ELAT - Eindhoven, Leuven, Aachen Technology Triangle

Programme 2000 - 2006 North West Europe

Date of latest update: 2024-05-18

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Description (EN):

The Eindhoven, Leuven, Aachen Technology Triangle (ELAT) stands between three of NW Europe’s most important centres of population and economic activity: the Flemish urban network, the Ruhr valley and the Dutch Randstad. Stimulating innovation via trans-national co-operation across this area is therefore important for improving NW Europe’s wider competitiveness. The main objective of 3.9M euro ELAT project is to develop and implement a joint innovation strategy for the technology triangle, using ICT to involve knowledge institutes, businesses and public authorities in the technology triangle. The project, which is being led by Eindhoven regional government, will encourage knowledge institutes and businesses to work together to apply the combined knowledge they have developed in prototypes, 0-series and production equipment. The strategy will focus on technology clusters and mutually reinforcing combinations of technology such as ICT and healthcare. The goal of the joint innovation strategy is to make the ELAT area an internationally recognized top region for technology and improve the economic climate.

Achievements (EN): The main outcomes are the joint innovation strategy and joint actions to implement this strategy. a very successful joint implmentation action was the realisation of a joint masterclass on hight-tech entrepreneurship which supported 37 high tech start up projects.

Thematic information

Innovation capacity and awareness-raising ICT and digital society Clustering and economic cooperation

Partners (6)

Lead Partner: The Eindhoven Regional Government (SRE)

Address: P.O. Box 985, 5600 AZ EINDHOVEN, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

AGIT; Economic Development Agency for the Aachen Region

Name: AGIT; Economic Development Agency for the Aachen Region

Address: 52001 Aachen, Germany

Legal status: n/a

Stadt Aachen

Name: Stadt Aachen

Address: 52058 Aachen, Germany

Legal status: n/a

City of Eindhoven

Name: City of Eindhoven

Address: 5600 Eindhoven, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

Stad Leuven

Name: Stad Leuven

Address: 3000 Leuven, Belgium

Legal status: n/a

K.U. Leuven Research & Development

Name: K.U. Leuven Research & Development

Address: B-3000 Leuven, Belgium

Legal status: n/a

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Summary

Project name (EN): ELAT - Eindhoven, Leuven, Aachen Technology Triangle

Project acronym: ELAT

Project start date: 2001-05-03

Project end date: 2008-06-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 5 163 374.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 674 608.00

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Financing programme

2000 - 2006 North West Europe

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2019-09-02

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

97 / 97 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

891 / 891 (100%)

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ELAT - Eindhoven, Leuven, Aachen Technology Triangle

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