Title Sub-title PLACE PARTNER’S LOGO HERE European Commission Enterprise and Industry How to put together a great project team Alex Mauser, Programmes Manager, Midlands

To cover: The Enterprise Europe Network Services and support offered by EEN in the UK Putting together a great project team Summary/How to access EEN services

Core proposition “The Enterprise Europe Network is your local gateway to doing business abroad, accessing European funding, driving innovation and increasing your competitiveness in new markets”.

An EU network with global reach 600 partners in 50+ countries

The Consortium

What we offer to businesses 1 - Information and Advisory Services: EU policy and programmes affecting SMEs Accessing markets in the EU and beyond Intellectual Property Rights/Access to finance/Innovation/routes to market Answer enquiries/provide guidance Organise events Feedback on EU policy affecting SMEs Produce information resources: e.g.Research and Innovation catalogue

Information and advisory services.. Websites: Previous and forthcoming events: H2020 funding for ICT (Nov 2013) H2020 Masterclass – Coordinating and Writing a Proposal (Oct 2014) Funding, Finance and Investment for Fuel Cells (March 2015) Doing Business in Germany (April 2015) Licensing – a way to grow successful sales (July 2 nd 2015) H2020 Masterclass (Sept. 2015)

2 – International brokerage and partnering services To support business cooperation, technology transfer, and collaborative research Brokerage events/Company missions Publication and targeted dissemination of partnership profiles (circa profiles) Specialist sector Groups representing SMEs from across Europe

Recent successes University of Birmingham/ fzmb GmbH IMPACT – Ion-Molecule Process for Analytical Chemistry Technologies University of Birmingham/Planet GmbH SWARM - Demonstration of Small 4-Wheel fuel cell passenger vehicle Applications in Regional and Municipal transport University of Wolverhampton/Vettorazzo Costruzioni S.r.l “RIMACON” FP7-PEOPLE project Cancer vaccines Ltd/Antwerp University Hospital – A Phase II randomised placebo controlled clinical trial of allogeneic cell immunotherapy ACIT-1 with or without conditioning cyclophosphamide in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

3 – Innovation Services EU investing in innovation capacity of SMEs: Innovate2Succeed, SME Instrument Coaching Improved access to Innovate UK Services and grants: Smart, Launchpad, SBRI, KTPs, KTNs and H2020 support

Putting together a great project team

The Optimum Consortium Size The project should relate to the call focus and objectives Using the synopsis define the tasks on measurable objectives Only add partners to fill the defined roles

Building a team Team of 20 people, own agendas, many will not know one another; individual interpretations of call/objectives Coordinator must create a single vision in order to formulate a joined-up proposal Letter of intent/confidentiality

Work Integration Have a high level outline of the project Do not just piece together disparate inputs from partners Show good suitability between partner and role Ensure the major themes run consistently through the proposal Present the work in a logical way and written by one person

Partner description Show a consortium balanced in competencies and distribution Show how the consortium is balanced in terms of type of organisation appropriate to the Instrument Too many SMEs with small deliverables leads to fragmentation No large end user will throw doubt on market knowledge and exploitation Insufficient research partners will cast doubt on the quality of the science Overlapping skills in consortium mean lower risk

Project Consortium Consortium agreements - letter of intent/confidentiality agreement at proposal stage: draft CA should address implementation/internal organisation & management; rights and obligations re: background/results Have good management structures; work package teams are used effectively; assign roles where necessary Project Manager should establish good relations with the Project Officer

In summary… Information and advisory services on EU legislation, policy and programmes International brokerage and partnering Innovation support services to small businesses EEN can help you find industrial and research partners here and abroad/to achieve right balance

How to get involved… Contact National Enquiry Gateway/ and arrange a meeting with one of our regional Register to receive alerts of project and collaboration opportunities Learn about forthcoming events in UK and abroad: Use the website:

…Or contact me for more information: Thanks for your attention!