European funding opportunities for Ukrainian innovators: a workshop from EIC Accelerator, USF and Ministry of Education and Science was held

Yesterday, April 21, 2022, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine together with the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator and the Ukrainian Startup Foundation held an online workshop for Ukrainian startups "The European Unicorn factory: funding opportunities for Ukrainian innovators" on European funding opportunities war in Ukraine.

"Every day Ukraine demonstrates courage and heroically resists russian aggression. As a result of this brutal war there is a need to overcome the impact of russian aggression. In particular, it is necessary to create conditions for the development of innovation ecosystem, combination of scientific and industrial potential, intensification of international cooperation in innovation, technology transfer and commercialization of scientific results, increase innovation and sales of high profitability, which will accelerate the recovery of Ukraine and its economy, "said Minister of Education and Science Serhii Shkarlet.

Among the speakers were also:

Pavlo Kartashov, Director of the Ukrainian Startup Fund (USF);

Jean-David Malo, Director of the European Innovation Council and SME Agency;

Keith Sequeira, head of the EIC Board, Strategy and Feedback to Policy Unit;

Cornelius Schmaltz, head of the EIC Accelerator Unit.

During the workshop, the speakers informed about the state of Ukraine's innovation system, joint initiatives and support provided to startups during the war, as well as the Action Plan for 2021-2023 to implement the Strategy for Innovation Development until 2030.

In addition, the program of the event included several lectures and Q&A sessions, students learned about the main concept of the European Innovation Council, funding tools used by EIS to support innovation projects and the opportunities provided by EIC Accelerator (programs, application procedures, stages, platform , services). During the Q&A session, the speakers also provided expert answers to additional questions from participants.