EUREKA Going global Supporting cross border R&D&I NCP Academy, 16 May 2018
EUREKA is Leading platform for international cooperation Intergovernmental network Supporting market-oriented R&D projects Facilitating access to finance 2
More than 40 EUREKA countries Full members Associated countries National information points International cooperation 3
Since 1985 6.400+ Projects 26.000+ Organisations Involved 38+ BILLION public-private funding 6
EUREKA characteristics Market-oriented nature Innovative product, process or service Bottom-up approach International cooperation 5
Participants in EUREKA projects Large Companies 42% 24% 16% Research Institutes 13% Universities 5% Others SMEs 63% 11% 13% 1985 1994 1995 2004 2005 12% 1% Industry makes up 75% of participants Data for EUREKA Projects and Eurostars 6
Technology areas top 5 Electronics, IT and Telecoms Technology Industrial Manufacturing, Material and Biological Sciences / Technologies Technology for Protecting Man and the Environment Energy Technology Transport 2014 2016 29% 17% 24% 5% 7% Data for EUREKA Projects and Eurostars 7
Market areas top 5 Industrial Products / Manufacturing Medical / Health Related Transportation Consumer Related 2014 2016 19% 32% 9.8% 11% Data for EUREKA Projects and Eurostars 8
Over 40 countries EUROAGRI EUREKA TOURISM PLUS CELTIC PLUS PENTA ITEA 3 EURIPIDES METALLURGY EUROGIA 2020 UMBRELLAS CLUSTERS 829 projects EUROSTARS 1152 projects NETWORK PROJECTS 4282 projects E!nnoVest EUREKA instruments
NETWOR K NETWORK PROJECT PROJECTS S
EUREKA Network projects Innovative product, process or service with a civilian purpose Participants from at least two EUREKA countries No thematic restrictions but projects need to reflect market demand National evaluation procedures & funding 11
A typical Network project is 3 participants Data for 2014-2017 2-3 countries average duration 28 months average project cost 1.3 million 12
Globalstars 2016-7 2018-9? Chile GlobalStars is a flexible, reliable, lean and fast instrument allowing global cooperation for EUREKA countries in a variable geometry. Singapore China EUREKA as a platform for global industrial R&D&I cooperation Argentina India Brazil 13
METALLURGY PENTA EURIPIDES 2 ITEA 3 EUROGIA 2020 CELTIC PLUS CLUSTERS
EUREKA Clusters Industry led initiatives Medium term Strategically significant International ecosystem of R&D&I actors Large number of participants Major European industries Large SME participation (30 50% of partners) Research organisations and academia Fostering European competitiveness Develop generic technologies and standards Address economic and societal challenges 15
A typical Cluster project is 2 14 participants 3 4 countries average duration 30 months average project cost 1.5-15 million 16
EUREKA Clusters Telecommunications Smart electronic systems Low carbon energy technologies Software intensive systems and services New Cluster on Metallurgy Micro and Nano electronic technologies and applications 17
EUREKA Structure of Clusters Board / Core group Industry Technical evaluation Experts from industry and academia Public authorities committee Funding agencies and Ministries 18
EUREKA Clusters procedures 1 2 3 4 5 Thematic annual calls Centralised Cluster evaluation Cluster labelling National funding decision Cluster monitoring and impact assessment 19
EUROSTARS
Eurostars under Horizon 2020 21
Eurostars is Joint programme between EUREKA and EU Dedicated to R&Dperforming SMEs Marketoriented Bottom-up International cooperation 22
Eurostars countries 36 countries Austria Germany The Netherlands Switzerland Bulgaria Greece Norway Turkey Belgium Hungary Poland United Kingdom Canada Iceland Portugal Croatia Ireland Romania Cyprus Israel Slovak Republic Czech Republic Italy Slovenia Denmark Latvia South Africa Estonia Lithuania South Korea Finland Luxembourg Spain France Malta Sweden 23
Market oriented 24
Eligibility 25
SMEs in the driving seat 26
Eurostars-2 in numbers PROJECTS SUBMITTED CUT-OFF 1-8 2,745 NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS 8,715 NUMBER OF APPLICANTS 3,66 BILLION TOTAL COSTS OF APPLICATIONS 40 COUNTRIES INVOLVED 29% SUCCESS RATE PROJECTS FUNDED CUT-OFF 1-8 801 NUMBER OF APPROVED PROJECTS 2,560 NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS 1,17 BILLION TOTAL COSTS OF APPLICATIONS FUNDED 503 MILLION ESTIMATED PUBLIC FUNDING 27
A typical Eurostars-2 project 3 4 participants Data for Cut-off 1 5 2 3 countries average duration 30 months average project cost 1.3 million 28
Bottom-up approach 29
Eurostars Leverage Leveraged foreign project costs (in multiples of national funding) Latvia Slovakia Romania Cyprus Bulgaria Greece Ireland Poland Portugal United Kingdom Hungary Lithuania Slovenia Italy Austria Belgium France Spain Malta Switzerland Czech Republic Sweden Germany Netherlands Denmark Israel Estonia Finland Iceland Turkey Norway 6,4 6,0 5,8 5,7 5,1 5,0 4,4 4,2 4,0 3,9 3,8 3,6 3,5 3,5 3,5 3,4 3,3 3,3 3,2 3,1 3,1 2,7 2,7 2,6 2,6 2,4 8,1 8,0 7,8 9,2 Source: ERA-LEARN 2020 18,7 30
Solarus Eurostars success story Solar CPC PVT Production project 2.68m, 36 months A Eurostars project is helping Solarus to reduce production costs of their novel solar collector combining solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation with solar thermal heat generation Attracting new investors recently completed investment round of 6.7m IMPACTS Employees have doubled since project started in April 2016 Entering new markets Hospitality Serving isolated communities 31
Eurostars success story Data M Sheet Metal Solutions Rfexpert project 1.92m, 36 months Video (1:54) Germany s Data M Sheet Metal Solutions has developed a new approach to roll forming to create metal strips for industrial purposes IMPACTS Fast commercialisation leading to new revenue stream New customers New markets (China) 2 more FTEs to handle extra business Patents in Germany, US, pending in China 32
E!nnoVest
EUREKA InnoVest is Raising capital for the growth of innovative E! SMEs? 34
E!nnoVest partnership Chair E!nnoVest countries ESE Financial providers Visibility & outreach Specialised knowledge provides 35
E!nnoVest goals Goals 3 Facilitate investment matching of EUREKA companies that are investor ready 1 2 Raise the investment awareness and readiness among innovative SMEs in the EUREKA ecosystem Promote EUREKA companies towards the investment community 36
EUREKA S USP MOTIVES FOR PARTICIPATION International co-operations 70%+ New business opportunities 60%+ High degree of flexibility Freedom to create consortia Strong bottom-up approach
COMPETITIVENESS Strengthened commercial position of participating firms 69% Enter new markets 68% Improved market shares 67% Increased exports 69% Increase in research staff 64% Increase in general staff (% of survey respondents) 62% Overall improvement in competitive position