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EXCELLENCE THROUGH AWARENESS
Project is financed by European Commission within
FP6
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SOME FACTS
Programme THE SIXTH FRAMEWORK
PROGRAMME Priority 1.6.2 SUSTAINABLE
SURFACE TRANSPORT Type SPECIFIC SUPPORT
ACTION Project acronym EUROMAR-BRIDGES Project
full name BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN EU MEMBER
AND CANDIDATE STATES IN MARITIME RESEARCH ON
TRANSPORT WITHIN THE FRAMES OF EUROPEAN
RESEARCH AREA Budget 258 146,00
EUR Starting date 01/12/2006 Finishing date
30/05/2008 Duration 18 months Consortium
10 contractors
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CONSORTIUM
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THE PARTICULAR OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT WERE

• Promoting Candidate Countries Member States
  participation in the joint European research
  activities by so called bringing Europe down to
  the people, i.e. industrial, science and RD
  environments in the form of nationally organized
  Awareness workshops with active attendance of
  experienced experts coming from old member states

HOW WE ACHIEVED THE 1ST OBJECTIVE
1st Awareness Workshop under general title EMEC
Towards East Europe - The Marine Equipment
Industry and the Shipbuilding Global Challenge
How to Benefit from a European Approach? was
organized in Gdansk, Poland on 8th of March 2007
2nd Awareness Workshop under general title
Building Bridges between EU Member and Candidate
States in Maritime Research on Transport was
organized in Riga, Latvia on 19th of April 2007
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WORK PERFORMED VS. 1ST OBJECTIVE
3rd Awareness Workshop under general title
Maritime European Research Area as a Key
Accelerator for Joint RD Activities was
organized in Tulcea, Romania on 8th of June
2007
4th Awareness Workshop under general title
Common RD Problems Solving at the European
Level - Awareness Rising was organized in
Budapest, Hungary in October 2007
5th Awareness Workshop under general title
Participation in European Union Framework
Programmes - Advantages Benefits was organized
in Varna, Bulgaria on 18th October 2007
6th Awareness Workshop under general title Joint
Maritime RD Activities Benefits from European
Approach at the Company Level was organized in
Klaipeda, Lithuania on 15th of November 2007
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WORK PERFORMED VS. 1ST OBJECTIVE
7th Awareness Workshop under general title
Opportunities and Possibilities of Participation
in European Community Programes Euromar-Bridges
project was organized in Zagreb, Croatia on 17th
of December 2007
8th Awareness Workshop under general title
Maritime and Shipping Cluster in the light of
Joint Maritime RDI Activities was organized in
Budapest, Hungary on 29th of February 2008
9th Awareness Workshop under general title
Building Bridges between EU Member, Candidate
and Third States in Maritime Research within the
frames of European Research Area was organized
in St. Petersburg, Russia on 18th of April 2008
9 AWARENESS WORKSHOPS IN TOTAL
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THE PARTICULAR OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT WERE

• Stimulating dissemination and exploitation of the
  information and best practices taking into
  consideration the proper information
  accelerator of the international cooperation as
  one of the most dynamic factor for developing the
  cooperation in the form of specific maritime
  field oriented brokerage events.

HOW WE ACHIEVED THE 2ND OBJECTIVE
1st Brokerage Event devoted to Environment
Protection in Ship Conversion and Repair
Processes specific thematic field was organized
in Gdansk, Poland dated 6th of March 2007
2nd Brokerage Event devoted to Modular
Waterborne Transport specific thematic field was
organized in Gdansk, Poland dated on 14th May
2007
3rd Brokerage Event devoted to The Danube 7th
Pan-European Transport Corridor a New Challenge
for Countires of Central Europe specific
thematic field was organized in Zillina,
Slovakia dated on 05th February 2008
4th Brokerage Event devoted to Generating of New
Ideas about Maritime Technology -2nd FP7 Call
was organized in Istanbul, Turkey, dated on 04th
April 2008
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THE PARTICULAR OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT WERE

• Providing the researchers from these countries
  with support related to preparation of new
  project proposals.

HOW WE ACHIEVED THE 3RD OBJECTIVE
1st project proposal called Modular Waterborne
Transport of MOWAT acronym was elaborated and
submitted under first call of FP7.
The main objectives of the project proposal

• development of special dedicated ship modules
  for easy composition for efficient
  transportation of any cargo
• application of low-emission power modules eg.
  fuel cells, hybrid engines
• development of fleet management philosophy

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WORK PERFORMED VS. 3RD OBJECTIVE
2 project proposal called Environment Protection
in Ship Conversion and Repair Processes of
ENVIPROCON acronym was elaborated and submitted
under first call of FP7.
The main objectives of the project proposal

• Elaboration the supported tools, which linked
  together create the environment protection
  management system for ship repair and
  conversion
• Model and predict the environment impact of the
  technological processes deployed in ship repair
  yards
• Conduct economical analysis of the influence of
  the introduction of the system on the shipyard
  competitiveness and efficiency.

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WORK PERFORMED VS. 3RD OBJECTIVE
3 project proposal called Optimization of
Transport Flows in Central and South - East
European Car Manufacturing Sector for reduction
of Environmental Impact and Costs of OPTIMUS
Acronym was elaborated and submitted under second
call of FP7.
The main objectives of the project proposal

• Elaboration of feasibility study
• Economic analysis
• Matching the priorities of car manufacturing
  sector with waterborne transport.

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THE PARTICULAR OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT WERE

• Further consolidating the maritime national
  contact points established within project partner
  countries by bringing them closely to the
  European Research Area

HOW WE ACHIEVED THE 4TH OBJECTIVE

• 10 Maritime related Contact Points established
  within former project of ENCOMAR-TRANSPORT
  acronym were further consolidated by awareness
  rising activities and by Intent Letter covering
• Dissemination of the information on the FP7 and
  the workshops
• Support in the process of matching the
  partners, finding and joining a proper
  consortium
• Consultation in the scope of the project
  application preparation
• Dissemination of the information on the
  projects implemented within the FP6 FP7 in
  order to create conditions for implementation of
  results of these projects or initiation of
  co-operation on the commercial basis
• Informational support concerning formal and
  financial issues resulting from the
  participation in the EU project.

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SUMMARY

• Impact of Awareness Workshops awareness rising
  of benefits coming from commonly solving problems
  related to sustainable maritime transport
  research
• Impact of Brokerage Events knowledge rising
  related how to prioritizing the objectives and
  requirements on the basis of consensus and 3
  project proposals elaborated
• Co-operation and intensification the efforts in
  Research and Development which are vital to
  improve competitiveness and technological
  excellence in maritime field were achieved 3
  project proposals in total
• Further development and consolidation of 10
  Maritime Contact Points Letter of Intent
• Cooperation barriers destroyed communication
  problems, culture differences, old fashioned
  attitude towards more flexible one
• Creation a knowledge related how to behave in ERA
  management meetings / so called training
  modules how to deal with administrative
  financial matters.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION Joanna Wierszylo
CTO S.A. Tel. [phone] e-mail
Joanna.Wierszylo_at_cto.gda.pl
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