EEA and Norway Grants - Cooperation possibilities

Knut Ringstad Innovation Norway

• Contributing to reducing economic and social disparities in the European Economic Area

• Strengthening relations between Norway and the Beneficiary States

• 2009-2014: 1.8 billion EUR to programmes in 16 countries

• 2014-2021: 2.8 billion EUR to programmes in 15 countries

Objectives of the EEA/Norway Grants

Business Development, Innovation and SMEs Programmes

*Innovation Norway operating the programme

Country EEA/ Norway Grants Budget

Bulgaria* 28,5

Croatia* 23,0

Estonia 23,0

Greece* 21,5

Latvia 12,5

Lithuania 14,0

Poland 85,0

Portugal 62,0

Romania* 45,7

Slovakia 20,0

Who can apply/participate?

• Applicants must be from the private sector in the beneficiary states

• Companies with Norwegian owners can apply, but the Norwegian

mother company cannot be a partner

• Applicants need to be registered according to national regulations

• Documented ability to implement a project (technologically, financially, human resources).

Who can apply for EEA Grants?

• Registered entities in the Donor States (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway)

• Partners can be from private sector, research institutes, universities, NGOs, public institutions

• = any type of legal entities

Who can be a project partner?

Projects aiming at improvement of the overall environmental and financial performance ofenterprises;

- Environmental innovation- New products/business opportunities- Greening of new or existing enterprises- Entrepreneurship

Specific priorities in each Benificiary State

Green industry innovation (All countries)

• Broad definition: (EU) maritime development, aquaculture, coastal tourism, marine biotechnology, ocean energy and seabed mining.

• maritime projects: such as technology development,maritime safety, inland water and marine projects, includingport operations, energy efficiency in ships, and new controlsystems.

• Environmental friendly shipping solutions, incl. energyefficiency measures, LNG hybrid solutions, and zeroemission solutions such as electric operation.

Blue Growth (Croatia, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Greece)

• Development of products and solutions, not investments

• Tele medicine

• Smart houses

• Solutions for people with disabilities

Welfare Technology (Bulgaria, Estonia, Poland and Slovakia)

4 programmes with Welfare technology and ambient assisted living as focus area:

Eligible projects could be: product/process/service development related to systems for medical care; products/technologies of smart houses; physical electronic devices and other IT solutions; telemedicine services, technological solutions that are mainly used by and support the staff that deliver or carry out welfare services; etc.

• Ambient living assistance means innovation and development in the area of “ICT-based products, services and systems for aging well at home”.

EEA and Norway Grants 2014 – 2021 - Business Programmes

Bulgaria

Estonia

Poland

Slovakia

- Not so much defined in the Blue Book

- Product/process/service development usingICT component and development of ICTproducts/process/services

ICT (Estonia, Lithuania, Romania, Greece and Slovakia)

Results from the previous period

Realisation of business opportunities of greening of the European economy

Positive effects of bilateral partnerships 2009- 2014

Norwegian partners in 115 projects• business projects and NGO projects

Shared results and wider effects in most projects

Contribution from Norwegian partners:• Sector related know-how

• Efficient production processes expertise

• R&D specific support (material technology etc.)

• Training (industrial design, quality norms etc.)

• Corporate Social Responsibility, Health/Safety/Environment

• LEAN production

• Awareness raising campaigns

Spin-off: Norwegian suppliers of technology and services

Partnerships

• Make use of matchmaking/speeddating

possibilities

• Travel grant schemes

• Use our partner search database

http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/eea-norway-

grants -> under find a partner you can register

a profile

How to find a partner?

http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/eea-norway-grants

1. Be prepared – know as much as possible about the programme, the market, and business opportunities before the is call launched

2. Take your time to get to know your future partner well before you sign the contract

3. Visit the company in the partner country - you can apply for travel support

4. Make sure there is the economic and financial basis required to take the project to a successful conclusion

5. Consider participating in an innovative project involving development demonstration and piloting of new solutions, processes and products

6. Make sure to have sufficient time and resources for the project administration

Advice for those who want to get involved with EEA Grants

https://www.innovasjonnorge.no/en/start-page/eea-norway-grants/

knut.ringstad@innovasjonnorge.no