1. Annual Joint Programming Conference 23 November 2016
Impacts of Public-Public Partnerships - expectations and experiences Name of network/organisation: EUREKA - Eurostars Name of presenter: Peter Lalvani
Annual Joint Programming Conference 23 November 2016

2. Expected impact Eurostars Outputs: Outcomes:
Commercialisation of technologically new or improved product/process/service within 2 years of project end (biomedical: start of clinical trials)
Outcomes:
Growth of SMEs e.g. increased turnover and employment
Increased IPR portfolio
Internationalisation of SMEs – access to international markets
Continued (international) collaboration with partners
Increased investment in R&D

3. achieved impact in detail
Results of Final Evaluation of Eurostars-1 ( )
“The fact of receiving a Eurostars grant leads to a 3% to 3.5% higher growth rate in the corresponding firm, on average”. The effect for projects that just received the treatment (close to threshold score) is possibly higher.
The matching approach implies that employment growth rate of R&D-performing SMEs funded by Eurostars was nearly twice as high as that of observable equal non-funded firms. This can be causally attributed to Eurostars funding.
The estimates based on projects completed in 2012, or earlier, translate into a causal employment generation impact of nearly 8,000 jobs
Participating SMEs have significantly increased innovative outputs, as measured by patent filings - 42% higher according to one estimation.

4. achieved impact in detail
Assessing achieved impact
Internal (monitoring and evaluation)
Final Reports and Market Impact Reports (fy+1, 2, 3)
Success Stories
External impact assessment
Surveys (qual & quant)
Interviews / case studies (qual)
Econometrics (quant)

5. achieved impact in detail
Example Success Story: Videntifier Technologies
FIIA project
€1.18m, 31 months
Video (1:48)
Iceland’s Videntifier creates technologies which helps international police forces investigating child abuse and terrorist cases by scanning hard drives for suspicious content
They collaborated with French research institute IRISA and the UK’s Forensic Pathways, which specialises in video identification. The project created a prototype combining products from both companies.
Interpol, the world’s largest International police organisation, was the first customer of the integrated product.
The technology is currently used in US and the UK among other countries. Videntifier is now exploring markets such as China, India and South Korea

6. maximising achieved impact & visibility
Supporting SMEs after the project
e.g. EUREKA InnoVest Programme (E!InnoVest) – developing investor readiness
High-level studies
Using results to feed into strategy and future programme design / improvements
Communications
Harmonised indicators
Increase recognition at political level