FP6: objectives and instruments for SMEs

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• FP6 objectives and instruments for SMEs
• Brainstorming on eBusiness for SMEs in FP6
• Enrica Chiozza
• New Methods of works and e-commerce

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IST in FP6 - for Priority Areas
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The whole of IST
Trust Confidence
IST for societal challenges
IST for economic challenges
Demanding applications
Integration
Specific
Anywhere anytime natural and enjoyable access to
IST services for ALL
Miniaturised, low cost low power components
µsytems
Natural interactions with  knowledge  
Pervasive, mobile, wireless, trustful
infrastructures
Communic. networking
Software
µ, nano opto electr.
µ and nano systems
Knowledge technologies
interfaces
Generic
Building blocks
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Business Work Challenges
To deliver a major contribution to the EUs New
Strategic Goal
 To become the most competitive and dynamic
knowledge-based economy in the world 

• capable of sustainable economic growth
• with more and better jobs and
• greater social cohesion

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Ways to achieve that...

• supporting innovative forms of e-Business and
  e-Work
• managing world-class research in e-Business and
  e-Work,
• increasing the impact of research results, and
  by,
• developing and supporting relevant policies in
  co-operation with other Commission services and
  Member State initiatives.

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FP6 Instrumentsfor Priority Areas

• Integrated Projects (IP)
• objective driven RTD
• Networks of Excellence (NoE)
• to support RTD excellence to integrate
  long-term European expertise RTD resources
• Specific Targeted Research Projects (STRPs)
• Shared-cost RTD demonstration projects (similar
  to FP5)
• Co-ordination Actions (CA)
• to network co-ordinate RTD innovation
  activities
• Specific Support Actions (SSA)
• to support implementation of FP6 activities
  policies
• Horizontal Research Activities for SME
• Co-operative research
• Collaborative research

Specific for SMEs
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Integrated Projectsat a Glance

• Focused, goal-oriented RD
• Pulling together a critical mass of resources
• May span various elements of technology value
  chain
• e.g. basic research, technologydevelpmt,
  demonstration, take-up, training activities
• Size duration
• Several M to tens of M
• 3-5 years
• Participants
• Minimum 3 legal entities 2 from MS
• Industry-academia collaboration including SMEs

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Networks of Excellenceat a Glance

• Scope
• Virtual network of Centres of Excellence
• To integrate RTD resources across Europe
• To reinforce ST excellence
• To progress knowledge on established or emerging
  fields
• Size duration
• Several M/year
• Support to Joint Programme of Activities (up to
  25) including
• RD, training, intl co-operation, mobility
• 5-7 years
• Participants
• Minimum 3 (2 from MS) Universities, research
  labs, industrial labs, enterprises (including
  SMEs)
• Critical mass of key actors

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NoE - Joint Programme of Activities
Integrating/Shaping RTD in Europe
The NoE field
Partner 2
Partner 1
Partner1
Partner 4
Partner 3
RTD activities in Europe with the NoE (the JPA)
RTD activities in Europe before the NoE (today)
Co-ordinated
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Specific Targeted RTD Projects

• Principle focused on one specific activity
  specific results
• by supporting research activities of more limited
  scope ambition than Integrated Projects
• Similar to current RTD contracts
• research (50)
• demonstration (35)
• combined research demonstration
• Participation at least 3 independent
  organisations
• from at least two Member States or Associated
  States

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Co-ordination Specific Support Actions

• Co-ordination Actions
• Similar to current thematic networks
• Support to logistics, ...
• can cover up to 100 of additional costs

• Specific Support Actions
• An evolved form of the accompanying measures of
  FP5
• e.g. conferences, seminars, studies and
  analyses,expert groups, operational support,
  dissemination,information and communication
  activities

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WP2003-04 Themes

• Networked business and government
• Product services design 2010
• Applications for the mobile user
• Cross-media content development
• Technology-enhanced learning and access to
  culture
• Open development platforms for software and
  services
• Semantic-based knowledge systems cognitive
  systems
• Dependability and security framework, risk
  management
• Embedded systems and safety of road vehicles and
  transport systems
• Post-CMOS, micro and nano-systems, displays,
  optical opto-electronic, photonic components,
  interfaces
• Broadband access, networked audio-visual
  systems, home networks, mobile and wireless after
  3G, e-Inclusion, e-health

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Business Work Challenges
Management of dynamic collaborative networks
Technologies for Interoperability
Networked businesses and governments
Open, secure, interoperable re-configurable
e-government platforms
Managing Knowledge to support innovation
IST as driver for small businesses and government
re-organisation
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Business Work Challenges.
Services and Products engineering in 2010
Technologies, engineering methodologies, novel
tools and work environments, demonstrating
holistic product design, standardisation,...
Applications and Services for the mobile User and
Worker
Integration of innovative mobile and multi-modal
applications, barriers to application deployment,
interoperability and openness of services,...
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Good to know
For More Information ...
? Work Programme 2003-2004
? Guidelines on the FP6 Instruments
? Support SMEs participation in FP6
? 1st Call for proposals (17Dec 2002)
? Guidelines for Proposers
http//www.cordis.lu/en/home.html
http//www.europa.eu.int/comm/research/nfp/network
s-ip.html
http//europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/index_en.ht
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