Enterprise Europe Network ACC1Ó CIDEM | COPCA Cambra de Comerç de Barcelona Apropem Europa a la teva empresa Brussels, 9 October 2008 Ana Coelho Director.

Enterprise Europe NetworkACC1Ó CIDEM | COPCACambra de Comerç de Barcelona

Apropem Europa a la teva empresaBrussels, 9 October 2008

Ana Coelho

Director ACC1Ó to the EU

From Euro Info Centre

Innovation Relay Centre to

More than 10 years

Since February 2008: on board at

Enterprise Europe Network

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Enterprise Europe Network is represented in Catalonia by ACC1Ó and the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona

ACC1Ó is totally on line with the Enterprise Europe Network objectives

One Stop Shop: no wrong door i one-stop shop

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Enterprise support policies, especially the SMEs, in Europe and Catalonia are strongly aligned.

A one-stop shop for Catalan businesses in Europe

ACC1Ó activities are part of the objectives of the Enterprise Europe Network

Services for internationalisation

Services for international technology transfer

Support services for the business participation in the 7th R&D Framework Program

Geographical coverage

CATCIM will provide its services in Catalonia, Spain. Catalonia corresponds to NUTS2 level. The

reasons to consider a NUTS2 level region as the region to be covered are the Spanish

administrative organisation (Catalonia is one of the 17 Autonomous Regions); the size of the

region in terms of population, which corresponds to NUTS1 level; the number of companies

and existing networks and infrastructures; and its GDP in relation to the Spanish GDP.

Catalonia is located in the north-east of the Iberian Peninsula on the Mediterranean coast, occupying

an area of 31,980 square km, with a population of 6,995,206 (in 2005), which is about 16% of

the Spanish population. The global GDP was 169.855 millions € in year 2005. The Catalan

contribution to the Spanish economy currently accounts for 19% of total Spanish GDP, with a

share of 28% and 29% of total Spanish exports and imports respectively. Catalonia has

about 605.000 companies, 74% located at the province of Barcelona and the rest at the

provinces of Girona (11%), Tarragona (9%) and Lleida (6%).

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Geographical coverage

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Business opportunities in the European market

Diffusion of initiatives, policies and EU programs

Encourage companies to participate in the European process for elaborating

policies that affect SMEs.

Business participation in CE studies

Support for developing cross-borders activities

Advicing and Network contacts

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Internationalisation services

1. According to the Catalan Institute of Statistics in base to the host organisations’ experience as SME service provider, the universe of potential direct and indirect beneficiaries of CATCIM services are around 95.000 Catalan SMEs, of which about 57.000 industrial SMEs, 38.000 services SMEs basically from the subsector of services to the enterprise (around 27.000), being the rest services companies from the distribution, tourism, transports & communications, financial and real state services

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With regard to the direct expected beneficiaries of all the activities

for module a) CATCIM foresees to reach at least 68.322 impacts on

SMEs on a three-year period which means that we will work with

around 8-10.000 different SMEs in all the territory of Catalonia.

Other direct expected beneficiaries are more than 100 enterprise

associations, around 50-60 other agencies and organizations for

economic promotion (i.e. municipalities) and a non-specified number

of natural persons, including not only the professionals working at

the SMEs, associations and economic promotion agencies, but also

students, trainees, experts, consultants, university lecturers and

professors, etc.

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European service for Technological Watch

Publication of offers and requests of technology

Meetings with potential technological international partners

Specialised training in International technology transfer

Monitoring the negotiation process

Promotion of Catalan technology around European markets

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International technology transfer services

1. LEITAT, technology centre on new materials with 700 companies as customers;

2. AETIC, industry association on ICT with 300 companies associates;

3. FEDERACIO DE COOPERATIVES AGRARIES DE CATALUNYA represents 70% of the agriculture and first transformation food producers with more than 487 associates;

4. AIABECA, the food and beverages industry association with 650 associates

5. FUNDACIÓ EDUARD SOLÉ, technology centre dedicated to industrial design and manufacturing technologies with 500 customers (textile, sports, renewable energies, cosmetics, automotive, graphical arts, food industry)

6. APERCA-FERCA, industrial association for renewable energies with 180 associates and 8000 related manufacturing and installers companies

7. BIOCAT Public Foundation that promotes the Catalan Bio-Region and finally CATALONIA-BIO, Biotechnology Industry Association with 49 associates. 

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1. CATCIM, by means of the Technology Transfer networks, already loyal customers of the current IRC services and working in the whole territory, will reach many other sectors and entities. Those are:

2. Network of 9 Technology Trampolines (XTT), which supports the creation of innovative technological enterprises, located at Catalan universities and management schools, with more than 300 customers

3. Network of 10 Technology Centres (XCT), which focus on knowledge transfer from research centres to companies in specific technologies (textile, multimedia, aeronautics, construction, tanning, industrial manufacturing), reaching 600 SMEs

4. Network of 73 centres supporting technological innovation (XIT) are public and private technology providers, including the 9 Catalan universities that offer consulting services to SMEs, with about 500 companies served. CIDEM has an agreement with University of Barcelona, Technical University of Catalonia and Autonomous University of Barcelona to disseminate CATCIM services among the academy

5. Network of Technology and Scientific Parks (XPCT), which aims to foster technological progress and knowledge transfer, bringing together academy and industry

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1. The SMEs capacity to determine whether EU R&D is the adequate tool for their needs and how to identify their opportunities within FP7

2. The SMEs technical competence and readiness for participating in FP7 proposals and projects initiated by others

3. The SMEs ability to generate and evolve their own ideas

4. The SMEs criteria in selecting the most adequate and promising R&D funding lines

5. The SMEs autonomy in consortium management and in managing their project participation (finance, contractual, IPR, work, exploitation)

6. The SMEs competence in networking and facilitating European-wide cooperation

7. The SMEs strategic positioning for negotiating participations and especially IPR and exploitation issues in the consortium

8. The SMEs arrangements to raise maximum benefit from jointly developed know-how and innovative technologies

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Training in leading R+D+I European projects

News sheet about 7th FM

Consultation service and individual interviews

Service Partner Search for R+D European projects

Contrast of CE proposals service

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Business participation in the 7th R&D Framework Program

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For more information

Enterprise Europe Network A CATALUNYAwww.een.cat

ACC1Ó - Internacionalització(+34) 934 849 [email protected]

ACC1Ó – Innovació i Transferència Tecnològica(+34) 935 674 [email protected]

ACC1Ó – 7è Programa Marc Europeu d’R+D(+34) 935 674 [email protected]

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