Mission, History and Achievements

Our Organization was established in November 2013, under the name of KIC-Europe as the first Research & Innovation Centre in Brussels to collect and distribute relevant information and to build up networks in research and innovation between Korea and the EU.

Due to the functions restructure in March 2017, our organization changed its name from KIC-Europe to KERC (Korea-EU Research Center) to focus on R&D collaboration and Policy development between Korea and the EU.

History

About KERC Timeline

2017

March 20

Dr. RA, SangWon was inaugurated as the 1st Director General of KERC

From March 2017 To present

March 16

Changed the name of organization to KERC Focusing on R&D cooperation and Policy development

Innovation department (Startup and SMEs supporting activities) re-located to Berlin, Germany with the name of KIC-Europe

2014

May 2

Dr. ON, GiWon was inaugurated as the 1st Director General of KIC-Europe

From May 2014 To April 2016

2013

November 8

KIC-Europe was established

On the purpose of “Bridging all fields of research and innovation between Korea and the EU”

Main achievements

Match Making for R&D Building & approval of the R&D Consortium between Korea and EU for EU projects (H2020 4, Eureka 5, Eurostars 1)

H2020 (4)
(H2020 Joint Calls)EUK-01-2016: 5G – Next Generation Communication Networks	5G/ICT	France CEA-LEIT	CEA-LEIT(France), ETRI/SKT/KT/Samsung (Korea), iMinds(Belgium) 외	’16.6.1.～’18.5.31.(2Y), 3600 M
(H2020 Joint Calls)EUK-03-2016: Federated Cloud resource brokerage for mobile cloud services	Cloud Computing/ICT	Greece NTUA	NTUA(Greece), CAS(Germany), CNR(Italy), ATOS(Spain), Amenesik(France), ETRI/Innogrid/KT/SNU(Korea)	’16.6.1.～’18.5.31.(2Y), 1800 M
H2020 IoT-01-2016 (Large Scale Pilot 5: Autonomous Vehicles in a Connected Environment)	IoT/ICT	Belgium ERTICO	EU: ERTICO, Bosch, CEA, BMW, Peugeot, Continental, IBM Vedecom, TNO, VTT, NEC, Huawei etc. KR: ETRI, Meta Build	’16.12.～’19. 12(3Y), EU: 25M
H2020-ICT-30-2017: Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) Technology	parts and materials / ICT	Spain CTTC	KR: ETRI EU: CTTC, Politecnico of Milan, VERTILAS, Eindhoven University of Tech. Telefonica	’17.9.～’20.8(3Y), EU: 89M

EUREKA (5)
(EUREKA)Environmental Sensing To Act for a Better quality of Life: Smart Health (ESTABLISH)	u-Health	EU: TNO KR: Visionscape ETRI, SungSin University	TNO(NL), VTT(Finland), FhG(Germany), Tenalia, KPN(NL), ETRI(Korea), Siveco(Romania), Sirris(Belgium), CZ Technical University in Prague(CZ), IPP(Portugal), Turkgen(Turkey)	’16.1.7.～’19.1.7.(3Y), 1500M
(EUREKA)Improving Offshore Petroleum Safety by Remote Monitoring of Worker Location and Biometrics(SafeRescue)	Smart & Safe Factory	Innovative Trauma Care Inc., Canada KR: ETRI, KAIST, Qbit	Innovative Trauma Care Inc.(Canada), Airbus(France), ETRI(Korea), Almende BV(Netherlands), Prodevelop(Spain), GOHM Elect.(Turkey) + 7 Org	’16.1.7.～’19.1.7.(3Y), 1500M
(EUREKA Network E!11150) Quantum GS Development	ICT/Space Exploration	France:Eutelsat.S.A KR:ASAT	Eutelsat S.A. (France),ETRI (Korea), ASAT (Korea)	’17.1.～’19.12(3Y), 1500M
EUREKA Cluster(EURIPIDE) Laser Innovation for Flexible Electronics	Laser Innovation for Flexible Electronics	Amplitude Syst.mes (France)	FR: ALPhANOV KR : DUKSAN, KIMM, Pusan University, PAL	’15.12.～’18.12.(3Y) EU: 2.45M
EUREKA Cluster(ITEA3) OPTimised Industrial IoT and Distributed Control Platform for Manufacturing and Material Handling (OPTIMUM)	IoT, Industry 4.0/ICT	German, IFAK	KR: ETRI, Handysoft EU: German, Spain, Turkey, France, Sweden	’17.9.～’20.8.(3Y) EU: 12.7 M€ KR: 0.4M/1.2M

EUROSTARS (1)

(Eurostars 2016) Smart home Security module

Home Security/ICT

LAP-Sik, Denmark

EU: LAP-Sik, DBI, DFM

KR: ETRI, GRIP

’17.7.1.～’20.6.31.(3Y)

EU:1M/3M

KR: 0.4M/1.2M

NCP (National Contact Point)

Overview

NCP (National Contact Point) is a government-driven programme to help Korean researchers’ access to EC’s research funding programme such as previously FP7 and currently Horizon2020, to provide the latest news and information related to R&D and relevant policy in the EU and to play a bridging role in building close networks between European and Korean researchers. NCP are experts in their relevant field.

Primary role

NCPs provide highly professional services by spreading awareness, giving specialist advice, and providing on-the-ground guidance, with the view to ensuring that the new programme becomes known and readily accessible to all potential applicants. The Republic of Korea, as a third country under Horizon 2020, supports not only Korean researchers, institutions, and enterprises who seek guidance for participation in the EU Horizon projects but also European counterparts interested in R&D collaboration with Korea.

Information & Distribution

Collecting the latest news and information related to Horizon2020
(EU R&D Research Trends and Results)
Distributing relevant information to Korean researchers when new call is announced

Building Korean/EU’s network

Exploring Korean and European researchers to build a close network
Supporting Korean researchers to join in the EU Consortium (Contact NCP)

Management of NCP Network

Supporting Korean researchers in planning/making a project proposal
Developing strategy of participation of Horizon2020 (Horizon2020 Practical Guideline)
Responsible for providing consulting services on project proposals and administration works (Contact NCP)

Proposal review and contract

Provide information & proposal review
Supporting research contract discussions

NCPs in KERC

With KERC serving as a platform to promote integrated Korea-EU R&D cooperation, KERC’s NCPs provide information on EU R&D, EU policy trends, as well as expert advice in their field. (Contact NCP)