PowerPointPrsentation

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Zentrum für Innovation und Technik in
Nordrhein-Westfalen GmbH Peter
Wolfmeyer Presentation on occasion of the Black
Country Consortium study visit to NRW 17th
March 2005, Düsseldorf
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North Rhine-Westphalia - The marketplace in the
heart of Europe
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ZENIT Zentrum für Innovation und Technik in
Nordrhein-Westfalen GmbH Founded in 1984 as a
Public Private Partnership to support the
structural change in North Rhine-Westphalia
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ZENIT Zentrum für Innovation und Technik in
Nordrhein-Westfalen GmbH
Shareholders

• ZENIT Trägerverein e.V.,
• interdisciplinary interest grouping of over 250
  primarily small and medium-sized enterprises from
  all sectors in NRW
• Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia
• Consortium of bankscomprising NRW.BANK, WGZ Bank
  and the Banking Association of NRW

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Services to Business

• Consulting
• Technology transfer
• Funding advice
• Start-up support
• Marketing and sales support
• Joint stands at important international
  exhibitions at home and abroad

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Services for Ministries

• Technical Evaluator, Project Secretariat
• Provision of information for SMEs about
  technology-oriented funding programmes in NRW and
  at national and EU level as well as about credit
  schemes and associated topics
• Evaluation
• Regional structural policy
• Sectoral initiatives
• Entrepreneur delegations, organisation of
  exhibition participation

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EU Networks /National Contact Points NCP

• Innovation Relay Centre IRCEU contact point for
  innovation and technology transfer
• Euro Info Centre EICInformation and advice on
  European issues
• National Contact Point NCP
• SME - Support in participation in the Sixth
  Framework Programme of the EU
• eTEN - Support of telecommunication and
  information services
• eContent - Promotion of the production,
  dissemination and application of digital content

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Europe-oriented Services

• Support in partner search
• Mediation of co-operation partners and consulting
  services
• International co-operation at key exhibitions
• Technology transfer
• Funding advice (NCP)
• Export

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Background Information on IRC NRW

• Several IRC networks EIC, IRC, OPET, NCP
  eContent/TEN-Telecom, CRAFT
• Value Relay Centre since 1993
• Innovation Relay Centre since 1995
• Consortium IRC with Malta since 2002
• Core Team 10 experts
• Main focus environmental, medical and sensor
  technologies
• Target 30 TTT agreements in 24 mths.
• Internet www.irc.zenit.de

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Participation in projects

• ZukunftsWettbewerb RuhrgebietTargeted support
  for co-operation between the scientific and
  business communities in the Ruhr area.

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Participation in projects

• Zukunft durch Technik.NRW.An initiative of the
  Ministry of Economics in NRW at the interface
  between school - technology - business. The
  initiative is targeted at young people and aims
  to inspire them to pursue technical professions
  and courses of study.

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Participation in projects

• Europa FitplusDemand-led and active assistance
  as well as practical support in the tapping and
  use of market opportunities in the new EU Member
  States in Central and Eastern Europe.

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Participation in projects

• Regionales Dreieck von Weimar A project in the
  framework of INTERREG IIIC- Federal State of
  North Rhine-Westphalia (D)- Conseil Régional of
  Nord-Pas de Calais (F) - Wojewodschaft Silesia
  (PL)