Objective
The project aims to pilot the transfer rehabilitation technologies with established market potential to SMEs.
This horizontal activity involves four main activities :
- market survey of end user requirements in relation to RT (Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany)
- search for relevant technologies
- presentation to SMEs in interactive workshops
- involvement of SMEs in developing and producing RT products / services
Market survey : A market survey based on a literature review and inquiries to organisations that assist specific groups of disabled and older people will be carried out. The aim is to determine priority end user requirements in relation to RT, based on field information. The results of this exercise will be the subject of a practical report, that for the purposes of this project, will be the basis for further action.
Technology Search : In conjunction with the market survey, relevant technologies will be sought and screened for their suitability for use as examples in the diffusion exercise i.e. during the planned workshops. The technologies will be categorised according to their functional use and the different industrial sectors they appeal to. They will be evaluated on the merit they show for implementation by SME's. The objective is to create additional and new business for SME's which want to implement these technologies.
Interactive workshop : In order to promote the technologies as well as the basic background of RT and its applications, workshops are to be held in the three member states involved in the project. The interactive workshops will use a methodology that was developed by T.I.V. and which is specifically geared at assisting companies in defining new products and services. The approach is to make a morphological analysis of all industrial sectors in order to indicate all possible avenues that can lead to a real prospect for new products and services.
Implementing technologies in SME's : The aim of the consortium is to achieve technology transfer beyond the mere commercial agreements whereby one company would just sell products and services coming from another.
Technical Approach : The following work will be carried out:
1) Market and customer requirements inventory
2) Data collection on the basis of existing technological solutions versus the requirements inventory
3) Structuring data and preparation of workshop script
4) Contacting and inviting SME's to the workshop
5) Organisation of the workshops
6) Implementation through technology transfer assistance and concluding partnership agreements between companies.
Impact and Expected Results : This horizontal activity aims to have some 30 companies per country attending the workshops. It is anticipated that two agreements per participating country involving RT will be established.
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Belgium
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