EU-ROP ERDF FRANCE - PACA REGION (ESF) - 2014-2020

Instrument/Program level: 
European
Name of the instrument/Program: 
ROP ERDF
Instrument/Program application areas: 
FRANCE - PACA REGION (ESF)
Instrument/Program eligible areas: 
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Managing authority: 

Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

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;

4d. Developing and implementing smart distribution systems that operate at low and medium voltage levels;

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;

8a. Supporting the development of business incubators and investment support for self-employment, micro- enterprises and business creation;

9a. Investing in health and social infrastructure which contributes to national, regional and local development, reducing inequalities in terms of health status, promoting social inclusion through improved access to social, cultural and recreational services and the transition from institutional to community-based services;

10. Investing in education, training and vocational training for skills and lifelong learning by developing education and training infrastructure

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
Food & nutrition (ingredients and modification of food, materials, smart packaging, food quality, quality assurance, food production technologies)
Green & Clean energy & technologies
ICTs (Digital technologies & user-friendly systems)
KETs
Renewable energies & resource efficiency
Action typologies: 
Support of the creation, linkage or further development of the cross-border clusters, innovation centres, and/or SME networks
Training session and workshops
Cross-cutting actions to develop jointly new knowledge, future and emerging technologies, research infrastructures and key competences
Actions to improve sustainable linkages among actors of the innovation systems for strengthening regional innovation capacity
Funding for R&I investment
Improve access to finance for SMEs in their start-up, growth and transfer phases
Promote joint research and innovation activities related to thematic areas
Development of pilot programs & projects
Feasibility studies
Piloting or proof-of-concept
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
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 maximum: 
50%
Program Budget: 
284 316 236,00 €