Eurostars Switzerland

Colette John-Grant

Zagreb, 6 May 2015

Tentative Timeline for CH-HR Cooperation 2016 - 2018

June 2015 – Contract Signing (planned) September 2015

Eurostars Cut-Off 4 2016 - 2018

During this time – partnering events will be organised and supported by CH-HR (planned)

March 2016 - Eurostars Cut-off 5 Approx. June

2016 – Partnering Events CH-HR (planned)

Swiss Statistics

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Funding rules in Switzerland

• Funding 2015 is € 8,5 Mio. • SERI gives grants to Eurostars participants• 50% of eligible costs for SME, universities

and R&D institutions• 25% of eligible costs for large companies• Maximum funding to the Swiss part is € 500’000

Success story

E!4285 FC Aeth

Slovenian pollution-measuring machine

Partners: Slovenian SME

Swiss Research Institute/Swiss SME

Budget: 0.7 Mio Euro (SL 310’000)

Allows to pinpoint sources of air pollution which allows regulatory agencies and city councils to discern whether pollution is produced locally or not.

Success story

E!5533 LBA

LBASense reconciles behavior

analysis with privacy

Partners: Swiss SME

Irish SME

Spanish SME

Budget: 0.734 Mio Euro

Using wirless sensors mobile phones are tracked in complete anonymity, which helps businesses better understand comsumer’s needs and allow municipaliteis to design better public transport or improve touristic services.

Thank you!

Colette John-Grant

EUREKA NPC Switzerland

State Secretariat for Education,

Research and Innovation

Einsteinstrasse 2

3003 Bern

Tel. +41 58 464 91 43

colette.john@sbfi.admin.ch