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KETGATE Central European SME Gateway to Key-enabling Technology Infrastructures – Sparking a new Transnational KET Innovation Ecosystem CE1188
KETGATE Project: Media Info Kit
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1. KETGATE Brokerage Event: boosting technology transfer in Central Europe .............................. 2
1.1. Suggested social media post ........................................................................................ 2
2. KETGATE Network ........................................................................................................ 3
2.1. How doest it work? .................................................................................................... 3
2.2. Objectives ............................................................................................................... 3
3. KETGATE Project: summary & key facts ............................................................................ 4
3.1. Project Partners information ....................................................................................... 5
3.2. Associated Partners information .................................................................................. 14
3.3. Communication channels ........................................................................................... 15
4. Interreg Central Europe Programme ................................................................................ 16
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1. KETGATE Brokerage Event:
Boosting technology transfer in Central Europe
On occasion of the official launch of the KETGATE Network, and after the great success of the
Matchmaking event organised, this time we invite all small-& medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and
research and technology organizations (RTOs) looking for the right research and/or industry partner to
explore cooperation opportunities online.
The event was planned to take place in Budapest (Hungary) on 7th of May. However, due to the current
situation generated by the outbreak of the COVID-19 it was decided by the Project Consortium to organise
completely virtual brokerage event. Together with more than 25 Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) Local
Contact Points from all over Central Europe we have joined forces – this unique matchmaking activity with
pre-arranged b2b meetings.
During 30-minutes sessions of pre-arranged meetings, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and
research and technology organisations (RTOs) representatives will have time to introduce themselves,
discuss technology transfer opportunities in the field of to Key Enabling Technologies. Simply register on
the website, choose time slot that suits you the best, create your profile. The next step is to check what
offers and requests are available – participants with common matchmaking sessions will be shown as
available.
Registration is open until 4 May 2020 – via the link:
KETGATE Brokerage Event
The KETGATE Brokerage Event poster
1.1. Suggested social media post
In these turbulent days we are fighting the #COVID19 back! We withstand the limitations of social
meetings and are going #virtual with our Brokerage Event! That way, nobody has to go through
unnecessary risks. Register now for May 7th and find the partner you’ve been looking for to achieve your
goals! https://bit.ly/3dahxQP
#KETGATEBrokerageEvent #TechnologyTransfer #CentralEurope #Industry #Science
Event picture
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2. KETGATE Network
KETGATE is a technology transfer network with the mission to mitigate the regional dispensaries related to
how Central European SMEs access the knowledge developed by RTOs in the field of KET.
Such RTOs are not always located in the nearby, thus transnational contacts need to be established to
make possible the implementation of a specific KET under development far away from SME which could
make use of it in order to remain competitive in the global market.
To that end, the KETGATE network deployed a group of KETGATE Points distributed all over Central
Europe, each of which, has a duty to act as a bridge among SMEs and RTOs located in different corners of
the region.
The mission of the KETGATE Network is to help businesses reach science and to help science reach
businesses. For the moment, the network consists of eight KETGATE Points covering a big part of Central
Europe. All KETGATE Points are experts in the field of technology transfer and are important stakeholders
in their regions. The network is called to grow, so let us know if you are interested in becoming a part of
it. Visit our KETGATE Network Website to learn more.
2.1. How doest it work?
Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) are strategic technologies. They fuel economic growth, create new jobs
and contribute to solve societal challenges. They are crucial to upgrade products, improve processes for
regional innovation capacity, open new market opportunities and guarantee future competiveness of
Central Europe (CE) industry on a global scale.
However, there are regional disparities in CE in how SMEs are getting access to (trans-) national Research
and Technology Organisations (RTO) offering KET technology services. In this framework, the KETGATE
Points (KPs) installed at regional level could provide a solution to this problem. They build a bridge
between the SMEs and the RTOs. On the one hand, the KPs offer consulting services to SMEs in their
mother tongue and after understanding their needs, the KPs support them accessing the services of KET
providers and implementing KETs in their companies. On the other hand, the KET Providers (RTOs) deliver
information on KET to the KPs. In this way, the KETGATE Points can select the right KET Provider(s) for an
SME to set a suitable (trans-) national service for the benefit of the SME.
2.2. Objectives
The main objective of the KETGATE Points is to support SMEs on gaining wide-access to the newest high
quality KET-infrastructure and KET-services. All KPs activities will foster an intensified transnational
collaboration throughout Central Europe, as business support organisations (BSOs) and research and
technology organisations (RTOs) cooperate in close linkages in transparent operational processes.
Consequently, the KETGATE Points will:
Build process to understand the needs and the capacity of the SMEs to be able to offer them KET-services
that will fit with their strategic objectives.
Connect SMEs with the best available KET provider (RTOs), no matter if the SME is not located in the
same geographical area of the KET providers and/or if the KET competences are jointly delivered by more
than one provider.
Strengthen relationships of KET-providers across Central Europe offering complementary services to SME.
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3. KETGATE Project: Summary & key facts
Enhancing SME competitiveness through improved access to Key Enabling Technologies in Central
Europe
Key Enabling Technologies (KET) are drivers of innovation and set important impetus for an intelligent and
sustainable economic growth in Europe in order to ensure the future viability of our society. However,
there are major differences in access for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to KETs within
Europe. These are particularly evident in many Central European countries where a suitable infrastructure
for KETs is still insufficiently available.
For this purpose, on 1st July 2017 the Interreg Central Europe (CE) project KETGATE was launched to
enable a CE-wide access to highly competent KET technology and infrastructure services for SMEs as well
as to install a transnational KET Innovation Ecosystem.
The KETGATE project, coordinated by Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (SEZ), connects business support
organisations (BSO) and research institutes (RTO) in order to help SMEs accessing high-level technology for
advanced materials, photonics and micro-& nano-electronics in the areas of transport, health and food.
The consortium encompasses eight partners (five BSOs and three RTOs) from 8 different countries.
A contact point was set up at each partner location which offers advice to SMEs towards KET application.
In pilot projects, jointly developed service models offer selected companies the concrete application of
KETs through cross-border cooperation. In total, the network of smart access points will support at least
90 SMEs from Central European regions as well as at least 15 transnational pilot cooperation agreements.
Besides, contractual obligations will be made with 20 other organisations to expand and to strengthen the
network. Thus, the project not only contributes to the competitiveness of SMEs in Central Europe, but it
also generates significant change for the entire CE region by supporting regional Smart Specialisation
Strategies (S3).
Key Facts
The consortium encompasses eight Partners (five BSOs and three RTOs) from eight different countries: Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland and Slovenia
Project duration: 07/2017 – 08/2020
Project co-funded by European Regional Development Funds (ERDF) in the context of the Interreg Central Europe Programme under Priority 1 – Innovation and Knowledge Development
Project budget: €2.02 m
ERDF funding; €1.66 m
Project website: www.interreg-central.eu/KETGATE
KETGATE Network website: www.ketgate.eu
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3.1. Project Partners information
The consortium comprises 8 Project Partners, 5 are BSOs (marked in blue) and 3 are RTOs (marked in red).
All together they cover 8 Central European countries.
Project Partners
1) Business Support Organisations
a) Project Partner 1 (Lead Partner) – Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (SEZ)
b) Project Partner 2 – Veneto Innovazione (VI)
c) Project Partner 3 – National Cluster Association (NCA)
d) Project Partner 4 – Upper Silesian Agency for Entrepreneurship and Development Ltd. (GAPR)
e) Project Partner 5 – TERA Tehnopolis (TERA)
2) Research Institutes
a) Project Partner 6 – Joanneum Research (Joanneum)
b) Project Partner 7 – Bay Zoltan (BZN)
c) Project Partner 8 – Jozef Stefan Institute (JSI)
Partners’ logos package
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LP – Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (SEZ)
Lead Partner (LP)
Address > Steinbeis Europa Zentrum der Steinbeis
Innovation gGmbH
Willi-Bleicher - Str. 19
70174 Stuttgart, Germany
Website > www.steinbeis-europa.de
Contact details Dr Jennifer Bilbao
+49 711 123 4025
Description of organisation > The core activities of SEZ are to assist SMEs and
R&D organisations to promote transnational
innovation & technology transfer, and to support
the internationalisation of SMEs
Role in the project > SEZ is Lead Partner of the KETGATE Project,
thus responsible for project and financial
management. Thematically, SEZ leads Work
Package T3 (“Experimenting offer and delivery
of KET access and service ecosystem”), bringing
in the background knowledge on Key Enabling
Technology support services to SME across the
EU. SEZ ensures that the knowledge from the
KET Action Plan & KET Technology
Infrastructure Inventory of the European
Commission is included at all relevant stages.
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Project Partner 2 – Veneto Innovazione (VI)
Project Partner (PP)
Address > Veneto Innovazione
Via ca’Marcello 67/D
30172 Venezia Mestre
Italy
Website > https://www.venetoinnovazione.it/
Contact details > Maria Sole D’Orazio
+39 041 868 5301
Description of organisation > Veneto Innovazione is the in-house Regional
Agency for research, innovation and technology
transfer with the aim of promoting applied
research and innovation in the Veneto Region.
Role in the project > Veneto Innovazione leads Work Package T1
which aims to analyse the regional KET
ecosystems in order to define the cornerstones
for the network of access points for SME. It will
coordinate all Project Partners in profiling their
regional/national KET innovation ecosystems. As
member of the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN)
it will also support regional SMEs in finding the
right partners.
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Project Partner 3 – National Cluster Association (NCA)
Project Partner (PP)
Address > National Cluster Association
U Tiskanrny 616/9
702 00 Ostrava
Czech Republic
Website > www.nca.cz
Contact details Jiří Herinek – president
Tel: +420 734 315 041
Description of organisation > NCA brings together Czech cluster organisations
and relevant supportive institutions to facilitate
the cluster concept development, inter-cluster
cooperation, innovation and internationalisation
enhancement of clusters in the Czech Republic.
Role in the project > NCA brings in their broad networking and
facilitation experience and competencies based
on the proved mechanism of collaboration in the
triple helix environment. In particular, NCA will
support the assistance with KET SME access
point network building, the use of clusters for
the improvement of the SME access to KETs and
the integration of the KET-based clusters in the
S3 policy development in the Czech Republic.
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Project Partner 4 – Upper Silesian Agency for Entrepreneurship and Development Ltd. (GAPR)
Project Partner (PP)
Address > GAPR
ul. Wincentego Pola 16
44-100 Gliwice
Poland
Website > www.gapr.pl
Contact details > Aleksandra Szczerbak-Ruta
+48 32 339 31 48
Description of organisation > GAPR operates Regional Centre of Innovation
and Technology Transfer assisting SMEs among
others in strategy development, productivity
techniques implementation, innovation
management, technological partnership
creation.
Role in the project > Due to its competences GAPR has the lead of
project communications and is actively involved
in all Work Packages. Having a broad experience
in cooperation with regional authorities, R&D
sector as well as SMEs and RIS3 actors GAPR will
be responsible for managing tailored events and
information strategies to reach target audience
and ensure sustainability of the project.
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Project Partner 5 – TERA Tehnopolis (TERA)
Project Partner (PP)
Address > TERA Tehnopolis
Gajev trg 6
31000 Osijek
Croatia
Website > www.tera.hr
Contact details Ana Nikšić
+385 (0)31/251-002
Description of organisation > The activities of the centre focus on the
development of knowledge-based economy
implementing significantly improved
technologies and the commercialization of
publicly funded research as well as protection of
intellectual property.
Role in the project > TERA successfully integrates functions of
Technology Transfer Office and Business
Development Unit of Josip Juraj Strossmayer
University of Osijek. TERA can effectively train
project partners in preparation and evaluation
of partnership profiles. TERA competences will
be used in the organisation and delivery of
educational programs (especially in the field of
IP protection and management, technology
transfer and business plan development) and
dissemination of project results.
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Project Partner 6 – Joanneum Research (Joanneum)
Project Partner (PP)
Address Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft
Leonhardstrasse 59
8010 Graz
Austria
Website > www.joanneum.at
Contact details > Daniele Cozzi
+43 316 876 3308
Description of organisation > Joanneum Research cooperates on a national
and international scale with private and public
sectors to generate innovations and the
consequent know-how transfer into economy.
Role in the project > Joanneum leads Work Package T2 (“New and
advanced transnational KET services to SME
across Central Europe”). Within this Work
Package, Joanneum is responsible for enhancing
the capacities of RTOs for effective KET
delivery.
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Project Partner 7 – Bay Zoltan (BZN)
Project Partner (PP)
Address > Bay Zoltán
Kondorfa str. 1
1116 Budapest
Hungary
Website > www.bayzoltan.hu
Contact details Katalin Kurucz
+30 412 1370
Description of organisation > Bay Zoltán is Hungary’s largest public applied
research institute. It provides innovation
management services, technology transfer
services and Research and Development
infrastructure. Bay Zoltán is member of the
Enterprise Europe Network and supports
Hungarian companies in gaining sustainable
competitive advantage.
Role in the project > BZN has double function providing experience in
applied research on the one hand, and reaching
the large number of SMEs in Hungary via the
Enterprise Europe Network on the other hand.
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Project Partner 8 – Jozef Stefan Institute (JSI)
Project Partner (PP)
Address > Jozef Stefan Institute
Jamova cesta 39
1000 Lubljana
Slovenia
Website > www.ijs.si
Contact details Tomaž Lutman
+386 1 477 38 01
Description of organisation > JSI is the leading Slovenian scientific research
institute, covering a broad spectrum of basic
and applied research, concerning production
and control technologies, biotechnologies, new
materials, nanotechnologies, and nuclear
engineering.
Role in the project > JSI is the leader of Work Package T4
(“Maintaining the KET innovation Service
Network for lively KET Innovation Ecosystem”).
JSI is one of the three project RTOs and
contributes to the development and
implementation of joint transnational KET
service offers to SMEs.
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3.2. Associated Partners information
In addition to the project partners, KETGATE has 19 Associated Partners1 from the following countries.
Austria Human.technology Stryria GmbH
Upper Austrian Research GmbH
Croatia Scientific Center of Excellence for Personalised Health Care, University of Osijek
Faculty of Electrical engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology,
University of Osijek
Czech Republic Central Bohemia Innovation Center
Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Germany Hahn-Schickard Organisation for applied research
NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen
Hungary Association of Hungarian Automotive Component Manufacturers
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Development Agency Non-profit limited liability
company
Italy CRIT srl
• Human Inspired Technology Research Center
• Veneto Region
Poland Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Wroclaw University of Technology
Institute of Medical Technology Equipment
Professor Zbigniew Religa’s Foundation of Cardiac Surgery Development
Slovakia Bioeconomy Cluster
Slovenia TechnoCenter at University of Maribor
University of Lubljana
1 Contact of the Associated Partners shall be made via the corresponding Project Partner of the concerned country.
Contact of the bioeconomy cluster in Slovenia and CRIT (Italy) via SEZ.
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3.3. Communication channels
KETGATE Website:
www.interreg-central.eu/KETGATE
KETGATE Newsletter:
The KETGATE project releases newsletters on a quarterly basis. The newsletters contain
information on the project results, upcoming events and calls related to KETs.
Please register online to the newsletter via the KEGTATE Project Website
www.interreg-central.eu/KETGATE
KETGATE LinkedIn Account:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ketgate-network/
The KETGATE Project logo is available here.
The KETGATE Project presentation is available here.
The KETGATE Factsheet is available here.
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4. Interreg Central Europe Programme
The Interreg CE Programme is a European funding programme that encourages cooperation beyond borders
in nine Central European countries. Financed through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), it
helps innovative ideas to grow into jointly developed, tested and accepted solutions for a better Central
Europe.
Countries of the program area:
Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia
Four different programme priorities:
Priority 1:
- Innovation and Knowledge Development,
Priority 2:
- Low Carbon Cities and Regions,
Priority 3:
- Natural and Cultural Regions,
Priority 4:
- Transport and Mobility
Programme in numbers:
- Budget of € 246 mln. from ERDF funding.
- 10 specific objective
Programme website:
www.interreg-central.eu
If you have any questions or need further information, please contact:
Dr.-Ing. Alejandra Campos
Project Manager
Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum/Steinbeis 2i GmbH
Kienestraße 35
D - 70174 Stuttgart
E-Mail: [email protected]
Tel: +49 711 123 4055