Deadline: 23-Mar-23
The European Commission (EC) invites you to submit proposals for Preparatory Action for Setting up Joint Programmes among Innovation Ecosystems Actors.
Scope
- Target group(s): National, regional and/or local authorities together with private actors, including state-owned enterprises, and research and innovation actors or networks, e.g. the European Institute of Innovation and the Technology Knowledge and Innovation Communities (EIT KICs).
- The topic will allow national, regional and/or local authorities in charge of innovation policies and programmes from Member States, Associated Countries and/or their regions, in cooperation with research and innovation actors, to prepare joint multi-annual programmes of activities and action plans with the aim of strengthening the performance and capacity of their innovation ecosystems, their efficient interconnection and their alignment towards EU-level priorities, in line with the New European Innovation Agenda, to jointly tackle challenges at EU, national, regional, and local level.
Expected Outcome
- Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Open dialogue, prepare the ground and facilitate the agreement among Member States, Associated Countries, and/or their regions, in cooperation with the private sector and research and innovation actors, towards more dynamic, inclusive, gender diverse, and connected innovation ecosystems, via co-planning, co-implementation, and co-investments around areas outlined in the New European Innovation Agenda;
- Prepare joint long-term programmes and action plans fostering collaboration, common innovation-support activities, and the creation of common knowledge assets among EU, national, regional and/or local level innovation ecosystems, enhancing synergies and complementarities of their programmes and encouraging the alignment of their innovation policies and related policies impacting innovation in line with the new European Innovation Agenda, establishing, if relevant, links to the new Partnerships for Regional Innovation;
- Ensure the inclusion of all key innovation players from across the quadruple helix, and all EU territories, including rural areas;
- Foster synergies with other EU funding programmes, including Cohesion Policy instruments, the Recovery and Resilience Facility, and any other funding leverages, including national or regional public funds, and private funds, to complement Horizon Europe support for innovation ecosystems.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for funding, applicants must be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- The Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions;
- The Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States;
- Eligible non-EU countries:
- Countries associated to Horizon Europe ;
- Low- and middle-income countries.
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