Projects Database

Suceava Citadel restored to preserve cultural heritage and attract tourism

Restoration work at the Suceava Citadel in the North-East region of Romania is helping to preserve the monument's structure, while attracting investment and stimulating tourism and culture in the region. Work has been carried out in order to guard against subsidence, and to preserve the cultural heritage and modernise the infrastructure of the Citadel so as to encourage tourists to visit the site and take longer stays in Suceava.

  fr | ro

Wider horizons for Potsdam-Golm Science Park

Potsdam-Golm Science Park is transforming into one of the most innovative and promising locations for scientific research in the state of Brandenburg. Since the mid-1990s, the science park has grown to host three Max Planck institutes, two Fraunhofer Gesellschaft institutes, an incubation centre (GO:IN) and many innovation-oriented businesses.

  de | fr

A former soviet military base turns into the city’s cultural scene

The Spīķeri Block, a former soviet military base located in the historic centre of Riga, has been lain derelict for more than 10 years and is a socio-economic burden for the city administration. Now, as a result of a number of interventions and a successful public-private partnership, it has turned the corner. It is becoming an important player in the city’s cultural scene, and is attracting an increasing number of Riga’s inhabitants and visitors.

  fr | lv

Making the most of solar power in Castilla La Mancha

In the sparsely populated region of Castilla La Mancha in the heart of Spain, a R&D institute is leading the way forward in the development of technologies which harness solar power efficiently. The Institute for Concentration Photovoltaic Systems (ISFOC) is helping to bring this technology to market and encouraging businesses and universities to get on board.

  de | es | fr

Bringing sophisticated solutions to aeronautical research

Cenaero is a research centre located in Charleroi’s Aeropole business park providing sophisticated services and technological solutions to industries in the aeronautical and related sectors. Set up in 2002, Cenaero has played an important part in Wallonia’s economic turnaround.

  de | fr

JESSICA – a tool for efficient revitalisation

The municipality of Poznań and the region of Wielkopolska are among the first to use the new financial instrument JESSICA to regenerate an area of the city. A EUR 66 m fund was set up, and the city's Urban Regeneration Programme tried to encourage residents and businesses to join in the process of transformation. Already, 18 months after launch, 30% of the funds were committed, with contracts signed on six projects. The first project to receive a JESSICA loan was the Poznań Technological-Industrial Park in the Dębiec district, while the second was the Podwale Office Centre, situated close to the historic district of Sródka.

  fr | pl

SAAR develops innovative approach to space

Space ventures - in particular long-term missions to the moon and Mars - will require cutting-edge software and hardware of the highest standard. To make this a reality, the SpaceInnovation SAAR initiative is bringing expertise from non-space related sectors to bear on the European space community. Industries, small businesses and research institutes in the Saarland region are accessing new high-tech markets.

  de | fr

Improving Bátaszék’s drainage system

The Bátaszék Cigány-ditch project has improved the rainwater drainage system in Bátaszék as additional ditches were created and new pumps installed.

  fr | hu

DIPLE breathes new life into Welsh printing industry

Working with small businesses to develop best practice and come up with innovative uses of printing to create high quality products, DIPLE has reinvigorated the printing sector in the Welsh town of Swansea and beyond. Digital Technology and Colour Control, Industrial Printing, Packaging, Lean Manufacturing and Environmental Improvement, otherwise known as DIPLE, performs case study projects with partner companies using the experience gained as a basis for knowledge transfer.

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Proof of Concept Programme

The Proof of Concept Programme (PoCP) is a unique Scottish initiative which makes the important step between initial scientific discovery and first prototype easier for Scottish researchers. Since its launch in 1999, the programme has supported 201 projects (through public funding of £36.4m) of which 153 had been completed by the autumn of 2007. Outcomes are impressive given the risky nature of the projects supported: 38 spin-out companies have been established and 35 licencing deals have been concluded, leading to the creation of over 500 jobs. Moreover, the programme has leveraged £207m of public and private investment, which would not otherwise have happened in Scotland. Under 20% of the projects supported have failed technically, a share which is considered acceptable given the speculative nature of the projects attempting to transform a research result into a marketable product.