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EEN Wales Lisa WheatleyR&D Adviser
European CommissionEnterprise and Industry
BioWales 17 March 2010
In brief:In brief:
• Information on doing business in Europe, European opportunities and the European Commission
• Assisting technology transfer in and out of Wales
• Increasing the R&D funding coming into Wales
Enterprise Europe Network (EEN)Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) – what – what is it?is it?
Aim: “one-stop shop” to meet all the information needs of SMEs and companies in Europe.
• 600 different organisations encompassing over 4,000 staff in over 40 countries
• Chambers of Commerce, RDAs or DAs or University technology centres
• Designed for SMEs but available to all businesses, research centres and universities across Europe
• Aspires to be a two-way network bringing the European Commission closer to businesses and vice versa
• Services are free of charge
EEN – how can we help?EEN – how can we help?
• Info on:
EU Directives, Regulations and Standards
Public Sector Procurement and Contract Opportunities
Grant Finding
Trading in Europe
• Feedback concerns and problems to the Commission
• Conduct Impact Assessment studies and consultation exercises on specific policies and legislation
EEN – how can we help?EEN – how can we help?Support for innovation and technology transfer:
• Dissemination and exploitation of research results• Identifying client technology ‘needs’ and/or
technology ‘offers’• Finding suitable partners for further development,
commercialisation, joint ventures etc.• Facilitating the technology/knowledge transfer
process.• Providing Brokerage services across Europe• Facilitating access to collaborative R&D Funding
EEN – how can we help?EEN – how can we help?
FP7/TSB Funding:
• Awareness raising events
• Call identification
• Partner searching
• Proposal reviews
• Funding
EEN – how can we help?EEN – how can we help?
• Wales European Collaboration Fund
- Proposal Preparation
- Travel Assistance
Stimulate the capacity of Welsh businesses and Higher Education Institutes to participate in the Collaborative R&D projects.
EEN – how can we help?EEN – how can we help?Proposal preparation
Assistance with external costs of developing and submitting proposals;
• FP7 • TSBCosts of any engagement of specific expertise to enable
effective negotiations and conclusion of consortium agreement and/ or contract with the EC is also eligible.
N.B. Please note, the cost of external consultants who intend to take part in the research project are not eligible for support
EEN – how can we help?EEN – how can we help?
Travel• Assistance with eligible European overseas travel
and accommodation costs involved in; • Identifying and building consortia for FP7 projects.• Negotiation of FP7 contracts.• Technology transfer activities - meeting prospective
collaborative partners for licensing or for R&D projects.
• Attendance at specific conferences and exhibitions where technology transfer meetings have been pre-booked
EEN – how can we help?EEN – how can we help?
First Application Repeat
FP7 Lead 100% up to £10k max
50% up to £10k max
FP7 Partner 100% up to £5k max
50% up to £5k max
TSB CR&D Lead 100% up to £2k max
50% up to £2k max
EC Contract or Consortia Agreement Negotiation
50% up to £5k max
Travel 50% up to £1k max
For more information see:For more information see:
www.enterpriseeuropewales.org.uk