SEE-Innovation - Facilitating innovation for ICT SMEs in South Eastern Europe

Program:
6th Framework Programme, ETI (DG Research)

Description:

SEE-Innovation is a Specific Support Action aiming to assist SMEs from candidate and third countries from the region of South Eastern Europe (SEE) to participate actively in EU-funded research in the field of Information Society Technologies. It is a sister project of IS2WEB – targeting a different audience (SMEs - small and medium-sized enterprises) and a wider geographical area (South Eastern Europe: four Western Balkan countries as well as Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and Greece). However, the approach is a similar one.

Instead of addressing all SMEs operating in the area of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in South Eastern Europe, SEE Innovation will identify through a survey a specific group of companies that show high degree of innovativeness and research potential. These form the target group of further activities of the project.

First, in the framework of the Mentoring Workshops SMEs and SMEs groupings will get informed on the funding opportunities offered by the EU Framework Programme (FP) and how they should proceed in order to secure funding for their research and innovative ideas.

Then, by participating in the Know-how transfer events they will get useful information on the current trends in specific areas of the Information Society environment as well as on the ongoing related research activities.

Finally, through the participation in the networking activities, they will have the opportunity to meet other key actors from the research community and pursue joint research initiatives.

In addition, SEE-Innovation partners will actively support those ICT SMEs and SME groupings that demonstrate strong innovative potential to transform their research idea to a successful research project by providing individual Partnership Coaching.

Team:

Mag.a Désirée Pecarz
Project leader
Phone: ++43-1-495 04 42 / 39
Fax: ++43-1-495 04 42 / 40
Email: pecarz@zsi.at

Dipl-Übers Carmen Siller
Project leader
Phone: ++43-1-495 04 42 / 38
Fax: ++43-1-495 04 42 / 40
Email: siller@zsi.at

Mag.^a Elke Dall
Mobil phone: skype-ID: dall_zsi
Email: dall@zsi.at

Mag. Barbara Kieslinger
Phone: ++43-1-495 04 42 / 31
Fax: ++43-1-495 04 42 / 40
Email: kieslinger@zsi.at

Mag.a Andrea Christiane Mayr
Phone: ++43-1-495 04 42 / 33
Fax: ++43-1-495 04 42 / 40
Email: mayr@zsi.at

Contracting authority:
European Commission

Status:
Finished

Start/End:
07/2005 - 06/2007

Project duration:
24 months

Partners:
Planet (Greece), TESEO (Belgium), SEPVE (Greece), BASSCOM (Bulgaria), ARIES (Romania), YUINFO (Serbia), ISSETI (Albania), ZaMirNet (Croatia), MASIT (Macedonia), TUBITAK (Turkey)

Website:
http://www.see-innovation.org