‘Building a new paradigm for EU-India Relations …...Technology Alliance (GITA) Annual Flagship...
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‘Building a new paradigm for EU-India Relations through enhancing Trade & Investment’Brussels, 9 December 2010
Agenda
European Business and Technology Centre – state of play EBTC’s Service Portfolio – offering ‘European value add’EBTC’s outreach in India and the EU EBTC – a permanent Platform for EU-India collaboration EBTC – the way ahead
EBTC – state of play
Pan-EU Business & Research delegations to India
100+ EU companies/researchers have taken part so far
Market Intelligence with focus on market access
Non-Tariff Barriers in the Indian Transport and Logistics Sectors
India- EU: Creating Market Alliances and Building Access for ‘Waste-Water Wanagement’ companies
Manual on Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Biotechnology
EBTC’s Cleantech Database
2,450 EU cleantech companies
16 – 20 March 2010
31 May –05 June 2010
5 – 7 February 2010
EBTC – state of play
EBTC’s Service Portfolio: Offering ‘European value add’
EBTC’s Service Portfolio: Demand-driven & complementaryDeveloped in cooperation with the bilateral Chambers of Commerce of the EU Member States, Embassies’ commercial and science & technology departments and regional trade promotion agencies in India
EBTC’s Service Portfolio: Offering a ‘European value add’
Online self-learning tool ‘Doing business in India’ to increase India Know-how within EU’s SMEsExclusive access to webinars on relevant topics (e.g. overcoming market barriers)4 easy to access e-learning modules:
EBTC’s Cleantech Incubator: Facilitating market access
EBTC’s Cleantech Incubator: Facilitating market access and providing European cleantech companies/researchers the opportunity to get an in-depth understanding and learning experience of the ground realities in the Indian market, without long-term lease commitment and at competitive rates.
‘Incubated’ companies benefit from working space in EBTC’s office premises, including access to common infrastructure, meeting room facilities, separate telephone number etc.
Support in Business to Government (B2G) activities and market access issues
EBTC – Building a network across India
EBTC head office in the heart of New Delhi
3 regional offices in Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata
Close partnership with India’s leading business & sectoral associations: – Federation of Indian Micro
and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME)
– Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)
– Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)– Solar Energy Society of India (SESI)– Indian Wind Energy Association
(INWEA) etc.
EBTC – Effective outreach across the EU
EBTC’s Knowledge Partner in the EU: European Renewable Energy Council (EREC); cooperation at Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference (DIREC) 2010
EUROCHAMBRES: Promotional Roadshow across the 27 EU Member States to mobilize EU companies & researchers and raise awareness about EBTC and its services
EBTC – A permanent Platform for EU-India collaboration
Building a solid EU-India collaboration framework
EBTC – A permanent Platform for EU-India collaboration
EBTC as Promotional Platform for EU-India activities already effectively leveraged, e.g. 4th EU-India Environment Forum 2010 on E-Waste; ‘EU-India Dialogue on Global Outreach of European and Indian Innovation Clusters’Building a ‘European Hub’: EBTC as high visibility and implementation platform for EU organizations/programmes/ initiatives (e.g. European Business Group; European Standards Office India; Enterprise Europe Network; EURAXESS) EBTC as market access platform: EU companies will benefit from the emergence of EBTC as a unified ‘European voice’ with regard to market access issues in India
Let’s together leverage the EBTC Platform!
EBTC – The way ahead
Further extend the existing service portfolio with relevant services taking into account the key market access barriers faced by EU companies IPR helpdesk; ‘Clean Capital: Guide on funding opportunities’ etc.
Market Intelligence of pan-EU relevance: e.g. ‘Clean technology mapping – EU & India’; Study on NTBs in the Indian clean energy sector
Further promote EU-India ‘brain-circulation’: Major R&D Conference in 2011; Cluster-helpdesk within EBTC; EU R&D venture capitalist roadshow
Maximise ‘EU visibility’ in India: Pan-EU Business & Research Delegation to the Global Innovation and Technology Alliance (GITA) Annual Flagship event, 11-12 May 2010, in cooperation with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the Department of Science & Technology, and the EU Member States in India
EBTC: addressing market access challenges
Thank you!
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