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TransCoSME Newsletter #7, April 2010

Innovation Pie: the Newsletter of PRO INNO Europe

Innovation Pie is the free newsletter of PRO Inno Europe, an initiative of DG Enterprise and Industry aimed at becoming the focal point for innovation policy analysis and policy cooperation in Europe. Its Newsletter launched in November 2009, provides information about the Programme PRO Inno Europe and useful news on innovation and events around the EU.
More info: [1] http://www.proinno-europe.eu/node/15781

Let’s simplify the administrative burden and the financial regulation of European research funding !

A group of experienced European actors have launched a declaration requesting the significant simplification of the administrative burden and the financial framework of European research funding. This is in line with the recommendations and conclusions of many European expert groups. The key message of this recent and bottom- up declaration is that funding of European research should be based on trust and responsible partnering. Research has to be funded according to the nature of research while at the same time ensuring an appropriate level of accountability.
More info: [2] http://www.trust-researchers.eu/

SME Week 2010 pan-European campaign to promote entrepreneurship
The SME week will take place from 25 May to 1 June 2010. Its aim is to inform about support available to entrepreneurs as well as to promote entrepreneurship so that more people, in particular younger ones, consider a career as an entrepreneur.
More info: [3] http://ec.europa.eu/sme-week

Forthcoming calls for SMEs and SME Associations in FP7
109,5 mln euro is foreseen for the call Research for SMEs in 2011 Work
Programme. The calls are supposed to be published at the end of July 2010 with closing date around December 2010/January 2011.
Eurostars: 5th call for projects open!

EUREKA , the European platform for research and development (R&D) funding, has issued an open call for its Eurostars Programme (with the
deadline: 30.09.2010). A Eurostars project can address any technological area; it must, though, have a civilian purpose and be aimed at the development of a new product, process or service. Overall, the projects are collaborative, meaning they must involve at least two participants (legal entities) from two different participating countries. In addition, the main participant must be a research-performing small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) from one of these countries. The role of the SME participants in the project should be significant. At least 50% of an individual project's core activity should be carried out by SMEs. This percentage can, however, include minor contracting. The consortium should be well balanced, with no participant or country investing more than 75% of the total project costs. A Eurostars project should be market-driven. It must have a maximum duration of three years, and, within two years of project completion, have a product ready for market launch. (The exception to this rule applies to biomedical or medical projects, where clinical trials must be started within two years of project completion.) EUREKA stimulates new, innovative, interdisciplinary and market-oriented research networks in Europe. The Eurostars programme is funded by both Eurostars participating countries and the European Commission.
More info: [4] http://www.eurostars-eureka.eu

Demonstration Pilot Action
The 2011 Work Programme foresees a new Pilot action with a call for proposals aimed at funding demonstration projects. The only entities eligible for participation in the new scheme are SMEs which have successfully participated in a Cooperative/Collective project in FP6 or in a ‘Research for SMEs’ project in FP7.

Handbook on lesson learning from PRO INNO Europe projects to help policy making and project management

The PRO INNO Europe recently made available in its Web site a handbook drawn from three years of monitoring and reviewing the INNO-Nets and INNO-Actions. The handbook identifies lessons learnt and proposes recommendations for current and future activities in transnational policy cooperation in the field of innovation. The handbook also draws conclusions on the contributions of 16 selected projects to national or regional innovation policies, such as their abilities to identify key innovation policy themes for future calls and to identify market failures hindering transnational policy cooperation. Ten projects were drawn from INNO-Nets while six were from INNO-Actions. INNO-Nets projects are policy actions to improve and support transnational cooperation in European innovation policies. INNO-Actions are projects aimed at effectively linking actors, such as small and
medium enterprises, to policy, funding and services in the field of innovation.
More info: [5] http://www.proinno-europe.eu/sites/default/files/page/10/03/DRAFT%20Handbook%20INNO%20NETS%20ACTIONS%20V6-18180_v013%20MP.pdf

Events:
20.05.2010, Brussels, Belgium
Conference ‘Innovation in healthcare: from research to market – SMEs in focus’ [6] http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/health/home_en.html

25-26.05.2010, Brussels, Belgium
Brussels Economic Forum 2010 [7] http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/events/2010-05-25_bef2010_en.htm

26.05.2010, Warsaw, Poland
Conference ‘Support for Innovative Enterprises – new perspectives’ [8] http://www.kpk.gov.pl

31.05-01.06.2010, Madrid, Spain
Conference ‘Getting SMEs on the road of recovery’ [9] http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/best-practices/sba_conference_2010_madrid/index_en.htm

27-29.09.2010, Brussels, Belgium
Conference ‘ICT 2010 Digitally Driven’ [10] http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/ict/2010/index_en.htm

References
1. http://www.proinno-europe.eu/node/15781
2. http://www.trust-researchers.eu/
3. http://ec.europa.eu/sme-week
4. http://www.eurostars-eureka.eu/
5. http://www.proinno-europe.eu/sites/default/files/page/10/03/DRAFT%20Handbook%20INNO%20NETS%20ACTIONS%20V6-18180_v013%20MP.pdf
6. http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/health/home_en.html
7. http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/events/2010-05-25_bef2010_en.htm
8. http://www.kpk.gov.pl/
9. http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/best-practices/sba_conference_2010_madrid/index_en.htm
10. http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/ict/2010/index_en.htm