"The CIRCA Group Europe is an international consulting company, specialising in the application of science, technology and innovation at the company, regional, national and European levels of the economy."
- Brendan Wafer, Managing Director.

The CIRCA Group contributes to the Smart Economy by developing and adapting science, technology and innovation solutions that can be implemented at the company, regional, national and European levels.

CIRCA Group also acts as an international gatekeeper bringing successful solutions from European and other countries worldwide. Frequently this means bringing relevant expertise to Ireland to assist in providing appropriate solutions to our national challenges.  

The CIRCA Group was founded in 1991. It is a private limited company owned by its founders and directors. During its 20 years it has metamorphosed a number of times. In the early 1990s it established an international reputation in ‘technology for Regional Development’ and worked in Ireland, the EU, Central Europe  and in the US and Japan. In the late 1990s we assisted the development and implementation of the national R&D programmes (PRTLI, SFI, Foreight based programmes etc.) as well as developing expertise in national and regional innovation.  By the early 2000s, the focus became company innovation and R&D, the Higher Education sector and national programme evaluation and policy development.

By 2009, in response to changing economic conditions, the focus had evolved to four areas:

• Company services – innovation, R&D, lean manufacturing, environment, business development;
• International projects development and Project Management services;
• National and European STI policy development, monitoring and evaluation; 
• Higher Education – R&D management, FP7 proposals, strategies, HE-industry linkages    

Personnel changes, retirements and re-skilling have facilitated these changes over the last 20 years.

The CIRCA Group Europe is also a founding member of ETEPS (see box at top right), and previously a member of ESTO and ETAN.

We work with a wide range of European partner organisations, including Joanneum Institute, MERIT, SPRU, a number of Fraunhofer Institutes, PREST, TNO, VTT-TS, etc.  Outside of Europe, since our establishment we have worked with The National Science Foundation (USA) and the Japanese National Institute for Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP).

- The CIRCA Group Europe Limited -
26 Upper Pembroke St., Dublin 2, Ireland.
Tel: + 353.1.6625895 Fax: + 353.1.6620365
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