Published on December, 11th
CREDA participated yesterday in the conference “How to take advantage of European funds from Catalonia: present and future. Presentation of the study on Catalan participation in competitive European funds (2014-2019) ”organized by the Department of Foreign Action, Institutional Relations and Transparency.
The conference was attended by:
- Sr. Bernat Solé, conseller d’Acció Exterior, Relacions Institucionals i Transparència
- Alfonso González Bondia. Director General d’Afers Europeus i Mediterranis. Departament d’Acció Exterior, Relacions Institucionals i Transparència
- Sra. Meritxell Serret, delegada del Govern davant la UE. Departament d’Acció Exterior, Relacions Institucionals i Transparència
- Natàlia Mas, secretària d’Economia. Departament de la Vicepresidència i d’Economia i Hisenda
- José María Martorell, director associat del Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)
- Elisabet Nebreda, secretària d’Acció Exterior i Unió Europea. Departament d’Acció Exterior, Relacions Institucionals i Transparència
- Albert Castellanos, secretari general del Departament de la Vicepresidència i d’Economia i Hisenda
It was held online with simultaneous transmission via youtube and had almost 200 attendees. On this day, our center presented the study Catalan participation in competitive European funds (2014-2019), conducted by our researchers Martin Alba (IP) and Anna Sagrera.
The study is accessible by following this link (website Europeans Funds). Here are some of the highlights:
- 1400 Catalan organizations have been beneficiaries of European funds, 22.5% in Spain and rising trend (540 in 2019)
- 1,638.1 million attracted (22.2% in Spain) and rising trend (330,1M€ during 2019)
- 4017 projects involving Catalan entities and rising trend (890 in 2019) (28.1% of projects with Spanish participation)
- For financing obtained, Catalonia is ranked number 15 in the UE28, levels similar in Finland and higher in Hungary, Ireland and Portugal)
- The field of innovation, research and health concentrate 76.7% of the resources raised.
- Catalonia is the leading Autonomous Community in Spain in access to the Horizon 2020 program with 1250.3 million euros raised.
- Research centers concentrate 40% of the funding raised, companies 22 and universities 21%.
- The 8 main entities benefiting from European funds in Catalonia are:
- Consorci Barcelona Supercomputing Center (83,5 M€)
- Universitat de Barcelona (73,3 M€)
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (69,7 M€)
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (68,5 M€)
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (67,1 M€)
- Fundació Oxfam Intermón (63 M€)
- Fundació Centre de Regulació Genòmica (62,2 M€)
- Fundació Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (61,2 M€)
This project has been carried out by CREDA since 2017 and has had the support of the Departament d’Acció Exterior, Relacions Institucionals i Transparència and initially Departament d’Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca i Alimentació.
Read in this link all the information about the workshop.