Horizon 2020 offers funding opportunities for PPI & PCP activities
A range of funding opportunities for PCP and PPI related projects will be available under the EU's Horizon 2020 programme, which runs from 2014 - 2020. Horizon 2020, which focuses on research and innovation, will replace current funding programmes PF7 and CIP. Specifically, sub-programmes LEIT (Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies), Societal Challenges and Excellent Science will provide funding for innovative procurement.
Two calls for PCP and PPI are expected in the 2014 - 2015 ICT LEIT work programme, the first opening in December 2013 and closing in April 2014. The draft work programme, currently under discussion in EU Member States, looks at co-financing of joint cross-border PCPs carried out by consortia of public procurers, and co-financing of joint cross-border PPIs. The co-financing rates are 70 percent and 20 percent respectively.
The cross-border PCPs will focus on robotics for healthcare, environmental monitoring and public safety; smart system integration; cloud computing and more. The cross-border PPIs will look at boosting public sector productivity and innovation through cloud computing services; services for National Research and Education Networks, and other topics. Further funding opportunities for networks of public procurers will also be available in the fields of lighting solutions, and boosting the take-up of innovative information and communication technology (ICT) solutions.
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