BSR Innovation Express: Cluster- to- Cluster Conference Funding and network opportunities for cluster internationalization Jens Peter Vittrup Special Adviser Email: jpv@ai.dk
Why international R&I cooperation? 13 % points higher export Increases growth rates in turnover by twice as much Increases growth rates in employment with 4-5 % points 11-12 % points higher productivity In comparison to similar companies which only are engaged in national R&I cooperation!
EUREKA 41 European countries + South Korea and Canada EUREKA has 41 full members; two countries with transitional status and Canada and South Korea as two associated countries Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia European Union Finland France FYR Macedonia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Monaco Montenegro The Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Transitional status: Albania Bosnia-Herzegovina Associated countries: South Korea Canada
EUREKA s three pillars 1. EUREKA Individual Projects 2. EUREKA Clusters and Umbrellas 3. Eurostars Joint Programme + EUREKA umbrellas
EUREKA Portfolio: 3 pillars and number of projects Start with Individual Projects Introduction of Clusters Introduction of Eurostars Total Number of EUREKA projects: 4.452
EUREKA Portfolio : Total costs EUREKA projects: Over 30 Billions of total costs
Typical EUREKA projects Average costs per project Average number of participant Average project duration (months) Consortium Leader (as most frequently observed) EUREKA Clusters projects EUREKA Individual projects Eurostars projects 20 M 1,7 M 1,4 M 20 4 3 40 33 29 Large Company SME R&D SME
Pillar 1: EUREKA Classic (like ERA-nets) Small, shorter- term projects Involve participants from at least two EUREKA member countries Result in a product, process or service with a signiaicant advance in their sector Coordination of national programmes as platforms for international projects
Pillar 2: EUREKA Clusters (like JTI s) Medium- term, strategically- signiaicant initiatives Large number of participants, many from Europe s major companies Develop generic technologies of key importance to European competitiveness Information technology Communications Energy Water Manufacture technologies industry
Pillar 3: The Eurostars Programme (Like ERA+/Art. 185) A joint EUREKA-EU funding and support programme for R&Dperforming SMEs after art. 185 of the Treaty Joint application, joint evaluation, but national funding Small, short-term projects, involving participants from at least two Eurostars participating countries Consortium leader is an R&D-performing SME
10. application round 4. April 2013 for Eurostars 593 applications in total Baltic/Nordic countries in the lead!
EUREKA Umbrellas (like EEN) EUREKA Umbrellas running: > EuroAgri FoodChain: Agriculture, Food and Feed Industry, Logistics (www.euroagri.org/) > Profactory+: Manufacturing and Production industry (www.pro- factory- plus.eu) > E! Surf: Surface technology - Industrial Wear, surfaces and sustainable interaction in connection with special surfaces (www.eurekasurf.eu)
Success stories http:// www.eurekanetwork.org/projects/success- stories
For more Information: www.eurekanetwork.org
Thank you for listening! For more information, do not hesitate to contact your EUREKA National Project Coordinator! Contact details available on www.eurekanetwork.org