Luuk Borg
In 2006, Luuk Borg was seconded to Brussels by the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs, to manage the set-up and launch of the joint EU-EUREKA Eurostars Programme for R&D-performing SMEs. In July 2007, he accepted the post as head of EUREKA’s Secretariat. Luuk Borg holds a master of science from Erasmus Economic University Rotterdam and followed a graduate programme at University Davis California. He began his career as a consultant and account manager on EU-funded and other research projects, specifically targeting the participation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Borg subsequently joined the Senter/EU-Liaison Agency of the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs as managing director. Luuk Borg was born in Ede in the Netherlands in 1963 and has four children.
How EUREKA’s Eurostars Programme is appealing to R&D performing SMEs. The Eurostars Programme is a European innovation programme. It is managed by EUREKA. Its purpose is to provide funding for market-oriented research and development with the active participation of research and development - performing small - and medium-sized enterprises (R&D-performing SMEs) Eurostars is a joint initiative between EUREKA and the EU Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7).