimated): November -2020

Although this call invites projects in ALL thematic areas or application domains, special attention is given to the following domains:

  • Transport (including automotive and aeronautics)
  • Agri-food technology
  • Energy
  • Environment

More information: https://www.eurekanetwork.org/Call-project-France-Spain-2020

 

Joint call for projects from Argentina and Spain

The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MINCyT) of Argentina, and the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology, EPE (CDTI) of Spain, announce this call for proposals for joint R&D projects, focusing on the development of innovative products and applications in all technological and market areas. Applicants are expected to develop commercially-ready solutions or projects that have strong market potential for Argentina and Spain. This call invites projects in ALL thematic areas, reflecting the bottom-up approach of the Eureka Network projects.

  • Launch of the call: March 2020
  • Deadline for international applications: June 18, 2020
  • Eligibility comments for applicants: September 1, 2020
  • Eureka Label (estimated): February 2021

More information: https://www.eurekanetwork.org/argetina-spain-call-projects-2020

Canada and Spain call for projects:

The National Research Council’s Industrial Research Assistance Program of Canada (NRC IRAP) and the Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial, EPE (CDTI), national funding authorities for Canada and Spain respectively, announce this call for proposals for collaborative R&D research and development) with the objective of delivering innovative, near-market products, processes and services in any technological and market area for a civilian purpose.

  • Call for Proposals Opening – March 1, 2020
  • Registration (Canada) – May 1, 2020
  • Expression of Interest (Canada) – 8 May 2020
  • Deadline for Eureka applications – 1 June 2020
  • Evaluation results, project start – November-December 2020

Although this call invites proposals in ALL thematic areas or domains of application, special attention is given to the following areas:

  • Electronics, Information and Communication Technologies
  • Industrial manufacturing, machinery, materials and transport
  • Agro-food technologies
  • Biotechnologies, medical devices
  • Environment, energy, marine technologies

More information: https://www.eurekanetwork.org/content/canada-spain-call-projects-2020

Multilateral call for solutions for the eco COVID-19 period: life without vaccination

This call for solutions for COVID-19’s Eco Period is addressed to organisations in the following countries (based on mutual consent between participating national funding bodies):

  • Austria (Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft – FFG)
  • Canada (National Research Council Industrial Research Assistance Program – NRC IRAP)
  • Denmark (Danish Innovation Fund – DFI)
  • France (Bpifrance)
  • The Netherlands (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland – RVO)
  • Spain (Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology – CDTI)
  • Turkey (Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu – TÜBİTAK)

Important dates:

  • Opening of the call – 15 April 2020
  • Eureka application deadline – 15 May 2020
  • Eureka label and funding decision – 30 June 2020 (latest)
  • Signing of the Consortium Agreement – July 28, 2020 (most recent)
  • Project start – August 3, 2020 (latest)
  • Project duration: up to 12 months.

Participants are invited to submit proposals for research and innovation projects with the aim of providing short and medium-term responses to the specific needs of COVID-19

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CALLS:
Adrian Noheda (adrian.noheda@finnova.eu)

CILIFO bets on WORLD INNOVATION DAY

21.04.2020. Every 21 April, the first World Day of Creativity and Innovation (WCI) is officially celebrated. WCI was born in 2018 with the aim of promoting multidisciplinary creative thinking that can help achieve a sustainable future.

The Iberian Centre for Research and the Fight against Forest Fires (CILIFO) is committed to and supports the World Innovation Day. The CILIFO project, which is a European project focused on the prevention and extinction of forest fires, as well as the adaptation and mitigation of climate change, is directed by the Andalusian Regional Government (Spain).

The Finnova Foundation, the beneficiary of the CILIFO Project, supports and promotes innovation with the initiatives promoted by the project and by the first accelerator/incubator specialized in the prevention and extinction of forest fires and co-founded by an Interreg programme in Europe, «Firefighting Open Innovation Lab – CILIFO», which can contribute with innovative solutions. This Open Innovation Lab welcomes entities (entrepreneurs, spin-offs, start-ups, SMEs…) working in the field of climate change adaptation and mitigation, including forest fire prevention and extinction.

Contact: Adrían Noheda (adrian.noheda@finnova.eu)