Water Export Dag 26 juni 2009

1. CIP Eco-Innovation Call
Market replication projects
Water Export Day
Amsterdam
26 June 2009

2. About Greenovate! Europe
Eco-innovation experts along the innovation value
chain
– Research to market
– Internationalisation
– Investor-readiness and access to finance
– Cluster cooperation
– Eco-innovation policy development
24 members, 13 countries
Brussels based secretariat
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3. What is Eco-Innovation?
New services: greening businesses
New processes: cleaner production
New management methods, new technologies
and products
“All forms of innovation reducing
environmental impacts and / or optimising
the use of resources.”
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4. First application and market replication
195 million Euro (2008-2013)
Support first application and market uptake of
innovative products, processes and services
Bridging the gap between R&D and
commercialisation
Remove obstacles to wider application of eco-
innovation
Create and enlarge markets, with strong
emphasis on SMEs
Run by European Agency for Competitiveness
and Innovation
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5. Sectors covered by the call
Construction and buildings
– Innovative water systems, including water
savings, re-use of natural waters, rain water
collection and re-use, green roofs
Food and drink
– Improved efficiency in the water consumption
of a process or improved eco-efficiency of
water management
Green Business
Recycling
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6. Call 2009
Deadline 10 September 2009, 17h00
Evaluation end 2009
Project start March /April
50% funding rate
32 million Euro for 40 projects
Average 800,000 Euro per project
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7. Eligibility Criteria
Any legal person who is located in one of the following countries:
27 EU Member States
EFTA countries, which are members of the EEA: Iceland, Liechtenstein,
Norway,
Plus (provided the MoU is in force):
– Croatia
– Turkey
– Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
– Montenegro
– Israel
– Serbia
– Further countries depending on bilateral agreements
Emphasis on SMEs
One partner is formally sufficient, but: EU added value and replication factor
are important to show!
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8. FERTILANDIA
Tannery waste as fertiliser
Problem:
Leather tanning is polluting – most
leftovers are put into landfill
Proposed solution:
Create organic fertilizer from leather
meal with dewatered leather sludge
Potential:
Production and sales of 36,000 tons of
integrated leather meal per year
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9. ECOMETRE
Ecological metal recycling
Construction of a pilot plant with
innovative metal recycling system
Heavy metals – mainly nickel - are
precipitated from the waste water
stream and selectively extracted for
future utilisation
Replication potential in surface
engineering
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10. WINENVIRONMENT
Reducing the impact of wine production
Problem:
Producing one liter of wine requires five liters of water; most wine growers
use pesticides and phytosanitary products
Proposed solution:
New filtration and product recovery systems + an environmental and
quality management methodology for validation
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11. Contacts
Greenovate! Europe EEIG
Rue de Breydel 40
B – 1040 Brussels
Tel +32 2 235 8696
www.greenovate-europe.eu
Astrid Severin
astrid.severin@greenovate.eu
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