Name of the project

Walking towards a European regionally based research area on new processes and flexible intelligent manufacturing systems.

Programme

FP6-ERA-NET-036229

Schedule

From April 2006.
Projects duration: 48 months

Entities taking part

Coordinating entity
Basque Country (SP)

Partner entities

• Regional Western Greece (GR)
• Catalonia (SP)
• Tuscany (I)
• Slovak Republic (CZ)
• NorthRhein-Westfalia (GE)
• Regione Piamonte (I)
• Lower Silesia (PL)
• Romania (R)
• Wallonia (B)
• Valencia (SP)
• Province of Gelderland (NL)
• Aragón (Sp)
• Provence (F)
• Estonia (ET)
• Flanders (B)
• East Netherlands (NL)
• Emilia-Romagna (I)
• Navarra (SP)
• Saxony (GE)  

Objectives

• To facilitate a common knowledge among different regional and national programmes, support to manufacturing R&D&I and identify the best practices.
• It is a long term initiative which would not end with the 6th Framework Programme ERA-NET proposal, but it would continue in the 7th FW ERA-NET Plus with a Manufacturing initiative at a European level.
• Identification of common and complementary elements of the regional research initiatives.
• Coordination of thematic priorities, both in regional and European programmes. To make use of the knowledge about the industrial sector and the importance of the member regions in order to influence on the Commission's priorities about the industrial field, and to influence as well from the MANUFUTURE technological platform.
• Exceptional relations with the MANUFUTURE technological platform as an active work agent and well-known in the field of industrial research.  

Results 

• Creation of a support programmes map of European industrial research.
• To open a notice of financial assistance for transregional projects. In the first notice (2007) each region would finance its part (firm or technological centre) with its programme of aids. In future notices we would try to incorporate the project into the 7th FP ERANET-Plus, where the participants would create a common fund and the Commission would add a 30% to increase it.  

Budget

2.696.220 €

Role of the CIDEM in the project 

• The CIDEM leads the Task Force 1.1 (May - September 2006), which has the following objectives:
  • To Design a questionnaire for all the partners in which there will be common information about funding programmes for the industrial sector in each region.
  • Data collection.
  • Creation of a database or a quick-reaction consultation guide.  
• The CIDEM also leads the Task Force 7.1. (May - December 2006), first phase of the partners' increase:
  • Establishment of potential candidates to become new partners.
  • Design of a questionnaire with main data required to the new partners.
  • Contact and pre-selection of new partners.  

Web site of the project 

www.manunet.net

Person of the CIDEM in charge of the project 

Mrs. Imma Rodríguez
irodriguez@cidem.gencat.net