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1 2014 BSR Innovation Express call resulted in 35 new international collaboration projects Project Title and (Acronym) (joint projects 1 in bold) 1. Capacity building in Tallinn for implementation of waste management solutions 2. Accelerating Bio-economy Innovation for SMEs (ABEIS) 3. Bringing Danish and Swedish Steel Construction Firms to Norwegian Oil/Gas Market (BDSStoN) 4. Baltic Matchmaking Platform for Growth in Experience and Creative Sectors (BMP-Growth) Overview of Innovation Express Projects (2014) Partnering Countries (partners from funded applications in bold) DK, NO DK, FI, NO, SE DK, SE DK, EE, FI, LT, LV, PL, SE Partners Business Sector(s) #SMEs engaged CLEAN (DK) Kunnskapsbyen Lillestrøm/OREEC (NO) Innovation Network for Biomass/INBIOM (DK) Tarvala Bioeconomy Campus/JAMK University of Applied Sciences (FI) Tretorget AS (NO) Paper Province (SE) Offshore Energy (DK) Steel and Engineering/Stål och Verkstad (SE) Innovation Network for Experience Economy/Invio (DK) Creative Estonia (EE) Creative Industries Network, Finland Aalto University School of Economics (FI) KIKAS National Association of Creative and Energy and Metal Processing/Mftg Creative and Business and Financial Services Joint projects are those that include partners from 2 or more funded applications 1

2 5. Entrepreneur Creative Showcase (ECRES) 6. Enhancing market competitiveness in food SMEs new methodologies and better interaction (EMCF) DK, FI, SE DK, FI, IS, LV, SE Cultural Industries (LT) The New Business Center (LV) STARTER Foundation and Incubator (PL) Munktell Science Park (SE) Innonet Lifestyle (DK) AGMA Agents and Managers in Creative Industries (FI) Smart Textiles (SE) FoodNetwork (DK) Food West (FI) Matis (IS) Vidzeme High Added Value and Healthy Food Cluster (LV) IDEON Agro Food (SE) 7. European Visual Value Excellence (EVVE) DE, DK, LT Medianet (DE) Animation Hub (DK) Lithuanian Innovation and Technology Institute (LT) 8. Full utilization of fish products and development of stronger market-driven value chains (FUFPROD) 9. International Business Development and Network for Workplace Mobile and e- Learning Services and Solutions (INET- ICT-LEARN) 10. Life-City an innovative platform and marketing platform for SMEs and export clusters (LifeCity) IS, NO DK, NO FI, LT, Japan Iceland Ocean Cluster (IS) NCE Aquaculture (NO) Innovation Network for ICT/InfinIT (DK) Digin (NO) VTT Technical Research Centre (FI) Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (LT) Sendai Finland Wellbeing Center (Japan) Creative 180 Agro Food 10 Creative and ICT 10 Maritime 40 ICT

3 11. Boosting Market Potentials for Nordic Lighting Design (LIGHTBOOST) 12. Nordic m-/e-health high-growth platform (NME) 13. Offshore Wind Supply Chain in China (OWSC) 14. Smart Solutions for Senior furniture, interior and clothing (Senior Lifestyle) 15. Water Innovation Accelerator a tool for generating Nordic water business (WIN Nordic) DK, IS, NO DK, NO, SE DE, DK, NO, PL, China DK, FR, SE, ES FI, NO, SE Danish Lighting Innovation Network (DK) Illumination Engineering Society of Iceland (IS) Lyskultur (NO) MedTech Innovation (DK) Oslo MedTech (NO) Teknopol/Mobile Heights Business Center (SE) CE Wind Energy (DE) Offshore Energy (DK) Norwegian Renewable Energy Partners/INTPOW (NO) Research and Innovation Centre Pro- Akademia (PL) Shanghai New Energy Center for Technology Transfer and Industry Promotion and Shanghai Society of Science for Science (China) Innonet Lifestyle (DK) Silver Valley (FR) Tillväxt Tibro/Inredia (SE) Agrupació Catalana del Textil i la Moda/ACTM (ES) Novago Business Development (FI) Clean Water Norway/Vannklyngen (NO) WIN-Water Innovation Accelerator (SE) 3 Other: Lighting 300 Health Care/Medical 60 Devices and Business and Financial Services Energy 30 Creative and Interior/Furniture Business and Financial Services and 16. Inter-cluster cooperation on healthy and DK, ES FoodNetwork (DK) Agro Food

4 functional foods (DK/E Healthy Food) AINS Cluster of Nutrition and Health (ES) 17. Robotic solutions for future waste management (WAMAROB) DK, NL Innovation Network Robocluster (DK) RoboNed (NL) 18. Digital Creative Sound Solutions (DiCSS) DK, BE Danish Sound Innovation Network (DK) Impulse.brussels / screen.brussels (BE) 19. US-DK Medtech Competence DK, US Medtech Innovation (DK) Development Exchange (US-DK Life Science Alley and Greater MSP (US) Exchange) 20. Sustainable and Safe Food Technology (SusFooTech) 21. Transnational and cross-sectoral activities between DMN and Catalan clusters (DMNInt Catalonia) 22. Strategy on collaborations within the field of intelligent transportation systems and logistics (D-DK Logistics) 23. Possibilities in UAV developing a comprehensive business case (PIU) 24. Mentoring on Internationalisation for SMEs by SMEs (MISS) DE, DK Food-Processing Initiative and NieKE - Lower Saxony Competence Centre for the Food industry (DE) Danish Material Network (DK) DK, ES DE, DK DK, LT DK, FI, NO, SE Danish Material Network (DK) Packaging Cluster, Cluster MAV and INNOVACC (ES) Logistik-Initiative Hamburg (DE) BrainsBusiness ICT (DK) Innovation Cluster for Production/Inno- Pro (DK) Lithuanian Space Association (LT) Biopeople (DK) Turku Science Park (FI) Oslo Cancer Cluster (NO) Karolinska Insitutet (SE) 4 Other: Robotics 6 Media 20 Health Care/Medical Devices Production Technology 3 Production Technology 50 ICT 10 Production Technology 8 Biotechnology Skagerrak ICT (SICT) DK, NO BrainsBusiness ICT (DK) ICT 7 Digin ICT Cluster (NO) 26. Workshop and cooperation among DK, ES Innonet Lifestyle (DK) Other: kids products and 10 5

5 companies working with kids segment Kid s Cluster (ES) (Kids Corp) 27. Creative Energy Alliance (CEA) DK, SE Animation Hub (DK) LU Open Innovation Center and Media Evolution (SE) 28. Innovative Landfill Management in Latvia DK, LV Innovation Network for Environmental /Inno-MT c/o CLEAN (DK) 29. Sound Solutions for the Healthcare DE, DK Medical Valley EMN (DE) Sector (SoundCARE) Danish Sound Innovation Network (DK) 30. Baseline for energy efficiency in Waste DK, PL CLEAN (DK) Water Treatment Plant and Water Gdanska Fundacja Wody (PL) Utilities in Poland 31. Building an innovation platform for the experience economy (BIP-X) 32. Network of innovative approaches of Eco-efficient energy (NECO) DK, NO, PL, SE FI, LT, SE Innovation Network for the Experience Economy/Invio (DK) Arena USUS and Innovative Opplevelser (NO) Mazovia ICT Cluster (PL) Innovatum AB and Peak Innovation/Mid- Sweden Science Park (SE) Saimaan ammattikorkeakoulu Oy (FI) Klaipeda area (LT) City of Stockholm (SE) services Creative 5 Health Care/Medical Devices ICT 50 Other: Higher education International growth strategy for SMEs in Europe (GrowthStrat) 34. Baltic Mussel Feed pre-work prior to RDI project Baltic Blue Growth (Baltic Mussel Feed) SE, UK DK, SE Uppsala BIO (SE) One Nucleus (UK) Orbicon (DK) Kalmarsundskommissionen and Kalmar Municipality (SE) Biotechnology

6 35. Feasibility study for operational concept for depollution of sunken ships SE MEODEC/Underwater Depollution Network (UDN) Maritime 3 6

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