3 rd see-innovation know-how transfer event agenda overview
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Wrap-up & Action Agenda 3rd SEE-INNOVATION Know-How Transfer Event Thessaloniki, Greece, 8-9 March, 2007. 3 rd SEE-INNOVATION Know-How Transfer Event Agenda Overview. Presentations of FP7 and the ICT Programme Select ICT strategic objectives Digital libraries and content ICT in Healthcare - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Wrap-up & Action Agenda
3rd SEE-INNOVATION Know-How Transfer EventThessaloniki, Greece, 8-9 March, 2007
3rd SEE-INNOVATION Know-How Transfer Event
Agenda Overview
• Presentations of
– FP7 and the ICT Programme
– Select ICT strategic objectives
• Digital libraries and content
• ICT in Healthcare
– FP7 participation rules, processes, and regulations
– Discussion on project ideas
– Tips and exercises on how to participate
1st IS2WeB Thematic Workshop Timing
• FP7 ICT Call 1 opened on 22 December 2006– Closing date – 8 May, 2007
– More than 1,2 Billion EUROS call for proposals has been announced !!!
– Interested? Then…
... How about some practical tips on how to participate in the best proposals!!!
Strategy for FP7 Planning and Preparation
• Consult the Commission’s proposed FP7 text, the Specific Programmes, and Rules of Participation
• Start identifying ideas and building networks in relevant areas– Learn what evaluators liked / disliked in FP6
– Make use of any help available
• Consider– Appropriate funding schemes
– Capabilities and preferred role within projects
– Costing aspects
– Dissemination and exploitation aspects
FP7 Participation
• Understand the partner searches dynamics (fitting into profiles described by the projects)
• Two main sources of projects (Ideal-IST FP7 and Info-days) • Which elements to look at:
– Project objectives
– Profile sought
– Type of project
Strategy for FP7 Participating in a Proposal
• How to choose a good project – the success factors – TIME
• Keep your profile(s) ready. React with no delay. Seats are taken within a short time
– EXCELLENCE• You will need that “extra mark” to get in… Show you are the
partner they are looking for
– TRUST • Show you know the rules of the game, be reliable
Strategy for FP7 Participating in a Proposal
• To make sure the project is good
– Are the objectives clearly expressed?
– Is there a market vision beyond research activities?
– Are you sure about its fitting the EC work-programme?
– Is it linked with running FP6 projects?
– Is the co-ordinator experienced?
– Has the idea been pre-screened with the EC?
Strategy for FP7 Participating in a Proposal
• Don’t forget we can help you
– Participation in the SEE-INNOVATION Directory
– Assistance phase components ― key steps WE will be taking
• Examine potential contacts
• Monitor existing / emerging opportunities
• Activate Ideal-IST + other networks
• Contact you
• Assist with profile and proposal development and / or consortium formation, if necessary
Strategy for FP7The SEE-INNOVATION Assistance to
Participation
Project Partners
• Planet S. A. (Greece)• Centre for Social Innovation
(Austria)• TESEO (Belgium)• SEPVE (Greece)• BASSCOM (Bulgaria)• ARIES (Romania)• Association for Informational
Systems and Computer Networks (Serbia-Montenegro)
• ISSETI (Albania)
• ZaMirNet (Croatia)
• MASIT (FYROM)
• Tübitak (Turkey)
SEE-INNOVATION – What Next?Your Role in the Assistance Process
• Do not just wait for things to happen• Be ready, show an interest
– Identify your niche and suggest projects in which you could enter
– Assess the project’s chances of success– Either way, check your profile and make sure it is
convincing• Discuss with us about your role in a project
– If applicable, suggest the most appropriate way to approach a proposer
• Keep contact with SEE-INNOVATION local partner • Refine/customise your offer to a Call
For Further Info
• On participation in FP7– http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/participate_en.html
• On ICT in FP7– http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/– www.efpconsulting.com/tools (M. Morron FP7 book)
• On proposal development and e-training courses– http://www.hyperion.ie/eTraining%20Courses.htm
• ICT helpdesk for proposers’ questions– [email protected]
• Partner search facilities– Cordis database: http://cordis.europa.eu/ist/partners/partner.htm– IDEALIST: http://www.ideal-ist.net/ – SEE-INNOVATION, IS2WeB, and other SSA databases:
www.see-innovation.org, www.is2web.org ,…
• For more info, please contact– [email protected]– [email protected]– [email protected] – [email protected]