EUREKA And the Finnish Chair 2017-2018 Heikki Uusi-Honko Development Director, Tekes 2.5.2017 30.6.2018
EUREKA – the Finnish Chair 2017-18 What is EUREKA? Founded in 1985 as an intergovernmental initiative in support of global competitiveness of European industries Over 40 members, including EU and associate members South Korea, South Africa, Canada, and (from June) Chile Today, several lines of activities Eurostars-programme together with EU since 2008 (Art-185) Clusters (CELTIC+, EURIPIDES2, EUROGIA2020, ITEA3, and PENTA) – strategic PPP initiatives launched by major European industries (Network Projects, Global Stars, Innovest, Umbrellas) 27.3.2017 30.6.2018
EUREKA – the Finnish Chair 2017-18 What is Eurostars? Eurostars is the only European funding programme specifically dedicated to support R&D-performing SMEs in their collaborative R&D projects. With its bottom-up approach, it stimulates international collaborative research and innovation projects that will be rapidly commercialised. 27.3.2017
EUREKA – the Finnish Chair 2017-18 27.3.2017
EUREKA – the Finnish Chair 2017-18 27.3.2017
EUREKA – the Finnish Chair 2017-18 27.3.2017
EUREKA – the Finnish Chair 2017-18 http://www.eurekanetwork.org/ So – that was EUREKA in short. What about the Finnish chair? 27.3.2017
EUREKA – the Finnish Chair 2017-18 Main priorities for the Finnish EUREKA Chair Smart EUREKA Extensive EUREKA (Global EUREKA) EUREKA and European Innovation Policy 27.3.2017
EUREKA – the Finnish Chair 2017-18 Main priorities for the Finnish EUREKA Chair Smart EUREKA Focus on easy-to-approach services for customers/service users Lean administration – time for strategic discussions & development Efficient utilization and communication of all EUREKA tools – clear value propositions
EUREKA – the Finnish Chair 2017-18 Main priorities for the Finnish EUREKA Chair Extensive EUREKA (Global EUREKA) Smart, value-adding development of use of GlobalStars calls Step-by-step internationalization road map Supportive activation of less active members
EUREKA – the Finnish Chair 2017-18 Main priorities for the Finnish EUREKA Chair EUREKA and European Innovation Policy Full exploitation of Eurostars’ potential EUREKA GlobalStars as a preferred platform for cooperation with 3rd Countries EUREKA as an active player in European Innovation Policy
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