Horizon 2020 is the European Union’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation till 2020. National Contact Points have been established as information hatches between the European Commission and the stakeholders. For Flemish stakeholders NCP Flanders is the contact point, consisting of and supported by the advisors of FWO (Research Foundation Flanders) and Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
Horizon 2020 is the European Union’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. Running from 2014 until 2020 with a budget of about €77 billion, Horizon 2020 is the biggest multinational research programme in the world. It funds research in all areas of science and innovation. Workprogrammes 2018 - 2020. Update 10/9/2018 available on Horizon 2020 info
The core of the Horizon 2020 programme consists mainly of 3 pillars: Excellent Science, Industrial Leadership and Societal Challenges. Next to other programmes as Spreading excellence and Widening participation and Science with and for Society, the Joint Research Center is also highlighted. See our introductory presentations to find out what's in it for you!
Besides Horizon 2020 there are many other relevant funding programmes managed by several agencies and directorates of the European Commission.
National Contact Point Flanders (NCP Flanders) acts as the information hatch between the European Commission and the stakeholders regarding the Horizon 2020 Programme. Additionally several other organisation offer a support service.
Strong Flemish partnership in new Horizon 2020 project on circular economy business demonstrators, including VITO (Coordinator), IMEC, Ecopower cvba, Futech bvba, PV Cycle aisbl and Daidalos Peutz bvba.
Solar photovoltaic (PV) and electric vehicle (EV) have been two key engines powering the energy transition. As the numbers of PV and EV on the market rise, resource efficiency is becoming an increasingly critical factor for the long-term success of these sectors. Circular economy and renewable, clean energy need to go hand in hand, to safeguard a truly sustainable transition towards a low-carbon future.
CIRCUSOL is an Innovation Action project funded by the Horizon 2020-CIRC-01-2017 - Societal Challenge 5 Climate action program of the European Commission. CIRCUSOL wants to unleash the full potential of circular business models, in particular Product-Service Systems (PSS), in simultaneously delivering real environmental, economic and user benefits. By that, CIRCUSOL aims to establish solar power as a spearhead sector in demonstrating a path driven by service-based businesses towards a circular economy in Europe.
CIRCUSOL brings together 15 partners from 7 European countries, covering the value chain of PV and batteries. The core outcome of the project will be five real-life demonstrators, suitable for market replication. The demonstrators will deploy second-life PV modules and batteries, provided as a service for the residential, commercial and utility markets in 3 countries. CIRCUSOL kicked off in June 2018 and will run for 4 years.
For more information, please visit www.circusol.eu or contact hello@circusol.eu.
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Research Foundation Flanders
Flanders Innovation and Entrepeneurship
