The EUREKA Clusters goals and objectives Jan Askeroi

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The EUREKA Clusters goals and
objectivesJan Askeroi
Vilnius, 11 December 2008

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EUREKA, what is it?

• EUREKA is an inter-governmental network
  with the target
  
  to generate industrial RD
  projects

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EUREKA PROJECTS

• The key word is PROJECTS
• EUREKAs objective
• A EUREKA project must aim at developing a
  product, process or service representing a
  significant technological advance
  and which can be sold on a market
• Always led by industry

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EUREKA PROJECTS

• Always bottom-up
• Big enterprises, SMEs, RD instit.
• National funding
• No call for proposals

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EUREKA - Governance

• 1. High Level Group, HLG
• 2. National Project Coordinators
• Project participants
  only contact with NPCs

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EUREKA covers all Europe

• Austria
• Belgium
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Estonia
• European Union

Finland France F.Y.R.O.M Germany Greece Hungary Ic
eland Ireland
Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Mo
naco The Netherlands
Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San
Marino Serbia Slovakia
Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
United Kingdom
NATIONAL INFORMATION POINTS
Albania Bulgaria
ASSOCIATED COUNTRY
Morocco
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EUREKA EXPERIENCE

• Since 1985
• 3200 projects totaling 26 Bn Euros
• Yearly project generation?

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EUREKA Yearly project generation
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Importance of the EUREKA Clusters

• Total project portfolio
  1400 M Euros a year
  
• 
  
• Of which the Clusters 1000 M
  Euros

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A EUREKA Cluster What is it?

• Bottom-up, industry-led strategic initiative
• Europes leading industries
• Generic technologies
• Roadmap for a key area

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A EUREKA Cluster What is it?

• Mid- or long-term
• Legal entity
• Operational costs
• Call for proposals
• 15 years experience

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What can a EUREKA Cluster offer?

• An international framework
• A legal body
• A solid organisation and a proven procedure
• An international strategy

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What can a EUREKA Cluster offer?

• A network consisting of industry, research and
  public authorities

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EUREKA Clusters - Organization
Private sector
Public sector
White- book
Management Board
Directors Committee
BoardSupport Group
Steering Group
Public Authorities Group
Road- map
Funding
Labeling
Office
Fees
RD
Cluster projects
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Ongoing EUREKA Clusters

• CATRENE nano-electronics www.catrene.org
• ITEA2 software-intensive systemswww.itea2.org
• EURIPIDES smart system integrationwww.euripides-
  eureka.eu
• CELTIC telecommunicationswww.celtic-initiative.o
  rg
• EUROGIA safe and sustainable energywww.eurogia.
  com

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Which sectors?
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Project generation by the Clusters

• The two biggest Clusters are
• CATRENE appr. 500 M Euros
• ITEA 2 appr. 350 M Euros

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Which sectors?
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EUREKA and Clusters Strong points

• Long experience mutual trust
• Strong public-private links
• Critical mass and high SME involvement
• Important economic impact
• Thematic and bottom-up
• Flexibility, reactivity, user-orientation

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EUREKA economic impact

• Basis 1000 Final reports 2000-2005
• 1 M Euro in public funding generates
• 2,5 x in private funding
• 13 x in commercial turnover

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You are lucky

• To hear about EUREKA, because
• EUREKA IS
  THE BEST KEPT SECRET IN
  EUROPE