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The European Days of the EntrepreneurSofia, November 4-5, 2004

How to develop a EUREKA project

&EUREKA Success Stories

Svatopluk HaladaEUREKA Secretariat, Brussels

[email protected]

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EUREKA in glance

• A European Research Programme

• Bottom-up project generation by partners

• Flexible mechanism and lack of

bureaucracy

• Market orientation

• Target group: mainly industry (particular

attention to SMEs)

• Funding: public, private, own (each member country has national

criteria and schemes for co-financing)

• Not an EU-programme

but complementarity and co-operation

(ERA)

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34 EUREKA members

including future candidates for EU accession.

In addition 3 co-operating countries and 1 country with associate status.

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Why EUREKA ?

• Flexibility to adapt project Flexibility to adapt project contentcontent and structureand structure

• IPR: negotiated between and IPR: negotiated between and ownedowned by by partners of project partners of project

consortiumconsortium• Shared responsibilityShared responsibility

Light Ex-anteEvaluation

/PAM/

Flexibility

Time to market reactivity

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Strategicinitiative

sfor

Europe2010

2 pillars

• a common R&D public-private synergy

• Increasing the European competitiveness

3% Lisbon objective

a Network

forSMEs

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A pan European decentralised

Network for innovative projects by SMEs

EUREKA

19 years of experience !

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1500 finished projects

600 running projects

Investment of 500 M€ each year

Building cross-border partnerships

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SME Participation in projects

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%POLAND

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

ROMANIA

GREECE

SWITZERLAND

HUNGARY

LATVIA

FINLAND

CROATIA

BELGIUM

LITHUANIA

GERMANY

ITALYSLOVENIATHE NETHERLANDS

TURKEY

CZECH REPUBLIC

AUSTRIA

IRELAND

PORTUGAL

NORWAY

SPAIN

FRANCE

UNITED KINGDOM

DENMARK

ISRAEL

SWEDEN

ICELAND

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Participation of SMEs in

EUREKA

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EUREKA Success stories

Many notable « Success stories » can be viewed on EUREKA website

EUREKA Awards including « Lynx Award » for high growth SME

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Health

Name E! 2061 INCA-MRI

Heart disease diagnosis MRI(non-invasive and lower radiation)

Successful treatment

1999-2003

CH , AT, DE ,DK, NL

One stop shop to help prevent 17 millions of cases of heart disease

Participants

Date

Innovation

Market

Impact

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Energy / Environment

E! 1542 Automatic Quartz Watch

Microgenerator to replace batteriesWatches, hearing aids

July 1998NL, CH, DE20 millions unit/year

Name

Innovation

Market

Date

ParticipantsImpact

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Innovation is a lengthy process

E!55 CARMINAT

One example …… ten years later

• Smart navigation in the city• Finished in 1993• 3 years to commercialise the system

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FFocus on the strength of Europeanocus on the strength of European

industryindustry

A favourable environment for A favourable environment for

EuropeanEuropean c competitiveness and jobompetitiveness and job

creationcreation

Strategic initiatives for Europe

((hhome of the future, smart cards, ome of the future, smart cards, mobile communications, automotive, mobile communications, automotive, aeronautics)aeronautics)

EUREKA

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EUREKA Strategic initiatives

• Information technologies

• Communication

technologies

• Biotechnologies

• Energy

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Co-ordination of Cluster projects

1 000 European partners working together!

1 B € each year

Microchips

Software

Micro- & Nanosystems

Interconnexion

MEDEA+

ITEA

EURIMUS

PIDEA

Partners

283

295

168

240

Countries

16

18

13

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Enhancing European competitiveness

•Common strategic view of industry

•Define European standards

•Prepare ‘interoperability’

•End-user focused

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From the past …

EUREKA and the European UnionEUREKA and the European Union co-co-financedfinanced

a projecta project initiative: JESSI (1989-1996) initiative: JESSI (1989-1996)

Result:3 European companies in the Top

10ranking of microchip

manufacturers

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Developing your car of the future (2008)

Sensors are the main application field for microsystems in the car

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Preparing the next civil aircraftMain systems and

functionsNavigationAir Data, Instruments, Flight

Control Inertial Measurements UnitsGPS receiver and antennas

Engine and reactors

FADECHydraulics

Landing systemsHydraulic pressure,Tyre pressure

Air conditioningGeneration

monitoringPressure,

Humidity

Structure monitoring HUMS Vibrations, Stabilisation Structure fatigue

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What is a EUREKA project ?

A EUREKA project is:• proposed, defined and managed by

its partners (the´bottom-up´approach)

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

• mainly industry-led

• financed locally

• developing innovative product, process or service for the market

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EUREKA’s flexible, bottom-up approach

The participants decide:

• The project objectives and content• Who they choose to work with• How much it will cost • How long it will take• How it will be managed• How risks and results will be shared• Ownership of results (IPR etc.)

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Rate of success of proposals 65%

Overheads of the Initiative <3%More project proposals than funding available

The return on investment of public funding by taxes over induced turnover is less than 2 years

EUREKA projects

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If your idea is innovative and the goal of your project proposal is the

development of

a product,process or

servicewith market potential

IT COULD BE A EUREKA PROJECT

Contact your national EUREKA office

AN IDEA FOR AN R&D PROJECT

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If you are looking for partner(s) CONTACT YOUR

NATIONAL EUREKA OFFICE

Your national EUREKA NPC can help you find a partner(s)

OR

You may already have your project partner(s)

PREPARATION OF EUREKA PROJECT

FINDING PARTNERS FOR YOUR PROJECT

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From idea to definition of project Setting of project (content – target – results - output) Duration of project (definition phase - implementation phase) Budget of project

Definition of relations between project participants

• Decision on main partner (co-ordinator of project)• Role of other project participants• Clear definition of how to use results and output of project

Financing of project• Different financing opportunities of participants• Different national possibilities and schemes of

co-financing

PREPARATION OF EUREKA PROJECT (1)

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Administration and legal arrangement of project

Completion and signature of the official EUREKA Project Form (public document) Filling in of national EUREKA form Preparation and signature of legal agreement between the partners

Duration of preparation stage of project• 3 – 9 months

All partners must be in contact with their

national EUREKA office

PREPARATION OF EUREKA PROJECT (2)

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Dealing with interactions Huge volume of co-ordinating steps Limited availability of financial resources Each national EUREKA office has its own procedures

for submission of project proposals (approval of participation in project)

OBSTACLES IN THE PROJECT PREPARATION STAGE

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Example of basic criteria Technology Risk Project partner(s) Environmental aspects Market outlook: national & international

Example of evaluation scale• from 1 to 5

System of funding• Grant• Loan• Combination grant and loan

CRITERIA FOR FUNDING APPROVEMENT

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Collaboration agreement should cover The rights and obligations of the partners (in clear and simple language) Project management and communications Ownership of the results Exploitation routes and agreements Procedures for partner changing Arbitration procedures Termination provisions Which national law should be apply The project plan, time schedule and milestones

EUREKA LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN PARTNERS

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EUREKA national NPC is always willing to assist you and

Help find a partner Help define the project Help an access funding Gain an access to other EUREKA

services

EUREKA NATIONAL PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR

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Role of EUREKA National Office

to find,to inform,

to motivate,to facilitate,

to support

a potential national partner(s) in EUREKA

international project(s)

EUREKA National Office

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General information

• Co-operative relations with EUREKA as ´NIP Country´ since 1992 (NIP countries are on the road to full membership)

• EUREKA National Contact: located at theMinistry of Economy

• EUREKA National Representative: Ms. Emilia

Radeva

EUREKA in Bulgaria (1)

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Project participation• E! 1985 DIAGNOSTICS NFDK-MOAB Medical and BiotechnologyFinished project BG participant: Academy of Sciences /Institut of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry of

Fertilization• E! 2884 EUROENVIRON BIOPROCESSING Environment Ongoing project BG participant: University of Chemical Technology and

Metallurgy (Interested)• E! 3382 EUROENVIRON SCADOR Environment Project proposal BG participant: University of Chemical Technology and

Metallurgy (Interested)• E! 3385 EUROENVIRON COSTAS Environment Project proposal BG participant: Sirma Ai Corp. (Interested)• ITEA (Cluster project) sub-project AGILE (ITEA 03003) Ongoing project /Agile software development of embedded systems/ BG participant: Nemetschek Bulgaria OOD


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Recommendations• Governmental support

• EUREKA as a part of National Innovation Policy• Availability of public co-financing

• Creation of EUREKA partner relations • To find ´right one´ direct contacts and links throughout network• To prove competence

• Inventive national EUREKA office• Promotion of activities (advice, support co-ordination)• National infrastructure of regional info points


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Have a look to the EUREKA public website

For more information

www.www.eurekaeureka..bbee

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EUREKA Website

• Project database, partner search

• Launch project suggestion/idea

• Project Success stories

• EUREKA publications

• Forthcoming events (Partnering/Brokerage, Conferences,etc.)

• EUREKA contacts

www.www.eurekaeureka..bebe

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Innovation activities

Innovation is crucial to help companies to modernise and

improve competitiveness

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Thank you for your attention

The European Days of the

EntrepreneurSofia, November 4-5,

2004

Svatopluk HALADAEUREKA Secretariat, Brussels

[email protected]

the european days of the entrepreneur sofia, november 4-5, 2004

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