Slide 1:Regional experience on SME FP6 participation support 

M.Sc. Eng. Joanna Basztura Head of Unit of RTD and Regional Programmes of the EU Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw Centre for Technology Transfer 7.06.2005 Liberec, Czech Republic

Slide 2:Plan of the presentation

Lower Silesia region short description Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw Centre for Technology Tranfsfer (mission, activities) FP6 participation obstacles identified in the region Regional initiatives to overcome low participation in FP5/FP6 Successful FP 6 regional participation

Slide 3:Dolnoslaskie – Lower Silesia

The Dolnoslaskie Voivodship is located in south-western POLAND; borders Germany, (in the west), and the Czech Republic (in the south), which makes economic co-operation with neighbouring countries one of the assets of this region. Territory : 19 948 km2 , population in total.: ca. 2 985 000, GPD of the region: 6 870 millions of EURO unemployment rate: 17,3% Export value: 2 100 millions EURO Foreign investments in the region: 1 900 millions of EURO

Slide 4:Lower Silesia industry

The region's leading industry sectors include: electrical machinery, electronics, motor vehicle, power, construction, chemical and food-processing industries, while the traditional industries include coal, copper ore and mineral resources mining and the production of clothes, fabrics and porcelaine The region ranks: 1st in the production of electrical turbo-machines, domestic refrigerators, deep freezers, washing machines, spin-driers and cookers, table porcelain and china, and crystal glass; 2nd in the production of cotton and cotton-like fabrics, machinery and tools for the construction industry, machinery and tools for road construction and land improvement industries, as well as detergents and washing-up liquids. Nearly 7500 production plants, including over 600 large factories, The city's industries employ approximately 60 000 people; that is 28% of all working people. The largest factories are situated in the western and northern sections of the city. Other important industrial cities: Olesnica, Olawa, Brzeg Dolny and Jelcz-Laskowice, Walbrzych, Jelenia Gora, Swidnica

Slide 5:Human resources

Higher education: 21 schools of higher education and 96,000 students 6,500 full-time lecturers, including 1,150 professors. The biggest higher universities are: the University of Wroclaw, the Wroclaw University of Technology, the Wroclaw School of Economics, the Medical School, the Academy of Agriculture, the Academy of Physical Education, the Academy of Fine Art and the Academy of Music. The most significant achievements of the Wroclaw scientists include pioneering research on strong magnetic fields, low temperatures and the phenomenon of superconductivity as well as immunology and experimental therapy.

Slide 6:Culture

Wroclaw, beside Warsaw and Cracow, is among Poland's most significant cultural centres. Cultural objects include: 2 theatres, an operetta, a pantomime theatre, a puppet theatre, a philharmonic, 10 museums, numerous galleries, three arts colleges and a large group of artists 40-year-standing "Wratislavia Cantans" festival of classical music Jazz festival 

Slide 7:Wroclaw University of Technology

Founded in 1945 (mainly scientific staff from Lvov). 31,936 students studying in Wroclaw and at its three branches in the region 2,035 academic teachers 12 faculties 600 detailed thematic fields www.pwr.wroc.pl

Slide 8:Wroclaw Centre for Technology Transfer

WCTT was created in 1995 year in the frame of PHARE Tempus project „Bridging the gap between university and industry”. Partners of the project: Wroclaw University of Technology Stuttgart University Brunel University in West London WCTT is a self-financing department of the Wroclaw University of Technology, it employs 21 people www.wctt.pl

Slide 10:Mission Statement of the WCTT

WCTT business is to provide industrial companies with the information, promotion, training, consulting and assistance by the implementation of advanced methods, technologies and organisation especially in the south-west Poland. Bridging the gap between university and industry and joining the university know-how with industrial experience is the main advantage of our activities. WCTT mission is to increase the productivity and competitiveness of Polish companies.

Slide 11:Yesterday and today

Slide 12: Activities

Trainings Information services Consulting Projects

Slide 13:Trainings

Quality Management TQM ISO 9000 / QS 9000 Methods and Techniques of Quality Assurance SPC Continues Improvement Methods (QFD, FMEA, etc.) Internal Quality Auditor Production Management Systems Inventory Management Supplier selection and evaluation Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma Project Management ISO 14000 CAD/CAM

Slide 14:Information services

Funding opportunities: FP6, PHARE programmes, Structural Funds, enterpreneurship support) Start up support (legal, financial, business plans, other issues) Searching for partners – FP6, technology transfer „High-Tech” bulletin (3000 copies sent to companies) quarterly WWW.wctt.pl

Slide 15:Consulting

Technological Audits One day visit in company or research team Identification of technology needs or/and offers Support of the transnational technology transfer negotiations Technical consulting, e.g.: Implementation of Quality Systems Lean Manufacturing Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Tooling Assistance on proposal preparation to FP 6, Strauctural Funds, PHARE programmes Stimulating enterpreneurship – start up, spin off companies, organisation of an annual graduate competion „My own company after studies”

Slide 16:Enterpreneurship

Competition: „Idea for an innovative company” 4 editions since 2001 Aim: Promotion of the academic enterpreneurship 235 participants in 2001-2004 At least 5 new companies after 3 editions (e.g. Lediko – www.lediko.com)

Slide 17:FP6 participation obstacles identified in the region

- English language problems Low awareness of the rules of participation, types of projects, etc., Low belief in success, low motivation to take part in EU programmes (too complicated and time consuming), Low or no budget for travelling to find partners Problems with incompatibility of Polish accontancy systems with EU law

Slide 18:FP6 participation obstacles identified in the region

Clients underestimate or overestimate the burden of participation in FP6 - Partnerships in proposals „too Polish” (too many Polish partners) Companies like to solve regional (Polish) problems and not European – results: proposal is rejected They want that somebody else writes the proposal for them, they say they do not have time, They come only once to the NCP to take application forms and they do not come back anymore They are afraid of showing the proposal to the NCP – they fear somebody will steal the idea

Slide 19:Our (RCP) expectations at the beginning

A big number of proposals will be submitted by our clients Clients will visit us frequently to get advice Foreign partners will search for Polish partners We (Polish) are good enough to be seen and invited into the consortia There will be Polish coordinators of projects It is enough to give them information about the call and application forms

Slide 20:FP6 related activities realized in the region

Organisation of info days (IST, nanotechnologies, food quality) Organisation of specialised workshops (financial, legal e.g. Berkley Associates from Brussels) Organisation of brokerage events (Food quality) Organisation of big conferences (a conference promoting FP6 start in Lower Silesia with 300 participants) Articles in local newspapers, radio and television Publishing of brochures about FP6 Translation of the EU documnets, brochures e.g. model contract, FP6 rules of participation Partner search Networking with national regional and foreign NCPs

Slide 21:FP6 related activities realized in the region - 2004

1 big conference was organised, 17 trainings, 6 workshops (finance and legal issues, etc.), 2 Information Days (in total 788 participants) 25 project proposals were consulted 1795 consultations (98 personal meetings, 402 phone calls, 1295 e-mails) Dissemiantion of information to 820 companies and research institutions about FP6 1414 offers sent to Local Contact Points 8 articles in the High-Tech bulletin sent to 3000 companies about FP6 7 articles published in national newspapers: „Gazeta Wyborcza”, „Rzeczpospolita”, „Slowo Polskie” about FP6 and RCP

Slide 22:FP6 related activities realized in the region

Contact with EC project officers Participation in specialised trainings, workshops Participation in conferences, Infodays Verifying the proposal, help with finance, reporting Participation in FP5 and FP6 Specific Support Actions projects stimulating the participation of the organisations from the region in FP 5 and FP6

Slide 23: EU recent Projects

FP 6 projects: 1. REGinNET- Network of Contact Points in Europe 2. POLFOOD – Promotion of participation in Food quality in FP6 3. NANOMAT – stimulation of SME participation in FP6 in NMP programme 4. GET-IN – stimulation of SMEs participation in FP6 in IST programme 5. MOBILITY Centre – Promotion of researchers mobility 6. IRC West Poland - Transnational technology transfer support 7. PROPLUS –enterpreneurship support and stimulation 8. UPRIS – Upgrading the Development of the Lower Silesia Innovation System 9. IMPACT SCAN4 INNOPOL - evaluating of the impact of Regional Innovation Strategies UNDER NEGOTIATIONS: 10. TECARE – stimulating of participation in Food Quality programme

Slide 24:Regional initiatives to overcome low participation in FP5/FP6

3 projects successfully submitted to FP5 and FP6 PRANET - A pragmatic approach towards the 5th Framework Programme. Networking in the region, (1.01.2001 – 30.06.2002), Contract No: ICA1-CT-2000-50007 Results: In total 15 Information days (706 participants) and 10 workshops have been organised (495 participants), Participations of partners from South West Poland in 69 project proposals submitted in the 5th Framework Programme. POLTOUR - Promotion of the 6th Framework Programme by Tour. (1.08.2002 – 30.06.2001) POLTOUR, Contract No: ICA1-CT-2002-60021- Results: In total 4 conferences were organised promoting FP6 in Krakow, Wroclaw, Poznan and Szczecin regions, 1300 participants attended 4 conferences including 143 companies REGinNET- „Regional approach towards FP6. Network of contacts points in large Accession Candidate Countries and Member States, (1.07.2004 – 30.06.2006), Contract No INCO-CT-2004-003399 Results to come: 13 regional info days and brokerage events, 1300 participants, 200 bilateral contacts, 40 proposals

Slide 25:Some statistics

Regional participation in FP 5: about 8 mln euro, around 120 projects (Poland 150 mln euro) FP 6 participation – difficult to establish at the moment Wroclaw University of Technology: 99 projects submitted, 27 contracts signed (2 326 000 euro) 4 SMEs with contracts signed identified in the region: Techtra Sp. z o.o., MEDICUS, PRODAK Sp z o.o., Fadroma Development

Slide 26:Successful FP5 project regional participation

ELDOS Sp z oo, company from Wroclaw, producer of print circuits was a coordinator of a CRAFT project Project title: „PRINT” - Printed circuit boards with high solderability tin coating for lead-free soldering in FP 5, Aim: to implement lead-free soldering of Printed circuit boards into industrial application FP5 Programme Acronym: GROWTH Project Reference: G1ST-CT-2002-50254 Contract Type: Cooperative research contracts Start Date: 2002-12-01 End Date: 2004-11-30 Duration: 24 months

Slide 27:Successful FP5 regional participation

Project consortium: Coordinator: ELDOS SP.Z O.O. ,Wroclaw, Poland Participants: ZAKLADY ELEKTRONIKI PRZEMYSLOWEJ WOJART SP. J., Pl (IND) MERKAR SP. Z O.O. , Pl (IND) ELBI BIRNBACH ELEKTRONIK, DE (IND) GS ELEKTRONIK , DE (OTH) TELE AND RADIO RESEARCH INSTITUTE , PL (RES) ORMECON CHEMIE GMBH AND CO. KG , DE (RES)

Slide 28:Successful FP5 project regional participation

Cuprum Sp z oo, company from Wroclaw was a participant in the project „LIFETIME” - Lifetime engineering of buildings and civil infrastructures in FP 5 that aim was to exchange information and experiences from sustainable construction sector: optimisation of costs, planning, environment protection and people safety FP5 Programme Acronym: GROWTH Project Reference: G1RT-CT-2002-05082 Contract Type: Thematic network contracts Start Date: 2002-06-01 End Date: 2005-07-31Duration: 38 months Coordinator: BUILDING AND TRANSPORT (OTH),Finland Partners from: Poland, Germany, Finland, Hungary, UK, Spain, Belgium , Greece, Denmark, Czech Republic, Norway, Slovenia, Estonia, Sweden, Lithuania, USA, Switzerland, Cyprus, China, Bulgaria, Australia, India, France, Iceland, Italy, Romania, NL, Ireland

Slide 29:Successful FP5 project regional participation

Microomega sp z o o, company from Wroclaw participated in the project in FP 5 „PIEZOTAG - A low cost, piezoelectric powered pressure measurement technology to help sme-suppliers differentiate themselves by adding value to eco-efficient products” , which aim was to elaborate the cheap technology piezoelectric to measure pression in tyres for suppliers in automotive industry FP5 Programme Acronym: GROWTH Project Reference: G3ST-CT-2000-50041 Contract Type: Cooperative research contracts Start Date: 2001-01-01 End Date: 2003-03-31 Duration: 27 months Coordinator: HASWELL MOULDING TECHNOLOGIES LTD (OTH), UK Partners from: Spain, UK, Germany, Poland, Denmark

Slide 30:Successful FP6 project regional participation

CRAFT Project: HIGINS - „Highest magnetic field insert coil made from high temperature superconductors for a 25Tesla break-through”, The HIGINS project is targeting the design, construction and test of extra high field insert coils made from hightemperature superconductors to create a break-through with magnetic fields of up to 25 Tesla. Coordinator: DE (PRC), Partners: 2 UK (PRC, GOV), 1 PL (PRC) - Techtra Sp Z oo company from Wroclaw, 1 DE (PNP)

Slide 31:Successful FP6 project regional participation

CRAFT Project : M³-C - „Multi Monitoring Medical Chip for Homecare Applications” Ma-C ¡s a CRAFT project which aims to provide a group of SMEs from Germany, Sweden, Spain an Poland, whose business interests include medical equipment development and distribution, systems integration and healthcare information management systems, with access to advanced system-on-a- chip (SoC) technology to enable them to expand from their existing business positions into the emerging homecare and ambulant medical devices markets. Coordinator: DE, Partners: 2 SE (PRC, GOV), 1 ES (PRC), 1 PL (PRC) - MEDICUS Sp.j. company from Wroclaw, 1 DE (GOV), 1 BE (GOV),

Slide 32:Successful FP6 project regional participation

Craft project: VACI „Vacuum Insulation” The technical objective of the proposed research is hence the refinement and development ofmethods, processes, and machinery to manufacture and maintain Vacuum Insulation Panels (VIPs) ina way that will facilitate their use in industrial applications. Coordinator: De (PRC), Partners: 3 DE (PRC, PRC, PRC), 1 HU (PRC), 1 NL (GOV), 1 PL (PRC) PRODAK Sp zo.o. company from Walbrzych

Slide 33: Contact

Joanna Basztura Wroclaw Centre for Technology Transfer Wroclaw University of Technology ul. Smoluchowskiego 48 50-372 Wroclaw, Poland tel: +48 71 320 21 89 fax: +48 71 320 39 48 e-mail: j.basztura@wctt.pl www.wctt.pl