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Objectives
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To support small and medium size companies
(SMEs) to take part in proposals and on-going
projects of the 6th EU Framework Programme for
Research and Technological Development (FP6)
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To provide information on calls, how to write a
proposal, how to join a project (e.g. large
Integrated Projects and Networks of Excellence)
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To assist SMEs to join as coordinators, research
partners and end-users
New Methods for Involving SMEs in Mechatronics sector in FP6
Targets
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To assist at least 270 SMEs leading to
participation in at least 70 FP6 project proposals,
of which:
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230 SMEs will participate in 50 proposal
submissions to new and on-going IPs and NoE
40 SMEs will participate in 20 proposal
submissions under other instruments
To develop working practices that will facilitate
networking provided by European intermediaries
working with participation of SMEs in FP6
New Methods for Involving SMEs in Mechatronics sector in FP6
Thematic priorities
• IST - Information Society Technologies
• NMP - Nano-technologies and nanosciences, knowledge-based functional
materials, new production processes
and devices
• A&S - Aeronautics and Space
• Sust Dev - Sustainable Development,
Global Change and Ecosystems
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Mechatronics - a common umbrella of technologies
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Focus on the combination of sectors and the process
of bringing SMEs in different sectors with different
expertise together
New Methods for Involving SMEs in Mechatronics sector in FP6
7 Partners
Sweden, Lithuania, UK,
Germany, Italy, Greece, Israel
1.Brian Smith, WDA
2.Dafydd Roberts, WDA
3.Vangelis Argoudelis, HELP FORWARD
4.Vassilios Tsakalos, HELP FORWARD
5.Chanan Shiloh, MATIMOP
6.Jacob Cohen, MATIMOP
7.Marco Mangiantini, CECCP
8.Katia Costa, CECCP
9. Tiziana Addato, CECCP
10.Kestutis Naudzius, MSI
11.Jonathan Loeffler, SEZ
12.Claudia Stöhrle, SEZ
13.Ann Magnusson, IVF
14.Max Maupoix, IVF
15.Fredrik Rubinstein, IVF
New Methods for Involving SMEs in Mechatronics sector in FP6