Nine-year evaluation of strategic innovation programs: Innovair

This report concerns the nine-year evaluation of the strategic innovation program Innovair. The evaluation shows that Innovair contributes in a valuable way to the long-term competitiveness of the operation area. The program has increased the participants' ability to collaborate across sectors, their subject area expertise and ability to make good strategic decisions in innovation matters.

Vinnova, the Swedish Energy Agency and Formas finance seventeen strategic innovation programs. Through cooperation in areas that are strategically important for Sweden, conditions are created for sustainable solutions to global societal challenges and increased international competitiveness.

In 2023, six strategic innovation programs have undergone their nine-year evaluation. In these evaluations, a particular emphasis has been on examining results and early effects of the programs. The evaluators have also followed up action plans from the six-year evaluation and submitted recommendations for the programs' fourth and final three-year phase.

Equality and independence have been two guiding stars in the evaluation process. Vinnova, the Swedish Energy Agency and Formas have procured Sweco Sverige AB to carry out the nine-year evaluations. The content, conclusions and recommendations of this report are theirs.