Announcement of the 1st Call for Project Proposals, EuroNanoMed ERANET initiative, 24 April 2009, Veneto Region Office – 67, Av. De Tervueren, 1040 Brussels
The EuroNanoMed ERANET Initiative has launched the first call for proposal that will be opened the 25th May 2009
EURONANOMED Partners and the Veneto EU office (Health Working Group leader) organized a press conference to announce the launch of a first call for project proposals on 25 May 2009 in the field of nanomedicine for organizations active in the 18 countries/regions participating the to initiative. The total budget will be around 15-20 million euros. Deadline to submit applications will be on the 1st September 2009.For more information on the call; please visit the EuroNanoMed website www.euronanomed.net
The EuroNanoMed project is aimed at fostering the competitiveness of European Nanomedicine actors through the support to trans-national collaborative RTD projects between academic laboratories, companies, especially SME’s, and clinicians/public health setting, in the field of Nanomedicine, using a bottom up approach. EuroNanoMed will develop coordinated European-wide programmes based on 2 common joint trans-national calls and funding: this is the launch of the first call.
Christos Tokamanis, EC Head of Unit for Nano- and Converging Sciences and Technologies opened the press conference with a presentation on the policy of DG RTD for nanosciences and nanomedicine focusing on the importance of the ERANET initiative in enhancing an effective use of resources for research and in fostering a better coordination of the activities of public authorities, research centres and industry.
A report for ERRIN members is available online.
ERRIN Briefing on the Swedish Presidency’s Research and Innovation Priorities,Representation of Sweden to the EU, 22 April 2009, Square de Meeûs 30, 1000 Brussels
On July 1st, Sweden is taking over the presidency of the EU. The upcoming presidency has an ambitious agenda. At the core of their programme are the ratification process of the Lisbon Treaty, climate change, the EU budget, the Lisbon strategy and the Union's response to globalisation. Several of these topics touch upon research and innovation issues. Adding to this, the Swedish Presidency has two specific priorities in the areas of research and innovation: bringing the European Research Area forward and creating a European Innovation Plan. The latter involves facilitating the use of Structural Funds for research purposes. To provide ERRIN members with early intelligence on these forthcoming issues the South Sweden European Office in co-operation with ERRIN organised a briefing session on the Swedish Presidency R&I priorities. The session also elaborated on the issue of promoting more synergies between the EU’s Research, Innovation and Cohesion Policies.
Presentations and a report are now available online
Innovation Funding Working meeting with Roger O'Keefe, 4 May 2009, 14.00-16.00, Brussels
This meeting will offer ERRIN members the opportunity to discuss and give input regarding the next forums that the European Commission will be organizing in the framework of the European Year for Creativity and Innovation (EYCA):
- Early July 2009: Third flagship event, entitled 'The territorial dimension of creativity and innovation'.
- Sept 2009: Fourth flagship event: 'European Cultural Forum' (Brussels).
- Oct. 2009: Fifth flagship event: 'Creativity at work: The triangle of knowledge' (Brussels).
It will also be the occasion to highlight specific ERRIN members' regional initiatives organised in the framework of the 2009 conference on the regional dimension (cities and regions) of Creativity and Innovation (early July).
Background information is also available here.
ERRIN/SDI Group Briefing on Green Public Procurement, 11 May 2009, 14.30-16.30, Brussels
By spending around 16% of the European Union’s GDP, public authorities can potentially influence the market supply side towards ‘greener’ goods and services. But only a small minority of public organisations systematically considers environmental criteria when selecting suppliers, service providers and contractors. A lack of awareness about the role that Green Public Procurement (GPP) can play and a lack of information on the possibility of including environmental requirements into tendering procedures are some of the barriers of a wide-spread use of GPP.
This ERRIN Briefing, in cooperation with SDI Europe will present “GPPinfoNET”, the Green Public Procurement Information Network, and inform ERRIN members about the role of GPP in regional economic development and innovation policies.
Participants will learn about:
- The role of GPP within the European strategy for sustainable consumption and production
- How GPP can stimulate regional innovation and competitiveness
- The contribution of regional networks to the diffusion of GPP
AGENDA:
14.30 - Alenka Burja (European Commission - DG Environment and Industry)
15.00 - Livia Mazzà (SDI Group – Ecosistemi)
15.30 - Daniela Minetti (Regione Liguria - Dipartimento Ambiente)
16.00 - Debate
Please visit the ERRIN Calendar to download the invitation and register.
ERRIN Briefing on Regions of Knowledge, Research Potential and Research Infrastructure, 14 May 2009, 15.00-17.00,Brussels
This briefing will provide information on past and future calls within the Regions of Knowledge, Research Potential and Research Infrastructure strands of FP7. Mr. Ciaran Dearle and Mr. Christos Profilis, from DG RTD, will present preliminary results of the recently closed calls and inform ERRIN members about the priorities of the future calls for Regions of Knowledge, Research Potential and Research Infrastructure, expected to be published after the summer.
The briefing is organised by the ERRIN Working Group on Innovation Funding, more specifically, by its sub-group 1 on Innovation under EU research and regional policy, led by:
· West Finland European Office
· Government of Catalonia Delegation to the EU
· Bourgogne/Franche-Comte EU Office
Please visit the Event Calendar to download the agenda and registration form
Regional Strategies for the Internationalisation of SMEs and Clusters: An Exchange Event, 12 May 2009,
Organized by ADEuropa Foundation – Regional Government of Castilla y León, the representation office of Basse-Normandie and England’s Northwest in Brussels
on behalf of the ERRIN (European Regions Research and Innovation Network) Innovation Funding Working Group.
Participants will learn about the nature of the tools and activities happening within a wide variety of regions across the EU. Moreover, there is opportunity to exchange on what is taking place within their areas of work.
Please visit the Event Calendar to download the agenda and registration form.
Better approaches to commercialisation of R&D results - How to make more of your regional R&D investments? 25 June 2009, Brussels
It is widely recognised that too few projects initiated under both national as well as EU funded research projects are commercially exploited. This is particularly true for environmental and clean energy technologies, which involve above-average public funding and where the R&D-base is highly fragmented. Yet, regions and the EU at large can only benefit from research results if these are transferred from laboratories to the market as licensed technologies or newly created technology-based companies.
This ERRIN seminar, organised in cooperation with Greenovate! Europe, will inform ERRIN members about FP7 project opportunities for environmental technologies and familiarise ERRIN members with tested commercialisation methodologies. It will also enable ERRIN practitioners to discuss opportunities for their projects with commercialisation experts in moderated roundtable sessions.
Background information: Technology transfer works sub-optimally
Investors invest in 1-2 deals out of 100. Only 5% of public R&D results find their way into the market.
- Scientific excellence poorly translates into market innovations
- Europe does not optimally capitalize on its R&D investments
- Innovation-based growth potential is not fully exploited
Europe can make more of its R&D investment
Quicker and broader market introduction of innovative environmental technologies in form of licensing and spin-off creation is possible through the application of an innovative and structured methodology based on tailor-made innovation support services and a sector-specific approach. Greenovate! Europe is an expert group of innovation professionals focusing on environmental technologies with 20 members based in Brussels. It has successfully developed and tested an innovative methodology that, according to its founders, has already led to a 16% commercialisation rate of environmental technologies coming out of public research. In the renewable energy sector Greenovate has reportedly assessed 63 R&D results and managed to create 10 spin-offs, facilitate 2 licensing deals, and raised €4.5 million growth capital. Greenovate’s support action is based on a technology screening process that includes a full risk assessment and coaches the most promising technologies up to the first private investment through:
- Identifying the most promising research results that are ready for innovation activities
- Applying tailor-made innovation support services to each research result in close cooperation with the technology developers and technology transfer offices (risk assessment,coaching)
- Establishing investor-readiness and broker contact to investors, close deals
- Supporting start-up creation or licensing agreements
Joining forces between innovation professionals and research-intensive regions
Regional authorities care about the added value by their knowledge centres and researchers. Equipped with their own innovation funds and eligible for European support through the regional funds, they are ideal partners to bring forward a regionally-based commercialisation support scheme in cooperation with innovation professionals.
Who should attend?
This seminar is open to researchers, research managers, environmental cluster managers, project managers and eco-innovation funding advisors from regions in the ERRIN network. Participants should be involved in an environmental technology project or have good knowledge and links to such projects so they can add value to the afternoon’s discussions.
To know more about this ERRIN meeting and the registration procedure, please visit the Event Calendar.
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