1. CompAct Task Force on Competence Center Programs (CCs) TAFTIE Board-Meeting Brussels, 21 Jan 2016
Reingard Repp, FFG

2. Goals of CompAct Main goals
Enhancement of the next generation of CC programs
Suitable recommendations for the development of future competence center programs

3. Work Plan Work Packages WP 1: Project Management (running)
M1: Project finalised
WP 2: Preparatory work for Workshop I (Kick-off) (done) 
Theoretical background (not re-inventing the wheel)
Identify future trends and recent developments influencing CCs (main parameters/characteristics, actual situation, logic charts …)
M2: WP and responsibilities defined
WP3: Analysis of different types/models of CC programs (done) 
Main features of different programs (essential design elements, CC approach vs. other alternatives, policy implications, international level …)
Carry out the analysis (criteria, comparison of different types/models …)
Key performance indicators / Governance
M3: Models/types defined
WP 4: Work on design options for future program development (running)
Identify possible measures for future program development
Develop recommendations for the next generation of CCs
M4: Final report, Taftie Board presentation

4. Meetings Meetings and Workshops
Taftie Academy Workshop May 2014 (Brussels) 
Workshop I, Kick-off, February 2015 at FFG Vienna 
Workshop II: Models/types of CC: results of analysis, initial work on KPI and Internationalisation Stockholm June 8-9 
Workshop III: Draft working paper: discussion on results and recent developments (Oslo, October 22-23) 
Last feedback round on the final report: 28 Jan 2016, Brussels
Most of the work was completed in 2015, the final report will be given to Taftie in the first half of 2016 3

5. Report on Workshop III
Looking back on Workshop III 21/22 October 2015, Oslo, Norway
On invitation of the Research Council Norway
Participation of all eleven Taftie member organisations involved in CompAct
Introduction of the external experts Michael Dinges (AIT) and Michael Ploder (Joanneum Research)
At the third workshop the results of the analysis were discussed and the recent developments in the field of CCs were updated providing the basis for the recommendations in the final report. For the final work the time schedule and responsibilities were adopted.

6. Next steps Work on final report*
Formulate recommendations for future design options for CC programs
Examine suitable KPIs
Integrate best practices of internationalisation
* With external expertise support by AIT and Joanneum Research

7. CompAct Participants Participating Agencies Enterprise Estonia
Lux Innovation
RC Norway
Enterprise Ireland
RVO NL
TEKES
FFG
TA CR
FZ Jülich
VINNOVA
IWT
Core team: RCN, EI, Vinnova,
FFG (TF lead) 6

8. Costs
CompAct will stay EUR below the former planned sum of EUR.
EUR were paid in 2015, EUR in 2016.

9. Thank you for your attention!
Contacts at FFG
Otto Starzer
Tel.: – 2101
Reingard Repp
Tel.: – 2107