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Specific Challenge:Professional knowledge and skills are needed by first and second responders [1] to tackle situations involving hydrogen systems and infrastructure. This is essential to inform their participation in the initial permitting process, improving resilience and preparedness through enhanced emergency planning, and ensuring appropriate accident management and recovery. Providing technically accurate and up to date hydrogen safety information to responders is essential to underpin inherently safer deployment of hydrogen technologies and its public acceptance.
The foundations to training of first responders have been already laid by the HyResponse project [2] which has established the first European Hydrogen Safety Training Platform (EHSTP) to train first responders through threefold comprehensive training: educational training with the state-of-the-art knowledge in hydrogen safety, including tools for characterisation of hazards and associated risks from hydrogen applications, operational training on mock-up real scale transport and hydrogen stationary installations, and innovative virtual reality training reproducing the entire accident scenarios, intervent...
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Specific Challenge:Professional knowledge and skills are needed by first and second responders [1] to tackle situations involving hydrogen systems and infrastructure. This is essential to inform their participation in the initial permitting process, improving resilience and preparedness through enhanced emergency planning, and ensuring appropriate accident management and recovery. Providing technically accurate and up to date hydrogen safety information to responders is essential to underpin inherently safer deployment of hydrogen technologies and its public acceptance.
The foundations to training of first responders have been already laid by the HyResponse project [2] which has established the first European Hydrogen Safety Training Platform (EHSTP) to train first responders through threefold comprehensive training: educational training with the state-of-the-art knowledge in hydrogen safety, including tools for characterisation of hazards and associated risks from hydrogen applications, operational training on mock-up real scale transport and hydrogen stationary installations, and innovative virtual reality training reproducing the entire accident scenarios, intervention strategies and tactics, including the whole chain of command and communications between all members of the first responders team, facility managers, and public.
The uniqueness and importance of EHSTP and its European Emergency Response Guide (EERG) has been validated by the feedback from EU, USA and Japanese firefighters and experts in hydrogen safety. It is now important to capitalise upon the HyResponse investment and draw on wider experience by engaging further stakeholders both across EU and beyond. The establishment of pan-European integrated training resources is however a challenge. This would require consistent and continuous approach across regions, whilst accounting for local level projects, national level requirements, and languages. A ‘train the trainer’ approach will assist in meeting this challenge but first an appropriate network should be established.
[1]: First responders typically include any person(s) first appeared at accident scene, firefighters, hazmat officers, police officers, paramedics, other emergency and rescue services while second responders refer to workers who support first responders in their emergency preparedness, response and recovery;
[2]: FCH 2 JU HyResponse project “European hydrogen emergency response training programme for first responders”, No. 325348, 2013-2016,
Scope:Training of responders has been identified as a priority beyond EU with programmes, for example, in the USA. The experience gained globally should be analysed and utilised through efficient collaboration with EU and global/international organisations in areas of hydrogen safety, emergency and rescue services, emergency planning, etc.
Projects should seek to:
Establish a pan-European network of trainers for first and second responders, supported by stakeholders from EU and beyond, to facilitate dissemination of knowledge and experience generated within the HyResponse project and relevant follow-up projects from EU to national level;Update and expand the threefold training programme of EHSTP, through further development of emergency scenarios to reflect the latest state of the art (e.g. develop intervention strategies and tactics for liquid hydrogen (LH2) applications, tools for assessment of hazards and risks for LH2);Create tailored local training allowing for local language, country specific national regulations and established practices, simplifying and facilitating local approval of hydrogen projects, improving further safety of first responders at the accident scene, etc;Educate and train tomorrow’s responder trainers through established and regularly updated comprehensive educational, operational and virtual reality training. These trainers should replicate this European hydrogen safety training in their own country and in their own language to facilitate and improve efficiency of the local training process, to underpin the introduction of the technology and its public acceptance;Integrate this hydrogen safety training into broader national training programmes where available, e.g. through the provision of emergency response training for hydrogen-powered vehicles along training for other electrical vehicles, LPG and CNG vehicles, etc;Establish an International Forum of First Responders in Hydrogen Safety Training to facilitate sharing of best practice globally;Establish links with ongoing FCH 2 JU projects, e.g. sharing of training materials through educational platform(s) to maximise outreach, dissemination and impact;Establish stronger links between first responders’ activities and FCH 2 JU research and educational projects; Valuing the responders' experience and their feedback to enrich and harmonise harm criteria, models for hazards and risk assessment from the point of view of hydrogen system designers, expand communications to other stakeholders, including but not limited to legislators, technology experts, insurance companies, etc to underpin a massive and inherently safer deployment of hydrogen systems and infrastructure. The consortium should include fire service institution(s), partner(s) experienced in application of virtual reality for training of fire and rescue services, academic partner(s) specialising in research-led education and training in the field of hydrogen safety, representative(s) of hydrogen industry. Stakeholder(s) beyond past HyResponse project should be now part of the consortium. Participation of non-EU stakeholders should be sought, e.g. through an Advisory Board engagement.
It is expected that the project will contribute towards the objectives and activities of the Hydrogen Innovation Challenge (as detailed under section 3.2.G. International cooperation). Promoting international collaboration beyond EU Member States and H2020 Associated Countries is therefore strongly encouraged.
Any safety-related event that may occur during execution of the project shall be reported to the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) dedicated mailbox [email protected], which manages the European hydrogen safety reference database, HIAD and the Hydrogen Event and Lessons LEarNed database, HELLEN.
Test activities should collaborate and use the protocols developed by the JRC Harmonisation Roadmap (see section 3.2.B "Collaboration with JRC – Rolling Plan 2019"), in order to benchmark performance of components and allow for comparison across different projects.
The FCH 2 JU considers that proposals requesting a contribution of EUR 1 million would allow the specific challenges to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.
A maximum of 1 project may be funded under this topic.
Expected duration: 3 years.
Expected Impact:First and second responders will have educational background to permit/approve hydrogen projects at a local level and will be stronger integrated into hydrogen safety community to underpin the activities in deployment of hydrogen systems and infrastructure;Emergency planning and preparedness relating to hydrogen technologies and infrastructure will be enhanced;Risk of incidents/accidents relating to hydrogen infrastructure will be reduced through improved knowledge and training of first and second responders with at least a training session in 10 EU countries;Pan-European Network of Responder Trainers should be founded for at least 10 EU countries;Coherent up-to-date training programmes for responders will be available in at least 7 different languages;Translated educational materials will be available to all stakeholders, e.g. through the NET-Tools Educational Platform;European cadres of trained first responder trainers will be available including new tools for assessment of hazard and associated risks for first responders from hydrogen-powered transport and stationary applications;Updated European Emergency Response Guide, including intervention strategies and tactics for LH2 applications, will be available online for all responders;Finally, an International Forum of Responders in Hydrogen Safety Training should be founded. Type of action: Coordination and Support Action
The conditions related to this topic are provided in the chapter 3.3 and in the General Annexes to the Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2018– 2020 which apply mutatis mutandis.
Cross-cutting Priorities:International cooperation
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La subcontratación en ayudas europeas no debe tratarse del core de actividades de I+D del proyecto. El contratista debe ser seleccionado por el beneficiario de acuerdo con el principio de mejor relación calidad-precio bajo las condiciones de transparencia e igualdad (en ningún caso consistirá en solicitar menos de 3 ofertas). En el caso de entidades públicas, para la subcontratación se deberán de seguir las leyes que rijan en el país al que pertenezca el contratante
Características de la financiación
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon 2020 projects. See the information in the Online Manual.
2. Eligibility and admissibility conditions: described in Annex B and Annex C of the H2020 main Work Programme.
The following exception applies (see 'chapter 3.3. Call management rules' from the FCH2 JU 2018 Work Plan and specific topic description):
For some actions, an additional eligibility criterion has been introduced to limit the FCH 2 JU requested contribution, as follows:
FCH-01-1-2019: Demonstrating the blueprint for a zero-emission logistics ecosystem
The maximum FCH 2 JU contribution that may be requested is EUR 10 million. This is an eligibility criterion – proposals requesting FCH 2 JU contributions above this amount will not be evaluated.
FCH-01-2-2019: Scaling up and demonstration of a multi-MW Fuel Cell system for shipping
The maximum FCH 2 JU contribution that may be requested is EUR 10 million. This is an eligibility criterion – proposals requesting FCH 2 JU contributions above this amount will not be evaluated.
FCH-02-1-2019: Combined el... 1. Eligible countries: described in Annex A of the H2020 main Work Programme.
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon 2020 projects. See the information in the Online Manual.
2. Eligibility and admissibility conditions: described in Annex B and Annex C of the H2020 main Work Programme.
The following exception applies (see 'chapter 3.3. Call management rules' from the FCH2 JU 2018 Work Plan and specific topic description):
For some actions, an additional eligibility criterion has been introduced to limit the FCH 2 JU requested contribution, as follows:
FCH-01-1-2019: Demonstrating the blueprint for a zero-emission logistics ecosystem
The maximum FCH 2 JU contribution that may be requested is EUR 10 million. This is an eligibility criterion – proposals requesting FCH 2 JU contributions above this amount will not be evaluated.
FCH-01-2-2019: Scaling up and demonstration of a multi-MW Fuel Cell system for shipping
The maximum FCH 2 JU contribution that may be requested is EUR 10 million. This is an eligibility criterion – proposals requesting FCH 2 JU contributions above this amount will not be evaluated.
FCH-02-1-2019: Combined electrolyser-HRS and Power-to-Gas system
The maximum FCH 2 JU contribution that may be requested is EUR 5 million. This is an eligibility criterion – proposals requesting FCH 2 JU contributions above this amount will not be evaluated.
FCH-02-2-2019: Multi megawatt high-temperature electrolyser for valorisation as energy vector in energy intensive industry
The maximum FCH 2 JU contribution that may be requested is EUR 7 million. This is an eligibility criterion – proposals requesting FCH 2 JU contributions above this amount will not be evaluated.
FCH-02-3-2019: Continuous supply of green or low carbon H2 and CHP via Solid Oxide Cell based Polygeneration
The maximum FCH 2 JU contribution that may be requested is EUR 3 million. This is an eligibility criterion – proposals requesting FCH 2 JU contributions above this amount will not be evaluated.
FCH-02-6-2019: New materials, architectures and manufacturing processes for Solid Oxide Cells
The maximum FCH 2 JU contribution that may be requested is EUR 5 million. This is an eligibility criterion – proposals requesting FCH 2 JU contributions above this amount will not be evaluated.
FCH-02-7-2019: Development of highly efficient and flexible mini CHP fuel cell system based on HTPEMFCs
The maximum FCH 2 JU contribution that may be requested is EUR 1.5 million. This is an eligibility criterion – proposals requesting FCH 2 JU contributions above this amount will not be evaluated.
FCH-03-1-2019: H2 Valley
The maximum FCH 2 JU contribution that may be requested is EUR 20 million. This is an eligibility criterion – proposals requesting FCH 2 JU contributions above this amount will not be evaluated.
For all actions of the call, the FCH 2 JU will activate the option for EU grants indicated under Article 30.3 of the Model Grant Agreement, regarding the FCH 2 JU’s right to object to transfers or licensing of results.
Proposal page limits and layout: Please refer to Part B of the proposal template in the submission tool below.
3. Evaluation:
Evaluation criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex H of the H2020 main Work Programme.
Submission and evaluation processes are described in the Online Manual.
4. Indicative time for evaluation and grant agreement:
Information on the outcome of evaluation: maximum 5 months from the deadline for submission.
Signature of grant agreements: maximum 8 months from the deadline for submission.
5. Proposal templates, evaluation forms and model grant agreements (MGA):
FCH JU Research and Innovation Action (FCH-RIA)
Specific rules and funding rates
Proposal templates are available after entering the submission tool below.
Standard evaluation form
FCH JU MGA - Multi-Beneficiary
H2020 Annotated Grant Agreement
FCH JU Innovation Action (FCH-IA)
Specific rules and funding rates
Proposal templates are available after entering the submission tool below.
Standard evaluation form
FCH JU MGA - Multi-Beneficiary
H2020 Annotated Grant Agreement
FCH JU Coordination and Support Action (FCH-CSA)
Specific rules and funding rates
Proposal templates are available after entering the submission tool below.
Standard evaluation form
FCH JU MGA - Multi-Beneficiary
H2020 Annotated Grant Agreement
6. Additional requirements:
Horizon 2020 budget flexibility
Classified information
Technology readiness levels (TRL)
Financial support to Third Parties
Members of consortium are required to conclude a consortium agreement, in principle prior to the signature of the grant agreement.
7. Open access must be granted to all scientific publications resulting from Horizon 2020 actions.
Where relevant, proposals should also provide information on how the participants will manage the research data generated and/or collected during the project, such as details on what types of data the project will generate, whether and how this data will be exploited or made accessible for verification and re-use, and how it will be curated and preserved.
Open access to research data
The Open Research Data Pilot has been extended to cover all Horizon 2020 topics for which the submission is opened on 26 July 2016 or later. Projects funded under this topic will therefore by default provide open access to the research data they generate, except if they decide to opt-out under the conditions described in Annex L of the H2020 main Work Programme. Projects can opt-out at any stage, that is both before and after the grant signature.
Note that the evaluation phase proposals will not be evaluated more favourably because they plan to open or share their data, and will not be penalised for opting out.
Open research data sharing applies to the data needed to validate the results presented in scientific publications. Additionally, projects can choose to make other data available open access and need to describe their approach in a Data Management Plan.
Projects need to create a Data Management Plan (DMP), except if they opt-out of making their research data open access. A first version of the DMP must be provided as an early deliverable within six months of the project and should be updated during the project as appropriate. The Commission already provides guidance documents, including a template for DMPs. See the Online Manual.
Eligibility of costs: costs related to data management and data sharing are eligible for reimbursement during the project duration.
The legal requirements for projects participating in this pilot are in the article 29.3 of the Model Grant Agreement.
8. Additional documents
FCH JU Work Plan
FCH2 JU Multi Annual Work Plan and its addendum
FCH2 JU – Regulation of establishment
H2020 Regulation of Establishment
H2020 Rules for Participation
H2020 Specific Programme
Información adicional de la convocatoria
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