EIT Cross-KIC Shared Services

The expected outcome should in principle be focused on (but might not be limited to):

• establishing of the centralised CFS audits scheme for all KICs (and other types of audits) to increase assurance and cover needs after the HE transition;
• development of IT tools supporting the EIT Community in the transition to the Horizon Europe operational and legal framework, in particular common data and knowledge management, e.g. common data model, common templates, common reporting/publication (CORDA, Portal, EIT website), shared data management systems;
• increasing the operational efficiency and effectiveness of KICs through co-locating KIC CLC activities, particularly in Brussels, Berlin, Budapest, Copenhagen, Espoo, Paris, Stockholm; other locations might be considered by providing the cost benefit analysis to the EIT and conditioning on the EIT’s approval. The methodology of selecting, estimating and justifying the EIT contribution to finance joint CLCs should be provided in the application. The assessment according to the proposed methodology for the EIT support should also include existing consolidated CLCs;
• development of joint EIT Community communications activities, in particular for the joint participation in high level events, industry fairs and exhibitions across Europe, joint organisation of communications campaigns on topics of common interest (education courses/programmes, regional innovation scheme actions, business creation and acceleration programmes, women entrepreneurship, etc.), joint access to communications management and monitoring tools (e.g. media monitoring), facilitating the communications of EIT community activities at national and regional level and of cross-KIC activities;
• development of KICs joint dissemination activities, in particular the quality support centre for developing information on activities results for all on-going and just implemented innovation projects (which has been finalised since 2020) through the EC dissemination channels (in particular the Horizon Results Platform), ensuring dissemination of innovation project results, facilitating dissemination of results of cross-KIC activities;
• proposing and developing joint activities in other areas, e.g. joint procurement, HR, sustainable office, partnership management, capacity building of KICs, anti-fraud measures, document management, data protection, etc.;
• effective management of the activity.

Increase of the EIT Community efficiency and effectiveness of operations through development of joint operational activities and consolidation of KICs operational processes to result in a reduction of administrative costs and overheads by pooling resources and joint handling of operational and administrative tasks common to all KICs.

• Supporting the EIT Community with EIT KIC IT project management and monitoring tools;
• Servicing the EIT Community with providing CFS audits (and other types of audits);
• increase the awareness and visibility of the EIT Community in locations in Europe where at least two Hubs (or 'co-location centres') belonging to the Innovation Communities are present;
• Establishing KICs joint services in communications, dissemination, joint procurement, HR, partnership management, KICs capacity building, etc.;
• Financing KICs joint co-locations according to the agreed methodology;

To be defined by applicants addressing the specific objectives of the activity, its scope and expected outcomes supported by the cost benefit analysis of the supported actions. The intended impact should be described by results KPIs but also should include a description of the long term qualitative and quantitative impact if relevant, described through the impact KPIs of the EIT Impact Framework. The Cross-KIC activity should demonstrate in the proposal how the cross-KIC activity contributes to KICs' financial sustainability and how it contributes to the EIT core KPIs.