ENRIITC

The project aims at building a permanent pan-European network of Industrial Liaison and Contact Officers (ILOs/ICOs). It will support the establishment of strategic, cross-border partnerships between industry and research infrastructures. ENRIITC is formed by 11 partners from seven countries, and it is supported by 61 Associates from around Europe. Its main goals are 1) establishing a sustainable European network of ILOs and ICOs that enables mutual learning; 2) mapping collaboration potential between research infrastructures and industry; 3) developing and refining strategies and best practices to foster these collaborations; 4) raising awareness among the industry for collaboration opportunities at research infrastructures, and demonstrate impact.

EMSO has been mainly involved in WP2 for mapping the key element to enact the envisaged collaborative framework between the ESFRI RIs and industry players to bring technological innovation about. In WP3, EMSO participated in the development of a strategy for exploiting the innovation potential of RIs, the development of a strategy for the training of ILOs/ICOs, the Strategy for innovation and industry-RI cooperation and has contributed to the drafting of policy recommendations for the optimization of ILO/ICO performance.