2. Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Monika Schönerklee-Grasser
Linking innovation actors in smart specialisation areas
in central Europe

3. Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Key facts and figures

4. Priority axes
Environment & Culture
Innovation
Low carbon
Transport

5. Funding opportunities for S3 cooperation
SO 1.1: Improving sustainable linkages among actors of the innovation systems
Boosting regional innovation capacities
Improving the bottom up implementation of S3
Cooperation of S3 stakeholders sharing common technology priority areas
Energy & Environment
Advanced manufacturing
Advanced materials & nanotechnology
Agro- & Bio-economy
Transport & Mobility
ICT & Electronics
Public health, medicine & life sciences
Triple and quadruple helix approaches

6. From idea to business Project “FabLABNET” (2,7 MEUR) Aim:
To strengthen innovation potentials in business creation (establishing a CE network of FabLabs)
Creating links to S3 strategies (thematic specialisation) and policy actors within innovation ecoystems
Increasing awareness on impacts of FabLabs on innovation performance
Active involvement of S3 stakeholders: public authorities, innovation agencies, etc. via consultations and Fab Net events
AT (Vienna), CZ (South Moravia), DE (Nürnberg), HR (Zagreb), HU (Budapest), IT (Prov. of Trento), PL (Bielsko-Biala), SI (Ljubljana) and SK (Bratislava)

7. Entrepreneurship in food industry
Project “I-CON” (2,2 MEUR)
Aim:
To improve entrepreneurial skills within the food value chain in peripheral areas
Contributing to implementation of S3 strategies of participating regions
Interdisciplinary approach involving key S3 stakeholders: “knowledge partners” of different sectors: mechatronics, biotech (food safety & quality), design (packaging) & “regional partners”
AT (Upper Austria), DE (Stuttgart), HU (South Transdanubian Region), IT (Emilia Romagna, Veneto), PL (whole country), SI (whole country) and SK (whole country)

8. Time line and applicant support
Launch of third call on September at programme conference (Berlin)
More information available as of July at
Thematic workshops and applicant training events planned for autumn 2017

9. Contacts Monika Schönerklee-Grasser
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