Presentation lined up to EARMA annual Conference in Bragança - Portugal

1. Fostering the participation of SMEs in the Marie Curie Actions 24 Years Living Innovation Strategic Innovation Consulting Francisco Buján EARMA 2011 – Bragança 23 rd June 2011

2. STRATEGIC INNOVATION CONSULTING Founded in1987 Offices in: Bilbao, Madrid, Barcelona, Tenerife, Brussels, London & Mexico THREE CORNERSTONES OF OUR BUSINESS Innovation ▪ Technology ▪ Internationalisation MULTIDISCIPLINED SERVICE TEAM Predominantly engineers (industrial, telecommunications, computer science), technology and business strategy and innovation specialists. CLIENTS Private companies Public administrations WHO ARE WE?

3. Services to Private companies

4. Services to Public Administrations

5. REFERENCES

12. Fostering the participation of SMEs in the Marie Curie Actions

14. Results of a promoting action aiming at the COOPERATION PROGRAMME Results of a promoting action aiming at the PEOPLE PROGRAMME Higher slope value SOME FACTS

15. DISADVANTAGES WPs and guides are not understandable There’s a lot of competition High expendiures in time and money Long process Projects have to be managed There are always problems This is not for us Externals access confidential data ADVANTAGES Funds for our R&D activities (including mobility) New market opportunities Chances of creating more projects Advanced training for our team Access to state of the art knowledge Improve external mark of our company Professional growth of our team Contractor CARSA Our objective – Answer the question WHY should I?

17. Time framework 2010 2011 Seminar Deadline 7 th December Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) Deadline 26th January Marie Curie Initial Training Networks (ITN) July

18. The proposed methodology Awareness and promotion seminar/workshop SMEs identification Visit and working meeting with managers and technicians Profile elaboration to be used in search for partners (participation) Abstract elaboration (leadership)

20. Awareness and promotion seminar/workshop The budget available for these 2 sub-programmes represents 50% of the whole PEOPLE.

27. [email_address] www.carsa.es Francisco Buján Mob. +34 607 407 405 e-mail: [email_address] BILBAO – Headquarters Carretera de Asúa, 6 48930 Getxo, Spain Tel.: +34 94 480 4138 Fax: +34 94 480 4130 MADRID c/ Alcalá 35, 6º 28014 Madrid, Spain Tel.: +34 91 531 0521 Fax: +34 91 522 0626 BARCELONA Nave # 13 - P. I. Pallejà, 1 08780 Pallejà, Barcelona, Spain Tel.: +34 93 663 3304 Fax: +34 93 663 1838 CANARY ISLANDS Plaza Isabel II, 1 38002 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Tenerife, Spain Tel.: +34 922 275 815 BRUSSELS Boulevard de la Cambre, 52 B-1000 Brussels, Belgium Tel.: +32 2 645 0870 Fax: +32 2 648 7077 VALLADOLID C/ Fco. Mendizabal, 9 47014 Valladolid, Spain Tel.: +34 983 333 080 LONDON 19 Stanhope Court East End Road London N3 3LU, UK Tel: +44 (0)7588 025 279 Fax: +44 (0)20 8346 5068 MEXICO Plaza Necaxa 6, Oficina 602 Col. Cuauhtemoc 06500 México D.F. Mexico