Partnerships
EIT Manufacturing
Partnership website: https://www.eitmanufacturing.eu/
The mission of this innovation community is to strengthen and increase the competitiveness of Europe's manufacturing industry.
The manufacturing industry is a global base for prosperity and key to Europe’s economic, social and environmental sustainability. The sector is a main driver of industrial innovation, job creation and growth.
EIT Manufacturing brings together a growing network of top-tier industrial partners, leading academic and research institutions from across the region and innovative startups, scaleups and SMEs.
A key way of transforming knowledge into value is by overcoming the fragmented nature of many innovation networks. In order to ensure that innovations reach the market, industry has the right talent and entrepreneurs can thrive; EIT Manufacturing connects and integrates the areas of education, innovation and business creation.
Ultimately, EIT Manufacturing strives to accelerate faster innovation with the potential to improve everyday life globally, help meet Europe’s ambitious climate goals, and ensure that its workforce is ready for tomorrow’s challenges.
About the community
This innovation community will bring together all actors in this innovation ecosystem and should lead to innovative products, services and also processes.
There are 6 general objectives
- Upskilling the workforce and developing the talent
- Creating efficient manufacturing innovation ecosystems
- Digitizing the manufacturing industry
- More on-demand and customer focused manufacturing
- Manufacturing that looks at health, ethics, social acceptance and safety
- Environmentally sustainable manufacturing
Programmes
These objectives are reflected in five different schemes for which organizations, researchers and industry (knowledge triangle) can apply:
- Business creation of high-growth companies to lead the transformation of the manufacturing industry in Europe
- Education of current and future workforce to make sure they are equipped to work with the technologies of the future
- Innovation where they develop technologies and bring them to the market as ready-made innovative products, services and processes
- Regional innovation schemes to help countries and regions that are lagging behind in terms of manufacturing innovation
- Activities where they work together with other innovation communities to create cross-sectoral innovations
How to get involved?
There are currently no calls of EIT manufacturing.
The headquarter of this innovation community was in Paris but it is currently closed as a result of a liquidation procedure. Belgian and Flemish interested parties can still contact the regional Darmstadt hub by mail central@eitmanufacturing.eu
Finally you can contact the NCP for manufacturing, ria.debreucker@vlaio.be
What are partnerships?
Partnerships group the EC and private and/or public partners, to coordinate and streamline the research & innovation initiatives and funding in some selected key domains.
How to use partnerships?
- orientation Partnerships publish strategic documents, e.g. outlining the main research and innovation challenges or key focus points.
- networking Partnerships often organise events, such as info days, brokerage events, etc. Meet potential partners and learn about the nuances that are not visible in the official documents.
- ecosystem analysis Partnerships typically have an advisory board, and publish impact studies of previous actions. These are good sources of information to uncover the main R&D&I players in the domain.
- steering the agenda Partnerships collaborate with the EC on outlining the strategy and the future funding opportunities in their domain, based on input from industry, academia, and other stakeholders.
Author
Do you have an additional question? Or spotted a mistake? Don't hesitate to contact me!
Ria De Breucker
Ria.debreucker@vlaio.be