Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org EUREKA EUREKA Past, Present & Future David Garlot Head of the Strategy & Evaluation department EUREKA Secretariat Vilnius – 05 May 2011

> 2 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org >EUREKA is a public network supporting R&D-performing businesses >Established in 1985 by French President Mitterrand and German Chancellor Kohl EUREKA is : Intergovernmental initiative (39 Members – EU 26, European Commission + 11 other European countries) Financed using national public and private funding Market-oriented (Projects must result in a marketable product, process or service) Bottom-up (The consortium decides on the project aim. No thematic restriction) Since 1985, 29 billion euro of public-private investment has been mobilised to support some 4000 EUREKA projects EUREKA : 25 Years of R&D support

> 3 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org EUREKA member countries Austria Belgium Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia European Union Finland France Former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Monaco The Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom

> 4 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org EUREKA in the ERA

> 5 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Cluster Projects >Medium-term, strategically-significant initiatives >Large number of participants, many from Europe’s major companies >Develop generic technologies of key importance to European competitiveness Individual Projects >Small, shorter-term projects >Involve participants from at least two member countries >Result in a product, process or service with a significant advance in their sector Eurostars Projects >Small, short-term projects, involving participants from at least two member countries >Consortium leader is an R&D-performing SME >Programmed jointly with the European Commission Umbrellas >Thematic networks which focus on a specific technology area or business sector. >Facilitate the generation of EUREKA projects in its own target area. EUREKA 4 Programmes

> 6 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org EUREKA Portfolio

> 7 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org EUREKA – Number of Projects

> 8 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org EUREKA Type of Consortium 80% Industrial Participants

> 9 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org >Participants from Individual Projects Currently Running (600 projects, 2132 participants) Who participates in EUREKA projects ?

> 10 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org EUREKA Impact

> 11 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Key Impact Figures (based on 2500 Final reports) Input >10 Billions euros of public funds Output >19 Billions euros of private funds >93 Billions euros of additional Turnover > jobs created/safeguard

> 12 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Impact Generation  81% of the impact is generated by 11% of the companies (Major Impact)  60% of companies have a Commercial Impact (e.g additional turnover) that is equal or superior to the Public investment (Minor Impact) At least 6 out of 10 companies have a minor impact and 1 out of 10 has a major impact.

> 13 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Lithuanien Overview

> 14 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Lithuania Overview Number of Projects participated in 88 Number of Leading roles in Projects 41 Total Contribution to Project Costs 24.2 M€ Average Contribution to Project Costs 1.5 M€ Average Project duration 40 months

> 15 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Number of Projects

> 16 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Project Costs

> 17 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Top Collaborating Countries

> 18 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Lithuanian Participants University69 SME68 Research Institute25 Large company13 Other4

> 19 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org SUCCESS STORY Cleaning oil polluted water a fraction of the cost A water treatment system for industrial oil polluted water, leaving water so clean that it can be pumped back out to the sea. EUREKA project E! 2962 EUROENVIRON BIOSORB-TOX Countries involved: Lithuania, Sweden Duration: 36 months Cost: 0.47 M€

> 20 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org SUCCESS STORY Early warning system for cardiac patients One of the world’s first real-time heart monitoring devices for personal use. EUREKA project E! 3489 HEART GUARD Countries involved: Lithuania, Latvia Duration: 30 months Cost: 0,28 M€

> 21 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org SUCCESS STORY Web-based database system opens up Baltic museums Online access to national museum collections in the Baltic States is now possible for researchers, students and tourists. EUREKA project E! 2918 ONLINE CATALOGUE Countries involved: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia Duration: 31 months Cost: 0,43 M€

Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org EUREKA Eurostars

> 23 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org >> “Eurostars Programme is the first European funding and support Programme to be specifically dedicated to R&D performing SMEs.” >It’s a multi-annual joint programme ( ) between EUREKA and the European Communities, which combines: >National R&D programmes from 33 countries (EUREKA Members) (300 M€ committed) >FP7 (up to 100 M€ committed) >EUREKA Secretariat (25 years of experience in national R&D programmes coordination) The Eurostars Programme

> 24 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta The Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Status November Eurostars member countries

> 25 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Eligibility criteria >Consortium Leader is an R&D-performing SME* >At least 2 participants that are Eurostars members >Project duration is less than 3 years >Market introduction is foreseen within 2 years after project completion >The R&D performing SMEs are undertaking at least 50% of total R&D cost >Well balanced partnership (no country responsible for more than 75% of the project costs) >No restriction on thematic area (bottom up) * 10% FTE dedicated to R&D or 10% turnover dedicated to R&D

> 26 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Eurostars : An Efficent Model for SMEs PROGRAMME STAGES National (Participant Level) IMPLEMENTATION LEVELS Intergovernmental (Synchronisation) International (Project Level) Promotion SubmissionEligibilityEvaluationFundingMonitoringImpact FP7 Eurostars EUREKA Projects ESE Central Evaluation  Common Criterias  Binding Ranking list Support to applicants  Info Days  NPC application support MS Virtual Common Pot  Balanced Earmarked Budget  Additional Funding Support to participants  NFB Payment  NPC monitoring MS Funding rules  Funding rate  Eligible costs Eurostars Model takes the best of two worlds  EUREKA Model (Close support to Applicants) & FP7 Model (Equal Treatment of Projects)

Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org EUREKA Eurostars Main statistics

> 28 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Application, Eligibility and Funding

> 29 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Project profile Cut-Off1Cut-Off2Cut-Off3Cut-Off4Cut-Off5 Average Cost (M€) Average Participants per projects Average Countries per project Average Duration (months)

> 30 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Eurostars Type of Participants

> 31 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Eurostars Type of Areas

> 32 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Eurostars SMEs Profile  4 out of ten Eurostars SMEs have less than 10 employees (micro SMEs)  4 out of ten have between 10 and 49 employees (small SMEs)  2 out of ten have between 50 and 249 employees (medium SMEs)

> 33 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Eurostars SMEs Profile  Innovative SMEs with high R&D intensivity  The more employees, the less R&D intensive (= more productive)

> 34 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Eurostars SMEs Profile  Eurostars SMEs have a high growth expectations  The less employees, the more impact is expected (= need to grow fast)

> 35 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Conclusions  Eurostars received a lot of applications (1900 in 6 calls) thanks to its simple and fast application process and the experience of an established network (EUREKA) already dealing with European SMEs program.  Eurostars reached its target (70% are R&D SMEs) thanks to eligible criterias designed for it (small consortia, bottom up, SME in the driving seat) and a good success rate of 30% (number of projects funded vs submitted)  Eurostars SMEs are fast growing SMEs with high R&D intensity  40% are micro SMEs (0-9 employees) with very high impact expectations  45% are small SMEs (10-49 employees) with high expectations  First Eurostars projects are finished (Impact study ongoing) >

> 36 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Eurostars Mid-Term Review

> 37 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Eurostars Mid-Term - Key Messages The Group of Independent Experts concludes that:  Eurostars is a good programme, which meets its objectives and adds value to European R&D performing SMEs.  Eurostars is an excellent programme concept that is well aligned with the objectives of Europe 2020 and the need to nurture technology-intensive SMEs.  Very good progress has been achieved towards the objectives of the programme  The programme functions smoothly  The programme has a well-functioning governance structure and an innovative approach to decision making  The target population of European R&D performing SMEs is being reached  The overall assessments of all the participants were highly positive.

> 38 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Eurostars Mid-Term – Recommendations Policy recommendations beyond 2013  The Eurostars Joint Programme should be continued beyond  In the next edition of Eurostars Programme, European Commission should prepare a proposal to expand the budget, using flexibility clauses, to respond to the increasing demand. Policy recommendations until 2013  European Commission and the Member States should provide sufficient funds to make it possible to fund a greater share of projects that meet the Eurostars threshold criteria.

> 39 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org EUREKA Future : Key axis  Eurostars 2  2 nd Round Funding  Clusters  Joint Programming

> 40 Doing business through technologywww.eurekanetwork.org Thanks