S2E National Event LITHUANIA
- 30 Oct 2015
- Vilnius (LT) Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
The LITHUANIA National Event was co-organised by the S3 Platform - S2E project and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania, Research and Higher Education Monitoring and Analysis Centre (MOSTA).
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Full Agenda of the event.
Session 1: Welcome Address - Moderator: Ieva CERNIUTE (European Commission, DG REGIO)
- Synergies with R&I Funds: Stairway to Excellence – Andrea Conte (European Commission, DG JRC)
- Lithuanian Activities in Implementation of New EU Funding Programmes – Svetlana Kauzoniene (Vice-minister, Ministry of Science and Education)
- Opportunities for Synergies Under the New ESIF Framework – Katja Reppel (European Commission, DG REGIO)
Session 2: Reviews on Existing Lithuanian R&I Cooperation and Barriers and Motivations of Prospect Collaborations - Moderator: Nida Kamil Ozbolat (European Commission, DG JRC)
- Lithuania's Profile in terms of FP Participation and ESIFs (*) – Nicholas Harrap (European Commission, DG JRC)
- The Lithuanian R&I Ecosystem – Jurgita Petrauskienė (Director, MOSTA)
- Review on the Participation of Lithuanian Organisations in EU Funding – Anzelma Uselienė (International programmes, MITA)
- Strengths and bottlenecks in the Lithuanian R&I framework - Agne Paliokaite (Visionary Analytics)
(*) The S2E National "facts and figures" document was the basis for this presentation. It contains key messages, based on the presented quantitative indicators, and provides as full a picture as possible of how and where European funding dedicated to R&I is spent.
Session 3: Synergies in Practice - Moderator: Gérard Carat (European Commission, DG JRC)
- Experience on financing pre-commercial procurement– Marco Di Ciano (InnovaPuglia (IT))
- Moving towards effective RIS3 implementation: An illustrative case study - Stelian Brad (Cluj IT cluster (RO))
- Experience on R&I financial support in the form of prizes - Günther Szogs (LEONARDO – European Corporate Learning Award)
- EIT Regional Innovation Scheme and funding synergies opportunities – Mathea Fammels (EIT)
- "Seal of Excellence" scheme and "Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation"- Grzegorz Ambroziewicz (European Commission, DG RTD)
Session 4: Conclusions and ways forward - Moderator: Andrea Conte (European Commission, DG JRC)
- Concluding remarks, follow-up mechanisms and ways forward - Jurgita Petrauskienė (Director, MOSTA)
Practical Information
- When
- 30 Oct 2015
- Where
- Vilnius (LT) Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
- Registration Information
- Participation was by invitation only.
Description
The "Stairway to Excellence" European Pilot Project is centred on:
- Providing assistance to the 13 Members States (and their regions) which joined the EU after 2004 with the aim of closing the innovation gap and promoting excellence in all regions and EU countries;
- Stimulating the early and effective implementation of national and regional Smart Specialisation Strategies.
The LITHUANIA National Event was organised jointly by the European Commission, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (S3 Platform, S2E project) and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania, Research and Higher Education Monitoring and Analysis Centre (MOSTA).
A JOINT STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL EVENT OF LITHUANIA: "The Synergies with Research and Innovation Funds" was issued as an outcome of it and will cover the Main Issues under the different topics brought at the event.
Objectives of the event:
- A better understanding of Lithuanian national (and regional) innovation ecosystem(s) with a special emphasis on the identification of obstacles, barriers and potentials to innovation
- Raising awareness of the actions needed to enable synergies between different EU funding programmes for research and innovation
- Sharing experiences in combining Structural Funds and Framework Programme to improve excellence in R&I systems
- Drawing lessons for the future and identifying follow-up actions to enhance the potential synergies between different EU funds in the Member State
Who attended? (Participants: around 70 people)
- Lithuanian National and Regional Managing Authorities
- LithuanianNational Contact Points from the past Framework Programmes and Horizon 2020 and other EU-funded programmes
- Lithuanian National and Regional authorities in charge of smart specialisation strategies
- Members of the Horizon 2020 programme committee
- Selected national and international experts on EU funding programmes and regional policy
- Selected representatives from businesses
- Selected representatives from universities, research centres and any other organization with experience and/or interest in EU-funded programmes
Venue
