EUREKA Past, Present & Future

1. EUREKA Past, Present & Future David Garlot Head of the Strategy & Evaluation departmentEUREKA Secretariat Vilnius – 05 May 2011

2. EUREKA : 25 Years of R&D support • 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) • EUREKA is a public network supporting R&D-performing businesses • Established in 1985 by French President Mitterrand and German Chancellor Kohl Since 1985, 29 billion euro of public-private investment has been mobilised to support some 4000 EUREKA projects

3. Estonia European Union Finland France Former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Monaco The Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Austria Belgium Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark EUREKA member countries

4. EUREKA in the ERA EUREKA in the ERA

5. 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

6. EUREKA Portfolio

7. EUREKA – Number of Projects

8. EUREKA Type of Consortium 80% Industrial Participants

9. Participants from Individual Projects Currently Running (600 projects, 2132 participants) Who participates in EUREKA projects ?

10. EUREKA Impact

11. 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

12. 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.

13. Lithuanien Overview

14. Lithuania Overview

15. Number of Projects

16. Project Costs

17. Top Collaborating Countries

18. Lithuanian Participants

19. 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 project E! 2962 EUROENVIRON BIOSORB-TOX Countries involved: Lithuania, Sweden Duration: 36 months Cost: 0.47 M€

20. SUCCESS STORY Early warning system for cardiac patients One of the world’s first real-time heart monitoring devices for personal use. EUREKA project E! 3489 HEART GUARD Countries involved: Lithuania, Latvia Duration: 30 months Cost: 0,28 M€

21. 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 project E! 2918 ONLINE CATALOGUE Countries involved: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia Duration: 31 months Cost: 0,43 M€

22. Eurostars

23. > “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

24. 33 Eurostars member countries Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta The Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Status November 2010

25. 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

26. Eurostars Model takes the best of two worlds • EUREKA Model (Close support to Applicants) & FP7 Model (Equal Treatment of Projects) Eurostars : An Efficent Model for SMEs FP7 ESE Central Evaluation • Common Criterias • Binding Ranking list International (Project Level) MS Funding rules • Funding rate • Eligible costs MS Virtual Common Pot • Balanced Earmarked Budget • Additional Funding Eurostars Intergovernmental (Synchronisation) IMPLEMENTATION LEVELS EUREKA Projects Support to applicants • Info Days • NPC application support Support to participants • NFB Payment • NPC monitoring National (Participant Level) Submission Eligibility Evaluation Funding Monitoring Impact Promotion PROGRAMME STAGES

27. Eurostars Main statistics

28. Application, Eligibility and Funding

29. Project profile

30. Eurostars Type of Participants

31. Eurostars Type of Areas

32. Eurostars SMEs Profile • 4 out of ten Eurostars SMEs have lessthan 10 employees (micro SMEs) • 4 out of ten have between 10 and 49 employees (smallSMEs) • 2 out of ten have between 50 and 249 employees (medium SMEs)

33. Eurostars SMEs Profile • InnovativeSMEswithhigh R&D intensivity • The more employees, the less R&D intensive (= more productive)

34. Eurostars SMEs Profile • Eurostars SMEs have a highgrowth expectations • The lessemployees, the more impact isexpected (= need to growfast)

35. 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)

36. Eurostars Mid-Term Review

37. 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. Eurostars Mid-Term - Key Messages

38. 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.

39. EUREKA Future : Key axis • Eurostars 2 • 2nd Round Funding • Clusters • Joint Programming

40. Thanks