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Crucial FP and other EU funded projects
with SME–oriented results in the sector
of logistics and transportation
PROJECT TITLE BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN EU MEMBER AND CANDIDATE STATES IN MARITIME
RESEARCH ON TRANSPORT WITHIN THE FRAMES OF EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA
ACRONYM EUROMAR-BRIDGES
COORDINATOR Institution: Centrum Techniki Okretowej S.A.- Ship Design and Research Centre S.A.
(CTO S.A.), (Poland)
FUNDING
PROGRAMME
Contact persons: Ms. Joanna Wierszyło, Mr. Leszek Wilczyński
Contact details: +48583074565, +48583074214, joanna.wierszylo@cto.gda.pl
FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems
- Priority Thematic Area 6 (PTA6)
SSA - Specific Support Action
BUDGET Total budget (EUR):
258 146
DURATION Start: Dec 2006
End: Jun 2008
WWW http://www.euromar-bridges.eu
SHORT PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Building on and being the extension and refinement of the ENCOMAR-TRANSPORT (ENHANCED CO-
OPERATION BETWEEN EU MEMBER STATES AND ASSOCIATED CANDIDATE STATES IN MARITIME
RESEARCH ON TRANSPORT), the EUROMAR-BRIDGES project had the following general strategic objectives:
1) To increase the co-operation and intensify the efforts in R&D which are vital to improve competitiveness and
technological excellence in maritime field by building the cluster comprised of companies and organizations from
EU candidate countries (CC), EU new member states (NMS) and third countries;
2) To identify valuable R&D, SMEs, and other actors with significant and original experience in the maritime and
waterborne transport and logistics field, and stimulate, encourage and facilitate the participation of organizations
from the CC and NMS by providing up-to-date information on mainly maritime related European projects;
3) To provide the contribution for Integrated and Sustainable Maritime Transport System (IMTS) in Europe by
realizing and promoting the idea of European Research Area (ERA) across the chain of stakeholders at national
level;
4) To raise the awareness of benefits coming from commonly solving problems related to IMTS; and
5) To ensure a sustainable development and security of transport by active participation of organizations from NMS
and CC.
Additionally, selected other objectives were encouraging and bringing about the participation of the members in
R&D to support programme of the EC (including breaking the mentality barriers), improving the knowledge about
maritime research activities at the European level, and increasing awareness on importance of the maritime
research. Attention was paid to show the added value as well as advantages & disadvantages, generated by
international cooperation, contribution to all participating in common R&D activities.
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SME – ORIENTED RESULTS
Platform for informing, networking and co-operation.
Crucial FP and other EU funded projects
with SME–oriented results in the sector
of logistics and transportation
EUROMAR-BRIDGES partners’ competencies promotion within maritime internationally recognized society.
Bringing Europe down the people, i.e. industrial, science and R&D environments, concept.
Helping SMEs to participate in FPs.
SMEs INVOLVED in the PROJECT REALIZATION (if any)
DEMA Consulting (DEMA), Slovakia
Institute for Transport Sciences Ltd. (KTI), Hungary
Institute for High Performance Computing and Information Systems (IHPCIS), Russia
ADDED VALUE for SMEs
Valuable R&D, SMEs, and other actors with significant and original experience identification.
Training for the Partners Module.
Nine National Awareness Workshops. And four Maritime Brokerage Events.
/Some of the topics most interesting to SMEs were joint maritime R&D activities, benefits from European approach
at the company level, maritime and shipping clusters in the light of joint maritime R&D&I activities and building
bridges between EU MS, Candidate and Third States in Maritime Research within the frames of ERA/
Ten sustainable national contacts points were further developed and reinforced within the project.
Three new project proposals prepared for FP7 calls.
Project’s Web portal with added-value materials.
Some of the topics most interesting to SMEs were joint maritime R&D activities, benefits from European approach
at the company level, maritime and shipping cluster in the light of joint maritime RTDI activities and building bridges
between EU MS, Candidate and Third States in Maritime Research within the frames of European Research Area.
IS THERE ANY SME EXPLOITING PROJECT’S RESULTS?
DEMA Consulting (DEMA), Slovakia
Institute for Transport Sciences Ltd. (KTI), Hungary
Institute for High Performance Computing and Information Systems (IHPCIS), Russia
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Crucial FP and other EU funded projects
with SME–oriented results in the sector
of logistics and transportation
Quite a large number of SMEs of different profiles have used knowledge and contacts from EUROMAR-BRIDGES
in networking and partnering, especially in an effort to participate in FP projects.
TARGET GROUPS - transport & logistic companies, manufacturing and retail companies, hi-tech
companies etc.
RTD institutes
Shipyards
Transport and logistics companies
Ports and terminals
Maritime authorities
Classification societies
Associations
BENEFITS provided by the project that are of business strategy influence, economic, organizational or
other nature.
Increased awareness on how the maritime research is organized in FPs
Better knowledge about maritime research activities at the European level
Support in project proposal preparation
Exchange of experiences and best practices in order to avoid the repetition of mistakes
Improved creativity, inventiveness, innovation, risk-taking, and the innovation culture
Using advantage of open dialogue on how to fulfil the requirements of integrated maritime transport system,
strengthening the better oriented capacity for allocation the resources coming from European Research Programs
within the countries affected by the project
COMPANIES CONTACTED vs BENEFITS admitted to be achieved through the project.
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Croatia
Project’s partners web sites, specific web sources searching
IS THE PROJECT PROMOTING/ IMPLEMENTING GREEN TECHNOLOGIES?
IF YES – HOW/ WHAT KIND?
Awareness Workshops and Brokerage Events have proven effective in introducing participants to green maritime
and intermodal transport technologies. Such was the case with the ships construction and maintenance too and
particular attention was paid to maritime and transport safety and security. Since traffic congestion throughout
European road network should be reduced by freight shift to the water and multimodal transport, water transport
should be adequately improved and strengthened, and the realization of this task requires a better knowledge. And
that was just the core of the EUROMAR-BRIDGES project.
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LOGO OF THE PROJECT
Crucial FP and other EU funded projects
with SME–oriented results in the sector
of logistics and transportation
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