Finding a European Partner

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Finding a European Partner
Finding a European Partner
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Finding a European Partner

• Classification of Partners

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Finding a European Partner

• Classification of Partners
• Type of Organizations
• Small and medium enterprise (SME)
• Large industry
• Public / private research
• University, higher education organization
• Administration, Public body
• Association

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Finding a European Partner

• Classification of Partners
• Country of Origin
• Member States
• Associated Countries
• International Cooperation Partner Country (ex
  INCO or ICPC)
• Others
• Partner Consortium
• To form a partner consortium in a project there
  needs to be atleast 3 legal entities , from
  Member States or associated states .
• For More Information on EU states
• www.ec.europa.eu

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• Setting up a Consortium

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Finding a European Partner

• Setting up a Consortium
• Selection of Partners
• Suitable combination of partners
• Long-term friendship is not necessarily the best
  reference for cooperation on international
  project
• Complementarity between the partners
• Balancing the consortium (industrial vs academic
  partners, technology/knowledge users vs
  providers, gender issues, member states vs
  associated/third countries,...)
• Due diligence checking on potential partners
• Successful participation in previous projects
• Experience in the proposed work area
• Financial viability

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• Co-ordinate when
• company has multinational project management
  experience
• company has a suitable Project Manager
• company is established for several years and is
  financially secure
• company has previously participated in an EU
  project(not mandatory if it is a major world
  player and of sufficient size and stature)
• HOWEVER,
• As a 1st Time participant in the Programme
  Coordination is not advisable

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Finding a European Partner

• Partner Search

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Finding a European Partner

• Partner Searching
• Find your Partners
• ... among existing international
  business/technical contacts, forums,
  international industrial/trade associations
• ... among the participants to thematic
  information days
• ... via national contact points (NCP) in
  targetted countries
• ... via participation in European Technology
  Platforms,
• ... via the IDEAL-IST active partner search
  mechanism (ICT only)
• via CORDIS partner search
• ... ... among the partners of an existing project

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• I. Partner searching through Cordis

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• CORDIS
• On-line tool for partner search
• All the FP7 Themes
• Connects with 1000s of active partnerships
  (Companies, Research Companies Institutions ,
  Universities).
• For More Information
• http//cordis.europa.eu/partners-service/search_en
  .html

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• How Do I use CORDIS
• Log on to the CORDIS site http//cordis.europa.e
  u/
• GO to the CORDIS Partner Search page
  http//cordis.europa.eu/partners-service and
  create a new Profile
• Create your profile, which will be made available
  across the globe
• CORDIS offers the following services
• Publishing of profiles containing project idea
  or specific expertise
• Searching the partner profiles submitted by
  other organizations

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• II. Partner searching through Ideal-IST

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• What can ideal-ist do for you

• Find partners for your ICT project idea
• Project idea distrib to over 55,000 international
  contacts in the ICT prog
• Appropriate partners within weeks/ days .
• Average of 36 persons per partner / per search.
• Helps you submit EOIs to other proposers
  projects
• Support you on your way to a successful proposal
  !!!

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• IDEAL-IST
• Active partner searching via IDEAL-IST project
• Addresses calls in the ICT thematic priority
• Distributes PS inquiries in more than 60
  countries via Idealist-7FP national contact
  points
• For More Information
• www.ideal-ist.net

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• How Do I use Ideal-ist
• Log on to the ideal-ist site
• www.ideal-ist.net
• Register yourself as new proposer
• Complete Partner Search form by completing basic
  information on your project
• A quality check is performed to give the Q
  Stamp
• The Ideal-ist network distributes your
• project profile to nearly 55,000 contacts
  via your National ideal-ist representatives.

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III. Partner Search through Past Project Searches
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• Publicly available databases and tools for
  partner searching (past) FP6 funded projects
• Searching for partners from previous related
  projects

http//cordis.europa.eu/fp6/projects.htm
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IV. Partner Search through European Technology
Platforms
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• Publicly available databases and tools for
  partner searching
• European Technology Platforms
• Partner profiles, Project Ideas and Expressions
  of Interest at different European Technology
  Platforms

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• THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME