What is an Innovation Voucher? The innovation voucher is a new funding scheme tested by the public innovation agencies demea (Germany), OSEO (France), Innovhub Milan (Italy), DII Navarra and CICI Valencia (Spain) and WRAP (UK). The voucher allows manufacturing SMEs to access technical, business and innovation support, in the field of recycling and resource efficiency.
How do I get a voucher? The simplest and quickest procedures in Europe, compare these examples:
Eco-Innovation REMake
Boosting
recycling and resource efficiency in manufacturing SMEs REMake aims to design, implement and test a novel scheme to support innovation, fostering greening processes of the manufacturing industry.
Be more profitable
by simply using less resources
Through innovation vouchers, manufacturing SMEs have access to technical and business/innovation expertise in a simple and practical way.
France Download questionnaire, complete 2-3 pages maximum. Submit the questionnaire. After max. 14 days: Voucher granted or refused. On day 15: Get your innovation expert. On day 16: Start your project.
Companies are invited to test vouchers and to provide feedback to make this support system even more business and SME friendly.
Germany Complete online assessment. Receive assessment result, defining general content of your voucher. Choose registered consultant with appropriate profile. Print out voucher using the consultant’s access key, and start your project.
For more information go to www.europe-innova.eu/remake
Business, innovation and technical experts are working in your local language and are linked to a network that opens markets Europe-wide and internationally.
Eco-Innovation REMake
REMake
Recycling and resource efficiency in manufacturing
For more information, also check the website of the REMake project: www.europe-innova.eu/remake This publication is financed under the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) which aims to encourage the competitiveness of European enterprises. Images courtesy of: CETIM and ZVO
United Kingdom (Wales) The start of the voucher scheme in the UK is planned for November 2010.
Eco-Innovation REMake
Voucher average value: up to € 10 000 Contact: Bettina GILBERT bettina.gilbert@wrap.org.uk www.wrap.org.uk
Is the innovation voucher for you? Are you a SME registered in France, Germany, Italy (Milan), Spain (Navarra and Valencia) or the UK, working in the manufacturing industry and wanting to be more profitable through resource efficiency? Would you welcome external technical and/or business/ innovation experts to support your SME?
France
Germany
The call for French vouchers offering innovation support in recycling and resource efficiency to SMEs has been launched on 26 April 2010. The call is open continuously for 12 months.
A trial of the REMake voucher scheme will run from 01 September 2010 to 31 March 2011.
Voucher value: up to € 15 000
Contact: Mario SCHNEIDER mario.schneider@demea.de www.demea.de
Contact: Jacques GAUTRAY jacques.gautray@oseo.fr www.oseo.fr
Voucher value: up to € 17 500
Would you like to access state-of-the-art technical and business expertise on recycling and resource efficiency in the manufacturing industry? If your answer is yes, then the innovation voucher is the right solution to help your manufacturing SME to become more profitable, by using less resources.
What do I get for a voucher? Analysis of material flows and assessment of savings potentials; Life-cycle analysis and eco-design support;
Spain
Consultancy on the incorporation of recycled content into products;
(Navarra and Valencia regions) The start of the voucher scheme in Navarra is planned for October 2010.
Advice on the implementation of technological innovation measures;
Contact: Maite MARTÍN PASCUAL mmartpas@navarra.es www.navarra.es I n Valencia, the start of the voucher scheme is planned for the beginning of 2011. Contact: Concha GINESTAR ginestar_con@gva.es www.gva.es Voucher value in both regions: € 10 000
Management of eco-innovation and financing solutions.
Italy (Milan) The start of the voucher scheme Milan is planned for autumn 2010. Contact: Mara TUMIATI tumiati.mara@mi.camcom.it www.innovhub.it