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Cross-border linking of Centers of Excellence

Cross-border linking of Centers of Excellence. Ljubljana, October 24 th 2002. Situation.

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Cross-border linking of Centers of Excellence

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  1. Cross-border linking of Centers of Excellence Ljubljana, October 24th 2002

  2. Situation Well established or currently in development being eBusiness Centers of Excellence with strong regional integration in the region (e.g. eCommerce Center Maribor, biztech institute, evolaris eBusiness Competence Center...) BUT: Much more opportunities to take advantage from linking the centers and their respective industry partners with each other.

  3. Cross-border linking of Centers of Excellence Building a net out of similar focused Centers of Excellence in a certain area would generate various advantages and possibilities. Advantages • Increased efficiency in research and training • Business opportunities between the partners • Common procedures in acquiring big projects, clear responsibilities

  4. Opportunities • Take advantage of unused synergies in regional development agendas • Promote cross-border eBusiness • Avoid overlapping research efforts • Collective training of Competence Center´s employees • Exchange of academic teaching staff • Establish the European research area (ERA) • Conjoint FP6 projects (IP, NoE)

  5. evolaris eBusiness Competence Center Further Center of Excellence Coordinated research and training Businessopportunities eCommerce Center Maribor c c c c c c c c c c Common procedures for big projects brand-new Austrian programme: STRAPAMO

  6. STRAPAMO facts Eligible expenses • Internal and external labour costs • Project related software and internet solutions • Feasibility studies • Expenses for cross-border stays for study purpose at partner institutions • Travelling and subsistence expenses Duration: 12 – 18 months, single call open until January 24th,2003 Applicable amount: 75% of eligible expenses, 100.000€ max Project deliverables • Allocation of potential actors • Concepts for application within European Research Programmes (FP6: NoE, IP) • Making use of complementarities of coordinated research and development capacities between the participants (www.bit.ac.at/strapamo)

  7. STRAPAMO project structure

  8. Further funding opportunities of cross-border linked Centers of Excellence • STRAPAMO: Program from the Austrian Ministry of Economics and Labour to support RTD or production networks between Central/Eastern European countries and Austria. • Leonardo: Line B - Transnational Networks, two-stage process (initial proposal, full proposal) • Interreg III/A AT-CZ, AT-SI, AT-SK, AT-HU • FP6 Integrated Projects and Networks of Excellence (EoI: RED - Regional eCommerce Development NoE)

  9. Tasks & Next Steps • Document the interest in building cross-border networks of Centers of Excellence by signing a Letter of Intent • Design a common project within the STRAPAMO programme • Acquire participating companies in particular countries • Define STRAPAMO proposal

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