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KOBIA - the mission of the Small and Medium Business Development Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Azerbaijan have launched a new initiative to support business associations, aimed at developing a partnership between the state, private and civil society on joint socio-economic goals. As part of the initiative, USAID will provide financial support to a number of businesses, public associations and NGOs, evaluating projects to be presented to strengthen associations. In this context, the establishment of a consortium bet

SME Azerbaijan USAID support innitiative

The European Commission has launched a survey on the effectiveness of public innovation support for SMEs in Europe. The survey is addressed to enterprises (especially small and medium sized enterprises - SMEs) and providers of innovation support to SMEs (including institutional stakeholders, business organisations, etc.) operating in Europe, EFTA countries and Horizon 2020 associated countries. The main objective is to collect fresh information on:

European Commission Survey public support innovation support SMEs

Cluster collaboration to fight COVID-19 in Morocco

Submitted by Carolina Turcato on 14 April 2020.

CE3M, a Moroccan cluster specialised in electronics and mecatronics has set up a consortium to develop a ventilator in collaboration with several national and international institutions, such as universities, ministries and other companies. Within just two weeks, a new ventilator-prototype was designed, built and tested and has meanwhile been approved by public authorities. Now, the industrial...

3D-printed protective visors from UC3M

Submitted by Carolina Turcato on 14 April 2020.

Researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) are using 3D printing systems to manufacture protective screens that can be used to combat COVID-19 in the Community of Madrid. The printing of the first units is currently under way. The protective screens should arrive at health centers in the region in the next days. Researchers from the Department of Systems Engineering and...

Computer simulator recreates the spread of COVID-19 in Europe

Submitted by Carolina Turcato on 14 April 2020.

A team of Spanish researchers has designed and validated a simulator to study the evolution of the COVID-19 illness in Spain and Europe, based on parameters such as climate, social distancing policies and transportation. This research work has been carried out by scientists and technologists from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Centro Nacional de Epidemiología (CNE) and Consorcio Centro...

AFRICA: #Africa vs Virus Challenge

The AFDB Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab is organising the #AfricaVsVirus Challenge as an opportunity to create tech and non-tech solutions to tackle some of the most pressing challenges created by the coronavirus pandemic. The organisation is calling on socially committed citizens worldwide, problem solvers, creative minds, health experts, programmers, graphic and web-designers to come together in a 72-hour digital collaborative process to nurture ground-breaking solutions to address some of the social and economic challenges posed by the crisis. Have you identified a problem that is...

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French platform to coordinate local production of medical devices

Submitted by Carolina Turcato on 14 April 2020.

In France, an interesting initiative that aims to consolidate information and ideas about the production of 3D printing of medical devices into a single platform, was recently launched. The platform gives an overview over revalent rules, current projects, infrastructure and work flows to combat the COVID-19 crisis and is closely monitored my a scientific council. For further information, please...

New respirator developed in Andalucía

Submitted by Carolina Turcato on 14 April 2020.

The Ministry of Health and Families has received authorization from the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) to launch production of the 'Andalucía Respira' respirator, after fulfilling all the necessary requirements for its approval in a satisfactory manner. The device has successfully passed various tests under the supervision of a certifying company, improving the results...

COVID-19 diagnostic kit made in Portugal

Submitted by Carolina Turcato on 14 April 2020.

The Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM) of the University of Lisbon has created a full Coronavirus Diagnostic Kit, using reagents manufactured in Portugal and following the guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO). The kits are already accredited and, if all goes well, will allow a higher number of tests per day. Initially, 300 tests per day are planned, then 500, but the goal is to...

Record-time emergency ventilator manuals from Aalborg University

Submitted by Carolina Turcato on 14 April 2020.

Five researchers from Aalborg University have developed an emergency ventilator made from just about 25 industrial components. Unlike larger respirators with more complex structures and individual parts, the newly developed emergency respirator follows a simpler manufacturing process with previously used or easily accessible components. The researchers behind the project have already released all...

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