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1 EUREKA The EUREKA Initiative A Platform for International Cooperation Michel Vanavermaete EUREKA Secretariat Doing business through technology

2 What is EUREKA? An intergovernmental initiative of 41 European countries Created in 1985 (nearly 30 years existence) Support European industrial competitiveness through cooperative innovation projects >2

3 What is EUREKA project? A transnational(international) cooperation project The project consortium is composed of at least 2 organisation of 2 different EUREKA member or associated countries Financed using national and regional public and private funding Each organisation financed through national(regional) public funding following the national(regional) funding rules Market-oriented projects results The research s results must be marketable products, processes or services for civilian use Bottom-up The consortium usually led by a company - decides on the project aim. >3

4 EUREKA members and associated EUREKA has 41 full Members: 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 Nertherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom 2 National Information Points (NIP): Albania Bosnia-Herzegovina >4 2 Associated Countries: Canada South Korea (South Africa joining soon)

5 EUREKA participants EUREKA member country Associated country (may lead projects but it must include a full EUREKA member; 1+1 rule) Country has participated as a third country (may contribute to projects with two EUREKA members; 2+1 rule) >5

6 Participation from non-member countries - EUREKA individual projects and Eurostars 29% 19% Canada South Korea U.S.A. China 14% Japan 5% Chile Brazil 6% 6% 10% 11% Other A total of 1524 project applications from non-eureka member countries >6

7 EUREKA three models of cooperation 1. EUREKA Individual projects: - Open Calls (4 cut-offs per year); - Bottom-up (market driven); - Any type of participant from at least two member states; - National Evaluation, Funding, Monitoring; - Eureka final report and Market Impact Assessment; 2. EUREKA Clusters & Umbrellas: - Thematic Calls (1-2 per year); - One or Two Step Centralised Cluster Evaluation and Labeling; National funding decision based on a national review of the Cluster Evaluation; - Cluster monitoring and impact assessment; - Thematic networks focussing on a specific technology area to generate projects; 3. Eurostars (EUREKA EC joint Programme): - Open Calls (2 cut-offs per year); R&D Performing SME Driven; Central Evaluation; - National funding; - National & Eureka monitoring; Eureka Progress & Final Reports; - Eureka Impact assessment; >7

8 EUREKA individual projects > Small, shorter-term projects > Involve participants from at least two EUREKA member countries (Since 2012, 1 full member + 1 associated country) > Result in a product, process or service with a significant advance in their sector > Each partner is evaluated and funded by national funding bodies >8

9 EUREKA Clusters > Medium-term, strategically-significant Industry led initiatives > Large number of participants, including the major companies from across and beyond Europe. > Develop generic technologies of key importance to European competitiveness >9

10 EUREKA Clusters Information technology > Average: 18.5 million euro 20 participants Communications 40 months duration Energy Water technologies >10

11 EUREKA Clusters > Pre-competitive research projects lead by Europe s biggest companies >11

12 EUREKA Umbrellas > Thematic networks focussing on a specific technology area or business sector > Facilitate the generation of E! projects in their own target area > Coordinated and implemented by a working group consisting of EUREKA representatives and industrial experts Tourism Materials & Manufacturing Manufacturing >12

13 SMEs and internationalisation > SMEs are the European growth engine: More than 99% of all companies being either small or medium-sized 85% of all jobs created over the last years are in SMEs > Benefits of internationalisation: Internationalised SMEs create more jobs Internationalised SMEs are more innovative Internationalised SMEs are more competitive >13

14 The Eurostars Programme The EUREKA Network supports SMEs with specific funding instruments! Eurostars > The first joint EUREKA-EU funding and support programme for R&D-performing SMEs > Small, short-term projects, involving participants from at least two Eurostars participating countries > Consortium leader is an R&D-performing SME >14

15 EUREKA Secretariat 2014 Eurostars (so far) in numbers 1.1Bn Inc. 400M public funds 783 Approved projects If there was such a thing as an average project 3 to 4 participants 2 to 3 countries involved 29 month average duration 1.4 M 2600 participants >15 > 15 From: 3541 applications, involving organizations, worth 4.9 billion Euro

16 EUREKA Secretariat to 2020 Eurostars Eurostars II countries involved R&D performing SME lead M Over 3500 projects submitted > 783 projects funded (1.1 Bn total value) > 79% of participants are SMEs > Annual approval rate of 20-25% > Fast processes compared to equivalent programmes (less than 10 months from application to funding received) 33 countries involved + third countries R&D performing SME* lead Budget is tripled to 1.15 Billion > *R&D definition widened > Even faster time to contract > More standardisation >Remove duplication > Fast and simple >Reduce bureaucracy > Partnership with third countries >South Korea, Canada >16 > 16

17 Typical EUREKA projects EUREKA Clusters projects EUREKA Individual projects Eurostars projects Average costs per project 18.5m 2.0m 1.4m Average number of participant Average project duration (months) Consortium Leader (as most frequently observed) Large Company SME R&D SME >17

18 EUREKA Portfolio Total Number of EUREKA projects: >18

19 EUREKA impact 2 M Private Funds >19

20 Eurostars impact With 1M of public funds, 10M of additional turnover is expected >20

21 EUREKA Clusters figures & impact since 1987 Total project costs for Clusters projects: 14.9 B Public funds: 7.4 B E! budget portfolio: ~70% Leverage effects of 1 million of public funds On additional turnover generation: 9.5 Estimated effect on direct jobs: 37.1 Estimated jobs saved & created: 270,000 Estimated additional turnover generated: 70 B >21

22 Success story High-Speed Scanning Atomic Force Microscope This project will create a triple-scanning microscope (TRIPLE-S) by merging a dual beam microscope with a novel high-speed atomic force microscope. Countries > Austria, Bulgaria, Switzerland Cost: 2.31 M EUROSTARS project > E! 8213 TRIPLE-S MICROSCOPE >22

23 Success stories Beach environmental treatment Elimination of contaminant organics from residual waters through oxidation treatment. Investigating where the pollutants originate from, their evolution and elimination. Countries > Bulgaria, Greece, Spain Cost: 3.58 M EUREKA individual project > E! 3385 COSTAS >23

24 Success stories Agile software development of embedded systems Develop an agile software development framework and deployment model for the embedded systems domain and demonstrate its feasibility in a number of embedded software industrial projects. >24 Countries > Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain Cost: 20,55 M EUREKA Cluster project > ITEA AGILE

25 Success stories Managing Academic Knowledge with INtegrated, collaborative Tools A database of academic knowledge, driven by semantic algorithms, to manage and share academic content. Achieve superior recommendations based on personalised user profiles and user preferences. Countries > Austria, UK, Estonia Cost: 0.86 M EUROSTARS project > E! 4811 MAKIN IT UK Company Mendeley has sold their developed technology for $ 100 M >25

26 EUREKA Wins - Success Stories /projects/success-stories >26

27 Thank you! Infos & latest news on EUREKA Network Group EUREKA Network EUREKA Network >27

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