Partnerships

Raw Materials for the Green and Digital Transition

Raw Materials for the Green and Digital Transition

The future EU Partnership on Raw Materials for the Green and Digital Transition is being designed to secure a sustainable, resilient, and competitive supply of raw materials across Europe to enable the twin green and digital transitions. The Partnership is currently under development and expected to launch in 2026.

The objective of the European Partnership on Raw Materials is to strengthen the co-ordination of national and regional research programmes in the field of non-energy and non-agricultural raw materials, ensuring common understanding of R&I challenges to achieve the objectives of the Critical Raw Materials Act. 

Timeline and key documents

- The Partnership will build on the experience of ERA-NETs: ERA-MIN, ERA-MIN 2 and ERA-MIN 3.

- In May 2024, the Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda for the Partnership was published.

- On 9 December 2024, the Commission and the ERA-MIN 3 team co-organised a workshop on the future co-funded partnership on Raw Materials for the Green and Digital Transition. During the workshop the thematic priorities for the first call of the partnership were discussed, setting the stage for future collaboration and innovation.

Contact

info@era-min.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.
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