Cluster Nano Road - Roadmap Web Survey Question Title * 1. Contact Name Company Email Address OK Question Title * 2. Are you a Cluster Manager Regional Authority Other (e.g. consultant). Please specify OK About the ROADMAP OK Question Title * 3. What are the key information topics that you seek for your cluster companies? Potential international partnerships and opportunities Financial opportunities Technology and market reports Innovation support (e.g. o Skills development;o Entrepreneurial development;o Access to finance, alignment across: skills, research base, industrial base) OK Question Title * 4. What other topics would you like to see included in the RoadMap? OK Question Title * 5. How do you decide what topics to search? Companies ask You decide and proactively propose topics to companies OK Question Title * 6. What are your primary sources of information? European Commission National government Embassies (outside EU) Regional government EU platforms (e.g. European Cluster Collaboration Platform) Specialist media Other (please specify) OK Questions for Deliverable 1.3 - Novel approaches and categorisation of success factors/Policy recommendations and ideas for future testing in ClusterNanoRoadCan you rate the level of importance to your region of the following recommendations ? OK Question Title * 7. Recommendation 1: Lower the entrance threshold and support the capacity building for SMEs for easier access to research and innovation, including research and innovation infrastructure 1 2 3 4 5 N/A 1 2 3 4 5 N/A OK Question Title * 8. Recommendation 2: Policy measures including regional, national and European innovation strategies are crucial for innovation and regional development. Further dissemination and communication actions to stimulate demand amongst SMEs and enhance the access to pilot plants and technology platforms is therefore needed, addressing policy makers 1 2 3 4 5 N/A 1 2 3 4 5 N/A OK Question Title * 9. Recommendation 3: Support industry and application driven multi-stakeholder partnerships, strategically targeting large-scale research, development and innovation activities using a combination of different funds 1 2 3 4 5 N/A 1 2 3 4 5 N/A OK Question Title * 10. Recommendation 4: Support pilot production as the "scale-up" stage needed to cross the innovation gap often called “Valley of Death”, allowing enterprises to test and demonstrate innovative solutions and gather information about the performance and behaviour of a future marketable product/service.. Enhance communication on support that can be provided to RDI stakeholders in this context. 1 2 3 4 5 N/A 1 2 3 4 5 N/A OK Question Title * 11. Recommendation 5: Value creation often occurs at the cross over points between sectors. The enabling functions of KETs means that they are often key facilitatios of cross sectoral collaboration. Actions to enhance cross sectoral collaboration, via clusters, as part of a RIS3 implementation stratgy can therefore play an important role in stimulating demand and regional competiveness. 1 2 3 4 5 N/A 1 2 3 4 5 N/A OK Question Title * 12. Would you like to add any other relevant recomendation to policy makers in order to foster cross-sectoral collaboration between R&I actors and specifically SME support? OK NEXT