Innovation and Research Agencies

PROVISO was the Austrian monitoring system for the Austrian participation in the European Research Framework Programmes. The Federal Ministry of Science and Research, representing the consortium of ministries financing PROVISO, asked Technopolis Group to conduct an interim assessment of the PROVISO contract for FP7 (Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development).  The objectives of the…

Tekes was founded in 1983 and is the central Finnish agency responsible for the formulation and implementation of technology and innovation policy. According to the Tekes Act the objective of Tekes is to promote the development of industry and services by means of technology and innovations. Its activities must renew industries, increase value added, improve…

The study compared Irish research centre funding models with equivalents in three other countries. It also compared experiences of barriers to research centres’ long term sustainability. Its scope covered not only university-based centres but also research institutes and government laboratories.

The objective of the International Audit of Research, Development and Innovations in the Czech Republic was to evaluate the current R&D&I system in the Czech Republic as well as the system established by the 2008 Reform of the R&D&I in the Czech Republic, which would become fully effective in 2012. This included an evaluation of…

Technopolis Group conducted an evaluation of the RTDI (Research, Technology, Development and Innovation) centre, Virtual Prototyping and Assessment by Simulation (ViP), at Lindholmen Science Park, Göteborg, Sweden. The main objective of ViP is to build up expertise and experience of simulator use in the automotive field. On the one hand, it concerns developing methods and procedures…

This evaluation was designed to develop a retrospective view of ICTP’s achievements, as well as provide additional analysis on facilitating and constraining factors, complemented by a ‘forward look’ at the sustainability of ICTP’s funding, activities and outcomes.The objective  was to assess the achievements of the ICTP in light of the objectives of the main funding…

A consortium of Austrian Ministries and the Austrian Chamber of Commerce, led by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research (BMWF), commissioned Technopolis to perform an impact analysis of EU research initiatives on the Austrian research and innovation system as well as an evaluation of the Austrian support structures for the 7th European Framework…

This study provided an empirically based assessment of the socioeconomic impacts of European RTOs that was both quantitative as well as qualitative. It was intended to serve as a basis for discussion with the European Commission, Parliament, Member States and others.