Diapositiva 1

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Support action for innovation mainstreaming
within the Enlarged Europe
Common Procedures among Strand 3 Projects
Kick-off Meeting
Brussels, October 11th 2005
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Introduction

• Why a common approach?
• To optimize efficiency of the support actions
• To maximize the benefit for the regions
• Tools
• Common templates
• Circulation of material
• Organisation of joint events
• Regular update of progresses of the projects

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Common Procedures

• Administrative documents
• Memorandum of Understanding
• Draft of Procedures
• Templates
• Template Expert database
• Template Quality Assessment
• Template for the common report for the regions
• Coordination and Reporting
• First visit to the regions
• Launch of first counselling scheme
• Update on progress of 4 projects by Innovation
  Coach

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Administrative Documents

• Memorandum of Understanding
• The MoU will contain the proposal for the
  implementation of
• Services to be provided
• Content
• Division of activities and responsibilities
  agreed between the projects
• Terms of delivery.
• It will be signed after the selection of priority
  measures and the agreement between the two
  projects present in the region on the division of
  the support activities to be implemented.
• Each project will sign its own MoU with the
  region, using the standardised format (with the
  exception of 5schemes).
• Draft of Procedures
• The Draft of Procedures will regulate the
  relations between the four Strand 3 projects,
  avoiding overlapping and ensuring maximum
  efficiency and benefit for the regions of the
  Support Action.

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Templates

• Template Expert database
• Each project will have its own experts database,
  but a standard format will be used. The format
  developed by the IRE Secretariat will be
  considered by the four projects as standard.
• Template Quality AssessmentA common evaluation
  (for the projects and for the self assessment of
  the experts used) form will be developed and used
  by all four projects using the same set of
  indicators.
• Template for the common report for the regions
• A common format for the report of the analysis of
  the RIS Action Plans will be used by the four
  projects.
• Innovation Coach will collect and diffuse all the
  reports.

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Coordination and Reporting

• Innovation Coach will play a coordinating role
  among the four projects.
• First visit to the regions
• The two projects covering each region will
  organize the first visit to the region together
  and, after having identified priority measures
  within the region, will agree on how to divide
  support activities between themselves.
• Innovation Coach and 5schemes will do the first
  visit separately.
• Update on progress of 4 projects by Innovation
  Coach
• Innovation Coach will regularly provide the
  Commission with updates on proposed measures and
  their progress.

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Conclusion
The Strand 3 projects (INNOVATION COACH,
IMIS, INTRO and 5SCHEMES) will collaborate
together in order to ensure to the regions the
maximum benefit from these support
actions Thanks for your attention Frederique
Pannier f.pannier_at_meta-group.com www.meta-group.c
om