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This document provides a comprehensive overview of the brokerage events (BEs) organized under the ENV-NCP-TOGETHER initiative, focusing on environmental innovation. Since 2009, successful events have been held in cities like Vienna, Istanbul, and Gdansk, attracting over 133 participants from various countries. Upcoming events in Malta and Portugal aim to enhance SME participation in R&D and foster eco-innovation. Key themes include water management, marine research, and environmental bio-technologies, as well as facilitating vital international networking opportunities.
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ENV-NCP-TOGETHER WP2 – Brokerage events Michalis Tzatzanis – FFG Austria 08.03.2012
Overview of work done so far: • 2009: Webtool selected and B2Match.eu subcontracted • 2009: BE in Vienna • 2010: BE in Istanbul • 2011: BE in Gdansk • ...coming up: • BE in Malta • BE in Portugal together with EcoAP (a.k.a. ETAP) Forum
BE in Vienna • 133 participants from 37 different countries • 13 African, 19 European and 5 EECA countries • Focus: water management and sanitation (Africa Call) • more than 150 one-to-one Meetings
BE in Istanbul • 105 participants from 23 different countries • Europe, Russia, Mediterranean and Black Sea regions • Focus: marine research • more than 120 one-to-one Meetings
BE in Gdansk • 118 participants from 27 countries • Europe, Asia, Africa, America and New Zealand • Focus: Environmental Bio-Technologies • Together with Polish Presidency Conference • 95 one-to-one Meetings
BE in Malta • When? – June 2012 (most likely) • What? – Focus on last Call for Environment in FP7 • Who? – Task Leader MCST, MT • Support : PT, IL, ES, CY and GR (according to DoW)
BE in Portugal • When? – November 2012 • What? – Main objective: Boosting SME participation in R&D through eco-innovation:bridging towards Horizon2020 • Large international event that will put togetherdifferent playersin the field of ECO-INNOVATION • Theme: „Eco-innovation crosses bridges in Lisbon: from FP7 to Horizon2020; from research to the market; from Europe to emerging countries“ • Who? – The projects ENV-NCP-TOGETHER, ECOPOL and ECOINNOVERA will be organizing together with the 13th European Forum on Eco-Innovation
BE in Portugal • Want to know more of what the EcoInnovation Forums are? • Visit the 11th Eco-Innovation Forum website that was held in Helsinki, 11-12 October 2011 • The 12th Eco-innovation Forum will be held in Amsterdam, 25-26 April 2012 • http://ec.europa.eu/environment/etap/events/ecoinnovation_en.html
Brokerage Event guidelines • What?: Last Task of WP; summarising lessons learned from the 5 BEs • Who?: Leader is PT Juelich, DE • When?: in 2013