ERA-MIN 2 Kick-off
ERA-MIN 2 is a pan-European network of public research and innovation funding organisations consisting of 21 funding organisations from 13 EU Member States countries/regions, one Associated Country, and four non-EU countries (Argentina, Belgium-Flanders, Brazil, Chile, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Spain-Castilla y Léon, Sweden and Turkey).
Built on the experience of the EU project ERA-MIN (2011-2015), ERA-MIN 2 (2016-2021) aims to enhance and strengthen the coordination of research and innovation programmes in the field of non-energy, non-agricultural raw materials (construction, industrial and metallic minerals). Through the implementation of three joint calls for transnational collaborative R&I projects, ERA-MIN 2 will support demand driven research on Primary and Secondary Resources, and Substitution of Critical Raw Materials under a circular economy approach. The main goal of this activity is to give the opportunity to the R&I community to apply to world-wide coordinated funding, gaining access to leading knowledge and new markets, while reducing fragmentation of R&I funding across Europe and globally. Furthermore, ERA-MIN 2 will liaison with existing initiatives in the raw materials sector, projects and industrial associations, i.e. European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Raw Materials, European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) RawMaterials, EU VERAM project, European industrial associations (e.g. EURIC, EUROMINES, IMA-Europe, PROMETIA), among others to ensure complementarity and avoid duplication of efforts. In view of our goals, during the first edition of the Raw Materials Week, in Brussels, ERA-MIN 2 was presented at several meetings and conferences.
The ERA-MIN 2 launch event was held in Brussels on the 1st December 2016 to kick-off the ERA-MIN 2 activities, with particular emphasis on the upcoming Joint Call for transnational R&I projects on the 1st February 2017 with a total budget of 15 million Euro. More than 50 representatives of ministries, funding organisations, research and industry from EU and non-EU countries and the European Commission, have participated in a networking cocktail to welcome the official start of ERA-MIN 2.
On the morning of the 2nd December 2016, the ERA-MIN 2 Advisory Board discussed the topics of the upcoming call with the funding organisations in 5 working groups to better align the national/regional priorities with the research and industrial needs. In the afternoon session, the funding organisations discussed and streamlined the implementation of the ERA-MIN Joint Call 2017.
For more information:
www.era-min.eu (to be released Feb 2017)
Twitter: @eranetmin2
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/era-min-joint-calls-102ba271
Contact:
Coordinator - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal
Ms. Dina Carrilho