Webinar CORE Organic Cofund Third Call 2021 'Organic farming systems for improved mixed plant and animal production'
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Webinar
CORE Organic Cofund Third Call 2021
‘Organic farming systems for improved mixed plant and
animal production’
19 January 2021, 10:00 CET
Ivana Trkulja, Kasper Krabbe Elena Capolino, Alice Albertini
International Centre for Research in Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry
Organic Food Systems (ICROFS), Denmark Policies (Mippaf), Italy
CORE Organic Programme Secretariat CORE Organic Call Secretariat
Housekeeping rules • Webinar will be recorded. • Please keep your microphone and camera turned off during the presentations. • Please write your questions in the chat. We will provide answers to some of them already during the Webinar Q&A Sessions. Remaining questions will be collected and included in the FAQ section. The material from the Webinar will be available on the CORE Organic Cofund web-site: https://projects.au.dk/coreorganiccofund/core-organic-2021-call/
CORE Organic Cofund Call Secretariat Team
Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry International Centre for Research in Organic
Policies (Mippaf), Italy Food Systems (ICROFS), Denmark
Elena Capolino Merete Studnitz
Tel.: +39 055354457 (until 1 pm) Tel.: +45 9350 8750
E-mail: e.capolino@politicheagricole.it E-mail: merete.studnitz@icrofs.org
Skype: elena.capo63
Alice Albertini Malene Jakobsen
E-mail: alice.albertini.ext@politicheagricole.it Tel.+45 2213 9578
Skype: live:albertini.ali E-mail: malene.jakobsen@icrofs.org
The CORE Organic Third Call Announcement including the National Regulations is
available here: https://projects.au.dk/coreorganiccofund/core-organic-2021-call/
The link for CORE Organic Cofund Submission web-site and a Partnering forum for
applicants is available here: https://www.submission-coreorganic.eu
Welcome to CORE Organic Cofund Webinar PART I – About the CO Third Call 2021 - Ivana Trkulja (ICROFS, DK) 1. ERA-NET CORE Organic Programme 2. CORE Organic Cofund Third Call Rationale and Scope 3. Third Call Time Schedule 4. Third Call Topics – Annex A 5. Funding Modalities and Call Budget – Annex B 6. Who can apply? 7. NCP and National Regulations – Annexes C and D 8. Exceptions in the National Regulations – Annex D 9. Clarification Q & A PART II – Evaluation - Elena Capolino (Mipaaf, IT) 10. Evaluation of proposals: the Expert Panel 11. Three Evaluation Criteria 12. The Evaluation Procedure 13. The Selection of Proposals 14. Clarification Q & A PART III – CO Submisison Tool - Alice Albertini (Mipaaf, IT) 15. How to submit a proposal via the submission tool 16. Clarification and General Q & A
PART I – About the CO Third Call 2021 Ivana Trkulja (ICROFS, DK) 1. ERA-NET CORE Organic Programme 2. CORE Organic Cofund Third Call Rationale and Scope 3. Third Call Time Schedule 4. Third Call Topics – Annex A 5. Funding Modalities and Call Budget – Annex B 6. Who can apply? 7. NCP and National Regulations – Annex C and D 8. Exceptions in the National Regulations – Annex D 9. Clarification Q & A
ERA-NET CORE Organic Programme
CO - Coordination of European Transnational
Research in Organic Food and Farming Systems
The CORE Organic was funded in 2004 and presently is
an network of 26 European ministries and research
councils from 19 European countries/regions funding
research in organic food and farming on
transnational level.
Over 15 years of its work, under CORE Organic I, CORE
Organic II, CORE Organic Plus and CORE Organic
Cofund, the network launched 7 calls, funded 57
research projects for a total amount of 57.8M EUR. The map of CO Cofund partner network
More information is available on: http://coreorganiccofund.org
CO Third Call 2021 Rationale and Scope The EU has adopted ambitious targets to increase organic production as part of the European Green Deal indicated in the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies under the objective of reaching 25% of the EU’s agricultural land under organic farming by 2030. This high goal entails specific knowledge and research needs that can be sustained through new and innovative solutions related to the organic sector addressed under the CORE Organic Cofund Third Call 2021 on ‘Organic farming systems for improved mixed plant and animal production‘. The expected impacts of the Third Call 2021 focus on organic food systems adopting mixed farming practices, supporting animal health and welfare, innovative cropping and production systems as well as feed production and biodiversity, aiming at accommodating the growing demand for more organic products, supporting the organic farming regulations, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the EU Farm-to- Fork and the Biodiversity Strategies.
Third Call 2021 Time Schedule Action Schedule Publication of Pre-Announcement 1 December 2020 Launch of the Call 11 January 2021 Webinar: Overview of the third Call 2021 19 January 2021, 10.00 -11.30 am https://aarhusuniversity.zoom.us/j/61509437603 CET Closing date for submission of full proposals 8 March 2021 -11.00 am CET Full proposal peer-review/ Selection process Until June 2021 Notification letters sent to applicants July 2021 Contract negotiations From July 2021 onwards Start of projects (max.36 months) Autumn 2021 End of projects at the latest Autumn 2024
CO Third Call Topics – Annex A
The CORE Organic Call 2021 will provide funds for research under the topic
Organic farming systems for improved mixed plant and animal production,
organized in three sub-topics:
Sub-topic 1: Robust and resilient mixed animal farming systems;
Sub-topic 2: Support for robust and resilient crop production systems; and
Sub-topic 3: Eco-efficient production and use of animal feed at local level.
Departing from the organic principles projects must encompass mixed farming
systems and the different geographical and climatic conditions covered by the
funding partners participating in the Call.
Individuals can only participate in one project proposal and can apply to only
one Call sub-topic.
For the detailed description of the Call topic see Annex A.
Funding modalities and Call Budget – Annex B
ERA-NET CORE Organic
CORE Organic Cofund launched a third transnational Call for research project
proposals based on national funds from the following partner countries:
Algeria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Morocco,
Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey. 13 CORE Organic partners from 13
countries have committed a Call budget of ca. 5 million €.
The funding for transnational projects will be based on a virtual common pot
instrument. This means that project partners who have been selected for
funding will receive the grant directly from their national funding bodies
according to their terms and conditions.
The list with the partners including the available funds per funder and
topics can be found in Annex B.Funding modalities and Call Budget – Annex B
No. Country Partner Contact person Total funds Mixed animal Crop production Production and
ERA-NET CORE Organic
farming systems systems use of animal feed
at local level
1. Algeria MESRS Hamza Merabet 100 X X X
2. Bulgaria BNSF Milena Aleksandrova 307 X X X
3. Denmark DAFA Julia Gajo 400 X X X
4. Estonia MEM Maarja Malm 100 X X X
5. Finland MMM Suvi Ryynanen 340 NO X X
6. Germany BMEL Katerina Kotzia 600 NO X NO
7. Italy MIPAAF Serenella Puliga, Alessandra 600 X X X
Morganti
8. Morocco MENFPESRS Abdelouahid Ezzarfi 200 X X X
9. Norway RCN Nina Elisabeth Solheim 1000 X X X
10. Poland NCBR Dominika Mickiewicz 600 X X X
11. Romania UEFISCDI Adrian Asanica 500 X X X
12. Slovenia MKGP Jana Erjavec 100 X X NO
13. Turkey GDAR Aysen Alay Vural 200 X X X
Total funds 5.046.775 €
The maximum budget requested from CORE Organic funds is 1 million euro per
research proposal. Applicants cannot request more funds than allocated for each
country by the respective funding body on a specific topic. National regulations and
priorities might set further limits (see Annex D).Who can apply? Institutions (legal entities) that are involved in research/ innovation and operate in accordance with the national rules of CORE Organic funding partners, including companies and stakeholder organizations, are invited to apply. Research consortia must comprise of a minimum of three independent legal entities from a minimum of three different CORE Organic partner countries participating with funding in a specific topic (see Annex B). Applicants who are not eligible for funding by their national funding body or applicants from countries not participating in the Call are welcome in research consortia, but will have to provide in-kind contribution. They will not be included in the required minimum number of partners in the consortium and they cannot be the coordinator of the project. Individuals can only participate in one project proposal and can apply to only one Call sub-topic. Projects are expected to start in Autumn 2021 and be of maximum 36 months.
NCP and National Regulations – Annexes C and D
During preparation of the project proposal it is mandatory for each applicant to
consider the national regulations (see Annex D).
It is strongly advised to contact the respective funding bodies’ National Contact
Points (see Annex C) for all further clarifications about national rules, priorities,
and eligibility of project costs which vary between the different funding bodies.
The list of National Contact Points (NCP) can be found in Annex C and
National Regulations per each funding partner in Annex D.Exceptions in the National Regulations – Annex D Some examples of exceptions in the National Regulations: • FI – Not funding sub-topic 1; • DE – Not funding sub-topics 1 and 3; German funding body BMEL will exclusively fund research projects related to resilient berry fruit production systems; • SI – Not funding sub-topic 3; • TR – Funding provided only for the research institutions belonging to the national network that is coordinated by the funding body GDAR. General comments that are relevant for more funding bodies: • There could be additional national documents requested when preparing your project applications (i.e. application forms, questionnaires, etc.); • There could be an upper limit in the budget of project proposals set on the national level (i.e. DE and DK – max. 200K EUR per proposal, BG – max. ca. 102K EUR per proposal, etc.); • There could be a request of own contribution upon total budget of project; • There could be specific provisions indicating the eligible costs.
Questions?
Part II - Evaluation Elena Capolino (Mipaaf, IT) 10.Evaluation of proposals: the Expert Panel 11.Three Evaluation Criteria 12.The Evaluation Procedure 13.The Selection of Proposals 14. Clarification Q & A
Evaluation of proposals: the Expert Panel
Composition of the Expert Panel:
Internationally recognized scientists with a
high expertise in organic research and in
the organic sector – with no-conflict of
interest.
The final ranking list will be
consolidated during the
3 Experts per proposal Evaluation meeting
Written evaluations
(strenghts and weaknesses)
Scores (evaluation criteria) Expert Panel Chair: moderatorThree Evaluation Criteria 1) Excellence of the research proposal: scientific quality of objectives, ambition in relation to the call scope and topic addressed and innovative progress beyond the state-of-the-art 2) Quality and efficiency of the implementation: appropriateness and soundness of the research approach and methodology, feasibility, effectiveness of the work plan, complementarity/ competences/ diversity of partners and disciplines, adequacy of the budget and balance between partners in terms of activities, risk management, capacity building activities, communication and dissemination 3) Potential impact: contribution towards organic food systems, potential to innovate/ implement, embracing of cross-cutting issues, transnational added value + check of ethical issues (not scored but the project can be rejected in case it contravenes the standing ethical principles)
The Evaluation Procedure
Evaluation criteria Expert 1 Expert 2 Expert 3
Written evaluation +
mean
1) Excellence of the research proposal 0 to 5 0 to 5 0 to 5 score
mean
2) Quality and efficiency of the implementation 0 to 5 0 to 5 0 to 5 score
mean
3) Potential impact 0 to 5 0 to 5 0 to 5 score
total
The rapporteur (appointed
But: threshold of 3/5!
among the 3 experts) writes an
The proposal will be rejected in case
evaluation summary report that
one of the mean scores is lower than 3
will need to be agreed on by the
other 2 assigned expertsThe Selection of Proposals
Selection of proposals to be
funded available funding
If there are not enough funds to select all ranking list
proposals with the same rank, the consortium of projects Funding Funding Funding
will apply the following additional selection (scores) body 1 body 2 body 3 etc
criteria, listed in order of priority:
1) Geographical balance ensuring the 15 € € €
participation of all partner countries in the call;
2) Coverage of call sub-topics otherwise not etc € € €
addressed;
3) Funding as many projects as possible. 9 € € €
Coordinators of the submitted proposals will receive a notification
letter in July 2021 including the result of the funding decision
together with the evaluation reportsQuestions?
Part III – CO Submission Tool Alice Albertini (Mipaaf, IT) 15. How to submit a proposal via the submission tool 16. Clarification and General Q & A
Electronic Submission System https://www.submission-coreorganic.eu/
Electronic Submission System https://www.submission-coreorganic.eu/
Electronic Submission System https://www.submission-coreorganic.eu/
Electronic Submission System Before the submission of the proposal, it is compulsory to insert your personal data in “My Profile” and “My Organization” sections
Electronic Submission System Once registered, you can also use the Partnering Forum if you are interested in finding partners for creating your consortium
Electronic Submission System Use the Electronic Submission System (ESS) to submit your proposal It is highly recommended to submit the final version of the proposal well in advance of the deadline (8 March 2021 – 11 am CET) to avoid failure due to last-minute technical problems.
Electronic Submission System Use the Electronic Submission System (ESS) to submit your proposal Each proposal consists of 3 parts: PART A • General information about the project + coordinator information including budgetary table + consortium partners’ information and budgetary table. • To be filled in online PART B • Overall budgetary table • Automatically generated in the ESS PART C • Project description • Download the template provided in the ESS, fill in and submit it as PDF file.
Electronic Submission System
Use the Electronic Submission System (ESS) to submit your proposal
Only the Project Coordinator
can start, modify and submit
the proposal.
When entering in the ESS,
he/she has to select this key.Electronic Submission System
Use the Electronic Submission System (ESS) to submit your proposal
Each Project Partner will be
invited by the Project
Coordinator.
The Project Partner can only
accept and modify the
partnership data.
When entering in the ESS,
he/she has to select this key.Electronic Submission System Step 1: The project coordinator registers at https://www.submission-coreorganic.eu and fills out his/her profile information in the Metadatabase. Step 2: All partners within the consortium register at https://www.submission- coreorganic.eu and fill out their profile information in the Metadatabase. Step 3: The project coordinator logs-in on the ESS and can start the submission process. The project coordinator fills out all information requested.
Electronic Submission System Step 4: The project coordinator selects all partners within the consortium. The partners will appear in the list if they are registered on the Metadatabase. Please note that only once the coordinator has filled in all the information requested of PART A (information update is always available before submitting), he/she can invite the partners. The coordinator has to select each partner from the list, then by clicking on (+) the partner will be automatically invited by e-mail.
Electronic Submission System Step 5: Each partner receives an alert via email and logs-on to https://www.submission- coreorganic.eu where he/she validates the partnership. Project partners fill out all information requested (partner information + budgetary table).
Electronic Submission System
PART A (to be filled in by the coordinator and the consortium partners)
• Project general information
• Consortium Coordinator (coordinator information including own budgetary
table)
Please carefully read the
Call rules and the national
regulations before filling in
the budgetary tableElectronic Submission System PART A (to be filled in by the coordinator and the consortium partners) • Project general information • Consortium Coordinator (coordinator information including own budgetary table) • Consortium partner (consortium partners information including each partner’s budgetary table)
Electronic Submission System PART A (to be filled in by the coordinator and the consortium partners) • Project general information • Consortium Coordinator (coordinator information including own budgetary table) • Consortium partner (consortium partners information including each partner’s budgetary table) • Declaration of knowledge of the national regulations
Electronic Submission System PART A (to be filled in by the coordinator and the consortium partners) • Project general information • Consortium Coordinator (coordinator information including own budgetary table) • Consortium partner (consortium partners information including each partner’s budgetary table) • Declaration of knowledge of the national regulations • Attachment: Letter of commitment (declaration of in-kind contribution: for applicants who are not eligible for funding by their national funding body or applicants from countries not participating in the Call)
Electronic Submission System PART B (Automatically generated in the Electronic Submission System) • Overall budgetary table: Total budgetary table and country summary tables Total eligible budget per country must not exceed 70 % of the total eligible project budget in order to achieve balanced partnerships and ensure that responsibility and risks are shared.
Electronic Submission System Step 6: The project coordinator checks if Part A is complete. Step 7: The project coordinator uploads Part C as one unprotected PDF file in the ESS. The Word file “Full proposal template Part C CORE Organic Third Call 2021” can be found on the website.
Electronic Submission System PART C (Template to be downloaded, filled in and uploaded) • Project description • Ethical issues
Electronic Submission System
Step 8: The project coordinator checks the system generated PDF of the whole project
proposal and presses submit.
Before submitting, you can
create and save the final PDF.
When everything is ready,
you can proceed and submit
the proposal.
When you click on "yes" you
won't be able to modify your
proposal anymore.Electronic Submission System Step 8: The project coordinator checks the system generated PDF of the whole project proposal and presses submit. If all the information and documents have been uploaded, the proposal will be correctly sent. After submission you will receive a confirmation e-mail. You will be able to see your submission everytime you enter in the ESS.
Thank you for your attention!
Questions?
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