how to get partners, knowledge and funds for innovation
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How to get partners, knowledge and funds for innovation. Andrejs Vasiljevs Director, Products and services Tilde BIT&T 2007, 20.04.2007. About Tilde. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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BIT&T 2007
How to get partners, How to get partners, knowledgeknowledgeand funds for innovationand funds for innovationAndrejs VasiljevsDirector, Products and servicesTilde
BIT&T 2007, 20.04.2007
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About TildeAbout Tilde
Tilde – leading provider of software and services that helps Baltic users to get most from the use of new technologies taking into account their language, business environment, culture and local information needs
Language products, localization services, business softare online media and reference content
Tilde companies in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia with 135 employees
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Product business Product business versus contract versus contract businessbusiness
Contract-based business Product-based business
Clients Set of contract based clients
Many potential clients
Functionality Determined by client Determined by developer
Development costs Financed by client Financed by developer
Risks Controllable and manageable
Hard to manage
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Why SMEs are not investing in innovation? Why SMEs are not investing in innovation?
Example
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Innovation PathInnovation Path
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EU Support EU Support ProgrammesProgrammes
EU Funding as an enabler and supporter NOT as a goal
Excellent for research-intensive projects
Excellent for acquiring experience and competence
Huge administrative burden
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How to get inHow to get in
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04/22/23 Final review meeting, Luxembourg
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Tilde Tilde project experienceproject experience
Leonardo da Vinci – Multimedia eLearning
FP5 - Clarity FP6 – Tripod, Miauce eContent - EuroTermBank eTEN – eRMIONE Latvia ERAF – DVV
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EuroTermBank Project EuroTermBank Project ExperienceExperience
First project initiated by Tilde Part of eContent programme Huge work in project preparation Sticking to project goals Management, management,
management Excellent evaluation results
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Coordination ChallengeCoordination Challenge
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Don’t underestimate Don’t underestimate differencesdifferences
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CIPCIP Period covered: 2007-2013 Competitiveness and Innovation
Framework Programme – EUR 3.6 billion– Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Programme (EIP)– ICT Policy Support Programme– Intelligent Energy Europe Programme (IEE)
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FPFP77
Period covered: 2007-2013 Seventh Research Framework
Programme – EUR over 50 billion– Cooperation– Ideas– People– Capacities
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ERDFERDF Period covered: 2007-2013 European Reconstruction and
Development Fund– Productive investment leading to the
creation or maintenance of jobs– Infrastructure– Local development initiatives and the
business activities of small and medium-sized enterprises
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ERDF in LatviaERDF in Latvia
Improvement of competitiveness and drive for knowledge based economy – Science, research and development EUR
238 M– Innovations EUR 210 M– Facilitation of competitiveness EUR 100 M– Financial measures EUR 170 M
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Famous world smallest Minox camera produced in Latvia in 1930-s
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