Where the money is committed
This programme commits its whole allocation to one programme area.
Programme· EE-INNOVATION · 2014–2021
Competitiveness
Increased value creation and sustainable growth
Programme objective, as agreed.
Allocation
€19m
Allocation by financial mechanism: Norway Grants 100%.
- EEA Grants None
- Norway Grants €19m
Funded by Norway Grants
€27m 139% of allocation
Contracted in signed projects
104
Projects signed
1
Donor programme partners
1
Documents published
| Programme area | Allocation | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Business Development, Innovation and SMEs PA01 | €19m | 100.0% |
Who runs it
Responsible bodies
- Programme operator
- Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
- National focal point
- Estonian State Shared Service Centre
- Short name
- EE-INNOVATION
- Type
- Programme Agreement
Donor programme partners
Institutions from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway working on this programme.
Bilateral ambitions
shall be allocated to the programme from the fund for bilateral relations. This does not prevent the Joint Committee for Bilateral Funds from allocating additional funds to the programme.
Conditions in the programme agreement
2 concerns were recorded against this programme when it was agreed.
- Possible pre-defined project on cyber innovation and research shall be explored when developing the concept note.
- The possibility for the use of financial instruments shall be considered when developing the concept note.
The 104 projects
€27m of awarded grant.
Signed per year
- 45 2019
- 26 2020
- 14 2021
- 6 2022
- 13 2023
- Smallest grant
- €10k
- Median
- €150k
- Largest
- €3.3m
| Largest projects | Signed | Grant |
|---|---|---|
| Open Cyber Range (OCR) Estonian Ministry of Defence | 1 March 2021 | €3.3m |
| Health Sense Ministry of Social Affairs - Estonia | 1 February 2021 | €2m |
| Implementation of polygenic risk score guided breast cancer precision prevention OÜ Antegenes | 1 May 2021 | €761k |
| Development of autonomous power line inspection technology uBird Hepta Group Airborne OÜ | 1 November 2020 | €700k |
| Developing UpSteam P2P business model for car washing UpSteam Eesti OÜ | 1 August 2020 | €700k |
| Modernization of Estiko Plastar's production and development of a resource-efficient vacuum bag AS Estiko-Plastar | 25 May 2021 | €700k |
| Roofit.solar process innovation for developing software and automated production line Roofit Solar Energy OÜ | 15 July 2020 | €700k |
| Development of Eziil production software for product-based production companies Eziil Production Intelligence OÜ | 1 August 2020 | €700k |
Implementation status is not published for this funding period, so projects are shown by awarded grant and signature date rather than by progress.
Documents and calls
Published against this programme.
| Type | Document | Version date | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Programme Agreement | Programme agreement EE-INNOVATION | 17 January 2025 | 26.0 |