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Horizon Europe

Horizon Europe is the main Research and Innovation Funding Programme of the European Commission.

Horizon 2020

Horizon 2020 is the previous Funding Programme. There are no longer calls, but projects can run until 2024.

Digital Europe

Digital Europe is a Funding Programme focused on bringing digital technology to businesses, citizens and administrations.

Other EU Funding

There are many other relevant EU funding programmes, managed by several agencies and directorates.

Partnership

Clean steel-low-carbon steelmaking

Clean steel-low-carbon steelmaking

Partnership website: https://www.estep.eu/clean-steel-partnership/

The partnership will develop lean CO2 technologies, and test these at large scales until 2030, with a total estimated budget of EUR 1.7 bn (EU commitments: EUR 700 m and partners’ commitments: Up to EUR 1 bn).

The Clean Steel Partnership (CSP) is aligned with the EU’s goal and policies to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 – the European Green Deal, the Clean Planet for All strategy and the Paris Agreement. It will thus contribute to fighting climate change and moving towards climate neutrality by 2050.
CSP will develop lean CO2 technologies, and test these at large scales until 2030. These technologies are required to reduce CO2 from EU steel production by 80-95% compared to 1990 levels, ultimately leading to climate neutrality.
CSP will ensure a coordinated, sustainable approach across stakeholders, technologies, production routes and countries.
CSP nurtures the long-term vision of supporting the European leadership in the transformation of the steel industry into a climate neutral sector while preserving the competitiveness and viability of the EU steel industry making sure that EU
production will be able to meet the growing demand for steel products.

By 2027 it will implement at least 2 demonstration projects leading to a 50% reduction in CO2 emissions and achieve technology readines level 8 by 2030 in at least 12 areas funded by the partnership.

The EU Clean Steel Partnership (CSP) has started in June 2021 in the Frame of Horizon Europe in synergy with the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS). The public and private side agreed on a dedicated Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The public side is represented by DG RTD and DG Grow while the private side is represented by ESTEP. The main decision body for CSP is the Partnershipboard.

 

Contact

Partners: ESTEP - sg@estep.eu 

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.

Testimonial

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Limecraft - Powerful workflows for video products

If you’ve never heard of Limecraft, you’re clearly not working in the media sector. Their SaaS platform provides integrated workflows for media management, scripted and unscripted TV, and subtitling and localisation. It is used by leading broadcasting companies – such as BBC, VRT, NPO… – and production firms of which De Mensen or Hotel Hungaria might ring a bell (at least if you are Belgian).

NCP Flanders went to Ghent to interview Maarten Verwaest, CEO and cofounder, about how he sees Horizon 2020. Limecraft is a partner in the MeMAD project, which is a collaborative RIA project submitted to an ICT call topic