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Presentation of CERT-TTT-M WIPI Annual Forum 2008– Cardiff Antoine DINTRICH- IEEPI. The “European Institute for Enterprise and Intellectual Property”.
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Presentation of CERT-TTT-MWIPI Annual Forum 2008– CardiffAntoine DINTRICH- IEEPI
The “European Institute for Enterprise and Intellectual Property” • Created in 2004 by the French Ministry of Industry and INPI (French NPO) in order to provide training sessions on the economic and strategic issues of intellectual property (IP). • Promote "intellectual property awareness" within companies, focusing on SME / SMI. • Develops and organizes training sessions on the offensive aspects of IP and innovation • Is implicated in different European projects aiming at the development of IP awareness toward SMEs.
CERT-TTT-M… • means Certified Transnational Technology Transfer Manager • project within the FP6 programme of the EU • Based on key assumptions of European IPR experts : • Lack of TT skilled people • No registered TT profession • No TT education / training programme recognised all over Europe 2
CERT-TTT-M… …addresses to the findings of CREST IPR expert group • Lack of holistic/integrated TT education programs • Lack of trans-national/international attitude of education • No sufficient assessment of TT-skills possible (comparable) • No clear TT career structure / no accreditation for TT professionals • No sufficient benchmarks on education TT programmes in EU-27 (comparable) 3
CERT-TTM… To build up a blue-print education programme that possibly : • Professionalizes TT on a trans-national level • Covers all phases of the TT process • Meets the need for an official recognized course • Supports MS policy-makers • Standardizes the skill-set of TT profession in Europe • Is based on surveys on demand and supply 4
CERT-TTT-M at a glance • 11 partners of 7 Member States, 5 PROs, 7 policy makers (also CREST participants) • Advisory Panel: IPR/TT relevant organisations • Budget: € 1,3 Mio. • 6 workpackages • Duration: 24 months (2007-2008) 5
CERT-TTT-M Partner 11 Participants from 7 Countries Austria: AWS – MCI Belgium / Flanders: IWT France: IEEPI – MESR Italy: ASTER – ERPDA Latvia: LIDA Netherlands: EZ – RSM Sweden: VINNOVA 6
Advisory panel 7 Members • European Patent Academy • LES France • LESI • ProTon Europe • Societas Rudolphina • The Institute of Knowledge Transfer • ASTP & PRAXIS 7
Inventarisa-tion of Requirements Survey of existing programmes WP2 Building upeducational & organisational frame WP3 Providing for Mutual Recognition WP4 WP5 Dissemination & Transfer Training Award Project Co-ordinationFinancial Management WP1 WP6 CERT-TTT-M: Big Picture Advisory Panel(European Patent Academy, LES, ProTon, Societas Rudolphina, ASTP …) Steering Commitee The Policy Makers 8
1) Online Survey (1) • Sample: • 561 European technology transfer professionals • Key skills ranked: • Communication • Commercial Awareness (negotiation,KL of IPR, KL of Licensing, networking) • New Business Development • Industry Specific Expertise 9
1) Online Survey (2) • Key training‘ interests ranked: • Most Interest: • New Business Development • Knowledge on IPR & Licensing • Negotiation • Second most interest: • Commercial awareness • Communication • Networking • Least interest: • Industry specific expertise 10
1) Online Survey (3) • Interest: • Between 37% and 52% of respondents would be interested to receive training on at least one skill • 83% indicated that their organization would be interested to receive training on at least one skill • Market Size and Fee: • 22.700 Technology Transfer Professionals in Europe • 18.880 are interested in participating in such a training • Average tuition fee: 1800 Euros • Certification: • 73% indicated that it is important to receive a European-wide recognized certification 11
2) Study on European TT Education Programmes & Benchmarking (1) • Sample: 161 courses in 19 EU countries • Skill rating by the existing TT education programmes: • New Business Development • Commercial Awareness • Knowledge of IPR and Licensing • Networking • Industry Specific Expertise • Communication • Negotiation 12
2) Study on European TT Education Programmes & Benchmarking (2) • Duration èVery large scope (3 days to 3 semesters) • Fee èBetween 770€ (Workshop) and 8900€ (Master executive programme) • Certification èOnly Master programme • Participant number èAverage 25 persons 13
3) Building up educational and organisational framework (1) • Elaboration of the first scenarios of the training program • Identification of the different target groups the training program can to be addressed • Analyse of each possible scenario • Definition of the ultimate target group • Specification of the educational framework As primary target group : people with working experience in or outside the field 14
3) Building up educational and organisational framework (2) • Structure for the curriculum contains 3 consecutive levels: 3. Executive level Executive Technology Transfer Professional (ETTP) Module 1 Module 2 … 2. Advanced, intermediate level Senior Technology Transfer Professional (STTP) Module 1 Module 2 … Technology Transfer Professional (TTP) 1. Basic requirements Module 1 Module 2 … Each level will be composed of different modules and each level will be completed after having passed required exams. 15
3) Building up educational and organisational framework (3) • The six different skills that were defined are: • Managing Communication, Information an networking • Understanding IPR & Licensing • Commercial Activities and Markets • New Business Development • Negotiating • Project management 14
3) Building up educational and organisational framework (4) • Expected duration of the curriculum: 14
Next steps : • Identification of European training institutions interested in implementing the course (September 2008) • Commitment of at least 5 institutions in 5 different countries to implement the training course (October – December 2008) • Providing for Mutual Recognition aiming at an accreditation on a Europe-wide basis(October 2008 – January 2009) 16
Project co-ordination:Gasteiger GeorgG.Gasteiger@awsg.atEuropean Commission Project Officer:Jan LarosseJean.LAROSSE@ec-europa.euwww.ttt-manager.eu Contacts 17
Thank you for your attention… Antoine DINTRICH WWW.ieepi.org 18