Green technology programmes - the experience so far by Karl Ulrich Voss, Brussels, 1.3.2002

1. Green technology programmes- the experience so farbyKarl Ulrich Voss, Brussels, 1.3.2002

2. Overview • German framework programme 1997 • Green technology in sec. 423 integrated environmental protection in industry, agriculture, forestry and the framework elements of an innovative sustainable economy • identifying of topics and attracting actors • the overwhelming success • wild theses for discussion Karl Ulrich Voss

3. BMBF/BMU Programme 1997 • Framework Programme: Research for the Environment • Main Objectives: • Achieve sustainable local and global use of natural resources by a better understanding of natural systems • Increase resource efficiency of economic activities, incl. consumption pattern • integrate the environment into the education system • Main Areas • local and global organization of the environment • sustainability oriented management • environmental education Karl Ulrich Voss

4. Implementation Fields • agriculture, food processing, packaging • forestry, wood-processing • textile and leather • chemicals and plastics • metal production and processing, foundry • electronics • construction and ceramics Karl Ulrich Voss

5. Implemention Approaches • production processes • products, functions • management instruments • consumption pattern • framework conditions Karl Ulrich Voss

6. Budget 2002 • 68,5 M Euro totally • 31,5 M Euro for integrated environmental protection in special branches of industry • 13 M Euro agriculture and food-processing • 10 M Euro sustainable wood/forestry technology, wood research, ecosystem research rel. to forestry • 5,5 M Euro general topics (e.g. environmental management in industry) Karl Ulrich Voss

7. Food processing • 03.06.1998Integrated environmental protection in food processing • Goals: reducing undesirable substances, reducing water consumption and pollution, reducing waste, optimizing package, reducing energy consumption, esp. in food drying facilities • Timespan: 2000-200342 appl. / 11 M Eurobow wave: 3 appl. / 0,6 M Euro Karl Ulrich Voss

8. Textile industry • 06.10.1998Integrated environmental protection in the textile industry • Goals: reducing environmental impacts by avoidance, reduction and substitution of assisting materials and recovery of process substances, reducing of water consumption and pollution, developing of recyclable textile, assessing and expanding of life cycle; specific textiles for environmental technologies reducing waste • Timespan: 1999-2001104 appl. / 39 M Eurobow wave for special branch „Textiles in medicine“47 appl. / 7,1 M Euro Karl Ulrich Voss

9. Ceramics • 13.8.1999Integrated environmental protection in the ceramics industry • Goals: reducing / avoidance of organic-chemical emissions in the burning process and process water; avoidance of emissions of fluorine, chlorine, sulphur dioxide; energy saving; circulatory processing of water, recovery of product remains and product waste • Timespan: 2000 - 200537 appl. / 28 M Euro(no bow wave) Karl Ulrich Voss

10. Agrarian technology • 10.11.1999Integrated environmental protection in agriculture • Goals:development / test of sensors for precision farming; development of soil protective drive technology and sensors to assist; automatisation with the aim of more effective and environmental friendly cultivation; sensors for animal husbandry and herd management; improvement of barn climate and outgoing air; storage and processing of agricultural goods; sensors • Timespan: 2000 - 200537 appl. / 28 M Euro(no bow wave) Karl Ulrich Voss

11. Management instruments • 16.11.1999Integrated environmental protection - management instruments • Goals: IT-instruments for a sustainable industry; monetary and non-monetary controlling instruments; planning/communication instruments accompanying the chain of products and production and on the different organisational levels as construction, work planning, production planning, finance • Timespan: 2000 - 200419 appl. / 15,4 M Eurobow wave: 5 appl. / 1,5 M Euro Karl Ulrich Voss

12. and on it went: • 24.11.1999Integrated environmental protection - rubber172 / 51 M; bow wave: 98 / 30,6 M • 20.12.1999Framework conditions for sustainable management12 / 4,5 M; bow wave: 1 M • 22.12.1999Integrated environmental protection - foundries42 / 7,5 M Karl Ulrich Voss

13. until it came to an end: • 04.05.2000Integrated environmental protection - metal producing industry65 / 19,7 M; bow wave: 41 / 13,8 M • 07.06.2000Strategies for product useonly bow wave: 10 / 4,3 M • 29.06.2000Integrated environmental protection - packaging industry123 / 35,8 M; bow wave: 120 / 35 M Karl Ulrich Voss

14. From programme design to funding • framework programme (BMBF/BMU) cooperation/coordination with industry, associations, research institutions, administration/politics • Design of the call for tenders • dialogue with research and industry„Where is the actual edge of development?“ • Expert tables with researchers and representatives of industry„Are the specific questions appropriate and complete? Are the demands being met?“ Karl Ulrich Voss

15. From programme design to funding (2) • Formulation and publishing of the callswith the request for abridged project sketches (6 pages) • Sketches shall show: • innovative approach • integrating SME (no project without industrial partner!) • project and project idea are economically stable (incl. cost-benefit-calculation) • project idea contributes a positive economic effect in the business field Karl Ulrich Voss

16. From programme design to funding (3) • Experts recruited from the expert tables (sketch worth to be completed?) • Monitoring in the run of the project • goals/components met/fulfilled? • new: exploitation plan („drawer projects“) Karl Ulrich Voss

17. No problem? • „pig cycle“ • complaints over „commonly known suspects“ • massive calls for tenders • „Minderabfluss“ or money not spent • frustration with those, whose creativity is needed • discriminating SME? • length and complexity of funding procedure • costs Karl Ulrich Voss

18. No problem? (2) • patents • public funding - private results? • conflicting goals as to dissemination • privacy decisive in project administration • patents (F) may hamper standards being adjusted to the state of art (D) Karl Ulrich Voss

19. Theses • In sustainability concepts we have to accept and clearly adress conflicting goals in respect of sustainability and important and well established interests in the society/economy. Karl Ulrich Voss

20. Theses (2) • Only if sustainability pays to the actors (producers, distributers, consumers) it pays for you. This includes a progressive and demanding definition of standards of technology. Karl Ulrich Voss

21. Theses (3) • As a general concept ("sustainability mainstreaming") the idea of sustainability may turn somewhat grey and boring. • I would recommend to set priorities and to tackle problems one after another. Karl Ulrich Voss

22. Theses (4) • If we sucessfully adress the fields with the best potential and the best measurable effect we have achieved a lot. Even better would be to have instruments to judge and compare the environmental friendly effects of specific innovations extrapolated for the broad use in the economy ("ecological currency"). Karl Ulrich Voss

23. Theses (5) • Best results in single projects do not mean much, if we do not succeed in writing strategies for broad dissemination, which includes education, vocational training and professional underwise. Karl Ulrich Voss

24. last theses • At the end of a good project comes a ... new project - or another friendly chap funding the same project for a next period. • All the good programmes have been written. • If you nevertheless cannot resist to write a new programme, please stay well under 50 pages, at least with your management summary. • Budgets should be attributed to specific programmes, not to fiscal years. Karl Ulrich Voss