Private-sector innovation processes in development cooperation: perspectives from Finnish technology enterprises

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Table 1. BEAM programme funding data (MFA 2019).

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019/20	Total
New BEAM projects	19	42	31	39	20	151
Company projects	8	23	30	38	17	116
Company project volume	€6,79,000	€57,19,000	€10,640,000	€25,296,000	€71,94,000	€49,528,000
Research projects	14	20	1	6	3	44
Research project volume	€22,13,000	€35,05,000	€5,80,000	€26,30,000	€2,97,000	€92,25,000
Total project volume	€28,92,000	€92,24,000	€11,220,000	€27,926,000	€74,91,000	€58,753,000
Total BEAM funding volume	€24,72,000	€57,58,000	€62,90,000	€12,902,000	€37,87,000	€31,209,000
Average BEAM project size	€152,000	€220,000	€362,000	€716,000	€375,000	€389,000

Figure 1. Recipients of Finnish ODA and the volume of assistance (MFA 2020) compared to the locations of the 113 BEAM projects.

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