Project overview & Involvement of stakeholders

Céline van Oirschot – Delft University of Technology

Interreg IVC • The overall objective of the INTERREG IVC Programme is to improve the effectiveness of regional policies and instruments. A project builds on the exchange of experiences among partners who are ideally responsible for the development of their local and regional policies.

• The areas of support are

innovation and the knowledge economy , environment and risk prevention .

What is CIE?

• A partnership of 6 EU regions, 11 partners

Objective CIE

Creating incubator hotspots to boost Europe

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s cleantech sector

1.Provide authorities with skills & knowledge to further develop their policy instruments for support of clean tech

SME’s

2.Help cities/regions facilitate and support clean tech

incubators

Methodology 1. Casestudies of external best practices 2. Seminars 3. Manual with policy recommendations New insights on cleantech incubation policies and improved policies in member regions

Kick-off seminar, Helsinki, May 2012 • Site visit ecological Viikki building • Energy efficiency in urban environment • Commercializing cleantech innovations

Seminar 2 Budapest, September 2012 • Green Energy and Sustainable Materials • Site visit Bio-Energy Research Center in Gödöllö

Seminar 3 Turin, January 2013 • Building the cleantech incubation stakeholders’ network.

• Site visit Enviro Park

Stakeholders meeting Delft Discussion topics: • the amount of facilities that are already available in the region • cultural differences that exist between European regions. Main learnings that are shared by the stakeholders were the development and focus on a broadly shared long term vision on clean tech and on the financing model of start-ups.

Seminar Peterborough, June 2013

CIE – How could you be involved?

• Join our seminars, share & learn • Follow our project via: – http://cleantechincubation.eu

– Newsletter – Twitter: @CIE_EU / #CIE_EU – Seminar l’Essonne November 2013 – End conference June 2014

Thank you!