2. www.cordis.lu 1 Connecting Bulgarian Entrepreneurs to the European Knowledge Base Virginia Jordanova Mercouri CORDIS Communication and Awareness v.mercouri@cordis.lu European Day of the Entrepreneur, Sofia

3. www.cordis.lu 2 To succeed, entrepreneurs need: Information, know-how, exploitable technologies Contacts - for partners and advice Access to finance Promotion Etc. EU’ research & innovation portal CORDIS can help!

4. www.cordis.lu 3 Objectives Offer free access to information on European research & innovation Ease participation in programmes and activities Enhance research results exploitation Provide all stakeholders from MS and CCs with an interactive platform www.cordis.lu Community Research and Development Information Service What is CORDIS?

5. www.cordis.lu 4 Used by over 150 countries 7 000 000 pages viewe/month 250 000 unique users/month 300 000 documents downloaded/month One of the most comprehensive resources on the Web today Candidate Countries – 9 % of CORDIS users Small companies – 13 % What is CORDIS?

6. www.cordis.lu Featuring EU, national and regional policy initiatives and their implementation Interviews with stakeholders Examples of research breakthroughs, innovation in practice Events coverage Free magazine every two weeks www.cordis.lu/news Stay informed You can also make the news! News and Views on R&D and Innovation

7. www.cordis.lu Innovation policy studies covering innovation management & finance, promotion & technology transfer including Bulgaria & all CCs stimulating informed debate on innovation policy issues in the CCs www.cordis.lu/innovation-policy/studies 6 Analysis Stay informed

8. www.cordis.lu 7 Trendchart on European Innovation European innovation scoreboard covering Bulgaria Insights on policy measures and support schemes in current & future Member States Networking innovation scheme managers http://trendchart.cordis.lu www.cordis.lu/scoreboard Benchmarking and best practices Stay informed

9. www.cordis.lu Stay informed Economic and Technological Intelligence for SMEs http://sme.cordis.lu Financed by the EU research budget – FP6 Information and analysis on science and technological developments, applications and markets Stimulating international clustering of SMEs with similar innovation needs

10. www.cordis.lu Technology Marketplace Descriptions of available technologies From EU-funded and national research Clearly identified business applications in the key priorities for EU competitiveness Useful links and tips to ease technology transfers www.cordis.lu/marketplace Stay informed Emerging and promising technologies

11. www.cordis.lu 10 Access to the largest network of technology transfer organisations in the world Examples of entrepreneurial success Find contacts for technology transfer and incubation http://irc.cordis.lu www.cordis.lu/incubators The single entry point to European business incubators Facilitates networking among business incubators in Europe

12. www.cordis.lu 11 Details of thousands of requests from companies, research centres, universities in Europe and the world Already more than 400 potential partners related to Bulgaria For research funding and/or commercial exploitation of technologies A free communication channel to promote your skills www.cordis.lu/partners-service Find contacts Introduce your organisation as potential partner Manage your international partnerships

13. www.cordis.lu 12 Selection based on five criteria Impact – social, economic Effect on employment Closeness to market Marketability – how likely to succeed Other factors – e.g. public profile, early indicators of success, enabling effect Nearly 50 competitive technologies from Candidate Countries 5 from Bulgaria Get promoted Submit your research results

14. www.cordis.lu www.cordis.lu/wire Get promoted CORDIS Wire interactive innovation exchange platform your own announcements on the results of innovation, tie-ups, spin-offs and more used by incubators, universities, SMEs and business support services Put your innovation in the spotlight

15. www.cordis.lu 14 Access to EU funding www.cordis.lu/fp6 For research into new technologies The FP6 Web all you need to understand, prepare, take part and benefit from FP6 step by step guide searchable calls service library of participation information interactive tools for partners and electronic submission Over 2, 100 million Euro reserved for SME participation!

16. www.cordis.lu 15 www.cordis.lu/finance Access to innovation finance The Gate 2 Growth One stop shop for technology entrepreneurs investor matching, business diagnostic and planning tools resources for trainers and organisers of business contests professional development and networking

17. www.cordis.lu 16 Conclusion www.cordis.lu/express Keep up-to-date! CORDIS Express Brings you in a single e-mail the updates to all this information on CORDIS Your weekly briefing on EU research and innovation EU information for entrepreneurs made easy

18. www.cordis.lu 17 Conclusion Stay connected! www.cordis.lu/paxis Get promoted! www.cordis.lu/Bulgaria CORDIS information is free!