VI Pilots

The VI Pilots

The core activity of the Vanguard Initiative is the implementation of its Pilot Projects, which have been developed through the active participation of clusters, science parks, research institutes and universities in the member regions. By bringing regions and their stakeholders together, the Pilot Projects aim to accelerate the market uptake of innovations in 8 thematic areas, pioneering a new approach to support EU industry internationalisation and competitiveness by bringing regions, clusters and stakeholders together to:

discuss common objectives and find complementarities;
map and better understand regions’ industrial competencies and capabilities;
develop joint strategic action plans (building critical mass and complementary specialisations);
align strategic investments arising from these roadmaps;
better support start-ups and SMEs in their innovation process;
make the process of matchmaking between promising SMEs and start-ups more efficient and effective.

Market deployment

All Pilot Projects are close to the market and therefore have a high commercial potential. This means that the Pilots focus on applications at post-prototyping level (> TRL5), with the potential for full market deployment in a time span of 3 to 5 years.

Our Pilots

Market deployment