Catalysing innovation in the knowledge triangle : practices form the EIT knowledge and innovation communities

The main thrust of this publication is to: Present the innovative elements of the governance model of the KICs; Highlight KIC practices that illustrate how the EIT model is helping to solve some of the innovation challenges that Europe is facing; Explore the role of the EIT in the landscape of European innovation support and the potential links with other policies relevant to innovation. The publication begins with an overview of the EIT, the Knowledge and Innovation Communities and their Co-location Centres (CLC), and presents their practices to foster innovation from all three sides of the knowledge triangle. Subsequent chapters highlight the emerging governance model of the KICs in more detail. They also analyse some of the practices of the EIT and the KICs in support of entrepreneurship and innovation. These include nurturing talent, bridging the innovation gap between ideas and the market and accelerating business development. Finally, the publication looks at the EIT in the wider innovation and research landscape in Europe and explores the future of the EIT under Horizon 2020.