1. www.cordis.lu Bridging the Gap - CORDIS and the Accession & Candidate Countries e.lecoq@cordis.lu November 21, 2003 NIROC/IGLO, Brussels Bridging the Gap - CORDIS, Accession & Candidate Countries

2. www.cordis.lu CORDIS – a few facts CORDIS and the Candidate Countries today CORDIS and the new Member States tomorrow Introduction Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire Introduction

3. www.cordis.lu CORDIS – a few facts CORDIS and the Candidate Countries today CORDIS and the new Member States tomorrow Introduction Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire CORDIS – a few facts

4. www.cordis.lu CORDIS in numbers CORDIS is well established with the research and innovation community in over 150 countries. - 6 000 000 viewed pages - 250 000 unique users - 300 000 downloaded documents Every month: CORDIS users: 82% are from Member States 9% are from Associated and Candidate Countries CORDIS – a few facts

5. www.cordis.lu UsersInformation providers Research organisations SMEs and large companies National administrations Policy makers Intermediaries Support organisations Journalists European Commission services External organisations Member States, Accession and Associated Countries Regional authorities Information flow on CORDIS CORDIS – a few facts

6. www.cordis.lu A great variety of information With this increased information flow, the CORDIS content is becoming more and more varied. - over 60 000 projects - over 3000 contacts for advice & support (e.g. 600 incubators) - over 7000 partners profiles - over 13 000 results - over 13 000 ideas from research consultations (EoIs) Furthermore, CORDIS also provides detailed information on research policy and platforms for the creation and support of European networks. CORDIS – a few facts

7. www.cordis.lu CORDIS and the Candidate Countries today CORDIS and the new Member States tomorrow Introduction CORDIS – a few facts Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire CORDIS and the Candidate Countries today

8. www.cordis.lu Map-Based Search – the Candidate Countries’ first address With its Map-Based Search, CORDIS was one of the first official websites to include the Candidate Countries in its services www.cordis.lu/map-search CORDIS and the Candidate Countries today

9. www.cordis.lu National services – Candidate Country portal The Accession and Candidate Countries are represented on a portal that allows a search on each country‘s Highlights FP4 and FP5 projects Technology offers Contacts www.cordis.lu/national_service/en/candidate_countries.htm CORDIS and the Candidate Countries today

10. www.cordis.lu Expressions of Interest – Partner search A special search for partners from Candidate Countries has been created to encourage the creation of networks between current and future Member States under FP6. http://fp6.cordis.lu/fp6/partners_cs.cfm CORDIS and the Candidate Countries today

11. www.cordis.lu CORDIS and the new Member States tomorrow Introduction CORDIS – a few facts CORDIS and the Candidate Countries today Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire CORDIS and the new Member States tomorrow

12. www.cordis.lu National services – Member States services Member States all have a dedicated service, which contains information on: national policies financing schemes news and events contact details projects... and much more. www.cordis.lu/national_service CORDIS and the new Member States tomorrow

13. www.cordis.lu Regional services Regions can apply for a service, describing their R&D infrastructure, financing schemes, news and success stories. www.cordis.lu/regions CORDIS and the new Member States tomorrow

14. www.cordis.lu CORDIS – a few facts CORDIS and the Candidate Countries today CORDIS and the new Member States tomorrow Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire Introduction Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire

15. www.cordis.lu CORDIS and interactivity There are two kinds of interactivity on CORDIS: ‘Passive‘ interactivity: - setting up of an e-mail alert under RAPIDUS and QuickPick - subscribe to CORDIS Express ‘Active‘ interactivity - creating a partners profile - submitting results to the Technology Marketplace - publishing (your) news, events and success stories on CORDIS Wire Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire

16. www.cordis.lu CORDIS Wire The innovation and research information exchange platform on CORDIS open for diversified and specialized information releases in your own words e-mail alert content feed to other specialized CORDIS services www.cordis.lu/wire Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire

17. www.cordis.lu Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire

18. www.cordis.lu Forthcoming events The CORDIS Wire events calendar was first created to provide NCPs with space for their event announcements. Now the calendar has become an attractive feature on CORDIS Wire. www.cordis.lu/wire/events Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire

19. www.cordis.lu Content feed into specialized CORDIS services www.cordis.lu/nanotechnologywww.cordis.lu/incubators Institution: Business IncubatorsSubject: Nanotechnology Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire

20. www.cordis.lu CORDIS Wire – a user-driven service Improved e-mail system, allowing for an even more tailored user profile (including country selection etc) Interactive forum, where users can exchange opinions on selected subjects, controversial themes Content feed to other external services, such as the Innovation Portal Because of its interactive nature, CORDIS Wire has a great potential for development. Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire

21. www.cordis.lu Further developments – search features Improved Search Feature An improved interface to facilitate the global search on CORDIS is currently under testing. It will make complete the search of all services and extend results to items from the Technology Marketplace and CORDIS Wire. Thematic indexing/classification – Autonomy Introduction of a thematic classification and search of CORDIS information. Possibility to index information sources beyond the CORDIS domain, e.g. ‘Europa’. Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire