In the current set-up of EFFRA website, the Exploitation toolkit is accessible via the menu 'Research & Innovation'. The link www.effra.eu/impact also leads to the exploitation toolkit main page.
These pages aim at providing
• A list of Success factors for successful industrial exploitation; this list constitutes the backbone of the toolkit
• Examples of projects that illustrate the relevance of the success factors
• References to valuable documentation and links in connection to the success factors
• References to organisations ('service providers') that can be of help in realisation of different success factors
• Guidelines with formats of events or workshops useful for different stages of the project life that supports consortia in addressing the success factors
A page organised in tabs leads to information of success factors, illustrative cases, service providers, workshop formats, the EFFRA Innovation Portal and some background information about the FoF-7-2014 coordination actions.
The Formats for public workshops
Deliverable 2.2 is first providing an overview of existing approaches or services (‘Benchmark analysis’), where the Exploitation Strategy Seminars are already deployed as a services to FoF projects through DG Research & Innovation (although it has been seen that some FoF projects funded by DG Connect have also use the ESS services).
The second part of Deliverable 2.2 is dedicated at describing workshop formats, first in a general way, then more specifically mapping the workshop formats on the success factors of the FoF-Impact toolkit.
Promote projects and projects results and stimulate synergies and clustering of projects
The FoF-Impact CSA provided complementary support or more generic support for clustering:
• The organisation of the FoF Workshop on IMPACT, yearly organised by the EC was heavily supported, in particular with respect to the allocation of projects to the clusters/project areas.
• On the project search page on the EFFRA Innovation portal, the projects can be filtered according to clusters or project groups
• Sector-oriented workshops have been organised and will be organised in the future, where possible in cooperation with organisation that have a sector focus. These workshops will establish a new way of clustering, focussing on end-user sectors, such as the maritime sector and the aerospace sector.
• Multi-sector workshops where organised focussing on the presentation of the project results (the FoF-Pitch)
As anticipated, the EFFRA Innovation Portal is a good instrument in support of the promotion of project results and the stimulation of interactions across the boundaries of project consortia. During the FoF Workshop on impact of 14-15 April 2016, some delegates referred to the EFFRA Innovation Portal as a market place of FoF results (an R&D&Innovation marketplace, rather than a commercial marketplace). EFFRA further stimulates the description of project results. See also
http://www.effra.eu/reporting(öffnet in neuem Fenster).
EFFRA has started the publication of the public Newsletter ‘Impact’. This newsletter focuses on the promotion of project results as soon as they become available. The newsletter can also be used by projects to look for partnerships outside the consortium in order to enhance the industrial exploitation of project results. Copies of these newsletters can be found in the EFFRA website
http://www.effra.eu/index.php/media-a-events-78/publications(öffnet in neuem Fenster)
