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EEN North East Geoff Archer
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Enterprise Europe Network (NE)

• 3 Partners
• Teesside University
• Centre for Process Innovation
• Newcastle Science City
• Complementary Expertise and Networks

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Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) what is it?

• Aim one-stop shop to meet all the information
  needs of SMEs and companies in Europe.
• 600 different organisations encompassing over
  4,000 staff in over 40 countries
• Chambers of Commerce, RDAs or DAs or University
  technology centres
• Designed for SMEs but available to all
  businesses, research centres and universities
  across Europe
• A two-way network bringing the European
  Commission closer to businesses and vice versa

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In Brief

• Information on doing business in Europe, European
  opportunities and the European Commission
• Assisting technology transfer in and out of North
  East England
• Increasing the RD funding coming into North East
  England

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EEN how we help?

• Support for innovation and technology transfer
• Dissemination and exploitation of research
  results
• Identifying client technology needs and/or
  technology offers
• Finding suitable partners for further
  development, commercialisation, joint ventures
  etc.
• Facilitating the technology/knowledge transfer
  process.
• Facilitating access to collaborative RD Funding
• Providing advice on IPR

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European IPR Helpdesks
The European IPR Helpdesk offers free of charge,
first-line support on IP and IPR matters to
beneficiaries of EU funded research projects and
EU SMEs involved in transnational partnership
agreements, especially within the Enterprise
Europe Network (EEN).
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Thank You

• For further information contact us
• e een_at_tees.ac.uk
• t 01642 384414
• http//www.een-northeast.co.uk/