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TAFTIE ACADEMY 2015 PROGRAMME

TOPICS TO BE FINALIZED BY THE EWG

TITLE HOST DETAILED DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE?

STAFF TRAININGS (2-3 must be selected)

1. Insight into the Innovation Process

FFG √

2. Evaluation Advanced

IWT √

3. Are you puzzled with ERA? Multilateral Funding Programmes in the European Research Area.

IWT √

NETWORKING WORKSHOPS (max 4 must be selected)

1. IT platforms for open innovation : an effective way to support enterprise development

BPI √

2. Sharing practices and experiences on supporting and developing RTO’s

DASTI √

3. Promotion of the human capital, measures & actions at the national level

FFG √

4. Measuring Innovation Capability

FFG √

5. Increasing coordination of internationalization activities of TAFTIE Agencies

FFG √


6. Effective Customer & Stakeholder Management for Innovation Support Agencies

FFG √

7. City Innovation Funds as Smart Regional Development Model

TTGV √

WEBINARS (max. 3 must be selected)

1. Design Innovation and Industrial Property Rights

FFG/LUXINNOVATION? ?

2. New sources- Ways of Financing

PARP √

3. Gender Equality in ERA and H2020

FFG √

4. Execution / Implementation of Fiscal R&D programmes

RVO √

5. State aid rules

TEKES -


DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS

A. STAFF TRAININGS

A1- Insight into the Innovation Process

Host: FFG

Proposed Date & Place: October 2015, Vienna

Length: 1,5 Days

Speaker: Prof. Christopher Mandl

Moderator: none

Brief Description: Modern understanding of innovation has surpassed the classical linear

innovation model. Research, experimental development and innovation are recognized as

interdependent yet distinct processes. These insights have profound consequences for

backing innovation, i.e. for designing effective innovation programmes, for evaluating such

programmes, and for assessing innovation projects.

The differences between the 7th Framework Programme and Horizon 2020 regarding

innovation will also be explored. The workshop "Insights into the Innovation Process" will

address these issues through inputs by the trainer as well as through sharing experiences

among the participants.

Content: The purpose of innovation is to create something new that becomes economically successful and earns profits. But some enterprises achieve this purpose easily and regularly while other enterprises fail. Understanding the innovation process as a systemic process brings new insights into the dynamics of innovation processes. Based on recent innovation research, we will look at the innovation process from a systemic point of view to identify more effective innovation programmes and innovation project evaluations. Emphasis will be on

Difference between successful research processes and successful innovation processes

Diffusion of innovations, tipping point and adoption risk

Valley of death, open innovation and blue ocean strategy

Implications for designing effective programmes and project evaluations will be discussed

Learning outcomes/benefits for the participants: Participants will expand their knowledge about possibilities to design innovation programmes, to evaluate innovation programmes as well as innovation projects, and to support enterprises applying for Horizon 2020. Who should Attend?: Persons involved in program design, in the design of project evaluations, and in supporting enterprises applying for Horizon 2020


A2- Advanced Evaluation Training

Proposed Date: 2 successive days to be agreed with TAFTIE during 2015. By assumption, this should be in May/June to match past courses, but given a couple of months notice we can be reasonably flexible.

Length: 2 days.

Speakers: Erik Arnold, Cristina Rosemberg

Brief Description/Content:

Evaluation principles: a swift recapitulation

Innovation systems: theory and heuristics of the roles of research and innovation in economic development and the rationales for state intervention

Intervention logics: traditional and more advanced logic charting for evaluation and intervention design

Ex ante evaluation

Overview of qualitative methods, with focus on …

- Case study and the use of detailed qualitative study

- Methods for long-term evaluation and impact analysis

- Meta-analysis for evaluation and policy design

Quantitative economic approaches

- The uses and limits of econometrics in innovation evaluation

- Quantitative approaches to counterfactual analysis

- Cost-Benefit analysis

- Using experiments in evaluation

How evaluation interacts with behaviour: performance-based funding systems

Peer review and its uses

Systems evaluation and the systemic approach

The course will comprise a mixture of lectures, discussion and practical examples of the issues discussed in each session. We will provide two evaluation examples ahead of the training course – one qualitative and one quantitative – to form a basis for discussion during the course.

Difference compared with previous year:

Addition of a module on Ex Ante Evaluation

Reduced length of the ‘Qualitative methods overview’ section


Provision of two evaluations in advance of the course, to be discussed as specific examples in the course and in breaks

We note the comments on the evaluation forms and will provide presentations in advance. [The reason we did not do this in 2014 was that Erik had pneumonia for several weeks just before the course.]

Expected learning outcomes:

• Understand the roles and uses of evaluation in the context of current innovation theories and policies

• Overview important methods in innovation evaluation

Extending the traditional tool-kit

Considering uses and limitations of methods

• Anticipate systemic roles and effects of evaluation

Opening the question of the influence of evaluation on behaviour

Moving beyond programme evaluation towards systems evaluation

• Prepare to be able to ask the next set of (more) interesting and difficult evaluation questions

Who should attend: Mid-career officials from the TAFTIE organisations with some experience of – or need to understand – programme design and evaluation in the wider context of the agency’s work.


A3- Are you puzzled with ERA? Multilateral Funding Programmes in the European Research Area.

Host: IWT

Proposed Date & Place: Brussels, late October 2015

Length: 2 days

Speaker: Michalis Tzatzanis, Nicole Schmidt (tbd), as well as invited speakers/panellists from

the EC and other stakeholder organisations

Brief Description: The training will focus on the European research policy in a broader

context including multilateral programmes such as ERA-Nets, Joint Programming, JTIs, EIT,

etc. interlinks and commonalities with other European programmes, their roles and

contributions to realization of ERA as well as recommendations on working with these

different instruments at the agency level.

Participants will get an overview of key political events in European RTI policy, and contextual knowledge to European funding. The development of the European Research Area, as well as relationships with relevant funding programs and initiatives are developed and discussed together.

Content:

The basic course will provide the participants with a broad overview of the different aspects of the European Research Policies. The participants will work interactively and exchange experience with trainers and other participants in an international environment, as well as discuss relevant issues with EC Experts and practitioners. The course will not go in depth into specific practical issues concerning - for instance - evaluation methods or the management of Horizon 2020 projects.

Day 1

- Pre-frame/Introduction to the Training

- Time travel through the ERA creation (incl. group exercise)

- Secrets of ERA (Guest speaker from DG RTD)

- European Programmes & Horizon 2020

Day 2

- More about EIPs, ERANETs, and co. (group exercise & plenary presentation/discussion)

- Discussion with EC officials and practitioners (panel discussion with invited guests)

- Closing sessions (knowledge consolidation and feedback)

- Certificate awarding


Learning outcomes/benefits for the participants:

Participants will get familiar with the background and content of the current EC policy in

research and learn practical implementation and support structures. The participant’s ability

to work together across borders will be raised, enhancing their overall qualification.

Participants will understand how the very complex European landscape of research funding

instruments evolved and how are its main current components characterised. Such

an overview will help junior managers of TAFTIE agencies understand the place of their own

national programmes in this European landscape and make cooperation opportunities and

synergies apparent

Who should Attend?

Junior project officers keen on receiving an overview of the European Research Area (ERA), its political and historical background and the most important European multilateral Programmes.

IF you are puzzled with the plethora of European jargon acronyms and are curious of how the ERA can interfere with your daily work, THEN join us and get enlighten! You WILL see the big picture afterwards!


B. NETWORKING WORKSHOPS

B1- IT platforms for open innovation: an effective way to support enterprise development

Host: BPI France

Proposed Date & Place: March 2015, Paris

Length: 1 day

Speaker: Speakers from Taftie members (best practices), DG ENT?

Moderator: Tbd - C Dubarry (+ D.Golding?)

Brief Description: As known, the boundaries between a firm and its environment have

become more permeable; and innovations can easily transfer inward and outward, open

innovation paradigm is therefore central to many TAFTIE agencies’ activities. The

proposed topic intends to bring together best practices from the members, in the

specific domain of IT platforms, and determine if there is ground, interest and proposed

approaches towards enhanced horizontal collaborations between initiatives and vertical

collaboration between national and European ones.

Content:

Open innovation is a paradigm that assumes that firms can and should use external ideas

as well as internal ideas, and internal and external paths to market, as the firms look to

advance their technology”. Alternatively, it is "innovating with partners by sharing risk

and sharing reward." The boundaries between a firm and its environment have become

more permeable; innovations can easily transfer inward and outward.

The open innovation paradigm is therefore central to many TAFTIE agencies activities

including the promotion and financing of collaborative R&D, outsourced R&D, innovation

clusters/networks and technology transfer…

On the other hand, open innovation is by nature largely transnational, and has been

positively impacted in the recent years by the communication channels offered by

modern ICTs and the internet ecosystem (including social networking, on-line databases,

video-conferencing, on line collaborative platforms etc.).

The EC has been addressing this issue through various projects and initiatives including

specific projects (eg clusters), CORDIS, the EEN, and others, assisting cross-border

connection between SMEs and counterparts in foreign innovation ecosystems, the latest

being the call INNOSUP-6-2015 ‘Capitalising the full potential of online collaboration for

SME innovation’.


At national/regional level, Taftie members have developed tools to facilitate

collaboration, in particular through own IT platforms and networks, including

matchmaking with private financial partners.

The proposed academic topic intends to bring together best practices from the

members, in the specific domain of IT platforms, and determine if there is ground,

interest and proposed approaches towards enhanced horizontal collaborations between

initiatives and vertical collaboration between national and European ones.

Learning outcomes/benefits for the participants

Who should Attend?

B2- Sharing practices and experiences on supporting and developing RTO’s

Host: DASTI

Proposed Date & Place: February, March or April 2015

Length: One day

Speaker: Mainly workshop participants themselves, if possible supported by academics,

representatives from EARTO or the commission

Moderator: Head of Innovation policy, DASTI

Brief Description: This is a proposal for a one-day workshop in the first half of 2015,

offering participants an opportunity to focus on the issue of Research and Technology

Organisations (RTOs) which play a key role in improving companies’ ability to innovate

and improve competitiveness. Hence, the workshop aims to further an important part of

TAFTIEs mission, namely “to share expertise and experience on design and/or

implementation of public innovation policy to enhance the cumulative performance of the

individual member organisations towards private enterprises and governments”.

RTO’s play the roles as agents of innovation in the private sector and linking private

sector with public research across European countries. However the methods of which

they are supported differ widely between the Taftie members. This workshop will

provide insight into different approaches to development and support of RTO’s as well as

an opportunity to discuss and reflect on roles of RTOs, and the effects of different

support methods.


Content:

Exploring the Role of Research and Technology Organisations

RTOs are generally non-profit organisations. Their revenues from dissemination and

deployment are re-employed to fund new innovation cycles. Most countries have several

national or regional RTOs that are typically financed partly by public core funding, partly

by public competitive funding and partly by private commercial funding. The weight of

the different kinds of funding differs between countries. The tasks that the RTOs are

asked to perform vary to a minor degree from country to country.

Despite the differences between RTOs, they seem to perform more or less the same key

role as agents who should help deliver the results of innovation policies across Europe.

The RTOs also develop their own competencies as they build bridges between university

research and private companies.

Because the RTOs are often private non-profit organisations, or in some cases public

institutions, the interaction between government and the institutions is often long-term

making it somewhat different from for example the development of a specific support

programme.

Moreover the business of the RTOs is rapidly being internationalised, meaning that

public support for a national RTO results in the assistance of foreign companies within

the RTOs area of expertise. Some European RTOs are also promoting the idea that rather

than national “polytechnic” RTOs the future lies in specialised pan-European RTOs.

However, given the different approaches to the interaction between government and

RTOs among TAFTIE members there could be a lot to learn from the idiosyncrasies of

both national practices and national ways of organising the area. DASTI therefore

suggests pursuing an inspirational exchange of knowledge and practices on RTOs in the

member states at the workshop, to be held in Copenhagen as a one-day event in the first

half of 2015.

DASTI invites participants to provide input on the themes they wish the workshop to

cover. The following list may serve as inspiration to the participants:

a) Internationalisation – Which international collaborations and platforms are emerging and which are missing? What are the barriers for such collaborations? How does the internationalisation of the RTOs businesses impact on the legitimacy of national RTO funding?

b) Governance of RTOs – Which instruments and incentives have proven successful, which have not, and why? How is EU policies being addressed and matched with national interests?

c) New trends – What new technologies and trends are emerging and what are the needs of companies and society for new technological services?


d) Rationale of RTOs – What should the raison d’être of the RTOs be (e.g. increasing system learning, addressing market failures, de-risking innovation) and how does it match current societal needs?

e) Configuration of the RTO system – What should be the coherence, quality and density of services and organizations within the national system of RTOs? What should be the technological and knowledge level of the organizations in relation to the rest of the knowledge society (e.g. universities)?

f) Economic optimization vs. national interests – How do we address the tensions there are between RTOs need for private commercial funding and their responsibilities as public service providers?

g) Evaluating and benchmarking RTOs – What evaluation methods and indicators are employed among TAFTIE members? And are TAFTIE members performing systematic benchmarking exercises?

h) Branding of RTOs – What is the relation between the brand profile of the individual RTOs and that of the RTO system in TAFTIE member countries?

Based on the expressed interests and suggestions from participants we will limit the focus of

the workshop :

Sessions will run at 45 minutes (10-15 minutes presentation followed by discussion among

participants) .


After attending the workshop, participants should be able to:

- Describe their own RTO system in relation to those of other countries. - Consider possibilities of increasing effects of national RTO support. - Reflect on future developments in the innovation landscape and their consequences

for RTO strategies, both from the viewpoint of policy-makers and RTOs. - Provide input to the design of evidence-based policy. - Consider engaging in a (possibly) TAFTIE-based network of government officers

responsible for development and running of national support for RTO’s.

Who should Attend?

In order to get the optimal learning outcome of the workshop, participants should have:

- Experience in working with the funding of RTOs. - A curiosity about other RTO systems. - Knowledge of evidence production (data, evaluations etc.) concerning RTO

performance. - Be willing to take an active part in discussions and presentations.


B3- Promotion of the human capital, measures & actions at the national level

Host: FFG

Proposed Date & Place: May or October 2015, Vienna

Length: 1 Day

Speaker: Sabine Mayer (FFG), experts from other TAFTIE Agencies

Moderator: FFG (tbd)

Brief Description: Human capital plays a fundamental role in a knowledge-based

economy as being a key element for reducing the gap between European regions and

improving regional competitiveness and labor force quality. This workshop will focus on

different support measures and actions implemented at the national level; exchange of

good practice examples that can be useful for all agencies.

Content:

How human capital is integrated in national programmes, focuses and instruments for

different target groups.


Learn about concrete measures and instrument on how human capital is being promoted

Exchange of experience and networking possibilities at the European level

Who should Attend?

Program managers, experts from the strategy units

B4- Measuring Innovation Capability

Host: FFG

Proposed Date & Place: October/November 2015, Vienna?

Length: 1 day

Speaker: Prof. John Bessant (University of Exeter Business School)

Moderator: FFG Brief Description: Innovation is not simply about having a good idea - it is creating value (commercial or social) from that idea. And whether this takes place in the context of a small start-up of inside an established organization the challenge is learning how to


manage this process. Individuals and organizations differ in their skill and experience in this process of managing innovation and this workshop is designed to explore and share experiences around what we know about how to measure/assess this innovation management capability (IMC). This is of value to any agency interested in helping organizations develop innovation capability since a clear understanding of the current level of capability can help focus efforts and support to improve and build on that capability.

Content:

Overview model and shared understanding of what makes for successful innovation. Key dimensions of innovation management capability (IMC) Ways of assessing IMC Using an assessment/development approach to build IMC Experiences with this approach Learning outcomes/benefits for the participants:

By the end of this workshop participants should have a good understanding of the key components of innovation management capability and how this might be assessed within an organization. They will have had an opportunity to share experiences around this topic and to explore how using an assessment framework can help shape and direct support activities aimed at strengthening innovation capacity within client organizations

Who should Attend?

Experts dealing with innovation management, mentoring.

B5- Increasing coordination of internationalization activities of TAFTIE Agencies

Host: FFG

Proposed Date & Place: February 2015, Vienna

Length: 1 day

Speaker: Experts from TAFTIE Network.

Moderator: FFG (name tbd)

Brief Description: In a rapidly evolving global context, stepping up the cooperation

between Europe and partner countries outside the European Research Area contributes

to Europe's research excellence and economic competitiveness and helps to tackle

commonly global societal challenges in specific fields of research. The EU Framework

Programme for Research and Innovation „Horizon 2020“ is open to participation from


across the world, but countries such as the emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India,

China, Mexico) and industrialized countries (USA, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Australia,

…) do not receive automatic funding by the EU. In order to sustain STI cooperation with

these countries through EU programmes complementary approaches by individual EU

countries (respectively STI funding bodies) and their international counterparts should be

envisaged. To assure multilateral/collaborative research cooperation between EU and

international partner countries in a flexible and variable manner the approach of setting-

up an international platform of STI funding agencies is foreseen within various BILAT

Projects of the EC within the 7th FP and H2020. Projects that aim to support the

enhancement of research and innovation cooperation with some of the Union’s key

international partner countries are called Coordination and Support Actions (CSAs).

These projects will implement measures to promote and support the cooperation and

linkages of EU STI funding agencies with their counterpart in targeted international

partner countries in order to initiate joint funding of collaborative research projects.

This workshop is recommended to be the first occasion for agencies to get together and explore possibilities in this direction.

Content:

Objectives:

to increase common and better understanding of ways (agreements, joint calls, joint programming, etc.) for addressing the common cooperation focus in line with EU priorities (e.g. H2020), target country priorities as well as individual Member State (MS) priorities seeking to achieve best leverage effect through joint international actions;

to increase the coordination of the EU Member States (and Associated Countries) and international countries activities and strengthening synergies between respective activities and programmes;

to promote/enable mutual opening of national/regional research funding programmes.

Expected outcomes

identification of common topics of interest, exchange of good practices;

practical recommendations for achieving better cooperation and coordination between STI funding agencies in Europe and international countries;

recommendations for planning future funding of multilateral joint calls respectively collaborative research projects.


This workshop will enable national STI funding agencies to discuss possibilities of joining forces on their international activities, learn from each other’s experience, built a


common framework and standards for more effective cooperation with targeted international countries;

Who should Attend? Experts and heads of international cooperation/outreach activities, experts dealing with alignment of funding programmes.

B6- Effective Customer & Stakeholder Management for Innovation Support Agencies

Host: FFG

Proposed Date & Place: April 2015, Vienna

Length: 1 day

Speaker: Experts from FFG and other TAFTIE Agencies

Moderator: tbd. Brief Description: The overall goal of the national innovation support agencies across Europe is to strengthen their national economy, to support creation of high quality jobs and increase competitiveness of their country by investing and supporting the research and innovation actors in their countries. Considering the wide variety of services and opportunities available for existing and future customers with varying capacities, customer relations management becomes more and more important. In order to provide the most effective services to different customer groups and increasing not only the customer satisfaction but also the economic value created though these support measures, agencies are expected to develop effective strategies, means and tools to deal with these challenges. Within this context, customer relationship management (CRM) is not just a technical tool, but is a strategy to learn more about customers' needs and capacities in order to develop stronger and more effective relationships with them. An effective CRM will help innovation support agencies to gain an insight into their customers and modify their own operations to ensure that customers are served in the best possible way.

Content:

The goal of this workshop is to exchange knowhow and practices on improving CRM

towards SMEs and other research entities with the purpose of unlocking their potential

and increasing their performance through various targeted actions such as core

customer concept and new customer acquisition. The workshop will focus on the ways

for designing, evaluating, and improving costumer and management including effective

communication strategy and tools with stakeholders and customers, demand

management.

Topics to be covered in the workshop:


1. Internal coordination of processes on how to deal with customers and guarantee a smooth support along the funding and innovation chain (among the teams, within FFG) 2. External coordination of stakeholders concerning customers (e.g. how to coordinate activities with the Federal Economic Chamber, regional funding agencies, etc. for the benefit of clients) 3. Support actions for customers (general support activities and new concepts): New concepts: - C3 (companies)

- Universities (ERA dialogue, strategy talks, coordination with TTOs)


At the end of the workshop participants will be able share their experiences (what works what does not) and increase their knowledge on how to

- develop better relations with existing customers by identifying the needs more effectively through various examples and practices focusing on

Providing targeted marketing communications aimed specifically at customer needs

Providing a more individual approach and to develop new or improved services

Increasing customer satisfaction

- improve better results in terms of increasing effectiveness of the services by focusing on the high capacity customers and dealing with the low capacity customers in more cost effective ways

- improve communication with stakeholders and manage their demand effectively

Who should attend?

Experts involved in the strategic set-up of customer management processes as well as experts implementing them.

B7- City Innovation Funds as smart Regional Development Model

Host: TTGV

Proposed Date & Place: May 2015, Izmir or Istanbul

Length: 2 days Speakers:

High status professionals from

EIB from JESSICA/JEREMIE

EIF for funding regional initiatives


several city fund initiatives of London (Britain), New York (USA) of European

Union countries (such as France, Germany, Poland or countries from continental

Europe) who have a wide-array of experience on the implementation process of

city funds

Ministry of Development

Development Agencies

Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology who has experience on regional

development initiatives of Turkey

Moderator: Oltaç Ünsal (Consultant, World Bank)

A. Mete Çakmakcı (General Secretary, TTGV)

Brief Description:

In the last few decades we have seen increasing appreciation of how important

innovation is to the economy and the development of innovation policies by national

governments to increase the performance of National Innovation Systems. The main

reasoning is that technology development is the result of a complex set of relationships

among actors in the system, which includes enterprises, universities and government

research institutes.

However, national policies are not enough. While national and state policies create a

platform for innovation, the locus of innovative activities is at the regional, or

metropolitan area level, where the actors interface most directly. Innovation occurs, not

just through research and development infrastructure, but in city life, where random

collisions transform old work into new work, solve problems and create value1. City

leaders are trying to attract best researchers, entrepreneurs and investors. Mayors are

developing city policies and programmes in addition to national programmes. The

competition between cities has already started for getting better share of the innovation

economy.

City funds are tools used during this competition. These tools are designated to fill the

gaps in the innovative ecosystem of the cities by providing sustainable funds to the city

infrastructure and entrepreneurship ecosystem. Among such initiatives, “smart” cities

are more likely to attract private sector investment with the introduction of coherent

policy measures. City funds represent a brand new approach for policy tools of

innovation with their sustainability and impact.

Content

1 http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2013/11/09/why-cities-are-our-most-important-innovation-

platform/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2013/11/09/why-cities-are-our-most-important-innovation-platform/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2013/11/09/why-cities-are-our-most-important-innovation-platform/


The meeting content is composed of three main parts: the representation of city fund

methodologies such as JESSICA and JEREMIE, the representation of different country

examples on city fund and finally, an open discussion for the host country. The draft

agenda is roughly offered as follows:

1st day

09.00 Welcome speeches

10.00-12.30 The representation of city fund methodologies (JESSICA, JEREMIE, etc.)

Speakers: EIF and EIB professionals

12.30-14.00 Networking lunch

14.00-17.00 Country examples on City Funds

Speakers: City fund professionals from USA, Britain and EU

2nd day

09.30-12.00 The representation of regional government initiatives on development

Speakers: Professionals from Ministry of Development, Development Agencies and

Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology

12.00-13.30 Networking lunch

13.30-16.30 A Workshop on the development of city fund initiatives throughout

developing countries

Learning outcomes (benefits for the participants)

A participant may enhance its knowledge on the concept of city fund as follows:

The broader definition of city fund concept by the important institutions such as EIB and EIF which have deeper expertise and structured methodologies about the topic.

The introduction of best practices in the USA, UK and EU.

The introduction of regional initiatives in Turkey which is a growing economy over the last decade.

A workshop with the participation of high status professionals to develop a deeper understanding of city fund concept for developing countries.

Who should attend?

All professionals throughout Europe, who are from the institutions such as EIB, EIF,

World Bank, development agencies, city fund or other funding ventures and

governmental bodies such as ministries, municipalities; and who needs to enhance

their knowledge about city fund concept, are kindly welcomed to the meeting.

Speaker candidates

A high status professional of EIB from JESSICA/JEREMIE

Bastiaan de Laat (Senior Evaluator – EIB) Stephen Richards (Senior


Evaluator – EIB) Ivory Yong Prötzel (Head of Operations Evaluation – EIB) Matthias Kollatz-Ahnen (EIB Group – Vice President) Thomas Barrett (Head of Technical and Financial Department, EIB) Gianni Carbonara (EIB)

A high status professional of EIF for funding regional initiatives

Graham Cope (EIF) Jean-Marie Magnette (Deputy Chief Executive – EIF)

A high status professional from several city fund initiatives of London (Britain) who have a wide-array of experience on the implementation process of city funds

Nigel Aitchison Foresight Group LLP Leo Bedford or Jenny Curtis Amber Infrastructure Ltd Fenella Edge The Housing Finance Corporation Ltd

A high status professional from several city fund initiatives of New York (USA) who have a wide-array of experience on the implementation process of city funds

Mario Gotsch (NYC Partnership Fund, CEO) Jahan Ali (Senior Vice President) Laurie Giddins (Senior Vice President)

A high status professional from several city fund initiatives of European Union countries

Ewa Wnukovska – (Ministry of Regional Development, Poland)

A high status professional from Ministry of Development

A high status professional from Development Agencies

A high status professional from Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology


C. WEBINARS

C1- Design Innovation and Industrial Property Rights

Host: FFG or LuxInnovation?

Proposed Date : May 2015

Length: 1,5 h

Speaker: From the European Design Innovation Platform (Lux Innovation?)

Moderator: tbd.

Brief Description: The Commission is co-financing the implementation of the European

Design Innovation Platform (EDIP) as an instrument to deliver its Action Plan for Design-

Driven Innovation. The Platform aims to boost the adoption of design in innovation

policies and support the creation of capacity and competencies to deliver these policies.

Along with the activities targeted to policy makers, enterprises and the public sector, the

project will provide a web-based platform to support peer-learning, networking and

partnerships. The webinar aims to provide basis information on design innovation and

introduce the platform and its activities.

Content: tbd.


Understanding of design’s impact on innovation

Acquire basic knowledge about the design driven innovation, supporting policies and implications at the European level

Who should attend? Experts, managers who

deal with innovation support measures,

apply design methods in research and innovation programmes

are interested in general design driven innovation

C2- New sources/ways of financing

Draft title: New sources/ways of financing

Proposed Date: November 2015


Length: 1,5-2h

Speaker(s): Jacek Błoński, Managing Partner Zernike Meta Ventures Ingenium Poland,

Partner at META Group; Independent Board Member Business Angels Europe (BAE) at

Business Angels Europe (BAE)

Moderator: tbc

Brief Description:

The speaker will present new ways of financing of young enterprises (preferably start

ups) Including Venture Capital Funds, Business Angels, and other (crowdfunding, co

investment funds).

Content:

1. Overwiew, Fundrising, Investments, Divestments

2. Capital needs of start-ups

3. Choosing best way to finance your enterprise, due diligence

4. Differences between equity and debt capital

5. Pros and cons of letting an investor in

Learning outcomes (benefits for the participants):

Participants will have an opportunity to grasp the knowledge and some experience about

financing enterprises from an experienced VC investor, business angel and mentor. They

will be able to learn about entrepreneurs’ experiences in using external sources of funding,

as well as about new trends in financing.

Who should attend: Taftie Members, unlimited number. We suggest enlarging webinar

target group by inviting also entrepreneurs and beneficiaries of our respective Taftie

member agencies.

C3- Gender Equality in ERA and H2020

Host: FFG

Proposed Date : March 2015

Length: 1 hour

Speaker: Stephanie Rammel

Moderator: Birgit Steininger

Brief Description: Gender is one of the cross cutting issues in HORIZON 2020. Gender

Equality provisions are relevant concerning the three objectives participation of women


in research, gender balance in decision making and integrating gender / sex analysis in

R& I content.

Content: The webinar will look at following questions:

How are the objectives for gender equality in HORIZON 2020 implemented and

integrated at different stages of the Research and Innovation cycle? We will take a look

at how this is relevant for interested applicants, successfully funded research projects,

for National Contact Points and other experts dealing with R & I funding, including policy

representatives.


Increased knowledge on how Gender is relevant in HORIZON 2020, dealing with

information the research cycle as well as on how Gender aspects can be relevant R & I

content. The webinar aims at enabling experts and National Contact Points to offer

better services to clients who are interested in participating in HORIZON 2020. Moreover

it can increase general awareness about what to gain through taking gender equality into

account in R & I funding.

Who should attend?

National Contact Points for HORIZON 2020, experts dealing with R & I funding,

stakeholders and researchers interested in HORIZON 2020.

C4- Execution / implementation of fiscal R&D programmes

Host: Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Proposed Date & Place: November 2015 (not on Tuesdays, Fridays and during weekends)

Length: app. 2 hours

Speaker: Koen Septer, Gerard Schut, Robert Schaart, Eddie Smit

Moderator: FFG

Brief Description: During the webinar the attendees will get an close look at the

implementation of the fiscal R&D-programmes, which are executed by the Netherlands

Enterprise Agency. First the policy context will be sketched during the introduction. Next, the

participant will get a glimpse of the execution process and which (ICT)systems are used. Also

the difficulties of reviewing R&D-projects will be addressed. During the presentation of the


lean project, examples are given to make the process more efficient. During the intelligence

part, monitoring of the R&D tax incentives will play an central role.

Content: Introduction fiscal R&D programmes (30 min.) Overview execution process - What does the process look like? (45 min.) Reviewing R&D-projects (30 min.) Short brake (10min.) Lean project (30 min.) Monitoring/intelligence (30 min.) Wrap up/conclusions/questions (10 min.)

Learning outcomes/benefits for the participants: The participants will get a broad insight in the implementation process of fiscal R&D tax incentives, including a good notion of the relevant policy context. Also, the participants learn what the main advantages and prerequisites of R&D promotion through tax incentives are.

Who should attend? Anyone who is interested in the execution and working of a fiscal R&D program.

C5- State aid rules

A similar event will be organized by TEKES in October 2014.

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