Platform for Expanding Regional Innovation SCOPE for blue growth

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB North Sea

Date of latest update: 2024-01-30

Description

Description (EN):

The North Sea Region (NSR) is a crucial area for Europe`s Blue Economy, but it is faced with profound challenges. To understand and open up emerging technological and market opportunities, which lead to sustainable innovations, PERISCOPE will establish an entrepreneurial discovery process to reinforce the knowledge base, identify and valorise innovation ideas, and open up a Blue Growth ecosystem to stimulate industry-driven action on the concrete opportunities ahead. PERISCOPE will bring together fragmented and specialised knowledge in a novel entrepreneurial discovery process that will trigger innovations and sustainable business development. Concretely, PERISCOPE will enhance the capacity of 300+ NSR actors within the blue economy, kick start 10+ Blue Growth innovation partnerships within the NSR, accelerate at least two major cross-border innovation projects, and increase understanding of innovation support and conditions for blue business development in the NSR. Linking six NSR countries, PERISCOPE will also improve trans-regional innovation capacity by working with the public sector and enhanced smart specialisation will follow as a consequence of the ecosystems dialogue platform. Closer transnational cooperation within the project will lead to better synergies in reaping emerging Blue Growth opportunities, utilising funds and infrastructures, and creating a platform for sustainable joint innovation actions and investment.

Achievements (EN):

The Periscope project, co-financed by the Interreg North Sea programme, has since 2017 actively worked towards establishing a permanent innovation ecosystem in the North Sea region (NSR) to enable transnational innovation partnerships for sustainable business development in emerging blue markets. The alliance behind the Periscope Network has managed to bring together stakeholders from across the North Sea region to address emerging market opportunities. Based on foresight techniques and active outreach through clusters and digital media, more than 1500 organisations have been informed and invited to engage in the key themes of the network, which arose around opportunities linked to decarbonisation of the North Sea region. Through structured dialogue and deep dives into the market opportunities, 600+ organisations have actively shared insight and co-developed ideas around the following areas: Power-to-X concepts connected to ports and maritime sector Hydrogen, from production to use in port activities & maritime sector Offshore & near shore hubs for the green energy transition in the maritime and offshore sectors Electrification of leisure boats and charging infrastructur The key result of the work is the formation of eight new partnerships, involving 46 organisations from around the North Sea region, pursuing the following opportunities: OME as alternative fuel for the maritime sector Small-scale hydrogen production and its use in ports and shipping Cross-border charging infrastructure for electric leisure boats in the Skagerak region. Mileage warning system for electric leisure boats Floating battery storage Multipurpose floating wind farms Maritime Aerial Autonomous Inspection System for offshore renewable energy assets Offshore data centres Seven of the above partnerships are led by an SME, of which two have already applied for funding to further the respective business opportunity. The eighth, the charging infrastructure for leisure boats, is in the process of preparing a funding application. Beyond the focus on identifying emerging market opportunities and accelerating business-led innovations, the Periscope Network has sought to enhance the understanding of the innovation climate and conditions for growth. Four Periscope Forums have brought together representatives from policy, authorities and industry to discuss how the North Sea Region can achieve global leadership in the blue economy. Concrete recommendations have been produced, including how Public-Private Partnerships can benefit regional growth, competitiveness and jobs. The Periscope Network will continue its important mission beyond the project financed period, with a particular focus on Public-Private co-creation.

Website: https://northsearegion.eu/periscope

Thematic information

Innovation capacity and awareness-raising SME and entrepreneurship

Specific Objective: Develop new or improved knowledge partnerships between businesses, knowledge institutions, public administrations and end users with a view to long-term cooperation (post project) on developing products and services

Thematic Objective: (01) strengthening research, technological development and innovation by:

Investment Priority:

(01b) promoting business investment in R&I, developing links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres and the higher education sector, in particular promoting investment in product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation, and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies

Partners (14)

Lead Partner: Sørlandets Europakontor AS

Address: Gimlemoen 19, 4630 Kristiansand, Norway

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.south-norway.no

Total budget: EUR 837 628.00

4strat GMBH

Name: 4strat GMBH

Address: Torellstrasse 1, 10243 Berlin, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.4strat.de

Total budget: EUR 301 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 150 500.00

Aarhus Universitet

Name: Aarhus Universitet

Address: Nordre Ringgade 1, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.au.dk

Total budget: EUR 678 986.00

ERDF budget: EUR 339 493.00

Business Region Göteborg

Name: Business Region Göteborg

Address: Box 111 19, 23 Göteborg, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.businessregion.se/en

Total budget: EUR 256 500.00

ERDF budget: EUR 128 250.00

Center of Maritime Technologies e.V.

Name: Center of Maritime Technologies e.V.

Address: Bramfelder Strasse 164, D-22305 Hamburg, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.cmt-net.org

Total budget: EUR 229 990.00

ERDF budget: EUR 114 995.00

European Marine Energy Centre

Name: European Marine Energy Centre

Address: Old Academy, KW172RB Stromness, Orkney, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.emec.org.uk

Total budget: EUR 186 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 93 000.00

Global Center of Expertise NODE

Name: Global Center of Expertise NODE

Address: Todenskjoldsgate 9, 4612 Kristiansand, Norway

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.gcenode.no

Total budget: EUR 268 792.00

Hanze Hogeschool

Name: Hanze Hogeschool

Address: Plein, NL 8000 Groningen, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Website (not verified): http://www.pl.hanze.nl

Total budget: EUR 380 350.00

ERDF budget: EUR 190 175.00

Marine South East

Name: Marine South East

Address: c/o 176/3043, Southampton Bolderwood Innovation Centre Southampton, SO16 7QF Southampton, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Website: https://www.marinesoutheast.co.uk

Total budget: EUR 236 300.00

ERDF budget: EUR 118 150.00

Offshore Energy Denmark

Name: Offshore Energy Denmark

Address: Dokvej 3, DK-6700 Esbjerg, Denmark

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.offshoreenergy.dk

Total budget: EUR 49 700.00

ERDF budget: EUR 24 850.00

Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

Name: Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

Address: 30 Abercrombie Court, Prospect Road, Westhill,, Aberdeenshire AB32 6FE Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Website: https://ore.catapult.org.uk

Total budget: EUR 154 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 77 000.00

RISE, Research Institutes of Sweden

Name: RISE, Research Institutes of Sweden

Address: Box 857, 501 15 Borås, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.sp.se

Total budget: EUR 32 519.00

ERDF budget: EUR 16 260.00

Samenwerkingsverband Noord-Nederland

Name: Samenwerkingsverband Noord-Nederland

Address: PO BOX 779, 9700 AT Groningen, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.snn.eu

Total budget: EUR 210 022.00

ERDF budget: EUR 105 011.00

Nederland Maritiem Land

Name: Nederland Maritiem Land

Address: Boompjes 40, 3011 XB Rotterdam, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.maritimebyholland.nl

Total budget: EUR 174 300.00

ERDF budget: EUR 87 150.00

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South-Norway European Office Ltd

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4strat GMBH

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University of Aarhus

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Business Region Göteborg

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Center of Maritime Technologies

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European Marine Energy Centre

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Global Center of Expertise NODE

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Hanze University of Applied Sciences

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Marine South East

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Offshore Energy Denmark

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Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

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RISE, Research Institutes of Sweden

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Samenwerkingsverband Noord Nederland

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Maritime by Holland

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Summary

Project name (EN): Platform for Expanding Regional Innovation SCOPE for blue growth

Project acronym: PERISCOPE

Project start date: 2017-10-01

Project end date: 2021-09-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 4 121 987.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 507 784.00

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB North Sea

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-02-14

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

73 / 73 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

871 / 871 (100%)

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Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.northsearegion.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-09-20 and 2023-01-12.

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