Opportunities for crossborder technology transfer

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Opportunities for cross-border technology
transfer

Filippo Pasquet European Commission Enterprise
and Industry Directorate-General Directorate D
Innovation Policy Unit D2 Support to Innovation
E-mail filippo.pasquet_at_cec.eu.int
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IRC network under FP6

• 71 centres covering 33 countries
• IRCs involve 219 organisations grouped in
• 64 centres covering the EU member states and
  EFTA
• countries
• 5 from candidates countries (1/Bulgaria,
  2/Romania,
• 2/Turkey)
• 2 from 3rd countries (Israel, Chile)
• 5 IRCs are trans-national centres

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• IRCs are innovation support service providers
• The IRCs role as leading European innovation
  mover for the
• promotion of technology partnerships
• Technology Transfer when and how it occurs
• IRCs are linked by an Internet based Business
  Bulletin System (BBS)

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Thematic Groups
RENEWABLE ENERGY
NANO MICRO TECH
AEROSPACE
BIOTECH
MEDICAL TECH.
AGROFOOD
ENVIRONMENT
TEXTILES
ICT
WOOD
AUTOMOTIVE
MATERIALS
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Innovation Relay Centre (IRC)
Your link to technologies and partners across
Europe

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• Results are measurable and constantly growing as
  time passes and
• experience consolidates
• Some of the most important contributions of the
  IRC network quoted
• by their clients
• - Raising the international profile of companies
• - Improving access to European markets
• - TTT more attractive than internal RD (TTT
  contributes to lower
• RD expenditure).

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Identification of New Methodologies for
Promoting and Encouraging Trans-national
Technology Transfer
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European Commission

• OBJECTIVES
• Keep the evolution of Technology Transfer
  processes supported by
• the European Community as dynamic and up to
  date as possible
• Through the implementation of a number of
  trans-national pilot
• projects capable to set up experimental (but
  concrete) actions

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European Commission

• N.B. possible areas of intervention described
  above are only
• indicative and not restrictive
• Studies are not foreseen within the objectives
  of the call

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European Commission

• Pilot projects may for e.g.
• test brand new methodological approaches,
• broaden the scope of TTT
• explore possibilities offered by technology
  transfer mechanisms not
• covered or tested so far
• enhance the role of human capital
• test new marketing/awareness raising mechanisms
  and initiatives
• implement co-operation outside Europe exploiting
  the possibilities
• offered by the global market

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European Commission

• RULES FOR PARTICIPATION
• General
• Regulation (EC) No 2321/2002 of the European
  Parliament and of
• the Council of 16 December 2002
• According to Article 5 2
• .the minimum number of participants established
  by the work programmes cannot be less than three
  independent legal entities established in three
  different Member States or Associated States. Of
  these 3 legal entities, at least two have to
  proceed from a Member State or an Associated
  Candidate Country.

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European Commission

• RULES FOR PARTICIPATION
• General
• Third Countries
• Article 6 3
• Any legal entity established in a third
  country. may take part in RTD activities .
  if such participation is provided for under an
  RTD activity or if it is necessary for carrying
  out the indirect action.
• A legal entity established in a third country
  may receive a Community financial contribution if
  provision is made for this under an RTD activity
  or if it is essential for carrying out the
  indirect action.

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European Commission

• RULES FOR PARTICIPATION
• Call specific
• Proposals can only be submitted by consortia
  grouping at least 4 legal
• entities each one of which proceeding from a
  different country (i.e. at
• least 4 different countries involved).
• Example of consortia for this call
• 3 legal entities from 3 Member States 1
  legal entity from a third
• country ELIGIBLE
• 1 legal entity from 1 Member State 3 legal
  entities from third
• countries NON ELIGIBLE
• N.B. Candidates should avoid setting up
  consortia of large
• dimensions

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European Commission

• GENERAL INFORMATION
• Call published 15 March 2005
• Closing date 15 June 2005
• Estimated contract signature spring 2006
• Indicative budget 10,5 million
• Community financial support expected to allow
  participants to be funded
• up to a maximum of 75 of eligible costs
• Minimum n of participants 4 legal entities
  from 4 different
• countries
• Duration of projects 24 months