BUCANIER Closing Event
BUCANIER Closing Event - A Celebration of the BUCANIER Project 2017-2021
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BUCANIER - Building Clusters and Networks in Innovation Enterprise and Research, inspiring innovation in Food & Drink, Renewables & Life Sciences Sectors.
The BUCANIER EU project is working with key growth sectors of the Welsh and Irish economies - food and drink, life sciences and renewable energy. BUCANIER is delivering innovation master-classes and business mentoring for SMEs and social enterprises and is creating new networks between Wales and Ireland which are aimed at helping enterprises in the same sectors share knowledge, increase cross-border trade and create new jobs.
The project sees lead partner Pembrokeshire County Council in Wales join forces with the Institute of Technology Carlow, Bord Iascaigh Mhara and Wexford County Council in Ireland plus Swansea University and Carmarthenshire Council in Wales. The BUCANIER Project is supporting businesses thanks to the European Regional Development Fund through the Ireland Wales Cooperation Programme - INTERREG.
Approximately 120 small businesses in Wales and Ireland are set to benefit from this €2.9 million EU funded project. BUCANIER seeks to increase innovation capacity within SMEs and social enterprises by collaborating with Higher Education institutions and other public bodies to boost productivity across Ireland and Wales. The project will invest in ideas for the design, development, testing and delivery of new products, processes and services by applying design based innovation that will bring new product/service ideas closer to the commercial market. BUCANIER will also assist the formation of cross-border clusters and networks that allow the transfer of knowledge between Higher Education Institutes and SMESs. The aim is to develop the efficiency of the industry by sharing knowledge, practices and contracts.