Two organisations from the Basque Country participate in COMPERA:
The Basque Innovation Agency – Innobasque - is the new agency launched from the presidency of the Basque Government in order to merge different entities that existed before. It is a not-for-profit association set up to coordinate and promote innovation in all fields in the Basque Autonomous Community, and to foster the entrepreneurial spirit and creativity.
Innobasque is made up of the agents of the Basque Science, Technology and
Innovation Network, private companies, public Basque institutions, official
representatives of Basque management and workers and all kinds of organisations connected with innovation.
Its operational model is based on activities that promote the values and attitudes associated with innovation in Basque society, on actions that spread the image of an innovative Basque Autonomous Community to the outside world as an advanced centre for RDI, as well as on activities that generate the dynamics for innovation in Basque companies and organisations.
The Internationalisation Area or department of Innobasque is in charge of the internationalisation strategy of the R&D programmes for the Basque Government.
It complements the functions of the Association for the Promotion of Industry (SPRI) and the Government itself, by executing the functions of:
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Evaluation: Instrument for the evaluation and monitoring of research projects for the Basque Government and in particular those aspects related to international projects. Evaluation criteria are increasingly demanding presence in international programmes as a means to demonstrate excellence with external indicators.
- Programme planning: In charge of proposing regulation compatibility and convergence with European guidelines as well as looking for areas of specialization that will complement those covered by the European Community.
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Programme internationalisation: Acting as a project office to analyse, benchmark, capture opportunities for improvement, organize workshops and involve government officials in mid- and long-term programme decisions.
Innobasque has extensive experience in the coordination and management of ERA-NET projects, coordinating MANUNET ERA-NET, and participating in COMPERA and HY-CO as a full partner. Innobasque participates in INNONET projects such as INNET. In liaison with the Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade of the Basque Government, it also participates in MNT-ERANET (management group), EUROTRANS-BIO. In liaison with the Department of Environment also participates in SUSPRISE ERA-NET. Recently it is also involved in the two new ERA-NETs: SMARTGRIDS (Smart Electricity Networks) and ERNEST (Sustainable Tourism).
For more information :
www.innobasque.com
Contact:
Nerea Blázquez Legarreta
nblazquez@innobasque.com
Tel. +34 944
91 30 97
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The Department of Industry, Commerce and Tourism (ITT) is the present coordinator of the Basque R&D Policy. That policy is widely known throughout the whole Europe as an example of a very strong regional compromise with technology and industrial development.
The new government, elected in Spring 2005, is committed towards the Lisbon Objective of 3% GDP by 2010, and has significantly increased the r+d budget up to 82 Million € for 2005. The political programme reflects the need for the INTERNATIONALISATION of research. R+D is organised in the PCTI 2010 (Science, Technology and Innovation Plan), with key strategic areas of focus.
Furthermore, Innobasque -Basque Innovation Agency- participates in the europeization strategy of the Basque Government. The Internationalisation Area of Innobasque has high level project management skills and international background in charge of the development of this strategy. In this respect, ERA-NET is an instrument that fits the overall Basque long term research strategy.
The Basque Region has extensive experience in the coordination and management of ERA-NET projects, coordinating MANUNET ERA-NET, with the Government itself as the President of the Steering Committee and INNOBASQUE as the acting coordinator, absorbing all contract management and administrative tasks; and participating in COMPERA and HY-CO as a full partner. Innobasque participates in INNONET projects such as INNET. In liaison with the Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade of the Basque Government, it also participates in MNT-ERANET (management group), EUROTRANS-BIO. In liaison with the Department of Environment also participates in SUSPRISE ERA-NET. Recently it is also involved in the two new ERA-NETs: SMARTGRIDS (Smart Electricity Networks) and ERNEST (Sustainable Tourism).
For more information :
www.euskadi.net
Contact:
Mr. Iñaki Alba
i-alba@ej-gv.es
Tel. +34 945 018210
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