Projects and calls

FI4INN tackles the limited and old-fashioned types of funding schemes available to support marketdriven innovation in Central Europe due to a general low capability of managing complex financial vehicles. 

Consolidating the regional policies for the advanced manufacturing sector, through the implementation of new indicators for strengthening the monitoring and evaluation system of the ERDF Regional Operational Programme and Smart Specialization Strategy.

Consolidate the local financial ecosystem to support the birth and growth of social enterprises in rural areas. To test, in a pilot action, an incubation programme aimed at 10 future social entrepreneurs.

The Alpsib project was aimed to support the capacity development of public and private organisations to accelerate social impact investments (SII) and focused especially on social impact bonds (SIB).

Explore the feasibility of innovative financial instruments for the social sector to be implemented within the 2014-2020 programming of the Structural Funds (Multi-regional assistance project under the EIB's FI-Compass initiative).

Network among regional/national funding agencies, established to support and increase the coordination of research programmes and related funding in the sector of advanced manufacturing.

Network among regional/national funding agencies, established to support and increase the coordination of European research programmes and related funding to further advance electric mobility in Europe.

Network among regional/national funding agencies, established to support and increase the coordination of European research programmes and related funding for innovation and commercialisation in the NMP thematic area.

Network among regional/national funding agencies, established to support and increase the coordination of research programmes and related funding in the sector of advanced manufacturing.

Network among regional/national funding agencies, established to support and increase the coordination of European research programmes and related funding in the sector of materials science and engineering.

Network among regional/national funding agencies, established to support and increase the coordination of European research programmes and related funding to further advance electric mobility in Europe.

A EU-wide network to provide service and support to European small and medium-sized enterprises, research institutes, universities, technological centers and innovation development agencies in terms of internationalization, technology transfers, access to finance.

Network among regional/national funding agencies, established to support and increase the coordination of European research programmes and related funding in the sector of eco-innovation.

Network among regional/national funding agencies, established to support and increase the coordination of European research programmes and related funding in the sector of innovative textile.

Network among regional/national funding agencies, established to support and increase the coordination of research programmes and related funding in the sector of advanced manufacturing.

The project Forest EcoValue intends to support multiple forest ecosystem services through new circular/green/bio markets and value chains. 

The project aims to propose integrated approaches for the effective management of cultural heritage sites.

Increase the level of excellence in cluster management based on European quality standards and methodologies and tools developed by the European Cluster Excellence Initiative (ECEI) and by the European Foundation for Cluster Excellence (EFCE).

Involve policy makers and cluster managers to develop inter-regional collaboration strategies for clusters in the fields of ICT, mechatronics, new technologies and energy.

Promote public-private cooperation and create strategic and innovative conditions for the plastics clusters.

Create the conditions to develop and strengthen the clusters present in the Mediterranean area in order to finance cooperation projects between the actors of the same sectors.