Transnational technology transfer projects
January 1993 marked the start up of the implementation phase of 12 specific transnational technology transfer projects. These projects are part of the SPRINT "Specific Projects" action, which aims to diffuse new technologies throughout the Member States of the European Community, particularly to SMEs, less developed regions and traditional industrial sectors. The initial call for proposals launched in 1990 attracted 103 project applicants of which 17 were selected to carry out a preliminary definition phase. After presentations in Luxembourg during the Summer of 1992, 12 projects were retained. Examples of the technologies involved are: - Adaptation and transfer of computer-based fashion design from Italy to Spain and Portugal; - Contributions from improved leakage-control strategies, developed in the United Kingdom, to more efficient water distribution in Greek towns; - UK and German techniques for preventive power station maintenance transferred to Spain, Portugal, France, Ireland and Finland. Each project will run for about two years and it is intended that the results will be disseminated to a range companies in different countries. The average Community funding for each project is in the region of ECU 700,000.
Countries
Germany, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom