collaboration and funding mechanisms in cornet and erasme
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Collaboration and funding mechanisms in CORNET and EraSME. Almut Büchner, Rajko Sabo November 9, 2010 Becici, Montenegro. CORNET and EraSME - two ERA-NET initiatives. two networks of ministries and funding agencies close collaboration due to similar objectives - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Collaboration and funding mechanisms in CORNET and EraSME
Almut Büchner, Rajko Sabo
November 9, 2010
Becici, Montenegro
CORNET and EraSME - two ERA-NET initiatives
two networks of ministries and funding agencies
close collaboration due to similar objectives
supported by EC from 2005 to 2010 with ca. 10 Mio €
EC funding for networking activities and personnel
Topic: Research and Innovation for research acquiring SMEs and for SME associations
coordinators- EraSME: VDI/VDE-IT Germany- CORNET: AiF Germany
17 organisations
from 16 countries /
regions
21 organisations
from 19 countries /
regions
Countries and Organisations participating in both -CORNET and EraSME
Austria FFG
Belgium-Flanders IWT
Czech Republic MPO
Germany BMWi
Greece EOMMEX
Iceland RANNIS
Slovenia MHEST
Spain-Madrid IMADE
The Netherlands NL Agency
CORNET and EraSME
objective: strengthen European SME‘s innovation capacity by R&D activities
main activity: organise joint calls for transnational project proposals
fund projects with small project consortia- min. 2 countries or regions
2 call deadlines per year
bottom-up: no thematic restriction
funding provided by national/regional programmes
EraSME promotes cooperation projects between individual SMEs and research organisations across
Europe.
CORNET promotes Collective Research cooperation projects
between SME Associations and
research organisations across Europe.
Individual SMEs SME associations
Research acquiring SMEs
EraSME: individual SMEs collaborating with RTO
target-group: individual SMEs with limited research capacities
cooperation with RTOs in order to acquire knowledge to be incorporated into the development of new products, processes and services
bottom-up: no thematic restriction (as in CORNET)
CORNET: Collective Research
R&D activities performed for large groups of SMEs- only SME associations, professional federations, clusters
and trade organisations are eligible for submitting proposals
objectives: pre-competitive, pre-normative- typical topics: norming, standardisation, innovation in
processes or materials, raising health and safety standards
research performed by RTOs via outsourcing
obligatory SME Users' Committee (5 SMEs per country/region)
dissemination is important
2 Levels of “Project”
Network of ministries and funding agencies= ERA-NET
Research projects involving SME associations, SMEs and RTOs that are funded as a result of joint calls for proposals
= CORNET / EraSME projects
Organise joint calls for proposals
networkfundedby EC
projects funded by national
programmes
Setup of CORNET and EraSME projects
RTO Austria
RTOSlovenia
SME or SME AssociationAustria
SME or SME AssociationSlovenia
Collaboration in CORNET / EraSME
project
Funding: SloveniaMHEST
Funding: AustriaFFG
Each participant in a CORNET / EraSME project receives funding from “his/her” national programme according to national rules
Benefits for applicants?
low threshold: European collaboration in small consortia
sharing know-how and resources
leverage effect: higher budget
unbureaucratic
advice and support in national language during proposal preparation and funding phase
time to contract, success rates
Side effects!
CORNET: broad platform for
dissemination
learn about state-of-art in
other countriesEurope-wide networking
Evaluation of Proposals: Interaction National / European level
Proposal submission FundingEvaluation
each partner:additional national
forms
+
Central EuropeanEvaluation
Binding Ranking list
National rules
for each partner
European Level
National / Regional
Level
fun
d p
rojects
in o
rder
of ran
king
list
European ProposalTemplate
eligibility check
CORNET and EraSME - Results achieved
organised 10 CORNET and 8 EraSME calls for transnational proposals
organised several Partnering Events with up to 130 participants
funded 75 EraSME and 59 CORNET projects - see next slides
- Proposals and Funded Projects
Call Number Proposals Projects funded
1 25 92 10 53 40 114 7 65 27 136 45 197 17 12
Total 171 75
ca. 47 Mio €public funding
- Proposals, Funded Projects and Budget
Call Number Proposals Projects funded
1 5 32 7 43 9 74 5 45 3 36 10 77 10 98 23 129 13 10
Total 85 59
ca. 49 Mio €public funding
CORNET and EraSME - Results achieved (cont.)
CORNET: in 4 countries new programmes for Collective Research were established
- Cyprus- Slovenia- The Netherlands- Italy
established close collaboration between CORNET and EraSME, joint public relation
implemented central European evaluation procedure
ministries/agencies accept binding ranking list
Current Situation
EC funding stops in December 2010
Meeting on November 11/12, 2010: final decision on continuation
Future perspectives
several options for continuation:
A) continue to organise joint calls with procedure as established
B) cooperation on basis of national funding programmes without European evaluation - only possible for countries with programmes that are open for
cooperation with foreign partners
C) individual bilateral agreements
Contact Persons
Almut Büchner, AiF = German Federation of Industrial Research Associations
CORNET coordinator
Bayenthalgürtel 23, 50968 Köln, Germany
Tel +49.221.37680-33
E-Mail: [email protected] , website: http://www.aif.de/
Rajko Sabo, MHEST, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
CORNET and EraSME partner
Kotnikova 38, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tel +386.1.478.4640
E-Mail: [email protected] , website: http://mvzt.gov.si
ERA-NETs Website: www.cornet-era.net; www.era-sme.net
WELCOME MESSAGE
CORNET and EraSME welcome any country / region
interested in collaboration to join.
Thank you for your attention!
Backup
Central European Evaluation
CORNET and EraSME are collaborating with EUREKA secretariat in terms of procedure and IT tool
evaluation procedure and proposal template of Eurostars has been adapted to CORNET and EraSME
Eurostars IT Tool and database of experts is used
VDI/VDE-IT and AiF, the coordinators of both initiatives, organise the central evaluation of proposals in collaboration with EUREKA secretariat
Evaluation procedure
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION
ELIGIBILITY CHECK
EVALUATION COVER NOTE
IEP MEETING
INDEPENDENT EVALUATION PANEL - Jury of 5 persons
BINDING RANKING LIST OF PROPOSALS
FORMAL ENDORSEMENT OF RANKING LIST
comments for IEP from national point of view
technical by 2field experts
FUNDING
national/regional eligibility criteria fulfilled? if yes - go on
input: complete information about a project
CORNET Project Example: Tattoo
Health Safety in Connection with the Useof Tattoo and Permanent Make-up
Countries: Austria, Germany, Belgium
Total project budget: 784.800
Total amount of funding: 598.440 €
Number of SME involved during project duration: 14
Number of SME which benefit when the project was finalized: approx. 25.000