Name of the project

Facilitating Innovation in Renewable Energies
"Foment de la Innovació en el sector de les Energies Renovables"

Programme

6è Programa Marc - Specific Support Action

Schedule

From the 1st of December to the 31st of November 2009
Project's duration: 36 months

Entities taking part

Coordinating entity
European Association of Innovating SMEs - EurExcel (UK)

Partner entities

• Projects in Motion Ltd - PIM (Malta)
• TAGES Industry & Information Technologies RDI S.A. (Turkey)
• International Initiatives for Coorperation - IIC (Bulgary)
• Centre for Innovation and Business Development (CIDEM) - (Spain)
• EIC Jönköpings län AB (Sweden)
• INNOSTART Hungary National Business & Innovation Centre - (Hungary)
• Centre de Recerca i Investigació de Catalunya S.A. - CRIC
• Energy Centre Netherlands - ECN (Holland)
• Innovation and Research Centre Services Ltd (Hungary)
• Malta Industrial Innovation for SMEs Ltd - MIIS (Malta)
• CICOM Organisation (France)
• Energy Centre Bratislava - ECB (Slovakia)
• EC BREC Institute for Renewable Energy (Poland)

Objective 

To facilitate and foster the participation of renewable energies SMEs in the 7th Framework Programme.

At a more operative level the projects has the following objectives:

• To identify the innovative potential of renewable energies SMEs.
• To look for renewable energies SMEs with capacity to participate in the 7th FP.
• To organize sectorial workshops at a European level.
• To offer the consortium's experts support and help to the SMEs which participate in the project.

1. To identify 4000 European SMEs of the renewable energies sector, 300 of which will be selected to participate in FIRE.
2. To determine the degree of innovation in 200 SMEs of the renewable energies sector by means of audits.
3. To organize 10 workshops.
4. Participation of 150 SMEs of the FIRE project at the 7th FP.
5. Spreading of a guide with successful cases regarding the preparation of SMEs for the participation in the 7th FP.
6. When possible, separation of SMEs in clusters.

Role of the CIDEM in the project 

The CIDEM leads the work package "Workshops and Project Road-mapping", due to its experience in workshops of European projects creation. It also co-leads the work package "SME Targeting and Selection". 

Tasks: 

• Design of the questionnaire and the selection methodology of participating SMEs.
• Design of the workshops' methodology and structure.