Stakeholder network

All Northern Ireland Councils, Further and Higher Education Colleges and Economic Development Agencies are integral to ensuring businesses can innovate successfully.

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Support local businesses through the Innovation Framework.

Take the Innovation Self-Assessment with your client to find out which steps of the Innovation Framework they have completed, if any. Once you have identified the most appropriate next step for the business, simply click the corresponding tile below for all the information you will need to help your client progress. 

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    Ideation

    Creating valuable new business ideas.

    If your client:

    Is trying to generate new ideas to start a business, solve a problem, or improve your products or processes then they should complete the ideation step first.

    /innovation-framework/ideation
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    Selection

    Choosing the best ideas to develop. 

    If your client:

    Has generated ideas but now need to choose the best one to take forward help them complete this step by clicking on the selection tile.

    /innovation-framework/selection
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    Development

    Developing and testing the best idea.

    if your client:

    Has picked a good idea, but now needs help develop, test and trial it, follow the guidance in the development step.

    /innovation-framework/development
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    Commercialisation

    Launching your new product or service, or implementing a new process.

    If your client:

    Is ready to market or implement their idea, following positive tests and trials, support them by walking them through the final step – commercialisation.

    /innovation-framework/commercialisation

Innovation Assessment

It's easy to take part in the Innovate NI Programme. Simply complete the assessment to discover where you are on the Innovation Framework today.

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