Engaging stakeholders in the future Research and Innovation Framework Success factors from the CIP/FP7 for SMEs innovative projects

19th October 2010

Camino Correia

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ZABALA Pamplona (head office)

Madrid

Barcelona

Seville

Valencia

Santiago de Compostela

Brussels

Since its foundation in 1986, Zabala Innovation Consulting has a clear international approach. • Collaboration with companies, research organisations, universities and administrations at

a regional, national and community level.

• Collaboration in the planning of RTDi projects and management of subsidies and funding for companies and R&D stakeholders.

• European vocation. Coordination of European projects from the 1st Framework Programme.

• Zabala is member of several Platforms and Associations as the European Technology Platform of Smart Grids.

3 The SMEs need to participate in the European programmes that support the R&D+i

Innovation + Internationalization. ADD

• There are two complementary ways to adapt to new markets

• Need cooperation

• No borders

• The companies no need to be large to get involved

• The learning processes are mutually reinforcing

• Represent a cultural attitude

European

Programmes

Competitiveness

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Panorama europeo

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Panorama europeo Environment

6 How this work programmes are generated:

European

Technology

Platforms

Public Private

Partnerships -

associations

SET PLAN –

European

Industrial

Initiatives

Ministerios

nacionales +

Foros

nacionales

Strategic

Research agenda

Implementations

Plans

Work

Programme

Comisión

europea

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A optimistic vision

Empresas de

base tecnológica

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Where must be the SMEs

But in general it’s not possible because they don’t have enough

resources

• Participating in european institutiosn cooperating in the preparation of

workprogrammes

• In the surveillance of all the programmmes and initiatives, searching the

concrete opportunities

• Leading big projects where the SMEs participation is demanded.

• In the negotiation of IPR with big companies..

THE SMEs NEED SPECIAL TOOLS

9 Succes factors: specific programmes

Fundamental

research

Applied

research Deployment Developpment Demonstration

Eurostars

DG environment

Topic. eco-innov

CIP

eco-innovation

• Emphasis on SMEs

• Not specific topics:

• Main priority areas

• The call ask for focus in

specific objetives

• Impact, More weight in the evaluation.

• Small consortium

• Not basic research, Not scientific

evaluation

Common aspects in the three programmes

80% SMEs

66% SMEs

45% SMEs

<10% SMEs in

FP7 environment

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Succes factors: National technology platforms

*In 2007-2010, 1393 participants in

funded projects, 806 are industries

and 76,2% are SMEs

* INDUSTRY

PARTICIPATION

IN FUNDING **

National

Technology

Platforms

National

representants

National contact

points

Strategic

national

Research

agendas Work

Programme

Comisión

europea

European

Technology

Platforms

SMEs

**Interim Evaluation of the Seventh Framework

Programme. Report of the Expert Group. Nov

2010

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Succes factors: National technology platforms

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Final remarks

The SMEs need :

KNOWLEDGE WITH SMALL RESOURCES.

• Special tools for partcipating in the work programmes and new

initiatives definition

• Integrated programmes, with less doors and rules. With open priorities.

PROGRAMMES COVERING SMEs ACTIVITIES

• Oportunities for presenting activities in applied research and

demonstration, where the exploitation will be a very important issue.

• Small consortiums, with a paper for the subcontracting.

NOT EXTRA COST

• The supplementary activities as management or dissemination covered

to 100%

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