Istanbul Chamber of Commerce is looking for partners to work on HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-02-01

ICoC is the 2nd largest Chamber all around the world with 750.000+ SME member. ICoC covered all business sectors such as textile, creative industries, metal, tourism, chemistry etc. Actively working to accelerate the entrepreneurship ecosystem, ICoC has established Idea to Business and Teknopark Istanbul subsidiaries. 

Experimentation and exchange of good practices for value creation

TOPIC ID: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-02-01

Topic description

ExpectedOutcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Value creation and transfer to the economy and society by increased interlinkages and cooperation between knowledge valorisation actors (academia/research; industry/SMEs; public administration/policy-makers and society/citizens);
• New solutions to societal and economic challenges by stronger uptake and deployment of research results, including through the involvement of citizens and civil society;
• Improvements of structures, strategies, practices and skills for knowledge valorisation through sustainable reforms and new initiatives in line with the ERA Policy Agenda action 7 – Upgrade EU guidance for a better knowledge valorisation, and with the European Council Recommendation on the Guiding Principles for knowledge valorisation^[1].

Scope:

To emerge stronger from the pandemic and address the challenges we are facing, such as climate change, and enable the twin transition, Europe needs to translate available scientific knowledge and research results to innovative solutions, including technological as well as non-technological and social innovations, in the market, in society and for better policy making. To bring existing good practices in knowledge valorisation to support value creation across Europe, we need more experimentation, peer learning and testing of new models as well as trying out good practices in different environments.

Replication and adaptation of best practices is a powerful way to support the design, implementation and evaluation of knowledge valorisation investments and measures that enhance the quality and extent of knowledge uptake at all levels. It involves identifying and taking inspiration from best practices developed across Europe, engaging in an exchange of experiences with peers and connecting to new partners, as well as driving and supporting the set-up of new measures or the reform of existing ones. Cross-border transfer of best practices in knowledge valorisation is challenging because the corresponding strategies, initiatives or tools need to be adapted to a different context and legal and financial framework and take into account skills and competences available in the new setting.

Researchers can play an important role in engaging with citizens and bringing research results into communities that need innovative solutions. This can contribute to making research results more adapted to the needs of citizens and communities, and strengthen the uptake of research by society benefitting both the research communities and the citizens as users and co-creators.

Please, visit the following page to get more information regarding this call: https://www.developmentaid.org/grants/view/1304515/experimentation-and-exchange-of-good-practices-for-value-creation?useNavigation=true