Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org EUREKA Svatopluk Halada AIP ČR Praha, EUREKA a Eurostars: programy na podporu aplikovaného výzkumu a inovací

> 2 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org CERN Positioning of European R&D Programmes and Frameworks /scheme/ Innovation Basic research EU FP COST European Research Labs and Institutions JRC National R&D Programmes esa EUREKA COST

> 3 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org EUREKA Contents: > EUREKA overview > E! Individual projects, E! Umbrellas and E! Clusters > Eurostars Programme > Some statistics > Success stories

> 4 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org N GLANCE A European Research Programme > Not an EU-Programme (but complementarity within ERA) >Intergovernmental co-operation: 41 members >Market orientation >Target group: mainly industry → particular attention to SMEs >Bottom-up project generation by partners (no thematic restriction) >Funding: public, private, own (each member country has national criteria and schemes for co-financing) > Flexible mechanism and lack of bureaucracy EUREKA

> 5 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org EUREKA > Since 1985, over 32 billion € of public-private investment has been mobilised to support more as EUREKA projects > More than 25 years of R&D support in Europe > 18 members in 1985 > 41 members in 2013 > Czech Republic member since 1995

> 6 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org EUREKA members and affiliates Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia European Commision 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 EUREKA has 41 members Albania, Bosna and Herzegovina with transitional status Republic of Korea and Canada as associated countries

> 7 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org EUREKA’s three pillars > EUREKA Individual projects > EUREKA Umbrellas > EUREKA Clusters > Eurostars programme

> 8 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org EUREKA´s three pillars Total number of EUREKA projects: more as Introduction of Clusters Introduction of Eurostars Start with individual projects

> 9 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org EUREKA Individual projects >Market-oriented projects, any technological area >Small consortia, mostly led by SME and involving participants from at least two EUREKA member countries >Short-term (2-4 years); >Result in a product, process or service with a significant advance in their sector >National evaluation (PAM manual); >National co-funding >Continual possibility to submit projects (approval 4 times per year)

> 10 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Synchronisation of Nat’l evaluations Company ACompany B E! Proposal Nat’l evaluation & funding E! Individual Project Each EUREKA member supports its own participants in a cooperative project

> 11 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Participants in EUREKA Individual projects Private companies represent 68 % of participants

> 12 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Survey on the impact of finished EUREKA Individual projects New products, procesesses or services % Technological achievemet (excellent and/or good) % Commercial results (excellent and/or good) % Strategic alliance % EUREKA label as prestige %

> 13 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org EUREKA Impact figures 42.2 Jobs created Anticipated turnover after project completion Turnover achieved during project 1 M€ Public Funds 1.9 M€ Private Funds € 2.5 million € 7.6 million

> 14 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org EUREKA Umbrellas EUREKA Umbrellas: their role > Thematic networks of EUREKA focusing a specific technology area or a business sector > Through national platforms (on national research priorities) they link to European Technology Platforms and other interest R&D groups > Strategic, increasing added value for European industry/research and the EUREKA Network

> 15 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Running EUREKA Umbrellas > EuroAgri FoodChain : Agriculture, Food and Feed Industry, Logistics ( > Profactory+ : Manufacturing and Production industry ( > E! Surf : Surface technology - Industrial Wear, surfaces and sustainable interaction in connection with special surfaces ( EUREKA Umbrellas

> 16 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org EUREKA Clusters > Long-term, strategically-significant programmes >Large number of participants, many from Europe’s major companies (e.g. Philips, Siemens, Infineon) >Develop generic technologies of key importance to European competitiveness >Each EUREKA Cluster has a technological ‘roadmap’ defining the most important strategic domains >Thematic calls for proposals >Managing by Cluster organisation (secretariat)

> 17 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org EUREKA Clusters Information technology CATRENE ( ) ► micro- and nano- electronics EURIPIDES ( ) ► smart system integration ITEA2 ( ) ► software-intensive systems CELTIC+ ( ) ► Telecommunications EUROGIA+ ( ) ► Safe and sustainable energy ACQUEAU ( ) ► Water technology MF.IND ( ) ► Manufacturing and production systems

> 18 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Cluster evaluation procedure Company A Company B E! Proposal Nat’l evaluation & funding E! cluster Project Evaluation Industrial committee Evaluation Industrial committee E! Cluster Label Labeling of projects by an industrial committee

> 19 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org >A joint EUREKA-EU funding and support programme for R&D- performing SMEs (Art. 185 of the Treaty) >Eurostars combines existing instruments >EUREKA network, procedures and access to companies (SMEs) >National funding programmes (financial, critical mass) >The EC FP7 (financial incentive) Eurostars programme

> 20 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Eurostars programme  Central evaluation two expert reports + independent evaluation panel  Calls for submitting projects (cut-off days)

> 21 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Eurostars eligibility criteria >Consortium leader must be an R&D-performing SME* >Participants from a minimum of two Eurostars participating countries >Project duration of less than three years >Market introduction is planned within two years of project completion >R&D-performing SMEs undertake at least 50% of total R&D cost >The consortium must be well-balanced, with no country responsible for more than 75% of project costs * 10% FTE dedicated to R&D or 10% turnover dedicated to R&D

> 22 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org >An international evaluation based on 3 major criteria >Project consortium quality >Technology and innovation of product/process/service >Market access and competitiveness >Fast application process (~10 months from cut-off to funding support) >3 700 projects submitted (10 cut-offs), 70% of participants SMEs Eurostars evaluation and principles

> 23 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Eurostars evaluation scheme

> 24 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org EUREKA projects: over 32 billion € of total costs EUREKA projects: total costs

> 25 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Typical EUREKA projects EUREKA Individual projects EUREKA Clusters projects Eurostars projects Average costs per project 1,7 M€20 M€1,4 M€ Average number of participant 4203 Average project duration (months) Consortium leader (as most frequently observed) SMELarge companyR&D SME EUREKA projects: basic characteristics

> 26 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Success stories

> 27 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org E! 328 AMADEUS European-based global computerised distribution system to meet the needs of the travel industry Instant reservations, ticketing and payments

> 28 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org E! 55 CARMINAT SYSTEM System for acquisition, transmission, processing and presentation of information to improve driver safety and make trips easier and more efficient Smart navigation in the city

> 29 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Tracking pollutants E! 1489 EUROTRAC-2 A study on atmospheric pollution that reveals where pollutants are created, under what chemical disguises they travel and human and environmental health consequences

> 30 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Safe transactions MEDEA+ A302 Making secure transactions viable through the development of generic smart card open platforms

> 31 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Software gets in gear ITEA EAST EEA Developing a new software interface that will make the next generation of cars quicker to design and cheaper to bring to market

> 32 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Success Story Internet could be 10 times faster than it is Could the Internet just stop working one day? With bandwidth requirement increasing annually as the web becomes an ever larger part of the everyday life, keeping up is a challenge for Internet service providers. A EUREKA telecommunications cluster CELTIC- Plus project is pushing capacity upwards. EUREKA Cluster project CELTIC 100GET Participating countries: Germany, Finland, France, Spain, Sweden

> 33 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Success Story Monitoring your car for a safer driving Each year over 40,000 people are killed on Europe’s roads. The partners of MEDEA+ project CARING CARS aim to drive down these chilling statistics with a system comprising in-car sensors and a wireless infrastructure monitoring the vital signs of drivers and sounding an alert if there is a problem linked for example to the driver’s fatigue. EUREKA Cluster project MEDEA+ CARING CARS Participating countries: Turkey, The Netherlands, Spain

> 34 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Success Story Biotech start-up brings DNA- sequencing to the medical market What started as a three-person start-up may well be on its way to becoming a multi-million euro success story. The SME FlexGen is attracting the attention of some key investors and demonstrating the added value of the Eurostars funding programme. EUREKA Eurostars project – Eurostars E! 4731 Arrayvolution Participating countries: The Netherlands, Italy

> 35 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Success Story An Innovation Star for Europe The Eurostars ISTAR project may well be an R&D effort that changes the game for the pharmaceutical industry. CrossJect, the company leading the project, plans to double its staff in the next five years. With the support of the Eurostars Programme, it is on way to major success as a pharmaceutical start-up, and has already attracted investors from large-scale investment funds. EUREKA Eurostars project – Eurostars E!4258 ISTAR Participating countries: France, Austria

> 36 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org To increase the competitiveness and innovation capacity of European industry and to help build European Research Area (ERA) To play a leading role in the ERA as an ideal framework for international cooperation of SMEs in R&D To contribute to greater harmonisation of public RTDI measures in EUREKA member countries and strengthen cross‐border cooperation A unique vision…

> 37 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org SMEs and internationalization >SMEs are Europe’s growth engine 99% of all companies being either small or medium-sized 70% of all jobs are in SMEs >Benefits of internationalisation for SMEs Internationalised SMEs are more innovative and more competitive Internationalised SMEs create more jobs

> 38 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org EUREKA means international project co-operation EUREKA network means links to partners, financing bodies, experts and customers EUREKA means business EUREKA statement

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