Israel-RutaN (Colombia) Smart Cities – Calls for Proposals – Pilot Validation

The Israel Innovation Authority will provide funding of up to 50% of the approved pilot validation costs.
The Authority will provide an additional funding of 10% to companies located in the periphery of Israel (In addition to the budget approved for R&D costs).

Furthermore, the Israeli company will be eligible for in-kind support from the Colombian company.
For more information regarding in-kind support and the available projects for product adaptation, please click here.

Upon approval from both parties, Israeli companies will be entitled to 12 months of financial support, and will be eligible for a second year of funding subject to review of the project milestones.
The program will support collaboration projects for up to 24 months overall.

Funding awarded by the Israel Innovation Authority will be granted upon approval from both parties and shall comply with the Israeli laws and regulations for Industrial R&D.
For more information regarding Israeli laws and regulations, please refer to the Israel Innovation Authority’s Hebrew site.

Relevant technology sectors include:

• Electric Mobility, Autonomous Mobility, Smart Mobility, Vehicle Technology.
• Digital city
• Information city
• Cognitive Smart City
• Energy, street lighting, smart buildings, distributed energy resources (DER), data analytics, and smart transportation.
• Environment
• Public safety

Israeli companies are asked to submit project proposals for the validation testing of products, processes, services, and/or technologies.
Projects may include:

1. The participation of at least one company from each country is mandatory. Research institutes and other companies may participate as partners or subcontractors in the cooperation project, respecting the financing rules of each country.
2. The project should present a clear competitive advantage and differentiated value proposition as a result of cooperation between the participants of the two countries (increase of knowledge base, access to R&D infrastructure, new fields of application, for example).
3. Companies should present a strategy which, given their technological, commercial and financial aspects, demonstrates their potential to introduce the new product / process / service into the markets of both countries and/or third countries.
4. Partners in Israel and in Colombia should be able to implement the project and finance their respective shares.
5. The project should include innovative technology and knowledge applications/ product customization/ near commercialization or new market creation activities
6. Any partnership whose cooperative R&D project is consistent with the above criteria may present it in this program in accordance with applicable national laws, rules, regulations and procedures.