Jose Manuel Leceta EIT Director

Sofia, 15 May 2014

THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF INNOVATION &

TECHNOLOGY (EIT)

DISCOVERY, INVENTION, TRANSLATION & INNOVATION ARE NOT THE SAME THING

Discovery:

Finding out something not yet known

Invention:

creating or designing something not existing

before

Translation:

processing discoveries and/or invention into

innovation

Innovation:

making changes with societal impact based on

discoveries and/or invention

Excellent science are research are necessary yet not sufficient ingredients for innovation

AGE DISTRIBUTION OF WORLD LEADING INNOVATORS

US: approx. 21% EU: approx. 2%

Bruegel policy brief 2009 Reinhilde Veugelers

New firms set-up in the last 25 years

HOW TO ENCOURAGE THE GROWTH OF YOUNG VENTURES IN EUROPE?

Europe has a history of brilliant

entrepreneurs but data suggest we

need an ‘entrepreneurial

renaissance’ to strengthen our ability to compete

globally

Higher Education

Research & Technology

Business

ENTREPRENEURIALLY DRIVEN

INNOVATION

Actors within the knowledge triangle are at the core of the innovation web beyond the traditional collaborative R&D

consortia

THE CORE OF INNOVATION IS THE KNOWLEDGE TRIANGLE

• EIT was set up in 2008 to unlock the European innovation

landscape through a new agenda at EU level.

• EIT is the first initiative of the EU bringing together the three

sides of the knowledge triangle.

• With the entrepreneur in the driver’s seat to form the necessary

links between higher education, business and research.

EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY (EIT)

Higher Education

Research & technology

Industry & SMEs

EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY (EIT)

The EIT’s mission is

To reinforce the innovation capacity of the EU and its

Member States To increase European sustainable growth and competitiveness

To become the catalyst for a step change in the

European Union’s innovation capacity and impact

To create the entrepreneurs of tomorrow

and prepare for the next innovative break-throughs

EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY (EIT)

The EIT’s aim is to approach innovation differently in Europe with emphasis on people

From lab to market

by integrating the three sides of the knowledge triangle in areas of high societal need – towards a pan-European ecosystem

THE EIT’s “INNOVATION FACTORIES” Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs)

• highly integrated, creative and excellence-driven

autonomous long-term partnerships

• internationally distributed but thematically convergent

partners

• driven by societal challenges and fostering the

emergence of entrepreneurs

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THE KIC MODEL (1/2) A ‘Business logic’

• High degree of integration: each KIC is an independent legal entity, gathering world-class KIC partners from the knowledge triangle based on a contractual relationship/partnership with the EIT.

• Long-term strategic approach: each KIC is set up for a minimum of 7 years to eventually become self sustainable.

• Sufficient autonomy and flexibility: to determine organisational structure and activities governed by a Board of KIC partner organisations.

• Effective governance: run by a CEO and a lean management team at central and co-location level.

THE KIC MODEL (2/2) An ‘Investment logic’

• Smart funding & high degree of commitment of partners: EIT funding to KICs is max. 25% of their total budget over time with 75% to be attracted from other sources, both public and private.

• The co-location model: each KIC consists of 5-6 world class innovation hotspots building and leveraging on existing European capacities.

• Results & high impact oriented activities: KICs implement a Business Plan with measurable deliverables, results and impact.

• Culture: KICs are shaped by strong entrepreneurial mindsets and cultures.

THE FIRST 3 KICs

Designated in December 2009 by the EIT Governing Board with their governance and management set up in 2010

KICs’ INTERCONNECTED ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH CLCs

• Climate-KIC:

Co-location Centre

RIC (Regional Implementation and Innovation Centre)

• EIT ICT Labs:

Co-location Centre

Associate Partner

• KIC InnoEnergy

Co-location Centre

KIC PARTNERS EVOLUTION: 2010-2013

Message 1: KICs are gaining business trust

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Climate-KIC EIT ICT Labs KIC InnoEnergy

Business Higher Education Research Cities & Regions

In 2013, the three KIC brought together over 350 partners

EIT FUNDING EVOLUTION: 2010-2013 Message 2: KICs are also gaining public trust

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2010 2011 2012 2013

EIT Grant Awarded KIC partners

National/Regional/Private EU / non EIT

Other sources

Aggregated EIT Level Achievements * Core KPIs for KICs 2010-2013 (foreseen)

** ≈13 applicants per offered seat

14,155 Attractiveness of education programmes **

318 Number of new graduates

404 Number of business ideas incubated

108 Number of start-ups created

146 Knowledge transfer and adoption

89 New or improved products, services, and processes launched

A UNIQUE OFFERING: WHAT WE DO

EDUCATION Promoting excellent education for creativity, innovation and

entrepreneurship by high quality EIT labelled degree

programmes.

INNOVATION Networked ecosystems across European borders, exploiting

synergies and complementarities to accelerate growth of globally successful leading innovators.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP Promoting a mind-set and culture by creating more

favourable environments for entrepreneurial talent and entrepreneurship driven innovation to flourish.

A UNIQUE OFFERING: HOW WE DO IT

MONITORING Instrumental outputs, then

long term impacts, including ‘public value’ beyond socio

economic.

OUTREACH First offerings include the

Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS), the EIT Stakeholders

platform and the setting up of the EIT alumni community.

SIMPLIFICATION Integral part to EIT strategy as an engaged ‘impact investors’ in its KICs, facilitating partnership

and operations.

HORIZON 2020 AND THE EIT

• As an integral part of Horizon 2020 the EIT contributes to

H2020 through address societal challenges via the

integration of the knowledge triangle

• The EIT will strengthen its identity as an EU body (institution)

further nurturing synergies of its KICs across H2020

• EIT unique contributions regard entrepreneurial education

Healthy Living & Active Ageing

Raw Materials

* Subject to the outcome of the EIT evaluation

Proposed themes for future KICs (SIA)

Added-Value Manufacturing

Food

Urban Mobility

THE FUTURE KIC CALL

2014 2016 2018*

Key Dates Event

14 February 2014 Launch of the 2014 KICs Call

14 March 2014 Information Day in Budapest

10 September 2014 Closure of the 2014 KICs Call

Sept.- Nov. 2014 Evaluation of proposals with the assistance of external experts

9 December 2014 GB Hearings with representatives of shortlisted proposals

December 2014 Designation of the new KICs by the EIT Governing Board

Timeline of the 2014 KICs Call

FUTURE PRIORITIES

1. Investing in KICs:

Consolidation of the existing 3

KICs

2. Investing in KICs: Set up of new KICs

3. Enhance EIT impact via knowledge

sharing

4. Enhance EIT impact via

simplification and monitoring

EIT’S VISION OF AN ‘ENTREPRENEURSHIP DRIVEN IMPACT INVESTMENT INSTITUTE’

• Direct deliverables: Breakthrough Innovations & People contributing to European excellence, competitiveness and cohesion:

o KICs’ CLCs as world-class innovation hubs working across borders.

o leveraging entrepreneurship-driven innovation, from local to global.

• Induced deliverables: Reinforce EIT as an Institute for Europe overall scaling up its operations, hence critical mass and impact:

o EIT Budapest as a knowledge pool and intelligent investor in KICs,

o including wide dissemination of KIC novel practice across Europe.

FIRST DISSEMINATION PRACTICES

First examples of dissemination of its results and impact via outreach activities via the exchange of good practice • EIT 2012 Publication

Catalysing Innovation in the Knowledge Triangle:

Practices from the EIT Knowledge and Innovation

Communities

• EIT 2013 Publication:

Analysis of potential synergies fostered by the European Institute of

Innovation and Technology (EIT) in the EU innovation landscape

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…Think outside the box…

….Change mindsets…

…Experience the journey…