presented at the SRII (Service Research and Innovation Institute) conference India 2013

1. Slide 00
European research
Horizon 2020
the future
research framework programme
of the European Union
Sandro D'Elia
European Commission
Directorate General CONNECT
Unit Software & Services, Cloud Computing

2. Slide 01
The European Union (EU) is a
political and economic union of
27 Member States,
Member States delegate some of their
competences to the EU
("exclusive", "shared" or "supporting")
Research is a
"shared competence"
of the European Union

3. Slide 02
H2020 – what is it?
A single research and innovation programme bringing
together 3 separate initiatives (FP7, CIP, EIT)
(Framework Programme 7, Competitiveness and Innovation Programme, European Institute of Technology)
Running from 2014 to 2020
a single "framework programme" implemented through "work programmes" of 1-2 years
€80 billion budget (~104 billion US$)
Focus on societal challenges
and innovation
(health, clean energy, transport…)
Open to international cooperation
(countries outside EU)

4. Slide 03
H2020 – new rules
Two-stage evaluation
(to be confirmed)
, 6-months time-to-grant
No paper documents, specific rules for non-profit organisations
New “financial instruments” (different ways of financing)
Open Disruptive
Innovation
STREPs, IPs…
SME instrument
Prizes
FET Open
PCP
PPPs
Coop. w/ EIT
Responsible I
JTIs
Networking
Pilots A & B
instruments
BUT goals have not changed: growth, jobs, competitiveness

5. Slide 04
H2020 – international aspects
International participation (outside EU) approach confirmed
General principle of reciprocity
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“Rich” countries can participate but get no funding, “developing”
countries can participate and get funding from the EU
(…but the list of “rich” and “developing” countries is not yet defined)
Intellectual Property Rights: as general rule, IP generated from
EU-funded projects should be first exploited in Europe

6. Slide 05
H2020 – timeline
Legal documents and guidelines ready:
First calls for proposals:
end 2013
first half 2014
Selection of proposals and contract negotiation (6-months)
First projects start:
second half 2014
The Workprogramme 2014-15 will define all the details

7. Slide 06
H2020 – what is inside?
Excellent
Science
Industrial
leadership
Societal
challenges

8. Slide 07
H2020 – what is inside?
Industrial
leadership
Components and systems
Next generation computing
Research on services is here
Future Internet
Content technologies and information management
Advanced interfaces and robots
Key Enabling Technologies: Micro- nano-electronics and
photonics

9. Slide 08
Research on services
In the 2013 workprogramme:
(not yet Horizon 2020)
Innovative and self-adaptive Internet-based services using agile software technologies and tools
for any phase of the service lifecycle and exploiting widely distributed computing architectures,
large distributed data sets and smart sensors.
This work should take into account the social, open and collaborative dimensions of software
development and service provisioning
Expected Impact: increasing Europe's ability to
design and deliver innovative services
with strong user engagement
through better involvement of SMEs
and individual researchers/developers.
What can we expect in 2014-15?

10. Slide 09
Research on services – some trends
The Cloud is the platform of choice for Services
Linked/Open/Social data, Smart Objects are the data sources for
services
Service quality (reliability, resilience, auditability, privacy,
security, scalability…)
Service modeling, Service management and variability
management
Open source a key enabling factor in software-based services

11. Slide 10
Research on services – some examples
In BETaaS a platform will be developed for the execution of machine-to-machine (M2M)
applications built on top of services deployed in a “local cloud” of gateways. Scalability,
security, dependability, context and resource awareness, and quality of service (QoS) will be
embedded “by design” into the platform. Validation will be done through experiments
targeting the Smart City and Home Automation use cases.
The goal of the Broker@Cloud project is to develop a framework that will equip cloud service intermediaries
with advanced methods and mechanisms for continuous quality assurance and optimization of
software-based cloud services. The framework will allow enterprise cloud service brokers to monitor
the obligations of providers towards consumers, as well as to detect opportunities for optimising service
consumption.
The MIDAS project aims to implement an integrated framework for the automation and intelligent
management of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) testing. The framework is available as a
Platform as a Service (PaaS) solution on a cloud infrastructure and supports all the testing activities:
generation, execution, result analysis, planning and scheduling
COMPOSE will create an ecosystem for unleashing the power lying within the vast amount of internet
connected smart objects by enabling easy construction of services based on these objects.
COMPOSE technology will enable standardized access to such objects, the creation of base services,
combine them into composite services, and finally building applications stemming from and operating on
smart objects.
The goal of CloudScale is to aid service providers in analysing, predicting and resolving
scalability issues, i.e. support scalable service engineering. The project extends existing
and develops new solutions that support the handling of scalability problems of softwarebased services.
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/ssai/projects_en.html

12. Slide 11
Further Information
Horizon 2020
http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm
Digital Agenda for Europe
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/
Software & Service Architectures and Infrastructures
http://cordis.europa.eu/software-services
Innovation Union
http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/index_en.cfm
sandro.delia@ec.europa.eu

13. Slide 12
Questions?
sandro.delia@ec.europa.eu

14. Slide 13
H2020 – what is inside?
Excellent
Science
European Research Council
Frontier research by the best individual teams
Future and Emerging Technologies
Collaborative research to open new fields of innovation
Marie Curie actions
Opportunities for training and career development
Research infrastructures (including e-infrastructure)
Ensuring access to world-class facilities

15. Slide 14
H2020 – what is inside?
Societal
challenges
Health, demographic change and wellbeing
Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime
research & the bioeconomy
Secure, clean and efficient energy
Smart, green and integrated transport
Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials
Inclusive, innovative and secure societies

16. Slide 15
Europe 2020 priorities
European Research Area
International cooperation
Shared objectives and principles
ICT
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ICT
ICT
ICT
ICT
ICT
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Tackling Societal Challenges
Health, demographic change and wellbeing
Food security, sustainable agriculture and
the bio-based economy
Secure, clean and efficient energy
Smart, green and integrated transport
Climate action, resource efficiency and raw
materials
Inclusive, innovative and reflective
societies
Secure Societies
EIT
JRC
Simplified access
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Creating Industrial Leadership and
Competitive Frameworks
 Leadership in enabling and industrial
technologies
ICT
Nanotech., Materials, Manuf. and
Processing
Biotechnology
Space
 Access to risk finance
 Innovation in SMEs
Excellence in the Science Base
Frontier research (ERC)
Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
Skills and career development (Marie Curie)
Research infrastructures
ICT
ICT
ICT
Common rules, toolkit of funding schemes
Dissemination & knowledge tranfer
General picture of ICT in Horizon2020

17. Slide 16
ICT in Societal Challenges (I)
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Health, demographic change & wellbeing;
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Secure, clean and efficient energy;
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e-health, self management of health, improved diagnostics,
improved surveillance, health data collection, active ageing,
assisted living;
Smart cities; Energy efficient buildings; smart electricity grids;
smart metering;
Smart, green and integrated transport;
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Smart transport equipment, infrastructures and services;
innovative transport management systems; safety aspects

18. Slide 17
ICT in Societal Challenges (II)
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Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and
maritime research & the bioeconomy
Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials
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Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies
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ICT for increased resource efficiency; earth observation and
monitoring
Digital inclusion; social innovation platforms; e-government
services; e-skills and e-learning; e-culture
Secure societies
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Cyber security; ensuring privacy and protection of human
rights on-line

19. Slide 18
Rules for Participation: what’s new? (1)
1. A SINGLE SET OF RULES
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Adapted for the whole research and innovation cycle
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Covering all research programmes and funding bodies
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Aligned to the Financial Regulation, coherent with other new EU Programmes.
2. ONE PROJECT - ONE FUNDING RATE.
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Maximum of 100% of direct costs (except for actions close to market,
where a 70% maximum will apply)
Indirect eligible costs: a flat rate of 20% of direct eligible costs
3. SIMPLE EVALUATION CRITERIA
•Excellence – Impact - Implementation (Excellence only, for the ERC)
4. NEW FORMS OF FUNDING aimed at innovation: pre-commercial procurement,
inducement prizes, dedicated loan and equity instruments.
5. INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION: facilitated but better protecting EU interests.

20. Slide 19
Rules for Participation: what’s new? (2)
6. SIMPLER RULES FOR GRANTS: broader acceptance of participants accounting practices for
direct costs, flat rate for indirect costs, no time-sheets for personnel working full time on a
project, possibility of output-based grants.
7. FEWER, BETTER TARGETED CONTROLS AND AUDITS
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Lowest possible level of requirements for submission of audit certificates without
undermining sound financial management;
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Audit strategy focused on risk and fraud prevention.
8. IMPROVED RULES ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
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Balance between legal security and flexibility;
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Tailor-made IPR provisions for new forms of funding;
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A new emphasis on open access to research publications.
Beyond the Rules: further simplified provisions in the Grant Agreement and implementing procedures to facilitate
access to Horizon 2020 (eg. common IT platform).

21. Slide 20
Instruments (old and new)
FP7 instruments:
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Integrated projects (IP) – Grant for objective driven research
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Focused projects (STREP) – Grant for specific focused research
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Networks of Excellence (NoE) – Networking and integration
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Coordination actions (CA) – Coordination of R&I
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Support actions (SA) – Support to the implementation of the programme
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Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) – Steer development to public sector needs
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Public Procurement of Innovative Solutions (PPI) – First byer for innovative solutions
CIP instruments:
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Pilots Type A – Focus on interoperability and building on MS solutions
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Pilots Type B – Stimulating innovative use of ICT in public/private sectors
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Thematic Networks – Mobilisation/exchanges between stakeholders
New instruments:
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Prizes – Support for two key categories of prizes (recognition and inducement)
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SME instrument – Instrument to support specific SME activities in three phases