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EU calls for 'eco-innovation' project proposals
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The European Commission (EC) launched on April 13 2010 a 35 million euro call for eco-innovation projects to be funded under the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme.
Under the 2010 CIP Eco-innovation call for proposals, funds are available for new projects in the area of materials recycling, sustainable building products, the food and drink sector and green business practices, the EC said.
"Applications are particularly welcome from small businesses with green products or services that need backing to penetrate markets," a media statement said.
The call opened on April 13 and runs until September 9 2010. About 50 projects could end up being chosen for funding, according to the EC.
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Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for the Environment said: "This call for innovative projects is a tremendous opportunity for Europe's entrepreneurial talent to showcase new ideas to reduce our ecological footprint. The CIP Eco-Innovation programme shows that helping the environment makes good business sense, with numerous products and services now demonstrating how competitive growth and environmental protection can go hand in hand."
The call covers four main areas, the EC said: material recycling, sustainable building products, the food and drink sector, and "green business".
"The call is addressed particularly to SMEs that have developed a green product, process or service that is technically proven but is still struggling to find its place in the market. The call offers direct co-financing with grants that cover up to 50 per cent of the total project cost," the EC said.
The projects are selected on the basis of their innovative approach, their market replication potential and their contribution to European environmental policies, especially in terms of resource efficiency, according to the statement.
About 44 projects are currently running under the scheme, and a further 45 are set to launch in the course of 2010.
Some examples include: converting used tyres into valuable insulation materials; using bamboo plantations to purify "grey" water (water that has been used for household washing and bathing); and replacing conventional paper labels with innovative laser technologies.
With a total budget of about 200 million euro over the period 2008-2013, CIP Eco-innovation supports the first application and further market uptake of sustainable solutions that make better use of Europe's natural resources. CIP Eco-innovation is a green strand of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) and a dynamic contributor to the Environmental Technologies Action Plan (ETAP), the EC said.
All relevant call documentation can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eco-innovation/application_en.htm
Under the 2010 CIP Eco-innovation call for proposals, funds are available for new projects in the area of materials recycling, sustainable building products, the food and drink sector and green business practices, the EC said.
"Applications are particularly welcome from small businesses with green products or services that need backing to penetrate markets," a media statement said.
The call opened on April 13 and runs until September 9 2010. About 50 projects could end up being chosen for funding, according to the EC.
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Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for the Environment said: "This call for innovative projects is a tremendous opportunity for Europe's entrepreneurial talent to showcase new ideas to reduce our ecological footprint. The CIP Eco-Innovation programme shows that helping the environment makes good business sense, with numerous products and services now demonstrating how competitive growth and environmental protection can go hand in hand."
The call covers four main areas, the EC said: material recycling, sustainable building products, the food and drink sector, and "green business".
"The call is addressed particularly to SMEs that have developed a green product, process or service that is technically proven but is still struggling to find its place in the market. The call offers direct co-financing with grants that cover up to 50 per cent of the total project cost," the EC said.
The projects are selected on the basis of their innovative approach, their market replication potential and their contribution to European environmental policies, especially in terms of resource efficiency, according to the statement.
About 44 projects are currently running under the scheme, and a further 45 are set to launch in the course of 2010.
Some examples include: converting used tyres into valuable insulation materials; using bamboo plantations to purify "grey" water (water that has been used for household washing and bathing); and replacing conventional paper labels with innovative laser technologies.
With a total budget of about 200 million euro over the period 2008-2013, CIP Eco-innovation supports the first application and further market uptake of sustainable solutions that make better use of Europe's natural resources. CIP Eco-innovation is a green strand of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) and a dynamic contributor to the Environmental Technologies Action Plan (ETAP), the EC said.
All relevant call documentation can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eco-innovation/application_en.htm
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The EU will never excel in the innovation stakes when compared to their eastern counterparts. The reason, they take innovation far more seriously than the EU.
For the only real way that the EU can ever excel over the growing scientific and technological might of South-east Asia is introduce a system where all EU citizens can have access. For the history of S&T tells us that up to 75% of all the major inventions that have made the modern world what it is today, initially emanated fron lone inventors and outside the confines of our universities [...]
Read the full comment and advanced R&D centres. Some may have worked at these establishments but where these establishments did not tell them to invent the WWW, email, the chip, etc, etc. For again it was their own and their personal interests and hobbies that drove them to change the world forever, not a university or corporate laboratory.
For more and the reasons why, visit -http://www.newropeans-magazine.org/content/view/3