Research and Innovation in Alsace

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Overview and Perspectives of a Region at the Heart of Europe
12 December 2011
Overview and Perspectives of a Region at the Heart of Europe
In the same framework
where the European Union is
facing economic downturn
and crisis while preparing its
own future, for their 32nd
edition of the Alsace Europe
Observatory, the Bureau
Alsace and its partners have
chosen to focus on Research and Innovation in
Alsace and within the European Union.
With the support of Joseph Daul (MEP and
President of the EEP) and the presence of Catherine
Trautmann (MEP and Vice-President of the Urban
Community of Strasbourg) as well as of Michèle
Striffler (MEP and Municipal Councillor for European
Affairs, Mulhouse City Council), the 2011 edition of
the Observatory aims at presenting the Alsatian
experience and know-how in the field of Research
and Innovation. Our project initiators will illustrate
the Alsatian dynamism in these fields as well as the
stakeholders' capacity to mobilize all opportunities
that are offered by the European programs. This is
also possible thanks to the unceasing targeted
support of the Europe Alsace Network (Réseau
Europe Alsace - REA) and of the communities
involved.
Jack Metthey, Director at the DG Research and
Innovation of the European Commission (DG RTD),
will speak of the future European programs to
support Research and Innovation: “Horizon 2020”.
The Alsatian stakeholders will then discover the
evolutions proposed by the European Union in order
to enhance the European territories' competitiveness
in an unceasingly changing world.
The 32nd Alsace Europe Observatory's aim is then
to set up a momentum for exchange and reflection
in order to prepare the Alsace region to the
manifold challenges to come and to ensure its future
as Region of Innovation.
Jean-Marie Sander
32nd Alsace Europe Observatory
President of the Alsace Europe Observatory
Thanks
Drafting
ARI Alsace (namely Jean-Jacques Bernardini and Charlotte Bonnerot)
Bureau Alsace (namely Katharina Robohm and Cedric Virciglio)
CCI de Région Alsace (namely Isabelle Gouriou)
Région Alsace – DIRES (namely Coralie Bajas-Schaefer, Severine Anquetil, Christophe Sagnier)
The drafting of this document has been made possible with the active participation of the Europe Alsace
Network's members, which have dedicated their precious time to read, correct and feed it.
Our thanks go also to the Alsace Region, which ensures the publication work.
Editorial…………………………………………………………………………….
1. Global vision of research and innovation in Alsace …………………………….………………….
2. Scientific excellence ……………………………………………...…………………………………
3. Innovation drivers………….………………………………………………………………………..
4. Cross-border positioning…………………...……………………………………………………….
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The Alsatian RDI features………….………………………………………………
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Alsace anticipates future:
from the Regional Innovation Strategy to the « Smart Specialisation Strategy »
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1. The EU programmes to support research and innovation projects: the Alsatian participation……
2. The Alsatian participation’s drivers……..…………………………………………………………
3. Alsace and Horizon 2020………………………………………………………………………....
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ABC Europe (CIP - Pro-Inno) ………………………………………………………………………….
Altheras (Eureka/Eurostars) …………………………………………………………………………..
CATS (FP7 - Coopération: Transport) …………………………………………………………………
CEOP-AEGIS (FP7) ……………………………………………………………………………………
EcoTransFlux (LIFE+)…………………………………………………………………………………...
ICE (FP7) ………………………………………………………………………………………………
Isis (FEDER) …………………………………………………………………………………………….
Latexdred (FP7 - ERA-NET Lead-Era) ………………………………………………………………...
NUTRINET (INTERREG IV A) …………………………………………………………………………...
OptiMIR (INTERREG IV B ENO) ……………………………………………………………………….
RETS (INTERREG IV C) ………………………………………………………………………………...
SAFER (FP7 - Coopération: Espace) …………………………………………………………………..
SAFE-T (FP7 - Cooperation JTI-IMI) …………………………………………………………………..
S_Life (FP7 – RoK) ……………………………………………………………………………………
Sterilis (CIP - Eco-Innovation) ………………………………………………………………………….
Tracecard (Eureka/Eurostars) …………………………………………………………………………
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With two universities, 250 laboratories and over
2,000 researchers, Alsace is one of the first French
scientific poles. Within the globalization and EU
enlargement framework, the challenge is now to make
emerge or to enhance structured competence clusters
around some excellence channels that are organized
as a network including education and training,
research and business. Adrien Zeller, President of
Alsace's Regional Council in 2007, was already
aware that: “Innovation has become the heart of our
development policy. Our role is simple: to make the
Alsatian scientific potential a driver for economy.”
With a surface of 8,280 sq km1, Alsace is the
smallest French region2 and, at the same time, one
of the most dense and urban region of the
Hexagon. Alsace only covers 1.5% of the French
territory but its population represents 3% of the
French population. At the border of Germany and
Switzerland, Alsace geographically, historically and
very much economically too belongs to the Rhenan
area.
The whole region still has a strong industrial
vocation: this sector produces over 20% of the
regional added value. Industrial activities are
diversified: cars, food and agriculture, mechanics
and chemistry. Further more, Alsace is one of the
richest regions in terms of GDP per inhabitant (4th
of the national ranking).
1. Global vision of research and innovation
in Alsace
A public research and particularly active small and medium
enterprises (SME)
Alsace is one of the French regions where public
research and SME are particularly active. Research
is much more developed in the public sector than the
national average. Moreover, private research is
more often developed within the SME than in the
other French regions.
Investments in Research and Development
In 2008, Alsace was 10th in the national ranking
of French Regions, with 874 millions euros of gross
domestic expenditure on research and development
(GERD), that is to say 2.2% of the national
expenditure. The domestic expenditure for research
and development represents 1.6 % of the Alsatian
GDP. Notwithstanding the progressive growth of
investments in research and development since
1992, this level is still lower than the threshold of
3% of the regional GDP, as the EU recommends for
2010 in the framework of the Lisbon strategy.
Nevertheless, Alsace gets closer to the national
average (2.1 % of GDP) and the gap vis-à-vis
metropolitan France has been divided per three in
fifteen years. Moreover, the objectives in terms of
public expenditures foreseen by the Lisbon strategy
are almost reached.
Graph 1: Features of the gross domestic expenditure
on research and development (GERD)
in Alsace (2008)
50%
1
2
40%
30%
20%
Alsace
10%
French average
0%
GERDA
SME contribution to
(administrations)
private GERD
The Alsace's public authorities fund 43% of the
domestic
expenditure
for
research
and
development (33% of the national average),
enterprises fund 57% of it.
The big regional enterprises with at least 1,000
employees represent 50% of the Alsatian private
expenditure for research and development.
Metropolitan France
EU/Member States Global growth and employment strategy for the
2000-2010 period, adopted in Lisbon in 2000
Research and development, source of innovation, is
a key factor for growth and employment on the
medium term. Because of its strong link to the local
specific profile, private research uses over 90% of
its available funding for industrial projects. The
public research, which is relatively well represented,
is basically oriented towards fundamental research.
Chemistry and life sciences are two strong
innovation poles for the region.
The SME represent about 30% of the Alsatian
expenditure, namely 18 % at national level.
Universities and the national center of scientific
research (CNRS) are the main bodies of the region's
public research: they use 93 % of the available
resources and employ 92% of the employees.
Graphique 2: R&D in Alsace
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
Between 2004 and 2008, the DIRD has grown by
23.7 %. This evolution is higher than the
corresponding national average (+ 16.4 %).
5%
Alsace
Frecnh average
0%
GERD growth
Growth number
researchers
(1992-2007)
Growth
Employment
innovation
(2004-2007)
The Research and Development staff
With 2,079 teachers-researchers in 2009-2010,
Alsace represents 3.7 % of the national workforce
(11th of the national ranking) and with 248 foreign
teachers-researchers (12%), Alsace is the second
French region (excluding Ile-de-France) after only
Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
Research and Development stakeholders
The activities that are related to higher education
and research are spread over the two
pluridisciplinary universities of Strasbourg and of
Upper Alsace. The Strasbourg site hosts 80% of the
students as well as 80% of teachers-researchers
and researchers.
Unique merging example of three institutes (Louis
Pasteur, Marc Bloch and Robert Schuman), the
Strasbourg University is today the most important
pluridisciplinary university in France as to the
number of hosted students (over 42,000) and staff.
Alsace has also 10 Engineering Schools in the
framework of the AlsaceTech network, the National
University Library of Strasbourg and the National
Business School.
In fifteen years time, the number of researchers in
Alsace has doubled (+4.8 % per year), just as at
national level. Between 2000 and 2007, the
progress has even accelerated with +5,5 %.
Unceasing efforts are made in R&D and innovation
and the regional employment rate in the field is
also growing: over three years (2004-2007), it has
grown by 13% (6,5 % in France).
In the field of research, major bodies such as CNRS,
INSERM and INRA are very much present on the
territory. Alsace has also a Thematic Network for
Advanced Research, the Centre International pour
la Recherche aux Frontières de la Chimie.
As to innovation, five competitiveness clusters
including one having a world vocation and several
competence clusters are operating in a big variety
of fields such as vineyards and wine, materials,
nanosciences and textile.
The sectors of the Alsatian excellence
The Alsatian research is dominated by world-known
chemistry and fundamental biology. Physics is strong
in traditional fields such as magnetism, polymers,
physical chemistry but also laser technologies.
Alsace regroups excellent strengths in astronomyastrophysics and geophysics, environmental sciences
with two observatories (Strasbourg Astronomy
Observatory as well as the internationally
recognized Geo-sciences School and Observatory,
as the number of its international (66.8 %) and
European (40.6%) co-publications show. Strasbourg
has the only national school for geophysics.
In the field of public administration, ENA, INET
(Institute for Territorial Studies), the Euro-Institute
and the Strasbourg University constitute the Public
Administration European Pole and are given the
local communities' as well as the State's support.
Alsace, third CNRS' regional pole
The number of employees
and its laboratories'
budget make Alsace the
third regional pole of the
National
Scientific
Research Center (CNRS):
54 laboratories, 10 research clusterings or
federations, 500 people and over 90 millions euros
of annual budget.
Alsatian success for the Investissements d’Avenir Programme:
Alsace, 1st Health campus excluding Ile-de-France
Via the Investments for the Future Programme
(Programme d’Investissements d’Avenir - PIA) and
related tenders for thematic and competitive
projects, that had been launched by the French
government in 2010, all public research
stakeholders have been given the opportunity to
benefit from major national fundings for supporting
scientific excellence and innovation. In Alsace, the
research stakeholders, namely in the fields of Health
and Life Sciences, have considerably relied on this
opportunity.
Results : many Alsatian projects have been granted
the tenders' funding. These successes confirm the
recognition of Alsace's scientific excellence at
national, European and international level, as well
as its capacity to generate research-based
economic development. Consequently, Alsace is
going to rely on unprecedented long-term fundings
that are very constructive for its territory. This makes
Alsace the first French Campus for Health (excluding
Ile-de-France).
The Alsatian Excellence initiative relies on the
various winners' projects to set a coherent
framework in line with its ambition. This initiative
offers a new environment, a true excellence and
creativity ecosystem, to enhance the Strasbourg
site's attractiveness to the best international students
and researchers. This perspective will enhance its
competitive position as a campus of the 21st
century.
Results
Besides the CNRS, Alsace has three public research
bodies. The seat of INSERM, the regional National
Institute for Health and Medical Research managing
authority is in Strasbourg and operates for the
whole French Eastern regions area (that are Alsace,
Bourgogne, Lorraine, France-Compté, ChampagneArdenne) This body consists of twelve research units
in Strasbourg (95 researchers and about hundred
engineers, technicians or administrative employees)
that are mostly associated to the Strasbourg
University. The National Agronomic Research
Institute (INRA) has a center in Colmar, a research
mixed unit with the Strasbourg University. The
CEMAGREF Institute, now IRSTEA (National Institute
for Research in Sciences and Technologies of
Environment and Technologies) is associated to the
ENGEES (Ecole Nationale du Genie de l’Eau et de
l’Environnement) in Strasbourg, National School for
Water Engineering and Environment in Strasbourg).
of
project
tenders
for
“Investissement
d’Avenir”
2. Scientific Excellence
The University of Strasbourg, university of excellence
Within the Investissements d’Avenir Programme and
related tenders for thematic and competitive
projects with the highest number of rewarded
projects at national level. Five Equipments of
excellence, eight Excellence Laboratories, four
national infrastructures in the fields of biology and
health, one University Hospital with the IRCAD and
the University Hospitals, a company for accelerating
technological transfer, the installation-school EASE
with the Alsace Biovalley pole and, eventually, the
Excellence Initiative. This process further confirms this
University’s European excellence role, its
international openness and its collaboration with its
German colleagues of the upper Rhenan area
(Fribourg and Karlsruhe)., that had been launched
by the French government in 2010, the Strasbourg
University is one of the first three winners of the
Initiative d'excellence. This University confirms its
scientific excellence.
The Upper Alsace University : scientific quality
The Upper Alsace University (Université de HauteAlsace - UHA) seats between Mulhouse and Colmar,
regroups 8,000 students, 500 teachers and
researchers as well as 450 administrative
employees. The UHA has a long partnership
tradition with the local industrial tissue for research
and training. In particular, it develops tight links with
the competitiveness poles in Alsace; it is also known
for its scientific quality in the fields of materials'
chemistry, engineering and risk sciences.
Jules Hoffmann, specialist of insects'
immunity, is one of the three 2011
Nobel prize winners for his work on
immunology. He has also been
rewarded with the CNRS golden
medal, which is one of the most
prestigious scientific recognitions in France. In the
1970s, within the CNRS Molecular and Cellular
Biology Institute (Strasbourg), Jules Hoffmann has
created the laboratory for the insects’ immunity
response and related development. He was Director
of this Institute from 1994 to 2006.
The doctoral formation
In 2011, the region comprises eleven doctoral
schools among which five in the human and social
sciences and six in the exact and life sciences.
Scientific publications
In 2008, Alsace is 9th in the national ranking as to
scientific publications as it produces 3.4 % of them.
Alsace is particularly present in chemistry (6.5 % of
national publications, 3rd in the national ranking)
and in fundamental biology (4.6 % of national
publications, 5th of the national ranking).
The excellence indicators
Within the Shanghai 2011 ranking3 , the
Strasbourg University is the first French University in
the field of chemistry and is 14th in the world
ranking.
Alsace, cradle of Nobel prizes: Jean-Marie Lehn and Jules
Hoffmann, the two last
winners
In 1987, Jean-Marie
Lehn, initiator of the
supra
molecular
chemistry and two
American colleagues of
him, are awarded the Nobel Prize because of their
works on molecular recognition. Jean-Marie Lehn
was a Professor at the College de France and
Director of the laboratory at the Supra molecular
science and Engineering Institute; he has always
refused to work in other countries as he considered
the local working conditions as being excellent;
further more, he was also very glad to make his
career in a region at the cross-point of Europe.
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Ranking of the most important world universities, set by the JiaoTong University's researchers (Shangai, China)
Alsace has been awarded 22 scholarships by the
Research European Council (2007-2011): eleven
have been given to biology, medicine and health,
seven to chemistry and respectively one to each of
the following domains: human and social sciences,
mathematics, IT sciences and technologies, physics.
In 2009, this region has been awarded a global
amount of 22.3 millions euros funding of the
National Research Agency (ANR), that is to say
3.5% of the whole national sum (8th in ranking). The
non thematic programs represent over 50% of the
received funding. Further more, the Biology-Health
field represents 19.4 % of the regional funding.
The scientific visibility of Alsace is much bigger
than the national average. All in all, in 2008 Alsace
is the first French region with a 1.33 impact index.
In the framework of the Investissements d’Avenir
program, launched by the State, the first success has
been obtained by the Strasbourg University and its
scientific partners. This makes Alsace one of the
financially strongest supported regions by the State
for the enhancement of its attractiveness and
international development. Alsace has then become,
thanks to this programme, the first French “Health
Campus” (excluding Ile-de-France).
3. Innovation drivers
In terms of economic activities, Alsace is very much
industrialized, especially as to middle technology,
strong growth of the service sector and the
territorial development of all fields and, above all,
the creation of competitiveness and business clusters.
End 2007, 2,440 institutes in the potentially
innovating fields (industry and service sector) were
employing 25,500 employees. The « innovating »
institutes represent 2.3% of the involved ones at the
level of metropolitan France (4.1 % of the
potentially innovating institutes have grown by 15%
since 2004 in the region)4
Five competitiveness clusters
The
competitiveness
clusters5 with a
world vocation
Alsace
Biovalley's
mission is to
federate and support public and private
stakeholders of the health and life sciences field in
their development and growth process. This cluster is
focused on two themes: “From gene to drug” and
“Imaging and medical and surgical robotics”.
As from 2005, 2,200 direct and indirect jobs have
been created the public/private collaboration in the
research field have grown by over 60%, 63
collaborative project in the research and
development projects have been labeled, 45
enterprises have been created and five new
university courses have been integrated in the
Strasbourg University academic offer.
The Vehicule du Futur Cluster including FrancheComte is a competitiveness cluster whose locally
available competencies and missions are organised
around four themes: mobility services, infrastructures
and communication, energies and propulsion as well
as design, materials and vehicles' life-cycle. 80 R&D
projects are labeled by this cluster have been
funded as from their setting up in 2005.
The
competitiveness
cluster
Fibres
including Lorraine
and Alsace involve
both eco-materials
as well as fibrous
materials
and
their improvement. As from their setting up, 119
collaborative projects have been labeled by this
cluster, among which 57 have been financially
funded; 1 start-up has been created, too.
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Insee Alsace, Figures for Alsace, « Research and Development,
Innovation », January 2011
On the same territory it regroups enterprises, higher education
institutes and public or private research bodies that are genuinely
willing and able to work in synergy to set up economic development
projects for innovation » (Financial Law of 2005).
In terms of scientific excellence, Alsace has 27 IUF
(Institut universitaire de France) winners, among
which 13 in exact sciences, 3 in life sciences and 11
in literature, human and social sciences.
The new national water Hydreos cluster has been
labelised in 2010 (including Alsace-Lorraine) and
deals with the quality of continental waters related
to population health and ecosystems.
The new national Alsace Energivie cluster has also
been labelised in 2010 and regroups various
stakeholders working in the fields of energy
efficiency and renewables in Alsace. The aim is to
develop positive energy solutions for buildings to
produce more energy than the one they use.
A range of specific tools for innovation
At any stage, innovation meets its supporting body.
Founded in 2005, the Conectus Alsace network
puts together the Alsatian Universities' structures via
the development of partnerships including public
research and industrial stakeholders.
The six regional
centers
for
innovation
and
technological
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transfer (the first
ones have been
created in 1980)
are at the turning
point between research and enterprises. The
common objective is to help SME to find
technological solutions to come to new products.
The Carnot MICA Institute (Materials Institute Carnot
Alsace) focuses on a specific theme in the functional
materials domain and is organized around eight
research units, six CRITTs and one technical and
industrial center (Institut Francais du Textile et de
l’Habillement – IFTH). It is then one of the best
partners to be able to satisfy industrial needs and
sectorial challenges.
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Aérial, Cetim-Cermat, CRITT matériaux Alsace, Holo 3, Irepa Laser,
RITTMO Agro Environnement
The SEMIA regional incubator entails various
projects of different domains, including biotechnologies and health, ITC, chemistry, engineering,
service sector. As from its creation in 2000, 104
projects have been incubated, which has led to the
creation of about 85 enterprises and over 500
highly qualified jobs.
Alsace's
regional
Agency
for
Innovation
(ARI Alsace) is the public expert of innovation in
Alsace, starting point and partner of innovative
enterprises. ARI guides enterprises that want to
innovate, provide them a customized follow-up and
coordinates the public bodies' aid actions that are
focused on innovation.
Patent application
As to technological production, Alsace covers 3.9 %
of the national demands (322 applications in 2008)
and is the fifth French region in 2008 with a 13%
progress compared to the 2003 levels (231
applications). In 2008, the patent applications have
principally involved two domains: chemistrymaterials and pharmacy bio-technologies.
4. Cross-border positioning
At the border between Germany and Switzerland,
from a geographic, historical and mostly also
economic perspective, Alsace belongs to the Rhenan
region. An active person over the ten which live in
Alsace works in Germany or in Switzerland. 10% of
the tradable field works for the enterprises with
Swiss and German capitals that operate in Alsace.
Installations coming from USA or Benelux are also
numerous.
Cross-border cooperation of Alsatian universities
The Strasbourg and Upper-Alsace Universities are
members of the EUCOR network (Confederation of
Upper Rhine Universities) and from there they
cooperate with the Karlsruhe and Freiburg
(Germany) as well as the Basel Universities
(Switzerland).
It is considered as the most experienced and
structured French network and offers mobility
options to 100,000 students within its suitable
hosting structures.
The Sciences Offensive
The cross-border engagement for competitiveness clusters
Alsace is part of the Tri-national Metropolitan
Region of the Upper Rhine (RMT) which includes the
most performing European regions thanks to the
wide variety of scientific stakeholders, researchers
and innovating enterprises and to its strong R&D
developments.
Just as universities and research centres can do,
competitiveness clusters in Alsace exploit their
geographical positioning as it is genuinely
favourable for the creation of a cooperation
beyond the national borders.
So, the Vehicule du Futur cluster aims at creating a
cross-border mobility cluster, Alsace BioValley is
already the French coordinator of the trinational
BioValley cluster; Energivie is a part of the Network
on Energy of the Trinational Metropolitan Region of
the Upper Rhine - TRION.
A unique initiative in Europe has been launched in
October 2011 within the RMT, the so called
Sciences Offensive. This innovative devise has
received the support of the territorial cooperation
programme INTERREG IV Upper Rhine and of the
German Lander Baden-Württemberg, RhinelandPalatinate as well as of Alsace. It aims at funding
and supporting cross-border high-profile research
projects and offers a global funding perspective of
15 millions euros.
… its assets
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Chemistry
The Alsace's R&D drivers
3rd CNRS regional cluster
The Strasbourg University is the first French university that
has been awarded one of the three French excellence
initiatives programmes (PIA).
A varied training and excellence offer on the
pluridisciplinary Strasbourg site with its international
vocation.
Medical robotics
Biology
The Alsatian universities are members of the Upper Rhine
universities confederation (EUCOR).
AlsaceTech, a dynamic network including 10 geophysics
engineering schools, the only national school in this
domain.
The National and University Library of Strasbourg
(BNUS) and ENA.
… its results
Figures on the R&D in Alsace
Rate over
the national
rate
National
ranking
Population (2008): 1 837 100 inhabitants
3,0 %
13th
GDP (2009, provisional) : 50 700 millions €
2,7 %
12th
Registred students in the higher education
(2009-2010): 67 600
3%
11th
Staff in the research field (2008, ETP) : 9 240
2,4 %
10th
2,3 %
10th
3%
10th
1,8 %
10th
2,9 %
9th
3,4 %
9th
Technological production (patent application,
2008)
3,9 %
5th
Student with final Master (2009) : 3,334
3,4 %
10th
PhD (2009) : 334
2,8 %
11th
Gross domestic expenditure on reserarch and
development - GERD (2008) : 874 millions €
2,2 %
10th
2,7 %
1,9 %
8th
12th
Researchers (2008, ETP): 5 200
Researchers in the public research:
2 8400 (among which 1,160 – 40
% - are linked to public research
bodies)
Researchers in enterprises: 2 370
Teachers-researchers and
researchers working in A research
units over 1,960: 1 258
Scientific production (excluding SHS, 2008)
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GERDA : 375 millions €
GERDE : 499 millions €
The scientific excellence is recognized at international
level namely in the fields of chemistry, nano-sciences and
materials (RTRA), Biology and Life sciences, which can
rely on the CNRS excellence laboratories, INSERM, the
Strasbourg University, the Haute Alsace University and
INRA. Alsace is one of the key actors of the Tri-national
Metropolitan Region of the Upper Rhine, the strategic
area for new collaborative opportunities between
research and economy.
Five competitive clusters federate academic actors and
enterprises, with the support of communities and the
State.
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Vehicle of the futur
Materials
Collaboration
Lazer
In the framework of the Regional Innovation
Strategy (SRI), voted at the Alsatian Regional
Council plenary meeting on December 4th 2009,
the Region has set the framework of its intervention
in the innovation domain. For the decades ahead,
this strategy proposes to make the initiatives evolve
in order to extend in contents and duration a set of
the actions launched in 2004. These initiatives will
entail an even stronger will to accelerate the
movement, to mobilize energies and talents as well
as a regional dynamics to support innovation. This is,
on this point, a true breakpoint.
to pave the way to a wide spread of the
innovation culture within the business world and
society.
2. To be an open and very attractive region, at
the heart of the Rhenan area as well as at the
heart of Europe, proposing a territorial
dynamics, development capacities, a favorable
economic, scientific and cultural environmental.
3. To establish sectorial priorities in order to
become a region of reference on some emerging
markets that are growing very fast.
In the framework of this process, the Region aims at
making the regional innovation system more
performing and at formalizing more strongly the
regional strategy, in a better coherence with the
territory's expectations and needs.
To this purpose, the strategy relies on four drivers
and proposes to act starting from three regional
“convergences” that are: Green Economy, Health
and Well-being, Humanism and societal questions.
This further nurtures the development of the
initiatives that has been observed in Alsace.
What is at stake for Alsace
The Smart Specialisation Strategy
On the base of the core values to build its own
future (innovation, knowledge, openness, sustainable
development, health and humanism), as well as on
more traditional values (know-how, production,
cultural identity, lifestyle), this strategy proposes
three challenges and aims for Alsace :
The operational framework of the regional
innovation strategy has paved the way to the
definition of strategic choices as from 2010. These
choices anticipate what Alsace's smart specialisation
strategy (S3) will be like. The S3 initiative has been
proposed by the European Union in order to
concentrate the resources and give the various
regions the possibility to make their own way while
enhancing their strong points and the sectors that
provide
them
a
competitive
advantage.
1. To be an active entrepreneurial and
innovative region, using the businesses'
innovation assets, investing on human resources'
qualification and their R&D capacities. The aim is
Graph 3: The three « convergences » of Alsatian Regional Innovation Strategy
The Regional Innovation Strategy
1. The EU programmes to support research and
innovation projects: the Alsatian participation
The European programmes to support research and
innovation provide Alsatian enterprises and
laboratories a funding for their innovative projects.
These funds equally offer the possibility to develop
their scientific and technical collaborations at
European level, namely to start or to strengthen
commercial cooperation with other European
stakeholders.
It is according to the project positioning on the
innovation chain that a programme will be chosen to
support it.
Graph 4: The European programmes to support research and
innovation
The Alsatian participation in the RDI programmes 2002-2006
The transition between two European financial
planning periods for research and innovation in
2007 (from the 6th to the 7th Framework
Programme) has paved the way to the analysis of
the Alsatian laboratories and enterprises'
contribution to the Framework programme but also
to the EUREKA intergovernmental initiative that was
in the past the other main funding source for the
enterprises involved in the European research
programmes.
Between 2002 and 2006, more than 200 projects
have been funded in Alsace both by the European
Commission (FP6) or by the national financiers in the
framework of the intergovernmental EUREKA
initiative. The EU or intergovernmental contribution
cover 90 millions euros, among which 90% have
funded public research laboratories.
22 Alsatian enterprises have joined 30 different
projects for a total EU contribution of about 8.5
millions euros. Among these enterprises, 80% are
SME in EU terms8. Many of them have participated
to more than two different projects with a record
number of (three) participations to the FP6 for a
SME of the Colmar region.
The ERDF7 features in Alsace
Alsace is the only French Region which is managing
authority
of
ERDF
projects
(objective
“Competitiveness and Employment”). Thanks to this
feature, an operational programme has been
designed in order to react and anticipate the
territory's specific expectations and needs.
The projects that have been selected in the
framework of the “Innovation and Business in the
European area” segment 1 and a part of the
second segment that is to develop territorial
attractiveness and economic competitiveness have
funded so far 143 project for a total amount of 69
millions euros, with a ERDF contribution of 18.75
millions euros.
7
European Regional Development Fund
Only two enterprises (not SME) have coordinated a
project in the reference period of 2002-2006. The
most covered themes are: health and well-being
(42%), green economy (energy, environment and
sustainable transports - 32 %).
8
The European definition of SME entails three categories: micro
enterprise (less than 10 employees / turnover or balance sheet ≤ 2
millions euros), small enterprise (less than 50 employees / turnover or
balance sheet ≤ 10 millions euros) and medium enterprise (less than
250 employees / turnover ≤ 50 millions euros / balance sheet ≤ 43
millions euros). The big enterprises go beyond the above-mentioned
thresholds.
The participation of public research laboratories
Graph: Alsatian enterprises per themes
Health
12%
ITC
8%
42%
15%
Materials
Environment
15%
Transports
8%
Energy
Alsace participation to the 2007-2013 RDI programmes
Thanks to new European programmes as from 2007
(CIP and FP7) but also the enhancement of the
programmes that are partially funded by the
European Commission (ERA-NET9), namely new
funding programmes for a specific business target
(EUROSTARS), the Alsatian laboratories and
enterprises have been proposed to address the
issue of innovation funding via partnerships and
cross-border actions.
Alsace participation to ERA-NETs
Alsace is one of the rare French Regions that
participates to several ERA-NETs. Thanks to these
instruments, RDI regional or national funding
programmes can be shared.
In the framework of the European programmes in
the field of innovation, since 2007 the Alsatian
laboratories participate to over 150 projects, which
represent over 80 millions euros of direct funding.
Main funding from FP7: The Framework
Programme represents more than 90% of this
global figure. The remaining 10% is mostly
represented by INTERREG funding and alike,
especially in Section A (cross-border collaboration
in the Upper Rhine area, covering Alsace, BadenWürttemberg, a part of Rhineland-Palatinate and
five Northern-Western Swiss Cantons10 .
The Strasbourg University is the first university
beyond that is granted scholarships from the
European Research Council (ERC), which are
funded under the People section of the FP7. 18
scholarships have been awarded between 2007
and 2010 in the fields of physical and engineering
sciences (8), life sciences (5), human and social
sciences (5).
The importance of cross-border co-operation. The
INTERREG programmes aim at enhancing
cooperation both in the Upper Rhine area (IVA) as
well as in the North-West European area, the alpine
area and, more generally, with all European
regions (Section C of the INTERREG programmes).
Alsace is then financier partner of LEAD ERA, which
supports industrial research projects on six lead
markets the European Commission has identified in
2007: green building, renewable energies,
protection textiles, recycling, e-health, bio-sources
products.
The Europe Department of the Strasbourg University
and CNRS Partnership and Enhancement
Department provide their administrative and
technical support to the Alsatian laboratories to set
mount their projects among the numerous European
programmes.
9
According to the ERA-NET programmes, the countries /regions can
launch joint tenders in the field of research, development and innovation
with international forms of collaboration. The programmes cover a
variety of scientific and technological domains.
10
Aargovia, Basle-Town, Basle-Country, Jura, Soleure
Since 2009 Alsace is also partner of
CROSSTEXNET (technical textile) and since 2001 of
EUROTRANSBIO (development of bio technologies
in the domains of health, industry, food and
agriculture and environment)..
The participation of enterprises
As from 2007 more and more enterprises
participate (between 2002 and 2011, from 22 to
40 (almost 100% growth) enterprises present 46
projects, which means a European or national cofunding of over 18 millions euros.
Most of the participants are first-time participants
(i.e. enterprises that have never participated to a
European programme before). This fact shows that
European fundings are not reserved to the same
enterprises always. Moreover, more and more
Alsatian enterprises coordinate such projects.
Complementary funds
Graph 6: Project per type of programme
FP7
7%
CIP
15%
Life+
48%
7%
Eureka/Eurostars
JTI IMI
17%
ERA-NET
Eurogia+
2% 4%
Graph 7: Project per theme
Health and wellbeing
13%
48%
39%
Complementarity of European funds in the
innovation domain is not a new issue. The European
programming since 2007 has introduced major
steps forward. Innovating enterprises can now be
funded by articulating various funding programmes
according to the maturity phase of the projects.
Green economy
Information
technologies
The participation of the Alsatian enterprises to the
European programmes present the following
features:
The two leading below-described projects for the
economic development of Alsace show the
complementary efficient use of European funds.
RHENOVIA Pharma (company based in Mulhouse)
has used FD7 fundings to acquire research
equipments and is partner of two European projects.
One research project has been funded under the
Cooperation Section of the FP7 (SELFMEM project)
and one has been supported in the framework of
the EUROSTARS programme (see ALTHERAS sheet).
Out of these two projects, the first one is more
focused on fundamental research whereas the
second one on applied research. Both of them will
give this company the chance to develop medical
devices and one of the targeted application will
contribute to fight against Alzheimer disease.
The wide variety of targeted programmes
including
bilateral
or
trilateral
industrial
collaborations on applied research projects (i.e.
ERANET and EUROSTAR projects), Joint Technology
Initiatives11
such as the Innovative Medicine
Initiative as well as the FP7 projects, mostly in its
Cooperation section.
The targeted themes by the Alsatian industrial
participants are basically health, sustainable
development (energy, transports, environment) and
the ICT related ones. This distribution is perfectly in
line with the Regional Innovation Strategy.
11
The JTIs are public-private partnerships that put in place at
European level in order to address the strategic sectors where research
and innovation are essential to the European competitiveness.
The 7th FPRD support (and this is a new element) multinational research
activities at large scale and regroup public and private partners in
order to fix common highly societal objectives and to reach them.
Patch : Rhenovia’s new therapeutic transdermic system
Europe, driver of development for Alsace's territory and
competitiveness clusters
The European funds for supporting research and
innovation are beneficial to the competitive clusters,
too as they strengthen their collaboration with other
European clusters. For example: the ABC Europe
(CIP) and Biovalley trinational (INTERREG IV A) for
the Alsace Biovalley cluster, the Regions of
Knowledge (FP7) S-Life project for the Vehicule du
Futur project (see individual project sheet).
Such funds equally pave the way to other projects
that are led or that are joined by the
competitiveness clusters' members (s. sheet for the
ICE project). These results originate from a tight
collaboration with the Alsatian institutional partners
(Bureau Alsace, Alsace Region, Enterprise Europe
Network (CCIR Alsace), Mission Europe of the ARI
Alsace,…).
2. The Alsatian participation’s drivers
In order to better support the Alsatian enterprises
that aim at getting a financial support for their
European innovating projects, “Mission Europe”
(ARI Alsace) has been activated in 2007 by the
Alsace Region, the State (DRIRE has become
DIRECCTE) and the European Union (ERDF).
The Enterprise Europe Network is the result of the
2008 merge of Euro Info Centres with Innovation
Relay Centers (hosted by the CCIR Alsace) and has
been given the task to inform about and promote
European programmes.
The creation of the Europe Alsace Network,
coordinated by ARI Alsace, has structured the
common action of Alsatian RDI stakeholders by
fostering their participation to various EU
programmes. This network entails fourteen Alsatian
partners: ARI Alsace, Enterprise Europe Network
(CCI de Région Alsace), territorial communities,
State (DIRECCTE, DRRT), Bureau Alsace, economic
development agencies (Alsace International, ADEC),
Alsatian Universities (UDS, UHA), CNRS and OSEO
Alsace.
More recently, via the Eurosynergies project,
Alsace, Lorraine and Champagne Ardenne have
organized Infodays throughout their regions in
order to train the ones that deal with and manage
European programmes (structural funds and
sectorial programmes) and provide to any potential
operator basic information on the existing funding
possibilities and to guide them about the existing
pertinent interlocutors.
The Alsatian institutional stakeholders' strategy
aims at spreading to most enterprises and
laboratories information that is indispensable to
mount competitive funding applications. This
awareness-raising and support strategy namely
consists of:
-
-
Thematic Infodays animated by REA in
partnership with the national contact points
and the European Commission.
Design of a “project mode”, by identifying
the territory's project potential assets and
the corresponding European most adequate
programmes.
In this framework, no programme nor instrument is
privileged. This pragmatic approach offers the
territory and its stakeholders a rich variety of
opportunities to address their own needs.
3. Alsace and Horizon 2020
A major change is to be expected in the framework
of the European support to research, development
and innovation. For next programming period
(2014-2020), the European Commission has set a
unique device to simplify and make its support to
research and development more efficient: “Horizon
2020”.
The new European RDI framework: “Horizon 2020”
The main objective is to cover the whole innovation
chain of fundamental research up to the transfer of
innovating products and services on the market in
order to maximize the impact of the European
funding. In fact, “Horizon 2020” will entail in one
single strategic framework programmes that were
previously managed with different rules: the
framework programme for research and
development (F), the “Innovation” section of the
competitiveness
and
innovation
framework
STERITECH, SME based in the region, has developed
innovative water and energy saving equipments to
sterilize food. The relevant research has been
funded by the OSEO and ERDF funds, which have
then allowed the wide spread of the developed
technology. The CIP Eco-Innovation programme will
then allow to build and test the first industrial
equipment.
programme (CIP) as well as the European Institute
for Innovation and Technology (EIT).
Horizon 2020 entails three major thematic axes:
-
-
“Excellent science” to support scientific
excellence,
“Societal challenges” to tackle the society's
challenges (demographic change, climate
change, ...),
“Industrial Leadership” to enhance the
industrial preponderance in the European
competitive context.
This combination of programmes under “Horizon
2020 “ will then reduce the number of working
modalities and funding instruments and bring
together the eligibility rules, book-keeping,
reporting and audit processing of the European
projects. Consequently, SME will namely have an
easier access to the European funding for their
research, development and innovation actions.
Alsace's position
Alsace supports the approach of a unique,
rationalized and simplified programme for
research, development and innovation so as to fund
innovating project including laboratories, centers for
the technological transfer, SME and big enterprises.
A joint strategic framework is then replacing a
programmes rationale so as to cover the whole
innovation chain; between the various instruments
some « bridges » will then be created according to
the development stage and maturity of the project.
Alsace supports the regions' key role in the
research, development and innovation domains and
underlines the tremendous leverage effect of the
various programmes for territorial development and
competitiveness. In this time of crisis, “Horizon 2020”
must provide the EU the tools to tackle new
challenges (internationalization of enterprises,
territorial dimension of research) so as to allow
Europe and its territories to enhance their
competitiveness and ensure its citizens' well-being.
ABC Europe
New and efficient services promoting more worldclass biotech clusters in the EU
Altheras
The alchemy of a success
CATS
City Alternative Transport System
CEOP-AEGIS The Earth observation for water source
management in Asia
EcoTransFlux Induction to Performance
ICE
The Cold success
Isis
New tools for mini-invasive surgery
Latexdred
From nature to industrial applications
NUTRINET
Rhine food for health
OptiMIR
New tools for a more sustainable dairy sector
RETS
Renewable Energies Transfer System
SAFER
Emergency response
SAFE-T
Predict potential toxicity of drugs candidates
S_Life
European Synergies and Cooperation for
Sustainable vehicle along the Life-Cycle
Sterilis
Moderate consumption in sterilisation
Tracecard
Straight forward driving
CIP - Pro-Inno
22
Eureka/Eurostars
FP7 (Coopération: Transport)
FP7 (Cooperation: Environment)
24
26
28
LIFE+
FP7
ERDF
FP7 (ERA-NET Lead-Era)
INTERREG IV A
INTERREG IV B ENO
INTERREG IV C
FP7 (Coopération: Space)
FP7 (Cooperation JTI-IMI)
FP7 - RoK
30
32
34
36
38
40
42
44
46
48
CIP - Eco-Innovation
Eureka/Eurostars
50
52
ABC Europe
New and efficient services promoting more world-class biotech clusters in the EU
THE PROJECT
ABC Europe has been launched in the framework of
the 2007-2013 Competitiveness and Innovation
Programme (CIP) of the European Commission and it
is embedded in the new European World Class
Clusters policy.
This programme aims at transforming the competition
rationale between European regions in a cooperation
rationale between clusters at continental level.
The objectives
Bioentrepreneur Boot Camp: Nov. 2011, Stockholm
The ABC Europe consortium aims at developing and
improving the services for SME:
- To enhance partnerships between active communities
in the biotechnology field
- To boost cross-border cooperation
- To create more performing support services, by
enhancing the links between research, enterprises and
financiers
- To widen the cooperation between bioclusters in
Europe and the world
The implementation
The ABC Europe project is basically structured on six
working groups:
1) Tools to support the SMEs internationalization
2)
Clusters
services
for
SMEs
3) Cross-border partnerships between clusters on one
side and enterprises on the other side
4) Aids for the SMEs internationalization
5) Common use of the research capacities
6) Development of a promotional programme for
Bioclusters
More details at:
www.alsace-biovalley.com
The Consortium
The competitiveness cluster Alsace Biovalley is partner
of the ABC Europe project, which involves twelve of the
most important European bioclusters for biotechnologies
for health. The Milan Chamber of Commerce, Industry,
Craft and Agriculture is the project's coordinator.
The budget
The ABC Europe project has been launched at the end
of 2009 and disposes of a 3.51 millions euros budget
for a three years period. Of the above-mentioned total
sum, 2.72 millions euros are covered by the European
Union.
The Alsatian partner:
ALSACE BIOVALLEY
Alsace BioValley, French cluster for life sciences and
health, gathers in Alsace all stakeholders - enterprises,
research laboratories, hospitals, universities - of the Life
Sciences and Health domain.
Further more, Alsace Biovalley is one of the three world
class “health” competitiveness clusters, officially labeled
by the French State in 2005 to support excellence
innovation in France.
EUROPE INNOVA
Europe INNOVA is an European CIP (Competitiveness
and Innovation Programme) initiative that aims at
creating partnerships platforms between European
professional stakeholders of the innovation
domain.
With this instrument, the European Commission
supports the detailed analysis and mapping of
sectorial innovation and aims at identifying the sector
barriers and opportunities for innovation.
Supported actions
Europe INNOVA has been launched in 2006 and
supports eight actions:
Innovation analysis:
-
to analyse sectorial innovation
to analyse European clusters
to analyse eco-innovation
Innovation Management:
To support SME in their innovation management by
providing them a self-assessment tool.
Promotion of new tools and services:
The ENTREPRISE EUROPE NETWORK - a strong
support
The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) is a European
network for providing information about the
European funding opportunities. It helps identifying
partners or technologies for enterprises' projects and
help them better understanding and integrating the
European directives (REACH, …). In Alsace, the EEN is
led by the Regional Chamber of Commerce and
Industry.
In order to support Alsace Biovalley in the
development and improvement of services to SME –
that are key for the ABC Europe project – the EEN
has offered the cluster to have access to some
services that are specifically aimed to the
competitiveness clusters, among which:
-
To make a better use of the partnerships results and
actions of Europe INNOVA.
European Platforms of Innovation:
-
Platform for competitive clusters
Platform for services
Platform for eco-innovation
Who can apply ?
Innovation agencies and public or private bodies that
support innovation and are interested in a
partnership that is willing to create new types of
support to innovation at European level
-
-
Leaflets Innov’Alert: The possibility to
download thematic promotional material
(information
on
the
technological
opportunities, European rules, European
funding, events, etc.) from the online portal of
Alsace Biovalley
Technological demand and supply: The
creation of a direct link in the « Search for
partners » menu to the EEN site.
Integration of service supply of EEN in the
global supply of Alsace Biovalley
More details at:
www.europe-innova.eu
Bureau Alsace
Représentation auprès de l'Union européenne des collectivités territoriales et organismes consulaires alsaciens
Avenue des Arts, 19 AD
B - 1000 BRUXELLES
Tél. : + 32 (0)2 221 04 30
www.bureau-alsace.org
Fax : + 32 (0)2 217 66 12
ALTHERAS
The alchemy of a success
THE PROJECT
In 2007, Rhenovia Pharma's intended to develop its
project of a patch for the Alzheimer disease
treatment. Nevertheless, the whole technical necessary
capacity was not at its disposal. Further more,
complementary fundings were indispensable to this
enterprise.
The objectives
Patch : Rhenovia’s new therapeutic transdermal patch
“Our newest innovation is the creation of a
transdermic patch that can deliver medications via a
micro-PC in the thickness of a patch that is not bigger
than a credit card. Drugs are then released by a PC
programme that manages luminous flashes in the
patch inner surface. Such flashes act over as
nanoparticles that, on their turn, will provide the
active principles to the specific useful point.”
The implementation
In this framework, the ALTHERAS project consortium
has developed and showed a first version of the
effective transdermic patch. Its partners have
specifically demonstrated their capacities to engineer
a complex medical device based on various
disciplines such as photonics, chemistry or membranes
physics. This project would have not been possible
without the strong interaction between the two
partners of the project.
The consortium
The consortium of the ALTHERAS project consists of the
Alsatian SME Rhenovia Pharma and the Swiss SME
Portmann Instruments. These two enterprises are also
involved in the German research Centre of the Friburg
Region (the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft) as external
contractor. The consortium consists of three regions that
altogether constitute the Tri-national Metropolitan
Upper Rhine Region. Therefore, they constitute an
interesting example of cross-border cooperation in the
health domain.
The budget
The total budget for the project amounts to 913,070
euros. RHENOVIA Pharma, as “Eurostars” SME, is funded
by 40% of the project's eligible costs.
The Alsatian partner: RHENOVIA PHARMA
More details at :
www.rhenovia.com
Rhenovia Pharma has been created in 2006 and
presently employs 20 people. The Alsatian enterprise
brings real innovation, even a revolution in the
approach of biology and physiology.
Its specific feature is related to the introduction of
digital approach for understanding complex biologic or
pathologic phenomenon.
ARI ALSACE and ENTREPRISE EUROPE NETWORK –
Rhenovia partners
EUROSTARS™
The Eureka-Eurostars programme aims at supporting
high-tech SMEs that have a strong growth potential
thanks to the European partnership projects.
The selected projects are funded by the European
Commission and by the States where the partners are
based.
The Regional Agency for Innovation (Agence
Regionale de l'Innovation Alsace - ARI Alsace) is
Alsace’s public innovation expert, starting point and
partner for enterprises and their innovation projects.
The Regional Agency helps enterprises to structure
their projects, guide and facilitate their access to the
regional, national and European public aid tools.
Thanks to its Europe mission, ARI Alsace support local
enterprises and help them integrating Europe in their
development strategy.
The projects' maximum duration is 36 months; they
must involve at least two distinct entities of at least
two of the 33 Eurostars™ members and finally
realise a product, process or service that can be
commercialised in the two following years after their
finalisation.
The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) is a European
network that provides information on the European
funding opportunities. It helps identifying partners or
technologies for the enterprises' projects and helps
them better understanding and integrating the
European directives (REACH, …). In Alsace, EEN works
under the umbrella of Chamber of Commerce and
Industry of the Alsace Region.
When can I apply?
Three key elements
The call for projects is always open with two
deadlines per year.
1/ First of all, ARI Alsace and EEN assistance for
choosing the European programme to be selected.
Such precious help has led to the choice of
Eurostars™, a programme that was new at that time,
sufficiently simple and allowing small consortia.
Which projects are involved ?
Who can apply?
Any SME according to the EU definition (maximum
250 employees) that invests at least 10% of its
expenditure into R&D or that employs at least 10%
of its staff to R&D.
Further more, the enterprises has to cover at least
50% of the total cost of the project. There is no theme
imposed.
2/ Then, the drafting of the project at the level of
European consortium: a quite complex step, simplified
thanks to the ARI Alsace support.
3/ Finally, throughout the process, ARI Alsace has
facilitated contacts, managed relationships with the
Swiss and German authorities and organised
meetings that have considerably helped at the
various steps.
More details at:
www.eurostars-eureka.eu
Bureau Alsace
B - 1000 BRUXELLES
Tél. : + 32 (0)2 221 04 30
Fax : + 32 (0)2 217 66 12
CATS
City Alternative Transport System
THE PROJECT
L’objectif du projet
The CATS project aims at developing and experiencing
a new city transport system based on a new generation
of vehicles, in order to generate a more effective and
clean mobility. The major innovation is a single type of
vehicle for two different types of use: individual use or
collective transport. This new transport service aims then
at filling the gap between public transport means and
private vehicles.
It is founded on two principles:
1/ The “self service” concept, with small and clean city
vehicles for short renting.
2/ A flexible shuttles service, with a convoy of variable
length that is driven by a professional driver. This
service would be available at fixed hours, along a
fixed line, permanently or for specific purposes.
The implementation
The CATS project is focussed on the analysis of mobility
needs, a local demonstration of the impact of such a
system in three European cities: Strasbourg, Ploeisti and
Formello.
This is a short term demonstration of the CRISTAL
project, which aims at developing a complete dualmode electric transport system network in order to meet
the different mobility demands.
The consortium
The CATS project is carried out by a consortium of ten
partners from five European countries:
France : Communauté Urbaine de Strasbourg,
Europe Recherche Transport, Institut national de
recherche en informatique et en automatique,
Lohr Industrie (Coordinator)
Israel: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Italy: Agenzia regionale per la mobilita del Lazio,
Centro di Ricerca di La Sapienza sul Trasporto e la
Logistica
Rumania: Ploiesti city hall
Swtzerland: Ecole polytechnique de Lausanne, GEAJM Vallotton and T. Chanard Architects-Town planners
FSU SA
The budget
The project disposes of a 3.8 millions euros budget,
whereby 2.97 millions euros are funded by the EU.
The impact on environment, especially in terms of CO2
emissions, as well as the demand the systems
addresses, are also assessed.
More details at:
www.strasbourg.eu
7th Framework Programme for Research and
Development
The 7th European Framework Programme for
Research and Development is a unique framework to
plan actions over several years.
It disposes of over 50 billions euros for the 20072013 period. The ordinary refunding rate for
research and development activities is 50%. For some
legal entities, this rate can go up to 75%.
Who can apply ?
The participants range is very wide: groups of
researchers, SMEs, associations, public bodies,
researchers, students, etc. regardless the country
where these are based, with privileged conditions of
the EU's Member States.
What are the pertinent projects?
FP7 is based on five elements, the so-called "specific
programmes":
-
-
-
The “Cooperation” programme aims to
stimulate cooperation and improve links
between industry and research within a
transnational
framework
(consortia
comprising enterprises and university
laboratories)
The “Ideas" programme is intended to
enhance the exploratory research in Europe
The "People" programme is intended to
encourage mobility and improve the career
prospects of researchers
The “Capacities” programme is intended to
enhance research capacities Europe needs
The programme on nuclear research
COMMUNAUTE
URBAINE
(Strasbourg City Community)
DE
STRASBOURG
As a creative metropolis, Strasbourg creates the
favourable conditions for its economic development
by supporting research and innovation on its territory
as well as the creation of new sectors and related
activities.
This is the Eco 2020 Strategy's objective, which is a
true guideline for Strasbourg in this domain.
Strasbourg has chosen 4 potential poles on growth
markets, for which the metropolis owns key assets:
-
medical technologies and new therapies,
creative activities,
international higher service sector
innovative and multimodal mobilities
BUREAU ALSACE - a strong support
Via its network and contacts in Brussels, the Bureau
Alsace has contributed to the mounting of the CATS.
More details at:
www.cordis.europa.eu
Bureau Alsace
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CEOP-AEGIS
The Earth observation for water source management in Asia
THE PROJECT
CEOP-AEGIS is an international collaborative project
in the environment field in the framework of the 7th
Framework
Programme
for
Research
and
Development (specific programme “Cooperation”),
financed on the topic “Improving observing systems
for water resource management”. Its coordination is
carried out by the Laboratoire des Sciences de
l'Image, de l'Informatique et de la Teledetection
(Laboratory of Imaging Sciences, Informatics and
Remote Sensing, LSIIT ) of the Strasbourg University
and the CNRS.
The objectives
With a 2.5 millions sqkm surface and 4,700 m height,
the Tibetan plateau plays an essential role in the
Asian climate and water operational system. The most
important rivers originate form there and the changes
on this environment have a considerable impact on the
water source of these catchments areas. The CEOPAEGIS project aims at promoting the uses of Earth
observation satellite technologies to put in place a
follow-up system for the plateau's hydrology.
The consortium
The PROJECT gathers fifteen research institutions and
three SMEs. Ten partners are based in Europe and eight
in Asia. The consortium also gathers over 125
researchers and engineers and contributes to various
research and dissemination activities.
The budget
The project disposes of a 4.5 millions euros budget. The
European Commission contributes with 3.4 millions euros,
namely 11 % for SMEs and 36 % for the Asian
partners.
The STRASBOURG UNIVERSITY
The implementation
The implementation of temporal series of
observations, algorithms and models, as well as the
technology transfer to the neighbouring countries'
water agencies provide the decision-makers and local
populations innovative tools to manage the resource,
anticipate the drought periods or rainfalls and then
improve food, personal and material safety.
More details at:
www.ceop-aegis.org
The University of Strasbourg, unique example of three
institutes merged together, is presently the French
pluridisciplinary University with the highest number of
students and staff: 42,000 students (among which 20%
form foreign countries) and 4,600 employees.
The Strasbourg University’s world reputation is based on
its research teams covering almost every major
discipline.
Geographically privileged, the Strasbourg University
has a particular vocation to develop a strategic link to
Europe.
THE EUROPE CELL– a strong support
Within the Research Directorate of the University, the
Europe Cell aims at assisting and advising university
and researchers in the various development phases of
the project.
Development
7th
The
Framework Programme for Research and
Development (FP7) is the main funding instrument for
European research.
It covers a seven years period (2007-2013) and
disposes of a 50 billions euros budget, which confirms
the EU's priority for the European research.
This programme is a key instrument to meet Europe's
employment and competitiveness needs and to make
it become the first knowledge-based world economy.
programmes":
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transnational
framework
(consortia
laboratories)
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The “Capacities“» programme is intended to
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Who can apply ?
The participation to FP7 is open to a wide range of
organisations and private people, with no
geographic restriction.
The Europe cell proposes the following services:
Awareness-raising, information and training
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Information and constant up-date on the
state-of-the-art of the European and
international research funding programmes
Information meetings
Training sessions
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Assistance for mounting and follow-up of European
projects
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Analysis of the project and choice of
adapted programme
Interface with European financiers
Aid to mounting, drawing, budget
construction, projects negotiation
Assistance for project management.
Contact
Sandrine Schott-Carrière
Contact person for the Cellule Europe
sschott@unistra.fr
More details at:
http://cordis.europa.
eu/fp7/home_fr.
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EcoTransFlux™
Induction to Performance
THE PROJECT
Specialised in the production of industrial induction
heating equipment, the FIVES CELES company has
been developing since 2008 a project which is a real
turning point for this technology: EcoTransFlux™.
Namely, it saves much more energy, with
considerably lowered polluting emissions.
Fives Celes
Special Induction
heating machines
The objectives
The consortium
With induction, a material can be heated while
electric flows are being created (Joule effect). To this
purpose, it uses magnetic fields with lowered energy
consumption and, first of all, releases less CO2 than
the traditional channels (ovens, stoves).
In the framework of this project, there is no foreign
partner. The only participant is the Fives Celes
company. As a matter of fact, Life+ is one of the rare
European programmes for funding innovative projects
whereby the eligibility is not subject to a minimum
number of participating partners or countries.
The EcoTransFlux™ aims at demonstrating the
effectiveness of this now existing technology, its
capacity to meet the steelworkers' constraints and to
reduce the environmental impact of some of their
activities.
The budget
The total budget amounts to 646,482 euros, among
which 316,366 euros is of EU origin.
The implementation
The Alsatian partner: FIVES CELES
The EcoTransFlux™ project deals with highly powerful
transverse flux induction heating. It represents a major
innovation as it remarquably improves traditional
(longitudinal) induction performances, and particularly
it allows to go beyond the surface treatment that
creates polluting releases.
The FIVES CELES company, SEVYLOR spin-off, has been
created in 1967 to industrialise and commercialise a
major technical innovation at that time : the periodic
high or medium frequency generator. Since then, the
company has unceasingly focussed its efforts on the
development of new more and more performing power
sources.
More details at:
www.fivesgroup.co
m
The FIVES CELES company presently belongs to the
FIVES group and employs 93 people. Thanks to its over
40 years of know-how, FIVES CELES has today an
international reputation in the field of induction heating
equipments.
L'ARI ALSACE – partner of FIVES CELES
LIFE+
The European programme LIFE+ funds demonstration
projects that contribute to the development and
implementation of environmental policies and
jurisprudence. The LIFE+ financial envelope amounts
to over two billions euros for the 2007-2013 period.
1/ the projects of community interest that contribute
to the development, implementation and updating of
environment policies and jurisprudence in this field.
2/ the projects that are technically and financially
coherent, feasible and cost-efficient.
3/ the projects that meet at least one of the following
criteria:
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concern best practices or demonstration
in the field of wild birds and habitats
protection,
present an innovative or demonstration
character at EU level as to the
environment policy's objectives,
to consist in awareness-raising campaigns
or trainings in the field of forest fires
prevention,
to deal with extended, harmonised,
global and long-term surveillance of
forest and environmental interactions.
The Regional Agency for Innovation Agence
Regionale de l'Innovation Alsace (ARI Alsace) is
Alsace’s innovation public expert, starting point and
A support at any key step of the project
It's while visiting FIVES CELES that an ARI Alsace
project leader had this project idea. The project
analysis, both in technical as well as in environmental
terms, has rapidly led to the choice of a Life+
programme. (As a matter of fact, the technological
level must prove to be sufficiently mature for the
project to be approved).
While preparing the project, ARI Alsace has closely
worked with the enterprises so as to meet each
requirement asked by the European Commission. By
carefully reading the various proposal's versions
FIVES CELES has been able to clearly and
pedagogically explain the project's objectives, its
technology rationale and also to quantify the project's
environmental impact. To conclude, during the
negotiation phase, ARI Alsace, following the European
Commission's request, has put in contact FIVES CELES
with the European Steel Technological Platform ESTEP,
that is going to participate to the dissemination
activities.
Who can apply ?
Enterprises, research centres and communities are
eligible to the programme. Nevertheless, the project
initiators need to prove their co-funding capacity.
More details at :
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life
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ICE
The Cold success
THE PROJECT
The magnetic cold principle is known since 1880.
Nevertheless, it's from a different technology that airconditioning is going to be developed, that is to say
the refrigerating gases.
While searching for the “clean vehicle”, the car
industry clearly looks for a technology that can
provide air-conditioning at low energy consumption,
with no greenhouse gas emission nor toxic fluids.
The consortium
The objectives
The ICE project aims at developing a new airconditioning and a heat pump system based on the
magneto-caloric heat pump.
Another innovative aspect is the new air-conditioning
design of the cabin and the micro-climate control,
which can provide optimized heating and cooling
production.
The implementation
ICE is a demonstration project which aims at
equipping an electric bus with a reversible airconditioning.
The major innovation is an electric compact heating
pump which has been adapted to cars. As a matter of
fact, this system lies on the magneto-caloric effect by
using highly efficient magnetic materials. This allows a
lower power generation according to the real needs
and the adaptation of the system to the number of
passengers.
More details at: www.weenter.com
ICE is a French-Italian project under the leadership of
FIAT (Italy) research centre. Its partners are: ALTRA
Spa–IVECO (Italian company), INSA – Strasbourg France, the Polytechnical University of Valencia (Spain),
the French company Behr France as well as the SME
Cooltech Applications, where the ICE developed
technology originates from.
The budget
The total budget amounts to 4.19 millions euros,
whereby 2.83 millions are funded by FP7 (specific
programme “Cooperation” – theme “Transport” –Green
Cars Initiative).
The Alsatian partner: COOLTECH APPLICATIONS
Since beginning of year 2000s, science disposes of
sufficiently powerful magnets to take over the works on
magnetic cold. It's the Cooltech Applications, based in
Holtzheim (Lower-Rhine region), that focuses again on
this via the ICE project.
Cooltech Applications is a SAS (simplified joint stock
company) with 17 employees; it has been created in
2003 and has been awarded the special OSEO prize in
the framework of the national competition for the
setting up of enterprises in the innovative technologies
field. Since 2008, Cooltech Applications has created its
Weenter trademark that benefits from an international
visibility.
ARI ALSACE - Cooltech Applications’ partner
Development
The 7th Framework Programme for Research and
Development (FP7) is the main funding instrument for
European research.
It covers a seven years period (2007-2013) and
disposes of a 50 billions euros budget, which confirms
the EU's priority for the European research.
This programme is a key instrument to meet Europe's
employment and competitiveness needs and to make
it become the first knowledge-based world economy.
programmes":
-
transnational
framework
(consortia
laboratories)
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The “Capacities“» programme is intended to
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Who can apply ?
The participation to FP7 is open to a wide range of
organisations and private people, with no
geographic restriction.
Thanks to its “Mission Europe”, ARI Alsace supports
local enterprises and helps them integrating Europe in
their development strategy.
A strong support at any key step of the project
By closely collaborating with the competitiveness
cluster “Vehicule du Futur” (Alsace and Franche
Comte), “Mission Europe” of ARI Alsace has assisted
Cooltech Applications and its local partners in the
framework of its first exchanges with the FIAT
research centre. It is in this framework that the idea of
a European project based on Cooltech Applications'
technology has arisen.
Constantly focussed on the EU programmes
opportunities, ARI Alsace has identified the FP7 and,
more specifically, the Green Cars Initiative (theme
“Transport”
of
the
specific
programme
“Cooperation”), which can co-fund such a research
project led by European entrepreneurs as well as
research centres. ARI Alsace has then assisted
Cooltech Applications to define its project and to
structure its content.
To closely assist and support Alsatian SME, namely
the ones that, just as COOLTECH, have access to
European funding for the first time, is key to ensure
their full benefit from the pivotal effects of the FP7.
More details at:
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/
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ISIS
New tools for mini-invasive surgery
THE PROJECT
Development of new instruments in the domain of
laparoscopic surgery
The introduction of a laparoscope equipped with a
mini-camera in the patient abdomen, allowing a
surgery with closed belly: this is the biggest change
the surgery as a whole has ever known in the 20th
century and has paved the way to the “mini-invasive”
surgery. This technique reduces surgery traumatism,
pain, nosocomial infection risks and, further more,
meets a raising aesthetic demand of the patients
wishing scarcely visible scars.
The objectives
The ISIS project aims at developing the laparoscopic
surgery with a single incision via the principle of
flexible tools that have been developed in the
framework of the ANUBIS project. This offers
excellent ergonomics and allows the necessary
triangulation of an oriented surgery. The present
(especially) American developments propose to use
rigid or semi-rigid instruments of the laparoscopic
surgery that are scarcely ergonomic and make
operations very complex.
The implementation
THE ISIS project entails a training chapter that has
been developed by IRCAD. The objective is to train
surgeons to the new surgery techniques.
More details at:
http://www.eits.fr/
The consortium
ISIS is a collaborative project that regroups scientist of
the Strasbourg University /National Research and
Development Centre (CNRS) and IRCAD as well as two
enterprises, namely the French branch of the Karl Storz
company, as well as ProtoMed/Surgical Perspective, a
company specialised in the mini-invasive surgery.
The budget
The total budget amounts to 3.1 millions euros, whereby
250,000€ are covered with ERDF funding. The project is
also granted the FUI support, as well as the Alsace,
PACA Region and OSEO contribution.
The Alsatian partners:
IRCAD, UNIVERSITY OF STRASBOURG – CNRS
IRCAD (Institut de Recherche contre les Cancers de
l'Appareil Digestif; Research Institute for the Digestive
stytem cancer) has been founded in 1994 within the
Strasbourg University Hospitals. IRCAD comprises
research laboratories in the cancer treatment domain as
well as the Medical Robotis, a department for
Informatics Research and Development as well as a
centre for the formation in minimally invasive surgery.
University of Strasbourg – CNRS : The world known
excellence domains of the “Automatisms, Vision and
Robotics” (AVR) team of the Laboratoire des Sciences de
l’Image, de l’Informatique et de la Teledetection (LSIIT)
are: commanding of robots b vision, remote
manipulation as well as the design of innovative
mechanisms.
Further Alsatian partner: SURGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Surgical Perspective is a ProtoMed's branch. In the
surgery sector, it develops innovative mini-invasive
medical devices. It sells retractors for this type of
surgery.
The Strasbourg branch has been created in the
framework of this project in order to develop a new
pull-apart system, which is adapted to the single incision
surgery.
EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND
Who can apply?
Regional competitiveness programme 2007-2013
in Alsace
The participation is widely open: regional
stakeholders in the field of innovation, public or
private structures, academic institutes, research
institutes and related structures (CRITT, platforms,…),
associations, enterprises, collectivises,…
In Alsace, the regional competitiveness programme
aims at renewing local economy by orienting it
toward strong value added activities (research and
innovation, high technologies) and to provide the
region a sustainable development model.
This programme is funded by the European Regional
Development Fund (ERDF) that supports the
European regions' competitiveness improvement.
The ERDF has a budget of 75,924.973 € for
regional competitiveness, managed by the Alsace
Region, programme management authority.
The programme is based on four axis:
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Axis 1: Innovate and create business in
the European space
Axis 2: Develop the territories
attractiveness
and
economic
competitiveness
Axis
3:
Enhance
the
Alsatian
environmental potential
Axis
4:
Enhance
the
Alsatian
agglomerations
attractiveness
and
cohesion with a focussed support to the
areas in difficulty
More details at:
http://www.fonds-europeens-alsace.eu/
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LATEXDRED
From nature to industrial applications
THE PROJECT
Engineering and sport-competition may not seem to
have much in common but in both domains, engineers
are using similar software applications to better
understand just how water or air flow around a
swimmer, plane or a vessel. Latexdred will aim at
reproducing sharkskin pattern in order to reduce
drag effects.
The objectives
Latexdred aims at reproducing sharkskin on a textile
in order to reduce the drag effect.
The implementation
This texture is going to be realised on a specific
textile (on purpose for this project), which will be used
in the framework of water sport competitions.
The femtosecond technologies can presently texture
almost all materials with such a level of precision to
be close to the micrometer. So, it is possible for
plastics to be given the aspect of leather and for
some surfaces to be textured in such a way to
become hydrophobic and self-cleaning.
Irepa Laser is the project coordinator and will be in
charge of laser developments. In order to reproduce
the “sharkskin” aspect, two approaches are possible:
to directly reproduce the texture on the material or to
produce a mould or drawing frame to “print” the
features on the material.
The consortium
Coordinator: Irepa Laser (Alsace)
Partners: University of Basque Countries, Universite de
la Couronne, Tecnalia/AZTI, Seland, IFTH, Clipso.
The budget
The project disposes of a 1,882,990 euros budget
whereby 1,090,540 euros are funded by various
regional and national funding bodies.
The Alsatian partner: IREPA LASER
Irepa Laser (laser solutions designer in Alsace) is
Technologic Resource Centre as well as a Laser Training
Centre and a Research, Innovation and Transfer of
Technologies Centre.
Irepa Laser competences are focussed on the
implementation of laser processes in the industrial field.
More details at:
www.irepa-laser.com/
L‘ARI ALSACE – a strong support
ERA-NET :
The ERA-NET scheme is a supporting mechanism of the
Development to promote cooperation and
coordination of research activities at national or
regional level (funding programmes are brought
together).
Several ERA-NET cover all scientific and technological
disciplines. The ERA-NET scheme follows a bottom-up
approach, which gives a considerable manoeuvre for
the application.
Who can apply?
The participation to these actions is open to
“planners” (normally ministries or regional authorities
that define research programmes) or “programme
managers” (sort of research advisors or other
agencies that manage research programmes).
LEAD ERA
The Latexdred project has been co-funded in the
framework of the ERA-NET LEAD-ERA the Alsace
Region has been participating to since 2009. Its aim
is to enhance the coordination of a series of crossborder programmes dedicated to research and
innovation in key sectors of the European initiative in
favour of growth markets.
The Regional Agency for Innovation Agence
Regionale de l'Innovation Alsace (ARI Alsace) is
Alsace’s innovation public expert, starting point and
ARI ALSACE proposes a customised support
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to identify the most adequate European
funding for an innovative project,
to identify European partners:
enterprises, public partners, laboratories
for the project implementation,
to help preparing the application,
namely to explain procedures and
mediation with the French and European
authorities.
A strong support at any step of the project
ARI Alsace has been associated by the Alsace Region
to the launch and promotion of the first LEAD-ERA call
for proposals to the enterprises. In the framework of
a visit to IREPA Laser, the idea of a project on
protection textiles have been recalled. ARI Alsace has
helped IREPA laser, namely during the preparation
phase of the funding request and for the search for
partners to ensure the interface with other LEAD ERA
partner regions. It has also provided the interface
with the Alsace Region, funding body of the Alsatian
partners. Finally, it has provided a critical review of
the application.
Six growth markets have been identified by the
European Commission in 2007: E-health, protection
textiles, eco-construction, recycling, bio-based
products, renewables.
More details at:
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/coordinati
on/about-era_en.html
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NUTRHI.NET
Rhine food for health
THE PROJECT
Apples, nuts, grapes - how many good things can
bring those regional food products and other more to
the consumer health? The cross-border research
network nutrhi.net aims at generating and developing
new nutritional knowledge on regional food and
sharing it with the consumers.
The objectives
The Nutrhi.net network aims at studying the specific
features of the typical food products of the Upper
Rhine region, determining the nutritional properties
and spreading the results that are acquired among
French and German consumers. The implemented
research project takes into account the elements that
cover both food production as well as its
commercialisation and consumption.
The implementation
An important contribution to nutritional prevention to
chronic disease (overweight and cancer) is given by
the Nutrhi.net members of the Baden-Wurttemberg
and Alsace regions. The communication measures are
supported by innovative research approaches and
are realised by pluridisciplinary working groups that
comprise both specialised stakeholders (food
transformation processes, nutrition, study of food
behaviours) as well as regional food producers.
The consortium
Nutrhi.net is a pluridisciplinary network comprising
nutrition scientists of the Upper Rhine region from the
Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie, the University of
Strasbourg, IRCAD, the Institut Technique Agro-Industriel
Aerial and the Max Rubner Institute of Karlsruhe.
Coordinator: University of Strasbourg.
The budget
More details at: www.nutrhi.net
The project disposes of a total 2.9 millions euros
budget, whereby 1.45 millions euros in form of
subsidies.
The Alsatian partners:
UNIVERSITY OF STRASBOURG - CNRS – AERIAL –
IRCAD
Pluridisciplinary Institute Hubert Curien (UMR 7178)
Equipe de Chimie Analytique des Molecules BioActives
(Camba)
This laboratory is specialised in the development of new
food and drugs analysis methods.
Institut de Chimie (UMR 7177)
Laboratory of Organic Synthetic Chemistry
The research the laboratory has carried out concerns:
preparative organic chemistry with the aim of coming
up to the synthesis of biologically active molecules.
AERIAL
Aerial Institut Technique Agro-Industriel (ITAI) and
Centre de Ressources Technologiques qualifie (CRT), has
been created in 1985 and is active in the food and
agriculture field, namely the multisectorial applications
of irradiation techniques to lyophilisation for
bioindustries.
IRCAD/INSERM
IRCAD (Institut de Recherche contre les Cancers de
l'Appareil Digestif) has been founded in 1994 within the
Strasbourg University Hospitals. It consists of
laboratories of research and digestive cancer treatment
and medical robotics, a research and informatics
development department as well as a training centre
for mini-invasive surgery.
INTERREG IV A Upper Rhine
The "INTERREG IV A Upper Rhin" Programme
supports the cross-border cooperation in the Upper
Rhine region.
It is developed in the framework of the "European
territorial cooperation » section from ERDF and
disposes of a 63.5 millions euros budget for the
2007-2013 period.
The INTERREG IV programme aims at using crossborder potentials and bridging the border-based
obstacles so as to make the Upper Rhine region an
economically integrated region, which is socially
strong and sustainable-development oriented.
Who can apply?
The participation is broadly open: public bodies,
associations, etc., based in the Upper Rhine
programming area.
Which are the relevant projects?
The programme is based on three sections:
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Priority A "To use in common the economic
potential of the Upper Rhine region"
Priority B "To make the Upper Rhine
region become an integrated region in
terms of training, employment and
habitat"
Priority C "To ensure a sustainable
development of the Upper Rhine area"
More details at:
http:// www.interreg-rhin-sup.eu/
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OPTIMIR
New tools for a more sustainable dairy sector
THE PROJECT
OptiMIR is a cooperation project between Dairy
Control and Research Centres from six European
countries, which aims at improving the green and
economic performances of dairy producers via new
management tools.
The objectives
OptiMIR aims at optimising herd management as from
dairy controls' data, in order to reduce production
costs, facilitate the access of producers to competitive
markets and improve their knowledge about the
environmental impact.
Besides the traditional milk analysis (fat content,
proteins, lactose, urea), the infrared spectrum of the
milk analysis will be enhanced as indicator of the
cows' status. The dairy producer will then be
provided all information of the cow pregnancy stage,
mastitis risks, nutritutional unbalances, methane
rejections, etc.
The implementation
Via a survey among the farmers, the partners identify
the priority domains for the profitability management
and the sustainability of their activity. On this base,
they are going to develop the key spectral indicator
that will be the base of new management tools.
After five years, these instruments will be proposed in
form of Internet application to the farmers that are
registered to the Controle Laitier (Dairy Control).
More details at: www.optimir.eu
The consortium
OptiMIR is the result of a partnership involving eleven
control bodies, five research centres and universities
specialised in animal sciences, as well as a milk analysis
laboratory with six North-West European countries
involved. The project is let by the Association Wallonne
de l’Elevage (Vallonia's farming association).
The budget
OptiMIR disposes of a 7.4 millions euros budget,
whereby 50% is funded by the European Union.
THE REGIONAL CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE of ALSACE
The Chamber of Agriculture is a professional institution
that is legally given a consulting role to the public
authorities. The Chamber consists of a professional
assembly, which is elected by universal suffrage by all
stakeholders in the agriculture sector.
With its partners, the Chamber of agriculture initiates,
coordinates and applies on spot agriculture and rural
development programmes, which meet the society's
needs. In the framework of the provided services, the
regional Chamber of Agriculture of Alsace assists and
supports all 600 milk farmers each month.
INTERREG IV B ENO
The INTERREG IV B NWE programme is a EU
financial instrument (cohesion policy).
It supports cross-border cooperation in NorthernWestern Europe (NEW), a cooperation zone
comprising eight countries: France, Belgium,
Netherlands,
Luxembourg,
Germany,
United
Kingdom, Ireland and Switzerland.
The programme has identified four action domains
for the 2007-2013 period:
innovation, environmental challenges, connectivity,
strong and wealth communities promotion.
Based on the success of the earlier period, the IVB
ENO programme has started off with an envelope of
355 millions euros granted by the European Regional
Development Fund (ERDF) ; half of it was already
granted at the end of 2009.
In order to support and help the project initiators, the
programme proposes a complete structure: the Joint
Technical Secretariat and the Contact Points Network
present in each of the eight Member states support
the project, from the development process to the
implementation phase.
Who can apply?
A project must comprise partners of at least two
countries, among which one must be situated within
the Northern-Eastern European area.
Each organisation that works in the area of territorial
development can join the programme.
More details at:
http://www.nweurope.eu
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The BUREAU ALSACE and the ALSACE REGION
Partners of the Lower Rhine Chamber of Agriculture
The Bureau Alsace and the Alsace Region has been a
strong support during the mounting phase of the
OptiMIR project in the framework of the INTERREG IV
B ENO programme for the Lower Rhine Chamber of
Agriculture.
Support at any key step
The Brussels representation office of the Alsace
Region has assisted the project development
throughout all key phases.
At first, it has supported the Lower Rhine Chamber of
Agriculture during the mounting phase and contributes
to the identification of the European programme's call
for tenders as potential partners.
After presenting the application, the Alsace Region
has illustrated the project to the French Committee’s
members of the INTERREG IV B ENO programme; this
improves then the project's chances for success.
With its presence at the presentation of the
application, the Bureau has then also successfully
helped to make the link with the national and
regional contact points and pave the way to validate
the project on the base of the assessment criteria.
The project has been presented for the first time in
October 2009. After a first rejection, it has been
presented again and accepted in 2010.
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RETS
Renewable Energies Transfer System
THE PROJECT
The objectives
The project (funded by INTERREG IVC) aims at
providing suitable answers to the necessary
adjustments of territorial communities, namely the
ones with less than 25,000 inhabitants that process a
strategy of energy mix and implement a renewablesbased policy.
The renewables that have been analysed are: windenergy sector, photovoltaics, geothermics, biomass,
wastes, water and sea-based renewable energy.
The implementation
RETS has been created for a three years period and
has been launched in January 2010 to be concluded
end of 2012 with a final conference in Strasbourg.
The project's main activities are: the creation of
collaboration tools on the good practices and the
networking for the sake of research centres and
existing renewable related services, as well as of a
permanent technologic alert.
Here's the working programme:
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Drawing up and publication of 45 good
practices and elaboration of a guide
Exchange of experiences: six study visits
Organisation of ten seminars
Training to use collaboration instruments
Alert System dedicated to renewables
Drawing up and publication of 85
collaboration articles by two experts
Spread of results: three international
conferences, ten newsletters, website and wiki
The consortium
Twelve structures from nine Member States are partners
of the project:
Coordinator : ADEC (F)
Partners : Pezenas (F), IHK ZETIS GmbH (D), Vecses
(HU), Provincia di Varese (I), Sittard-Geleen (NL), Serta
et Pinhel (PT), ICEMENERG (RO), ENERGAP (SI),
University of Staffordshire and Eco Centre Wales (UK).
RETS has set up privileged bonds with other initiatives:
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The RENREN – Renewable Energy Regions
Network (project funded by INTERREG IVC)
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IMEDER - Institut Mediterranean des Energies
Renouvelables (Mediterranean Institute for
Renewable Energies)
The budget
1.9 millions euros among which 1.5 millions euros funded
by the ERDF.
More details at: www.rets-project.eu
ASSOCIATION POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES
ENTREPRISES ET DES COMPETENCES (ADEC)
Supported by the General Concil of Bas-Rhin and
based in the rural area of La Walck (Alsace of
Nord), ADEC is an association working in the
economic development field that has been labelled
Technopole (Retis network), specialised in ICT,
sustainable development and renewables.
INTERREG IVC
ADEC is the RETS project coordinator and puts its ICT
competence at the disposal of the consortium.
INTERREG IVC paves the way to cooperation on the
whole EU territory with no proximity restriction.
Contact
Its final objective is to improve the regional
development policies and instruments' effectiveness as
well as the exchange of practices.
Catherine Ledig / Alison Garnier-Rivers
Site Web : www.adec.fr
E-Mail : alison.rivers@adec.fr
Téléphone : +33 3 69 20 29 10
The programme deals with two priority themes:
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Knowledge innovation and economy
Environment and risk prevention
The typical instruments for the exchange of
experiences supported by INTERREG IVC are
networking activities such as thematic workshops,
conferences, studies and study visits. The project
partners cooperate in order to identify and transfer
good practices.
Who can present a project?
The BUREAU ALSACE and the EUROPE ALSACE
NETWORK: A strong support
The mounting of the project
The programme principally heads to the communities
that manage public policies at local and regional
level. Under certain conditions, some para-public
bodies can also join INTERREG IVC projects.
The Bureau Alsace has provided a precious help in
the setting up of the project partnership.
Thanks to its contact with the Western Midlands (UK)
in Brussels, ADEC has got in contact with the
Staffordshire University, an unavoidable partner of
RETS. The European cooperation is then enhanced.
More details at:
The project life
The Reseau Europe Alsace benefits form regular
reports form the RETS project activity via its
participation of ADEC to its meetings.
http://www.ivc.eu/
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Emergency Response :
SERTIT – pillar of the SAFER project
THE PROJECT
Flooding in Pakistan and in Poland, fires in Greece,
earthquakes in Haiti, tsunami in Japan – major
disasters which make emergency teams in need of
reliable quick description of locations and local
situations. The SAFER service:
Services and Applications For the Emergency
Response, based on data provided by Earth
observation satellites, aims at reacting to this urgency.
It derives form the GMES programme (Global
Monitoring for
Environment and Security), that is the European
answer to the environmental challenges of the 21st
century.
The objectives
SAFER's main goal is to establish a single European
Centre to provide a very quick cartographic service
to support emergency managers: civil security and
NGOs. This project aims at qualifying and approving
an infrastructure of specialised services according to
the users' needs. The SAFER project represents the last
step (2009-2011) before the implementation (as from
2012) of a permanent European emergency response
service (Call for tenders of the Commission presently
under processing and analysis).
The implementation
Responding to a user request, the SAFER Project is
activated. The Earth satellites observation instruments
are activated. On its turn, SERTIT keeps 24/24 hours
a team of engineers in stand-by for emergency
duties. It is organised to produce in less than six hours
an impact map for the decision-makers to optimise the
response organisation.
Impact map
for the
earthquake
in Haiti
The consortium
SAFER is an important European Project: it comprises 54
partners form 16 different countries. They are all
specialised in the Earth observation and risk
management. The operational production of quick
cartography which is at the heart of the project is
principally provided by two operators, ZKI-DLR
(Zentrum für Satellitengestutzte Kriseninformation) and
SERTIT.
The budget
40 millions euros, whereby 27 millions euros from
European funding.
SERTIT is a service provided by the University of
Strasburg
SERTIT is a center for technological transfer that is
specialised in using satellite imaging to observe the
Earth. Thanks to its experience, based on a ISO 9001
certified organisation, it can operate with quick
deadlines. SERTIT puts the Space at the service of the
Earth via its constant comparison of the users' needs and
expectations with the growing potential offered by the
special technologies and its last research and remote
session results.
More details at: http://sertit.u-strasbg.fr
Strong REGIONAL SUPPORT for SERTIT
The today's challenge
SERTIT is presently recognised in Europe and
worldwide for its scientific and technical excellence
built on Europe's support. As a matter of fact, SERTIT
has been and is forefront partner in several European
projects, the regional Alsatian stakeholders are
persuaded that the recognition of this expertise
needs to go beyond Alsace's borders and intend to
facilitate its dissemination via focussed communication
actions.
SERTIT's activity is undoubtedly widely spread. The
venues where it intervenes do witness this. Now SERTIT
must benefit from this. In view of the planned launch
of the European Centre for Urgency Response, the
Bureau Alsace is namely working on making SERTIT
and its activities be known so as to give the EU the
chance to benefit from the SERTIT’s know-how and
virtues in the rapid response crisis cartography.
Where the SERTIT
operates :
A world spread
SAFER, a project funded by FP7
Eligible projects for FP7
SAFER has been granted the funding of FP7, the main
EU instrument to fund R&D in Europe over the 20072013 period.
programmes":
This is a unique framework with chances to plan
actions over many years and disposes of 50 billions
euros for the whole period. The ordinary refunding
rate is of 50%. For some legal entities, this rate can
go up to 75%.
Who can apply?
The participation is largely covered: groups of
researchers, SMEs, associations, public bodies,
researches, students, etc. regardless the country
where they come from, with privileged conditions for
EU Member States.
More details at:
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7
/
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transnational
framework
(consortia
comprising enterprises and
university
laboratories)
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The ”Ideas" programme is intended to
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The “Capacities” programme is intended to
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SAFE-T
Predict potential toxicity of drugs candidate
THE PROJECT
SAFE-T is a European project, which is supported in
the framework of the Joint Technology Initiative IMI
(Innovative Medicine Initiative) in the field of health.
The objectives
The projects aims at providing sustainable solutions to
the present problematic lack of sufficiently sensitive
and specific clinical trials and checking human renal,
hepatic and vascular lesions caused by drugs. This
lack of clinical trials is a real obstacle for drugs
development. As a consequence of that, some drugs,
promising candidates with preclinical toxicity signs of
unknown pertinence, cannot be comprised in any
clinical process as there is no available sensitive test
that allows detecting in due time the security signs of
the patient before lesions arise.
The implementation
New tests based on biomarkers will contribute to
check whether the drugs are sufficiently safe to be
used within a clinical trial phase. As a consequence of
that, the new safety biomarker will help identifying
and managing secondary effects of drugs while
reducing then also the risks related to the
development of drugs and improving their safety
management.
The consortium
The consortium consists of 20 members: FIRALIS SAS,
Almirall, Amgen, Argutus Medical Limited, AstraZeneca,
Barcelona Cardiovascular Research Center, Bayer
Schering Pharma, Boehringer Ingelheim, Charite
Hospital, EDI GmbH, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Groupe
Hospitalier Pitie Salpetriere, Hoffmann La Roche,
Interface Europe, NMI Natural and Medical Sciences
Institute at the University of Tuebingen, Novartis
Pharma, Pfizer, Sanofi-Aventis Research and
Development, Tel-Aviv (Souraski) Medical Center.
The budget
This project will have a budget of 36 millions euros over
5 years, whereby 11 millions are covered by the EU via
the JTI IMI.
The Alsatian partner: FIRALIS SAS
FIRALIS SAS is an Alsatian SME created by Dr Husseyin
Firat in 2008 and based in Huningue. Its aim is to
discover and enhance biomarkers to improve the quality
of diagnosis for various diseases among which heart,
renal or hepatic diseases.
More details at: www.imi-safe-t.eu
ARI Alsace – a strong support
The “Mission Europe” of the ARI Alsace has been
created in March 2007 with the aim of enhancing the
participation of Alsatian enterprises (and namely
SME) to the European programmes for research and
innovation.
IMI – INNOVATIVE MEDECINE INITIATIVE
The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) is one of the
five public-private partnerships between the
European Commission and the European industry.
In the framework of the IMI, the pharmaceutical
Industry (represented by the European Federation of
Pharmaceutical Associations and Industries- EFPIA]) is
the genuine partner of the European Commission. IMI
aims at supporting the process dealing with
bottlenecks in the framework of research and
development
process
so
as
to
enhance
competitiveness of the European drug industry.
Who can apply?
The selection process in this programme is structured
in two steps. During the first step, the SME and
research centres' consortia (10-12 in average)
illustrate in about 10 pages how they intend to meet
the specifications of the call for projects. The IMI
independent experts select a preliminary proposal
per theme and, secondly, the first consortium is going
to merge with an industrial consortium in order to
prepare the final proposal.
In the framework of the first project proposals
(selected in 2009 and 2010) European SME have
been strongly represented.
The preparatory phase
The first meeting between ARI Alsace and the founder
of the FIRALIS company took place in 2007. The
European vocation of the scientific project leading to
the creation of this enterprise has immediately been
evident. The ARI “Mission Europe” has identified
European programmes allowing this business'
development projects be funded. So, in 2008, the IMI
programme has been identified as forefront
opportunity.
The creation of a consortium has been very quick,
namely thanks to Dr Firat's strong knowledge of the
key academic and industrial stakeholders, founder of
the FIRALIS society.
The drawing phase
The application had to be drawn up very quickly. For
this reason, OSEO has granted a subsidy to Firalis
(Aid to the European Technological Partnership) so as
to ensure the support of a specialised consultant.
“Mission Europe” has identified several consultants
and has put them in contact with FIRALIS.
While drawing up the first and second selection
phase of the project, it has critically revised of the
various project's version. To conclude, it has put the
company in contact with other key stakeholders of the
Health field in Alsace (Alsace Biovalley, regional
incubator SEMIA) so as to help it to put in place the
necessary human and financial resources to such a big
and strong project.
More details at:
http://imi.europa.eu
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S_Life
European Synergies and Cooperation for Sustainable vehicle along the Life-Cycle
THE PROJECT
S_Life is a project for the promotion of vehicles
recycling at European level. It relies on
experimentation as well as innovation to facilitate car
pieces recycling.
The challenge
The out-of-service car windscreen may be recycled
but this requires a preventive dismantling process in
order to separate the glass and the glue that
constitute the triplex safety glass. This is what
happens for many car pieces and these operations
represent a cost that may jeopardize these materials'
enhancement.
The objectives
The innovation project principally aims at identifying
the key points of the vehicles dismantling procedure
(technologies, equipments, partnerships to be
created…).
The experimentation project aims at optimising the
vehicles' life cycle at four different levels: the vehicle
engineering and construction, its use, its dismantling
and enhancement.
The implementation
The S_Life project is active in the four following fields:
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Eco-conception and promotion of the “3R” in
the car sector (reduction, reutilisation,
recycling)
Support to eco-design of new vehicles
Development of new methods for a better
competitiveness at any level of the car value
chain
Technology transfer
The consortium
Leader Partner: Véhicule du Futur
Partners: the German clusters Bayern Innovative and
Automotive BW, the Italian cluster From Concept to Car,
the Dutch cluster ARN, the Slovenian cluster GIZACS and
a Belgian partner, Interface Europe.
The budget
2.3 millions euros, funded by the EU.
The Alsatian Partner: POLE VEHICULE DU FUTUR
The Véhicule du Futur cluster is labelled Competitiveness
Cluster since 2005; it facilitates the synergy between
enterprises, schools and research in order to implement
R&D projects for innovation.
Its aim: to invent suitable solutions for vehicles and
mobility options of the future in a sustainable
development perspective for the sake of the territory.
Its activity is implemented over two complementary
dimensions: urban or peri-urban vehicle and mobile
organisation.
More details at :
www.vehiculedufutur.com
FP7 – Specific programme “Capacities”:
REGIONS OF KNOWLEDGE
The “Regions of Knowledge” initiative aims at
enhancing the European regions' research potential,
by especially encouraging and supporting the
development, throughout Europe of clusters which
associate universities, research centres, enterprises
and local authorities. The “Regions of Knowledge”
programme is part of the FP7 specific programme
“Capacities”. It disposes of a 126 millions euros
budget for the 2007-2013 period.
Various types of actions are funded:
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The
analysis,
development
and
implementation of research activities and
programmes for the regional or cross-border
competitiveness clusters;
The assistance and support of regions with a
less developed research profile;
Initiatives to improve integration;
Dissemination activities such as conferences,
workshops, publications or online initiatives.
Who can apply?
The main participants to this type of project are
clusters whose activities are focussed on innovationsbased economic development.
The European Commission's wording is “triple helix”.
The French competitiveness cluster is the archetype of
this type of cluster (“pôle de compétitivité”), that
gathers research bodies (public research centres,
universities,…), enterprises (big enterprises, SMEs)
and local or regional authorities.
THE BUREAU ALSACE and ARI Alsace – a strong
support
This innovative project has been possible thanks to the
joint effort of the Véhicule du Futur cluster, the Bureau
Alsace and the Regional Agency of Innovation Alsace
(ARI Alsace).
The Bureau Alsace and ARI Alsace have raised the
Pole Véhicule du Futur's awareness to the European
“Regions of Knowledge” programme.
A meeting with an officer of the European Commission
(DG Research) has been organised in the Bureau
Alsace offices in order to approve the eligibility of
the project concerning the programme.
The Bureau Alsace and ARI have supported the cluster
throughout the procedure, namely by linking the key
stakeholders in France, in Europe and in Brussels.
By doing so, a link has been created between the
Vehicule du Futur cluster and the National Contact
Point “Transport” (FP7) as well as with a European
specialised project management, which presently
assists the project.
More details at:
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/capacities/
regions-knowledge_en.html
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STERILIS
Moderate consumption in sterilisation
THE PROJECT
SerialTower
STERILIS is a vertical ongoing sterilisation system for
food and drink industry.
The first ongoing
system with backpressure engineered to
pasteurise and sterilize
any type of product
with soft packaging
It is a water and energy saving solution and its limited
basal surface makes it an economic and
environmental friendly solution.
The objectives
STERILIS is the first on-going system with counterpressure on the market. It is specifically conceived to
pasteurise and sterilise any type of products with soft
and fragile packaging, small quantities as well as
bigger volumes.
Its technology can enhance the system's productivity
and save water (33 %), steam (23 %) and energy
(15 %) compared to the traditional autoclaves, and
perfectly keeps the food taste and organoleptic
features as well as a total integrity of the most soft
and fragile packagings.
The implementation
Three key points of the project:
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A quicker thermic, productive and economic
treatment, more than any other existing
solution
An optmized heating phase in the least detail
A quick and economic cooling phase
More details at:
www.steritech.eu.com
The consortium
repression conçu pour
pasteuriser et stériliser
tous type de produit
sous emballage souple
The project STERILIS has one single partner:
STERITECH, Alsatian SME in the Saverne area.
The budget
The total budget amounts to 1.6 millions euros. The
European contribution covers 50% of it. With the
obtained funding the first industrial installation with the
STERILIS technologies will be conceived and built. It also
will be tested on an industrial base.
The Alsatian partner: STERITECH
Since its creation in 1988, STERITECH® has been
working on smart solutions for the sterilisation and
pasteurisation of food and pharmaceutical products.
The systems proposed are of quality, space and energy
saving and environment friendly. Steritech unceasingly
innovates in order to keep up with the progress in the
packaging field.
Major stakeholders in the food and agriculture industry
trust Steritech, such as Kraft Foods, Campbell Soup, or
Stockmeyer.
In Saverne it employs 27 people.
ARI ALSACE – partner of STERITECH
The ECO-INNOVATION™ programme
With a budget of 195 millions euros for the 20082013 period, the Eco-Innovation™ programme aims
at developing green technologies in order to protect
the environment while contributing to nurture
competitiveness and growth. The programme aims at
facilitating the first commercial application by
funding the first really industrial project.
Who can apply?
First of all the SMEs but also any legal person of one
of the 27 EU Member States or associated countries
that have signed an agreement (i.e.: Israel, Turkey).
The projects that are related to the first commercial
application of ecologically innovating products,
processes or practice in the recycling of building,
food and agriculture, water and green economy
development products. The programme can fund up
to 50% of the project.
When are the projects to be presented?
The project call for tender is published every year,
normally in April and the deadline for presenting
your proposals is normally beginning of September.
Thanks to its “Mission Europe”, ARI Alsace supports
local enterprises and helps them integrating Europe in
their development strategy.
ARI Alsace proposes a customized approach to
enterprises in order to:
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identify the most suitable European funding
for their innovating project, identify European
partners: entreprises, public partners,
laboratories, to carry out the project,
help to prepare the dossier namely to
explain the procedures and support the
mediation with the French and European
authorities.
A support at any step
It's in the framework of one of the initial meetings with
the STERITECH company that the STERILIS project has
been recalled. The development stage of the project
and need for the enterprise to be supported in order
to spread the STERILIS technology in the food and
agriculture industry was perfectly pertinent with the
CIP's Eco-Innovation programme. In few weeks, the
application has been set up with the ARI's support,
which has put STERITECH in contact with EACI and
organised with the project team a writing workshop
and reads and critically revises the application.
More details at:
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/
eco-innovation/
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TRACECARD
Straight forward driving
THE PROJECT
Eye Tracking
This helmet is associated
to an oculometry
software and visualises
the follow up of the
look's direction in the
driver visual field.
The quality of the driving education is important at
two levels. Of course, you can easily think to road
safety but also more and more to the “green driving”.
The objectives
The TRACECARD project aims at developing an
embedded equipment to directly follow up the
behaviour of a person while learning to drive.
Therefore, driving schools can be proposed to go
beyond the traditional teaching approach so as to
comprise all the ITC inputs: software, embedded
cameras and sensors that can record various driving
situations.
The implementation
In order to develop such a system and to test its
effectiveness, the following phases have been carried
out:
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To analyse how the driving lessons are
presently given in France and Norway and to
identify the functions to be developed in
order to enhance their effectiveness.
To develop an embedded system that
integrates electronics, specific software and
sensors such as, for example vision follow up.
To ingrate them in the vehicle without
disturbing the existing embedded electronics.
The consortium
The TRACECARD project comprises seven partners:
For Norway: Driving Performance Solutions for the
commercialisation of the developed systems, Traffic
Pedagogic System, Trainer of driving teachers, and
SINTEF, the biggest national research centre.
For France: AEMO Automation (automatisms and
industrial informatics), University of Haute Alsace,
MOVeCOACH Technologies, and Process Alliance
(coordinator of the project)
The budget
The total budget for the projects amounts to 1798 200
euros. The Alsatian enterprises are funded by 40% of
their additional costs and the public laboratories are
covered by 100% of their additional costs.
The Alsatian Partner: MOVeCOACH
MOVeCOACH Technologies is an enterprise with a
French-Norwegian capital. Its two missions are:
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More details at: www.movecoach.fr
to commercialise and distribute specific material
and software for driving education
to deliver services related to the sale,
installation, maintenance, development of
materials as well as the users' formation.
ARI ALSACE -partner of MOVeCOACH
The Regional Agency for Innovation in Alsace (ARI
Alsace) is the public expert for innovation in Alsace,
starting point and partner of enterprises for their
innovation projects. Its mission consists in helping
enterprises to structure their projects, to orient and
facilitate their access to available public, regional,
national and European tools and aids.
EUREKA-EUROSTARS™
The EUREKA-Eurostars programme's vocation is to
support high-tech SME with a strong growth potential
with projects including European partners.
The selected projects are funded by the European
Commission and by the States where the partners are
based.
Who can apply?
Any SME following the EU definition (maximum 250
employees) that invests at least 10% of its
expenditure to R&D or that employs at least 10% of
its personnel in R&D.
The presenting enterprise must be able to cover at
least 50% of the total cost of the project. There is no
imposed theme to be developed.
Quels sont les projets concernés ?
Minimum duration: 36 months, minimum involvement of
two different entities of two (of the 33) Eurostars™
and come to a final product, procedure or service
that can be commercialised in the two following years
(except for biotechnologies).
When can a project to be presented?
The call for projects is constantly open with two
deadlines per year.
Thanks to its “Mission Europe”, the ARI Alsace supports
local enterprises to help them to get integrated in
Europe while nurturing their development strategy.
Support at any key step of the project
The project rises from a meeting organised by the
CEEI (Centre Europeen d’Entreprises et d’Innovation) in
May 2007 between Bernard Groelly, project initiator
in Alsace and the “Mission Europe” of ARI Alsace. The
basic idea of the project has since then been
developed and the partnerships' needs better
precised.
Bernard Groelly, today director of the MOVeCOACH
Technologies company, has then analysed the role of
“Mission Europe” of ARI Alsace: “First of all we have
asked to ARI Alsace to approve our project. Then,
since we are not legal experts, ARI Alsace has
considerably helped us to draw the consortium
agreement. Eventually, they were constantly in contact
with the programme's decision makers in Paris as well
as in Brussels, so as to ensure a fruitful dialogue”.
In the framework of this project, the consortium
agreements are very important: they must be
available in order to prepare good working
conditions of the intellectual property deriving from
the project.
More details at:
www.eurostars-eureka.eu
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llustrations
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Features of the gross domestic expenditure on Research and development (GERD) in Alsace
(2008)
R&D in Alsace
The three « convergences » of Alsatian Regional Innovation Strategy
The European programmes to support research and innovation
Alsatian enterprises per theme
Project per type of programme
Project per theme
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Photos credits
Entreprise Lohr, Duppigheim (67) : _MG_3087.jpg : © BADIAS / Alsace Region Moule à "Mini Koug" : _H2R3612.jpg : © BADIAS / Alsace Region - Gros
focus on a young pousse - CRITT RITMO : _MG_9609.jpg : © BADIAS / Alsace Region - Laborantine in front a spectromètre de fluorescence X, CRITT
Materias Alsace : _H2R2488 (1).tif : © BADIAS / Alsace Region - Capsule : IMG_4747.jpg : © BADIAS / Alsace Region - Dosage par colorimétrie
IMG_6365.jpg : © BADIAS / Alsace Region - Eprouvettes - Biopôle, Colmar (68) : IMG_7136.jpg : © BADIAS / Alsace Region - Eprouvette during a
laboratory experiment - Biopôle, Colmar (68) : IMG_7120.jpg © BADIAS / Alsace Region - Pousse de vigne dans une éprouvette - Biopôle, Colmar (68) :
IMG_7114.jpg © BADIAS / Alsace Region - Jeunes pousses de vigne dans une éprouvette - Biopôle, Colmar (68) : IMG_7100.jpg © BADIAS / Région
Alsace - Expérience dans un laboratoire - Biopôle, Colmar (68) : IMG_7089.jpg :© BADIAS / Alsace Region e - Expérience dans un laboratoire - Biopôle,
Colmar (68) : IMG_7035.jpg :© BADIAS / Alsace Region - Laboratoire de biologie moléculaire et cellulaire de l'entreprise Faust, Illkirch (67) : FMFaust 045.jpg : © MAIGROT / Alsace Region - Entreprise Faust, Illkirch (67) : FMFaust - 008.jpg © MAIGROT / Alsace Region Building seen from outside CRITT
AERIAL, Illkirch (67) : _PAR0061.jpg ; © PARENT / Alsace Region -Check after centrifugation, Illkirch (67) : FMIGBMC - 018.jpg © MAIGROT / Alsace
Region - The Andlau village (67) : -1349731885.jpg © NAEGELEN / Alsace Region - Micromanipulation, injection of DNA in a labortory Transgène : 1349779728.jpg © LACOUMETTE / Alsace Region - Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg (67) : CLT50_00052D.jpg - © NOTOCAMPANELLA - Vignobles :
AGR40_00049D.jpg ; © DUMOULIN / Alsace Region - Holo 3, Virtual reality platform – Photo credit Aérial – Photo credit CNRS. Photo credit Ircad.
T
he Bureau Alsace is the representation tool at the European institutions for the
public communities and Alsatian consular bodies.
This Office has been set up in Brussels since 1990 and gathers the Alsace Region, the
Lower-Rhine and Upper-Rhine General Councils, the Urban Community of Strasbourg, the
Joint Community of Mulhouse-South Alsace, City of Colmar, the Regional Chamber of
Commerce and Industry of Alsace, the Alsace Chamber of Craft, the Regional Chamber for
Agriculture of Alsace.
The Bureau Alsace has been the first French regional representation office in Brussels. It is
original for two reasons: it is linked to the Association for the Promotion of Alsace (APA),
namely a network of contacts and skills gathering the Alsatians of Belgium and it also
entails the territorial and local communities as well as the Alsatian consular bodies.
Bureau Alsace
19 A-D, Avenue des Arts
B-1000 Bruxelles
Tel : + 32 2 221 04 30
Fax : + 32 2 217 66 12
info@bureau-alsace.org

Research and Innovation in Alsace

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