Transcript EUREKA Power Point Presentation - WBC

EUREKA
EUREKA
in Western Balkans Countries
Svatopluk Halada
EUREKA Secretariat
Meeting of Steering Platform on Research
for Western Balkans Countries
Liblice, 28 May 2009
Shaping tomorrow’s innovations today
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EUREKA in glance
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A European Research Programme
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Not an EU-Programme
(but complementarity and co-operation - ERA)
> Bottom-up project generation by partners
(no thematic calls)
> Flexible mechanism and lack of bureaucracy
> Market orientation
> Target group: mainly industry - particular attention to SMEs
> Funding: public, private, own
(each member country has national criteria and schemes
for co-financing)
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Basic research
Innovation
Positioning of European R&D Programmes
and Frameworks
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EUREKA
esa
EU
FP
National
R&D
European Research Labs
JRC
Programmes
and Institutions
COST
COST
CERN
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The three pillars of EUREKA
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EUREKA supports three types of projects
Cluster Projects
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Long-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 (E!1782; E!1784…)
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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
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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
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EUREKA member countries
Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
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Estonia
European Commission
Finland
France
Former Yugoslav
Macedonia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Republic of
EUREKA NIP
Malta
Monaco
The Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Albania, Bulgaria
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Ex-Post Impact of EUREKA Individual projects
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(analyse of the Final reports 2000-2005)
Impact results of EUREKA Individual projects
(based on 1000 Final reports in period 2000-2005)
> 1.0 MEuro of Public funding invested in a EUREKA projects
stimulated in average an investment of 2.5 MEuro by Private
funds, which resulted to
> 13 MEuro of additional turnover (achieved and expected)
and
> 54 Jobs created (achieved and expected)
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EUREKA in the Western Balkans countries - 1
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Croatia
EUREKA member since 2000
Ministry of Science, Education and Sport
NPC: Ms. Gordana Prutki Pecnik
[email protected]
Project involvement:
24 running projects; total budget 9,0 M€
36 organisations (SMEs: 15, Companies: 5, Research: 3,
Universities: 13)
20 finished projects; total budget 8,2 M€
34 organisations (SMEs: 11, Companies: 2, Research: 5,
Universities: 16)
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EUREKA in the Western Balkans countries - 2
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Serbia
EUREKA member since 2002
Ministry of Science and Technological Development
NPC: Ms. Snezana Omic
[email protected]
Project involvement:
36 running projects; total budget 15,3 M€
95 organisations (SMEs: 31, Companies: 8, Research: 4,
Universities: 52)
9 finished projects; total budget 3,5 M€
19 organisations (SMEs: 4, Companies: 3, Research: 1,
Universities: 11)
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EUREKA in the Western Balkans countries - 3
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Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
EUREKA member since 2008
Ministry of Education and Science
NPC: Ms. Julijana Balevska
[email protected]
Project involvement:
1 running project; total budget 0,2 M€
4 organisations (SMEs: 1, Companies: 1, Research: 0,
Universities: 2)
2 finished projects; total budget 0,1 M€
2 organisations (SMEs: 0, Companies: 1, Research: 0,
Universities: 1)
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EUREKA in the Western Balkans countries - 4
Albania
EUREKA NIP status since 1992 (but status is dormant)
Ministry of Education and Science
NIP: Ms. Alma Kopliku
[email protected]
Bosnia and Herzegovina
> Applying for EUREKA NIP status (decision in June 2009)
Montenegro
> Contact during Slovenian EUREKA Chairmanship (2007/2008)
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EUREKA in the Western Balkans countries - 5
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EUREKA projects with participation of HR, RS, MK
Predominate projects technological areas
Information technologies, new materials, environment
Pursuing of national R&D strategies
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Current weaknesses
Low political visibility of the programme
Lack of national financial support
Varying link to the most active players in EUREKA
Lack of more ambitious projects
Suggested actions
Promotion campaign of successful EUREKA results
Organising EUREKA workshop /Brokerage event
Training for R&D project managers
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EUREKA goes ahead in the Western Balkans countries
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Slovenian EUREKA Chairmanship (2007-2008)
Chairmanship programme:
Enlargement of EUREKA's geographical boundaries - Western Balkans
(FYR of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro)
Slovenian experiences and economic links to ex-Yugoslav
countries
Slovenian wide co-operation in frame of EUREKA projects with
Serbia, and Croatia
Slovenian interest to support suggested actions (promotion,
workshops, training ...)
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Thank you for your listening
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Svatopluk Halada
EUREKA Secretariat
rue Neerveld 107, B-1200 Brussels
[email protected]
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