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      Thank you Stefano, hello Alek,
      I am happy to hear that you are thinking of building a FIWARE
      Accelerator. Indeed we are working on a network of them! Here some more
      material and background information, don't hesitate to contact me for
      any more clarifications.

      Kind regards,
      Susanna Avessta


      Tap into the flows - Open call open for Internet Innovation Hubs

      The I3H project announces its open call for Internet Innovation Hubs
      open. We invite hubs interested to apply to join this emerging network
      of Internet Innovation Hubs; we offer a process to become an Internet
      Innovation Hub, we offer support and coaching to pass the so called
      incubation stage gates, ultimately to reach sustainability via viable
      services, structured processes, and a carrying network, which offers
      quality, scale and top contacts globally for its member hubs.

      Go tohttp://www.f6s.com/i3h/apply# <http://www.f6s.com/i3h/apply>and
      fill in the application form!

      Remember to differentiate:
      1) the application to become an Internet Innovation Hub (IIH) and to be
      supported by I3H project
      2) the contest for winning a 60k€ grant.

      We look obviously more at the first point and have only limited,
      marginal resources for the second one. Furthermore, we strive for
      SUSTAINABILITY of FIWARE as a collective effort, hence the matter to be
      granted or not should be merely symbolic. All already FIPPP or EIT ICT
      Labs partnering organisations are not eligible for such a grant. Most
      importantly, the objective of the I3H project is to develop a business
      plan for IIH network that makes good sense for any hub to be part of it.
      The initial model for this is being discussed as we speak.

      The criteria for applying the membership of IIH network, to be supported
      both in terms of FIWAREness as well as in tuned innovation hub metrics,
      are listed here below (extract from the document defining IIH). Note
      that we don't expect all these aspects to be at the top level at the
      application phase, but yet on a track and the plan for evolving in them
      clear in hub candidate's mind (hence the stage gate process we foresee
      for "graduating" as an IIH).

      1.**Physical hotspot

      Internet Innovation Hub is a physical meeting place, real people, real
      office space. Certainly virtual means are part of the IIH service
      delivery, but it needs to also provide dedicated people at dedicated
      space and excellent means to co-work, match-make, share knowledge and
      spar each other.

      2.**Rooted in a territory

      Internet Innovation Hub is well-linked, established and known in its
      region. The connection to the regional policymakers and actors is
      paramount for the sustainability of the IIH. This criteria has also
      another dimension, addressing the relevance (in terms of FIWARE based
      business), innovativeness and its potential of the region in question.
      The potential impact of the specific region in leveraging on FIWARE is high.

      3.**Eco-system

      The physical clustering of related activities is a proven business
      effect that increases the activity within the cluster. IIH has the
      ability to mobilize web entrepreneurs, mentors, investors, students,
      academia, public sector innovators and industry representatives. This
      comes largely from the regional status and linkages. Furthermore, the
      IIH is preferably connected to one or more leading research
      institutions, has a deal flow of startups and ideas; has partnerships
      with large industry, collaboration on intra- and extra-entrepreneurship
      with them; has connections to SME associations and clusters; and taps
      into financers of various kind: business angels, venture capitalists,
      foundations and national, European funds. A clear added value is the IIH
      offering for testing and validating the idea, prototype, or technology
      at the early stage.

      All listed involvement within the eco-system goes deeper than simple
      interest or pointers offered. It assumes a commitment from the
      stakeholders in question to work closely together and to engage with the
      activities of the IIH.

      4.**Connections and access to relevant infrastructures

      Internet Innovation Hub supports application economy being built on
      targeted verticals: urban life and mobility, health & wellbeing, energy,
      smart spaces, thereby the IIH has to have access to such infrastructures
      and act as the facilitator and midwife for new services developed
      addressing these domains. We expect that IIH’s will provide (at least
      within a short-term roadmap) access to open data, which the public
      bodies and respective eco-system actors provide.

      5.***Connection and access to an incubator providing business
      development and backend services*

      Professional business development and acceleration are paramount
      services that the Internet Innovation Hub should guarantee to its
      customers, be they startups, SMEs or corporate entrepreneurs. The hub
      may focus on a certain customer segment, but the BD needs to be a
      systemic process and of the high quality. IIH could also include in its
      portfolio the backend services offered to entrepreneurs: platform for
      running a business, accounting, legal and fiscal expertise to name a few
      services.

      6.**FIWARE technology and assets.

      /Knowledge and instance of FIWARE including vertical platforms where
      applicable and available/

      Internet Innovation Hub is not IIH until it adopts and implement FIWARE
      platform. This means

      a) technical expertise on the platform in house of IIH,

      b) providing solid and stable access to FIWARE technology in such an
      extent that it can serve scaling businesses flawlessly and fluently
      within targeted IIH reach and under potential business domain or
      regional constraints (e.g. concerning privacy and security issues),

      c) active and regular liaison with FIWARE platform caretakers.

      FIWARE catalogue comprises not only the mature, production ready generic
      enablers developed by FI-Ware project, but also compliant (maturity and
      licensing) specific enablers produced in use case projects of FI PPP
      phase 2.

      /Education on FIWARE technologies/

      FIWARE offers and develops online learning material for its adopters. In
      addition to facilitating and instructing FIWARE implementers benefiting
      from this online material, Internet Innovation Hub should be connected
      to organization(s) providing FIWARE education also with systemic,
      followed programs including real-time webinars, camps, tutored
      hackathons and schools to be organized at hubs.

      /Testing and validation platforms/

      As an essential element of Lean Startup described in Chapter 1.1,
      Internet Innovation Hub should provide easy access to platforms and
      tools for testing and validating the business idea, prototype and the
      final product/service. These open infrastructures and platforms are
      available as part of FIWARE ecosystem across the Europe, Internet
      Innovation Hub should have educated staff on advising FIWARE
      implementers to conduct appropriate tests for measuring the performance,
      maturity and match (to the technology APIs, to the market expectations)
      of the built service in the iterated Lean Startup Process.

      7.**Business plan

      Internet Innovation Hubs are set up to last, to serve beyond the
      lifetime of FI PPP initiative, thereby they need to have a financial
      basis to sustain. The Internet Innovation Hub does not start from
      scratch, but is an established legal entity that has an existing deal
      flow and respective finances. The finance of the hub can be public,
      private or a combination of both, they need to sustain their services to
      the new business to be developed by a viable budget and a business plan.
      The Internet Innovation Hub incubation process puts effort on evaluating
      and following the business plan behind the planned IIH activities.


      Here attached also the application form in pdf, should some of you have
      difficulties using f6s platform. You can send the filled in application
      form to any of us in the I3H consortium (or just
      me:susanna.avessta@eitictlabs.eu
      <susanna.avessta@eitictlabs.eu>), feel free to attach any more
      information you see relevant.

      The first cut off date for selecting the pioneering hubs into the stage
      gate process is November 15, 2014. All applications will be
      peer-reviewed by three independent reviewers and selected ones to be
      decided at the consensus meeting on December 11. Note that there will be
      a similar selection process at the end of March 2015.

      The invitation for the fifteen (15) shortlisted hubs will be sent out on
      December 15 to join the*1st**bootcamp in mid-January 2015.*The bootcamp
      agenda promises the following four things:

      *1) A contest for the 15 pre-selected hubs for a 60k€ grant[1].*Prepare
      a plan and a pitch why your hub should get the grant. Note that only
      hubs which are not already part of EIT ICT Labs or FIWARE community are
      eligible for such a grant. However, all hubs also inside EIT ICT Labs
      and FIWARE community are more than welcome to become an IIH and submit
      their application.

      *2) IIH conceptual training for all invited hubs.*We will share with you
      our EIT ICT Labs nodes’ experience on bringing innovations to life
      accross Europe, how does it work for us. Furthermore, we introduce the
      Internet Innovation Hub incubation process, the IIH stage gate model in
      detail.

      *3) FIWARE technology training for all invited hubs.*We offer the full
      basic course of FIWARE technologies for future FIWARE coaches. At the
      end of the training the participants will get a FIWARE basic trainer
      certificate.

      *4) Hacking together the first version of the IIH network.*What central
      support, which governance structure, what is missing, and how to join
      forces? Prepare your network epic and let’s get it scrummed done.

      Looking forward for your candidature!


      The I3H project receives EC funding from the 7th Framework Work
      Programme under the grant agreement 632860. The project partners are
      four EIT ICT Labs nodes/partners in Eindhoven, Helsinki, Paris and
      Trento, plus two associate nodes in Budapest and in Madrid, the project
      is coordinated by EIT ICT Labs secretariat in Brussels.

      [1] The FP7 rules for subcontracting apply for the announced IIH contest
      as part of the I3H open call. Furthermore, we confirm that: ”Any
      subcontract, the costs of which are to be claimed as an eligible cost,
      must be awarded according to the principles of best value for money
      (best price-quality ratio), transparency and equal treatment.”

      Le 12/11/14 22:43, stefano de panfilis a écrit :

      dear alek,

      first of all let me thank you for your interest in fiware and for your
      kind and promising email.
      perhaps you do not know that there is a specific action to support the
      creation of fiware hubs. at the moment it is open a call for proposals
      in this direction.

      this action is called i3h and susanna avessta in cc is the project
      coordinator.
      you can find all the info at http://www.fi-ppp.eu/i3h/

      please do not hesitate to further contact susanna and me for more info,
      we are here and happy to help!

      ciao,
      stefano

      2014-11-12 16:15 GMT+01:00 Alek Dragojević <Alek.Dragojevic@ida.hr
      <Alek.Dragojevic@ida.hr>>:

      Dear Sir/Madam,

      I am writing to you for gather some informations about Startups
      accelerators. We are a regional development agency IDA which is
      located in Pula in the region of Istra, Croatia. Our founders and
      owners are Region of Istria and all cities in Istria (10 cities). In
      our system we have two incubators, where in one just for ICT young
      companies, all together 21 offices where each one is around 20 m2.

      Now we are searching a model in which we can expand our actions for
      helping young startups to develop and to connect them with other
      similar. One of possible them is to establish a business
      accelerator, but we don't have any experience with financing and
      maintenance.

      IDA have experience in EU projects, they have been an essential
      operational segment of the Istrian Development Agency Ltd. In the
      course of the past years, IDA established successful cooperation
      with different domestic and foreign institutions and development
      agencies and a number of significant projects have been realized in
      the framework of this ongoing cooperation. IDA has so far been
      involved in the implementation of as many as 26 projects, partly
      financed from EU pre-accession funds. IDA's budget in the realised
      EU projects and the ones currently being carried out exceeds
      3.500.000,00 €. Also one part of our company is METRIS (The
      research centre for metals in the Region of Istria - METRIS was
      established within the project Research Centre for Metal Industry in
      Istrian County - MET.R.IS..)

      So, I would like to ask you if You can direct me to someone who can
      give us some advices how to develop the model of business
      accelerator which would be appropiate for legislation andeconomic
      conditions in Croatia.We are searching a model how to finance our
      Startup accelerator.

      Thank you in advance!

      Yours sincerely,

      Alek Dragojević

      Istarska Razvojna Agencija (IDA) d.o.o.
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      Hrvatska
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