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Kate Martin, European Project Officer

Climate KIC and the West Midlands RIC

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Climate‐KIC is Europe’s largest public‐private innovation partnership, working together to address the challenge of climate change. We drive innovation in climate change through creative partnerships large and small, local and global, between the private, 

public and academic sectors.

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Climate‐KIC – the first 4 years

• 2009:One of the first three Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs)

selected by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology(EIT) following open competition

• 2010:Climate‐KIC starts its activities with around 15‐20 partners– academic, corporate and regions ‐ and a budget of €6m from the EIT

• 2013:end of first 4‐year period with budget of €45m from EIT

• 2014:start of 7‐year framework provided by Horizon 2020 withmore than 200 partners and a budget of just over €75m from EIT

Climate-KIC

The KIC Innovation Community

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Three Climate‐KIC Pillars

• Innovation• Entrepreneurship• Education

KIC Activity

Eight KIC Platforms

• Greenhouse gas monitoring• Adaptation services• Making Transitions Happen• Sustainable City Systems• The Built Environment• Land & Water• Industrial Symbiosis• Developing a bio‐economy

The RIC WM Hub: 

Climate KIC ‐ theWest Midlands way….

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Mission of Climate‐KIC Regions

‘To play a leading role in the transformation of regional innovation policy and practice in Europe on 

climate change’

(Mary Ritter, Climate‐KIC CEO,Nature Climate Change 2011). 

Birmingham City University

University of Warwick

Birm

ingham

 Scien

ce Park Aston

Core 50

Energy & Utility Skills

Carillion

Greenhill Sustainability

Ventive

JCB

Rolls Royce

Land Rover

University of Birmingham

Birmingham City Council

AECB

Northfield EcocentreEdible Eastside

JMP Consultants

Encraft

Centro

Eon University of Wolverhampton

Loughb

orou

gh University

KeeleUniversity

WM Housing

Sustainable Housing Action Partnership

Emission

 Zero

Sustainability West Midlands

BSEEN

Some of our Partners…

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What we do;1) MCCI board 2) Collaborate on Events3) Start-Up Support4) Professional Development5) Share Information 6) Bid consortiums8) Funded Industry Placements9) Funded PhDs10) European Networks

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• Clean Launch Pad – Europe’s largest cleantech business idea competition – winner receives €10,000

• Accelerator Programme – Three stage business support - grants of up to €20,000

• Greenhouse – Pre-incubation programme with a grant of up to €5,000

Start Up Support

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Overview• Two one month placements

• Transition training

workshops led by Dutch

experts

• Innovation Festival in

Valencia

• Regional Innovation

Projects

• €8,000 grant

Pioneers into Practice

Pioneers 2014

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Outreach Activity – Cork and Dublin

The programme offers• Innovation• Inward and Outward Innovation Visits with both regions.

• Entrepreneurship• Business support – 10 companies• Mobility programme – 10 pioneers

• Education• Enabler journey – 10 participants• Executive education – 10 participants

Cork and Dublin

Innovation Framework Summary

Self‐sustaining economic activity

that delivers climate impact

Knowledgeand 

competency

Innovation Projects

“Exploiting the Innovation Opportunity”

Pathfinder Projects

“Identifying The Innovation 

Opportunity”

Market ReadinessDemonstratorProof‐of‐

Concept

Market Readiness

Demonstrator

Proof‐of‐Concept

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vatio

nProjects

“Enabling

The

Transition”

Innovation

Examples of KIC Projects in the Region

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Professional Development Courses;

INNOVATOR CATALYST

SHORT COURSES

Education

Funded PhDs

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Supporting the Council in the development of their waste management strategy, including possible contract designs and transitions for upcoming procurements, which include volumes of up to 500k tpa of solid waste.

Internship is part of Climate-KIC’s Master Label programme

Education

PhD and Masters Placements

AnastasiaNikologianni

PhD at BCU, sustainable design transitioning large scale infrastructure development

Strategy and Innovation Intern – Fleet and Waste Management BCC

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• Apply to be an Pioneer or Host for 2015• Apply to host a Masters student• Apply for funded professional short courses happening in October &

November• Get involved in Transport & Mobility Study Visit 15-17 October• Irish Meet the Buyer event in November• Applications open for funded Smarter Cities PHD• Greenhouse Fund – call closes November • European Systems Innovation 2 day workshop – Brussels, December

Get Involved Now!

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