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1. THE EUROPEAN
INSTITUTE OF
INNOVATION &
TECHNOLOGY (EIT)
Knowledge and
Innovation
Communities (KICs)
José Manuel Leceta – EIT
Director
5-6 November 2013
Tertulia Fulbright. Madrid, Spain

2. WHY A DIFFERENT
APPROACH TO INNOVATION
IN EUROPE?

3. 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

4. AGE DISTRIBUTION OF WORLD
LEADING INNOVATORS
New firms setup in the last 25
years
US: approx. 21%
EU: approx. 2%
Bruegel policy brief 2009 Reinhilde Veugelers

5. HOW TO ENCOURAGE THE GROWTH OF
YOUNG VENTURES IN EUROPE?
WANTE
D
Europe has a history
of brilliant
entrepreneurs but
data suggest we
need an
‘ entrepreneurial
renaissance ’
to strengthen our
ability to compete
globally

6. THE CORE OF INNOVATION IS THE
KNOWLEDGE TRIANGLE
Business
Higher
Education
ENTREPRENEURIALLY
DRIVEN
INNOVATION
Research &
Technology
Actors within the knowledge triangle are at the core of the
innovation web beyond the traditional collaborative R&D
consortia

7. WHAT IS THE EIT’S
AGENDA, ITS MISION AND
AIM?

8. EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY (EIT)
•
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.
Higher
Education
Research &
technology
Industry
& SMEs

9. EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY (EIT)
The EIT’s mission is
To increase European
sustainable growth
and competitiveness
To create the
entrepreneurs of tomorrow
and prepare for the next
innovative break-throughs
To reinforce the innovation
capacity of the EU and
its Member States
To become the catalyst for
a step change in the
European Union’s innovation
capacity and impact

10. EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY (EIT)
The EIT’s aim is to approach innovation differently in Europe with
emphasis on people
F ro m s tu d e n t
to
e n tr e p re n e u r
idea
rom
F
uct
prod
to
From lab to
market
by integrating the three sides of the knowledge triangle in areas of
high societal need

11. WHAT ARE KICs AND HOW
DO THEY PARTNER WITH
THE EIT?

12. 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
12

13. THE KIC MODEL (1/2)
•
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.

14. THE KIC MODEL (2/2)
•
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.

15. THE EIT’s FIRST THREE
KNOWLEDGE &
INNOVATION
COMMUNITIES (KICs)

16. THE FIRST 3 KICs
Designated in December 2009 by the EIT Governing Board with
their governance and management set up in 2010

17. 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

19. EIT FUNDING EVOLUTION: 20102013
Leverage impact and funding sources
19

20. Aggregated EIT Level Achievements
Core KPIs for KICs 2010-2013
14,155
318
(foreseen)
Attractiveness of education programmes **
Number of new graduates
404
Number of business ideas incubated
108
Number of start-ups created
146
Knowledge transfer and adoption
89
**
≈13
*
New or improved products, services, and
processes launched
applicants per offered seat

21. HOW DOES THE EIT WORK
WITH ITS KICs?

22. A UNIQUE OFFERING: WHAT WE
DO
EDUCATION
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Promoting excellent education
for creativity, innovation and
entrepreneurship by high
quality EIT labelled degree
programmes.
Promoting a mindset and culture
by creating more favourable
environments for entrepreneurial
talent and entrepreneurship
driven innovation to flourish.
INNOVATION
Networked ecosystems across
European borders, exploiting
synergies and complementarities
to accelerate growth of globally
successful leading innovators.

23. SUCCESS STORIES FROM THE KICS
F ro m s tu d e n t
to
e n tr e p re n e u r
START-UP
DECARBONICE
‘Without Climate-KIC, the
Decarbonice Venture would
have no co-founders, no
founding, no mentioning
and no business model.’ –
Hannan
Loake,
Decarboniec Founder
BIOMASS TO BIOCOAL
(WITHOUT THE NASTIES)
’ Climate-KIC gives us the best
possible platform for getting our ideas
recognised at the European level ’
Martin Bolton at award-winning UK
energy start-up Antaco.

24. SUCCESS STORIES FROM THE KICS
NEPTUNE Project
idea
rom
F
uct
prod
to
NEPTUNE is Developing two commercial products: EOLOS, a
Lidar buoy, and NEPTool, a highly accurate software program for
forecasting wind, waves and currents.
CorPower OCEAN
Joins
forces
with
Iberdrola
Engineering
and
WavEC
Renewables to demonstrate high
efficiency wave power

25. SUCCESS STORIES FROM THE KICS
From lab to
market
CLIRIS + INNORANGE
A match made by EIT ICT Labs. The
technology is addressing an indoor
extension of the GNSS positioning.
The goal is to increase the flow of
technologies from academia to
companies accelerating innovation.
SOWISO
A young high-tech ICT company,
founded in 2010 as a spin-off from the
Technical University of Eindhoven.
During their start-up SOWISO received
strategic coaching to determine the
best business model for their product.

26. A UNIQUE OFFERING: HOW WE DO
IT
MONITORING
SIMPLIFICATION
Instrumental outputs, then
long term impacts, including
‘public value’ beyond socio
economic.
Integral part to EIT strategy as
an engaged ‘impact investors’ in
its KICs, facilitating partnership
and operations.
OUTREACH
First offerings include the
Regional Innovation Scheme
(RIS), the EIT Stakeholders
platform and the setting up of
the EIT alumni community.

27. EIT MONITORING
Horizon
Horizon
2020
2020
Interface to H2020 & Innovation Union
EIT
EIT
Specific
Specific
Indicators
Indicators
(Institute)
(Institute)
Indicators reflecting EIT organisational
objectives such as operational excellence
and dissemination and cross-KIC support
Cross KIC
Cross KIC
Scoreboar
Scoreboar
d
d
(Core KPIs)
(Core KPIs)
Indicators reflecting the EIT strategic
objectives and applying to all KICs
KIC
KIC
Specific
Specific
Indicators
Indicators
EIT
EIT
PERFORMANC
PERFORMANC
E
E
MEASUREME
MEASUREME
NT SYSTEM
NT SYSTEM
KIC 1
KIC 2
KIC 3
Individual KPIs
defined in Business
Plans
Individual KPIs
defined in Business
Plans
Individual KPIs
defined in Business
Plans

28. ‘BOTTOM-UP’ KIC-DRIVEN
SYNERGIES
Source: Granieri and Renda (2012), Innovation Law and Policy in the EU. Towards
Horizon2020, Springer, Ernst & Young Report

29. OUTREACH & DISSEMINATION
1 ST STUDY PUBLISHED. 2 ND IN THE MAKING
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 (coming soon)

30. OUTREACH & DISSEMINATION
EIT AWARDS – 12 November 2013 – Budapest
The EIT Awards will celebrate the creative spirit of emerging from the EIT community
by recognising its most innovative ventures and young entrepreneurial talent. Join us
and be inspired by bold new ideas that will shape the future.

31. THE EIT ‘STRATEGIC
INNOVATION AGENDA’
FOR THE 2014 – 2020

32. 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 contributes to the overall policy objectives of H2020
which will also nurture further synergies.
•
Emphasis on people’s innovation power.

33. THE FUTURE KIC CALL - WHY?
To enhance impact and incentivise innovation in new areas of societal
challenges, the EIT will gradually expand its portfolio of KICs.
EIT 2014 – 2020
= 3 KICs + 5 new KICs*
= EUR 2.7 bn*
* Based on current agreement between EP and Council – still subject to formal adoption in both EP & Council

34. THE FUTURE KIC CALL
 Proposed themes* for future KICs
(SIA)
2016
2014
Healthy
Living &
Active Ageing
2018
Added-Value
Manufacturing
Urban
Mobility
Raw Materials
Food
• Based on current agreement between EP and
Council still subject to formal adoption in both EP &
Council

35. INDICATIVE ROADMAP*
FUTURE CALL FOR KICS
* Dependent on the outcome of negotiations

36. INDICATIVE ROADMAP*
FUTURE CALL FOR KICS
•
December 2013/January 2014:
o The EIT will make public:
 The Criteria for selecting KICs
 Framework of Guidance for applicants
 EIT Principles describing the criteria and procedures for
financing, monitoring and evaluating KIC activities
•
Q1 2014:
o Publication of KICs Call for new KICs
o Info Day for applicants (in Budapest)
* Dependent on outcome of negotiations

37. CRITERIA FOR THE FUTURE KICS CALL
Consistency with the
Horizon 2020 framework
and Rules for Participation,
i.e. excellence, impact,
quality of
implementation
Simplify criteria; expand
timeframe for submission of
proposals, streamline
evaluation organization
Criteria based on the
overarching principles of
excellence, innovation
relevance, maximum
impact and viability of
strategy

38. CRITERIA FOR THE FUTURE KICS CALL
Compared to the 2009 Call, there will be a
particular focus on:
•Economic and social impact
•The business model and financial plan
•Demonstrating commitment, including financial commitment
•Strong and diverse partnership

39. KIC SELECTION PROCESS:
EIT TWP* 2014-2016
•
One single call for all future KIC themes in 2014
• Same eligibility and selection criteria for all thematic areas
•
Simplified selection criteria (more specific, less numerous)
• Overarching principles: excellence and innovation
•
One proposal from each of the thematic fields will be designated
by EIT GB
•
At least six months to prepare and submit proposals
* Triennial Work Programme

40. EIT VISION, ACHIEVEMENTS
& NEXT STEPS

41. MILESTONES TO DATE
2011-2012:
Consolidation of
EIT and KIC
activities
April 2010: EIT
Headquarters
open in
Budapest
2013: EIT
budget of 2.7
billion € for 20142020 to be
adopted

42. FUTURE PRIORITIES
1. Investing in
KICs:
Consolidation of
the existing 3
KICs
2. Investing in
KICs:
Consolidation
of the existing
3 KICs
3. Enhance EIT
impact via
knowledge
sharing
4. Enhance EIT
impact via
simplification
and monitoring

43. 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.

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