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Martin Kern, EIT Interim Director

Tallinn, 13 October 2017

EIT: Making innovation happen!

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Kristina Tsvetanova of EIT Digital-supported

BLITAB Technology winsEU ‘Rising Innovator’ Prize

Our vision is to become the leading European initiative that empowers

innovators and entrepreneurs to develop world-class solutions to societal

challenges, and create growth and skilled jobs.

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EIT’S STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

EIT’S STRATEGIC ACTIVITIES

INCREASE EUROPE’S SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND COMPETITIVENESS

REINFORCE THE INNOVATION CAPACITY OF MEMBER STATES

CREATE THE ENTREPRENEURS OF TOMORROW AND PREPARE FOR THE NEXT INNOVATIVE BREAKTHROUGHS

CLIMATE-KIC DIGITAL FOOD HEALTH INNOENERGYRAW

MATERIALS

EIT’s contribution to the Europe 2020 Strategy and to the Juncker Commission Agenda

SMART GROWTH SUSTAINABLE GROWTH INCLUSIVE GROWTHEU 2020 PILLARS

INNOVATIONAREAS OF

EU ACTION

EDUCATION, TRAINING,LIFE-LONG LEARNING

DIGITAL SOCIETY

COMPETITIVE-NESS

CLIMATECHANGE

CLEAN AND EFFICIENTENERGY

FIGHTINGPOWERTY

SKILLS EMPLOYMENT

JUNCKER COMMISSION

PRIORITIES

JOBS, GROWTH &

INVESTMENT

DIGITAL SINGLE

MARKET

INTERNAL MARKET

ENERGY UNION & CLIMATE CHANGE

Source: Deloitte Report - How do EU agencies and other bodies contribute to the Europe 2020 Strategy and to the Juncker Commission Agenda? (November 2016)

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Total Budget 2014-2020:

74.8 billion EUR (in current prices)

28.6 (38.2%)

24.2 (32.3%)

16.5 (22.1%)

2.4 (3,2%)

1.9 (2.5%)

0.8 (1.1%)

0.4 (0.5%)

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70

Societal challenges

Excellent Science

Industrial leadership

EIT

JRC

Spreading excellence

Science with and for societyFETs (2.7)

ERC (13.1)

KETs (2.1)

(billions)

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European Institute of Innovation and Technology

• 1st

EU initiative bringing together the three sides ofthe ‘knowledge triangle’: business (companies andSMEs), education institutions and research centres.

• Increase the cooperation and integration tofacilitate the transition from:

student to entrepreneur

idea to product lab to customer

Vision: become the leading European initiative that empowers innovators

and entrepreneurs to develop world-class solutions to societal challenges,

create growth and skilled jobs.

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EIT – From Concept to Growth

2006-2009

From Idea to Reality

President Barroso proposes an EIT and

adopted by European Parliament and Council

on 11 March 2008

2010-2013

Learning by doing

Setting up the EIT Headquarters in Budapest

and the EIT’s first three Innovation Communities

2014 onwards

From Growth to Impact

EIT under Horizon 2020 with a budget of

€2.4 billion and set up of five more Innovation Communities by 2020

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EIT Priorities 2014-2020

growth & impact of first 3 Innovation

Communities

5 new Innovation

Communities EIT Community good practices

Inc. EIT Regional Innovation Scheme

(EIT RIS)

Sharing andDisseminating

Fostering

EIT Climate-KIC

EIT Digital

EIT InnoEnergy

1 2 3

Creating

EIT Health

EIT Raw Materials

EIT Food

EIT Urban Mobility

EIT Manufacturing

2014

2016

2018

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EIT Community

EIT

Innovation Communities

+ partnersInternal Agreements

EIT Governing

BoardEIT Headquarters

EIT Climate-KIC

EIT Digital

EIT Food

EIT Health

EIT InnoEnergy

EIT Raw Materials

EIT Alumni

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EIT Innovation Communities

EIT Climate-KIC EIT Digital EIT InnoEnergy

EIT Raw Materials EIT Health EIT Food

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EIT Community across Europe

EIT Raw Materials

EIT Health

EIT InnoEnergy

EIT Food

EIT Digital

EIT Climate-KIC

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EIT’s Innovation Hubs

Bring ideas and people together in new ways.

Create opportunities for new and existing

organisations to access leading European

teams.

Contribute to the development of a regional

entrepreneurial culture.

Seek synergies and complementarities with

regional, national and EU policies & programmes to

boost innovation and entrepreneurship.

Build trust and openness among their partners.

Facilitate the exchange of ideas and interactions between partners and

other stakeholders.

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What is an EIT Innovation Community?

• Long-term strategic approach: set up for a minimum of 7 years to eventually

become financially sustainable.

• Autonomy & flexibility: activities governed by a Board of partner

organisations.

• Effective governance: run by a CEO and a lean management team

• Innovation Hubs: leveraging on existing capacities and building pan-European

networks.

• Results & high impact oriented activities: business plans with measurable

results and impact.

• Synergies & complementarities: with EU, national, regional and local initiatives

• Culture: shaped by strong entrepreneurial mind-sets and culture.

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• High degree of integration: each EIT Innovation Community is an independent legal entity, gathering world-class partners from across the knowledge triangle based on a contractual relationship/ partnership with the EIT.

• Long-term strategic approach: each EIT Innovation Community is set up for a minimum of 7 years to eventually become financially sustainable.

• Autonomy & flexibility: to determine organisational structure and activities governed by a Board of partner organisations.

• Effective governance: run by a CEO and a lean management team at central and Co-location Centre level all implementing the Principles of Good Governance.

EIT Model

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• Co-location Centres: each EIT Innovation

Community consists of innovation hubs

leveraging on existing capacities and

building pan-European networks.

• Smart funding & high degree of

commitment of partners

• Results & high impact oriented activities:

EIT Innovation Communities implement a

business plan with measurable results and

impact.

• Synergies & complementarities: with EU,

national, regional and local initiatives

• Outreach incl. EIT Regional Innovation

Scheme

• Culture: EIT Innovation Communities are

shaped by strong entrepreneurial mind-

sets and culture.

EIT Model

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Today, the EIT Community brings together more than 1,000 partners:

Overview of EIT Community Partners

Figures – July 2017

139

6558

231

93

50

36

5155

51

2419

3732

64

49

1317

2 2

0

50

100

150

200

250

EIT Climate-KIC EIT Digital EIT Health EIT InnoEnergy EIT Raw Materials

Business

Higher Education

Research

Cities, Regions, Ngos

75

9

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/ SME

16

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The long-term cooperation between the EIT InnovationCommunity and its partners must be formalised throughInternal Agreements.

Framework Parternship Agreement

Grant Agreements

Internal Agreements

Overview: contractual relations between the EIT and its Innovation Communities

EIT

Partner

Partner

Partner

Partner

Partner

EIT Innovation Community

Legal entity

Innovation Community

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Where do EIT Community Partners come from?

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EIT Funding Evolution: 2010-2016M

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UR

€ 16€ 47

€ 83€ 122

€ 182€ 219

€ 275

€ 71

€ 234

€ 319

€ 751 € 731 € 728

€ 1,087

€ 0

€ 200

€ 400

€ 600

€ 800

€ 1,000

€ 1,200

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

KIC Funding Allocated

EIT Funding

Other Sources

2010-2015: Actual funding2016: Budgeted funding

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EIT Community Achievements

The EIT’s Innovation Communities are growing into thriving European innovation hubs:

1224number of graduates

2242number of business

ideas incubated

number of start-ups created

1232number of knowledge

transfers/adoption

430number of new or improved

products, services and processes launched

305

Figures – August 2017

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EIT Approach to Financial Sustainability

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18

EIT Investment pattern in EIT Innovation Communities

KIC 1 KIC 2 KIC 3

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EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (EIT RIS) Objectives

Objective

• Contribute to enhancing of the innovation capacity inmoderate and modest innovators* Member States andHorizon 2020 Associated Countries.

Approach

• Share and transfer good practices of knowledge triangleintegration emerging from the EIT Community’s activities andwiden participation in KIC activities.

• A two way interaction scheme - While local actors benefit fromthe good practices related to ΚΤΙ and access to KIC activities,the Innovation Communities gain access to business skills,talent, cooperation opportunities in education, markets andbusiness, currently untapped entrepreneurial potential,innovation, knowledge, know-how and technology transferpossibilities.

* European Innovation Scoreboard

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EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (EIT RIS): Today

• All KICs are implementing activities under the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme

• 2016: EIT Grant paid to the 1st wave KICs: 5.1 MEUR

• 2017: 10% of competitive funding earmarked for 1st and 2nd wave KICs: 13.2 MEUR

• 2018: EIT RIS Fund established for all six KICs, 20 MEUR

• Countries covered by the KICs:

Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia,

Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia

and Turkey

• EIT RIS Guidance Note 2018-2020 & KIC EIT RIS Strategies 2018-2020:

focus on strengthening innovation ecosystems

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1) Bulgaria 2) Croatia 3) Cyprus 4) Czech Republic 5) Estonia 6) Greece 7) Hungary 8) Italy 9) Latvia 10) Lithuania 11) Malta 12) Poland 13) Portugal 14) Slovakia 15) Slovenia

16) Spain 17) Romania 18) Albania 19) Armenia20) Bosnia and

Herzegovina 21) Faroe Islands 22) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 23) Georgia24) Moldova 25) Montenegro 26) Serbia 27) Turkey 28) Ukraine

EIT Regional Innovation Scheme

Eligible countries:

EU-13 share of funding and participation (EIT-KIC grants 2015)Funding: 8.3% (Horizon 2020: 4.7%) - Participation: 11.3% (Horizon 2020: 7.8%)

* Based on the European Innovation Scoreboard 2016/group of Moderate and Modest innovator

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EIT RIS cooperation entities

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Master programmes

• International cooperation and industry involvement

• Mobility, internships and scholarships/ fellowships

Doctoral programmes and schools

• Training on specific skills and competences

• Mobility, internships and scholarships/ fellowships

Executive training & post-doctoral courses

Continuous professional development courses

& modules

Learning modules and MOOCs;

alumni and outreach activities

Main EIT Community education activities

1

2

3

4

5

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EIT Label Master and Doctoral programmes

5 quality criteria

• EIT Overarching Learning Outcomes

• Robust entrepreneurshipeducation

• Highly integrated, innovative "learning-by-doing" curricula

• Mobility, European dimension and openness to the world

• Outreach strategy and access policy

Next generation of entrepreneurs, innovators

& change agents

• Creativity

• Innovation

• Entrepreneurship

• Research

• Leadership

• Intellectual transforming

• Making value judgements

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What does the EIT Community offer entrepreneurs?

Access to the EIT Community network

• Mentoring and business coaching to prepare and implement business plans

• Meeting potential business partners and new customers

• Raising company’s own profile through the KICs’ partners

• Access to new technologies

• Exploring markets beyond the home market

• Thematic specialisation

Comparative advantages

• Market-focus

• Shorter time to market

• Bridging the gap between academia and business

• Proximity to finance sources: seed funding, VC, etc.

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EIT’s 2018 Call for Proposals

EIT Urban Mobility*

Smart, green and

integrated transport

EIT Manufacturing relaunch*

Added-value

manufacturing

* Subject to the outcome of the EIT’s mid-term evaluation bythe European Commission.

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EIT Urban Mobility*

* Subject to the outcome of the EIT’s mid-term evaluation bythe European Commission.

Develop solutions for sustainable urban mobility through breakthrough innovations that lead to greener, more inclusive, safer and smarter transport systems.

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EIT Manufacturing

Strengthen high-value (or added-value) manufacturing industries to guarantee Europe’s competitive position.

Create value by delivering product and service innovation, establishing process excellence, achieving high brand recognition and contributing to a sustainable society.

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EIT’s 2018 Call for Proposals:

Timeline call preparation

2017Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

MarchEIT GB

meeting

June EIT GB

meeting

Sept.EIT GB

meeting

Dec.EIT GB

meeting

Discussion on:• lessons learnt

Approval of: 2018 Call

assumptions Roadmap

Approval of: selection

criteria

Discussion on:• Evaluation

process

Approval of: Framework of

Guidance

Approval of: 2018 Call

text and annexes

FG published

2018: Call text

published

Criteria published

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Key dates for the 2018 Call for Proposals

• 12 January 2018: Launch of the EIT’s 2018 Call for

Proposals: EIT Manufacturing and EIT Urban Mobility

• 13 February 2018: EIT Information Day in Brussels

• 12 July 2018: Closure of the 2018 Call

• December 2018: Selection of two new EIT Innovation

Communities: EIT Manufacturing and EIT Urban Mobility

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Messages to potential applicants (2)

• Proposals should based on current priorities facing the sector,

develop a pan-European strategy to address these priorities

and include a convincing implementation plan and suitable KIC

partnership to succeed.

• Call’s overarching principles are excellence and impact and

applicants should propose the area(s) and approach that will

deliver the biggest economic and societal impact.

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• Direct early industry engagement is key. A strong impact from a KIC

cannot be expected without industry leadership and strategic

engagement.

• EIT and KICs are not a research programme! - KICs develop innovative

products and services, start new companies, and train a new generation

of entrepreneurs.

• Entrepreneurship education is a key pillar of EIT activities.

Messages to potential applicants (3)

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Benefits of business engagement in EIT

• Access to the most powerful, pan-European network of the mostinnovative European organisations from business, education &research;

• Unique opportunity for cross sector collaboration;

• Unique market leverage opportunity at EU level for innovative ideas,products, processes and services;

• Opportunity for active involvement in shaping the EU innovation,research and education agendas relevant for the sector;

• Unique opportunity to address fragmentation of the innovationpotential in the sector by mobilising the critical mass.

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EIT Community and Activities in Estonia

EIT Climate-KIC

• Cleantech Forest (SME)EIT InnoEnergy • Skeleton Technology OÜ

EIT Health• University of Tartu

EIT Raw Materials• Tallinn University of Technology

EIT RIS activities:

EIT Climate-KIC• Pioneers into Practice programme hosted in 2016• Climate Launchpad national finals hosted in August 2017• Estonia is part of the Climathon movement and is hosting the global 24-hour

climate change hackaton in October 2017

EIT InnoEnergy• Technopol has become an EIT Energy Hub in Estonia• Estonia hosts a start-up competition PowerUp! during Autumn of 2017

EIT Digital• Startup Wise Guys serve as Innovation Centre for the ARISE Europe programme• MoU signed with Startup Estonia in May 2017• Startup Nations Summit in November 2017

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INNOVEIT 2017: Meet the EIT Community

The EIT’s Innovation Forum ‘INNOVEIT 2017’

combines the EIT Awards and the EIT Stakeholder

Forum. This year has a specific focus on shaping the

future of innovation in Europe and consulting

stakeholders on the EIT’s Strategic Innovation

Agenda for 2021 to 2027.

Join and meet the EIT Community aswell as other innovation stakeholders

at INNOVEIT 2017 on16-17 October in Budapest

innoveit.eu

teit.europa.eu @EITeu

Innovate with us!

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