Medtech4 Europe

Medical technologies are a key sector for the future in Europe by bringing solutions to reduce healthcare costs in a context of ageing population. With emergence of new and cross-sectorial technologies, it is one of the most innovative high-tech sector which faces a strong world competition requiring each time more innovation. But the sector is fragmented with a high number of products and SMEs; RDI infrastructures offers do not always meet effectively companies demands.

The project brings together 9 partners from 8 EU countries (FR, IT, NL, D, FI, DK, HU, PL) with a mix of regional public authorities, innovation agencies and a cluster (all having delegation of competencies from their public authority) and an advisory partner. They are supported by strongly involved skilful stakeholders: managing authorities, centres of research, clusters, hospitals.

OBJECTIVE:

Improving public policies (structural funds and regional policies) in favour of RDI facilities to be more adapted to the specificities of the medtech domain.

APPROACH:

In phase 1, the project follows a progressive 3-steps approach starting from a state of the play in each partner’s region from which best practices will be crossanalysed to deliver recommendations in order to improve the policies addressed in partners’ regions.

MAIN ACTIVITIES/ OUTPUTS:

The project will lead to the implementation of 8 local action plans thanks to various activities of exchange of experiences, among which self-assessment, benchmarking, interregional mapping and joint analysis, 1 interregional seminar, 3 study visits, 4 workshops, 2 dissemination events (1 at European level to fuel the EU reflection).

MAIN EXPECTED RESULTS:

Increase knowledge and skills among stakeholders and staff members (125). 20 best practices and 8 improved policies instruments (5 related to structural funds) to strengthen RDI ecosystems, develop new RDI business models and new RDI interregional projects at EU level in the medtech sector.

Main data of the project:

Project title: Medtech4 Europe – Optimizing the impact of public policies in favour of research and innovation facilities in the field of medical technologies
Project code: PGI04950

Partners:

  • Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Region – France
  • Province of Limburg – Netherlands
  • South Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency – Hungary
  • The Capital Region of Denmark – Denmark
  • Upper Silesian Agency for Entrepreneurship ans development Ltd. (GAPR) – Poland
  • Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council – Finland
  • Cluster Technologies for Living Environment -techforlife – Italy
  • Steinbeis Innovation gGmbH – Germany
  • Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission – France
  • University of Pécs, Medical School – Hungary

 

Project budget in EUR: 1,634.534,00 €
ERDF funding in EUR: 1,441,222.55 €
Funding program: Interreg EUROPE
Project duration: 01.06.2018- 30.11.2022

(More information: https://www.interregeurope.eu/medtech4europe )
The project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and Hungary.