In this section the most important projects JIIP is involved are listed. You can find more information about them by clicking on the links.

Sector Innovation Watch

Europe INNOVA-Sectoral Innovation Watch project provides policy-makers with a comprehensive understanding and assessment sectoral innovation patterns, performance, trend and challenges for selected actors across the EU25. Analysis of nine sectors (Biotechnology, electrical and optical equipment, automotive, space and aeronautics, construction, wholesale and retail trade, KIS, Food and Drink, textile) and five cross cutting themes (Industrial Clusters, innovation in service, facilitating lead-markets, greening industries, high-growth companies) by following-up of ongoing work building on results of old consortium with explicit attention for N-S-W-E dimensions in innovation through right mixture of partners. Questions are to what extent innovation performance and challenges differ across sectors and which indicators can be identified for further policy development. Read more...

BUILD-NOVA

Help construction firms (high-tech and less technology intensive companies) to find suitable funding for their new innovative projects, and give investors a better understanding of the technology and market possibilities of such new ideas.

BUILD-NOVA has four main objectives:

To create a network of agents from 3 groups: construction-based customer-facilitators and promoters, technology providers, and the finance sector.
Through a sector-specific approach, toanalyse the success factors and barriers to innovation in the European construction sector, produce guidelines for small construction firms on development of new innovative business ideas and products.
To organise business forums across Europe involving a range of different agents interested in the financing of innovation in the construction sector.
To share knowledge and best practice with other networks and projects