Partnerships
Clean Energy Transition
Partnership website: https://cetpartnership.eu/
The CET Partnership aims to empower the clean energy transition and contribute to the EU’s goal of becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, by pooling national and regional RDTI funding for a broad variety of technologies and system solutions required to make the transition.
The CETPartnership is a co-funded partnership, bringing together private and public stakeholders in the research and innovation ecosystems. CET Partnership aims to create and foster transnational innovation ecosystems and overcome a fragmented research and innovation landscape.
The common vision of the CETPartnership is already manifested in its Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) that has been co-created in a broad engagement process during 2020. This articulates the common goal of:
- Building innovation ecosystems that support capacity building at all levels
- Developing and demonstrating technology and solutions for the transition of energy systems
- Building a transnational transformative Joint Programming Platform
These goals are set in the framework of the EU Strategic Energy Technology (SET) plan.
A co-funded partnership: participation in Flanders
Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO) is an active member in this co-funded partnership. The funding commitment by VLAIO (excluding the top-up by the European Commission) amounts to €1.000.000. A maximum of three projects is anticipated to be funded. The involvement of at least one private company (SME or large enterprise) based in Flanders is mandatory. A project can be awarded a maximum of €500.000 in funding.
Funding rates vary, from 35-60% for development projects to 60-70% for research projects.
Parties interested to participate in the CET Partnership calls in Flanders are highly recommended to get in touch with the VLAIO contact point, i.e. Frank Verschraegen, to avoid ineligible projects and consortia.
Key documents
- Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA)
- Strategic Energy Technology Plan (2023 revision)
- CET Partnership funded projects
Contact
- CET Partnership communication services:
- VLAIO contact person: Frank Verschraegen (+32 471 55 98 19)
What are partnerships?
Partnerships group the EC and private and/or public partners, to coordinate and streamline the research & innovation initiatives and funding in some selected key domains.
How to use partnerships?
- orientation Partnerships publish strategic documents, e.g. outlining the main research and innovation challenges or key focus points.
- networking Partnerships often organise events, such as info days, brokerage events, etc. Meet potential partners and learn about the nuances that are not visible in the official documents.
- ecosystem analysis Partnerships typically have an advisory board, and publish impact studies of previous actions. These are good sources of information to uncover the main R&D&I players in the domain.
- steering the agenda Partnerships collaborate with the EC on outlining the strategy and the future funding opportunities in their domain, based on input from industry, academia, and other stakeholders.
Author
Do you have an additional question? Or spotted a mistake? Don't hesitate to contact me!
Ria De Breucker
Ria.debreucker@vlaio.be