National Agency
for Innovation and Research luxinnovation Making innovation happen
luxinnovation Making Innovation Happen A European capital and an international financial hub, Luxembourg is also an attractive, dynamic location for research, development and innovation. The Luxembourg government’s determined and comprehensive backing and the developments over the past years are enabling research and innovation to contribute a growing share of the nation’s economic activity.
Operating at the heart of the country’s innovation system, Luxinnovation, the National Agency for Innovation and Research, focuses on stimulating the competitiveness of Luxembourg’s economy through research, innovation, creativity and design. The Agency was established in 1984 and constituted as an Economic Interest Grouping (EIG) in 1998 with the objective to federate national initiatives promoting innovation and research.
Luxinnovation builds on a strong partnership involving:
Research and innovation are now recognised as powerful drivers of economic development. At Luxinnovation, we have been supporting Luxembourg’s entrepreneurs and researchers in this area for more than 25 years. We help them to shape and implement their innovation projects, notably by facilitating access to knowledge, funding and technologies, research infrastructures and markets, and to cooperation or business opportunities. With its diversified service offer, Luxinnovation is a reliable, trusted partner equipped to provide assistance over the long term. The only thing that counts are the ideas of project promoters. Our job is to listen and to assist them as they refine their concepts and transform them into genuine innovations that find their markets and clients. As a manager of an innovative start-up, an SME or a large company or as a researcher in a public or private-sector organisation, you will be keen to boost your activity and, in doing so, to contribute to the economic development of Luxembourg. Luxinnovation is by your side. Let’s turn your ideas into action!
The Ministry of the Economy and Foreign Trade The Ministry for Higher Education and Research The Ministry of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses and Tourism The Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce The Luxembourg Chamber of Trades Fedil— Business Federation Luxembourg
Multiannual performance contract Luxinnovation and its partner organisations signed the Agency’s first performance contract (2008–2010) as part of a wider drive to ensure sound governance of the national innovation system. Building on the highly satisfactory outcomes of the initial contract, Luxinnovation has entered into a second performance contract (2011–2013) and stepped up its activities to reinforce the innovation potential of businesses and public research organisations and stimulate collaborative projects at national and international level.
Gilles Schlesser Managing Director
Making innovation happen
Our services Luxinnovation provides a wide range of integrated and personalised services that are based on a sectoral approach and offered free of charge to businesses of any size, to innovative start-ups and to public research organisations.
The Agency’s key strengths lie in the complementarity of its internal competencies and in the quality of its national and European networks, enabling it to find external resources that meet its clients’ needs. Luxinnovation acts as a facilitator for clients seeking national or European funding, planning to launch an innovative activity, looking for technological expertise or aiming to upgrade their innovation management activities. In keeping with its motto, Luxinnovation, in all its processes and daily operations, is dedicated to
Making Innovation Happen !
Access to national and European funding Information and guidance on suitable funding mechanisms Assistance with the preparation of applications and the endorsement of public decision-makers Support for innovative start-ups Analysis of the innovative idea and the related business plan, and access to national business incubators Identification of prospective partners and investors Innovation management, creativity and design Comprehensive training programmes (innovation management and intellectual property) Luxembourg Innovation Masterclass Promotion of design and creativity in support of innovation Technology transfer and partner search Access to the Technology Market of the «Enterprise Europe Network» Identification of potential partners and contact initiation
Intellectual property and valorisation of research results Awareness-raising activities and guidance on intellectual property Coaching for the socio-economic valorisation of research results Luxembourg Cluster Initiative Animation of the BioHealth, EcoInnovation, ICT, Materials and Space Clusters Support for project construction in view of publicprivate partnerships Promotion of research and innovation “Made in Luxembourg” Organisation of seminars and events Production of communication tools (brochures, websites, etc.) Management of the Luxembourg Portal for Innovation and Research (www.innovation.public.lu) Publication of the magazine «Focus on Research and Innovation in Luxembourg»
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Key figures* 793 businesses and 61 public laboratories coached Main clients Small, medium-sized and large enterprises Innovative start-ups Public research organisations
Priority areas A particular focus is set on priority areas for the sustainable development of Luxembourg’s economy: Life Sciences Eco-technologies Information and communication technologies Materials and production technologies Space technologies Young innovative start-ups Skilled Crafts
143 projects benefiting from national public funding for research, development anD innovation Financial returns exceeding
EUR 48 million from European R&D and innovation programmes
More than 650 participations of
Luxembourg entities in EU programmes OVER
9300 participants at events organised by Luxinnovation * Based on the results of the first performance contract (2008–2010)
Making innovation happen
National Agency
for Innovation and Research luxinnovation www.luxinnovation.lu www.innovation.public.lu
Luxinnovation EIG 7, rue Alcide de Gasperi L-1615 Luxembourg-Kirchberg T +352 43 62 63-1 | F +352 43 81 20 info@luxinnovation.lu