CIR-CE

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CIR-CE

• Co-operation in Innovation and Research with
  Central and Eastern Europe
• A programme of the Austrian Federal Ministry of
  Economics and Labour (BMWA)

Georg Panholzer, BMWA, Unit for International
Technology and Innovation Austrian-Slovak Science
Day, 6/12/05, Bratislava
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The CIR-CE-approach combination of clustered
systems

1. Austria from periphery to center
2. On the route to Lisbon and Barcelona Research,
   technology and innovation as driving forces of a
   sustainable growth process
3. Centers of growth clustered systems
4. Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe actual
   growth and longterm perspective sustainability
   technology orientation
5. combination axes of growth
6. The necessity for individual solutions due to
   heterogenity
7. Research and Innovation Region Central/East/Southe
   astern Europea as an important element of the ERA

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The CIR-CE-Win-Win-Situation

1. Optimized combination of Know-How- and factor
   cost compontents in the internationalised
   production chain better common position in the
   world market
2. Complementarisation of research/testing/technolocy
   capacities (non-duplication)
3. Newly emerging growth poles need stimulative
   external inputs
4. Participation in the rapid growth of
   central/eastern/ southeastern European growth
   poles
5. Market aspects
6. particular chances for SME-sector due to
   geographic proximity

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Network projects and Innovation projects
Network projects Innovation projects
Network formation (bi-/trilaterally clustered systems) for the benefit of technology oriented enterprises (companies actively included) ST-projects (product/process development), technology transfer, exploitation, organizational innovation driving forcecompanies

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Consortium network project
Austria
Minimum consortium Partner country

Further consortium members may be decisive
research institutes, further companies, etc.
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Consortium innovation project
Austria
Minimum consortium Partner country

Further consortium members may be decisive
research institutes, further companies, etc.
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Additional training projects possible

Network project
training project
Innovation project
training project
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Funding for partners in Central/Eastern/Southeaste
rn Europe

• same rules as for Austrian applicants
• project with 1 partner country max. 25 of
  total funding
• project with 2 partner countries max. 35 of
  funding
• project with 3 or more partner countries max. 40
  of funding

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CIR-CE 1st Call/statisticsselected projects
Number project category Project volume (M) Funding volume
11 network projects 1,7 0,8
3 innovation projects 1,9 1,3
1 training projects 0,12 0,05
TOTAL 3,72 2,15

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CIR-CE, 1st Call, selected projects,partners
breakdown
Slovakia (13) (involved in 5 projects)
Czech Republic (8)

Poland (10)
Slovenia (10)
Romania (3)
Hungary (8)
Serbia/Montenegro (8)
Bosnia-Hercegowina (6)
Russia(4)
Bulgaria (2)
Croatia (10)
Austrian partners total 58
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CIR-CE, 1st Call, selected projects,consolidated
results, Slovakia

• 5 projects with13 Slovak partners in total
• of which 3 projects with Slovakia as main partner
  country
• 10 enterprise partners, 1 university,
• 2 agencies/associations
• Technological fields
• Machinery, materials 6 partners
• Recycling technologies 4 partners
• Software 3 partners
• preceding pilot action STRAPAMO total 12
  projects of which 3 with Slovakia as main partner
  country
• (IT, renewable energy)

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Contact

• Georg Panholzer
• Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour
• Unit for International Technology and Innovation
• Tel. [phone]
• georg.panholzer_at_bmwa.gv.at
• www.bmwa.gv.at/cir-ce
• www.bmwa.gv.at/strapamo
• CIR-CE Programme Management
• FFG Austrian Research Promotion Agency
• Birgit Baumann Tel. [phone]
• birgit.baumann_at_ffg.at
• Susanne Spiesz Tel. [phone]
• susanne.spiesz_at_ffg.at
• CIR-CE Homepage www.cir-ce.at