Objective This proposal is submitted by three mature regional cluster organisations operating in the UK (Midlands Aerospace Alliance - MAA), Netherlands (Netherlands Aerospace Group - NAG) and Italy (Torino Piemonte Aerospace - TPA) that act as innovation agencies operating in the high-growth aerospace industry. Our common challenge is how best to design and utilise cluster mechanisms, including cluster organisation service delivery, to address a recognised strategic weakness in Europe’s aerospace supply chains. Despite often high levels of technical know-how, smaller companies have a low rate of product and process innovation. Our goal is to accelerate rates of innovation in aerospace supply chain companies so they are better equipped with new products and new processes to compete in global markets and thus retain and grow a high-skill, high-wage aerospace supply chains in Europe’s aerospace clusters. Our organisations have developed what is considered within our regional clusters to be good and successful – possibly excellent -- practice. A range of services is delivered, in part by mobilising the clusters themselves as a resource. Service delivery systems include small grant competitive collaborative R&D programmes, innovation mentoring, working closely with regional RTOs to involve suppliers and participating in EU-funded “meta-cluster” programmes -- all designed to increase the rate of SME innovation.Our proposal is to use our inevitably-diverse expertise based on these experiences to comparatively benchmark the recognised good practice and create a Design Options Paper that contextualises this within the broader range of service delivery models. We then have a clear plan to share the resulting knowledge for maximum impact, first within our own clusters, secondly across the big community of European aerospace clusters, and thirdly with the broader innovation/SME and cluster policy communities which work in other economic sectors. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineering Keywords Innovation policy aerospace clusters Programme(s) H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs Main Programme H2020-EU.2.3.2.2. - Enhancing the innovation capacity of SMEs Topic(s) INNOSUP-05-2016-2017 - Peer learning of innovation agencies Call for proposal H2020-INNOSUP-2016-2017 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-INNOSUP-05-2016-2017 Funding Scheme CSA - Coordination and support action Coordinator MIDLANDS AEROSPACE ALLIANCE Net EU contribution € 50 000,00 Address UNIT 42 BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTRE BINLEY BUSINESS CV3 2TX Coventry West Midlands United Kingdom See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region West Midlands (England) West Midlands Coventry Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 50 000,00 Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all VERENIGING TOT BEHARTIGING VAN DE BELANGEN VAN NEDERLANDSE LUCHT- EN RUIMTEVAART INDUSTRIEEN NETHERLANDS AEROSPACE GROUP Netherlands Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address MOLENGRAAFFSINGEL 10 5E VERDIEPING 2629JD Delft See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Delft en Westland Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost No data ASSOCIATION ASTECH PARIS REGION France Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address 1 ALLEE DE BRUXELLES AEROPORT DE PARIS BOURGET 93350 Le Bourget See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Seine-Saint-Denis Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost No data
