ERA-MIN 2

ERA-MIN 2

Implementation of a coordination of research and innovation programs on raw materials at the European level in order to strengthen the competitiveness of the industry and the shift towards the circular economy.

ERA-MIN 2 is the ERA-NET Cofund in raw materials, supported by the European Commission's Horizon 2020, started on December 1, 2016 and has a duration of five years, is coordinated by FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal).

ERA-MIN 2 is a pan-European network of research and innovation funding programs, consisting of 21 public organizations from 11 Member States (Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden), two Member State regions (Flanders-Belgium and Castile-Leon-Spain), one Associated Country (Turkey) and four third countries (South Africa, Argentina, Brazil and Chile).

Based on the experience of the European ERA-MIN project (2011-2015), ERA-MIN 2 aims to strengthen and consolidate the coordination of research and innovation programs in the area of non-energy, non-agricultural raw materials (metallic, construction and industrial minerals), in line with the integrated European Raw Materials Initiative strategy, the Strategic Implementation Plan of the European Innovation Partnership Raw Materials and ERA-MIN's research agenda.

Through the implementation of three Joint Calls for transnational collaborative research and innovation projects, ERA-MIN 2 will support needs-driven research on primary resources, secondary resources and the substitution of critical raw materials in a circular economy approach, as well as on cross-cutting themes such as, for example, mitigating environmental impacts and raising public awareness. The main goal of this activity is to give the research and innovation community the opportunity to apply for globally coordinated funding, accessing cutting-edge knowledge and new markets and reducing fragmentation of research and innovation funding across Europe and globally.

ERA-MIN 2 Newsletters

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ERA-MIN 2 Brochure (2018)

Available here.