Objective Within the Action Plan 'Innovation in Europe' several initiatives, infrastructures and services have been established to assist Innovation for Enterprises, Business Planning and Access to finance. However, only a small percentage of innovative research' based ideas have been able to become funded and to transform into market products. The proposed project believes that break through innovation is an iterative process and it starts at the initial stage of the market - oriented (applied) research. Thus, business aspects, market trends and funding possibilities must be taken into account from time of birth of research idea, rather than when the prototype is already developed. This is more applicable to the ICT sector where the evolution results as a combination of technical progress, legislative evolution, and the emergence of new markets. To validate and formulate the mechanism that will implement the aforementioned model the following workplan is proposed: a) Creation of a roadmap of the ICT sector in Europe including all major key players: researchers, start-ups and spin-outs, serial entrepreneurs, market experts, investors, etc b) organization of awareness seminars to educate researchers and future entrepreneurs on entrepreneurship and market issues, c) Provision of personal coaching to researchers and entrepreneurs d) Organisation of discussion groups and creation of local networks of key innovation actors e) elaboration of a business platform that will enable the interaction of the local networks and the transition of best practices, f) Broader Dissemination of the Gate2Start model via workshops and the creation of liaisons with other initiatives, especially Gate2Growth and PAXIS. The Gate2Start model will be validated by analyzing identifying the parameters that led to success and failure in specific cases. The project will result in specific policy suggestions that will aim to support the implementation of the model in European, National and Regional Fields of science social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managemententrepreneurship Programme(s) FP6-INNOVATION - Research and innovation in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) 2002-2006 Topic(s) INNOVATION-2004-1.2.1.4 - Networking innovation actors by sectors INNOVATION - Research and Innovation Call for proposal FP6-2004-INNOV-6 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CA - Coordination action Coordinator ATLANTIS CONSULTING SA EU contribution No data Address 9th klm Thessaloniki - Thermi THESSALONIKI Greece See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all EUROPE UNLIMITED SA Belgium EU contribution No data Address Place E. Flagey 7 BRUSSELS See on map Total cost No data GESELLSCHAFT FUER TECHNOLOGIEFOERDERUNG ITZEHOE MBH, IZET INNOVATIONSZENTRUM ITZEHOE Germany EU contribution No data Address Fraunhoferstrasse 3 ITZEHOE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INNO AG Germany EU contribution No data Address Karlstr. 45b KARLSRUHE See on map Total cost No data VIP PARK CZ S.R.O Czechia EU contribution No data Address Bulharska, 37 BRNO See on map Total cost No data VLERICK LEUVEN GENT MANAGEMENT SCHOOL Belgium EU contribution No data Address REEP 1 GENT See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
