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I3 Capacity Building
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- Coordinators: Interregional Innovation Investments Instrument
- Allocated budget: 500 000€ - 1 500 000€ (100% of eligible costs)
- End of applications: 14 November 2024
- Project duration: 18 - 24 months
- Project submitted on: Open calls
Objectives
- Strengthen the capacity of less developed regions to improve their innovation ecosystems and regional value chains through coordinated interregional investments, supporting the identification of investment opportunities and fostering deep tech solutions;
- Develop and mature interregional innovation projects in shared smart specialization areas by facilitating the validation of investment ideas and identifying opportunities to reinforce value chains.
Scope / Areas of Interest
- Creation and reinforcement of interregional innovative ecosystems
- Engagement of companies and identification of investment project pipelines
- Increasing investment readiness and developing interregional business plans
- Using technical assistance to strengthen local ecosystems and connect them at an interregional level
- Connecting less developed regions with other ecosystems and integrating them into EU value chains
- Building capacities to understand and implement value chains
Priorities
Ecosystem Building and Connection
- Develop S3 roadmaps to improve regional collaborations;
- Support SMEs in innovation and internationalization;
- Strengthen cooperation in less developed regions;
- Create tools to develop expert networks;
- Transfer knowledge within and beyond the consortium;
- Support regional alliances and test innovation ecosystems.
Support for Interregional Investment Projects
- Strengthen actors’ capacities to develop business ideas;
- Pre-pilot and validate investment ideas;
- Design industrial value chain initiatives;
- Improve legal, financial, and funding aspects of projects.
Mapping and Benchmarking
- Compare innovation performance between regions and Member States;
- Analyze value chains and sub-chains to identify opportunities;
- Map supply-side competencies and business opportunities;
- Activate innovation intermediaries for interregional investments.
Networking and Staff Exchange
- Enhance participation in EU networks and platforms;
- Attract and retain talent;
- Organize prospecting visits to other regions or Member States;
- Connect ecosystem activities, including the private sector;
- Strengthen interregional investment capacities of innovation managers.
Eligibility
Eligible Entities: Must be a legal entity (public or private);
Eligible Countries: Must be established in an eligible country (EU Member States, including overseas territories, or certain non-EU countries such as EEA countries, those associated with the I3 instrument, or in negotiations for association agreements).
Consortium
- Minimum of 2 independent entities from 2 different regional ecosystems in 2 EU Member States;
- Must include at least 1 “more developed region” of the EU;
- Must include innovation actors (public administrations, research, industry, end-users);
- Must include innovation intermediaries with a coordination role (e.g. clusters, universities, RTOs);
- The coordinator must be established in a “less developed region” of the EU and be a public body, non-profit NGO, state organization acting under indirect management, or international organization.
