Guided by our principles for emphasis on collaboration, networking, diversity and serving Cyprus and beyond, C4E participates in European Programs and Projects. This also allows us to attract further funding and other recourses to develop our core and other activities.
Our main criterion for partnering up with other institutions from Cyprus, Europe, Middle East, Asia etc is the added value of our participation and the overall quality of the consortium. We are proud to have been part of proposals under Horizon2020, Erasmus+, Interreg, Cross Border Collaboration Greece-Cyprus, ENPI, BalkabMed etc.
NETKITE – Cross-border NETwork to foster Knowledge-intensive business Incubation and TEchnology transfer
Programme: ENPI CBCMED
Ref No.: II - B/1.1/0068
Priority 1 - Theme 1.1 Support to innovation and research
Starting Date: December 4, 2013
Duration: 24 months
Total budget: € 1,803,231
The general project objective is to create a cross-border network, focused on existing or new public/private partnerships, inspired by the approach of open innovation and Living Labs, to support the transfer of innovation in order to make it functional to growth and modernization of local economic systems and the generation of new skilled and sustainable jobs.
Partners:
Arca consortium (lead Partner) - Italy
DIOGENES - European Business Innovation Centre - Cyprus
CEEI - Centre Européen d’Entrepreise et d’Innovation multipolare des Bouches-du-Rhône - France
ASRT - Academy of Scientific Research and Technology - Egypt
JUST - Jordan University of Science and Technology (Jordan)
SUST - StartUp System Tunisie - Tunisie
PAUC - Palestine Ahliya University College - Palestinian Territories
For further information, please visit the official website.
Mentoring Startups (MESUP)
Programme: Cross Border Collaboration Greece-Cyprus 2007-2013
Starting Date: July, 2011
Duration: 24 months
Total budget: € 295,000
Partners:
The Science and Technology Park of Crete (STEP-C)
Diogenes Business Incubator Cyprus
MESUP major idea was the development of series of actions and pilot applications aiming at the collaboration of business incubators in Greece (Crete) and Cyprus for the support of startups and spinoffs.
Main goals:
- Increase competitiveness
- Support Entrepreneurship
- Support Research and Technology
- Support Human Resource Development
Main deliverables:
- Online platform with educational material
- Entrepreneurship Competition
- Educational and Networking Events
For more information please visit the website.