Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme CIP

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Competitiveness and Innovation Framework
Programme (CIP)

• Presentation to North Sea Commission
• Wednesday, 26 October 2005
• John Fitzgibbon, European Business Adviser,
• East of England European Partnership Brussels
  Office

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• This is a package of concrete actions to boost
  competitiveness and innovation of business and to
  deliver higher growth and employment.
• Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen

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Why CIP?

• To bring together EU programmes relevant to
  productivity, innovation, competitiveness
• Better impact, visibility effectiveness
• More synergies increased simplification
• Principle of Continuity
• Autonomy of programmes

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Key facts

• allocation of EUR4.2bn
• Effective 2007-13 (dependent on EU budget being
  agreed)
• Administered by DG Enterprise in conjunction with
  agents in MS

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Joining the dots
eCONTENT
IEE
Modinis
LIFE Environment
eTEN
Innovation
MAP Enterprise Programme
ALTENER
SAVE
STEER
4 common objectives

1. ENTERPRISE (PARTICULARLY SME) COMPETITIVENESS
2. INNOVATION AND ECO-INNOVATION
3. COMPETITIVE, INNOVATIVE INCLUSIVE
INFORMATION SOCIETY
4. ENERGY EFFICIENCY NEW/RENEWABLE ENERGY
SOURCES
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CIP Structure
LEGAL ACT (Arts. 157(3), 175(1), 156)
Common Objectives Overall budget Instruments
Entrepreneurship Innovation EIP committee
2.600 million
ICT Policy ICT committee 800 million
Intelligent Energy Europe IEE committee 780
million
Eco-innovation gt 520 million IEE
SMEs gt 3.385 million
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EI Programme

• Access to finance
• SME Guarantees, risk capital (GIF), capacity
  building (CBS)
• SME co-operation and services
• Business innovation support, cross-border
  co-operation
• (Eco) Innovation in enterprises
• Clusters, partnerships, networks, technology
  transfer, intellectual property
• Innovation governance
• Analysis, monitoring, policy development
  exchange
• Economic administrative reform
• Enterprise policy, entrepreneurship,
  competitiveness strategies

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Intelligent Energy Programme

• Energy efficiency rational use of resources
  SAVE
• Specific measures in industry construction and
  for energy using products legislative measures
• New renewable energy sources ALTENER
• Support for integration of new and renewable
  energy sources legislative measures
• Energy in transport STEER
• Energy efficiency and diversification in
  transport, renewable fuels legislative measures

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ICT Policy

• Single information space
• Seamless access (secure, high-capacity
  infrastructures)
• Wide availability (content, services)
• Innovation and investment in ICT
• Uptake by businesses, in particular SMEs
• Innovation in products and services (PPPs)
• Inclusive information society
• All Europes citizens to benefit (trust,
  confidence, digital literacy)
• improving the quality, efficiency and
  availability of electronic services in areas of
  public interest

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Whats new?

• GIF2 risk capital to bridge the valley of
  death
• Securitisation free up lending capacity
• BISS incentive for joint actions on business
  innovation programmes
• One-stop-shops EICIRC
• Large scale pilots in eGovernment, eHealth,
  eLearning
• Project to support market uptake of demonstrated
  technologies
• Twinning actions

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Next Steps

• Consult EICs/IRC
• Regional representation in Brussels (national
  delegations)
• Identify relevant key programme areas
• Ally with other EU regions/complementary
  organisations

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Further information

• www.ciprogram.com
• European Investment Fund
• www.eif.org
• East of England
• www.eastofengland.be
• www.eeda.org.uk