The economical capacity of Europe is dependent on material goods production and industry. In the European Union, competitive production is central to economic growth. To meet the pressure of globalization, demographic developments in population and job markets, and challenges of increasing resource shortage as well as the demands for energy efficiency and highest environmental standards it is crucial that public authorities, industry and research work together. Industrial production is changing fundamentally. New, aggressive competitors, especially from the BRIC countries, and in the foreground China, offer production conditions at far lower cost than in Europe. In Europe competitive goods production is based on highly qualified experts and a high de-gree of mechanization. Intelligent production technologies and processes are necessary for a competitive and efficient production of material goods. Innovative, reasonable, ecologically friendly as well as qualitative products and services are possible only on the basis of innova-tive production and process technologies. R&D to improve production technologies and processes for the whole manufacturing sector are essential. Key enabling technologies are essential to broaden the industrial basis of manufacturing industry. The conference “MAde in euroPE 2030 - innovative industry for smart growth” will focus on - Presenting new industrial applications of applied research on Nanotechnology, Materi-als and Advanced Production - Feedback from the community providing policy advice - Presenting of first insights in the upcoming FP9 of the European Commission - The networking for industry and research Europe’s industrial future is dependent on specific modernizations of production processes; "Smart Production" of new, competitive and sustainable products. Research in Key enabling technologies in industry and science in cooperation with public authorities is speeding up.

This ERA-NET Co-fund will bring together a number of national and transnational organisations with an interest in promoting the greater use of bioenergy. It follows on from two previous BESTF ERA-NET Plus initiatives launched in 2013 and, like its predecessors, aims to kick-start large scale investment in close-to-market implementation of bioenergy, thereby helping to achieve the key objectives of the European Industrial Bioenergy Initiative (EIBI) Implementation Plan and the Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan. The EIBI aims to boost the contribution of sustainable bioenergy to the 2020 climate and energy objectives. This proposal addresses the need for integrated action across Europe to promote the development of bioenergy demonstrators across a number of technologies by coordinating research and development projects and providing a financial mechanism to support projects that are close to commercialisation. The overall aim for this third BESTF ERA-NET is to implement a joint programme for bioenergy demonstration projects to demonstrate enhanced bioenergy technologies that will help Europe progress towards achieving its 2016 and 2020 targets. It will leverage public-private partnerships to manage the risks and share the financing of close to market bioenergy projects. The key objectives of BESTF3 are: 1.To implement a single collaborative funding call that will support projects focused on the generation of bioenergy. 2.To maintain and enhance coherence and networking between national bioenergy programmes across the EU. 3.To further the demonstration of enhanced bioenergy technologies in order to help develop robust project plans for a range of demonstrator and flagship plants, that will help Europe to make progress towards achieving its 2016 and 2020 energy targets. 4.To disseminate knowledge gained from the programme and individual projects across the EU.

SOLAR-ERA.NET Cofund will bring together 15 national organisations owning and / or managing major solar power research and innovation programmes throughout Europe, covering photovoltaics (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP). According to the challenges addressed in the work programme on Low Carbon Energy, SOLAR-ERA.NET Cofund has different objectives: • To implement a joint call on subjects of highest priority and European added value in line with the Solar Europe Industry Initiative within the Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan • To pool resources and to provide critical mass for transnationally highly relevant and innovative projects • To mobilise 20 MEUR of public funding (national and EC funding), and, together with the resources provided by the private industry sector, a total of 40 MEUR. • To enhance coordination, coherence and networking between national programmes SOLAR-ERA.NET Cofund will contribute to substantial cost reductions of solar power technologies, economic development of the European solar power sector and to reinforce Europe’s strong position in solar power technologies. Reducing technology cost and advancing manufacturing technologies, applications and grid / system integration are essential to increasing the deployment of solar power technologies. This way, SOLAR-ERA.NET Cofund will greatly contribute to: • Acceleration of the time to market by advancing technologies • Affordable, cost-effective and resource-efficient technology solutions • Decarbonisation of the energy system • Sustainable, secure energy supply and completion of the energy internal market • Strengthening the European industrial technology base (growth and jobs in Europe SOLAR-ERA.NET Cofund follows on from SOLAR-ERA.NET project and network and previous PV-ERA-NET network, taking advantage of more than ten years of ERA-NET experience and expertise from all major key stakeholders in the solar research, innovation and industry sector.