EL PARTNER
TECNOLÓGICO
Success
story: LEITAT,
the
technology partner of SMEs
3rd Pan-European SME Event VISION 2020
Émilie Mespoulhes
Barcelona, 4th April 2014
Content
I.
About us
II. Our activities/projects
III. Our strategy
About us
Since 1906… collaborating with companies
LEITAT’s ID CARD
Name: Acondicionamiento Tarrasense
Date of creation: 1906
Legal
status:
association
private
non-profit
Location:
Terrassa
(Headquarter),
Barcelona (Parc Cientific and 22@) and
Igualada.
Nº of collaborators: 250
LEITAT
Terrassa, Barcelona and
Igualada
About us
Our vision, our mission
Our vision
Income in M€
• Be an acknowledged
technological partner for
companies and
administration; create a
corporative culture that
enables sustainable growth
and efficiency of actions.
Our mission
• Create value with
technological projects.
M€
Our activities
Research and development areas
Our projects
International Projects Office
Team of 15 full-time project managers;
70 projects under execution;
Experience in project proposal writing and submission;
European contact database, experience in networking at EU level;
Expertise in public procurement application and management;
Watch of EU policies and EU calls for proposals and tenders.
FP7-SME and FP7-SME-AG  5 projects under execution:
http://solgain.eu/
2012-2014
(GA nº315663)
www.biogas2pemfc.eu
2012-2014
(GA nº314940)
www.mfc4sludge.eu
2013-2015
(GA nº605893)
www.oxfloc.eu
2013-2015
(GA nº606216)
www.betitex.eu
2013-2016
(GA nº 606517)
Our projects
International Projects Office
Projects - Funding schemes
30
Projects approved
24
25
FP7
4%
LIFE+
9%
20
3%
CIP-EcoInnovation
IEE
20
40%
11%
21
19
14
15
ERA-NET
INTERREG
10
1%
3%
ENPI
7%
5
JTI
PPP
3
1
4%
7%
11%
0
0
Total projects approved
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Our strategy
 Providing technological solutions to SMEs thanks our 5 research and
development areas.
 Supporting SMEs in the development of their project idea from R&D
projects to market oriented projects.
 Assessment in the preparation and management of EU funded projects.
 SME instrument: Support to SMEs from Phase 1 to Phase 2.
Source: European Commission
Our strategy
Horizon 2020:
 Collaborative projects (R&D topics):
Inviting SMEs to participate in proposals
Assisting SMEs in the development of their project idea
EUROSTARS:
As subcontractor
Our strategy
SME instrument
Guiding SMEs from Phase 1 to Phase 2:
Support in the definition of the project idea and SME’s
strategy to reach the market.
Partner search
Support in the preparation and submission of the proposal
 As subcontractor (technical feasibility and R&D
activities)
THANK YOU FOR YOR ATTENTION
Emilie Mespoulhes
International Project Manager
emespoulhes@leitat.org
http://ipo.leitat.org
www.leitat.org
info@leitat.org