Joint Action Plan
This
Joint Action Plan is a working document, reflecting the present state of play of Valorisation in the EU and proposing joint action on a transnational European basis.
VALOR Pilot Call for Proposals: Results
http://www.proinno-europe.eu/projects/homepage/public/1439
Eight VALOR partners joined forces and launched the first VALOR call for proposals before the summer. Submitted proposals (deadline was 31 July!) were examined for VALOR eligibility and thereafter sent to external experts for an in-depth evaluation of the market potential, feasibility, economic value, etc. of the proposal.
In total, the VALOR Joint Committee (VJC) received 35 proposals -- of these, a few of these were not eligible for VALOR. In the first review round, 17 proposals were found to be eligible, while in the second round, another 6 proposals were selected. The geographic distribution of the selected proposals is as follows: one proposal each from UK and Germany; two proposals each from Italy and Slovenia; three proposals from the Netherlands; six propsals from Spain, and four proposals each from Turkey and Israel.
Just over half of the projects are related to start-ups (the invention or business creation phase), while those related to technology are limited. The projects are spread across the following fields:
- ICT/Web: 3 proposals
- biomed: 7 proposals
- production/design: 7 proposals
- bio-industry: 2 proposals
- marketing: 3 proposals
- other: 1 proposal.
Some presentations of VALOR-labelled applications can be viewed in the following set of 11 executive summaries.
VALOR project Stamp-Test sec
VALOR project Acies sec
VALOR project Belgeturk sec
VALOR project B-NANO sec
VALOR project EMRIO sec
VALOR project IMOOTY sec
VALOR project Lenis sec
VALOR project Metalform sec
VALOR project Nanobiz sec
VALOR project Polimi sec
VALOR project SIAM sec
Outcomes of the VALOR Annual Conference 2008: 'The Role of European Valorisation for National and Regional Policy-Making'
The objective of the VALOR project is to coordinate and facilitate networking between key actors in innovation policy, and to develop a common agenda as well as a joint action plan for the valorisation process across Europe. This will allow high-potential innovations to be identified and supported at an earlier stage, enabling the appropriate supporting measures to be put in place and maximising the effectiveness and scope of the programmes that are currently undertaken at national or regional levels.
The purpose of the Annual Conference 2008 was to provide a forum for policy debate on concerted action for a pan-European valorisation strategy -- see announcement on the VALOR homepage.
The central theme of the first VALOR conference was 'The value of a pan-European common valorisation approach for the innovative and competitive muscle of the EU and the Member States'.
The detailed programme is available here.
The following speakers were part of the programme: Dr Paul Zeeuwts, Chairman of the Board of IWT (B), Mr Thomas Heinemeier, Innovation Policy Unit of the EC DG Enterprise and Industry, Dr Martin Wassell, Director for International Business at Pera Innovation (UK), Dr Franco Cozzani, Head of the Strategy & Evaluation Department Advisor to the Director of EUREKA (B), Dr Kjell-Håkan Närfelt, Commercialisation of R&D at VINNOVA (Sweden), Mrs Ilaria Bonetti, Project Advisor INNOV-Hub, Azienda Speciale per l'Innovazione at CCIAA Milano (IT), and Dr Pol van den Bergen, Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NL). Dr Martin Wassell, Director for International Business at Pera Innovation (UK) wrapped up the meeting.
Available for download:
VALOR Presentation BT
VALOR Presentation Q
The Common Methodology 28.05.2008
Valorisation Ref_Model Brussels 27.05.2008
VALOR Call 28.05.2008
VALOR Funding 26.05.2008
