# Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1982/2006/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) EU Regulation No 1291/2013 · adopted 11 December 2013 Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1982/2006/EC (Text with EEA relevance) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1291/pdf/eur_20131291_adopted_en.pdf; Revised version (4 July 2015) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1291/pdf/eur_20131291_2015-07-04_en.pdf ## Introductory text Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1982/2006/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title I: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 1 Subject matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Establishment of Horizon 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 General objective, priorities and specific objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Association of third countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title II: IMPLEMENTATION ### Chapter I: Implementation, management and forms of support ## 8 Implementation by means of a specific programme and the contribution to the EIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Forms of Union support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Rules for participation and dissemination of results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Programming ### Section I: General principles ## 12 External advice and societal engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Synergies with national programmes and joint programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Cross-cutting issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Evolving nature of science, technology, innovation, economies and society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Gender equality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Researchers' careers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Open access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Ethical principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Complementarity with other Union programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Synergies with the ESI Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section II: Specific fields of action ## 22 Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Collaborative projects and partnership programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Fast Track to Innovation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Public-private partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Public-public partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 International cooperation with third countries and international organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Information, communication, exploitation and dissemination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: Control ## 29 Control and audit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Protection of the financial interests of the Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter IV: Monitoring and evaluation ## 31 Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 33 Repeal and transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Broad lines of the specific objectives and activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Cross-cutting issues and support measures in Horizon 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Social sciences and humanities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Science and society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Gender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## SMEs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Fast Track to Innovation (FTI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Widening participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## International Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Sustainable development and climate change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Bridging from discovery to market application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Cross-cutting support measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## I. PRIORITY 'Excellent science' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II. PRIORITY 'Industrial leadership' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## III. PRIORITY 'Societal challenges' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## IV. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 'SPREADING EXCELLENCE AND WIDENING PARTICIPATION' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## V. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 'SCIENCE WITH AND FOR SOCIETY' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## VI. NON-NUCLEAR DIRECT ACTIONS OF THE JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE (JRC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## VII. THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY (EIT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part I: EXCELLENT SCIENCE ## 1 European Research Council (ERC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.1 Specific objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 Rationale and Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.3 Broad lines of the activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1 Specific objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.2 Rationale and Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.3 Broad lines of activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.1 Specific objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2 Rationale and Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3 Broad lines of activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (a) Fostering new skills by means of excellent initial training of researchers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (b) Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (c) Stimulating innovation by means of cross-fertilisation of knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (d) Increasing the structural impact by co-funding the activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (e) Specific support and policy action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Research Infrastructures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.1 Specific objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.2 Rationale and Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.3 Broad lines of the activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (a) Developing the European research infrastructures for 2020 and beyond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (b) Fostering the innovation potential of research infrastructures and their human resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (c) Reinforcing European research infrastructure policy and international cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP ## 1 Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Complementarities with other activities in Horizon 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## A common approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## An integrated approach to Key Enabling Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Partnering and added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.1 Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.1.1 Specific objective for ICT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.1.2 Rationale and Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.1.3 Broad lines of the activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 Nanotechnologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2.1 Specific objective for nanotechnologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2.2 Rationale and Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2.3 Broad lines of the activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (a) Developing next generation nanomaterials, nanodevices and nanosystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (b) Ensuring the safe and sustainable development and application of nanotechnologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (c) Developing the societal dimension of nanotechnology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (d) Efficient and sustainable synthesis and manufacturing of nanomaterials, components and systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (e) Developing and standardisation of capacity-enhancing techniques, measuring methods and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.3 Advanced materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.3.1 Specific objective for advanced materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.3.2 Rationale and Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.3.3 Broad lines of the activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (a) Cross-cutting and enabling materials technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (b) Materials development and transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (c) Management of materials components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (d) Materials for a sustainable, resource-efficient and low emission industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (e) Materials for creative industries, including heritage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (f) Metrology, characterisation, standardisation and quality control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (g) Optimisation of the use of materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.4 Biotechnology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.4.1 Specific objective for biotechnology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.4.2 Rationale and Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.4.3 Broad lines of the activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (a) Boosting cutting-edge biotechnologies as a future innovation driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (b) Biotechnology-based industrial products and processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (c) Innovative and competitive platform technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.5 Advanced manufacturing and processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.5.1 Specific objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.5.2 Rationale and Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.5.3 Broad lines of the activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (a) Technologies for Factories of the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (b) Technologies enabling energy-efficient systems and energy-efficient buildings with a low environmental impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (c) Sustainable, resource-efficient and low-carbon technologies in energy-intensive process industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (d) New sustainable business models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.6 Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.6.1 Specific objective for space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.6.2 Rationale and Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.6.3 Broad lines of the activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (a) Enabling European competitiveness, non-dependence and innovation of the European space sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (b) Enabling advances in space technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (c) Enabling exploitation of space data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (d) Enabling European research in support of international space partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Access to risk finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1 Specific objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.2 Rationale and Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.3 Broad lines of the activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (a) The Debt facility providing debt finance for R&I: 'Union loan and guarantee service for research and innovation' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (b) The Equity facility providing equity finance for R&I: 'Union equity instruments for research and innovation' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Innovation In SMEs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.1 Specific objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2 Rationale and Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3 Broad lines of the activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (a) Mainstreaming SME support especially through a dedicated instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (b) Support for research-intensive SMEs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (c) Enhancing the innovation capacity of SMEs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (d) Supporting market-driven innovation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part III: SOCIETAL CHALLENGES ## 1 Health, demographic change and well-being . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.1 Specific objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 Rationale and Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.3 Broad lines of the activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1 Specific objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.2 Rationale and Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.3 Broad lines of activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (a) Sustainable agriculture and forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (b) Sustainable and competitive agri-food sector for a safe and healthy diet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (c) Unlocking the potential of aquatic living resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (d) Sustainable and competitive bio-based industries and supporting the development of a European bioeconomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (e) Cross-cutting marine and maritime research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Secure, clean and efficient energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.1 Specific objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2 Rationale and Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3 Broad lines of the activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (a) Reducing energy consumption and carbon footprint by smart and sustainable use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (b) Low-cost, low-carbon electricity supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (c) Alternative fuels and mobile energy sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (d) A single, smart European electricity grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (e) New knowledge and technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (f) Robust decision making and public engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (g) Market uptake of energy innovation - building on Intelligent Energy Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Smart, Green And Integrated Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.1 Specific objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.2 Rationale and Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.3 Broad lines of the activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (a) Resource-efficient transport that respects the environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (b) Better mobility, less congestion, more safety and security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (c) Global leadership for the European transport industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (d) Socio-economic and behavioural research and forward-looking activities for policy making . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5.1 Specific objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5.2 Rationale and Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5.3 Broad lines of the activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (a) Fighting and adapting to climate change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (b) Protecting the environment, sustainably managing natural resources, water, biodiversity and ecosystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (c) Ensuring the sustainable supply of non-energy and non-agricultural raw materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (d) Enabling the transition towards a green economy and society through eco-innovation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (e) Developing comprehensive and sustained global environmental observation and information systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (f) Cultural heritage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Europe In A Changing World - Inclusive, Innovative And Reflective Societies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6.1 Specific objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6.2 Rationale and Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6.3 Broad lines of activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6.3.1 Inclusive societies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6.3.2 Innovative societies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6.3.3 Reflective societies - cultural heritage and European identity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Secure Societies - Protecting Freedom And Security Of Europe And Its Citizens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.1 Specific objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.2 Rationale and Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.3 Broad lines of activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part IV: SPREADING EXCELLENCE AND WIDENING PARTICIPATION ## 1 Specific objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Rationale and Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Broad lines of the activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part V: SCIENCE WITH AND FOR SOCIETY ## 1 Specific objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Rationale and Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Broad lines of activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part VI: NON-NUCLEAR DIRECT ACTIONS OF THE JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE (JRC) ## 1 Specific objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Rationale and Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Broad lines of activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.1 Excellent science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2 Industrial leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3 Societal challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (a) Health, demographic change and well-being . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (b) Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (c) Secure, clean and efficient energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (d) Smart, green and integrated transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (e) Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (f) Europe in a changing world - Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (g) Secure societies - Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part VII: THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY (EIT) ## 1 Specific objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Rationale and Union added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Integrating education and entrepreneurship with research and innovation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Business logic and a results-oriented approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Overcoming fragmentation with the aid of long-term integrated partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Nurturing Europe's main innovation asset: its highly talented people . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Broad lines of the activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (a) Transferring and applying higher education, research and innovation activities for new business creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (b) Cutting-edge and innovation-driven research in areas of key economic and societal interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (c) Development of talented, skilled and entrepreneurial people with the aid of education and training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (d) Dissemination of best practice and systemic knowledge-sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (e) International dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (f) Enhancing European wide impact through an innovative funding model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (g) Linking regional development to European opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II Breakdown of the budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1291 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1291 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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