1. Kick-off meeting 16 March 2011 INTERACT Pilot Activity on Cooperation in Objectives 1 and 2 State Development Corporation of Thuringia (LEG) Kathrin Wagner, Thuringian Coordination Office TNA

2. Contact Details Thuringian Coordination Office TNA Division EU-Cooperation Department Urban and Regional Development State Development Corporation of Thuringia Mainzerhofstraße 12 99084 Erfurt Germany e-mail: tna@leg-thueringen.de Lars Wrage, Project Manager EU-Cooperation Phone: +49 (0)361 5603 395 e-mail: Lars.Wrage@leg-thueringen.de Kathrin Wagner, Project Assistant EU-Cooperation Phone: +49 (0)361 5603 394 e-mail: Kathrin.Wagner@leg-thueringen.de website: www.tna-thueringen.de

3. Contents 1. Call ERDF-TNA 2. Project examples of Calls ERDF-TNA 3. Call ERDF-TNA 2010

4. Call ERDF-TNA 1. Call ERDF – TNA - objectives:  involvement of Thuringian companies and institutions in transnational projects dealing with R&D, innovation  spurring of networks and lasting partnerships - budget: 250.000 – 500.000 Euros, duration: 2 – 3 years - topics defined by the Steering Committee TNA - expenditures of the Thuringian project partners can be funded up to 75% (provided by the EU and the Free State of Thuringia) - Call: two-stage process in which the project initiatives are discussed and evaluated by the members of the Steering Committee TNA

5. Call ERDF-TNA 2. Project examples of Calls ERDF – TNA - 29 projects (total funding: approx. 8 million Euro) - total: 80 project proposals (189 Thuringian and 165 transnational partners) - project examples: a) “Glyco-Protein Sensor“ - Budget: € 879.290 - University of Applied Sciences Jena, Jena - total Thuringian budget: € 278.000 - Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Picardie - Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Picardie - total budget transnational cooperation partners: € 601.290

6. Call ERDF-TNA b) Songs2See - Budget: € 785.669 - Fraunhofer Institut für Digitale Medientechnologie, Ilmenau - KIDS Interactive GmbH, Erfurt - Sweets for Brains GmbH i.G., Erfurt - total Thuringian budget: € 594.919 - TU Tampere, Länsi-Suomi - Stord/ Haugesund University College, Hordaland - Grieg Music Education AS, Hordaland - total budget transnational cooperation partners: € 190.750

7. Call ERDF-TNA 3. Call ERDF – TNA 2010 GreenTech Topics and Technology Fields