The project has a new flickr account where you can find all the photos from our events together in high resolution. You do not need to create a new account to see the photos, but if you do it remember to follow us.
So far our project team organised 6 very successful events where participation exceeded our expectations. After our launch event and the Information Multipliers Workshop in Ankara and our 1st IPR event in Istanbul, our experts gave 3 General Training daily events, where participants had the opportunity to familiarise themselves with Horizon 2020 programme and its thematic areas. Furthermore a Thematic specific event on the ICT theme was organised in Ankara.
More events are coming in the following months, along with some very helpful tools to support you in proposal preparation.
Stay tuned!
The European Patent Office (EPO) organises a “Guidelines2day and Article 84 EPC” training event in various places all over Europe. The next event is in Berlin, but more will follow all over Europe. The training is organised with the support of the epi, and it targets patent attorneys and IP professionals. According to EPO’s page, the programme includes:
the impact of the amendments in the new Guidelines for Examination, with the focus on how to optimise patent prosecution before the EPO ?in terms of communication with the Office, expediting the procedure and amending the application
procedural changes which are not covered by the Guidelines but which are nevertheless relevant to professional representatives
how the EPO evaluates whether the claims comply with the requirements of Art. 84 EPC; the speakers will provide sound practical advice using general examples which do not require field specific technical knowledge.
Dear participants. Once again, we would like to thank you for attending our event. You can find all the presentations of the events in their respective pages:
Launch Event & IMS Workshop in Ankara (28-29.Jan.2016)
1st IPR Training Workshop in Istanbul (2.Feb.2016)
If you are an Information Multiplier, you’ll first have to register, so you can get exclusive access to our portal. You may have already receive, or you will soon receive, a personal invitation email for registering to our portal.
Be sure to check our LinkedIn and Facebook accounts for the photos of the event.
The European Commission has published its ex-post evaluation of the 7th Framework Programme (FP7), the EU’s research funding programme between 2007 and 2013. The evaluation is based on a report by an independent group of high level experts, as well as the Commission’s response to its recommendations published in two legal documents.
The main findings are that FP7 was effective in boosting excellent science and strengthening Europe’s industrial competitiveness, contributing to growth and jobs in Europe. The evaluation also identified ways to improve how the EU funds research and innovation, of which many issues are already being taken up by Horizon 2020, the successor programme to FP7.
You can read the full memo here.
The report of the High Level Expert Group is available here.
*Original Source: European Commission – Fact Sheet, published Brussels, 25 January 2016
EU-Turkey Co-operation on Research and Innovation: Launch Event of “Turkey in Horizon 2020” Project
A Launch Event “Turkey in Horizon 2020” project (worth approx. Є2,75 million in total) will be held on 28th of January. The project is aimed to strengthen the capacity of Turkey in Science, Technology and Innovation and facilitate the integration of Turkish Research Area to European Research Area. TUBITAK is the beneficiary of “Turkey in Horizon 2020” Project which targets to increase the participation of Turkish organizations in the EU Framework Programme for the Research and Innovation: Horizon 2020. The project is co-financed by the EU and Republic of Turkey. The Contracting Authority of the project is Central Finance and Contracts Unit.
Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020) – in addition to the private investment that this money will attract. It promises more breakthroughs, discoveries and world-firsts by taking great ideas from the lab to the market. TUBITAK is the national coordinating body of EU Framework Programmes in Turkey.
The event will be held at:
Green Park Hotel, Kızılırmak Mah. 1443 Cad. No:39, Çukurambar Çankaya, Ankara
January 28th, 2016, Thursday
11:00 – 14:00
Registration starts at 10.30
Among the distinguished guests participating in the conference shall be: Executive Vice President of TUBITAK, Deputy Head of Section, Financial Co-Operation, Infrastructural, Social & Regional Projects, European Union Delegation to Turkey, Acting Director of Central Finance and Contracts Unit (CFCU) and National Coordinator for the EU Framework Programmes in Turkey.
For more information, please, contact Ms. Basak Celiktenli (Events Manager), by telephone: +90 (312) 219 69 80, or e-mail: b.celiktenli@idi.ie
Attachments;
Funding opportunities under Horizon 2020 are set out in multiannual work programmes, which cover the large majority of support available. The work programmes are prepared by the European Commission within the framework provided by the Horizon 2020 legislation and through a strategic programming process integrating EU policy objectives in the priority setting.
The current Work Programme covers all calls for proposals that will be published under the Thematic Section. You can learn more about the Work Programmes and download them from here.
The PAYPLUG LABS project addresses the needs of SMEs who wish to collect payments online,” explains project coordinator Camille Tyan, CEO of French start-up PayPlug. “What we are doing is developing a next-generation payment platform that reduces software integration costs by a factor of five and provides fraud protection thanks to modern statistical algorithms. In addition, new sophisticated technology will allow PayPlug to accurately detect risky vendors and at the same time register legitimate businesses rapidly.”
Read the full story at the Horizon 2020 website.
This is a new publication by the World Intellectual Property Organization. The “World Intellectual Property Indicators 2015” report, provides a wide range of indicators covering the following areas of intellectual property: patents, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs, microorganisms and plant variety protection. It draws on data from national and regional IP offices, WIPO and the World Bank.
You can read the original announcement and download the report from the WIPO web site here.