VERAM

The VERAM (Vision and Roadmap for European Raw Materials) project aimed to provide an umbrella and coordination function for the raw materials related research and innovation activities across the relevant ETPs and their national technology platforms (while maintaining the flexibility and individual visions of each ETP network) as well as related other stakeholders across the raw materials value chain in order to increase synergies and facilitate uptake of research results and innovation across the sectors and their value chains.

The project encouraged capacity building as well as transfer of knowledge and innovation capability. It coordinated the network of people involved in different Horizon 2020 and other projects and initiatives and provided a platform for identifying gaps and complementarities and bridged these.

We also advised the European Commission and national governments on future research needs and tools to stimulate innovation and assist in overcoming the fragmentation in the implementation of the EIP on RM SIP. We looked for mutually beneficial information exchange, encouraged cross-fertilization between actions undertaken by different raw material industries and sped-up exploitation of breakthrough innovations.

The final result of the activities is a common long term 2050 vision and roadmap for the relevant raw materials, including metals, industrial minerals and aggregates and wood.

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European Technology Platform on Sustainable Mineral Resources (ETP SMR)

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