EU-ROP ERDF FRANCE – RHONE ALPES REGION (ESF) - 2014-2020

Instrument/Program level: 
European
Name of the instrument/Program: 
ROP ERDF
Instrument/Program application areas: 
FRANCE – RHONE ALPES REGION (ESF)
Instrument/Program eligible areas: 
Centre-East
Managing authority: 

Rhône-Alpes 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;

2a. Extending broadband deployment and the roll-out of high-speed networks and supporting the adoption of emerging technologies and networks for the digital economy;

2b. Developing ICT products and services, e-commerce, and enhancing demand for ICT;

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;

6d. Protecting and restoring biodiversity and soil and promoting ecosystem services, including through Natura 2000, and green infrastructure;

6e. Taking action to improve the urban environment, to revitalise cities, regenerate and decontaminate brownfield sites (including conversion areas), reduce air pollution and promote noise-reduction measures.

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
Public health & security (e-Health)
Action typologies: 
Improve access to finance for SMEs in their start-up, growth and transfer phases
Increasing skills of employees and entrepreneurs regarding new technologies, innovative products, services, processes and social innovation
Joining pilot initiatives
Joint projects, actions, product innovation, aimed at creating platforms, networks and at supporting exchange of good practices in order to enhance the knowledge transfer
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
Status of the eligible institutions: 
Public
Private
Public equivalent body
Program contribution maximum: 
85%
Program Budget: 
353 069 269,00 €