Programmes
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The EIC aims at identifying and supporting
breakthrough technologies and innovations
with the potential to scale up internationally.
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Specific support to enable innovation ecosystem actors to work together across Europe
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Part of the Single Market Programme covering competitiveness of enterprises, governance of the internal market and standardisation and consumers.
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The new instrument of the ERDF aims to strengthen economic cohesion in the EU by helping businesses work with innovation actors in other regions.