How to put together a great
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project
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Alex
Mauser, Programmes Manager, Midlands
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European Commission
Enterprise and Industry
To cover:
• The Enterprise Europe Network
• Services and support offered by EEN in
the UK
• Putting together a great project team
• Summary/How to access EEN services
Core proposition
“The Enterprise Europe Network is your local gateway
to doing business abroad, accessing European
funding, driving innovation and increasing your
competitiveness in new markets”.
An EU network with global reach
600 partners in 50+ countries
The Consortium
What we offer to businesses
1 - Information and Advisory Services:
EU policy and programmes affecting SMEs
Accessing markets in the EU and beyond
Intellectual Property Rights/Access to
finance/Innovation/routes to market
• Answer enquiries/provide guidance
• Organise events
• Feedback on EU policy affecting SMEs
• Produce information resources: e.g.Research and
Innovation catalogue
Information and advisory services..
• Websites:
www.enterprise-europe.co.uk
www.een.ec.europa.ec
• Previous and forthcoming events:
H2020 funding for ICT (Nov 2013)
H2020 Masterclass – Coordinating and Writing a Proposal (Oct 2014)
Funding, Finance and Investment for Fuel Cells (March 2015)
Doing Business in Germany (April 2015)
Licensing – a way to grow successful sales (July 2nd 2015)
H2020 Masterclass (Sept. 2015)
2 – International brokerage and partnering
services
To support business cooperation, technology transfer, and collaborative
research
• Brokerage events/Company missions
• Publication and targeted dissemination of partnership profiles (circa.
15000 profiles)
• Specialist sector Groups representing SMEs from across Europe
Recent successes
University of Birmingham/ fzmb GmbH
IMPACT – Ion-Molecule Process for Analytical Chemistry Technologies
University of Birmingham/Planet GmbH
SWARM - Demonstration of Small 4-Wheel fuel cell passenger vehicle Applications in
Regional and Municipal transport
University of Wolverhampton/Vettorazzo Costruzioni S.r.l
“RIMACON” FP7-PEOPLE project
Cancer vaccines Ltd/Antwerp University Hospital
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A Phase II randomised placebo controlled clinical trial of allogeneic cell
immunotherapy ACIT-1 with or without conditioning cyclophosphamide in patients
with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
3 – Innovation Services
• EU investing in innovation capacity of SMEs:
Innovate2Succeed, SME Instrument Coaching
• Improved access to Innovate UK
Services and grants: Smart, Launchpad, SBRI, KTPs,
KTNs and H2020 support
Putting together a
great project team
The Optimum Consortium Size
• The project should relate to the call
focus and objectives
• Using the synopsis define the tasks on
measurable objectives
• Only add partners to fill the defined roles
Building a team
• Team of 20 people, own agendas, many
will not know one another; individual
interpretations of call/objectives
• Coordinator must create a single vision
in order to formulate a joined-up
proposal
• Letter of intent/confidentiality
Work Integration
• Have a high level outline of the project
• Do not just piece together disparate inputs
from partners
• Show good suitability between partner and
role
• Ensure the major themes run consistently
through the proposal
• Present the work in a logical way and written
by one person
Partner description
• Show a consortium balanced in competencies and
distribution
• Show how the consortium is balanced in terms of type
of organisation appropriate to the Instrument
• Too many SMEs with small deliverables leads to
fragmentation
• No large end user will throw doubt on market
knowledge and exploitation
• Insufficient research partners will cast doubt on the
quality of the science
• Overlapping skills in consortium mean lower risk
Project Consortium
• Consortium agreements - letter of intent/confidentiality
agreement at proposal stage: draft CA should address
implementation/internal organisation & management;
rights and obligations re: background/results
• Have good management structures; work package
teams are used effectively; assign roles where
necessary
• Project Manager should establish good relations with
the Project Officer
In summary…
• Information and advisory services on EU
legislation, policy and programmes
• International brokerage and partnering
• Innovation support services to small
businesses
• EEN can help you find industrial and research
partners here and abroad/to achieve right
balance
How to get involved…
• Contact National Enquiry Gateway/ and arrange a
meeting with one of our regional
advisers:contact@enterprise-europe.co.uk:
• Register to receive alerts of project and collaboration
opportunities
• Learn about forthcoming events in UK and abroad:
• Use the website:
www.enterprise-europe.co.uk
…Or contact me for more information:
a.mauser@cad.coventry.ac.uk
024 7623 6236
Thanks for your attention!