1www.ideal-ist.net

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Framework 6

• Silvana Muscella
• Ideal-ist Project Representative
• NCP Italy
• ncpit_at_cpr.it
• www.meta.cpr.it/idealist/
• www.ideal-ist.net

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Partner Search mechanism

• Contents Finding Partners
• How does the Partner Search work?
• How effective is the Ideal-ist method?
• Statistics from 1st FP6 Call
• What added value does the service offer?
• Conclusions

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How does the Partner Search work? www.ideal-ist.ne
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Step 1
The user wishes to insert a new

partner search on www.ideal-ist.net



Step 2

Italian User


After the

user has

inserted and

saved the
e
-
mail

Italian user

form, the
registers to

server sends
mailing list
an email to
selects

areas of
the Italian


interest
rep. with a

link to the

I
deal
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ist
form for him

to validate

Rep. Italy


Ideal
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ist 32
representatives

Correction of the
PS, Approved
with saved
modifications


DE DK, BE, AT etc.


www.ideal
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ist.net




Step 3
Web page creation of the accepted

proposal and submission of e
-
mail to the 32

Ideal
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ist representatives.




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Partner Search mechanism

• PARTNER SEARCH ID   IT115
• DATE 24/03/03
• CALL ADDRESSED BY THIS PROPOSAL Call 1         
• RESEARCH PRIORITY Knowledge technologies and
  digital content
• STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 3.1.7 Semantic-based
  Knowledge Systems
• EVALUATION SCHEME   One-step
• DEADLINE OF PROPOSAL 24/04/2003
• TYPE OF PROJECTSpecific Targeted research
  Project
• PROPOSAL NAME KNOBSUBJECTKnowledge Network
  Ontology Based to enhance SME competitive
  advantageKEYWORDS Peer to peer, JXTA, Globus
  Toolkit, Ontology, knowledge exchange, web
  services, GRID computing
• FURTHER INFO http//www.ideal-ist.net/fp6/3.1.7/I
  T115.htm

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How effective is the Ideal-ist method?
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PS launched by organisation
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PS by Country Group
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What added value does the service offer?

• Organisations feel they are receiving an
  individual personalised service from Ideal-ist
• Many organisations deal personally with their
  Ideal-ist representative and seek advice
  suggestions
• Immediate, international feedback from
  potentially interested organisations
• Expand their networking channels
• Learn about new, innnovative projects worldwide
• Interested organisations can propose themselves
  as partners as well as proposers

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What added value does the service offer?

• The Ideal-ist network works closely with its 32
  partners
• Finding the right international partner, via the
  Ideal-ist representative is common practice
• All Ideal-ist members have a national database
  where organisations are divided into different
  types of Research Priority areas so companies are
  well-known
• Excellent dissemination visibility for proposers
• The Partner Searches reach a targeted audience
• Confidence for proposers in each, individual
  search

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Conclusions

• Over 117 Partner Searches were published during
  first call 17 December 2002
• More than 4,400 responses
• Average of 38 responses per partner search, 58 in
  the case of IPs
• Around 93 proposers found appropriate partners
  to form consortia
• Around 41 of proposals originated from newcomers
  to the IST programme
• The service is
• FAST
• EFFECTIVE with
• IMMEDIATE RESULTS