Wrap-up & Action Agenda 3rd SEE-INNOVATION Know-How Transfer Event Thessaloniki, Greece, 8-9 March, 2007

3 rd SEE-INNOVATION Know-How Transfer Event Agenda Overview Presentations of –FP7 and the ICT Programme –Select ICT strategic objectives Digital libraries and content ICT in Healthcare –FP7 participation rules, processes, and regulations –Discussion on project ideas –Tips and exercises on how to participate

1 st IS2WeB Thematic Workshop Timing FP7 ICT Call 1 opened on 22 December 2006 –Closing date – 8 May, 2007 –More than 1,2 Billion EUROS call for proposals has been announced !!! –Interested? Then…... How about some practical tips on how to participate in the best proposals!!!

Strategy for FP7 Planning and Preparation Consult the Commission’s proposed FP7 text, the Specific Programmes, and Rules of Participation Start identifying ideas and building networks in relevant areas –Learn what evaluators liked / disliked in FP6 –Make use of any help available Consider –Appropriate funding schemes –Capabilities and preferred role within projects –Costing aspects –Dissemination and exploitation aspects FP7 Participation

Understand the partner searches dynamics (fitting into profiles described by the projects) Two main sources of projects (Ideal-IST FP7 and Info-days) Which elements to look at: –Project objectives –Profile sought –Type of project Strategy for FP7 Participating in a Proposal

How to choose a good project – the success factors –TIME Keep your profile(s) ready. React with no delay. Seats are taken within a short time –EXCELLENCE You will need that “extra mark” to get in… Show you are the partner they are looking for –TRUST Show you know the rules of the game, be reliable Strategy for FP7 Participating in a Proposal

To make sure the project is good –Are the objectives clearly expressed? –Is there a market vision beyond research activities? –Are you sure about its fitting the EC work-programme? –Is it linked with running FP6 projects? –Is the co-ordinator experienced? –Has the idea been pre-screened with the EC? Strategy for FP7 Participating in a Proposal

Don’t forget we can help you –Participation in the SEE-INNOVATION Directory –Assistance phase components ― key steps WE will be taking Examine potential contacts Monitor existing / emerging opportunities Activate Ideal-IST + other networks Contact you Assist with profile and proposal development and / or consortium formation, if necessary Strategy for FP7 The SEE-INNOVATION Assistance to Participation

Project Partners Planet S. A. (Greece) Centre for Social Innovation (Austria) TESEO (Belgium) SEPVE (Greece) BASSCOM (Bulgaria) ARIES (Romania) Association for Informational Systems and Computer Networks (Serbia-Montenegro) ISSETI (Albania) ZaMirNet (Croatia) MASIT (FYROM) Tübitak (Turkey)

SEE-INNOVATION – What Next? Your Role in the Assistance Process Do not just wait for things to happen Be ready, show an interest – Identify your niche and suggest projects in which you could enter – Assess the project’s chances of success – Either way, check your profile and make sure it is convincing Discuss with us about your role in a project – If applicable, suggest the most appropriate way to approach a proposer Keep contact with SEE-INNOVATION local partner Refine/customise your offer to a Call

For Further Info On participation in FP7 – On ICT in FP7 – – (M. Morron FP7 book) On proposal development and e-training courses – ICT helpdesk for proposers’ questions Partner search facilities –Cordis database: –IDEALIST: –SEE-INNOVATION, IS2WeB, and other SSA databases:

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