Expected Outcome:
Projects results are expected to contribute to at least four (4) of the following expected outcomes:
- Reduced fragmentation of innovation ecosystems and national/regional start-up support schemes;
- Increased cooperation, learning, and exchange of knowledge between national and regional innovation support public authorities and agencies in order to ensure that their innovation funding schemes respond to the requirements of the Plug-in certification for step 2 of the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator;
- Improved ongoing and/or set up of new national and regional innovation funding programmes whose criteria are fit to pass the certification for the Plug-in scheme;
- The use, requirements, and access to the Plug-in scheme are well communicated to the innovation ecosystem stakeholders, particularly start-ups and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs);
- A more homogeneous, equal, and aligned approach in the evaluation of projects under national and regional support schemes;
- Enhanced cooperation among national and regional public authorities and agencies and SMEs and start-ups, particularly between innovation 'leaders'/'strong' innovators and 'moderate'/'emerging' innovator countries[1];
- Stable pipeline of high-quality projects to the EIC Accelerator Step 2.
Target group(s): national or regional innovation agencies or similar organisations, national and regional authorities in charge of management of innovation programmes, EIC Plug-in contact points.
Start-ups and SMEs are the primary source of innovation in
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