The INNOVER-EAST project targeted five countries of the Eastern Partnership (in short, EPCs: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia and Ukraine) to overcome the bottlenecks of innovation and intensify the level of cooperation between research and business in the target countries. The project aimed, on one hand, to develop new skills and competences in innovation services at relevant organisations in the above countries, and, on the other hand, to contribute to the learning process on how to bridge knowledge and business with a direct focus on energy efficiency.

In order to reach its objectives, the project carried out the following activities:

• Facilitated networking among actors in the knowledge/ innovation value chain in order to better focus research on socio-economic needs and to help exploit research results;
• Identified bottlenecks of and opportunities for technology and knowledge transfer in the targeted EPCs (with special focus on start-ups, spin-offs from public research organisations and existing small businesses);
• Improved competencies and mutual learning by the exchange of good practices through twinning, trainings and other means of learning by the active involvement of relevant service providers;
• Developd and provided innovation support services for EPC stakeholders and build partnerships among relevant organisations in the Member States and Associated Countries on one side and in the targeted EPCs on the other side;
• Carried out policy dialogue and produced recommendations for policy makers by organising national policy workshops and international policy conferences to debate and validate the needs identified and solutions offered for more efficient innovation services.

The project consortium involved experienced actors from the whole spectrum of the innovation chain to facilitate effective cooperation and mutual learning, representing 6 EU member states and all of the targeted EPCs.

PARTNER

Area Science Park (IT)
Association of Industrial Energy Engineers – Belape (BLR)
Belarusian Institute Of System Analysis And Information Support Of S&T Sphere (BLR)
ODO ENECA (BLR); Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University Of Oil And Gas (UKR)
SDEWES Centre (HR)
European Alliance For Innovation (BEL)
Create-Net (IT)
Science Development Foundation Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of Armenia (ARM)
CPEE Centre (AZ)
ICEG (HU)
Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas – CERTH (GR)
Intasoft (LUX)
Energy Efficiency And Environmental Protection ltd (GE)

Fabio Tomasi
fabio.tomasi@areasciencepark.it
+39 040 375 5268

Denis Scandella
denis.scandella@areasciencepark.it
+39 040 375 5203