the eurostars programme is powered by eureka and the european community praha, 2 december 2010...

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

Praha, 2 December 2010

EUREKA and EUROSTARS Projects

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

> 2 What is EUREKA ?

EUREKA is a public network supporting R&D-performing businesses

EUREKA anniversary 25 years and Czech Republic 15 years

EUREKA is : • Intergovernmental initiative (39 Members and European

Commission)• Using national public and private funding• Market-oriented (projects must result in a marketable

product, process or service)• Bottom-up (the consortium decides on the project aim; no

thematic restriction)

Since 1985, 26 billion euro of public-private investment has been mobilised to

support some3,100 EUREKA projects

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

> 3 The past is history

In 1985> 18 countries and the Commission of the

European Communities, CZ joined 1995

In 2005/2006 > Czech Chairmanship, UA joinedIn 2010> 39 countries and the Commission of the

European Union

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

> 4

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The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

> 5 39 EUREKA member countries

AustriaBelgiumBulgariaCroatiaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmark

EstoniaEuropean UnionFinlandFranceFYROMGermanyGreeceHungaryIcelandIrelandIsraelItalyLatviaLithuaniaLuxembourg

MaltaMonacoThe NetherlandsNorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaRussian FederationSan MarinoSerbiaSlovakia SloveniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomAssociated country

South Korea

EUREKA NIP countriesAlbania

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

> 6 What is EUREKA ?

EUREKA supports three types of projects

Cluster projects EURIPIDES, ITEA2, CATRENE, EUROGIA, ACQUENAU

Long-term, strategically-significant initiativesLarge number of participants, many from Europe’s major companiesDevelop generic technologies of key importance to European competitiveness

Individual projects

Small, shorter-term projectsInvolve participants from at least two member countriesResult in a product, process or service with a significant advance in their sector

Eurostars projects

Small, short-term projects, involving participants from at least two member countriesConsortium leader is an SME-performing R&DProgrammed jointly with the European Commission

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

> 7 What is EUREKA ?

Participants of running individual projects (700 projects, 2600 participants)

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

> 8 What is EUREKA ?

Running individual projects by technological area(number of projects)

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

> 9

Czech Participation in EUREKA

Project co-funding

EUREKA funding is targeted co-financing from governmental budget for international R&D cooperation

• All types of organisations: SMEs, Large companies, Universities and Research institutes (incl. Academy of Sciences)

• Eureka CZ (LF) from VES 2011

• Support covered up to 50 % of relevant budget of involving Czech participant(s) in EUREKA project

• Financial limits of support: 80 000 € / 120 000 €  (2 000 000 CZK/3 000 000 CZK) per project / year

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

> 10 Czech Participation in EUREKA

(status October 2009)84 running projects (43,8 M€) SMEs 84Research Instit. 21Universities 19LC 19 (total 143)182 finished projects (71,5 M€)SMEs 167Research Instit. 50Universities 63LC 54 (total 334)

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

> 11 Czech Participation in EUREKA (Number of projects 1995 - 2008)

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

The Eurostars Programme

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

> 13 The Eurostars Programme

> Eurostars Programme is the first European funding and support Programme to be specifically dedicated to R&D performing SMEs

It’s a multi-annual joint programme (2007-2013), which combines:

> National R&D programmes from 32 countries (300 M€ committed)

> FP7 (up to 100 M€ committed)

> EUREKA Secretariat (25 years of experience in national R&D programmes)

First call for proposals: 8 February 2008 Second call for proposals: 21

November 2008 Third call for proposals: 24 September 2009 Fours call for proposals: 25 February 2010 Fifth call for proposals: 30 September 2010

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

> 14

Adoption by the European Parliament10 April 2008

Adoption by the EU Council23 June 2008

Eurostars is an Art. 169 of the Treaty, co-decision by the European Parliament and

the EU Council

Adoption by the European Communities

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

> 15 32 Eurostars member countries

AustriaBelgiumBulgariaCroatiaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkEstoniaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIcelandIrelandIsraelItaly

LatviaLithuaniaLuxembourgThe NetherlandsNorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaSlovakia SloveniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTurkeyUnited Kingdom

Status 2010

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

> 16 R&D-performing SME

Existing and start-up companies > EU definition for SME appliesEurostars criteria R&D SME

>10% of full-time equivalent dedicated to R&D

or>10% of turnover dedicated to R&D

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

> 17 What is a Eurostars project?• No restriction on thematic area (bottom up)• Project duration up to 3 years• Market introduction is foreseen within 2 years after project

completion

• The R&D-performing SME is leader of project• other project participants: SMEs, large companies,

research institutes, universities• At least two participants from Eurostars participating countries• The R&D performing SMEs are undertaking at least 50% of total

R&D costs• Well balanced partnership (no country responsible for more

than 75% of the project costs)• The leading SME performs the core research……and gets to

exploit the results

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

> 18 What is a Eurostars project?

Project co-funding

• Support covered 50 % of relevant budget of involving Czech participant(s) in EUREKA project

• 10% bonus available when Czech participant is project leader

• Financial limits of support: 160 000 €  (4 000 000 CZK) per project/year

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

> 19 Czech 1st Call Results

Project Ranking

WINEurope 514E!4230  

DYSLEXTEST 440E!4388  

MICROFRUIT 422E!4366  RLACS 420E!4351  INsider 418E!4231  

NEGFORT 412E!4249  

TECTECH 410E!4261  

GEMOSS 404E!4250  MIRSA 400E!4244  

SECURITY MECH 400E!4269  

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

> 20 Czech 2nd Call Results

Project Ranking

PEASTAR 497E!4770

Auto. Sew. Syst. 453E!4607

CATAPULT 439E!4774

LIPIDIESEL 435E!4829McXI 431

E!4885ECOTREE 417

E!4789ARCA 414E!4649

ProBaSensor 407E!4632

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

> 21 Czech 3rd Call Results 1/3

Project Ranking

EVEDA incompleteE!4987

FLUORSPAR 297E!5066

MycoDripSeed 473E!5087

LEADAC 349E!5097

REPROTEST incompleteE!5110

MATRAM 386E!5129ILATAS 417,5E!5157

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

> 22 Czech 3rd Call Results 2/3

Project Ranking

DISEMIH 377E!5190

Wastewater-P recycle withdrawE!5230

VISYDACO 245E!5237

REPROGEN 273E!5239

NANOMETOOLS 317E!5240

TRAINREADER ineligibleE!5243

APS 248E!5254

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

> 23 Czech 3rd Call Results 3/3

Project Ranking

POPELIM 407,5E!5164

MobilBank incomplete5303

REAL-Bridge DBS withdrawE!5316

Neuropro incompleteE!5352

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

> 24 Overview 2008-2010

Czech participation in Eurostars projects

Calls Number of Applications/Treshold

First 22/10

Second 18/8

Third 18/3

Fours 10/1*

The Eurostars Programme is powered by EUREKA and the European Community

> 25 Thank you for listening

Thank you for your attention

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