Description du projet
Promouvoir l’égalité de genre dans les écosystèmes d’innovation
Les performances de l’Europe en matière d’innovation sont en hausse, mais l’accès aux opportunités d’investissement reste inégal. Une sensibilisation et une communication efficaces entre les secteurs et les investisseurs sont essentielles pour combler le fossé entre les innovateurs forts du nord et de l’ouest de l’UE et les innovateurs modérés et émergents du sud et de l’est. Le projet INVEST-HER, financé par l’UE, vise à faciliter le partage des connaissances et la collaboration afin de renforcer la prochaine génération de jeunes entreprises, en mettant l’accent sur les sociétés dirigées par des femmes et les investisseurs soucieux de l’égalité de genre. Le projet identifiera les meilleures pratiques, mènera des activités de renforcement des capacités, et élaborera des lignes directrices afin de promouvoir une UE plus compétitive. Les partenaires du projet mettront en place un pôle communautaire afin de transformer les territoires les moins connectés en pôles d’innovation reconnus.
Objectif
European innovation performance continues to increase, yet inequalities, particularly in access to investment, are still noteworthy. There is a need to close the performance gaps, which are still visible between Strong Innovators (North and West EU) and Moderate and Emerging Innovators (South and East EU mostly).
A major asset to successful and sustainable business growth relies upon awareness and strong communication between innovative sectors and investors on available resources, their access and interventions by public/private funders. Improving networking between innovation ecosystems is key to the success of growing businesses and driving continued economic development.
INVEST’HER’s ambition is to foster knowledge-sharing and synergies between innovation actors, existing initiatives/projects in order to support the next generation of startups, with an emphasis on women-led companies and gender-conscious investors. These interactions will notably lead to best practices’ identification, capacity-building activities and guidelines. Strengthening and broadening an interregional collaboration hub will promote a more competitive EU and a more sustainable, inclusive, diverse and resilient world.
This will be done in a community-driven, cross-functional, cross-sectoral, multiplier based way, with partners bringing together communities of experts from different deep-tech sectors from around Europe and beyond. INVEST’HER will 1) transform less connected territories into recognized and attractive innovation valleys that pool and reward investments, 2) create bridges between EU innovation ecosystems increasing access to capital and investment in less connected innovation ecosystems and allowing local start-ups benefiting from foreign investments, 3) raise the number of gender conscious investors in Europe for support to women-led companies, 4) boost women entrepreneurship, especially in Moderate and Emerging Innovators offering them access to more funding opportunities
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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support ActionsCoordinateur
1000 Sofia
Bulgarie