EUREKA network

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EUREKA network

MembersAustriaBelgiumCroatiaCyprus Czech RepublicDenmarkEstoniaEuropean UnionFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIcelandIrelandIsraelItalyLatvia LithuaniaLuxembourgThe Netherlands

NorwayPoland PortugalRomaniaRussiaSlovakiaSloveniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTurkeyUnited KingdomFR Serbia & MontenegroNational Information Points(NIP)AlbaniaBulgariaUkraineAssociate CountryMorocco

EUREKA members

EUREKA NIP countries

EUREKA Chair country

EUREKA Associated country

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What is EUREKA?

• strengthening European competitiveness through high quality ‘market-oriented’ R&D projects

• involving industry and research institutions

• cooperating across European national borders- and beyond

• producing world-class products, processes and services

A European network for innovation

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How does EUREKA benefit you?

EUREKA provides you with the means to:

• pool resources and expertise, share risks

• team up with suppliers and customers

• build networks and improve science-industry links

• accelerate transfer of technology to market

• gain critical mass to access European and world markets

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What is a EUREKA project?

• proposed, defined and managed by its partners (the ‘bottom-up’ approach)

• international - partners from at least two of EUREKA’s 34 members

• led by industry

• developing hi-tech products/processes/ services for the market

A EUREKA project is:

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Is EUREKA for you?

Are you:

• reliant on technology to remain competitive (user or supplier)?

• keen to build networks and open markets across Europe - or wider?

• ready to work with others?

• ambitious, with a global perspective?

Not all companies are ready

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Starting a EUREKA project

• Contact your National Project Coordinator (NPC) who can:

> help you find a partner

> help you define your project

> help you access funding

> help you access other EUREKA services

Do you have an idea for a project?

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EUREKA at a glance

728 ongoing individual projects

• estimated cost: about 2,000 m€

1,292 finished projects

• estimated cost: about 14,000 m€

involving: more than 2,000 participants

• dominated by industry: some 1,900 companies, of which 1,200 are SMEs

• 517 research institutes

• 454 universities

• 96 others status 30 June 2003 (excluding cluster

projects)

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Ongoing cluster programmes

value of ongoing programmes (m€)

Microelectronics MEDEA+ 2116Software intensive systems ITEA 816Packaging and interconnections PIDEA 244Microsystems technology EURIMUS 114Recycling electronic components SCARE 23Robotics FACTORY DNA 16Forest sustainability EUROFOREST 8

Status 30 June 2003

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EUREKA = quality

project: advanced technology, international-scale, industrially-led

company: hi-tech, future-oriented, global ambitions and perspectives

research institute: developing advanced technologies for industry

service for project participants: access to funding, partner search, publicity, supportive measures

The EUREKA label indicates a high quality…

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EUREKA’s history

• Initiated in 1985 with 17 members from Western Europe

• From 1992 - EUREKA opens its doors to new members from Central and Eastern Europe

• From 1998 - encouraged project participation from anywhere in the world, allowing industry to ‘work with the best’

• currently 34 members, 3 NIPs, 1 associate country

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Non-member participation

Organisations in NIP countries can propose projects

• access to network via National Information Point, Brokerage Events ….

• project requires independent partners from two full EUREKA members

• NIP status can eventually lead to full membership

Organisations in non-member countries and associate countries can join ongoing projects only

• contact lead partner’s NPC

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EUREKA project support services

• project types

• partner search

• setting up your project

• funding

• project assessment

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Project types

Cluster programme:

industry-managed projects in areas of high strategic importance to Europe

Umbrella project:

network of projects in one thematic area

Individual project:

one subject – mainly SMEs

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Partner search

The EUREKA network - 34 NPCs, 3 NIPs and 1 associated country to help you find your partner

Clusters and Umbrellas - providing platforms for collaboration in certain areas

Collaboration with partner organisations -

exchange of information with Innovation Relay Centres (IRC)

Brokerage events - focused partnering events

EUREKA database - detailed information on projects

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Setting up your project

Key factors for success

(www.eureka.be…) Market opportunities

Clear objectives

Right partners

Project management

Resources availability

Partnership agreement

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Funding

EUREKA…

• can help you to gain access to national public funding

• can help identify routes to private funding and venture capital

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Project assessment

Projects are assessed on their individual merits, according to:

• National requirements

- contact NPC

• EUREKA requirements

- contact NPC

• Network-level Project Assessment Methodology (PAM)

- from 2003

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Project Assessment Methodology(PAM)

Common understanding of project quality in the EUREKA Network

Criteria needed to confirm project quality (EUREKA label, PAM)

> partnership, project structure, technology, innovation, market

> Joint assessment by NPCs involved

> projects are assessed on individual merits (no competition)

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Remember – YOU are in charge

The participants decide:

• what the project aims to do• who is in it• how much it will cost • how long it will take• how it will be managed• how risks and results will be shared

EUREKA’s ‘Bottom-up’ principle

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EUREKA website

• project database, partner search

• launch project idea

• forthcoming events

• EUREKA contacts

• Publications:

• EUREKA News

• EUREKA Information Booklet on private finance

• Success Stories

• SMEs in International Cooperation – Key Factors for Success

www.eureka.be

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EUREKA cluster projectE!2365 MEDEA+

System Innovation on Siliconfor the e-Economy

Participants: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, United Kingdom

Budget: 4,000 m€

Time scale: 2000-2009

The MEDEA+ cluster focuses on enabling technologies for the information society and aims to improve Europe’s position as a leader in microelectronics, thereby strongly contributing to the creation of more and higher added-value jobs.

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EUREKA umbrella projectE!330 –EUROENVIRON Environmental Protection

E!2406 EUROENVIRON SAMPBABYFOODOGM

an umbrella sub-project

Participants: Austria, Italy, Spain

Budget: 3.1 m€

Time scale: 2000-2002

The project enables the detection of the slightest traces of genetically modified ingredients in baby foods to enable consumers to make an informed choice.

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EUREKA individual projectE! 2508 GENEFEC

DNA-based test using early cell mutation to detect cancer

Participants: Germany, Norway

Budget: 1.2 m€

Timescale: 2000-2002

The new DNA-based test aims to identify patients with curable pre-cancerous cells in the colon, rectum and pancreas.

The new test, which takes less than two hours, is now used by Norway's public health service.