Innovation

A project under the Korean Green New Deal aims to convert industrial complexes into smart eco-friendly manufacturing spaces with digital-based high productivity (smart) and high energy-efficiency as well as low pollution (eco-friendly). The cluster measure supports the following goals: 1)...

The 2021 Green Convergence Cluster Act provides a legal foundation for a series of cluster-related activities under the measure 'Designation, creation and operation of green convergence clusters' (Section 2 of the Act). The supported activities under the measure include the establishment and...

Articles 4 & 5 of the 2020 Industrial Technology Complex Act provide for measures to designate a so-called 'project implementer' who creates and operates an industrial technology complex under the auspices of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups. The measure clarifies that corporations can apply to...

The Korean government established 3 funds to achieve the Korean New Deal objectives of 1) creating jobs in traditional and newly emergying digital /green sectors, 2) build infrastrucutres for a digital/green transition, 3) transform South Korea into a leader economically post-COVID-19. It is...

The Korean New Deal comprises three key strategies - the Green New Deal, Digital New Deal, and Stronger Safety Net. The Korean government implements various projects/measures under the Green New Deal, one of which is 'Innovation in the Green Industry' which aims to 1) promote prospective businesses...

The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi) is Africa’s oldest tech incubator. The main objective of CiTi is to promote the inclusive growth of the digital economy. CiTi works at the intersection of business, government, academia and society to positively shape the future of the economy and...

The core goal of the TSP is to contribute towards improving the competitiveness of industry through the application of specialised knowledge and technology; and facilitating the interaction between industry, (especially SMEs) and academia in order to enable innovation. There are 18 Technology...

SABDI was launched by the Department of Science and Innovation of South Africa and is a contracted fund which supports collaborative and integrative research projects that focus on functional genomics, structural biology, synthetic biology and systems biology. SABDI is particularly interested in...

The High-Impact Action (HIA) consists in the piloting of a “Transformative Mechanism”. This mechanism is ultimately a physical and virtual platform for piloting and demonstrating modular and reconfigurable cells across various industries. Completed platform brings together equipment, resources...

These measures are aimed to improve energy efficiency of businesses and buildings. They are expected to contribute to improve the heat and cold supply systems and the use of alternative drives in enterprises, including building relevant infrastructure. By reducing final energy consumption in public...

The measure is aimed at stimulating innovation potential and cooperation between academia and enterprises to ensure the transfer of acquired information into practice and as a tool to support R&D aimed at practice. The ambition is a gradual increase in corporate R&D expenditures. At the same time...

The Singapore-based Circular Asia Network (CAN500) is a collaborative platform that brings together businesses, institutions, innovators, cities, NGOs, governments and thought leaders to work together on circular economy appraoches. These include networking sessions, summits and experimental game...