Green Industry Innovation Programme: Partnership Opportunities

1. Green Industry InnovationProgramme– opportunities for partnership Sofia, 4 December 2012 Randi Alkem Andresen Programme Manager

2. Realization of business opportunities linked to the greening of the European economy

3. Agenda outline • Highlightsof the Green Industry InnovationProgramme • Whatcan be supported • Target groups • Partnershipopportunities • Funding for preparation of projects • Deadlines

4. Green Industry Innovation Programme Programme highlights:EUR 12 mill available (min EUR 200 000/ normally max EUR 1mill) Grant rates:Private projects - in line with state aid regulations –normally not more that 50 %Public sector - up to 85 %NGOs - up to 90 %Innovation Norway – the programme operatorCooperation with the Bulgarian National Focal Point and line ministries

5. Green Industry Innovation Programme Eligible activities Investments in environmental technology and processes, training, research and development; environmentally friendly products Capacity building on environmentalissues within the private sector Remote monitoring related to the environment

6. Green Industry Innovation Programme Target groups • Bulgarian private companies in a partnership with Norwegian entities (businessprojects) • Bulgarian NGOs and research institutes, in a partnership with Norwegian entities, • (on capacity building and awareness-raising)

7. What do wemean by green? technologies which are less environmentally harmful than the technology in use today development/implementation of green products and services material efficiency, improving the supply-chain, and the use and re-use of recycled materials efficiency in business operations as solutions/systems related to management, HR, smart purchasing, inventions, CSR, networking, clustering

8. What do wemean by innovation? Somethingnew Products or services Production processes Organisation of a company or an entity Market innovation, not market adaption Increasingenvironmentalperformance

9. Maximum grant rates GBER and SME bonus Investment 50% Industrial research 50% Development and innovation 25% Environmentalprotection 35% Specific training 25% General training 35% Externalcounsultancy 50% Only the 4 first ones are stand-alone categories + bonus 20% Small enterprises, 10 % Medium enterprises

10. Grant rates assessment depending of Environmental impact Innovation level Project profitability Project Risk Releasing effect Small enterprises– less than 50 employees Medium enterprises – less than 250 employess http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/facts-figures-analysis/sme-definition/index_en.htm

11. Whypartnership ? • Strenghtenbilateral relations between Norway and Bulgariaisencouraged in the Norwegian contribution • Increasedquality of the project • 1+1=3 • Long termco-operation, beyond the deadline for implementation • Sharedresults,nota financing of Norwegian exports to Bulgaria Foto Erik Jørgensen

12. Green Industry Innovation Bulgaria How to establish a partnership? • Template for partnershipagreementsavailable • Partner search 100% your own responsibility,but • Innovation Norway willprovideadvice and cooperatewith relevant institutions • Advice on project partners does not implicateany «pre-approval» for projectproposals

13. Green Industry Innovation Bulgaria Relevant institutions for partner search • European Enterprise Network – focal points both in Norway and Bulgaria • Norwegian Embassy, commercialofficer • Innovation Norway – sectorresponsible and district offices – companyprofiletemplate • Norwegian Industrial Organisations

14. How to find a partner European Entreprise Network http://portal.enterprise-europe-network.ec.europa.eu/ BulgarianBranch http://portal.enterprise-europe-network.ec.europa.eu/about/branches/BG/

15. Preparationfunding • Bilateral relations EUR 100 000 • Project Development Fund • max EUR 10000; Norwegian companies also eligible • Travel Support • EUR 1200 per entity for project proposal development, Norwegian companies eligible Photo. Nancy Bundt

16. Complementaryactions in the programme • Exchange ofexperiences and best practicesbetween public institutions • Coordinationwithotherenvironmental EEA programmes • Bilateral activities: competencebuilding, networkingbetweenprojectpromoters Foto Erik Jørgensen

17. Green Industry Innovation Programme Timeline Call for proposals – 4 December 2012Deadline Applications – 15 April 2013Deadlines bilateral fundProject Development Fund 31 JanuaryTravel support 15 March Final deadline project implementation - 30April 2016

18. Green Industry Innovation Programme Contacts: Oslo office Ms. Randi Alkem Andresen, Programme Manager Ph: +47 22 00 25 00 e-mail: randi.alkem.andresen@innovationnorway.no Sofia office Ms. Venceslava Yanchovska, Manager Tel: +359 2 981 94 24 Email: venceslava.yanchovska@innovationnorway.no Ms. Galina Vassileva, Programme OfficerTel: +359 2 981 94 24 Email: galina.vassileva@innovationnorway.no

19. Green Industry Innovation Programme More information will be published on : www.norwaygrants-greeninnovation.no Goodluckwithyour projects!