EUREKA The value of Coopetition for SMEs in

EUREKA The value of “Co-opetition for SMEs in Europe” and the role of EUREKA’s Eurostars Programme as the preferred platform European Day of the entrepreneur 15 October 2012 - Sofia Michel Vanavermaete Acting Head of the EUREKA Secretariat Doing business through technology www. eurekanetwork. org

What is EUREKA ? >2 > EUREKA is a public network supporting R&D-performing businesses > More than 25 years of R&D support > Established in 1985 by President Mitterrand Chancellor Kohl > Since 1985, over 30 BILLION EURO of public-private investment has been mobilised to support 4 452 EUREKA projects www. eurekanetwork. org

What is EUREKA ? >3 • An intergovernmental network • 41 full members – EU 27, the EU and 12 other European countries • Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina NIP ; • South Korea and Canada are associate countries • Financed using national and regional public and private funding • Market oriented • Research results must be a marketable product, process or service for civilian use • Bottom-up • The consortium – usually led by industry - decide on the project aim. There is no thematic restriction www. eurekanetwork. org

EUREKA members and affiliates EUREKA has 41 full members; two countries with transitional status and South Korea as two associated countries Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic >4 Denmark Estonia European Union Finland France FYR Macedonia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Monaco Montenegro The Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Transitional status: Albania Bosnia-Herzegovina Associate country: South Korea Canada www. eurekanetwork. org

Who participates in EUREKA projects? >5 > Private companies represent 68% of participants www. eurekanetwork. org

What is a EUREKA project? Biotech 13% Other techs 17% Industria l techs 29% ICT techs 41% >6 > EUREKA projects are Bottom-up, they reflect market demands > EUREKA projects are Market oriented, their objective is to develop a product, a process or a service www. eurekanetwork. org

What is the EUREKA impact? >7 2 M€ Privat e Funds www. eurekanetwork. org

SMEs and internationalization >8 > SMEs are Europe’s growth engine: • More than 99% of all companies being either small or medium-sized • 85% of all jobs created over the last years are in SMEs > Benefits of internationalisation*: • Internationalised SMEs create more jobs • Internationalised SMEs are more innovative • Internationalised SMEs are more competitive The EUREKA network can support those SMEs with specific funding instruments ! Source: EC Study on the level of internationalisation of European SMEs, 2009 www. eurekanetwork. org

EUREKA three pillars >9 1. EUREKA individual projects 2. EUREKA Clusters 3. Eurostars joint Programme www. eurekanetwork. org

EUREKA Portfolio : Number of projects Start with Individual Projects Introduction of Clusters > 10 Introduction of Eurostars Total Number of EUREKA projects: 4 452 www. eurekanetwork. org

Typical EUREKA projects > 11 EUREKA Clusters projects EUREKA Individual projects Eurostars projects Average costs per project 20 M€ 1, 7 M€ 1, 4 M€ Average number of participant 20 4 3 Average project duration (months) 40 33 29 Large Company SME R&D SME Consortium Leader (as most frequently observed) www. eurekanetwork. org

EUREKA Individual projects > 12 > Small, shorter-term projects > Involve participants from at least two EUREKA member countries > Result in a product, process or service with a significant advance in their sector www. eurekanetwork. org

EUREKA Clusters > 13 > Medium-term, strategically-significant initiatives > Large number of participants, many from Europe’s major companies > Develop generic technologies of key importance to European competitiveness www. eurekanetwork. org

EUREKA Clusters > 14 Information technology Communications Energy Water technologies Manufacture www. eurekanetwork. org

EUREKA Clusters > 15 > Pre-competitive research projects lead by Europe’s biggest companies www. eurekanetwork. org

The Eurostars Programme > 16 > A joint EUREKA-EU funding and support programme for R&D-performing SMEs > Small, short-term projects, involving participants from at least two Eurostars participating countries > Consortium leader is an R&D-performing SME www. eurekanetwork. org

Eurostars eligibility criteria > 17 > Consortium leader must be an R&D-performing SME* > Participants from a minimum of two Eurostars participating countries > Project duration of less than three years > Market introduction is planned within two years of project completion > R&D-performing SMEs undertake at least 50% of total R&D cost > The consortium must be well-balanced, with no country responsible for more than 75% of project costs * 10% FTE dedicated to R&D or 10% turnover dedicated to R&D www. eurekanetwork. org

The Eurostars Programme > 18 > An international evaluation based on 3 major criteria: > Project consortium quality > Technology and innovation of product/process/service > Market access and competitiveness > National funding schemes support > Fast application process (avg 10 months from application to funding support) > 3000 projects submitted, 70% of participants are SMEs > Eurostars impact on participants : With 1 M€ of public funds, 10 M€ of additional turnover is expected www. eurekanetwork. org

Main motivations for participation www. eurekanetwork. org > 19

Size of Eurostars SMEs > 20 Eurostars Participants: Number of Employees 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 46% 37% 17% Approved COD 1 - 5 0 - 9 employees 10 - 49 employees 50 - 249 employees www. eurekanetwork. org

SMEs Annual Turnover > 21 Annual Turnover (M€) SME Annual Turnover - median (M€) 10. 00 9. 00 8. 00 7. 00 6. 00 5. 00 4. 00 3. 00 2. 00 1. 00 0. 00 8. 92 0. 20 1. 45 SME Annual Turnover - median 0 - 9 employees 10 - 49 employees 50 - 249 employees www. eurekanetwork. org

SME’s expected turnover growth > 22 Expected Turnover Growth (average) 250% 200% 194% 150% 100% 65% 50% 13% 0% Expected Turnover Growth 0 - 9 employees 10 - 49 employees 50 - 249 employees www. eurekanetwork. org

EUREKA Wins – Success Stories > 23 www. eurekanetwork. org

SUCCESS STORY > 24 Getting it together connected home in the The AMEC project recently won the 2007 ITEA Gold Achievement Award for its outstanding contribution to home technology innovation. Participants from the Netherlands, Spain and Turkey set out to explore how an adaptive, intuitive and ambient ecology of products, content, applications and services could support Participating countries > domestic life in the connected home of the Turkey, The Netherlands, future. Spain EUREKA Cluster project – ITEA 03016 AMEC www. eurekanetwork. org

SUCCESS STORY > 25 Monitoring your car for a safer driving Each year over 40, 000 people are killed on Europe’s roads. The partners of MEDEA+ project CARING CARS aim to drive down these chilling statistics with a system comprising in-car sensors and a wireless infrastructure monitoring the vital signs of drivers and sounding an alert if there is a Participating countries > problem linked for example to the driver’s Turkey, The Netherlands, fatigue. Spain EUREKA Cluster project – MEDEA+ CARING CARS www. eurekanetwork. org

SUCCESS STORY > 26 Internet could be 10 times faster than it is Could the Internet just stop working one day? With bandwidth requirement increasing annually as the web becomes an ever larger part of the everyday life, keeping up is a challenge for Internet service providers. A EUREKA telecommunications cluster CELTICPlus project is pushing capacity upwards. Participating countries > Germany, Finland, France, Spain, Sweden EUREKA Cluster project – CELTIC 100 GET www. eurekanetwork. org

SUCCESS STORY > 27 Special effects in Avatar made possible thanks to European technology Participating countries > UK, Germany A joint UK/German collaboration has helped change film production worldwide, turning a work-intensive craft process into viable technology that adds a high level of realism to special effects. Results of this work have since won technical oscars for many of the researchers involved. EUREKA Individual project – E! 1683 FILM SPECIAL EFFECTS www. eurekanetwork. org

SUCCESS STORY > 28 Biotech start-up brings DNAsequencing to the medical market What started as a three-person start-up may well be on its way to becoming a multi -million euro success story. The SME Flex. Gen is attracting the attention of some key investors and demonstrating the added value of the Eurostars funding programme. Participating countries > The Netherlands, Italy EUREKA Eurostars project – Eurostars E! 4731 Arrayvolution www. eurekanetwork. org

SUCCESS STORY > 29 An Innovation Star for Europe Participating countries > France, Austria The Eurostars ISTAR project may well be an R&D effort that changes the game for the pharmaceutical industry. Cross. Ject, the company leading the project, plans to double its staff in the next five years. With the support of the Eurostars Programme, it is on way to major success as a pharmaceutical start-up, and has already attracted investors from large-scale investment funds. EUREKA Eurostars project – Eurostars E!4258 ISTAR www. eurekanetwork. org

Information website> www. eurekanetwork. org Information website > www. eurekanetwork. org > 30

Thank you ! > 31 For more information, do not hesitate to contact your EUREKA National project Coordinator! Ms. Bogdana Vatashka-Anavi Bulgarian Small And Medium Size Enterprises Promotion Agency National Project Coordinator b. vatashka@sme. government. bg www. eurekanetwork. org