1. Shaping tomorrow’s innovations today Doing business through technology EUREKA & Eurostars in Croatia Vedran Đidara EUREKA and Eurostars National Project Coordinator Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovation and Investments HAMAG - BICRO

2. > 2 >events in the region (your country) which could be used for the promotion of the call >planned matchmaking/brokerage events (and in which thematic area)

3. > 3 EUREKA in Croatia  Croatia became a full member in 2000 (AC since 1997)  Ministry of Science, Education and Sport is legal body signing the MoU  HLR – Mr. Hrvoje Zorc from Ruđer Bošković Institute  NPC – Mr. Vedran Đidara from HAMAG-BICRO agency, responsible body for whole implementation (financial management and contracting) – since 2010  HAMAG-BICRO is a member of TAFTIE  Ministry of Science, Education and Sport – defines yearly budget for EUREKA

4. > 4 NATIONAL RULES IN CROATIA (EUREKA, Eurostars, Clusters) >Applicants: SMEs >Public research institutions can only be an additional partner, accompanying Croatian SME >Thematic area: no limitations, open to all technological areas but projects has to have civilian purpose >Type of support: grant >Max intensity of support: max. 150.000 € per project or max 50% of eligible project costs >Eligible costs: personnel, equipment and consumables, subcontracting, travel and other costs >EUREKA budget – Croatia: revised on annual basis (average yearly budget = 5 milion HRK ≈ 650.000 EUR)

5. > 5 Project example from the region >E! 6283 Finessence >Partners: 2 Croatian partners, 3 Slovenian partners >Sector: ICT >Project: Development of innovative and high-tech web application for credit risk and financial analysis of legal subjects on one place and in simple overview.

6. > 6 E!D! call & joint calls >Commitment not specified for E!D! call >Experience with Isreal&Croatia bilateral joint call from 2009 (2 projects financed) >National fair >Promotion of call: newsletter, social media, business portals and newspaper