Horizontal ICT Innovation actions

ICT 34 – 2015: Support for access to finance

• Access to finance for Europe's entrepreneurs in early growth stage

• Pilot action for Business Angels co-investment in ICT innovative companies

• Cross border and long term investments

• Implemented by European Investment Fund

Expected impact Higher investment readiness

for R&I actors Mobilising investments in

key ICT sectors

Budget 15 M€ LEIT ICT + 15 M€

'Access to risk finance' Leveraging EIF contribution

and Business Angels co- investments

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Support

CULTURE

SKILLS FINANCE

ECOSYSTEM

ICT 35 a: Business idea contests in universities and high schools

Expected impact Increased awareness and

perception of ICT entrepreneurship among young people in Europe

From school level to European level

• 1st selection takes place at Campus level and continues gradually up to European level

• Participation of minimum 10 MS or AC in 1st year

Funding ICT 35 a,b,c 4 M € innovation action

ICT 35 b: Entrepreneurship summer academy

Expected impact More young ICT

entrepreneurs Increased practical

entrepreneurial skills

• For university and last year high school students • Entirely focused on ICT entrepreneurship

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Funding ICT 35 a,b,c 4 M € innovation action

ICT 35 c: Entrepreneurship labs

Support start-ups to commercialise research products, grow and scale up

Expected Impact More ICT entrepreneurs More collaboration in the

entrepreneurship ecosystem

Foster interaction between students & entrepreneurs

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Funding ICT 35 a,b,c 4 M € innovation action

ICT 35 d: Campaign on entrepreneurship culture in innovative ICT sector

Expected impact Better perception

of the barriers for ICT entrepreneurs

Role models, promotion of a risk-taking attitude,

acceptance of failures & celebration of successes

Media campaign

Funding 1,5 M € CSA

ICT 35 e: Support for definition & implementation of Inducement Prizes

• Definition of 8 to 12 inducement prize competitions

• Development of prize concepts, size of prize fund, market failures, success criteria, competition rules

Expected impact Identification of inducement

prize with highest impact and chance of mobilising stakeholders

Funding 0,5 M € CSA

The Prizes Instrument

Recognition prizes

• Recognition of work that has already been done

Inducement Prizes• Providing a considerable financial inducement to stimulate

researchers / innovators to do something that has never been done before

• Typically deliver a major technological breakthrough for a predefined challenge

For ICT three "Inducement prizes" will be launched during 2014-15

Inducement Prizes in ICT LEIT WP 2014-15

"Breaking the optical transmission barriers in the core network"

With focus on optical networks

To be launched in 2014

€1m purse

"Collaborative sharing of spectrum"

With focus on wireless networks

To be launched in 2014

€1m purse

Implementation details to be published in 2014

Inducement Prizes in SC Health WP 2014-15

Development of interactive health & well-being app that

• Ensures citizens can securely store and access their health and well-being data and…

• Transmit it seamlessly to healthcare professionals and…

• Provide a health and well-being "scoreboard" to the user

Contest To be launched in 2015

Has €2m purse (to be distributed amongst at least 3 winners)

Implementation details to be published in 2014

ICT 35 f: European networks of procurers• EU wide networks of procurers identifying together shared

procurement needs in short term (PPIs) & longer term (PCPs)

• Engage in open dialogue (also online) with all stakeholders (industry, research community, other procurers, end-users

• Investigate feasibility & prepare concretely 1 joint PCP or PPI

Finding partners EU procurement forum/;Linkedin group

Krakow PCP-PPI event (14-15 November 2013)

Expected impact Forward-looking, concerted

approach to develop answers to challenges faced by the public sector

Funding 1 M € CSA

ICT 36 2015: Open call – cofunding of PCPs• Joint PCP by min 2 procurers from 2 different

MS/AC countries

• PCP procurers buy solution design, prototyping & real-life testing

• Same conditions as before: Example docs for open market consultation, tender docs available from ongoing PCPs

Funding 4 M € PCP cofund

Expected impact Reduced fragmentation of

innovative solutions Increased opportunities for wide

market uptake

First results of EU funded PCPs SILVER (robotics for ageing well aiming to care for 10%

more elderly by 2020): R&D started 7 out of 33 bids selected: All EU based, all small or

medium size Also universities participate in winning consortia! Fair chance for participants from all over Europe to

participate: procurers sofar DK, FI, SE, NL, UK CHARM (traffic management): benchmarking 20% cost

savings: Call open till 23/10 PCP for open modular architecture, opportunities for new

innovative suppliers, best value for money solutions