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The Eurostars Programme in the Danish innovation system

The Eurostars Programme in the Danish innovation system. Jens Peter Vittrup Special Adviser, DASTI. EUREKA Classic vs. Eurostars.

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The Eurostars Programme in the Danish innovation system

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  1. The Eurostars Programme in the Danish innovation system Jens Peter Vittrup Special Adviser, DASTI

  2. EUREKA Classic vs. Eurostars Since Eurostars introduction, the number of Individual projects is stable between 150 and 200 projects per year. The number of EUREKA projects (including both traditional & Eurostars) endorsed per year reached 350 in 2010, Which represents the double of the trend up to the start of Eurostars (2008)

  3. EUREKA Danish Projects endorsed 1985-2010 (By Total Costs in M€)

  4. Danish EUREKA Impact analyses, Assessement of impact on EUREKA participants 76 Danish firms which have participated in EUREKA projects between 1985 and 2000 • Control group 1: 756 firms which haven’t participated in consortia type project but are similar to EUREKA participants • Controle group 2: 79 firms which have participated in national and international consortia type programmes.

  5. Four effects for EUREKA participants • Participation of Export increases 13 pct. points compared to the two control groups. • Participation double turnover compared to firms not participating in consortia projects. • Participation increses employment with 4-5 pct. points from year one comparet to both control groups. • Participation increases productivity with 11-12 pct. points annually.

  6. What is Eurostars about? It is a European innovation programme co-funded by EU and 33 European countries. The programme is administrated by the EUREKA secretariat and the national EUREKA administration It provides funding to market-oriented R&D projects The main target group is R&D-performing SME’s. Only such SME’s can apply - but large companies and knowledge institutions can participate in the projects

  7. The unity of the Eurostars programme • Eurostars is a common European SME oriented programme • Eurostars applications are evaluated by one common international evaluation panel • Eurostars applications projects are rated on one common rating list • All member states have to follow the common rating list when funding national project partners

  8. “Eurostars is the most successful SME-directed joint R&D programme yet developed in Europe. It is like a marriage where both partners are happy” Commissioner Janez PotočnikEUREKA Ministerial Conference in Lisbon, 19 June 2009 High level support to Eurostars I

  9. ”Eurostars is the only free ticket for SME’s into Horizon 2020” Director General Robert-Jan Smith, EUREKA NFB meeting, Bruxelles June 2011 High level support to Eurostars II

  10. SME Profile in EUREKA/Eurostars project By Number of Employees Between 21 and 50 Between 10 and 20 Less than 10

  11. Technological area per application

  12. Marked Area per application

  13. Who does Denmark cooperate with in Eurostars? Applications from call 1 to 6

  14. Number of Eurostars applications, projects and funding in 5 comparable Northern countries in 2010 (call 3 and 4)

  15. Yearly budget and subsidy rates in the Nordic Countries in 2011 (M€ and %)

  16. Regional distribution in Denmark Call 1-3

  17. Time to contract - Evolution

  18. Rate of eligible – Above threshold - funded

  19. Global Overview – Eurostars portfolio 2008 to 2011 *Estimations based on the average public funding rate

  20. Yearly earmarked budget excl. EU top-up

  21. Application and info: www.eurostars-eureka.euDanish Eurostars homepage: fi.dk/Eurostars Contact: Jens Peter Vittrupjpv@fi.dk

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