EU - Black Sea Cooperation in Science, Technology & Innovation Overview of the Black Sea Horizon Project

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1 EU - Black Sea Cooperation in Science, Technology & Innovation Overview of the Black Sea Horizon Project Ines Marinkovic Centre for Social Innovation ZSI, Austria 15 February 2016 Kyiv Cluster Manager WS The project has received funding from Horizon 2020, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, under the Grant Agreement (H2020-INT-INCO-2014).

2 Overview Black Sea Horizon (BSH) Project 2 Funding: Horizon 2020, under the Grant Agreement (H2020-INT-INCO-2014). Duration: February 2015 January 2018 Project Partners: 19 organisations, 16 countries: AT, DE, GR, TR, HU, BG, FR, MD, PL, PT, RO, AM, RU, UA, GE, AZ Coordinator: Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI GmbH), Austria

3 Project Partners Black Sea Horizon (BSH) Project 3 ZSI, AT UEFISCDI, RO DLR, DE CERISS, GR TUBITAK, TR RCISD, HU ARC Fund, BG inno - inno TSD, FR NAS-RA, AM RFBR, RU HSE, RU IEF, UA ESIDG, GE SRNSF, GE SDF-AZE, AZ ICBSS, INTL (GR) CIP, MD IPPT-PAN, PL SPI, PT Detailed information about project partners:

4 Key objectives Black Sea Horizon (BSH) Project 4 to support the EU s external relations with the target region by significantly contributing to ongoing biregional and regional STI policy dialogues, and by increasing the knowledge base about the EU s external environment; to stimulate bi-regional STI cooperation and to strengthen the EU s economic competitiveness; to contribute to the establishment of supportive framework conditions by facilitating the pooling of resources and by identifying challenging thematic areas for mutual STI cooperation.

5 Specific objectives Black Sea Horizon (BSH) Project 5 Support the EU s external relations with the target region Development of the EU Black Sea Cooperation Programme in STI Black Sea Horizon STI conference towards a jointly agreed STI programme (May 8, 2017, Athens) Increase the knowledge base about EU s external environment; Policy briefs (obstacles, drivers and opportunities; patterns of cooperation based on co publishing and co-patenting Stimulate bi-regional STI cooperation; Webinars on H Upcoming: [9th BSH Webinar] Widening Participation opportunities for Black Sea Countries (Feb.15, am CET) and [10th BSH Webinar] Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions & Euraxess (March 1, am CET) Grant scheme for attending brokerage events (Call: results: 3 rd Call to be launched) H2020 Summer school, August 2017 Yerevan Targeting young researchers from all Black Sea countries

6 Specific objectives Black Sea Horizon (BSH) Project 6 Innovation cooperation; Cluster identification, cluster manager training Business contacts and training of entrepreneurs see next slides! Contribute to the pooling of resources Group of funding parties ToR for a joint call Call secretariat set up Contribute to the establishment of supportive framework conditions; Reviewer database Identify challenging thematic areas for mutual STI cooperation Thematic research directions / 3 WS held (event reviews available: 3 topics in focus: sustainable agriculture, resource efficiency and environment, applied chemistry & smart materials.

7 Contacts Black Sea Horizon (BSH) Project 7 Website / Subscribe to our Newsletter (over 3500 subscribers) office@blacksea-horizon.eu Facebook: Twitter: LinkedIn:

8 8 Calendar of BSH Activities Event When Where Database Preparation Meeting September 2015 Kiev Thematic Workshop 1 March 2016 Moscow Thematic Workshop 2 March 2016 Tbilisi Thematic Workshop 3 March 2016 Sofia Thematic ERA-NET Workshop October 2016 Baku Funding Parties Workshop October 2016 Bonn Policy meeting December 2016 Brussels Adoption Conference February 2017 Istanbul Database Train-the-Trainer Workshop Pending date 2017 Chisinau Cluster Workshop February 2017 Kiev Black Sea Horizon Conference 8 May 2017 Athens Cluster Networking Event June 2017 Budapest Summer School August 2017 Yerevan Service & Inclusive Innovation Seminar October 2017 Tbilisi Service & Inclusive Innovation Seminar November 2017 Sofia

9 9 Cluster related activities within BSH Supporting Cluster Policies and Internationalisation of Clusters

10 Main activities 10 Supporting Cluster Policies and Internationalisation of Clusters Supporting the capacities of selected Black Sea research clusters for enhanced cluster cooperation with EU research clusters through a training workshop and intermediation services; The implementation of a bi-regional clustering/brokerage meeting to enable direct business contacts between managers from research clusters located in the Black Sea region and the EU; Raising awareness on the side of research agencies, research organisations, social entrepreneurs and companies on the virtues of collaboration in the field of social, inclusive and sustainable innovation and their contribution to research agendas and impact-oriented research projects.

11 Guidelines on establishing, managing, sustaining and internationalising industrial clusters 11 Target groups: Industrial clusters from the Black Sea region; Research and innovation actors; Other organizations (companies, universities, research institutes, etc.) Content: This document aims to analyse Industrial Research Based Clusters at the EU Level and countries associated to Horizon developing a set of guidelines for establishing, managing, sustaining and internationalising industrial clusters. Get involved: If you are interested to receive a copy, please contact office@blackseahorizon.eu. If you would like to share your experiences as a Cluster manager (from EU or Black Sea countries) or have any further questions, please contact Mr. Douglas Thompson douglasthompson@spi.pt and Mr. Francisco Rocha franciscorocha@spi.pt.

12 Online-Catalogue of research-based clusters in the BSH countries 12 Target groups: Industrial clusters from the Black Sea region; Research and innovation actors; Other organizations (companies, universities, research institutes, etc.) Content: The catalogue aims to provide a centralized and structured database of research-based industrial clusters from the Black Sea Region. Get involved: If you have suggestions to include additional Clusters from BSC and promote them to a wider public (if not yet included in our database here please contact office@blackseahorizon.eu.

13 Seminar for Cluster Manager in Kiev, Ukraine 13 Target groups: 15 to 20 Cluster Managers from the Black Sea region; representatives of other relevant organisations from the region Content: Presentation and discussion on best practices on establishing, managing, sustaining and internationalising industrial clusters (backed up by corresponding guidelines). Timing: February 15, 2017 Get involved: If you have any additional questions related to today s event, please contact Mr. Douglas Thompson douglasthompson@spi.pt and Mr. Vitalii Gryga v.gryga@gmail.com

14 Bi-regional cluster meeting in Budapest, Hungary 14 Target groups: 10 research-based industrial clusters from EU & 10 research-based clusters from the BS countries Content: The mission of this meeting is to bring selected participants from the BSC in contact with successful clusters in Europe in order to foster collaborative partnerships among STI actors from the two regions. Timing: Mid 2017 Get involved: If you have specific questions related to this Cluster meeting, please contact Mr. Bela Kardon, and Ms. Zita Buday

15 Open for discussion today 15 Preparation of a EU-Black Sea Cooperation Programme in STI (BSCP) cluster support measures to be considered by BSCP programme? If yes, what kind of support measures?

16 16 EU-Black Sea Cooperation Programme in STI (BSCP) 1. Joint Research Thematic calls (basic/applied research); Collaborative calls with SMEs/Industry 2. Cooperation and support actions Capacity Building (STI Evaluation Platform, Seminars on Research and Innovation Policy etc.) Mobility (Summer School, twinning grants, grants for the participation of EaP scientists in brokerage events in EU etc.) Dissemination (BS portal, newsletter etc.) 3. Innovation ( ) Cluster funding scheme and support measures?? Workshops? Newsletter? Capacity building?...

17 Thank you for your attention! Ines Marinkovic Centre for Social Innovation (coordinator of BSH)