Tekes’ China ActivitiesJoint Call 2016

Dr. Markku Lämsä, Senior Advisor, TekesHow to increase business in China?

11 February, 2016, Helsinki

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Tekes’ China Activities

• State agreement S&T 1986 MOST – MEE

• Tekes units in Beijing and Shanghai with Tekes and local experts

• Team Finland Future Watch and foresight activities

• Platforms like Beautiful Beijing

• Several joint MoUs

• Joint calls for proposals

• Market access programme

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2016 Sino-­Finnish Call for Proposals for Joint R&D Projects

§ The call is being conducted by Tekes and the Ministry of Science and Technology of People’s Republic of China (MoST) together with Jiangsu and Zhejiang S&T Departments.

§ The call is addressing cleantech, ICT, urbanization and design based innovation, commercialization and other business related topics.

§ Only enterprise projects (proposals with companies from both countries as main cooperation partners) are eligible，which should be innovative and meet an expressed market need.

§ The deadline of the call is 29th April 2016.

§科技部关于征集2016年度中国与芬兰政府间科技合作项目建议的通知• LINK

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National coverage in China by MoST and additional local coverage by two provinces

Zhejiang Province

Jiangsu Province

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Aim and themes of the call

§ The aim of the call is to focus on larger scale cooperation R&D&I pilots and demonstration in areas of1. Cleantech• Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency (including but not limited to industrial energy saving, ESCO services, green buildings, renewable energy, bio material comprehensive utilization, city-­level district heating and centralized cooling solutions, building-­level centralized heating and cooling solution, bio-­refinery, etc.)

2. ICT• Air pollution control and management (including but not limited to indoor and outdoor air quality monitoring and solutions, etc.)

3. Urbanization• Waste & water management (including but not limited to waste management design, waste recycling, bio-­gas collection, waste water solutions, etc.)

4. Design• Smart City Planning & Design (including but not limited to smart city concept, green and sustainable buildings and construction, smart traffic, sports arena concepts and design, architectural design and industrial design, etc.)

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Basic structure of international cooperation

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Financing by Tekes

Financing by MoSTor Jiangsu / Zhejiang Province

S&T Department

ProposalTekes

Finnishcompany/companies

Chinesecompany/companies

MOSTProposal

Agreement& work plan MoU

Promotion &

Networking activities Success

Business

Growth

JointProject

Preparation of larger scale cooperation pilot and demonstration projects in China

Team Finland servicesFunding for preparation of ecosystems projects1. Identification of business

spearheads and ecosystems;; funding for preparation.

2. Promotion and support (funding) for the most promising business spearheads and ecosystems.

3. Acceleration of business ecosystems development by Team Finland services.

4. Towards joint goal.

C. Palmberg, Tekes (2016)

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Project content and requirements

§ The joint industrial R&D&I project should aim at development of products / processes, services, know-­how leading to commercialization in the global market.

§ The participants must have prerequisites for profitable business. § The results of the projects shall contribute to the Finnish economy. § Partners should include at least one Chinese and one Finnish company participant. Consortiums of several companies are prioritized.

§ Academic research entities and research organisations are eligible to join as sub-­contractors.

§ Each applicant company can only apply for one R&D project in this call in the same funding year.

§ The project partners should agree in advance on the IP rights and on the commercialization strategy of the product or process (Consortium Agreement is required).

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Dates and deadlines

Action DateCall announcement December 2015Deadline for proposals and funding application forms 29. April 2016Review and screening of projects May 2016Funding decisions September 2016 (TBC)Start of projects -­-­

§ The full proposal contains project plan (in English) and Tekes' electronic application form for companies.

§ To receive funding, the national parts of the project must fulfil the same criteria as purely national projects.

§ MOST funds projects, with costs of each one about 1,5 million RMB (ca. 215 000 Euros).

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Market Access Programs MAP

Tekes' Market Access Programs offer Finnish SMEs a tailor-­made market entry plan. It is prepared by business professionals who are simultaneously doing a MBA degree in world's top universities. They have years of work experience and local market expertise.

MAPs are targeted mainly to the USA, China or Southeast Asiawww.tekes.fi/en/map

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Funding and Timetable in Market Access Programs

• 65 % of total costs (primarily deminimis funding) including own salaries, social security costs, travel expenses, overhead costs and outsourced services.

• Funding for Young Innovative Companies: as part of other projects costs in the 1st and 2nd Phase.

ProgramsUniversity

Annual startof Program

Annual endof Program

Application Company profile

Fudan iLab, Shanghai January End of June/ Beginning of July

Fall No specific industry,SME, midcap

Tsinghua FinLab, Beijing

continuous continuous continuous No specific industrySME, midcap

Eeva Salminen, 050 557 7679, eeva.salminen(at)tekes.fiMinh Lam, 029 50 55743, minh.lam(at)tekes.fi

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Dr. Markku Lämsä Senior AdviserNetworking businesses and research -­ bioeconomy and cleantechTekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation

Mobile +358 50 5577 793 markku.lamsa@tekes.fi

Contact in China (Beijing): Mr. Arto Mustikkaniemiarto.mustikkaniemi@tekes.fiContact in China (Shanghai): Mr. Jarmo Heinonenjarmo.e.heinonen@tekes.fi

Contacts

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