Description du projet
Chypre met les voiles vers un meilleur horizon d’investissement dans la recherche
Même si Chypre se remet rapidement de la récente crise économique, les investissements dans le domaine de la recherche, du développement technologique et de l’innovation (RDTI) restent peu élevés. Cela s’explique par le fait que, malgré la présence de trois universités publiques à Chypre, la recherche demeure réservée aux universitaires. Le projet CMMI – MaRITeC-X, financé par l’UE, établira un centre d’excellence à Chypre pour promouvoir une recherche de haut niveau et le développement technologique et favoriser les activités d’innovation dans le secteur maritime. Appelé Institut maritime de Chypre (CMMI), il jouera un rôle clé dans la transformation économique et sociale du pays.
Objectif
With the economic recession behind it, the economy of Cyprus is expanding at a rate comparable to that of the global economy. Despite this welcoming trend, the investment landscape in research, technology development, and innovation (RTDI), a key factor in the economic competitiveness and sustainability of Cyprus — remains stagnant, with bottom-up initiatives towards a change remaining fragmented and underutilised. As a direct result, the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem of Cyprus remains at an embryonic stage, leaving Cyprus as a low-performing RTDI country within the European Union.
Innovation activities in SSP cannot proceed without a solid scientific and research and technology development foundation. Despite Cyprus hosting three state universities (and a number of private ones) with a wealth of excellent research and scientific expertise, this significant resource remains untapped and rarely exploited beyond the confines of academia. To reverse this ultimately detrimental relation between research and innovation, Cyprus is in dire need of an intermediary to help the country rise out of its RTDI slumber. This proposal seeks the European Union’s support to establish in Cyprus a Centre of Excellence that fosters world-class research, technology development, and innovation activities. This will not be another academic entity but an institution developing practical solutions/products addressing the needs of the economy, and society, in Cyprus, the EU and the rest of the world in activities related to the marine and maritime sector.
The proposed project, Marine and Maritime Research, Innovation, Technology Centre of Excellence (MARiTeC-X), seeks to play a key role in the country’s economic and social transformation through RTDI transformation, by setting up the Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI).
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6300 Larnaca
Chypre
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.