EIT ICT Labs: Information and Communication Technologies KIC InnoEnergy: Sustainable energies

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1 The EIT at a glance Why the EIT? Innovation is the key to growth, competitiveness and thus social well-being in the 21st century. The capacity of a society to innovate is crucial in an ever more knowledge-intensive economy. Society s success is increasingly being determined by its ability to adapt quickly to the fast pace of development, to be one step ahead in providing solutions to rapidly emerging societal problems and to develop products that meet the demands and desires of consumers. Europe is facing a deep innovation challenge the European paradox - where despite an excellence research base, dynamic companies and creative talents, good ideas are too rarely turned into great products or services. Europe needs a real change of mindset towards the promotion of a more entrepreneurial culture. Missions Created in 2008, the EIT's missions are to: Increase European sustainable growth and competitiveness. Reinforce the innovation capacity of the EU. Create the entrepreneurs of tomorrow and prepare for the next innovative breakthroughs. Objective The EIT builds on Europe's excellent universities, research centres and businesses to create an unprecedented network of innovation and excellence centres allowing these actors to grow and capitalise on their innovation capacity and capability. Its aim is to boost the innovation process: from idea to product, from student to entrepreneur, from lab to market. Means The EIT fully integrates all three sides of the 'Knowledge Triangle', i.e. higher education, research and business, by way of highly integrated public private partnerships the so-called Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs). To date, 3 KICs were launched in 2010: Climate-KIC: Climate change mitigation and adaptation EIT ICT Labs: Information and Communication Technologies KIC InnoEnergy: Sustainable energies Each of the KICs operates across 5 or 6 innovation centres or co-location centres. There are currently 17 co-location centres spread across Europe. One of the KICs (Climate KIC) additionally operates through 6 regions each led by a regional/local government (RIC).

2 The EIT at a glance (2) Future of the EIT the proposal from the European Commission Proposed budget for : 3.18 billion EUR within the Horizon 2020 envelope of 80 billion EUR (around 3.5% of the Horizon 2020 budget) Consolidation of the existing 3 KICs Creation of 6 new KICs which are to be launched in two phases: o 2014: innovation for healthy living and active ageing (improving the quality of life and well-being of citizens of all ages); food4future (sustainable food supply chain, from farm to fork); and raw materials (sustainable exploration, extraction, processing, recycling and substitution of raw materials). o 2018: added value manufacturing (developing more competitive, sustainable and environmentally-friendly manufacturing processes); smart secure societies (addressing Europe's security gaps through the development and deployment of innovative ICT solutions); and urban mobility (delivering a greener, more inclusive, safer and smarter urban mobility system). Objectives for 2020: Train Master Students and PhDs and create 600 new companies. The EIT at a glance Partners: 228 of which 78 Core partners 76 universities (29 Core partners) 54 research centres (24 Core partners) 87 companies (25 Core partners) 11 Cities, Regions, NGOs Open strategy with regard to entry and exit of affiliated partners EIT Funding Climate-KIC: Co-location centre RIC (Regional Implementation and Innovation Centre) EIT ICT Labs: Co-location centre Associate Partner KIC InnoEnergy Co-location centre EIT budget : 309 million KICs funding: EIT 25% of total KIC budget Leverage effect of 4: 78.5% of the KIC funding comes from external sources EIT Education 2011: More than 600 students enrolled 3 Masters schools & PhD Schools 2012: More than 1300 students expected

3 Factsheet - Partners The EIT is an institute that builds upon existing European excellence centres to propose a new approach to innovation in Europe and to create the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. Today, the EIT, through its three KICs 1, gathers the best universities, research centres and most important companies with regard to the KIC themes in Europe. Partners: 228 of which 78 Core partners 76 universities (29 Core partners) 54 research centres (24 Core partners) 87 companies (25 Core partners) 11 Cities, Regions, NGOs Open strategy with regard to entry and exit of affiliated partners In 2011, the EIT had 228 partners of which 78 Core Partners: 76 higher education institutions of which 29 are Core partners Such as Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Imperial College London, The Royal Institute of Technology - KTH, Aalto University, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Instituto Superior Técnico de Lisboa (IST), TU Berlin, ESADE, ETH Zurich, Silesian University of Technology,, University Pierre et Marie Curie, TU Delft, Utrecht University, Paris Tech 54 research centres of which 24 are Core partners Such as Potsdam Institute, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (FHG), l Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Institut Telecom, Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS), Vito, Commissariat à l'energie Atomique (CEA), Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, Trento RISE, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 87 companies of which 25 are Core partners Such as ABB, Bayer, Areva, GDF Suez, EDF, Schiphol Amsterdam Airport, Siemens, Gas Natural Fenosa, SAP,, Ericsson, Philips, Alcatel-Lucent, EnBW, Intel, Vattenfall, Total, Deutsche Telekom, Nokia, Orange-France Telecom, DSM, Telecom Italia 11 Cities, Regions or NGOs: Such as Province of Utrecht, Institute for Sustainability, Advancity, Birmingham City Council, City of Castellón, City of Frankfurt, Fundación Comunidad Valenciana-Región Eurpea, Province of Utrecht, Wroclawskie Centrum Badan Core (or Formal) Partners - are the partners who have signed the first Framework Partnership Agreement with EIT. These partners are members of the KIC Association or KIC Company. They represent world-class excellence, are fully committed to the KIC implementation and will raise the necessary co-funding for the KIC. They control and manage the KIC through their membership in the relevant governance bodies. Affiliated, (or Associated or Network) Partners - are other organizations participating in and contributing to the activities of a KIC. They are usually active on the co-location centre level and can be universities, SMEs or venture capital funds and other companies. They have a contract with the KIC or a specific co-location centre; they supply specific competence and human resources for the KIC; they may be in the KIC for a very specific task and a limited period of time; they are not fully represented in the KIC governance bodies. 1 KICs: Knowledge and Innovation Communities are the operative arms of the EIT.

4 Factsheet - Partners (2) A Dynamic Partnership approach KICs apply a very open strategy of entry and exit with regard to the Affiliated Partners. This provides for a high degree of openness and dynamic development. In 2012, it is already expected the KICs will integrate more partners. In addition Climate-KIC has created another partner network the so-called Regional Innovation Centres (RICs). RICs oversee the development of innovative business and technology solutions, their test phase and regional implementation. Presently there are six such regional centres: Hungary, Lower Silesia (Poland), West Midland (UK), Hessen (Germany), Emiglia Romana (Italy), Valencia (Spain).

5 Factsheet - Funding For , the EIT has been allocated 309 million from the EU budget. Through its funding model, the EIT contributes on average a maximum of 25% of the overall budget of each KIC 2. The EIT financial contribution is decided on an annual basis following the assessment of each KIC's individual performance and competitive review between them, which include evaluation of KICs' past performance, future plans and the level of co-financing from other sources. EIT Funding EIT budget : 309 million KICs funding: EIT 25% of total KIC budget Leverage effect of 4: 78.5% of the KIC funding comes from external sources Given the multi-annual nature of the partnership between the EIT and the KICs, the EIT s annual financial contribution to the KICs is allocated in a manner that balances the requirement to support the KICs long-term strategy of establishment and consolidation, while rewarding on a competitive basis a KIC for its performance and ambitions in the short-term against objective criteria. The annual EIT financial contribution is therefore defined based on the two-pronged approach: EIT Support Funding and EIT Competitive Funding. Taking into account the dynamic development of the KICs during their first years the introduction of the system is done on a gradual basis and the precise conditions defined annually : As agreed in the respective grant agreements, the total budgets of the KICs were million, coming from the following sources: EIT Grant awarded: million (21.5%) Contribution from partners: million (38.5%) Of which: industry partners: 20-31% of total budget depending on the KIC Contribution from national/regional government: million (21.5% ) Contribution from other EU budgetary sources (EU/non EIT): million (13.5%) Other sources: 39.2 million (5%) Through its three KICs, the EIT managed to attract 78.5% of the total budget ( 610 million out of million bringing a leverage effect of around 4). Other EU budgetary KICs Budget Sources of funding (in million ) sources (EU/non EIT) 299,8 are allocated on a 300,0 38,5% competitive basis and 250,0 include inter alia: 7th 200,0 167,4 167,2 Framework Programme, CIP, Structural funds or Erasmus Mundus. 150,0 21,5% 21,5% 104,6 100,0 50,0 0,0 13,5% 39,2 5% EIT Grant awarded KIC partners National / Regional EU / non EIT Other sources EIT Grant awarded KIC partners National / Regional EU / non EIT Other sources Other sources: Equity, royalties, investment from VCs, consultancy services, etc. 2 KICs: Knowledge and Innovation Communities are the operative arms of the EIT.

6 Factsheet - Funding (2) KICs Budget per year - Sources of funding (in million ) 140,00 131,37 127,18 120,00 100,00 81,74 85,24 80,00 60,00 40,51 59,20 57,03 40,24 53,01 40,00 20,00 26,44 24,92 11,38 9,14 12,34 17,67 0, EIT Grant awarded KIC partners National / Regional EU / non EIT Other sources Example of the streamlining effect (aligning research topic and funds at national and regional level): EIT ICT Labs has been designated to run the German Software Campus with a budget of 50 million over 5 years. This initiative from the German government and leading companies and universities aims at training future technical leaders in the IT industry (100 per year) In more details: Yearly repartition of the source of funding (in million ): EIT ICT Labs KIC InnoEnergy Climate-KIC TOTAL % 2012 EIT Grant awarded 10,22 19,49 27,31 10,22 24,60 31,20 6,00 15,11 23,23 167,38 21,53% KIC partners 14,43 24,26 32,00 16,78 61,67 78,55 9,30 45,44* 16,63 299,06 38,47% National/ Regional 5,79 22,52 34,22 5,81 21,85 25,90 13,32 12,66* 25,12 167,19 21,51% EU (non EIT) 4,99 11,66 14,79 0,91 9,93 7,80 5,48 18,65* 30,42 104,63 13,46% Other sources 0,42 1,00 3,13 0,04 4,00 12,04 8,68 7,34* 2,50 39,15 5,04% TOTAL 35,85 78,93 111,45 33,76 122,05 155,49 42,78 99,21 97,90 777,42 100,00% *estimation

7 Factsheet - Education The most important added value of the EIT is to integrate the education dimension within the innovation web as this has often been the missing partner of the more traditional Research-Business partnerships. The EIT is to create the entrepreneurs of tomorrow and promote a real change of mindset towards an entrepreneurial culture and attitude. By investing in the EIT, Europe invests in the talent of tomorrow who will not only create new start-ups but also contribute to innovation in existing companies, thus becoming the source of growth needed. EIT Education at a glance 2011: More than 600 students enrolled 3 Masters schools & PhD Schools 2012: More than 1300 students expected Not only will the demand for highly skilled labour in Europe increase in the years ahead, but Europe needs more entrepreneurial graduates, in particular at Master and PhD level. Therefore, universities within the KICs 3 focus on developing curricula that give students the knowledge, personal development and the research and entrepreneurship skills consistent with the highest standards. They are based on partnerships between different universities, offering double degrees and mobility experience between universities or with companies and research labs. In 2011 (first year of full-fledged education activities of the KICs) the EIT attracted more than 600 students: 201 master's students 31 PhD students 383 students for KIC Summer schools By the end of 2012, the EIT is expected to have attracted more than 1300 students: 625 master's students 179 PhD students 540 participants of EIT Summer schools In more details: 2011 Prospects 2012 Master PhD Summer school Master PhD Summer school EIT ICT Labs KIC InnoEnergy Climate-KIC TOTAL Objectives With a proposed total budget of 3.18 billion EUR for the EIT from 2014 to 2020, more funding will be available for EIT education activities. Therefore the EIT, through its KICs, is expected to train Master Students and PhDs in new curricula combining excellent science with a strong entrepreneurship component during this period. 3 KICs: Knowledge and Innovation Communities are the operative arms of the EIT

8 Factsheet - Education (2) Three Master Schools The EIT, through the KICs, offers the following Master Courses which will get the EIT label: MSc Programmes in Energy Nuclear Energy (EMINE) Energy Technologies (ENTECH) Renewable Energy (RENE) Clean Coal Technologies Innovation and Entrepreneurship Smart Cities Environment Pathways for Sustainable Energy Systems (SELECT) Smart Electrical Networks and Systems (SENSE) Executive MSc in Energy Engineering and Management For more information: MSc Programmes in Information and Communication Technologies: 'EIT ICT Labs Master School' 7 technical Majors in 19 partner universities: Human Computer Interaction and Design (HCID) Digital Media Technology (DMT) Service Design and Engineering (SDE) Internet Technology and Architecture (ITA) Distributed Systems and Services (DSS) Security and Privacy (SaP) Embedded Systems (ES) For more information: MSc Programmes in Climate Innovation Atmospheric and Climate Science Environmental Sciences Sustainable process and energy technology Hydrology and Water Resources Management Water, Soils and Waste Engineering Biotechnology Urban Ecosystem Sciences Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Operation of Buildings For more information:

9 Factsheet - EIT Monitoring Monitoring principles The EIT s mission is to increase European sustainable growth and competitiveness by reinforcing the innovation capacity of the Member States and the EU. In order to show the impact of its activities, the EIT is developing an internal mechanism that allows monitoring its performance and the objectives achieved, focusing on achievements, outputs and generation of both economic and societal impact, benchmarked against best international practices. That is the objective of the EIT Performance Measurement System. EIT Monitoring principles: a 4 level system Individual KIC level: KPIs Cross KIC level: EIT Scoreboard EIT level: EIT Scoreboard EU level: Innovation Union and H2020 The EIT Performance Measurement System (PMS) The EIT s Performance Measurement System (PMS) has been designed in early 2012 and will be implemented by autumn Its overall objective is to support a result-oriented monitoring of the implementation of the EIT strategy. It consists of four levels, reflecting the multi-layered governance of the EIT. It is based on common strategic objectives resulting from a shared vision and values of the EIT and the KIC 4 : Level 1 - KICs level: KIC have put in place rigorous criteria, for the selection of their projects' portfolio. KICs monitor the impact of their activities through KIC specific Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that are included in their annual business plans. Level 2 - Cross-KIC level: The EIT Scoreboard reflects the strategic objectives of the EIT delivered by all KICs. Examples of such indicators comprise inter alia the number of start-ups created, new products and services launched in the market, the number of graduates. Level 3 - EIT level: The EIT Scoreboard includes specific indicators aimed at assessing EIT's own processes and activities, focusing on its operational efficiency, positioning and value added. Examples of such indicators are the number of EIT supported collaborative innovation schemes disseminated to other stakeholders; share of business processes formalised and delivered on time or the EIT brand awareness. Level 4 - EU Level: The Commission will use the data collected by the EIT and the KICs in order to demonstrate their contribution to the general objectives of EU policies and programmes such as Innovation Union and Horizon The synergies of EIT planned activities with other EU programmes will be assured via the EIT Triennial Work Programme. The EIT will report on all its monitoring activities in its Annual Activity Report. 4 KICs: Knowledge and Innovation Communities are the operative arms of the EIT.