ERA-MIN 3

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

ERA-MIN3 is the ERA-NET Cofund in raw materials, supported by the European Commission's Horizon 2020, started on December 1, 2020 and has a duration of five years, coordinated by FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal).

ERA-MIN3 is a pan-European network of research and innovation funding programmes, made up of 25 public organizations from 16 Member States (Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden), three Member State regions (Flanders-Belgium, Wallonia-Belgium and Navarre-Spain), one Associated Country (Turkey) and three third countries (South Africa, Brazil and Canada-Québec).

Based on the experience of the European projects ERA-MIN (2011-2015) and ERA-MIN 2 (2016-2022), ERA-MIN3 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 accordance with the integrated European Raw Materials Initiative strategy, the Strategic Implementation Plan of the European Innovation Partnership for Raw Materials and the ERA-MIN research agenda.

Through the implementation of at least two Joint Calls for transnational collaborative research and innovation projects, ERA-MIN3 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 mitigating environmental impacts and raising public awareness. The main objective of this activity is to give the research and innovation community the opportunity to apply for coordinated funding at a global level, accessing cutting-edge knowledge and new markets and reducing the fragmentation of research and innovation funding in Europe and globally.