ITC HOLDING s.r.o. Brussels, 24 November 2010 The Eurostars Programme Experience with preparation of Eurostars projects ITC HOLDING s.r.o. 1

2 Main areas of activities: Support and consulting of research and development projects Mediating access to European research and development support programmes Promoting research and development activities in the Czech Republic Support for searching partners (cooperation abroad) Organization of conferences and seminars focused on R&D Overview of International R&D Projects: 42 realized EUREKA projects (company start-up in 2000) 28 finished EUREKA projects 1 realized Eurostars project Cooperating organizations: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports – EUREKA National Secretariat (CZ) EUREKA Secretariat - Brussels (BE) FFG - The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (AT) Essential – ITC HOLDING s.r.o. ITC HOLDING s.r.o. is an applied and industrial research and development support provider for industrial companies, research institutes, universities and other organizations.

ITC HOLDING s.r.o. Title:Development of the e-Learning system for dyslexia rectification and automatic effectiveness assessment of its utilization Main participant :B&M InterNets, s.r.o., Czech Republic Other participant:Indra Sistemas S.A., Spain Start date:1 July 2008 Duration:36 months Budget:1.12 M€ Contribution:66.7 % Czech republic 33.3 % Spain Project output:e-Learning programs, Dyslexia web portal More information: 3 Funded E* project – E! 4388 DYSLEXTEST First deadline - 8 February 2008

ITC HOLDING s.r.o. 4 Eurostars projects with negative evaluation E! 4661 ANIREN (Second deadline - 21 November 2008) Title: Development of original route of synthesis of the key intermediates of antihypertensive drugs Evaluation result: Innovation is rather low, the partnership is unclear and project application is not well defined. E! 5237 VISYDACO (Third deadline - 24 September 2009) Title: Vision system for data collection for behavioral modeling in airports Evaluation result: Capabilities of one consortium partner are not demonstrated. Technology is conceptually poor. Potential market is large, but no exploitation plan. E! 5239 REPROGEN (Third deadline - 24 September 2009) Title: Evaluation of the relationships among the fertility disorders, their treatment methods, and the health of born children Evaluation result: Technological capacity of participants is not well explained. Degree of innovation is poorly quantified. Market access is very weak.

ITC HOLDING s.r.o. 5 Eurostars projects with negative evaluation E! 5243 TRAINREADER (Third deadline - 24 September 2009) E! 5590 TRAINREADER (Fourth deadline - 25 February 2010) /overworked proposal/ Title: System development for high speed train character reading Evaluation result: Moderate project, insufficient project planning and limited market chances. E! 5585 VISYMOTRA(Fourth deadline - 25 February 2010) Title: Monitoring and modelling of people and object movement by use of a unique Evaluation result: Immature proposal needs rework and much more detail about what to do and how to proceed. E! 5611 REAL-Bridge (Fourth deadline - 25 February 2010) Title: Railway Euro-Asian land bridge data base system (information support of CIM SMGS transports) Evaluation result: The consortium has the skills to carry out this project successfully. It can be regretted that only 1 SME is implied in the project and has real commercial interest in it.

ITC HOLDING s.r.o. 6 Eurostars projects with negative evaluation E! 5708 LOADFIX (Fourth deadline - 25 February 2010) Title: Development of the software web application for loading and fixing goods in railway freight wagons Evaluation result: Project is a simple creation of a portal. It is not clear where the commercial rewards will be.

ITC HOLDING s.r.o. 7 Eurostars Application Assessment After preparing 4 projects that have been negative evaluated we have received by chance a very helpful document „Eurostars Application Assessment“ Another 4 projects for the Fourth deadline (25 February 2010) have been carefully prepared according to the „Eurostars Application Assessment“ Eurostars Application Assessment criteria: > Basic Assessment Well balanced partnership; Added value through cooperation Technological and managerial capacity of all participants Methodology; Cost and financing structure > Technology and Innovation Degree of technological maturity Technological achievements envisaged Degree of Innovation > Market and Competitiveness Market size, access and risk Time to market Return on investment

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9 Overview of projects with Czech participation Eurostars Projects with Czech participation Cut-OffDeadlineApplicationsFunded Projects 18 February November September February Total 6821

ITC HOLDING s.r.o. 10 Strengths and Weaknesses Strengths of the Eurostars Programme: Simple preparation of the project application form. Whole application process is fully electronical (no papers). Suitable even for start-up companies without financial history. Co-funding 60% of total project cost (CZ funding rule). Weaknesses of the Eurostars Programme: Independent Expert Panel prepares application assessment without knowledge on local conditions and situation in participating countries. If one participant of the project consortium can't obtain co-funding in its country the whole project is rejected although the other participants have secured national co-funding.

ITC HOLDING s.r.o. Lelekovice 467, CZ Brno-venkov Czech Republic web: Ing. Martin GREGOR Head of the Executive tel.: Support of EUREKA and Eurostars Programme in the Czech Republic ITC HOLDING s.r.o. 11