Energy to Innovation -

Reinforcing cooperation with

ENP countries on bridging the
gap between energy research
and energy innovation
by Ms Zsuzsanna Angyal
Regional Centre for Information and Scientific Development
April 4, 2014 Chiinu Moldova
Ener2i expert workshop on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources

General Introduction of the project
EU-funded project support from the Seventh Framework Programme
(FP7)
Project Start: 1
st
October 2013
Duration: 36 Months
EU Contribution: around 1 million
ENP target countries Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova
EU partners Austria, Hungary, Germany; (and Netherlands, Norway
and others through eseia network)



Ener2i Project Partners

Organisation name Acronym Country
Centre for Social Innovation ZSI Austria
Regional Centre for Information and Scientific
Development
RCISD Hungary
European Sustainable Energy Innovation Alliance eseia Austria
Belarusian Institute of System Analysis and Information
Support of Scientific and Technical Sphere
BellSA Belarus
National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of
Armenia
NAS RA Armenia
Agency for Innovation and Technology Transfer AITT Moldova
Technology Transfer Association TTA Armenia
Belarusian Innovation Fund BIF Belarus
Registered Union Energy Efficiency Center Georgia EEC Georgia
Energy engineers GMBH ee Germany
Organization for Small and Medium Enterprises Sector
Development
ODIMM Moldova
Why energy?
Enegy supply + energy usage + stimulation of innovation activities =
challenge for EU and for ENP countries
insecurity over energy supplies + growing energy demand + looming
climate change = related societal challenges
Our aim: to find innovative and sustainable solutions for these problems
directly addressing the gap between energy research and European
Industry (support the commercialisation of research results)


ener2i project mission:

Improve knowledge transfer and innovation support in the field of
renewable energies (RES) and energy efficiency (EE)

Stimulate linkages between research and innovation with effective
knowledge transfer methods (brokerages, etc.)

Establish sustainable cooperation between research and innovation
actors across EU and ENP countries

Address EE and RES in the business sector, improving the innovation
performance of business in EE/RES
Workpackages & Structure
WP1: Project Coordination and Management
WP2: Analysis & Recommendations
WP3: Networking & Technology-oriented Brokerage
WP4: Training and Capacity Building
WP5: Innovation Support
WP6: Communication & Dissemination
Expected results of ener2i target
indicators I.
4 analytical reports on the
research and innovation
landscape and on players in
EE/RES in the ENP countries (WP2)

4 local brokerages in ENP
countries (AM, BY, GE, MD), and 4
brokerages in EU countries (WP3)

1st EU Brokerage: 23
rd
June 2014


Expected results target indicators II.
8 innovation training workshops, which are relevant for EE/RES in the ENP
countries (WP4)
Staff exchanges/study visits 24 experts exchanged in the frame of a
twinning scheme (WP4) exchange of good practices among PPs

24 innovation vouchers of 4,000 each, (6 vouchers per each EaP country)
allocated to start-ups and businesses in the ENP countries as a result of a
merit-based competition (WP5)

Chapter 6 - SWOT Analysis
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
KIND ATTENTION!

For more information, please
visit: http://www.ener2i.eu/
OUR TEAM:
Ms Zsuzsanna Angyal, zsuzsanna.angyal@rcisd.eu
Mr Bla Kardon, bkardon@rcisd.eu
Ms Szonja Csuszdi szonja.csuzdi@rcisd.eu
Ener2i@rcisd.eu
REGIONAL CENTRE FOR INFORMATION AND SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT
Budapest, HUNGARY
http://www.rcisd.eu