Building of the Russian Regional Information Network for the Development of International Mobility o

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Building of the Russian Regional Information
Network for the Development of International
Mobility of Researchers NCP Network in Poland

• M.Sc. Eng. Joanna Basztura
• Head of Unit of RTD and Regional Programmes of
  the EU
• Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw Centre
  for Technology Transfer
• 20.05.2005 Moscow, Russia

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Plan of the presentation

• Lower Silesia region short description
• Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw Centre
  for Technology Tranfsfer (mission, activities)
• Polish Ministry support to encourage the
  participation of researchers and companies in FP5
  and FP6
• NCP Network in Poland structure
• Role of Regional Contact Points
• Regional initiatives to overcome low
  participation in FP5/FP6

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Dolnoslaskie Lower Silesia

• The Dolnoslaskie Voivodship is located in
  south-western POLAND borders Germany, (in the
  west), and the Czech Republic (in the south),
  which makes economic co-operation with
  neighbouring countries one of the assets of this
  region.
• Territory 19 948 km2 ,
• population in total. ca. 2 985 000,
• GPD of the region 6 870 millions of EURO
• unemployment rate 17,3
• Export value 2 100 millions EURO
• Foreign investments in the region 1 900 millions
  of EURO

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Wroclaw University of Technology

• Founded in 1945 (mainly scientific staff from
  Lvov).
• 31,936 students studying in Wroclaw and at its
  three branches in the region
• 2,035 academic teachers
• 12 faculties
• 600 detailed thematic fields
• www.pwr.wroc.pl

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Wroclaw University of Technology

• WCTT was created in 1995 year in the frame of
  PHARE Tempus project Bridging the gap between
  university and industry.
• Partners of the project
• Wroclaw University of Technology
• Stuttgart University
• Brunel University in West London
• WCTT is a self-financing department of
• the Wroclaw University of Technology,
• it employs 21 people
• www.wctt.pl

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• Non-profit activity
• Self-financing
• Semi-independent department of University
• 3 Units (EU RTD and regional programmes,
  technology transfer and consulting, training and
  finances)

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Mission Statement of the WCTT

• WCTT business is to provide industrial companies
  with the information, promotion, training,
  consulting and assistance by the implementation
  of advanced methods, technologies and
  organisation especially in the south-west Poland.
  
• Bridging the gap between university and industry
  and joining the university know-how with
  industrial experience is the main advantage of
  our activities.
• WCTT mission is to increase the productivity and
  competitiveness of Polish companies.

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Yesterday and today
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Activities

• Trainings
• Information services
• Consulting
• Projects

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Trainings

• Quality Management
• TQM
• ISO 9000 / QS 9000
• Methods and Techniques of Quality Assurance
• SPC
• Continues Improvement Methods (QFD, FMEA, etc.)
• Internal Quality Auditor
• Production Management Systems
• Inventory Management
• Supplier selection and evaluation
• Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma
• Project Management
• ISO 14000
• CAD/CAM

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Information services

• Funding opportunities FP6, PHARE programmes,
  Structural Funds, enterpreneurship support)
• Start up support (legal, financial, business
  plans, other issues)
• Searching for partners FP6, technology transfer
• High-Tech bulletin (3000 copies sent to
  companies) quarterly
• WWW.wctt.pl

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Consulting

• Technological Audits
• One day visit in company or research team
• Identification of technology needs or/and offers
• Support of the transnational technology transfer
  negotiations
• Technical consulting, e.g.
• Implementation of Quality Systems
• Lean Manufacturing
• Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Tooling
• Assistance on proposal preparation to FP 6,
  Strauctural Funds, PHARE programmes
• Stimulating enterpreneurship start up, spin off
  companies, organisation of an annual graduate
  competion My own company after studies

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Enterpreneurship

• Competition Idea for an innovative company
• 4 editions since 2001
• Aim Promotion of the academic enterpreneurship
• 235 participants in 2001-2004
• At least 5 new companies after 3 editions (e.g.
  Lediko www.lediko.com)

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EU recent Projects

• FP 6 projects
• 1. REGinNET- Network of Contact Points in Europe
• 2. POLFOOD Promotion of participation in Food
  quality in FP6
• 3. NANOMAT stimulation of SME participation in
  FP6 in NMP programme
• 4. GET-IN stimulation of SMEs participation in
  FP6 in IST programme
• 5. MOBILITY Centre Promotion of researchers
  mobility
• 6. IRC West Poland - Transnational technology
  transfer support
• 7. PROPLUS enterpreneurship support and
  stimulation
• 8. UPRIS Upgrading the Development of the Lower
  Silesia Innovation System
• 9. IMPACT SCAN4 INNOPOL - evaluating of the
  impact of Regional Innovation Strategies
• UNDER NEGOTIATIONS
• 10. TECARE stimulating of participation in Food
  Quality programme

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Other initiatives

• INTAS projects
• INTAS ININ ERA goes East (Trainings given to the
  National Contact Points in Russia, Ukraine,
  Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan about FP6, how to
  give consultancies, how to write proposals)
• INTAS ININ Continuous advice to Russia
• LEONARDO DA VINCI PROJECTS
• PROFUSE project

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Poland start in FP5

• Beginning of FP5 State of the art
• - General bad situation of science financing
  in Poland (0,5 of GDP)
• Scientists have 2-4 other jobs to make ends meet
  , low motivation to take part in EU programmes
  (too complicated and time consuming, disbelief
  that they can be successful)
• Universities and companies are not aware of FP5,
  rules of participation, types of projects, etc.,
  they do not prepare proposals
• English language problems discourage them from
  reading the documents and information in English
• Problems with copying of documents, low or no
  budget for travelling to find partners
• Institutional problems (accountancy departments
  treats researchers who have a EU project as a
  problem, they do not help, problems with separate
  accounts, cost statements)

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Poland start in FP5

• Beginning of FP5 State of the art
• - Researchers either think they know everything
  about EU programmes and they do not want any help
  from the NCP or they underestimate their
  potential)
• They make conacts in Poland to submit a proposal
  instead of searching for them abroad the
  results in the consortium the majority of
  partners are Polish, the proposal fails
• Researchers like to solve regional (Polish)
  problems and not European results proposal is
  rejected
• They want that somebody else writes the proposal
  for them, they say they do not have time, they
  have lectures with students, they have to go to a
  conference, etc.
• They come only once to the NCP to take
  application forms and they do not come back
  anymore
• They are afraid of showing the proposal to the
  NCP they fear somebody will steal the idea

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Our (RCP) expectations at the beginning

• A big number of proposals will be submitted by
  our researchers
• Researchers visiting us frequently to get advice
• Foreign partners will search for Polish partners
• We (Polish) researchers are good enough to be
  seen and invited into the consortia
• There will be Polish coordinators of projects
• It is enough to give them information about the
  call and application forms

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Poland Start in FP5

• Polish State Committee of Scientific Research
  started with 2 Actions to overcome this
  situation
• Indirect support by establishing NCP network
• Direct support of researchers

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Polish Ministry support to encourage the
participation of researchers and companies in FP5

• Creation of the network of National Contact
  Points of the FP5 in Poland in 1999
• Support for reseachers and companies
• Grants for organisations (researchers and
  companies) to encourage them to take part in the
  first calls (grants for grants) of FP5
• Reimboursement of the costs of the proposal
  preparation to FP5, FP6
• Co-financing of the projects financed by the
  Commission in FP5/FP6

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Creation of the NCP Network in Poland

• Start in 1999 Polish State Committee for
  Scientific Research published a call for
  proposals for organisations that want to play a
  role of the National Contact Points of FP5 in
  Poland.
• The aim 1 central National Contact Point in
  Warsaw and several regional and branch Contact
  Points all over Poland to be chosen (almost in
  all big cities)
• The grant that winning organisations get will
  cover expenses of the personnel (usually 1-2
  persons) to be employed, material, some equipment
  costs, travelling, printing, translation,
  preparation of the bullletin, mail costs, etc.)
• The winning organisations sign a contract with
  the Ministry for 1 year and after 1 year they
  have to submit a report (technical and financial
  one)

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Creation of the NCP Network in Poland

• Criteria of evaluation
• Experiences in previous European Research or
  other programmes e.g. COST, EUREKA, etc.,
  (participation or coordination of projects), how
  many, results
• Experiences of participation in evaluation panels
  of European projects,
• Description of services to be delivered to
  researchers and companies (what, how many, in
  which way tools) consultancies, partner
  search, dissemination of information,
  organisation of trainings, information days,
  Description of facilities that the organisation
  has computers, fax, phone, copying machine,
  internet access, meetings rooom, etc.

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Creation of the NCP Network in Poland

• Criteria of evaluation
• CV of the staff that will perform the role of the
  NCP (education, knowledge of languages, computer
  skills, communication skills, experiences with
  foreign countries stages, work, studies)
• Cost of the work and the level of cofinancing
  from own resources

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Creation of the NCP Network in Poland

• Results of the call
• - 1 NCP in Warsaw Institute of the Fundamental
  Problems of Technics of the Polish Academy of
  Sciences (www.kpk.gov.pl)
• 8 Regional Contact Points in main Polish cities
  (one of them Wroclaw Centre for Technology
  Transfer of Wroclaw University of Technology)
  www.wctt.pl
• Several branch contact points (e.g ship,
  textiles, horticulture, etc.)
• The winning organisations were
• Departments of International Cooperation of
  Universities or Technical Universities
• Technology Transfer Departments of Universities
  or Technical Universities
• Research Institutions (as branch contact points)
• Foundations
• Technology Parks, etc.

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Creation of the NCP Network in Poland

• Each year the call for proposals for NCPs is
  repeated and new organisations can join the
  network
• Reports on the activity should be submitted
• There is a general website of the Polish NCP
  network with documents, addresses, etc.
  www.kpk.gov.pl,
• www.6pr.pl

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NCP Network in Poland structure now

• 1 National Contact Point in Warsaw (all thematic
  and horizontal programmes)
• 11 Regional Contact Points
• 50 Branch Contact Points
• 151 Local Contact Points

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Role of Regional Contact Points

• MISSION
• The mission of RCPs is to increase the
  participation of scientists and SMEs in the 6th
  Framework Programme for European Research and
  Technological Development (2002-2006). They
  usually cooperate within a national network that
  consists of the National Contact Point and
  Regional Contact Points.
• TASKS
• To give information on the 6th Framework
  Programme for research and development sector and
  companies
• To provide documentation (also application forms)
  usually by electronic means but also on paper
• To organize seminars, workshops, training
  sessions and lectures on the possibilities of the
  participation, project management, finance

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Role of Regional Contact Points

• To verify project proposals
• To help to search foreign partners
• To disseminate information about FP6 law aspects,
  practical issues, deadlines and rules of
  participation
• To promote of the successful 5th and 6th
  Framework Programme applications
• To give information about others programmes and
  initiatives of the European Union
• To cooperate with other Polish Contact Points and
  foreign Contact Points
• To create and develop a network of Local Contact
  Points

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Experiences of being a Regional Contact Point in
the NCP network

• .......At the beginning
• Poor communication between NCP and RCPs
• Centralisation (everything has to be decided in
  Warsaw), no dialogue at the meetings of the
  Network
• Lack of trust between network members,
  competition
• No cooperation, distance
• No direct contacts with the Commission and
  western NCPs
• Lack of experience and information
• ....

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Experiences of being a Regional Contact Point in
the NCP network

• ....... Some months/years later
• Cooperation with another region/city of Poznan -
  Sharing information, giving trainings in Wroclaw
  and Poznan, submission of the Innovation Relay
  Centre proposal
• Start of cooperation with western NCP and
  organisations in the region submission of a
  proposal in FP 5 INCO for the encouragement of
  participation of the organisations in the region
  in FP5
• Start of cooperation with other Regional Contact
  Points in Poland publishing a leaflet about
  special calls for ACC countries, preparation of
  the proposal for the FP6 promotion
• A 5 month stage in Brussels in the Directorate
  General Research, Environment Directorate
  knowing people from Brussels
• Start of cooperation with other NCPs in Western
  Europe and regions in Accession Candidate
  Countries REGinNET project

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How the network of NCPs operates in Poland now

• Meetings 2-3 times a year of the whole network
  (60 people) trainings at each meeting
• Common bulletin each month sent to RCPs and
  researchers from all over Poland
• Website with info about events, documents, etc.
  www.6pr.pl
• Intranet internal communication platform within
  the network
• Publication of leaflets about FP6
• Translation of documents model contract,
  consortium agreement, workprogrammes, application
  forms, FP6 in brief
• Cooperation with Local Contact Points
• NCPs send partner searches to RCPs and RCPs to
  clients
• NCPS give RCPs information they get from
  Brussels
• NCPS from Warsaw come to regions to give
  presentations about FP6
• THERE IS MORE TRUST, COOPERATION AND SHARING
  OF INFORMATION NOWC THAN IT WAS 5 YEARS AGO

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Achievements 2004 Regional Contact Point for
FP6 (RCP)

• 1 big conference was organised, 17 trainings, 6
  workshops, 2 Information Days (in total 788
  participants)
• 25 project proposals were consulted
• 1795 consultations (98 personal meetings, 402
  phone calls, 1295 e-mails)
• Dissemiantion of information to 820 companies and
  research institutions about FP6
• 1414 offers sent to Local Contact Points
• 8 articles in the High-Tech bulletin sent to 3000
  companies about FP6
• 7 articles published in national newspapers
  Gazeta Wyborcza, Rzeczpospolita, Slowo
  Polskie about FP6 and RCP

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Support for reseachers and companies

• Grant for grant
• To encourage the participation in the first call
  of proposals of the EU
• 15 000 zl (about 4 000 ) at the beginning of
  FP5 to search for partners (travel) and to
  reimbourse costs of the preparation of the
  proposal)
• Reimboursement of the costs of the proposal
  preparation to FP5 during the whole FP5
• 30 000 zl (8000 ) for the reimbursement of costs
  connected with the preparation of the proposal as
  a coordinator (paid even if the proposal failed)
• 15 000 zl (4 000 ) for each participant of the
  FP5 proposal that was submitted to the Commission
  and failed but the proposal got at least the mark
  3.0 (good)

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Support for reseachers and companies

• Co-financing of the projects financed by the
  Commission
• to encourage the participation in the first call
  of proposals of the EU
• Grant aiming at covering the costs not paid by
  the Commission (researchers already employed at
  university who took part in the project)
• up to 90 of costs paid by the Commission in
  1999
• up to 80 of costs paid by the Commission in
  2000
• up to 70 of costs paid by the Commission in
  2001
• up to 60 of costs paid by the Commission in
  2002 and this is maintained in FP6 at the moment
• Notice! All grants were paid to the institution
  and not to the individual researcher. There were
  some exceptions and differences connected with
  the legal status and type of the project.

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Regional initiatives to overcome low
participation in FP5/FP6

• 3 projects successfully submitted to FP5 and FP6
• PRANET - A pragmatic approach towards the 5th
  Framework Programme. Networking in the region,
  (1.01.2001 30.06.2002), Contract No
  ICA1-CT-2000-50007
• POLTOUR - Promotion of the 6th Framework
  Programme by Tour. (1.08.2002 30.06.2001)
  POLTOUR, Contract No ICA1-CT-2002-60021
• REGinNET- Regional approach towards FP6. Network
  of contacts points in large Accession Candidate
  Countries and Member States, (1.07.2004
  30.06.2006), Contract No INCO-CT-2004-003399

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Example of the SSA proposal in INCO in FP5

• Title A pragmatic approach towards the 5th
  Framework Programme. Networking in the region
• Acronym PRANET
• Duration 18 months
• Keywords Training, information, assistance
• Consortium
• Coordinator 1.Wroclaw Centre for Technology
  Transfer of Wroclaw University of Technology
  (PL)
• Partners
• 2. University of Wroclaw (PL)
• 3. Lower Silesia Voivodship (PL)
• 4. EG-Liaison (NL)

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Example of the SSA proposal in INCO in FP5

• Objectives of the proposal
• To stimulate the awareness of researchers and
  companies from the Lower Sileasia region in
  POland to take part in FP 5
• To promote the abroad research potential of the
  researchers and companies from the region
• To help researchers and companies get into the
  projects prepared by coordinators from western
  countries
• To stimulate cooperation of Contact Points in the
  region
• Target group
• Researchers from the region
• Companies from the region
• Contact Points of different universities in the
  region

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Example of the SSA proposal in INCO in FP5

• Workpackages
• Workpackage 1 Preparation of the trainings in
  the south west part of Poland
• - Kick of meeting in NL (visits in research
  institutions, companies, training on FP5)
• - Identification of the target group
• - Preaparation of the programme of the trainings
  in Poland (6 trainings on how to fill in the
  forms and how to get in contact with western
  partners, partner search, etc.)
• Deliverable
• Programme of the trainings
• Report on the visit in NL

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Example of the SSA proposal in INCO in FP5

• Workpackages
• Workpackage 2 Promotion activities
• - Preaparation of the leaflet inviting to the
  trainings
• - Contacts with media
• - Information on website
• - Ivitation sent to 1500 reseachers anf
  companies
• Deliverables
• Leaflet
• Announcement in the local newspaper, scientific
  journal
• Website
• Invitation letter

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Example of the SSA proposal in INCO in FP5

• Workpackages
• Workpackage 3 Organisation of the trainings
• - Preparation of a database of potential
  participants
• - Renting a room
• - Arranging translator
• - Arranging infrastructure (projector,
  computer, headphones, etc.)
• - Catering (coffee breaks, lunch)
• - Prearation of the training material
  (translation, copying)
• - Registration of participants
• Deliverables
• List of participants with signatures
• Training material

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Example of the SSA proposal in INCO in FP5

• Workpackages
• Workpackage 5 Consultancies
• - Giving consultancies to reaserchers and
  companies from the region on how to fill in forms
  and find a partner
• - Checking proposals
• Deliverables
• No of projects that were submitted to the
  Commission
• No of consultancies (how many)
• Number of research institutions from the region
  that were included as partners in the projects
  submitted by foreign partners

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Example of the SSA proposal in INCO in FP5

• Workpackages
• Workpackage 6 Management of the project
• - Kick off meeting in NL
• - Preaparation of reports
• - Control of the project realisation
• Deliverables
• Report (intermediary and final to the Commission)
• Minutes of the trainings and meetings

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Example of the SSA proposal in INCO in FP5

• Results
• In total 15 Information days (706 participants)
  and 10 workshops have been organised (495
  participants)
• Promotion of the possibilities for cooperation
  with research institutions of South West Poland
  was realised thanks to electronic version of Book
  of Reference for Potential Partners, which was
  introduced during the trainings and info-days. It
  is connected with Western web sites for searching
  partners from CEEC.
• Producing tools for international cooperation
  for SMEs publishing a guide Possibilities
  of innovation development in the Lower Silesia
  Region
• Participations of partners from South West Poland
  in 69 project proposals submitted in the 5th
  Framework Programme. This objective was achieved
  through all the trainings but particularly those
  related to the special calls for proposals,
  directly, the assistance on writing the proposal
  increased the number of submitted applications.
• During the lifetime of the project there were 296
  consultancies given by WCTT (individual meetings
  with researchers and enterprises), 114 phone
  consultancies and 1280 e-mails sent to the
  network of partnering organisations and
  individuals

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POLTOUR - Promotion of the 6th Framework
Programme in south and west Poland by Tour

• Aim
• awareness of the 6th Framework Programme has to
  be increased in the south and west part of Poland
  and the possibilities of joining the 6th
  Framework programme have to be promoted
• increasing participation in the 6th Framework
  Programme in all types of projects (Networks of
  Excellences, integrated projects, CRAFT,
  fellowships, etc
• Target groups
• 1. Liaison officers
• 2. Researchers
• 3. Entrepreneurs
• Partners
• 1. Wroclaw Centre for Technology Transfer
  (WCTT) - Coordinator
• 2. Poznan Science and Technology Park (PSTP)
• 3. Technical University of Szczecin TUS (PS)
• 4. Technology Transfer Centre, Cracow University
  of Technology (CUT)
• 5. Senter/EG-Liaison The Netherlands

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POLTOUR - Promotion of the 6th Framework
Programme in south and west Poland by Tour

• Tasks
• WP 1 Management of the network
• WP 2 Promotion campaign.
• WP3 Awareness tour in 4 regions of Poland for
  the researchers and enterprises
• WP 4 Assistance
• Results
• In total 4 conferences were organised. in Krakow,
  Wroclaw, Poznan and Szczecin regions, 1300
  participants attended 4 conferences including 143
  companies
• 300 consultancies given by the partners of the
  consortium (individual meetings with researchers
  and enterprises)

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REGinNET- Regional approach towards FP6. Network
of contacts points in large Accession Candidate
Countries and Member States

• Aim
• 1. Networking of the regional contact points
  (RCPs)
• 2. Staff exchange with EU contact points, to
  strengthen bilateral cooperation between ACC and
  Member States regions by fellowships
• 3. Information and brokerage days - provide
  information to research community and other
  organizations in ACC and facilitate prospective
  proposal partnerships
• Tasks
• WP1. Networking of Contact Points
• WP2. Staff exchange
• WP3. Raising awareness in the regions
• WP4. The management of the project WP5.
  Dissemination of results

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REGinNET- Regional approach towards FP6. Network
of contacts points in large Accession Candidate
Countries and Member States

• Partners
• 1. Wroclaw Centre for Technology Transfer,
  Wroclaw University of Technology, PL
• 2. Poznan Science and Technology Park, PL
• 3. Technical University of Szczecin, PL
• 4. Cracow University of Technology, PL
• 5. SC IPA SA CIFATT Craiova, RO 
• 6. Timisoara Chamber of Commerce, Industry
  Agriculture-Euro Info Centre, RO
• 7. RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXTILE MACHINES, plc.,
  CZ
• 8. University of OstravaDep. of research, science
  and international relations, CZ
• 9. Pecs University Medical Center, HU
• 10. Varna Free University, Varna, Bulgaria, BG
• 11. Ege Universitesi, EBILTEM, TU
• 12. University of Szeged, HU
• 13. University of Debrecen, HU
• 14. EG-Liaison/Senter, NL
• 15. Bureau for International Research and
  Technology, AT
• 16. Beta Technology Limited, GB
• 17. Agency for the Promotion of European
  Research, I
• 18. Ministry of Science, Technology and
  Innovation,Danish Tecnological Institute, DK

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REGinNET- Regional approach towards FP6. Network
of contacts points in large Accession Candidate
Countries and Member States

• Major deliverables
• Networking - 6 workshops for the 13 Regional
  Contact Points, e-mail newsletter twice a month,
• Regional Contact Points Reference Guide a tool
  for the RCP staff,
• 13-26 one-two week fellowships to experienced
  contact points in MS (the Netherlands, Denmark,
  Austria, Italy, Spain, England or other NCPs in
  Europe)
• information leaflets and brochures of individual
  universities and companies presented by each
  fellow from 13 ACC regions to the 6 Member State
  Hosts, 13 presentations in Power Point of
  research institutions and companies of ACC
  regions,
• about 100 partnering profiles promoted on the
  fellowships, foreseen 40 effective partnerships
  in projects,
• 13 infodays and brokerage events in ACC regions,
  1300 participants from the scientific community
  and companies, at least 200 bilateral contacts
  initiated at the events.
• Project website and leaflet presenting the
  network.
• PROJECT WEBSITE
• http//www.transfer.edu.pl/reginnet/

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How we overcame the barrier to be invited into
consortia

• We participated in the meetings organised by our
  National Contact Points sharing of
  information/experiences from the closed attitude
  towards trust (I give you information this time
  you will give me next time)
• We tried to get a contact with foreign NCPs
  during workshops, seminars, conferences, not only
  to give a business card but have longer
  conversations, we tried to establish some common
  interests (not with everybody but with the ones
  who showed some interest in cooperation with us)
• We tried to submit proposals in the frame of
  Specific Support Actions (SSA) to FP5 and FP6 to
  have additional funding to support our
  researchers and companies and to stimulate them
  to join FP5 and 6 projects

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How we overcame the barrier to be invited into
consortia

• We submitted SSA proposals as coordinator with
  the best foreign NCPs with so that we opened a
  door for our researchers to the coordinators from
  the countries of our project partners
• We tried to contact the European Commission our
  project officer, project officers in the field of
  proposals submitted by our researchers with
  questions, remarks, etc whenever we were in
  Brussels
• We tried to go to good trainings/conferences with
  EC representatives and establish good contact
  with them
• We had a stagiare in DG Research for 5 months who
  made contacts with different EC Departments

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How we overcame the barrier to be invited into
consortia

• We subscribed to the database of experts in FP6
  to gain experience as evaluators
• We organised a lot of practical sessions for
  researcheers how to write a proposal
• We assisted them at all stages of proposal
  preaparation and submission and management
• We were contacting colleagues/EC if they had some
  problems, questions
• We were not afraid of making mistakes, failures
  and to ask questions when needed

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Present situation

• Our researchers are well informed and trained
• We have good contacts all over Europe and in the
  European Commission
• We have 10 projects in FP6 (only as a department
  of the University)
• We are being invited to the next ETI, SSAs
  projects and unfortunately we have to say no....
• BUT...
• It is still too difficult for Polish researchers
  to coordinate projets (IPs are too big)
• Not all research topics are addressed in FP6
• FP6 is too beaurocratic (reporting, audit
  certificates, etc.)
• Our Ministry still have to monitor our
  participation and if it is too low to ask the EC
  to launch specific calls for New Member States
• There is very low success rate in CRAFT projects
  and Marie Curie Fellowships
• We have to keep people continuously informed and
  interested in FP6

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Contact

• Joanna Basztura
• Wroclaw Centre for Technology Transfer
• Wroclaw University of Technology
• ul. Smoluchowskiego 48
• 50-372 Wroclaw, Poland
• tel [phone]
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• e-mail j.basztura_at_wctt.pl
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