The European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials (EIP RM) aims to promote innovation along the entire value chain of raw materials and has a number of ambitious targets to achieve by 2020, such as:
- 10 innovative pilot actions (e.g. demonstration plants) for exploration, extraction and processing, collection and recycling
- 3 substitutes for at least three key applications of critical and scarce raw materials
One of the main drivers for the creation of the EIP is to promote closer cooperation between the myriad of players and initiatives working to tackle various aspects of the complex critical raw materials landscape. To this end, the EIP held a conference bringing together existing initiatives related to the topics covered by the EIP and CRM_InnoNet was there to contribute.
The conference was arranged into five panel sessions corresponding to the proposed structure for the Strategic Implementation plan for the EIP. Representatives from the related-initiatives were invited to discuss how their initiative could benefit from the EIP and how their initiative could contribute to the EIP.
Work Package 1 – Technologies for primary and secondary raw materials production
- ERA-MIN (Network on the Industrial Handling of Raw Materials for European Industries)
- European Investment Bank
- ETP-SMR (European Technology Platform for Sustainable Mineral Resources)
- ECTP (European Construction Technology Platform)
- FTP (Forest-based Sector Technology Platform)
- Possible PPP SPIRE (Public-Private Partnership Sustainable Process Industries through Resource and Energy Efficiency)
Work Package 2 – Technologies for substitution of raw materials
- CRM_InnoNet (Critical Raw Materials Innovation Network)
- ETP-Suschem (European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry)
- ERA-MIN (Network on the Industrial Handling of Raw Materials for European Industries)
- Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) for Raw Materials
WP3 – regulatory framework for primary raw materials
Work Package 4 – Improving Europe’s waste management regulatory framework conditions and excellence
- European Resource Efficiency Platform
- Eco-innovation Action Plan
- ERA-MIN (Network on the Industrial Handling of Raw Materials for European Industries)
Work Package 5 – International Cooperation Pillar
