EU-ROP ERDF FRANCE - FRANCHE COMTÉ ET JURA REGION ESF - 2014-2020

Instrument/Program level: 
European
Name of the instrument/Program: 
ROP ERDF
Instrument/Program application areas: 
FRANCE - FRANCHE COMTÉ ET JURA REGION ESF
Instrument/Program eligible areas: 
Franche-Comté
Managing authority: 

Bourgogne Franche-Comté Regional Counseil

Objectives: 

1a. Enhancing research and innovation (R&I) infrastructure and capacities to develop R&I excellence, and promoting centres of competence, in particular those of European interest;

1b. Promoting business investment in R&I, developing links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres and the higher education sector, in particular promoting investment in product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation, and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies;

2c. Strengthening ICT applications for e-government, e- learning, e-inclusion, e-culture and e-health;

3a. Promoting entrepreneurship, in particular by facilitating the economic exploitation of new ideas and fostering the creation of new firms, including through business incubators;

3d. Supporting the capacity of SMEs to grow in regional, national and international markets, and to engage in innovation processes;

4a. Promoting the production and distribution of energy derived from renewable sources;

4c. Supporting energy efficiency, smart energy management and renewable energy use in public infrastructure, including in public buildings, and in the housing sector;

4e. Promoting low-carbon strategies for all types of territories, in particular for urban areas, including the promotion of sustainable multimodal urban mobility and mitigation-relevant adaptation measures;

6c. Conserving, protecting, promoting and developing natural and cultural heritage.

Eligible thematics in line with ERC sectors: 
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Social Sciences and Humanities
Eligible thematics in line with S3: 
Agrifood processing
Efficient production technologies, automation & intelligent materials
Environmental technologies, renewable energies & resource efficiency
Green & Clean energy & technologies
ICTs (Digital technologies & user-friendly systems)
KETs
New and intelligent materials, nano and microtechnology
Public health & security (e-Health)
Action typologies: 
Support of the creation, linkage or further development of the cross-border clusters, innovation centres, and/or SME networks
Sharing of good practices
Increasing skills of employees and entrepreneurs regarding new technologies, innovative products, services, processes and social innovation
Funding for prototipes development
Common platforms for effective cooperation between educational institutions and employers' organizations
Development of platforms for knowledge sharing (knowledge innovative communities, data clouds) and creation of functional networks of joint distributed research facilities
Joint projects, actions, product innovation, aimed at creating platforms, networks and at supporting exchange of good practices in order to enhance the knowledge transfer
Implementation of research, innovation and technology transfer projects to support the building-up of competences in common fields of strength defined by the Smart specialization strategy
Beneficiaries: 
Local public authority
Regional public authority
National public authority
Sectorial agency
Infrastructure and (public) service provider
Higher education and research
Education/training centre and school
Large enterprise, enterprise excluding SME
SME
Business support organisation
Status of the eligible institutions: 
Public
Private
Public equivalent body
Program contribution minimum: 
30%
Program contribution maximum: 
60%
Program Budget: 
145 698 377,00 €
Project budget minimum: 
10 000,00 €
Project duration maximum: 
36 months