Oonagh Monahan is the Consultant for the InterTrade Ireland FUSION programme covering the West/Midlands region. She occasionally also works on other InterTrade programmes including the Challenge, which is about innovation capacity development, and she is a Mentor on the Elevate Sales & Marketing programme.
FUSION is an all-island programme which enables knowledge and technology transfer between business and academia to support innovation and increase capability. FUSION develops and facilitates three-way cross-border partnerships and projects between companies, graduates and third level institutions. INNOVA is a Business to Business cross border R&D programme.
Key Factors
On average, each company taking part on the FUSION programme benefits from over £/€1 million worth of sales or efficiency savings in the three years following the project.
Develop or improve products, processes or services
Streamline business processes to increase efficiency and performance
Develop and implement new technologies, systems or processes
Improve capabilities in innovation, design and technology
