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August 1, 2024
ERINN Innovation at AQUA 2024
AQUA 2024 is on the horizon and ERINN Innovation are delighted to be attending the renowned aquaculture event in Copenhagen from 26-30 August. We look forward to engaging with attendees and sharing information about our innovative aquaculture projects. During the event, come say hello to the ERINN team who will be stationed at Booth 248 at the trade exhibition. Marieke Reuver (Executive Director), Keegan Porter (Senior Knowledge Transfer Officer) and Karla Corrales (Project Officer for the AQUAEXCEL3.0 and Cure4Aqua projects) will be on hand to chat about projects shaping the future of aquaculture, as well as highlighting our key offerings including expert training on Horizon Europe proposals and tailored, hands-on proposal services. ERINN Innovation are trusted communication, dissemination and exploitation partners in EU-funded projects, having over 30 years of collective experience. We are happy to talk to you about new opportunities in upcoming aquaculture-related research and innovation Horizon Europe projects. ERINN Innovation also has the skills, knowledge and capacity to provide support at various stages of proposal development, including guidance on concept, project structure, consortium considerations, impact, and creating a strong proposal overall. Learn more about our Proposal Writing Services. Find out more about the ERINN Innovation projects being showcased at AQUA 2024: AQUAEXCEL3.0 brings together key aquaculture infrastructures across Europe and aims to support the EU aquaculture sector through diverse research and innovation activities, resulting in new tool development, free training opportunities and funded access to research facilities through its Transnational Access (TNA) Programme. ERINN Innovation is responsible for the communication and dissemination of the project and results. We are also involved in the knowledge management and transfer of key outputs, as well as leading brokerage activities and events, of which the next one will take place at AQUA 2024 on Wednesday 28 August from 14:00-15:30hrs. We look forward to seeing many of you there! Cure4Aqua aims to develop new approaches to prevent aquatic fish diseases by introducing and validating novel technologies for the early detection of diseases, while also supporting the advancement of alternative treatments to replace pharmaceuticals in disease control. ERINN leads Cure4Aqua’s communication, dissemination and exploitation activities. Unlock the potential of marine biodiversity with MARBLES, a Horizon 2020 project working to develop new methods for the sustainable collection and use of biological resources from marine environments. ERINN leads on the dissemination, communication, IP protection and KT and stakeholder engagement activities. Taking place from 26-30 August, AQUA 2024 is an exceptional opportunity to engage, collaborate and work to shape a sustainable future together. You’ll find the ERINN Innovation team at booth 248! Learn more about ERINN Innovation’s services.
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May 10, 2024
CAP Network Ireland: Accelerating Knowledge Transfer for Sustainable Agriculture
As Knowledge Transfer experts, ERINN always seeks new opportunities to apply our tried and tested methodology to ensure that innovative knowledge has an impact in the move to a sustainable future. One example is ERINN’s role in CAP Network Ireland, the national network dedicated to supporting sustainable agriculture and rural development. Co-funded by the European Union and the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM) for a five year period (2023-2027), the Network promotes networking, innovation and funding opportunities under Ireland’s CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) Strategic Plan. Working in partnership with the Network coordinators, Irish Rural Link, and Munster Technological University, ERINN brings our insights and experience in bridging the gap from research to policy, industry and society. In addition to supporting communication activities within the Network, ERINN manages and implements the Network’s Innovation Hub. The new CAP supports agriculture and communities in making a strong contribution to the goals of the European Green Deal. Within this context, the Innovation Hub has a specific objective to support the development and sharing of innovative ideas and solutions to ensure the economic, environmental and social sustainability of farming and of rural areas. The Hub’s key activities include: Mapping and sharing funding opportunities, Knowledge and innovation scoping, Facilitating knowledge exchange, Enabling knowledge sharing and uptake. As part of the CAP Network Ireland Knowledge Hub, the team are currently focusing on three thematic pilots to identify innovations which are relevant to the Irish Horticulture and Organics sectors, and also an EIP-Agri Innovation Pilot. Horticulture is one of the most carbon efficient sectors in Irish agriculture, with the potential to have further positive impact by expanding environmentally sound practices and applying developing technologies. An overarching goal of the National Strategy for Horticulture 2023-2027 is to grow a more profitable value-added sector driven by sustainability and innovation. The strategy addresses the need for collaboration and emphasizes the importance of innovation for long-term growth. The pilot is exploring potential solutions surrounding growing media, resource efficiency, circularity, crop diversification, policy, collaboration models, and improving farmers position in the marketplace. For the Organics sector, the target set by the Government Plan is to reach 7.5% of the total area cultivated in organic farming by 2027, while the target of the Climate Action Plan is to reach 10% of the total area cultivated in organic farming by 2030. To achieve this, policies and measures are needed to both reduce carbon emissions while increasing the carbon stocks generated by organic production in Ireland. Some of the topics covered in the pilot relate to integrated and holistic practices and methodologies, such as ones to reduce the intake of fertilisers and chemicals into the soil, as well as examples of organic consumption and production models promoted in other countries. EIP-AGRI Operational Groups are groups of people with complementary knowledge who co-create practical solutions for agriculture, forestry and rural communities in an innovation project. Our EIP-Agri Knowledge Transfer Pilot looks to source and share innovative knowledge from past Operational Groups with key stakeholders to encourage uptake and application. This strategic process will also aim to better understand the outcomes and any next steps to progress impactful knowledge. The pilot is currently focused on two thematic calls: Call 5 Stream B Farm and Community Biodiversity, and Call 4 Stream A General Health and Safety. The knowledge collected during the pilots will be shared with experts to determine its potential to address key challenges and gaps facing these sectors and to provide insights into how to bring the knowledge forward for maximum impact. ERINN and the CAP Network team will then map the next steps and work with various stakeholders to accelerate the uptake of the knowledge. Visit the CAP Network Ireland site for further information or contact the ERINN team to discuss how we can support your Knowledge Transfer needs.
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February 21, 2024
EU project launched to help reduce bycatch of protected and endangered Atlantic species
Understanding the Impact of Bycatch on Endangered Species A major new European project will improve our understanding of how the bycatch of fisheries impacts protected, endangered and threatened species (PETS) in the Atlantic Ocean and develop methods for better monitoring and mitigating these impacts. Funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme, Marine Beacon (Monitoring and elimination of bycatch of endangered and conserved species in the NE and high seas Atlantic region) will address gaps in current understanding of how bycatch impacts PETS and work with fisheries, policy and conservation stakeholders to develop and test innovative tools and techniques for better monitoring of important species and mitigating risks of bycatch, to ensure healthier seas and more sustainable fisheries. Bycatch, the unintentional capture of non-target animals during fishing, is recognised as a major threat to marine species globally, particularly marine mammals, seabirds, turtles and sensitive fish species, as well as the ecosystems that rely on these creatures. Yet monitoring of these species and their interactions with fishing in such a dynamic and challenging environment has often been ineffective. Advancing Sustainable Fisheries Across the Atlantic Advancements in bycatch mitigation and elimination have lagged behind the urgency of the issue, with many proposed solutions failing to adequately take into account the differing realities of diverse fisheries and lacking sufficient input from relevant industry and policy stakeholders. In order to address the issue of biodiversity decline in our Atlantic regions and help the recovery of these ecosystems and their services, Marine Beacon brings together 21 research, technology, and fisheries partners from 9 countries to work across our regional seas to identify significant gaps in our monitoring and understanding of bycatch, and to introduce innovative knowledge and tools to better understand bycatch risk and vulnerability. By inclusively collaborating with key stakeholders in the fisheries, policy and conservation sectors, Marine Beacon will ensure that new, cutting-edge monitoring and mitigation tools are effective and feasible, providing long-term applicability and impact beyond the lifetime of the project. The project has six key objectives: Engage with key stakeholder groups to build mutual understanding on how to effectively mitigate against the bycatch of PETS. Improve our knowledge of how PETS intersect with bycatch and identify how improved survey and monitoring design can fill gaps in data. Evaluate the specific risk posed by fisheries bycatch to the vulnerability status of PETS. Advance next generation monitoring solutions, design optimal monitoring programmes and accelerate EU monitoring programmes to better achieve EU biodiversity strategy 2030 targets for eliminating or reducing PETS bycatch. Develop state of the art mitigation solutions that reduce bycatch and where possible eliminate associated mortalities. Create integrated bycatch management decision support tools to help Member States’ respective management programmes achieve their objectives. Marine Beacon was launched on 21 February, 2024 and will run for four and a half years. It is coordinated by Ireland’s Marine Institute and comprises an expert team from Belgium, Denmark, France, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and the UK. For more information, follow on LinkedIn and X (@MarineBEACON_EU).
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November 30, 2023
New insights and growth at the ERINN November Company Days
Last week, the ERINN team dedicated two days to making new connections and strengthening old ones amongst the team at the wonderful Clontarf Castle in Dublin. In the new paradigm of hybrid work, it was great to bring our team together in person from across Ireland, Spain, the UK and France for a jam-packed session of workshops, talks, team-building – and some excellent food and drink! The primary aim of our Company Days was to enhance team cohesion, learn from each other, and to strategise how we can further develop internally and for our clients. We feel confident that the event has been a resounding success on these fronts! We have grown as a team quickly over the past year – by over 40%! With that growth, we have welcomed some amazing people with diverse backgrounds, who we have already learned a great deal from. As a team, we’ve grown our skillsets, passions, and experience, and further advanced our business in line with our values. With thanks to the organizers, facilitators, and to our team, whose work over the past year has helped ERINN to develop steadily into a number of exciting ventures. A warm welcome to all the new staff this year, and looking to forward to growing further in the coming year!
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September 15, 2023
ERINN Innovation at Aquaculture Europe 2023
Vienna Awaits! Join ERINN Innovation at Aquaculture Europe 2023 After our impactful presence at Aquaculture Europe 2022, we are thrilled to announce our participation in Aquaculture Europe 2023, Vienna, from September 18th to 21st 2023. Embracing the theme, “Balanced diversity in aquaculture development,” this year promises enlightening discussions and the amalgamation of minds striving for a sustainable aquaculture future. The ERINN team will be very happy to welcome you at our exhibition booth #35 for a chat. Come and say hello and talk with Marieke Reuver, our Executive Director, Keegan Porter (Senior Knowledge Transfer Officer) and Karla Corrales (Project Officer on the aquaculture projects AQUAEXCEL3.0 and Cure4Aqua) about our collaborations with innovative projects that are shaping the future of aquaculture, amongst others: AQUAEXCEL3.0 and ERINN Innovation: At the forefront of elevating the EU aquaculture sector is AQUAEXCEL3.0. The project opens up opportunities to all aquaculture researchers through its Transnational Access (TNA) programme, enabling free research access to top-class European aquaculture facilities, and offers free training courses on emerging topics. Taking a central role, ERINN Innovation leads the communication and dissemination of AQUAEXCEL3.0’s project results. Our contribution is not only limited to communication; we are also pivotal in the knowledge management and transfer, spearheading the activities on brokerage activities and events, including the upcoming industry brokerage event on 20 September in Vienna! Dive deeper into our contribution and the project here – https://aquaexcel.eu/ Cure4Aqua and ERINN’s Key Contributions: Cure4Aqua is a 4.5-year Horizon Europe project with the ambition to craft innovative solutions for the early detection of aquatic fish diseases and advocate for alternative treatments. ERINN champions the project communication, dissemination, exploitation, and public engagement, including training courses on fish health and welfare. Delve into the project here – https://cure4aqua-project.eu/ ERINN Innovation in PREP4BLUE: The ambitious Horizon Europe project PREP4BLUE aspires to lay the groundwork for co-creating and implementing the research and innovation needed for Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030. ERINN’s involvement is instrumental to this mission. We oversee the knowledge management and transfer aspects and crafted a comprehensive suite of innovative communication materials. Explore more about the project and our role here – https://prep4blue.eu/ We are also happy to talk about our service offerings, consisting of our expert-led practical training for Horizon Europe proposals and tailored hands-on support on proposal reviews and management, including guidance on concept, project structure, consortium considerations, how to approach the Impact section and how to create a strong proposal overall. Drop by our booth at Aquaculture Europe to interact with our team, delve deeper into our partnership projects, and discuss how we could support you on your upcoming proposals to maximise impact and your chance of success! We’re committed to guiding and accelerating impactful research and innovation. At Aquaculture Europe 2023, let’s get together to envision and craft a sustainable future, together.
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- Innovation and Knowledge
October 11, 2022
ERINN Joins European Association of Innovation Consultants (EAIC)
ERINN is pleased to announce our new membership of EAIC: the leading network for research and innovation consultants across Europe. The EAIC aims to facilitate the exchange of experience and good practices among its members, as well as to promote professional skills and expertise in European R&I Projects. Since our founding in 2017, ERINN has grown rapidly from just one person to a team of almost 30 staff. In those five years, we have already partnered in 18 European projects and supported more than 50 project proposals. Navigating the EU funding landscape, building multidisciplinary partnerships, delivering complex projects and, crucially, ensuring that results have tangible, lasting impact are difficult challenges. We support our partners with each of these stages yet, we know from experience, that often research teams are not aware of the help available or how it can be accessed. By joining the EAIC community, we hope to add our voice and expertise to this growing network that champions the added value provided by companies like us who specialise in research and innovation support. We look forward to new operations to collaborate and exchange best practice with our peers. For the latest updates from EAIC, follow the network on LinkedIn and Twitter @eu_innovconsult.
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- Marine
September 19, 2022
ERINN Innovation at Aquaculture Europe 2022
Focusing on Innovation Solutions in a Changing World, Aquaculture Europe 2022 is an opportunity for stakeholders from across the aquaculture sector to engage with new developments in promoting sustainable aquaculture as part of the Blue Economy. Continuing our long association and collaboration with the European Aquaculture Society, ERINN is proud to be participating in the 2022 conference. Highlights include: BIOGEARS Blue Lab Workshop: Biobased gears towards a circular and eco-friendly aquaculture. | Thursday 29 September | 10:30-12:30 PerformFISH Final Event: Contributing to sustainable and competitive Mediterranean aquaculture. | Thursday 29 September | 10:30 – 17:30 AQUAEXCEL3.0 Brokerage Event: From Policy to Solutions | Thursday 29 September |15:15-17:30 In addition, the ERINN team will be available at booth number 110 to discuss our many other aquaculture-related projects including MARBLES, SEALIVE, ASSEMBLE Plus, NewSkin and the EuroMarine Network. Check out the full conference programme and follow #AE22RIM on Twitter for updates
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- Job Opportunity
November 23, 2021
Project Officer opportunity with ERINN
ERINN is seeking a Project Officer to join its growing team. The Project Officer will be responsible for carrying out ERINN’s day-to-day role in specific European projects, ensuring their success for both ERINN and our partnerships. Initially, the projects will have a wetland focus, however ERINN’s project portfolio ranges across a variety of sectors including marine, food, health, climate, and energy. ERINN’s roles in projects typically include leading positions in project management, dissemination, communication, education, stakeholder engagement and knowledge management and transfer. Application Deadline: 12/12/21 at 17.00. The position is available to start in February/March 2022. Note: Once ERINN offices re-open in line with public health advice, the position would require the successful applicant to work from the Dublin office on a regular basis in a hybrid format. For more information on the opportunity, click here to visit the full job description.
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- Land Restoration
October 26, 2021
ERINN Innovation collaborates on Accelerate Green programme to boost Irish SMEs focused on sustainability
In an exciting milestone for LIFE IP Peatlands and People, the launch of Pillar 2’s accelerator programme took place on Monday 11th October 2021, attended by Minister for State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Robert Troy. Peatlands and People is a 7-year LIFE Integrated project with three pillars – an ecological pillar (Peatlands Excellence), an economic pillar (the Just Transition Accelerator) and an education pillar (the People’s Discovery Attraction). The restored and rehabilitated peatlands are expected to store more carbon, protect biodiversity, improve water quality and support other benefits, while the Accelerator and Discovery Attraction aim to support economic growth and create space for social action. ERINN Innovation is one of the five key project partners. The Accelerator will provide a range of supports to SMEs to encourage the development of ideas into new products, services and enterprises. It will aspire to evolve so as to provide an incubator infrastructure to help businesses to test and adopt ideas and technologies for a Just Transition – ensuring the transition to a climate-neutral economy happens in a fair way. The Just Transition Accelerator is led by project partners Bord na Móna and ERINN Innovation who, following a tender process, appointed Resolve Partners to run the first accelerator programme. The programme – Accelerate Green – is the first Irish accelerator dedicated to scaling companies leading the response to climate action and sustainability by developing products and services based on green innovation. It will be located at Bord na Móna’s existing office complex in Boora, Offaly. The accelerator programme is currently accepting applications from the following: Established Scaling Climate Tech Companies High-growth SMEs pivoting to the climate change economy Earlier Stage Innovation-Driven Enterprises Technology, Engineering Science Renewables/Carbon reduction, Waste/Circular, AgTech Applications close on 10th December with the programme due to begin on 1st February 2022. Potential applicants are encouraged to register their interest and book office hours to discuss the programme. For more information, please visit: accelerategreen.ie. For more information on LIFE IP Peatlands and People, please visit: www.peatlandsandpeople.ie Image from the Accelerate Green launch event (L-R): Rebecca Doyle of ERINN Innovation, LIFE IP Peatlands and People Project Manager; David Murphy CEO of ERINN Innovation; Robert Troy, Minister for State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Declan Clarke of ERINN Innovation, LIFE IP Peatlands and People Pillar 2 Just Transition Accelerator Lead; John MacNamara of Bord na Móna, LIFE IP Peatlands and People Project Coordinator; Dr Christine Domegan of the Whitaker Institute NUI Galway, LIFE IP Peatlands and People Pillar 3 People’s Discovery Attraction Lead; Tom Donnellan, Bord na Móna CEO; and Suzanne Nally of the NPWS, LIFE IP Peatlands and People project partner rehabilitating peatlands under Pillar 1 Peatlands Excellence.
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- Horizon Europe
- Coastal Communities
July 21, 2021
ERINN joins Horizon 2020-funded SCORE project to increase climate resilience in European coastal cities
The four year project, SCORE (Smart Control of the Climate Resilience in European Coastal Cities), outlines a comprehensive strategy, developed via a network of 10 coastal city ‘living labs’, to rapidly, equitably and sustainably enhance coastal city climate resilience though an Ecosystem-Based Approach (EBA) supported by sophisticated digital technologies. The intensification of extreme weather events, coastal erosion and sea-level rise are major challenges to be urgently addressed by European coastal cities. Deaths caused by extreme weather in Europe could rise from 3,000 a year between 1981 and 2010 to 152,000 between 2071 and 2100 if mitigation pathways are not enacted to increase the resilience of European cities and settlements, based on a study in The Lancet Planetary Health journal. To tackle this challenge, SCORE coordinated by Dr Salem Gharbia from the Institute of Technology Sligo (Ireland), will lead a consortium of international scientific institutions, cities, and SMEs in a new €10m Horizon 2020-funded research project to increase climate resilience in European coastal cities. The SCORE interdisciplinary team consists of 28 world-leading organisations from academia, local authorities, Research Performing Organisations, and SMEs encompassing a wide range of skills including environmental science and policy, climate modelling, citizen and social science, data management, coastal management and engineering, security and technological aspects of smart sensing research. ERINN is part of the communications and knowledge transfer team within SCORE. Senior Project Manager, Jane Maher leads ERINN’s involvement with the project. The project will involve citizen science in providing prototype coastal city early-warning systems and will enable smart, instant monitoring and control of climate resilience in European coastal cities through open, accessible spatial ‘digital twin’ tools. The project seeks to advance the control of climate resilience in cities in Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Slovenia and Poland. After a recent “Kick-Off” meeting in July 2021 with academics from across Europe, Dr Gharbia said: “SCORE will provide Europe with expandable and transferable solutions to increase climate resilience against extreme events in coastal cities. Together with our partners, we will establish a network of coastal cities that will work together and learn from each other to tackle climate change. In SCORE we want to put every effort to mitigate the effects of climate change now and in the years ahead” SCORE will establish an integrated coastal zone management framework for strengthening the Ecosystem-Based solutions and smart coastal city policies, creating European leadership in coastal city climate change adaptation in line with The Paris Agreement. For more information on the project, please follow @SCORE_EUproject on Twitter or SCORE on LinkedIn. NOTES FOR EDITORS: ABOUT SCORE PROJECT Smart Control of the Climate Resilience in European Coastal Cities (acronym: SCORE) Call: H2020-LC-CLA-2018-2019-2020 Topic: LC-CLA-13-2020 SCORE is a €10m Horizon 2020-funded research project to increase climate resilience in European coastal cities lead by Dr Salem Gharbia of the School of Engineering & Design at IT Sligo. The overall aim of SCORE is to design, develop, monitor and validate robust adaptation measures in coastal and low-lying areas to protect them from increasing climate and sea level risks, including coastal flooding and erosion, to enhance their overall long-term resilience. SCORE outlines a co-creation strategy, developed via a network of 10 coastal city ‘living labs’ (CCLLs), to rapidly, equitably and sustainably enhance coastal city climate resilience through Ecosystem-Based Approach (EBAs) and sophisticated digital technologies. SCORE will establish an integrated coastal zone management framework for strengthening EBA and smart coastal city policies, creating European leadership in coastal city climate change adaptation in line with The Paris Agreement. SCORE will provide innovative platforms to empower stakeholders’ deployment of EBAs to increase climate resilience, business opportunities and financial sustainability of coastal cities. The SCORE interdisciplinary team consists of 28 world-leading organisations from academia, local authorities, RPOs, and SMEs encompassing a wide range of skills including environmental science and policy, climate modelling, citizen and social science, data management, coastal management and engineering, security and technological aspects of smart sensing research. SCORE is a four-year project starting in July 2021. List of cities involved in the SCORE Horizon 2020 project: Sligo and Dublin, Ireland; Barcelona, Spain; Lisbon and Oeiras, Portugal; Massa, Italy; Benidorm, Spain, Koper, Slovenia; Gdansk, Poland; and Basque Country, Spain.
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ERINN Innovation Ltd
Company No.: 600883 (Ireland)
Company No.: 600883 (Ireland)
Directors
David Murphy (IE/UK)
Laura Richardson (IE)
Marieke Reuver (NL)
Michael Papapetrou (GR/IE)
Reid Hole (NO)
