Innovationschecks 2015-2017
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | IUC Sverige AB |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 7 000 000 |
| Project duration | September 2016 - June 2017 |
| Status | Completed |
Important results from the project
The IDC Netw ork has a commission to distribute Innovation checks directed to industrial and industrial related SMEs. The SMEs in focus are those interested and able to initiate and accomplish an innovation oriented project or an IP-strategy. Over a three year period a total of 350 Innovations checks are to be distributed.
Expected long term effects
In the short term perspective the challenge has been to identify industrial SMEs that can fulfill the demands of an Innovations check. The IDC Network has during this period continued to identified industrial SMEs with innovative and/or IP potential to be selected and initiated. In the longer term several of these SMEs will continue their development process, increase their growth, cooperate with new competence partners and be more open to apply for additional public financing in programs.
Approach and implementation
The IDC Netw ork consists of 15 regional IUC companies all of them in turn owned by a majority of SMEs, larger companies and trade unions in their own region. A total number of approximately 35 project leaders within these regional IUCs have been working with the process from identifying through planning, signing agreements, accomplish a Grow th analysis to evaluating the projects. This has been supported by an multistepmodel for I-checks and an instruction for the IP-checks.