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CILIFO makes its presentation tomorrow in Huelva

CILIFO is focused on the prevention and extinction of wildfires and is part of POCTEP 2014-2020

Brussels, 18/06/2019-. The Presentation of the Project Iberian Center for Forest Fire Research and Control, known as CILIFO, will take place tomorrow, 19. June, at 12:30 a.m in the graduate school hall from the Higher Technical School of Engineering of the campus El Carmen, at the University of Huelva (Spain).

CILIFO is focused on the prevention and extinction of wildfires and is part of the Cooperation Programme Interreg VA Spain-Portugal (POCTEP) 2014-2020. This project will create a centre for entrepreneurs and enterprises from the Technological sector, related with the adaptation and mitigation from climate change, as well as those technologies for the prevention, extinction and sensitization in the field of forest fires.

This Center will announce as well the creation and launch of their vertical incubator/accelerator. It will generate a network of antenna in all Europe, which will support entrepreneurship in fire-fighting operations and regeneration of burned spaces. One of the initiatives from the accelerator is the call for LIFE pre-proposals 2019, the EU financial instrument. The accelerator will identify the most disruptive solutions to the fire-fighting challenges and their effects on climate change.

CILIFO has a budget of 25 million euros. Of which 1 million is managed by the Finnova Foundation for the accelerator.

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Hosly, the proof that entrepreneurship has no age

The app has been created by Claudia, Eva, Lucía and Lluna, 11-year-old Spanish girls, in order to help hospitalised children to have a better stay through technology

Good ideas can come at any time, no matter your age. This is the case of Claudia, Eva, Lucía and Lluna, four 11-year-old Spanish girls that have created the perfect app for helping other kids. Hosly, designed to provide technological services that connect hospitalised children and their families, offers several tools: geolocation/GPS that connects at once kids with their relatives, three games designed by the girls and a motivation/calm mode, which provides the sick kids motivational quotes, pictures, videos and music.

Hosly has won the second Technovation award that was celebrated at the Polytechnic University of Valencia last may, and now they are in the international stage of this North American contest. In fact, they have already presented their candidature to compete at the Technovation Challenge 2019, an international contest for entrepreneurs in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).

Finnova Foundation sees great potential in this app for its innovativeness and great social contribution. “We are sure that this girls will go far in the entrepreneur eco-system with great ideas like Hosly” said Juanma Revuelta.

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The call for Civil Society Projects from the programme Europe for Citizens is open

The aim of this program is to foster European citizenship and improve conditions for civic and democratic participation at EU level, to encourage democratic participation of citizens at EU level and to support concrete participation in the EU policy-making process.

The projects must contribute to raise awareness of remembrance, the common history and values of the EU and the EU’s aim and to encourage the democratic and civic participation of citizens at EU level.

Civil Society Projects 2019

Projects in this area must:

  • Encourage direct participation by European citizens
  • Bring together new citizens of different environments to give them the opportunity of participating actively in EU policies
  • Organize reflection activities, debates and other activities related with multiannual priority topics.
  • Propose concrete and realistic solutions regarding EU policies
  • Promote commitment and social solidarity

Who can apply: Non-profit organisations, including civil society organisations, educational, cultural or research institutions.
A project must involve organisations from at least 3 eligible countries, of which at least one is an EU Member State.

This program has 3,7 million € of funding, and the maximum funding given to each project does not surpass 150.000€.

Deadline: 9 September 2019

For more info, visit EACEA website.

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Transfiere calls on European entities to discover cutting-edge Spanish innovations

The main R+D+i event presented in Brussels its solidification in Spain as a tool for sharing scientific knowledge and promoting innovation

Juan Manuel Revuelta, CEO of Finnova Foundation, participated at the meeting talking about the European programs and fundings

The 9th edition of the leading innovation event in Southern Europe will take place on 12 and 13 February 2020 in Málaga (Spain)

Transfiere, European Forum for Science, Technology and Innovation, calls for international bodies to take part in the ninth edition of the event on 12 and 13 February 2020. With a strong focus on Europe, the forum is a first-rate platform allowing participants access to the most advanced innovations in the following key economic sectors: aeronautics and aerospace, agri-food, energy, industry, infrastructure and transport, the environment, health, finance and services, and information and communication technologies (ICT).

Positioned as the most important Spanish event on innovation and the transfer of knowledge between research and business, it was presented to institutions and professionals today in the European Parliament (Brussels). Within the event’s framework, these parties have the opportunity to discover and acquire innovative products and ideas from high-tech fields such as industry 4.0, robotic and automation, blue and circular economy, artificial intelligence applied to 5G and IoT, biotechnology.

During the presentation, Juan Manuel Revuelta, CEO of Finnova Foundation, participated at the meeting talking about the European programs and fundings that allow a further and deeper development of innovation. He also emphasized the need of increasing Pilot internships and encouraged Transfiere to serve as a link for governments and universities with businesses and enterprises that could transform research to reality. “Transfiere can help to us to bring new consortium and ideas to the real market”, he said.

Transfiere participants can arrange meetings with potential collaborators, transfer scientific knowledge and technological research topics, introduce innovative products and services, learn about the technological needs of the public administration, obtain financing for their projects and acquire innovative products. It is aimed at representatives of public administrations, business associations, European business and R&D+I centres, technological centres, clusters, multinational companies, start-ups, SMEs and micro-companies, foundations, large scientific and technical facilities, technological institutes, public research bodies, science and technology parks, universities and investors. Furthermore, the forum has a specific entrepreneurial meet and greet space to foster collaboration and open innovation in the previously mentioned sectors.

Networking and generating business and partnerships opportunities is at the core of the Transfiere event. An online tool is allows participants to make appointments with prospective partners, such as researchers, companies or public administration representatives. Each year, the forum brings the most up-to-date innovations in these sectors to the forefront thanks to a programme packed with conferences, round tables and presentations by international experts—around 300 speakers in 2019. It also has an exhibition area where companies and public administrations present their innovative products and services. Last year’s edition was attended by more than 1,800 public and private entities and more than 20,000 research groups were also present.

Also noteworthy was that the last event closed with the participation of 4,500 professionals from twenty countries and active delegations from Japan (guest country), Argentina, Portugal and the United Arab Emirates, hosting more than 5,500 business meetings that took place over the course of 14 hours.On the other hand, more than thirty prototypes were exhibited in a call for proposals in which the part played by investors gained prominence—with nearly 40 funds and accelerators involved—, as well as start-ups and open innovative settings, with 165 solutions presented in response to the technological challenges raised by multinationals.

Opportunities for internationalisation

Transfiere addresses internationalisation opportunities for Spanish R+D+i, among other topics, through hosting a “Guest country”, focusing on the main success factors and models of relevant innovative systems. In 2019 it was Japan, following in the footsteps of other countries such as Israel, South Korea, Portugal and Argentina.

The conference also includes specialised content on new economies to analyse initiatives launched at a global level. It also combines collaborative models with international organisations and bodies. During 2018, the forum exported its brand for the first time in its eight-year history with the holding of Transfiere Argentina, the Ibero-American Forum on Technology and Innovation.

Support for the dissemination and communication of knowledge

The Transfiere Forum also highlights the role of communicators and disseminators responsible for transferring scientific knowledge to the society at large, as part of the knowledge transfer process. Thus, annually it convenes the ‘Transfiere Forum’ Journalism Awards to Support Scientific, Technological and Innovative Dissemination, which recognises the work of journalists and publicists in raising awareness for the technological innovation developed in Spain and its emergence in international circles. With this objective in mind, the forum also organises, in conjunction with the Spanish Association of Scientific Communication (AECC in its Spanish acronym), the Transfiere Forum Scientific Communication Conference: ‘Disseminate science, technology and innovation’.

As a new feature, last year’s event included the ‘Talent Woman by Transfer & Alastria‘ business brunch to discuss women’s status in STEM disciplines —science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Transfiere will bring together other cross-cutting issues, such as the achievement of Sustainable Development Objectives (SDOs) in the framework of the 2010 Agenda.

Transfiere 2019 is organised by FYCMA (Palacio de Ferias y Congresos de Málaga). Its promoters include the Malaga City Council, the Ministry of Knowledge, Research and the Universities of the Andalusian Regional Government and the Ministry of Science, Innovation and the Universities of the Spanish Government.

For more information on the forum, consult www.forotransfiere.com, our Facebook page and @ForoTransfiere on Twitter.

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The Designscapes project call offers up to 25.000€ for design-enabled innovation prototypes for urban environments

Candidates may submit their applications until 31 July in this second phase of Designscapes. The next stage welcomes all candidates, including those who have and haven’t applied before.

DESIGNSCAPES (Building Capacity for Design enabled Innovation in Urban Environments) is a H2020 project approved under the topic CO-CREATION-02-2016 – User-driven innovation: value creation through design-enabled innovation. The overarching aim of the DESIGNSCAPES project is to exploit the generative potential of urban environments in the highest possible number of European Cities to encourage the uptake and further enhancement and up scaling of Design enabled Innovations by existing enterprises, start-up companies, public authorities and agencies, and other urban stakeholders.

The call seeks innovative solutions to help meet the challenges of the urban context: The best innovations in this case will be design, user-centred, integrated into an urban environment, practical and easy to understand. The call is addressed to anyone willing to solve challenges related to urbanization, but more specifically to designers and creative entrepreneurs. Both existing and completely new ideas and solutions can be introduced.

The call is divided into three phases; this second phase is accessible to all candidates, including those who have applied and those who have not applied before. The phases are completely independent of each other, which means that applicants can decide to participate in any of these stages, but being successful in one of them does not create any advantage for the following rounds. The second phase will be open until 31 July. In the third phase, which will be open from 1 August to 29 November 2019, projects will be sought that demonstrate their capacity to expand and exit from an initial state, prototype or commercial.

For further information, please contact adrian.noheda@finnova.eu

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IPA4SME call is open for funding services to protect the IP of businesses with the Seal of Excellence of SME Instrument

In addition to the financial reimbursement of intellectual property protection services, the call for proposals makes it possible to receive expert support.

Eligible SMEs can receive support services of up to €15,000 for their strategy of valorisation and protection of intellectual property. The deadline for the first call is 7 June.

Intellectual property protection is crucial for promoting innovation and boosting the competitiveness of European SMEs. Therefore, the SMEs selected in this IPA4SME call, which will have to possess the Seal of Excellence awarded by the SME Instrument, will receive the following benefits:

  • -A free IP pre-diagnosis, which is a personalised report from a verified IP expert on their IP business strategy.
  • -Recommendations for safe and efficient exploitation of your assets.
  • -Reimbursement of costs of intellectual property protection: co-financing of eligible costs related to intellectual property protection, including fees for an intellectual property lawyer and patent application costs.

IPA4SME is a COSME action being carried out by a consortium composed of CARSA (Leader and Coordination Centre), the University of Alicante and GOPAcom.

FIRST CALL

until 7 June 2019

OBJECT

IPA4SME provides financial and specialized support for the valorization and protection of intellectual property (IP) to SMEs that have received a Seal of Excellence from the H2020 SME Instrument program, with a value of up to 15,000 euros.

REQUIREMENTS

Be holder of a Seal of Excellence awarded in the context of the H2020 SME instrument in the three years prior to the closing date of the call.

FURTHER INFORMATION

adrian.noheda@finnova.eu

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Smart Agrifood Summit: Last days of the Call for Start-ups

• The greatest event of innovation and entrepreneurship at the food industry will be held 20. and 21. June in Málaga (Spain)
• Finnova cooperates with this innitiative from the European Commission, created and implemented by INTEC, Startup Europe and FYCMA
• The aim of Smart Agrifood Summit is to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship in the field of technologies and in its integration into the agri-food chain

The Second edition of the Startup Europe Smart Agrifood Summit is around the corner: the Spanish city of Málaga will host the greatest event of innovation and entrepreneurship at the food industry. There, professionals from more than 19 countries will have the opportunity, between 20 and 21 June, to promote and improve the enterprise visibility and digital transformation. They will also have the chance to strength the agrifood ecosystem, attract inversion, facilitate financing in new projects and promote the use of technology to boost value added to agricultural products. For this reason, there will be an investors’ forum with more than 100 guest speakers, as well as working meetings.

The Summit will be also a great opportunity for the participants to know more about all the different programmes that the European Union provides for the 2020 – 2027 period in the field of agrifood innovation, such as Horizon Europe or LIFE Programme. With regard to this, our CEO, Juanma Revuelta, will give a talk on “How to stimulate the smart agrifood ecosystem for startups in Europe”, on 21 June at 11:00 a.m, in which he will not only explain all programmes in the frame of the the Common Agricultural Policy mentioned above, but also Fast Track to Innovation, which allows entrepreneurs to access subsidies up to 3 million euros. Besides, experts from Startup Europe Accelerator will solve all doubts about the programme.

Call For Start-ups

In order to boost the entrepreneurial Agrifood ecosystem, Smart Agrifood Summit launches a new Call For Start-ups until 27. May. 300 start-ups will be selected to participate in these 2 intensive days to boost, to dinamize and to choose the best innovative proyects for the digital transformation in the agrifood sector. The chosen ones will be assisted by an international team of succesful advisors, entrepreneurs and investors. They will opt as well for the following awards:

  1. Best start-up at the event
  2. Most innovative start-up
  3. Greater scalability
  4. RSC in gender equality
  5. Best technological solution

In addition, IBM will provide 2 different awards through the “Startup with IMB” programme:

  1. Builder Level: use of technology on IBM Cloud valued at $12,000 a year for the 30 finalist startups
  2. Premium Level: use of technology on IBM Cloud valued at $120,000 a year for the 5 winner startups
  3. Greater scalability
  4. RSC in gender equality
  5. Best technological solution

“Startup with IMB” allows start-ups to access to IBM Technology: Cloud infraestructure, Data, IoT, Blockchain and artificial intelligence technology with Watson, among other services.

Don’t miss the opportunity to participate and register here or visit www.smartagrifoodsummit.com
To see the provisional programme, click here

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Juanma Revuelta, CEO of Finnova, participates as a speaker at the Leadership Academy 2019 conference in North Macedonia

The event, which takes place in the municipality of Ohrid between 20 and 24 May, aims to improve the leadership skills of representatives from different sectors and facilitate cooperation between North Macedonian and Bulgarian municipalities.

The Macedonian city of Ohrid is currently hosting the Leadership Academy 2019, aimed at improving the leadership skills of representatives of local government departments in municipalities and non-governmental institutions, as well as the academic sector of the respective field. It also aims to facilitate cross-border and intermunicipal cooperation between North Macedonian and Bulgarian municipalities. The project is implemented by the National Association of Municipal Clerks of Bulgaria (NAMCB), the international Balkan Net Foundation and the Hanns Seidel Foundation.

During the conference different aspects related to leadership are being discussed, such as understanding the main characteristics and qualities of modern leaders, power and leadership, the most charismatic leaders in history, time management or emotional intelligence. As part of the Leadership Academy 2019 conference, Finnova CEO Juanma Revuelta offered a workshop on strengthening communication skills and presenting the basic elements of visualization.

The event, born in 2015, is held annually in North Macedonia and Bulgaria with different workshops in both countries. Initially representatives of civil society organizations and non-governmental organizations participated, but later it was also opened to experts from various fields. Participation in the Leadership Academy enables participants to acquire new knowledge and skills in the area of leadership, as well as possibilities for cooperation with other relevant organisations in North Macedonia and Bulgaria.

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Finnova launches its call for project proposals in the field of forest fire fighting and prevention to be submitted to the LIFE 2019 call

The call focuses on the following LIFE programmes: Nature and Biodiversity, Climate Action and Environmental Governance and Information.

The objective is to identify possible solutions to challenges in the field of fire protection in one of the following areas: prevention, operation and regeneration.

This call for project and technology ideas to be submitted to the LIFE call is part of the advice of the CILIFO Centre created by the CILIFO project (0753_CILIFO_5_E). This is a project co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund ERDF in the framework of the Interreg V A Spain – Portugal (POCTEP) 2014-2020 programme.

European Union LIFE projects provide between 55% and 75% non-repayable funding.

Brussels, 16.05.2019. The Finnova Foundation opens its LIFE 2019 Call for Pre-proposals for innovative European projects dedicated to fire protection. This call is addressed to public and/or private entities that have a project or a personal interest or need that can be framed within the LIFE Programme, the financial instrument of the European Union.

This Finnova LIFE 2019 Call for Proposals focuses on the following LIFE programmes: Nature and Biodiversity, Climate Action and Environmental Governance and Information.

The objectives are as follows:

  • To create a network of incubators and accelerators at provincial and regional level that respond to the interest for innovation in fire fighting.
  • To identify possible solutions to challenges in the field of fire protection in one of the following areas: prevention, operation and regeneration.
  • To create territorial alliances of public-private partnership (PPP) that allow the SOLUTIONS proposed by entrepreneurs, technological institutes and universities to become real projects.
  • Make visible its commitment to innovation and its commitment to growth and job creation, through the promotion of entrepreneurial projects that improve the quality of life of its citizens.
  • Increase and improve institutional relations thanks to PPP alliances.
  • Contribute to improving and protecting the environment and climate action.


Finnova will analyse each of the pre-proposals in order to proceed to a potential drafting and preparation of a LIFE proposal before the cut-off date of June or September 2019 (depending on the call). This initiative is part of the first accelerator dedicated to fire-fighting startups, managed by the Finnova Foundation as a partner of the LIFE programme. Thus, Finnova looks for public entities that face problems with fires and startups that are innovative in this field.

According to Juanma Revuelta, CEO of Finnova, one of the fundamental objectives will be to evaluate each idea in order to “try to increase public-private partnerships that allow for public funding from the EU, such as programmes such as Horizon 2020 or Interreg”. An outstanding example Finnova has already worked with in this field is Drone Hopper; it is a startup that designs drones to act in the extinction of forest fires, thanks to its unit of containers that propel nebulized liquid. Drone Hopper received a non-refundable grant of €50,000 from the European Commission’s SME Facility thanks to advice from Finnova’s StartUp Europe Accelerator programme.

It should be noted that the Climate Action is the 13th UN Sustainable Development Goals. This project is developed within the framework of the CILIFO programme (Iberian Centre for Research and Forest Firefighting). It has an overall budget of 24.7 million euros for Interreg Poctep (European Cross-Border Cooperation Programme), making it the Interreg project with the largest financial endowment.

Contact

Juan Manuel Revuelta – General Manager of Finnova

+34696324236

juanmarevuelta@finnova.eu

Press contact Finnova

Catalina Valencia

+34636889177

eustartup@finnova.eu

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Finnova Foundation attends Green Week events in Brussels to discuss environmental issues

The event, organised by the European Commission, takes place throughout Europe from 13 to 17 May with the aim of spreading knowledge on the process of environmental implementation.

Brussels, 13.05.2019. Finnova Foundation participates in the Brussels based EU Green Week 2019. This year’s edition focuses particularly on environmental laws and the process of environmental implementation. Environmental laws will be addressed in a broad sense, covering water and air quality, protection of nature, as well as recycling and waste management.

The calendar of the events is available here, and the different sessions can also be streamed online here.

The closing of Green Week will take place at the end of the Brussels Conference on Friday and will showcase the political conclusions from the Week.

More information:  https://www.eugreenweek.eu/

Green StartUp Europe Awards

The Mission Statement of the European Commission in the area of Environment, aims to protect, preserve and improve the environment for present and future generations, proposing and implementing policies that ensure a high level of environmental protection and preserve the quality of life of EU citizens. It also makes sure that Member States apply EU environmental law correctly and represents the European Union in environmental matters at international meetings.

Following this massive goal, Green StartUp Europe Awards recognises the work of startups working in these areas and trying to make this world a better place to live. In the second edition of the StartUp Europe Awards the winner for the Green category was BIOMYC, a Bulgarian startup which is developing an economically viable, fully biodegradable composite material made of agricultural waste as feedstock and mushroom mycelium as a binding agent.

The final of this category was held in July 2018 at the Berlaymont Building located in Brussels, and it was attended by Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (see foto above).

The Green category aims at recognising startups offering products, services or methodologies addressing different topics like improved resource efficiency, climate change, low carbon economy or societal challenges among others. The award represents Finnova’s and the European’s Union compromise with the preservation and protection of the environment for present and future generations.

About StartUp Europe Awards

StartUp Europe Awards of the European Commission’s Startup Europe initiative and Finnova is an open innovation methodology that encourages collaboration between the public sector and businesses in the promotion of innovative initiatives. Its aim is to help create alliances that allow entities and support programmes for entrepreneurs to be added to local partners and to be a communication tool for society.

StartUp Europe Awards is also supported by the President of the European Parliament, the President of the Committee of the Regions, the Vice-President of the Economic and Social Committee and several members from the European Parliament. StartUp Europe Awards is sponsored by StartUp Europe Accelerator. Mariya Gabriel, the European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, chaired the final ceremony of the StartUp Europe Awards 2018 at the Startup Europe Summit in Sofia, Bulgaria.

LIFE 2019 calls have been published

The LIFE Programme is the European Union’s funding tool for environment and climate action.

LIFE contributes to the implementation, updating and development of EU environmental and climate policies and laws by co-financing projects with European added value. For the period 2014-2020 it has a budget of 3.4 billion euros. It consists of two sub-programmes: environment and climate action. Detailed information here.

Please contact Finnova for further information on LIFE calls and support to prepare proposals: adrian.noheda@finnova.eu

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