regional ict clusters cooperation novi sad, 30.05.2014
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Regional ICT Clusters Cooperation
Novi Sad, 30.05.2014
Europe 2020
The Europe 2020 strategy is about delivering growth that is:
- smart, through more effective investments in education, research and innovation;-sustainable, thanks to a decisive move towards a low-carbon economy;- inclusive, with a strong emphasis on job creation and poverty reduction;
Europe 2020 targets • Employment
– 75% of the 20-64 year-olds to be employed• R&D
– 3% of the EU's GDP to be invested in R&D• Climate change and energy sustainability
– greenhouse gas emissions 20% (or even 30%, if the conditions are right)lower than 1990
– 20% of energy from renewables– 20% increase in energy efficiency
• Education– Reducing the rates of early school leaving below 10%– at least 40% of 30-34–year-olds completing third level education
• Fighting poverty and social exclusion– at least 20 million fewer people in or at risk of poverty and social exclusion
SME Support
Cooperation Cross-sector cooperation R&D and innovation growth Access to finance Framework for competitiveness growth Support of entrepreneurship and e-skills
COSME – SME TOOL THE PLANNED BUDGET IS : €2.3bn
• Regulation 1287/2103 for establishment of a program for competitiveness of enterprises and small and medium sized enterprises 2014-2020
• The program is paying particular attention to SME established in EU and third countries : European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries which are members of the European Economic Area, acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates, countries falling within the scope of the European neighborhood policies.
COSME – SME TOOL The general objectives:
• strengthening the competitiveness and sustainability of the Union's enterprises, particularly SMEs in order to rise their competitiveness on a global markets and rise the export outside EU
• encouraging entrepreneurial culture and promoting the creation and growth of SMEs, for creating sustainable entrepreneurial framework and changes in unnecessary administrative and regulatory burdens on both new and existing SME
Clusters and COSME The cluster strategy objectives of EU for the next program period
are:
assisting regions and member states in developing more world-class clusters for the benefit of SMEs
promoting cluster cooperation at EU level to facilitate SME internationalization and growth and support the development of new competencies and innovative and emerging industries.
Clusters and COSME COS - WP2014-3-03: Clusters Internationalization program for SME
Objective of the program are :
- to intensify cluster and business network collaboration across borders ans sectoral boundaries - to promote the pan - European Strategic Cluster Partnership to lead international cluster
cooperation in new areas- to better support SME in global competition
The action to be financed :
- creation and support of cluster and business cooperation for development of joint international strategy and support SME internationalization beyond Europe.
The Action 1: Cluster Go International
Clusters and COSME
COS - WP2014-03-04: Cluster Excellence Program
Objective :
Promote cluster excellence across EU member states and across countries participating in the COSME program.
The call will assist cluster organizations, business networks and their managers to provide high quality services to SMEs in different areas including notably internationalization.
The interested consortia should be engaged into strategic collaboration on a joint industrial project with specific challenges and are willing to:
Improve their management practices as well as their market/competitive advantages and value chain analytics capacities
Provide top quality services for SME, especially on partnering, integration of creativity into their business, internationalization, exploitation of key enabling technologies, IPRs protection and resource - efficiency.
Clusters and COSME
Who could apply:
• - consortia that are composed of minimum one independent legal entity representation a cluster or a business network organization established in minimum 3 EU member states or countries eligible for COSME. Each cluster or business network organization would have to demonstrate that it is involved in offering or channeling cluster or network support service to businesses in compliance with Community Framework for State Aid for Research and Development and Innovations and should be registered on the European Cluster Collaboration Platform.
Max. rate of co-financing will be 95 %
HORIZON 2020
Three priorities
Excellent science
Social Challenges
Industrial Leadership
Excellent science
HORIZON 2020 Excellent Science Excellent Science funding funding (€ million, 2014-2020)(€ million, 2014-2020)
European Research Council (ERC)Frontier research by the best individual teams 13 095
Future and Emerging TechnologiesCollaborative research to open new fields of innovation
2 696
Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA)Opportunities for training and career development 6 162
Research infrastructures (including e-infrastructure)
Ensuring access to world-class facilities 2 488
HORIZON 2020INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP
Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (LEITs)(ICT, nanotechnologies, materials, biotechnology, manufacturing, space)
13 557
Access to risk financeLeveraging private finance and venture capital for research and innovation
2 842
Innovation in SMEsFostering all forms of innovation in all types of SMEs
616 + complemented by expected 20% of budget of societal challenges + LEITs
and 'Access to risk finance' with
strong SME focus
funding funding (€ million, 2014-2020)(€ million, 2014-2020)
HORIZON 2020Social ChallengesSocial Challenges
Health, demographic change and wellbeingHealth, demographic change and wellbeing 7 4727 472
Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and marine and maritime and inland water research and the Bioeconomythe Bioeconomy
3 8513 851
Secure, clean and efficient energy *Secure, clean and efficient energy * 5 9315 931
Smart, green and integrated transportSmart, green and integrated transport 6 3396 339
Climate action, environment, resource efficiency Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materialsand raw materials
3 0813 081
Inclusive, innovative and reflective societiesInclusive, innovative and reflective societies 1 3091 309
Secure societiesSecure societies 1 6951 695
Science with and for societyScience with and for society 462462
Spreading excellence and widening participationSpreading excellence and widening participation 816816
funding (€ million, 2014-2020)funding (€ million, 2014-2020)
HORIZON 2020 International cooperation International cooperation
International cooperation is crucialInternational cooperation is crucial to address many to address many Horizon 2020 objectives Horizon 2020 objectives
Principle of general openness: the programme will Principle of general openness: the programme will remain to be the most open funding programme in the remain to be the most open funding programme in the world world
Need to join forces globally to tackle global Need to join forces globally to tackle global challengeschallenges
HORIZON 2020 Cluster support Cluster support
Cluster firms …
are more innovative than non-cluster firms register more trademarks and apply for more patents cooperate more
HORIZON 2020 Cluster support Cluster support
Supporting cross-sector collaboration to unlock innovation and growth potential
Using cluster organizations (and regional policies) to facilitate structural change and innovation
Regional Cooperation
Danube Program
will include the following countries: Austria; Bulgaria;
Croatia; Czech Republic; Germany (Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria) not whole territory; Hungary; Romania; Slovakia; Slovenia) and 5 non-EU countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina; the Republic of Moldova; Montenegro; Serbia; Ukraine (not whole territory), having the same geographical scope than the EU Strategy for the Danube Region. The objective of the Danube program will be in line with priorities of the Danube Strategy.
Balkan - Mediterranean program
shall promote economic, social, environmental
and institutional cohesion and development in the wider area by improving socio-economic competitiveness and institutional capacity in the regions. Its thematic priorities will be connectivity, environment and entrepreneurship. The territorial scope of the program will include : Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Macedonia, Greece
