Steinbeis Europa Zentrum (Steinbeis) has amassed more than 30 years of innovation consulting experience with a focus on international markets and EU research funding.
Steinbeis was founded in March 1990 as the operational unit of the Commissioner for Europe of Baden-Württemberg’s Minister of Economics. Steinbeis’s core activity is to promote European Research and Technology Development programmes and to support cross-border technology transfer.
Steinbeis supports small and medium-sized enterprises on behalf of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Housing of Baden-Württemberg. At the same time, it supports Universities of Applied Sciences on behalf of the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg.
Moreover, Steinbeis is involved in several EU funded projects (more than 80 in 2023) as either partner or coordinator, taking over tasks related to dissemination, communication, exploitation or financial and administrative project management.
Role: Communication, dissemination, exploitation
Steinbeis is project partner and leader of WP6 Outreach, replication and exploitation. In this context, Steinbeis is responsible for
- The design of a communication and engagement strategy to achieve optimal visibility, to communicate the project’s objectives and solutions.
- The design of communication and dissemination tools needed to initiate and implement the strategy.
- The implementation of activities increasing awareness, engagement, acceptance and fostering uptake of the SIRCULAR results, facilitating knowledge transfer and sustainability at European and local level.
- Clarification of the exploitable results and their use (commercial, scientific or other) including IPR management (such as ownership, access rights, knowledge protection).
