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UNLEASHING THE INNOVATION POTENTIAL OF EU CONSTRUCTION SMES

15 European partners join forces to support SMEs from 6 European countries, bringing innovation to the “traditional” value chain of the Construction sector and expand it to other industries to create an enlarged Built Environment industrial sector enabling these SMEs to internationalise their activities and reach European markets.

 

In the frame of METABUILDING, 3.75M € will be available to finance 140 SMEs, boosting collaborative innovation projects belonging to one of the following industrial sectors, searching for synergies:

 

  • Construction Sector
  • Additive Manufacturing Sector
  • Nature Based Solutions
  • Circularity & Recycling Industries
  • Digital Industrial Sector

 

reaching out to more than 6.000 SMEs through 90 regional clusters in 6 target counties:

 

Austria · Italy · France · Hungary · Portugal · Spain

 

INNOVATION SUPPORT PLATFORM

 

METABUILDING project will establish a Digital Platform, open to all stakeholders of the enlarged Built Environment sector, helping SMEs to find partners for collaborative projects, innovative technologies, and information about available funding for SME innovation. This digital platform will be closely linked to the European Construction Technology Platform (ECTP) and is supposed to become an important tool for SME innovation and collaboration for the related industrial sectors in Europe.

 

INNOVATION ECOSYTEM

 

METABUILDING Metaclustering Process will reach Clusters and their SMEs in their business environment through the different instances of EU clusters:  European > National > Regional > SMEs

 

The project will help construction-related clusters from the 6 target countries to achieve together critical mass and share resources and experience, needed to upscale their business scope to Europe in a sustainable and expandable collaborative innovation ecosystem.

     

    • Establish a digital platform facilitating business and innovation in an enlarged Built Environment Sector.

     

    To reach the mentioned goals, METABUILDING will promote the Open SME Calls that will be published on the Horizon 2020 Participants Portal and on the projects' own website. Funded projects will be selected through transparent competitive procedures.

    Germain ADELL
    Germain ADELL
    METABUILDING Project Coordinator
    Nobatek/INEF4 Deputy General Manager
    International Strategy and Business Development

    The METABUILDING open innovation platform has been developed, in the frame of the METABUILDING project, as a tool to finance innovative projects through cross-sectoral and cross-border collaboration, reaching more than 100 European SMEs that received direct financial and non-financial support, enriching the Construction sector with knowledge and expertise coming from the Additive Manufacturing, Nature-Based Solutions, Digital Industry and the Circularity & Recycling sectors.
    By facilitating the collaboration between companies and experienced innovation experts, METABUILDING Platform has increased competitiveness and productivity of SMEs through international collaboration, developing technical and sustainable solutions which help to reduce GHG emissions, energy consumption and waste, stimulating the innovation potential of the built environment sector.
     

    partners / contact

    NOBATEK/INEF4

    [ NBK ]

    France

    Claudia HUNZIKER KELLER

    Claudia HUNZIKER KELLER

    METABUILDING Project Manager

    EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

    [ ECTP ]

    Belgium

    Nerea GOMEZ MORAN

    Nerea GOMEZ MORAN

    Project officer, Technical contact WP1

    EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF GREEN ROOF AND GREEN WALL ASSOCIATIONS

    [ EFB ]

    Belgium

    Elisabeth GRUCHMANN

    Elisabeth GRUCHMANN

    IDONIAL CENTRO TECNOLÓGICO

    [ IDO ]

    Belgium

    Paula QUEIPO

    Paula QUEIPO

    IDONIAL Director of Business Operations, WP3 leader

    FUNDACIÓN PLATAFORMA TECNOLÓGICA ESPAÑOLA DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN

    [ PTEC ]

    Spain

    Carlos MARTINEZ BERTRAND

    Carlos MARTINEZ BERTRAND

    PTEC Managing Director, Project Technical Expert

    PLATAFORMA TECNOLÓGICA PORTUGUESA DA CONSTRUÇÃO

    [ PTPC ]

    Portugal

    Rita Moura

    Rita Moura

    FONDS DE DOTATION CERCLE PROMODUL INEF4

    [ PROM ]

    France

    Jean-Luc BUCHOU

    Jean-Luc BUCHOU

    Délégué Général du Fonds de Dotation, Project Technical Expert

    FEDERAZIONE DELLE COSTRUZIONI

    [ FEDCO ]

    Italy

    Luigi PERISSICH

    Luigi PERISSICH

    Federcostruzioni General Secretary, Project Technical Expert

    PANNON BUSINESS NETWORK NONPROFIT KFT.

    [ PBN ]

    Hungary

    Robert NEMETH

    Robert NEMETH

    PBN General Financial Manager, Project Technical Expert

    INDRA SOLUCIONES TECNOLOGÍAS DE LA INFORMACIÓN, S.L.

    [ MIN ]

    Spain

    Pablo Hevia

    Pablo Hevia

    Minsait IT Business & Process Consultant, Project Technical Expert

    GRUNSTATTGRAU FORSCHUNGS- UND INNOVATIONS-GMBH

    [ GSG ]

    Austria

    Susanne FORMANEK

    Susanne FORMANEK

    Project management/implementation@GSG

    ECOWISE EKODENGE LIMITED

    [ ECO ]

    UNITED KINGDOM

    Emre YONTEM

    Emre YONTEM

    WP3 leader

    STEINBEIS INNOVATION GGMBH

    [ SEZ ]

    Germany

    Sabine Haessler

    Sabine Haessler

    BUILT ENVIRONMENT COMMONS

    [ OPY ]

    France

    Alejandro ADELL

    Alejandro ADELL

    · COMMUNICATION · WP6 leader. Contributions (WP1, WP2, WP4, WP5, WP7). Administrative, Financial and Technical contact.

    EUROPEAN RECYCLING INDUSTRIES' CONFEDERATION

    [ EURIC ]

    Belgium

    Maria Vera Duran

    Maria Vera Duran

    Administrative and Financial Contact

    This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 873964. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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    Start 01/06/2020
    100%
    End 31/05/2023
    Budget allocation . M€ Budget allocation
    Effort 327 p*m Effort
    Effort 9 persons Full time equivalent

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