EUREKA Past, Present & Future

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EUREKA Past, Present & Future

David Garlot

Head of the Strategy & Evaluation departmentEUREKA Secretariat

Vilnius – 05 May 2011

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> EUREKA is a public network supporting R&D-performing businesses> Established in 1985 by French President Mitterrand and German Chancellor Kohl

EUREKA is :

• Intergovernmental initiative(39 Members – EU 26, European Commission + 11 other European countries)

• Financed using national public and private funding

• Market-oriented (Projects must result in a marketable product, process or service)

• Bottom-up (The consortium decides on the project aim. No thematic restriction)

Since 1985, 29 billion euro of public-private investment has been mobilised to

support some4000 EUREKA projects

EUREKA : 25 Years of R&D support

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EUREKA member countries

AustriaBelgiumCroatiaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmark

EstoniaEuropean UnionFinlandFranceFormer Yugoslav

republic of MacedoniaGermanyGreeceHungaryIcelandIrelandIsraelItalyLatviaLithuaniaLuxembourg

MaltaMonacoThe NetherlandsNorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaRussian FederationSan MarinoSerbiaSlovakia SloveniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTurkeyUkraineUnited Kingdom

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EUREKA in the ERA

EUREKA in the ERA

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Cluster Projects> Medium-term, strategically-significant initiatives> Large number of participants, many from Europe’s major companies> Develop generic technologies of key importance to European competitiveness

Individual Projects > Small, shorter-term projects> Involve participants from at least two member countries> Result in a product, process or service with a significant advance in their sector

Eurostars Projects> Small, short-term projects, involving participants from at least two member countries> Consortium leader is an R&D-performing SME> Programmed jointly with the European Commission

Umbrellas> Thematic networks which focus on a specific technology area or business sector. > Facilitate the generation of EUREKA projects in its own target area.

EUREKA 4 Programmes

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EUREKA Portfolio

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EUREKA – Number of Projects

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EUREKA Type of Consortium

80% Industrial Participants

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>Participants from Individual Projects Currently Running (600 projects, 2132 participants)

Who participates in EUREKA projects ?

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EUREKA Impact

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Key Impact Figures (based on 2500 Final reports)

Input> 10 Billions euros of public funds

Output> 19 Billions euros of private funds> 93 Billions euros of additional Turnover> 378 000 jobs created/safeguard

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Impact Generation

81% of the impact is generated by 11% of the companies (Major Impact) 60% of companies have a Commercial Impact (e.g additional turnover) that is equal or superior to the Public investment (Minor Impact)

At least 6 out of 10 companies have a minor impact and 1 out of 10 has a major impact.

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Lithuanien Overview

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Lithuania Overview

Number of Projects participated in 88

Number of Leading roles in Projects 41

Total Contribution to Project Costs 24.2 M€

Average Contribution to Project Costs 1.5 M€

Average Project duration 40 months

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Number of Projects

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Project Costs

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Top Collaborating Countries

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Lithuanian Participants

University 69

SME 68

Research Institute 25

Large company 13

Other 4

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SUCCESS STORY

Cleaning oil polluted water a fraction of the cost

A water treatment system for industrial oil polluted water, leaving water so clean that it can be pumped back out to the sea.

EUREKA projectE! 2962 EUROENVIRON BIOSORB-TOX

Countries involved: Lithuania, Sweden

Duration: 36 monthsCost: 0.47 M€

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SUCCESS STORY

Early warning system for cardiac patients

One of the world’s first real-time heart monitoring devices for personal use.

EUREKA projectE! 3489 HEART GUARD

Countries involved: Lithuania, Latvia

Duration: 30 monthsCost: 0,28 M€

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SUCCESS STORY

Web-based database system

opens up Baltic museums

Online access to national museum collections

in the Baltic States is now possible for researchers, students and tourists. EUREKA projectE! 2918 ONLINE CATALOGUE

Countries involved: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia

Duration: 31 monthsCost: 0,43 M€


EUREKA

Eurostars

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> > “Eurostars Programme is the first European funding and support Programme to be specifically dedicated to R&D performing SMEs.”

> It’s a multi-annual joint programme (2007-2013) between EUREKA and the European Communities, which combines:

>National R&D programmes from 33 countries (EUREKA Members) (300 M€ committed)

>FP7 (up to 100 M€ committed)

>EUREKA Secretariat (25 years of experience in national R&D programmes coordination)

The Eurostars Programme

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AustriaBelgiumBulgariaCroatiaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkEstoniaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIcelandIrelandIsrael

ItalyLatviaLithuaniaLuxembourgMaltaThe NetherlandsNorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaSlovakia SloveniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTurkeyUnited Kingdom

Status November 2010

33 Eurostars member countries

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Eligibility criteria

> Consortium Leader is an R&D-performing SME*

> At least 2 participants that are Eurostars members

> Project duration is less than 3 years

> Market introduction is foreseen within 2 years after project completion

> The R&D performing SMEs are undertaking at least 50% of total R&D cost

> Well balanced partnership (no country responsible for more than 75% of the project costs)

> No restriction on thematic area (bottom up)

* 10% FTE dedicated to R&D or 10% turnover dedicated to R&D

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Eurostars : An Efficent Model for SMEs

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Promotion Submission Eligibility Evaluation Funding Monitoring Impact

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Eurostars

EUREKA Projects

ESE Central Evaluation Common Criterias Binding Ranking list

Support to applicants Info Days NPC application support

MS Virtual Common Pot Balanced Earmarked Budget Additional Funding

Support to participants NFB Payment NPC monitoring

MS Funding rules Funding rate Eligible costs

Eurostars Model takes the best of two worlds EUREKA Model (Close support to Applicants) & FP7 Model (Equal Treatment of Projects)


EUREKAEurostars

Main statistics

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Application, Eligibility and Funding

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Project profile

Cut-Off1 Cut-Off2Cut-Off3

Cut-Off4

Cut-Off5

Average Cost (M€) 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4

Average Participants per projects 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.2

Average Countries per project 2.0 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3

Average Duration (months) 28 28 29 28 27

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Eurostars Type of Participants

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Eurostars Type of Areas

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Eurostars SMEs Profile

4 out of ten Eurostars SMEs have less than 10 employees (micro SMEs) 4 out of ten have between 10 and 49 employees (small SMEs) 2 out of ten have between 50 and 249 employees (medium SMEs)

Eurostars SMEs ProfileNumber of Employees

39%

44%

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10 - 49 employees

50 -249 employees

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Eurostars SMEs ProfileR&D Intensity

(R&D workers / Nb of Employees)

57%

42%

32%

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0 - 9 employees

10 - 49 employees

50 -249 employees

Innovative SMEs with high R&D intensivity The more employees, the less R&D intensive (= more productive)

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Eurostars SMEs have a high growth expectations The less employees, the more impact is expected (= need to grow fast)

Eurostars SMEs ProfileExpected Turnover Growth

168%

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10 - 49 employees

50 -249 employees

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Conclusions

Eurostars received a lot of applications (1900 in 6 calls) thanks to its simple and fast application process and the experience of an established network (EUREKA) already dealing with European SMEs program.

Eurostars reached its target (70% are R&D SMEs) thanks to eligible criterias designed for it (small consortia, bottom up, SME in the driving seat) and a good success rate of 30% (number of projects funded vs submitted)

Eurostars SMEs are fast growing SMEs with high R&D intensity 40% are micro SMEs (0-9 employees) with very high impact expectations 45% are small SMEs (10-49 employees) with high expectations

First Eurostars projects are finished (Impact study ongoing)

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Eurostars Mid-Term Review

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Eurostars Mid-Term - Key Messages

The Group of Independent Experts concludes that:

Eurostars is a good programme, which meets its objectives and adds value to European R&D performing SMEs.

Eurostars is an excellent programme concept that is well aligned with the objectives of Europe 2020 and the need to nurture technology-intensive SMEs.

Very good progress has been achieved towards the objectives of the programme The programme functions smoothly The programme has a well-functioning governance structure and an innovative approach to decision making

The target population of European R&D performing SMEs is being reached

The overall assessments of all the participants were highly positive.

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Eurostars Mid-Term – Recommendations

Policy recommendations beyond 2013

The Eurostars Joint Programme should be continued beyond 2013.

In the next edition of Eurostars Programme, European Commission should prepare a proposal to expand the budget, using flexibility clauses, to respond to the increasing demand.

Policy recommendations until 2013

European Commission and the Member States should provide sufficient funds to make it possible to fund a greater share of projects that meet the Eurostars threshold criteria.

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EUREKA Future : Key axis

Eurostars 2 2nd Round Funding Clusters Joint Programming

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