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WASTE4THINK
Waste4Think promotes a major transformation of the current waste management model to meet the foundations on which the principles of...
José Mª Zabala Martínez (Oteiza, 1947) is a chemical engineer with a PhD in Applied Natural Sciences from the University of Louvain (1976). In 1986, he founded Zabala Innovation, and since then, his focus has been on Europe, participating in the European Commission’s first Framework Programme. With more than 35 years of experience, his company, Zabala Innovation, has established itself as a benchmark in innovation management, achieving a return in European funding for its clients that has exceeded 700 million euros in the H2020 Framework Programme.
Zabala Martínez was a pioneer in European programmes when Spain joined the Common Market (1986). Between 1986-1988, the European Commission had already established its Directorates-General (DGs) and it decided to create one specifically dedicated to SMEs, initially as an “SME Task Force;” however, it quickly acquired the status of “Directorate General for SMEs.”
In 1988, Zabala was awarded his first European contract within the SME Task Force to carry out a study on policies to improve innovation in European SMEs, and as a result, he was chosen to participate in the SPRINT programme dedicated to international technology transfer, which was born out of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for R&D&I and the First Community Framework Programme.
Zabala has also acquired experience as an external evaluator of European proposals for the Commission, which is something rare back in those early years.
He has carried out and participated in different studies for regional, national and European institutions and administrations, such as the following:
Zabala has been invited to different forums of interest and has given lectures in knowledge centres; among them, we highlight some of the following:
He has written and published several articles, to name a few:
Since 2014, he is a member of the CEOE’s R&D&I Commission, responsible for maintaining a dialogue with the Administration and with different organisations and entities related to R&D&I activities and policies at a national level.
In Navarra, he is a member of the CEN Advisory Council, a consultative body made up of highly qualified professionals with recognised business careers, strategic visions and experience in management and organisation. Its main function is to collaborate, share information and provide advice from “different perspectives, professions and realities” to study the needs of companies in Navarre, establishthe most appropriate measures to alleviate the current situation and better position the community for the future.
He has received the following awards:
Climate, Natural Resources and Environment
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Digitalisation
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Health, Agri-food and Bioeconomy
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We guide companies through the implementation of adequate innovation strategies, which allows them to tackle any transformation challenge in a coordinated and effective manner, from an integrated perspective.
To maximise the success and impact of a project, we manage the communication and dissemination activities, but we also define a social innovation strategy and tools to measure its impact.
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