A pan-European Networked Acceleration Programme to expand acceleration ecosystems and foster the scalability potential of European business

Project Information

AccelerAction

Grant agreement ID: 101072073

DOI

10.3030/101072073

Project closed

EC signature date 4 July 2022

Start date 1 September 2022

End date 28 February 2025

Funded under

• European innovation ecosystems

Total cost

No data

EU contribution

€ 996 243,75

Coordinated by

JO CONSULTING SRL
Italy

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (6)

Alliance Generation Plan

Plan that will define and help enlarge the spectrum of actors involved and boost the creation of a structured and coordinated network of stakeholders from the innovation ecosystem.

Plan for Communication, Diss. & Exploitation of Results (first release)

This Plan will be prepared at the beginning of the project and will define dissemination & communication strategy, tools and activities. It will contain also first draft of the exploitation ideas and mapping of the project’s expected results for an appropriate strategy results packaging.

Main findings on EU-NAP implementation

The document will describe the main findings emerged from the implementation period, including a set of best practices on how to best use the EU-NAP model to accelerate scaleup of startups and SMEs.TECHC will be supported by BETA-i in the development of the deliverable

Policy recommendations for policy makers

Set of recommendations for policy makers that are located in the moderate/emerging innovative areas, but also in the stronger ones, will be created, in order to guarantee a long term sustainability impact and a legal framework at regional/local level.

Final Report on Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation Activities

Final Report will describe the dissemination and communication activities made during the project, together with the exploitation activities done and those planned after the official end of the project.

AccelerAction Strategic Discovery Process: main findings

The report will summarise the main findings emerged during the Round Tables, with a special focus on challenges faced by moderate/emerging accelerators and suggestions on how to expand their innovation potential.

Other (4)

Communication package

It will re-group set of communication materials developed for the project, such as project logo, visual identity documents, communication templates etc.

AccelerAction assessment methodology

This method will define how to assess the gaps & challenges faced by the business acceleration entities located in less connected innovation ecosystems (modest/emerging) and innovation hubs (strong innovators).

AccelerAction Virtual Ecosystem

AccelerAction Virtual Ecosystem will have trusted, comprehensive and accessible database of innovation ecosystem stakeholders within the virtual platform. It will allow business entities (accelerators, start-ups, innovation agencies, business networks) and experts (mentors, evaluators, investors, educational institutions and regional authorities) to share good practices, to easily access business support solutions, to find the most suitable potential investor/s and to discover networking opportunities.

Pan-EU Networked Acceleration Programme (EU-NAP)

The new EU-NAP Programme will be jointly designed by strong and moderate innovators and will be based on the main findings emerged from the discovery process. EU-NAP will be based on a strong complementarity of knowledge, expertise and assets, leading to the co-creation of added value. The innovative startups and SMEs will benefit from the mentoring programmes abroad and scaleup support with the final aim to improve the less connected acceleration ecosystems.

Data Management Plan (1)

Data Management Plan

The DMP will describe procedures and criteria that shall be applied by all partners and for all procedures involving external participants in order to set out the ethical requirements that the project must comply with and to set data collection requirements

Publications

Conference proceedings (1)

Gender diversity in European DeepTech Accelerator Programmes

Author(s): Vasiliki Brimpou, Achilleas Barlas, Giovanni Zazzerini, Victoria Bellou, Yeoryios Stamboulis
Published in: ISPIM Connects Osaka – Connecting and Empowering Society, Issue ISBN 978-952-65069-7-5, 2024
Publisher: ISPIM - the International Society for Professional Innovation Management

Other (1)

Policy Recommendations for an Interconnected European DeepTech Ecosystem

Author(s): G. Zazzerini, L. Adinolfi, A. Barlas, V. Bellou, V. Brimpou, Y. Stamboulis
Published in: LUISS Institute for European Analysis and Policy - Policy Brief 4/2025, 2025
Publisher: LUISS Institute for European Analysis and Policy (LEAP)