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European Partnerships
European Partnerships in Horizon Europe

Aiming at the creation of the European Research Area (ERA) whilst making the most of public and private funds for research and innovation, European Partnerships bring together European and national funding in the framework of public-to-public partnerships in order to address societal challenges and strengthen Europe’s competitive position. Cyprus, through the RIF, is represented in various European partnerships, which aim to coordinate the funding of research and innovation actions and to establish research priorities at a pan-European level, through the formulation and implementation of Joint Research Programmes.

Public-to-public partnerships are mainly implemented through the following mechanisms:

  • Joint Programming Initiatives
  • Article 185 initiatives
  • ERA-NET Cofund

An overview of Cypriot participation in public-to-public partnerships is presented on the ERA-LEARN network’s website.

European Partnerships in Horizon Europe

In view of the EU’s new Framework Programme for research and innovation, Horizon Europe, the EC aims to streamline the number of partnerships in order to increase their effectiveness and impact on achieving Europe’s goals.

There will be 3 types of partnerships:

Co-programmed partnerships

  • These will be based on Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) or contractual arrangements aimed at joint planning and coordination of R&I in the area concerned.

Co-funded partnerships

  • These will be based on the commitment of partners (public sector, industry, etc.) for joint implementation of a set of actions through relevant contributions (financial and in-kind).

Institutionalised partnerships

  • Based on Articles 185 or 187 of the TFEU and the EIT Regulation regarding Knowledge and Innovation Communities.

The final selection of the partnerships is being discussed by Member States and the EU in the context of the strategic planning process.

In December 2019, the RIF led a national consultation on the participation of Cyprus in Horizon Europe European Partnerships, which included, among others, round table discussions with representatives of the country in the relevant Committees and experts in each area, contribution to the development of an action plan to decide on the partnerships Cyprus will commit to participate in.

European Partnership

The “Key Digital Technologies” (KDT) European Partnership is a public-private partnership managing a research and innovation programme aiming to reinforce the EU’s strategic autonomy in the electronic components and systems sector.
More specifically, through the funded projects KDT Partnership aims to ensure that the EU has the necessary expertise in key enabling technologies to be a competitive leader of the world’s digital economy. This includes developing advanced semiconductors and applications that are critical to European society and contribute to the EU digital strategy and the European Green Deal.

Website: https://www.kdt-ju.europa.eu/

The “Clean Energy Transition Partnership” (CETPartnership) is a multilateral and strategic partnership of national and regional research, development and innovation (RDI) programmes in European Member States and Associated Countries aiming to boost and accelerate the energy transition and to support the implementation of the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan).

Website: https://cetpartnership.eu/

The “Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership” (SBEP) aims to design, steer and support a just and inclusive transition to a regenerative, resilient and sustainable blue economy, boosting the transformation needed towards a climate-neutral, sustainable, productive and competitive EU by 2030. The SBEP will deliver solutions to strengthen EU and international science-policy interfaces in marine- and maritime-related domains of the EU Green Deal and Digital Europe strategies through aligning national, regional and EU R&I priorities bringing together science, industry, policy and society.

Website: https://www.bluepartnership.eu/

European Partnership on Innovative SMEs

 

The European Partnership on Innovative SMEs is co-funded by the European Union through Horizon Europe and 37 Eureka countries. It supports two funding programmes, Eurostars and Innowwide, and accompanying measures.

EUROSTARS

 

Eurostars supports innovative SMEs and project partners (large companies, universities, research organisations and other types of organisations) by funding international collaborative R&D and innovation projects. Innovative SMEs shall take the lead and exploit commercially the project results, thus improving their competitive position. By participating, organisations can access public funding for international collaborative R&D projects in all fields.

Website: https://www.eurekanetwork.org/countries/cyprus/eurostars/

Eurostars is part of the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs. The partnership is co-funded by the European Union through Horizon Europe.

INNOWWIDE

Innowwide funds innovative SMEs to assess the viability of commercial or research ambitions for internationalisation in a target country. SMEs conduct feasibility studies for innovative solutions over a six-month period, working with local organisations.

Website: https://www.eurekanetwork.org/programmes/innowwide/

Innowwide is funded by the European Union as part of the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs.

The “Driving Urban Transitions Partnership” (DUT) is the new programme of JPI Urban Europe starting in 2022. The DUT Partnership steps up the game to tackle urban challenges. Through research and innovation, we enable local authorities and municipalities, business, and citizens to translate global strategies into local action. We develop the skills and tools to make urban change happen and boost the urgently needed urban transformations towards a sustainable future with enhanced quality of life in cities.

Website: https://dutpartnership.eu/

The partnership aims to accelerate the transition towards sustainable, climate- and ecosystem-friendly farming practices. To do so, it will 1) enable a better comprehension of agroecological processes from farm to landscape levels, 2) boost place-based innovation in cocreative environments and 3) improve the flow and uptake of knowledge and innovations on agroecology. It pursues the common vision to team-up and unlock the transition to agroecology so that farming systems are resilient, prosperous, place-sensitive, climate-, biodiversity- and people-friendly by 2050.

Website: https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2022-04/european_partnership_for_accelerating_farming_systems_transition_march_2022.pdf

The aim of the Rare Diseases (RD) Partnership is to improve the health and well-being of 30 million persons living with a rare disease in Europe, by making Europe a world leader in RD research and innovation and delivering concrete health benefits to rare disease patients (through better prevention, diagnosis and treatments).

The Partnership will deliver a RD multi-stakeholder ecosystem by supporting robust patient need-led research, developing new therapies and diagnostic pathways, by utilizing the power of health and research data and spearheading the digital transformational change in RD research and innovation (R&I).
Finally, the Partnership will structure the European Research Area (ERA) on RD by supporting the coordination and alignment of national and regional research strategies, including the establishment of public-private collaborations, through research activities all along the R&I value chain, ensuring that the journey from knowledge to patient impact is expedited, thereby optimising EU innovation potential in RD.

Website: https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2022-02/ec_rtd_he-partnerships-rare-diseases.pdf

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Joint Programming Initiatives

The idea of Joint Planning in Research was adopted by the European Council in 2008 with the aim of cooperating with European countries and jointly addressing current social, economic, environmental and other challenges.

To select and monitor Joint Planning Initiatives, the Council set up the High Level Planning Group (GPC). The Group has selected and supported the development of ten Joint Planning Initiatives (JPIs) that cover a wide range of international challenges. Cyprus has made a significant contribution to the operation of the Group, highlighted by the chairmanship of GPC for the period 2016-2019.

Each JPI designs a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA), with the aim of identifying long-term research priorities in the relevant field. Based on the SRIA, a Joint Implementation Framework for common measures and actions is then set up by the participating countries. These measures include Joint Calls for Proposals involving bodies from Member States. These Calls are often funded by the participating countries and the European Commission.

A significant number (15-25) of European countries and the European Commission typically participate in each JPI. Their governance is determined by the participating countries. Cyprus, through the RIF, participates as a full member in four (4) Joint Programming Initiatives.

The FACCE JPI is committed to building an integrated European Research Area addressing the interconnected challenges of sustainable agriculture, food security and impacts of climate change. By providing and steering research FACCE-JPI supports sustainable agricultural production and economic growth, to contribute to a European bio-based economy, while maintaining and restoring ecosystem services under current and future climate change.

In order to achieve its objectives, the JPI launches Joint Transnational Calls for Proposals. Furthermore, the FACCE-JPI also collaborates with other initiatives and transnational networks such as ERANET Biodiversa, Belmont Forum, Global Research Allowance (GRA) countries on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases for the launch of Joint Calls.

The «Water Challenges for a Changing World» JPI (Water JPI) aims at tackling the problem of the reduction of available water resources with an emphasis on both the quality and quantity of water reserves for a sustainable European and global economy in Europe.

The objectives of this JPI, include improving ecosystem sustainability and human wellbeing, developing safe water systems for citizens, promoting competitiveness in the water industry, implementing a water-wise bio-based economy and closing the water cycle gap.

JPI Urban Europe was created in 2010 to address the global urban challenges of today with the ambition to develop a European research and innovation hub on urban matters and create European solutions by means of coordinated research.

Through its Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA), the JPI URBAN EUROPE defines long term research priorities and joint implementation measures, forming the basis for Joint Calls and activities.

The Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) entitled “Cultural Heritage and Global Change: a New Challenge for Europe” (JPICH) aims at developing sustainable cooperation between national programmes and funding organizations on Cultural Heritage themes and launching joint, transnational calls for the funding of RTD projects.

The objectives of the initiative include: exploring the correlation between cultural heritage and climate change, the correlation between the protection of cultural heritage and its importance for society as well as the protection and security of cultural heritage.

Article 185 Initiatives & ERANETs Networks

Article 185 initiatives are public-public partnerships established by EU Member States and associated countries, eligible for a substantial financial contribution from the EU’s Framework Programme for research and innovation, Horizon 2020.

They aim at addressing common challenges in specific research areas by creating economies of scale and synergies between national and EU research programmes and investments.

AAL is a funding programme, of which Cyprus is a founding member, that aims to create better quality of life for older people and to strengthen industrial opportunities specifically in the field of healthy ageing technology and innovation. Funded projects work towards creating market-ready products and services for older people. SMEs, research bodies and other organisations participate in funded projects.

The Eurostars Programme is an initiative of the EUREKA network under Article 185. It is a European Joint Programme dedicated to the R&D performing SMEs, and co-funded by the member countries. It is fine-tuned to focus on the needs of SMEs, and specifically targets the development of new products, processes and services and the access to transnational and international markets. Two calls of Proposals are announced per year.

Τhe Program aims to develop a sustainable mechanism to support small and medium-sized enterprises in the field of research and development and to facilitate their access to sources of funding through simple procedures for the evaluation and funding of research proposals.

PRIMA is a partnership established at the initiative of Mediterranean EU Member States, including Cyprus, for EU participation in a joint research and innovation Programme specifically focusing on developing and implementing innovative solutions for food and water resources systems in the Mediterranean.

M-ERA.NET was established in 2012 to support and increase the coordination of European research and innovation programmes and related funding in materials science and engineering. M-ERA.NET contributes to the restructuring of the European Research Area (ERA) and implementation of EU policies, enhancing funding schemes at regional, national and European levels.

SOLAR-ERA.NET, aims to undertake joint research, technological development and innovation activities in the field of electricity generation from solar energy, in particular from the use of Photovoltaic (PV) and Concentrating Solar Power CSP) technologies.

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