1 / 13

INTERREG and other EU funding instruments for Innovation

INTERREG and other EU funding instruments for Innovation. The Lisbon Strategy and the EU 2020.

grady-fox
Download Presentation

INTERREG and other EU funding instruments for Innovation

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. INTERREG and other EU funding instruments for Innovation

  2. The Lisbon Strategy and the EU 2020 The Lisbon Strategy aimed at making the EU “the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion”, by 2010. It based on three pillars (economic, social and environmental) with the economic concepts as diving forces.

  3. The Lisbon Strategy and the EU 2020 The Europe 2020 Strategysets out a new vision of Europe's social market economy for the 21st century. It shows how the EU can come out stronger from the current economic crisis and how it can be turned into a smart, sustainable and inclusive economydelivering high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion. Europe 2020 will build on the successes obtained by the Lisbon Strategy since its 2005 re-launch, which focused on growth and jobs, but will also address some of its shortcomings.

  4. The Lisbon Strategy and the EU 2020 • Smarter and greater economy: • prosperity will result from innovation and from using resources better • knowledge will be the key input • the EU potential in RTDI will be fully exploited

  5. EU financial support (2007-2013) Research, Technical development, Innovation

  6. Key funding instruments Research: 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technical Development (FP7) • specifically targeted at supporting research and development • covers five Specific Programmes: Cooperation, Ideas, People, Capacities, Euratom • supports collaborative and individual projects with European added-value • is open to a wide range of organisations (incl. universities, research centres, multinational corporations, SMEs) and individuals from the EU and outside • co-finances up to 50%, 75%, 100% of eligible costs (depending on the funding scheme, legal status of partners and the type of activity)

  7. Key funding instruments Innovation: Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) • aims to encourage the competitiveness of European enterprises • covers three Specific Programmes: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (EIP),Information Communication Technologies (ICT), Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) • is open to a wide range of organisations and individuals (SMEs remain the main target) from the EU and outside • allocates funds through calls for proposals but also calls for tenders (under the EIP)

  8. Key funding instruments Cohesion Policy: Structural Funds • aims to strengthen economic, social and territorial cohesion by reducing disparities in the level of development between EU regions • supports many thematic areas, incl. research, innovation and enterprise • covers three funds under which research and innovation activities can be supported: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), Cohesion Fund, European Social Fund (ESF) • contributes to three objectives: Convergence, Regional Competitiveness and Employment, European Territorial Cooperation – INTERREG

  9. Differences between funds Why INTERREG? • demonstrates a clear territorial dimension • facilitates formulation of partnerships with actors from different countries • targets public and public-similar organisations but involvement of SMEs is also possible • has the scope and flexibility to fund a widerange of activities • contributes to raising the EU’s long-term research and innovation performance through investments, policy-making, implementation and evaluation methods

  10. Differences between funds Why INTERREG IVB North West Europe? • supports wide range of activities to promote greater entrepreneurship, development of growth clusters and SMEs networks, and to strengthen institutional framework for innovation • facilitates vertical and horizontal integration of project stakeholders • enables implementation of concrete actions and on-ground testing • covers 50% of all eligible costs, regardless of the type of activity • has the budget of over EUR 89 million to spend on Innovation (25% of the total Programme budget) • provides direct assistance to applicants in the development of their proposals • opens calls regularly (twice a year) and calls for Strategic Initiatives

  11. INTERREG NWE Spanning innovation among all four Priorities

  12. INTERREG NWE Spanning innovation among all four Priorities examples • Objective 2.1: To promote an innovative and sustainable approach to natural resource management, including water, landscapes, biodiversity and energy, and waste management • Objective 2.2: To promote an innovative approach to risk management and prevention, in particular water management in the context of climate change • Objective 3.2: To support effective and innovativemulti-modal strategic actions and efficient inter-operable systems on land, water and air • Objective 3.3: To develop innovative approaches to the use of ICT in order to improve connectivity (…) • Objective 4.2: To identify and develop collective actions that will improve the environment quality and attraction of towns and cities including the sustainable use of the cultural heritage, tourism, the creative economy and sustainable and innovative energy practices

  13. INTERREG NWE Let’s learn more about the scope of Priority 1

More Related