Projecte IKTIMED
IKTIMED Project
Increasing Knowledge Transfer and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area
Description
The IKTIMED project promotes an innovative integrated approach for the MED area aimed at improving the openness of the Mediterranean territories innovation systems, through the setting-up of new modalities of cooperation among research centres, the public sector and enterprises
The IKTIMED project promotes an innovative integrated approach for the MED area aimed at improving the openness of the Mediterranean territories innovation systems, through the setting-up of new modalities of cooperation among research centres, the public sector and enterprises
Partners
The project was was formed by 13 organizations from nine different countries of the Mediterranean region. The Department for Innovation and Research of Marche Region, from Italy, was the coordinator and consortium includes UAB Research Park and Andalusian Institute of Technology, from Spain; Toulon Var Technologies, from France; University of the Algarve, from Portugal; Temi Zammit Foundation, from Malta; Cyprus University of Technology; Patras Science Park, Chamber of Aetoloakarnania, Region of Central Macedonia and Materlab, from Greece; University of Maribor Science Park, from Slovenia, and Ancona Chamber of Commerce and Venice Gateway for Science and Technology, from Italy.
Activities
The main activities were: innovation providers' quality accreditation system analysis of existent public-private mechanisms of cooperation to fund innovation as pre-commercial procurement of R&D services in which companies develop new solutions for public sector needs, due to the current lack of a commercially stable solution. Other main component was the setting-up of collaborative groups such as knowledge communities.
Period
From October 2010 to June 2013.
Funding
The project was funded by MED Program of European Union with 1.419.074 euros