XX Asamblea FICEM-APCACSevilla, 11 de Octubre 2010

LOS RETOS EN LA INNOVACION EN LA INDUSTRIA DEL CEMENTO

Abraão de Carvalho

Head of Unit

EU 2020 Uma estratégia para a década 2010- 2020

7 « Flagships »

• «Unión por la innovación»,• «Juventud en movimiento»,. • «Una agenda digital para Europa»,. • «Una Europa que utilice eficazmente los recursos»,. • «Una política industrial para la era de la

mundialización»,• «Agenda de nuevas cualificaciones y empleos»,• «Plataforma europea contra la pobreza»,

INOVAçAO

• A Comissária para a Investigação, Inovação e Ciência, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, e o Vice-Presidente Antonio Tajani, responsável pela Indústria declararam:

• «Ao emergirmos da crise no contexto de uma concorrência global feroz, enfrentamos uma necessidade urgente de inovação.

• Se não transformarmos a Europa numa União da Inovação, as nossas economias perderão vigor ao mesmo tempo que se desperdiçam ideias e talentos.

• A inovação é a chave da construção de um crescimento sustentável e de sociedades mais justas e mais ecológicas.

• Uma mudança radical no desempenho da Europa em termos de inovação é a única forma de criar empregos duradouros e bem remunerados que resistam às pressões da globalização.

Innovation : some facts

• Achieving our target of investing 3% of EU GDP in Research and & Development by 2020

• The EU will need at least 1 million new research jobs if it is to reach the R&D target of 3%. More researchers are needed primarily in the business sector

• Business R&D in the EU is 66% lower than the US and 122% lower than Japan, as a share of GDP

• In 2008, EU-27 accounted for 24% of the total world R&D expenditure against 33% for the USA, 12% for Japan and 11% for China

• Private firms investment in R&D should be in 2020 at least €150 billion more than in 2008 for EU to reach the Europe 2020 target of investing 3% of GDP in Research and & Development.

Innovation : some facts

• Of the top-10% most cited scientific publications (2007), EU-27 produced 32%, the USA 34%, Japan 4% and China 9%.

• In 2007 both the EU and USA represented 31% each of patent inventions filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

• An SME must disburse €192.000 of legal fees to obtain and maintain a patent protection for all 27 EU Member States. It would cost only €4.400 for a protection of the same duration in the USA.

• Venture capital funds in Europe are at a quarter of the level in the US

• According to the Eurobarometer, 66% of Europeans think that science and technology make our lives healthier, easier

Key elements in the Innovation Union

• European Innovation Partnerships will mobilise stakeholders – European, national and regional, public and private –

• The Commission will bring forward measures to improve access to finance.

• The Commission will set up in 2011 a European Design Leadership Board and a European Design Excellence Label.

• The Commission will launch in 2011 a major research programme on public sector and social innovation and pilot a European Public Sector Innovation Scoreboard.

• The Commission proposes that governments set aside dedicated budgets for public procurement of innovative products and services.

• In early 2011, the Commission will make a legislative proposal to speed up and modernise standard-setting to enable interoperability and foster innovation.

• Structural funding and state aid frameworks will be reviewed to boost innovation.

Europe needs industry

• The recent crisis in the financial sector of the economy has shown the importance of keeping a strong, competitive manufacturing industry

• Contrary to some old fashioned concepts, assuming an inevitable delocalisation, Industry has still a predominant role to play in Europe in a global economy

• Industry is therefore put at the centre stage of the new growth model for the EU economy, as outlined in the Europe 2020 Strategy.

The importance of Industry in Europe

• The share of industry and related services exceeds 50% in private-sector employment.

• Manufacturing itself accounts for 75% of exports and 80% of R&D investment

• And remains the key driver for innovation to provide new solutions for its customers.

The EU Cement industry

• Production levels in the EU were on an upwards trend, due in part to increases in the new Member States, but fell by just over 6% in 2008, and by a further 20% in 2009.

• Numbers employed have been on a downwards trend for several years, as productivity per employee continues to improve. Numbers employed in EU 27 in 2007, the last year for which figures are available reached just over 54 000.

EU Cement Indusry

• The EU is the second largest producer of cement in the world after China

• 4 out of 5 of the biggest groups operating globally are based in the EU.

• The top 5 hold more than 60% of the EU 27 market, whilst the top 10 hold around 80%.

Some challenges for the EU Cement Industry

• Reductions of CO2 under a cap and trade System ( ETS)

• Definition of benchmarks on the basis of 10% most efficient installations

• Improve energy efficiency• Use of alternative fuel ( biomass) • Clinker substitution (eg slag, coal fly ash)• Carbon capture and storage

Raw Materials

• A new challenge for the EU and for the World Population growth Industrialisation of the emerging and

developing economies New technologies

• Increased pressure on natural resources

An EU integrated strategy based on 3 Pillars

1. Ensure access to raw materials from international markets at undistorted conditions;

2. Set the right framework conditions within the EU in order to foster sustainable supply of raw materials from European sources;

3. Boost overall resource efficiency and promote recycling to reduce the EU’s consumption of primary raw materials and decrease import dependence.

Define critical raw materials

• identify - in close cooperation with Member States and stakeholders - a methodology and list of critical raw materials:

1. Significant economic importance for key sectors

2. High supply risks3. Lack of substitutes

Exchange of best practices on access to land • Promote the exchange of best practices in the area of land use

planning and administrative conditions for exploration and extraction.

• Increase the involvement of national geological surveys in land use planning within the Member States.

• Encourage better networking between the national geological surveys

• Develop a strategy for integrating sub-surface components into GMES.

Extracting industries and protection of environment • Guidelines on the implementation of Natura 2000 legislation

The guidance: • underlines that there is no automatic exclusion of non-energy

extraction activities in or near Natura 2000 areas;

• recognises that some extraction projects can also be beneficial to biodiversity; and

• allows a proper application of Article 6, avoiding unnecessary and costly delays in the authorisation process.

•[1]http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/natura2000/management/guidance_en.htm

Defining Best Practices

• defining a National Minerals Policy, including a commitment to provide an appropriate legal and information framework;

• setting up a land use planning policy for minerals thatcomprises a digital geological knowledge base, a transparent methodology (taking into account other land uses)

• putting in place a minerals exploration and extractionauthorisation process streamlining of the administrative process (e.g. the introduction of lead times, permit applications in parallel, and one-stop-shop).

Promote sustainable access to raw materials in development policy • Strengthening States

Assist developing countries with capacity building to manage public finances, sustainable management of natural resources; negotiations with mining companies.

Increase the use of EU budget support

• Promote a sound investment climate Transparency of mining deals; Clear legal and administrative framework; sound taxation systems.

• Promote sustainable management of raw materials Improve social and environmental standards; Improve human rights conditions; Combating child labour.

Conclusões finais

• Num mundo competitivo global não há futuro sem inovação

• Os desafios ( retos) do futuro são o resultado de forças competitivas entre empresas ou resultantes de aplicação de politicas governamentais em particular na área de preservação do ambiente

• As respostas são cada vez menos unilaterais e exigem pelo contrario, uma maior cooperação internacional.

Conclusões finais

• Aprender uns com os outros é a sigla que usamos entre nós dentro da Europa, mas que se pode e deve aplicar também ao nível internacional (Um exemplo são os acordos internacionais sectoriais visando reduzir o nível de emissões de C02).

• Esta reunião da Assembleia da Federação Inter americana do Cimento (FICEM-APCAC) mostra que a indústria do Cimento está atenta

• Desejo exprimir aos organizadores as maiores felicitações por esta iniciativa

• Muito obrigado • Muchas Gracias

Further info:

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/raw-materials/index_en.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/geoghegan-quinn/headlines/press-releases/2010/20101006_innovation_union_en.htm

•Communication (2008) 699 “The raw materials initiative –meeting our critical needs for growth and jobs in Europe”

•Staff Working Document SEC (2008) 2741

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