Innovation systems

This assignment continued the production and updating of both the ERAWATCH Research Inventory and Annual ERAWATCH Analytical Country Reports, which assessed the progress made by the Member States in the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy, in particular with regard to private and public R&D investment and on the contribution to the realisation of the European…

The aim of the study was to identify the characteristics, opportunities and barriers to a well connected innovation ecosystem covering Ireland and Northern Ireland. The study surveyed more than 1,200 businesses to establish how and where they access external forms of knowledge, how they develop their internal innovation capabilities and how well local and cross-border…

The Swedish National Space Board (SNSB) runs a National Earth Observation Programme, which consists of a research part and a user’s part. The programme aims to support earth-observation research of high quality, to promote widespread use of earth-observation technologies, to strengthen collaboration between the researchers, developers and users that participate in the programme, and to…

This study collected examples of good practice from across Europe, focusing on the integration of education in the knowledge triangle (the knowledge triangle is the relationship between education, research and innovation). These good practice examples explored the perspectives of different Higher Education Institution stakeholders, including teaching staff, students, university and/or research centre management, employers, business…

End of 2009, the BMWFJ engaged in a new funding initiative of innovative services. Instead of starting a new program, they opted for the integration of a specific focus on services in existing programs, supported by a budgetary expansion. In parallel, accompanying studies and awareness activities have been commissioned. This initiative for innovative services was…

The Norwegian Ministry for Education and Research commissioned Technopolis Group to conduct a study on motives and deterrents for Norwegian participation in the framework programme (FP), focusing on FP7 Health, ICT and Environment themes.  The study found that Norwegian stakeholders largely share both their main motives for FP participation with their counterparts elsewhere (in no…

The study undertooke within the frame of the ERDF 2007-2013 regional operational program and the CPER (2007-2013). Those two instruments support strongly the valorisation of public and private research through financial support to valorisation organisms and R&D programmes in line with the regional strategy for innovation defined in 2009. The objective of this evaluation was…

Norway is affiliated to the EU RTD Framework Programmes through its EEA status. In order to assess whether the EEA conditions are the best option for Norway, Technopolis was asked to provide an analysis of the costs and benefits of Norway’s affiliation and possible alternatives for its European and international research collaborations.