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Brief elucidation related to work programme 2014 15 specific challenge web entrepreneurship.
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Work Programme 2014
Work Programme 2014
-
-
15
15
ICT 13 Specific Challenge
ICT 13 Specific Challenge
Web Entrepreneurship
Web Entrepreneurshiphttp://bit.ly/H2020WE
Opening: 11/12/2013
Closing: 23/04/2014 at 17:00pm (CET)
Budget: €10 Million (6+4)
FI-PP (300 M€ - EC contrib.)
Contents
1. Why Web Entrepreneurship is important
2. Startup Europe - actions underway
3. Work Programme 2014-15, ICT13
a. Accelerate Web entrepreneurship in Europe
b. Coordination activities in the area of web
entrepreneurs
4. Expected impact
5. How to make a strong proposal
6. Additional background documents
Note: the text of the Work Programme is the legal reference for
the Call
1. Why is Web Entrepreneurship important
- Creates jobs
- Fuels innovation
- Develops cutting-edge technologies
- Generates growth
- Creates strong entrepreneurial communities
- Accelerates Europe towards the ICT future
- Increases Europe's competitiveness
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2. StartupEurope.eu
• An EU initiative to:
- Raise awareness of the opportunities and challenges faced by
web-entrepreneurs
1. - Network, Europe–wide, among the stakeholders and
facilitate access to resources
2. - Develop web talent
Final goal:
• - To strengthen the environment for Web Entrepreneurs to
start and stay in Europe. The focus is on starting up and
scaling up.
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•Startup Europe Leaders Club, see
startupmanifesto.eu
•Competitions and awards (TechAllStars,
Europioneers)
•Startup Europe Accelerators Assembly
•Startup Europe Web Investors Forum
•Startup Europe support for crowdfunding
•Future Internet – Public Private Partnership call 3
•Stimulating the emergence of Massive Online Open
Courses focused on web skills (in preparation)
•Dynamic visual mapping of the major tech hubs in
Europe (in preparation)
•For further information: StartupEurope.EU
Actions underway for Web entrepreneurs
The €10 million funding will be allocated to:
- Projects to accelerate web entrepreneurship in
Europe by using new cross-border services co-
developed by several local web entrepreneurship
ecosystems and hubs working together.
- Coordination activities to strengthen the
environment for web entrepreneurship in Europe and
that exploit synergies across stakeholder communities.
3. Work Programme 2014-15, call 1
Specific challenge ICT 13
What are we looking for?
a. Accelerate web entrepreneurship in Europe:
Proposals to develop and provide new services for web entrepreneurs, building
upon existing local ecosystems or hubs working together:
-- to launch and scale up new ventures
-- to link web entrepreneurs with mentors across Europe
-- to create exposure to new financing opportunities
-- to link acceleration programmes across Europe.
•Budget: €6 Million
•Examples (non-comprehensive list) :
• provide online tools (training, legal) that support web entrepreneurs to
start a new venture and scale across borders
• prizes for innovative web and mobile services and applications
• putting geeks from one local ecosystem in residence within
accelerators and startups of another local ecosystem
• meet-ups of stakeholders of the local ecosystems, Internships across
local ecosystems or travel grants
• …
• For other relevant activities (see the H2020 consultation report of March 2013
for a list of potential relevant activities available at startupeurope.eu)
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Part A – Accelerate Web Entrepreneurship in Europe
€6 million budget
70% all costs eligible
Participants from?3
Member States
What are we looking for?
b. Coordination activities in the area of web entrepreneurs
Activities to strengthen the environment for web entrepreneurship in Europe and
that exploit synergies across stakeholder communities.
Includes support to European initiatives: impact on Startup Europe objectives,
such as encouraging entrepreneurship, facilitating access to resources,
increasing availability of web talent, thought leadership and the other areas
listed in the startup manifesto.
Budget: €4 Million
•Proposals may include features such as:
• networking all relevant stakeholders groups;
• supporting European initiatives on web
entrepreneurship, in particular to support Startup
Europe implementation (see startupeurope.eu)
• encouraging people, notably young people and
women, to become web entrepreneurs;
• supporting awards to celebrate web
entrepreneurship;
• promoting the use of MOOCs for web
entrepreneurship skills
•
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Part B – Coordination activities in the area of Web
Entrepreneurs
€4Million Budget
Se e al p ojects bet een €100k and
100% costs eligible
At least 1 Member State involved
for EU wide activities
4. Expected overall impact
Real expected impact on the web entrepreneurship ecosystem is of
extraordinary importance for this objective, in concrete:
•To provide new, innovative environments including services that will help
web entrepreneurs in their process of starting up and scaling up their startups.
•To support the emergence of dynamic European ecosystems for web
entrepreneurs that also contribute to shaping future web entrepreneurship
specific policies, in particular for the implementation of Startup Europe EU
initiative. (see, for ex. the Startup Manifesto for a list of 22 concrete actions at
www.startupmanifesto.eu)
•To contribute, together with other relevant initiatives of the Commission, to
a positive impact across the continuum of actors for entrepreneurship.
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5. How to make a strong proposal
• All information for proposers (conditions,
templates, submission) at the EC participant
portal:
•http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/
desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/86-ict-13-
2014.html#tab1
•References
•Web entrepreneurs Action Plan (within Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan)
•Web Entrepreneurs Staff Working Document
•Other Background documents
•Startup Europe Manifesto startupmanifesto.eu
•Report on how Horizon 2020 could be used to support web entrepreneurs
•All documents available at startupeurope.eu See section on funding
opportunities
•Pre-proposal service check in startupeurope.eu under funding opportunities box
•Follow us on Twitter @StartUpEU
#StartUpEU
6. Additional background documents
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Isidro Laso Ballesteros
Head of Startup Europe
Sector
[email protected]
Cristian Olimid
Specific challenge coordinator
[email protected]
Bogdan Ceobanu
Startup Europe Sector
[email protected]
Jeoffrey Istasse
Startup Europe Sector
[email protected]
Gaelle Lanckmans
Startup Europe Sector
[email protected]
Nathalie Danse
Startup Europe Sector
[email protected]
Startup Europe team:
doc_644818700.pdf
Brief elucidation related to work programme 2014 15 specific challenge web entrepreneurship.
1
Work Programme 2014
Work Programme 2014
-
-
15
15
ICT 13 Specific Challenge
ICT 13 Specific Challenge
Web Entrepreneurship
Web Entrepreneurshiphttp://bit.ly/H2020WE
Opening: 11/12/2013
Closing: 23/04/2014 at 17:00pm (CET)
Budget: €10 Million (6+4)
FI-PP (300 M€ - EC contrib.)
Contents
1. Why Web Entrepreneurship is important
2. Startup Europe - actions underway
3. Work Programme 2014-15, ICT13
a. Accelerate Web entrepreneurship in Europe
b. Coordination activities in the area of web
entrepreneurs
4. Expected impact
5. How to make a strong proposal
6. Additional background documents
Note: the text of the Work Programme is the legal reference for
the Call
1. Why is Web Entrepreneurship important
- Creates jobs
- Fuels innovation
- Develops cutting-edge technologies
- Generates growth
- Creates strong entrepreneurial communities
- Accelerates Europe towards the ICT future
- Increases Europe's competitiveness
3
2. StartupEurope.eu
• An EU initiative to:
- Raise awareness of the opportunities and challenges faced by
web-entrepreneurs
1. - Network, Europe–wide, among the stakeholders and
facilitate access to resources
2. - Develop web talent
Final goal:
• - To strengthen the environment for Web Entrepreneurs to
start and stay in Europe. The focus is on starting up and
scaling up.
4
5
•Startup Europe Leaders Club, see
startupmanifesto.eu
•Competitions and awards (TechAllStars,
Europioneers)
•Startup Europe Accelerators Assembly
•Startup Europe Web Investors Forum
•Startup Europe support for crowdfunding
•Future Internet – Public Private Partnership call 3
•Stimulating the emergence of Massive Online Open
Courses focused on web skills (in preparation)
•Dynamic visual mapping of the major tech hubs in
Europe (in preparation)
•For further information: StartupEurope.EU
Actions underway for Web entrepreneurs
The €10 million funding will be allocated to:
- Projects to accelerate web entrepreneurship in
Europe by using new cross-border services co-
developed by several local web entrepreneurship
ecosystems and hubs working together.
- Coordination activities to strengthen the
environment for web entrepreneurship in Europe and
that exploit synergies across stakeholder communities.
3. Work Programme 2014-15, call 1
Specific challenge ICT 13
What are we looking for?
a. Accelerate web entrepreneurship in Europe:
Proposals to develop and provide new services for web entrepreneurs, building
upon existing local ecosystems or hubs working together:
-- to launch and scale up new ventures
-- to link web entrepreneurs with mentors across Europe
-- to create exposure to new financing opportunities
-- to link acceleration programmes across Europe.
•Budget: €6 Million
•Examples (non-comprehensive list) :
• provide online tools (training, legal) that support web entrepreneurs to
start a new venture and scale across borders
• prizes for innovative web and mobile services and applications
• putting geeks from one local ecosystem in residence within
accelerators and startups of another local ecosystem
• meet-ups of stakeholders of the local ecosystems, Internships across
local ecosystems or travel grants
• …
• For other relevant activities (see the H2020 consultation report of March 2013
for a list of potential relevant activities available at startupeurope.eu)
9
Part A – Accelerate Web Entrepreneurship in Europe
€6 million budget
70% all costs eligible
Participants from?3
Member States
What are we looking for?
b. Coordination activities in the area of web entrepreneurs
Activities to strengthen the environment for web entrepreneurship in Europe and
that exploit synergies across stakeholder communities.
Includes support to European initiatives: impact on Startup Europe objectives,
such as encouraging entrepreneurship, facilitating access to resources,
increasing availability of web talent, thought leadership and the other areas
listed in the startup manifesto.
Budget: €4 Million
•Proposals may include features such as:
• networking all relevant stakeholders groups;
• supporting European initiatives on web
entrepreneurship, in particular to support Startup
Europe implementation (see startupeurope.eu)
• encouraging people, notably young people and
women, to become web entrepreneurs;
• supporting awards to celebrate web
entrepreneurship;
• promoting the use of MOOCs for web
entrepreneurship skills
•
12
Part B – Coordination activities in the area of Web
Entrepreneurs
€4Million Budget
Se e al p ojects bet een €100k and
100% costs eligible
At least 1 Member State involved
for EU wide activities
4. Expected overall impact
Real expected impact on the web entrepreneurship ecosystem is of
extraordinary importance for this objective, in concrete:
•To provide new, innovative environments including services that will help
web entrepreneurs in their process of starting up and scaling up their startups.
•To support the emergence of dynamic European ecosystems for web
entrepreneurs that also contribute to shaping future web entrepreneurship
specific policies, in particular for the implementation of Startup Europe EU
initiative. (see, for ex. the Startup Manifesto for a list of 22 concrete actions at
www.startupmanifesto.eu)
•To contribute, together with other relevant initiatives of the Commission, to
a positive impact across the continuum of actors for entrepreneurship.
14
5. How to make a strong proposal
• All information for proposers (conditions,
templates, submission) at the EC participant
portal:
•http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/
desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/86-ict-13-
2014.html#tab1
•References
•Web entrepreneurs Action Plan (within Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan)
•Web Entrepreneurs Staff Working Document
•Other Background documents
•Startup Europe Manifesto startupmanifesto.eu
•Report on how Horizon 2020 could be used to support web entrepreneurs
•All documents available at startupeurope.eu See section on funding
opportunities
•Pre-proposal service check in startupeurope.eu under funding opportunities box
•Follow us on Twitter @StartUpEU
#StartUpEU
6. Additional background documents
18
Isidro Laso Ballesteros
Head of Startup Europe
Sector
[email protected]
Cristian Olimid
Specific challenge coordinator
[email protected]
Bogdan Ceobanu
Startup Europe Sector
[email protected]
Jeoffrey Istasse
Startup Europe Sector
[email protected]
Gaelle Lanckmans
Startup Europe Sector
[email protected]
Nathalie Danse
Startup Europe Sector
[email protected]
Startup Europe team:
doc_644818700.pdf