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Enterprise Europe NetworkOverview and Technology Transfer

Andrew Millar

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Agenda

• Overview & Technology Transfer• European R&D Opportunities• Commercial Opportunities and Business

Information

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Overview

Launched in 2008

Brought together 2 former networks

All EU + 17 Non-EU

Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, China, Croatia, Egypt, Iceland, Israel, Montenegro, Norway, Russia, Serbia, Switzerland, Syria, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,Turkey, USA.

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Enterprise Europe Network Structure

• 600 partner organisations• 6000 specialist advisors• Potential access to circa 20 million European

SMEs• Largest Technology Transfer database in the

world

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Why does EEN exist……

Build Capacity • Improve the capacity of UK businesses to take advantage of all International

business opportunities• Hugely focused on actual business support bodies on the ground• True route into actual SMEs and supply chains across Europe

Innovate• UK business needs to be at the cutting edge of technology advances• Take advantage of European technological advances • Identify potential routes to market for UK technological advances

Influence • Ensure a voice for UK business in a European Single Market • Influence legislation

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How EEN operates…..

Alerts• Email and RSS

Newsletters• newsletters published bi-monthly

Events• Local and International brokerage

Workshops • Variety of workshops on EEN services

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What we do ……Innovation ServicesKnowledge and Technology Transfer Database

• Technology Offer – succinct profile to stimulate interest • Technology Request – International profiles disseminated in UK• Technology Partnership Agreement – linking SMEs

Events and WorkshopsInnovation Support Services

• innovation Audits and support visits

FP7 & other R&D funding • Information on funding calls; guidance and training on bids, partner

searches

www.enterpriseeuropeni.com