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Connecting Bulgarian Entrepreneurs to the European Knowledge Base Virginia Jordanova Mercouri

European Day of the Entrepreneur, Sofia. Connecting Bulgarian Entrepreneurs to the European Knowledge Base Virginia Jordanova Mercouri CORDIS Communication and Awareness v.mercouri@cordis.lu. To succeed, entrepreneurs need:. Information, know-how, exploitable technologies

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Connecting Bulgarian Entrepreneurs to the European Knowledge Base Virginia Jordanova Mercouri

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  1. European Day of the Entrepreneur, Sofia Connecting Bulgarian Entrepreneurs to the European Knowledge Base Virginia Jordanova Mercouri CORDIS Communication and Awareness v.mercouri@cordis.lu

  2. To succeed, entrepreneurs need: • Information, know-how, exploitable technologies • Contacts - for partners and advice • Access to finance • Promotion • Etc. EU’ research & innovation portal CORDIS can help!

  3. What is CORDIS? Community Research and Development Information Service Objectives • Offer free access to information on European research & innovation • Ease participation in programmes and activities • Enhance research results exploitation • Provide all stakeholders from MS and CCs with an interactive platform www.cordis.lu

  4. What is CORDIS? One of the most comprehensive resources on the Web today Used by over 150 countries 7 000 000 pages viewe/month 250 000 unique users/month 300 000 documents downloaded/month Candidate Countries – 9 % of CORDIS users Small companies – 13 %

  5. Stay informed News and Views on R&D and Innovation • Featuring EU, national and regional policy initiatives and their implementation • Interviews with stakeholders • Examples of research breakthroughs, innovation in practice • Events coverage • Free magazine every two weeks www.cordis.lu/news You can also make the news!

  6. Stay informed Analysis • Innovation policy studies • covering innovation management & finance, promotion & technology transfer • including Bulgaria & all CCs • stimulating informed debate on innovation policy issues in the CCs www.cordis.lu/innovation-policy/studies 6

  7. Trendchart on European Innovation European innovation scoreboard covering Bulgaria Insights on policy measures and support schemes in current & future Member States Networking innovation scheme managers Stay informed Benchmarking and best practices http://trendchart.cordis.lu www.cordis.lu/scoreboard

  8. Stay informed Economic and Technological Intelligence for SMEs • Financed by the EU research budget – FP6 • Information and analysis on science and technological developments, applications and markets • Stimulating international clustering of SMEs with similar innovation needs http://sme.cordis.lu

  9. Stay informed Emerging and promising technologies • Technology Marketplace • Descriptions of available technologies • From EU-funded and national research • Clearly identified business applications in the key priorities for EU competitiveness • Useful links and tips to ease technology transfers www.cordis.lu/marketplace

  10. Find contacts for technology transfer and incubation • Access to the largest network of technology transfer organisations in the world • Examples of entrepreneurial success http://irc.cordis.lu www.cordis.lu/incubators • The single entry point to European business incubators • Facilitates networking among business incubators in Europe

  11. Find contacts Manage your international partnerships • Details of thousands of requests from companies, research centres, universities in Europe and the world • Already more than 400 potential partners related to Bulgaria • For research funding and/or commercial exploitation of technologies • Afree communication channel to promote your skills www.cordis.lu/partners-service Introduce your organisation as potential partner

  12. Get promoted Submit your research results • Selection based on five criteria • Impact – social, economic • Effect on employment • Closeness to market • Marketability – how likely to succeed • Other factors – e.g. public profile, early indicators of success, enabling effect Nearly 50 competitive technologies from Candidate Countries 5 from Bulgaria

  13. Get promoted Put your innovation in the spotlight • CORDIS Wire • interactive innovation exchange platform • your own announcements on the results of innovation, tie-ups, spin-offs and more • used by incubators, universities, SMEs and business support services www.cordis.lu/wire

  14. Access to EU funding For research into new technologies • The FP6 Web • all you need to understand, prepare, take part and benefit from FP6 • step by step guide • searchable calls service • library of participation information • interactive tools for partners and electronic submission www.cordis.lu/fp6 Over 2, 100 million Euro reserved for SME participation!

  15. Access to innovation finance The Gate 2 Growth • One stop shop for technology entrepreneurs • investor matching, business diagnostic and planning tools • resources for trainers and organisers of business contests • professional development and networking www.cordis.lu/finance

  16. Conclusion Keep up-to-date! • CORDIS Express • Brings you in a single e-mail the updates to all this information on CORDIS • Your weekly briefing on EU research and innovation • EU information for entrepreneurs made easy www.cordis.lu/express

  17. Conclusion CORDIS information is free! Stay connected! Get promoted! www.cordis.lu/paxis www.cordis.lu/Bulgaria

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