Enhancing transnational research & innovation
cooperation in the Danube Region
The EUREKA Initiative – Cross border
cooperation
Niki NASKA, Communications Manager, EUREKA Secretariat
EUREKA
EUREKA
European intergovernmental network created in 1985
Projects nationally financed by internationalising national funds
Leading open platform for international cooperation for innovation
Supporting & coordinating market-oriented, trans-national R&D projects in
a decentralised way
Facilitating access to finance for project participants
Creating links and networks for innovation
EUREKA
41 FULL MEMBERS
2 NIP
3 ASSOCIATED COUNTRIES
EUREKA
EUREKA IN THE ERA
EUREKA contributes to realise the European Research
Area in line with national and European policy
objectives
EUREKA‘s cooperation with third countries strengthens
the international dimension of ERA
EUREKA complements H2020 through its joint
programme Eurostars
EUREKA Projects
Innovative
product,
process or
service with
civilian
purpose
Market
oriented
nature
Reflect
market
demands
Bottom-up
approach
No thematic
restrictions
Open-call
system
Transnation
al/Internatio
nal
cooperation
Bi-/tri/multilateral
cooperation
EUREKA Added value for project participants
Well established funding mechanism for international projects financed by
national budgets
Projects are industry-driven, market-oriented, bottom-up, fast, no limitations
of size or thematic area, with a minimum of bureaucracy
Gives room for high-risk-high-gain projects in new sectors
International decentralized network with „spider-in-the–net“ project
coordinators as national contact points
Ownership of IPR
Open for participants from all over the world
Participants in EUREKA projects
Other 1%
University
13%
Research
Institute
11%
SME 63%
Large
Company
12%
> Private
companies
represent
75% of
participants
2008 - 2014
Data for EUREKA projects and Eurostars
48
EUROSTARS
Since
1985…
5.700+
Projects
26.000+
Organisations
Involved
36+ BILLION €
public-private funding
EUROSTARS
Number
of organisations involved from 1985
3.800+
Universities
3.900+
Research
centres
7.300+
Large
companies
11.300+
SMEs
EUREKA Projects
Innovative
product,
process or
service with a
civilian
purpose
Participants
from at least
two EUREKA
countries
No thematic
restrictions
but projects
need to
reflect market
demand
National
evaluation
procedures &
funding
EUREKA Projects
> Clusters represent 70% of the budget of EUREKA project portfolio
Industry led
initiatives
Large number of
participants
Support European
competitiveness
• Medium term
• Strategically
significant
• International
ecosystem of R&D&I
actors
• Major European
industries
• Large SME
participation (50% of
partners)
• Develop generic
technologies and
standards
• Address economic
and societal
challenges
EUREKA CLUSTERS
Innovation in water
technologies
Micro and Nano electronics
Telecommunications
Smart electronic Systems
Low carbon energy
technologies
Software intensive systems
and services
Metallurgy, materials
Eurostars under Horizon 2020
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1
Eurostars countries
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1
Eurostars in numbers
PROJECTS SUBMITTED
CUT-OFF 1-10
3,548
NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS
11,733
NUMBER OF APPLICANTS
4.9 BILLION €
TOTAL COSTS OF
APPLICATIONS
47
COUNTRIES INVOLVED
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23%
SUCCESS RATE
PROJECTS FUNDED
CUT-OFF 1-10
783
NUMBER OF APPROVED PROJECTS
2,600
NUMBER OF APPLICANTS
1.1 BILLION €
TOTAL COSTS OF
APPLICATIONS FUNDED
472 MILLION €
ESTIMATED PUBLIC
FUNDING
2
International Cooperation
EUREKA
International Cooperation Strategy
Facilitate and enhance project-to–project collaboration with nonEuropean countries
- identify opportunities for collaboration
- review existing rules and instruments of collaboration
Enhance cooperation between European and non-European funding
bodies:
- creating ‚strategic partnerships to accelerate innovation‘
through variable geometry
- create a „toolbox“ for joint activities
Identify suitable countries for association to the Network
EUREKA
Benefits of the association for project participants
Participant can lead projects
Full part of the network
Possibility to use the EUREKA national points in target
countries
EUREKA
International Cooperation Strategy
Changes within EUREKA since 1985
 Internationalization: From 17 member states to 40, new: 3 associated
countries
 Diminishing political commitment of member states
 Rise of competing international funding programmes for innovation
 Decline of standard EUREKA projects, rise of Clusters and Eurostars
Challenges for EUREKA
 Further internationalization (choice of countries, forms and intensity of
cooperation)
 Further integration of associated members
 How to cope with changes in government support for R&I projects?
 To find synergies and complementarities to other programmes (e.g.
H2020)
2010-2014 participation
South Africa, 1
Brazil, 1
Taiwan, 2
Others, 6
China, 2
U.S.A., 3
Bosnia-Herzegovina, 3
South Korea, 34
Egypt, 9
Canada, 23
Danube region
Focus on approved regional projects (involving at
least two countries from the region) since 2008
Danube region - Approved projects
Individual
projects
/ Sub-umbrella Eurostars Clusters Total
Total projects involving Danube region
countries since 1985
1680
316
345
2341
Total projects involving Danube region
countries since 2008
472
316
143
931
Total projects involving at least 2 Danube
region countries since 1985
601
75
96
772
Total projects involving at least 2
Danube region countries since 2008
207
75
46
328
159.1
81.4
201.1
441.6
Public and private budget for projects
involving at least 2 Danube region
countries since 2008 (€m)
Regional projects dominate portfolios
Individual projects is the most
popular instrument
Clusters projects absorbs the most
funding
Project numbers / Instruments over
time
Contributions to clusters
projects declining since 2010
Slovenia and Czech Republic often
the main partner in regional projects
Varying use of instruments
Varying use of instruments
Average cost of projects highly
diversified
Diversity of participants across region
Significant SME participation across
region
Individual, Sub-Umbrella and
Eurostars tech areas – project
numbers
Individual, Sub-Umbrella and
Eurostars tech areas –contributions
(€m)
Spending in tech areas since
2008
Individual, Sub-Umbrella and
Eurostars market areas –
project numbers
Individual, Sub-Umbrella and
Eurostars market areas –
contributions (€m)
Spending in market areas since
2008