Financial and other support for cross border projects between companies

Kathleen SmoldersInnovation Centre Limburg

kathleen.smolders@innovatiecentrum.be

Content

• Innovation Centre Limburg

• Innovation Centre Limburg as partner in Cross border initiatives

• Cross border project “CrossRoads”

Innovation Centre Limburg• A non-profit organisation

• Mission: increase the innovation power of companies (in Limburg)

• Across all sectors

• Focus on SME but also larger enterprises

• Confidential service, free of charge

Innovation policy in Flanders

Information & sensitization

Coaching of the innovation project(technical, commercial & financial)

Coaching

Intellectual propertyFinancial support

Advise

Research institutes - CompaniesEnterprise Europe Network - VIN

Networking

Cross Border projects• Tetrra: Technology Transfer & Recruiting in Rural Areas

• CrossRoads

• …

CrossRoads

FINANCIERS

CrossRoads is a Interreg IV A project in the cross border region “Vlaanderen-Nederland”

CROSS BORDER REGION“VLAANDEREN-NEDERLAND”

The project

Characteristics of the project demand driven for companies in the cross border region mainly for SMEs, but also for large companies cooperation between companies (cross border) cooperation between companies and research

groups development of new products or new processes

by using new technologies to further strengthen the qualities of this region

Five technologies

Five Technologies:

Remote diagnosticsEmbedded visionNanomaterialsSurface treatment and materialsInkjettechnology

Combination of Technologies (‘CrossRoads’)

advise on project and business development embedded ICT: experience labs /demonstration

projects with students and profs of technical universities

feasibility studies: to check the technical and commercial feasibility

support for application of an innovation project (partner matching, juridical aspects, formulating the innovation plan, business plan)

using (‘recyclable’) IP on embedded vision and remote diagnostics

Support

Financial support for innovation projects

total budget for subsidies: € 3.000.000 subsidy: € 15.000 - € 150.000 SME: max. 50% of the subsidiable costs large companies: 25% the subsidiable costs cluster of min. 1 Flemish and min. 1 Dutch

company preferably with a ‘knowledge supplier’ 1or more of the 5 technology domains results for the benefit of the region

Financial support for innovation projects

Submission Next deadline: March 1st

Formal and juridical aspects of CrossRoads Board of Experts advices the board of the “Stichting

Grensoverschrijdende Innovatie CrossRoads” The final decision is made by the board of the

“Stichting Grensoverschrijdende Innovatie CrossRoads”

Partners

www.crossroadsproject.euinfo@crossroadsproject.eu

+31 40 2846467

kathleen.smolders@innovatiecentrum.be+32 11 292098

CONTACT