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FP6 HORIZONTAL ACTIVITIES INVOLVING SMESFINAL SUMMARY

FINAL SUMMARY

A statistical perspective

FP6 HORIZONTAL ACTIVITIES INVOLVING SMES

2006

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CONTENTS

Introduction

Statistical analysis of FP6 Horizontal Activities involving SMEs

Glossary

Additional information on SMEs and Research

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A statistical perspective


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With SMEs’ central role in the European economy well documented, they face new challenges in an ever-growing globalised market. This requires that they establish new strategies and identify innovative solutions to remain com-petitive. The European Union understands the challenges they face and has developed dedicated tools designed to help them reach their full potential. Two such Horizontal Activities under the Sixth Framework Programme for Re-search and Technological Development (FP6) are Co-op-erative Research projects (formerly CRAFT) and Collective Research projects. In order for an SME to participate in the schemes, it must conform to the SME definition adopted in Recommendation 2003/361/EC, effective 1 January 2005.

CO-OPERATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTSCreative SMEs often develop a truly innovative idea yet lack the research capability to bring their concept to fruition. Co-operative Research projects give such SMEs an outlet to take their ideas off the page and into the lab. It brings together these smaller players from different countries with a specific research objective or need, and then assigns a large part of the work required to R&D performers. Ownership of the results produced is generally transferred to SMEs to be used for the development of their activities. Typical Co-operative projects last from one to two years, and involve research- and innovation-related work in any science and technology topic intended to improve or develop new products, processes and services. The range of research topics is needs driven. FP6 set aside €320 million to support Co-operative projects, with each project having a budget of between €0.5 and €2 million.


European Union policymakers have agreed that for Europe to be a world-class centre for technological innovation, it must be home to successful, competitive small and medium–sized enterprises (SMEs). SMEs lie at the heart of research and development all across the globe, Europe being no exception. They represent 99.8% of all EU enterprises, employing two-thirds of Community workers. By nature, SMEs exhibit a flexibility, ingenuity and vitality that is essential for European job growth and overall economic performance.

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OTHER INDICATIVE FIGURES WORTH NOTING:More than two thirds of the participating SMEs have an annual turnover of less than €2 million.

Each SME has an average financial contribution of €120 000 per project. Hence, they invest a big part of their annual turnover in such research. This reflects the priority they place on EC-funded projects.

The UK, Germany and Spain have the highest number of participants. Co-operative and Collective research projects show a strong participation rate from the EU15 in comparison with the EU10.

With regard to the gender balance, we can see that the percentage of women in both Co-operative and Collective research is consistent with the proportion of women in the EU25 for total employment for scientists (44%) and engineers (29%) (source: 2004 Eurostat Labour Force survey).

Approximately 80% of the participants have private legal status, meaning they invest private money in the projects. These funding schemes are generating a large amount of private money for research. This is important with regard to meeting the goals of the Lisbon strategy.

KEY FINDINGSThis booklet is designed to provide a statistical overview of FP6 Co-operative and Collective Research projects. As you will see, there has been an enthusiastic response to both initiatives. There were over 40 000 total participants from 3 947 proposals submitted from all across Europe. Of those, approximately 4 000 participants from 397 projects in Co-operative Research and 2 000 participants from 80 projects in Collective Research were selected.

SMEs account for 53% of all participants in both schemes. These figures indicate a high interest on the part of SMEs due to the fact that they have the freedom to choose where they want to focus their research, and are then able to outsource a significant part of the research effort required. The majority of participating SMEs (77%) had less than 50 employees, reflecting the need for such an outsourcing scheme, especially for smaller enterprises. SMEs partaking in these schemes represent all industrial sectors from traditional manufacturing and food production, to health and emerging technologies, such as renewable energy, nanotechnology and materials processing.

COLLECTIVE RESEARCH PROJECTSCollective Research also involves assigning research to R&D performers. However, in this case, the benefits to SMEs are more indirect and the participants involved in a Collective research project are different. The R&D performers undertake scientific and technological research activities on behalf of Industrial Associations or Groupings in order to expand the knowledge base of large communities of SMEs and thus improve their general standard of competitiveness. These projects are larger and run longer than Co-operative research projects. They run from two to three years. The Industrial Associations/Groupings retain ownership of the results. Collective Research Projects may address any subject across the whole field of science. As Europe-wide initiatives, these projects aim for example to:

reinforce the technological basis of sectors;develop technological tools such as diagnostic methods and safety equipment;find solutions to common challenges such as fulfilling requirements, achieving workplace safety standards; andcarry out pre-normative research to help set European�norms and standards.

FP6 allocated a total of €150 million to Collective projects, with individual project budgets ranging between €2 and €5 million each.

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Total Number of Participants inproposals submitted and successful projects

Co-operative Research Collective Research

Proposals Submitted Successful Projects Proposals Submitted Successful Projects

Participants

30 592 3 786 11 565 1 745

Proposals

3 274 397 673 80

The funding schemes are of high interest for SMEs, indicating the attractiveness of the bottom-up approach.

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DISTRIBUTIONOF TOTAL PARTICIPANTS IN SME-SPECIFIC MEASURES FP6

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With regard to No. of SME participants, the UK has the highest proportion, followed by Germany and Spain.From the new Member States, Poland is a true success with 231 participants compared with just 4 in FP5.

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TYPE OF PARTICIPANTSIN SME-SPECIFICMEASURES FP6BY COUNTRY

(*) SMEP = SME participants in Co-operative Research and Core SME participants in Collective.Data Valid : 18/09/2006

Total Number of Participants = 5418

RTD165831%

IAG4588%

OTHER4168% SMEP (*)

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Distribution of Type of Participant in SME-Specific Measures FP6 - Contracts


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RTD32%

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Type of Participants in successful projectsas a percentage of Total Participants

Balance of participant types is nearly identical for every country, with the majority being SMEs. This is possibly a consequence of the economic structure within each country.Only in Greece and Sweden are RTD Performers the majority.Share of SMEPs nearly 60% for participants in both proposals submitted and successful projects.

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Type of Participants in proposals submittedas a percentage of Total Participants

SME-specific RTD projects are also of high interest to other enterprises and end users, shown here by their relatively high participation.Different types of participants within RTD collaborations are similar to participants of innovative clusters in their respective regions.SMEs’ RTD activities are very often the driving force to new technology pathways.

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IAG25%

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SME Core Group49%

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Type of Participants in successful projectsas a percentage of Total Participants

IAG27%

RTD29%

SME Core Group44%


Type of Participants in proposals submitted for Stage 1as a percentage of Total Participants

High No. of SME Core Group Participants demonstrates high interest of SMEs in the Collective Research Scheme. This confirms that the scheme is really geared towards SMEs and not only the associations.

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Private Organisation, Non-Profit9%

Public CommercialOrganisation2%

GovernmentalOrganisation

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Private CommercialOrganisation

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Legal Status of Participants in successful projectsas a percentage of Total Participants

Majority of “Governmental organisations” are state owned universities, public research centres and institutes and local governments

About 80% of the participants have got a private legal status, meaning they invest private money in the projects. The funding scheme is generating a high amount of private money for research, an important point with regard to the Lisbon strategy.

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Public CommercialOrganisation2%

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Legal status of Participants in proposals submittedas a percentage of Total Participants

Majority of “Governmental organisations” are state owned universities, public research centres and institutes and local governments

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Public Commercial Organisation7%

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Organisation49%


Governmental Organisation16%


Legal status of Participants in successful projectsas a percentage of Total Participants

The slight difference between the number of proposals submitted and successful projects for participants with a private legal status means that some have less private money to complement public grants.

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Public Commercial Organisation3%

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Governmental Organisation13%


Legal status of Participants in proposals submitted for Stage 1 as a percentage of Total Participants

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10 - 49 Employees44%


Sole Trader3% 1 - 9 Employees

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Number of Employees of SME-Participants insuccessful projectsas a percentage of total SME-Participants



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Number of Employees of SME Participants inproposals submitted as a percentage of total SME Participants

Majority of participating SMEs (77%) had less than 50 employees, proving that the bottom-up-scheme is of especially high interest for smaller enterprises.

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Number of Employees of SME Core Group Participants insuccessful projects as a percentage of total SME Core Group Participants



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Number of Employees of SME Core Group Participants in proposals submitted for Stage 1as a percentage of total SME Core Group Participants

Note the slight difference between the size of enterprises with regard to employees. “Only” 70% of the SME Core Group Participants have up to 49 employees. The reason for the difference: Number only refers to SME Core Group, not to SME associations.

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< or = 10 Mio29%

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Turnover in euro of Core Group SME Participants in successful projects as a percentage of total SME Core Group Participants

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Turnover in euro of SME Participants in successful projectsas a percentage of total SME Participants

More than 2/3 of the participating SMEs have an annual turnover of less than €2 million. Because of their limited turnover, they rely on EC-funded projects for their research.

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FP6 HORIZONTAL ACTIVITIES INVOLVING SMES COLLECTIVERESEARCH

Gender of Participants in successful projectsas a percentage of total, and total numbers

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The gender balance is consistent with the proportion of women in the EU25 for total employment (44%) and for scientists and engineers (29%) in 2004.

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EU 1014%

Associated countries4%

EU 15 78%

Candidate countries4%


Participants in proposals submitted for Stage 1as a percentage by groupings of countries

EU 1015%

Associated countries5%

EU 15 77%

Candidate countries3%


Participants in proposals submitted as a percentage by groupings of countries

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Associated Countries5%

EU 1012%

EU 15 81%

Candidate Countries2%

FP6 HORIZONTAL ACTIVITIES INVOLVING SMES CO-OPERATIVE RESEARCHAND COLLECTIVE RESEARCH

Participants as a percentage of total by groupings of countries

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ISO CODE Country Part. % TotalAT Austria 148 2.73%BE Belgium 141 2.60%CY Cyprus 12 0.22%CZ Czech Republic 105 1.94%DE Germany 747 13.79%DK Denmark 119 2.20%EE Estonia 44 0.81%ES Spain 685 12.64%FI Finland 97 1.79%FR France 317 5.85%GR Greece 140 2.58%HU Hungary 94 1.73%IE Ireland 95 1.75%IT Italy 539 9.95%LT Lithuania 41 0.76%LU Luxemburg 0 0.00%LV Latvia 19 0.35%MT Malta 13 0.24%NL Netherlands 265 4.89%PL Poland 231 4.26%PT Portugal 140 2.58%SE Sweden 158 2.92%SI Slovenia 63 1.16%SK Slovakia 35 0.65%UK United Kingdom 759 14.01%

Subtotal 5007 92.41%BG Bulgaria 35 0.65%HR Croatia 2 0.04%RO Romania 57 1.05%TR Turkey 31 0.57%

Subtotal 125 2.31%IS Iceland 16 0.30%LI Liechtenstein 0 0.00%NO Norway 170 3.14%MC Monaco 1 0.02%

Subtotal 187 3.45%CH Switzerland 49 0.90%IL Israel 23 0.42%

Subtotal 72 1.33%AU Australia 2 0.04%BR Brazil 4 0.07%CL Chile 2 0.04%CN China 1 0.02%RU Russian Federation 7 0.13%UA Ukraine 4 0.07%US United States 1 0.02%

Subtotal 21 0.39%BY Belarus 1 0.02%GE Georgia 2 0.04%IR Iran 2 0.04%KR Korea 1 0.02%

Subtotal 6 0.11%Total 5418 100.00%

Total FP6

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FP6 HORIZONTAL ACTIVITIES INVOLVING SMES CO-OPERATIVE RESEARCHAND COLLECTIVE RESEARCH CONTRACTS

Total Participants by country and as a percentage of total

ISO CODE Country Part. % TotalAT Austria 148 2.73%BE Belgium 141 2.60%CY Cyprus 12 0.22%CZ Czech Republic 105 1.94%DE Germany 747 13.79%DK Denmark 119 2.20%EE Estonia 44 0.81%ES Spain 685 12.64%FI Finland 97 1.79%FR France 317 5.85%GR Greece 140 2.58%HU Hungary 94 1.73%IE Ireland 95 1.75%IT Italy 539 9.95%LT Lithuania 41 0.76%LU Luxemburg 0 0.00%LV Latvia 19 0.35%MT Malta 13 0.24%NL Netherlands 265 4.89%PL Poland 231 4.26%PT Portugal 140 2.58%SE Sweden 158 2.92%SI Slovenia 63 1.16%SK Slovakia 35 0.65%UK United Kingdom 759 14.01%

Subtotal 5007 92.41%BG Bulgaria 35 0.65%HR Croatia 2 0.04%RO Romania 57 1.05%TR Turkey 31 0.57%

Subtotal 125 2.31%IS Iceland 16 0.30%LI Liechtenstein 0 0.00%NO Norway 170 3.14%MC Monaco 1 0.02%

Subtotal 187 3.45%CH Switzerland 49 0.90%IL Israel 23 0.42%

Subtotal 72 1.33%AU Australia 2 0.04%BR Brazil 4 0.07%CL Chile 2 0.04%CN China 1 0.02%RU Russian Federation 7 0.13%UA Ukraine 4 0.07%US United States 1 0.02%

Subtotal 21 0.39%BY Belarus 1 0.02%GE Georgia 2 0.04%IR Iran 2 0.04%KR Korea 1 0.02%

Subtotal 6 0.11%Total 5418 100.00%

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Both Co-operative and Collective research show a strong participation rate from the EU15 in comparison with the EU10; however, the participation rate for Associated states in FP5 was only 6% compared to 12% in FP6.

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COLLECTIVE SUBMITTED CO-OPERATIVE SUBMITTED


Participants by country and as a percentage of total

TOTAL FP6

ISOCode Part. % Total (2)% Total (1)

AT 944 3.3 3.1BE 676 2.4 2.2CY 131 0.5 0.4CZ 763 2.7 2.5DE 4594 16.2 15.0DK 559 2.0 1.8EE 202 0.7 0.7ES 3623 12.8 11.8FI 584 2.1 1.9FR 1861 6.6 6.1GR 1016 3.6 3.3HU 551 1.9 1.8IE 415 1.5 1.4IT 3523 12.5 11.5LT 170 0.6 0.6LU 62 0.2 0.2LV 86 0.3 0.3MT 76 0.3 0.2NL 1422 5.0 4.6PL 1099 3.9 3.6PT 726 2.6 2.4SE 863 3.1 2.8SI 486 1.7 1.6SK 486 1.7 1.6UK 3367 11.9 11.0

28285 100 92.5BG 243 29.3 0.8HR 23 2.8 0.1RO 389 47.0 1.3TR 173 20.9 0.6

828 100 2.7IS 72 14.2 0.2LI 9 1.8 0.0NO 425 84.0 1.4

506 100 1.7CH 468 70.2 1.5IL 199 29.8 0.7

667 100 2.2AR 4 2.4 0.0AU 2 1.2 0.0BR 11 6.6 0.0CA 11 6.6 0.0CL 4 2.4 0.0CN 12 7.2 0.0EG 0 0.0 0.0IN 2 1.2 0.0JP 0 0.0 0.0MA 1 0.6 0.0MX 1 0.6 0.0NZ 1 0.6 0.0RU 70 41.9 0.2ZA 7 4.2 0.0TN 3 1.8 0.0UA 29 17.4 0.1US 9 5.4 0.0

167 100 0.5AM 1 3.3 0.0BY 13 43.3 0.0GE 7 23.3 0.0GY 1 3.3 0.0MD 2 6.7 0.0MK 6 20.0 0.0

30 100.0 0.140 0.1

30523 99.869 0.2

30592 100

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AT Austria 344 3.4 3.0BE Belgium 462 4.6 4.0CY Cyprus 22 0.2 0.2CZ Czech Rep. 227 2.3 2.0DE Germany 1489 14.9 12.9DK Denmark 234 2.3 2.0EE Estonia 55 0.6 0.5ES Spain 1443 14.5 12.5FI Finland 204 2.1 1.8FR France 684 6.9 5.9GR Greece 314 3.1 2.7HU Hungary 252 2.5 2.2IE Ireland 156 1.6 1.3IT Italy 1061 10.6 9.2LT Lituania 53 0.5 0.5LU Luxemburg 14 0.1 0.1LV Latvia 55 0.6 0.5MT Malta 15 0.2 0.1NL 630 6.3 5.4PL Poland 460 4.6 4.0PT Portugal 381 3.8 3.3SE Sweden 286 2.9 2.5SI Slovenia 155 1.6 1.3SK Slovakia 78 0.8 0.7UK United

Kingdom 898 9.0 7.8Total 9972 100 86.2

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IS Iceland 15 7.6 0.1LI Lichtenstein 2 1.0 0.0NO Norway 180 91.4 1.6

Total 197 100 1.70

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CH Switzerland 131 78.0 1.1IL Israel 37 22.0 0.3

Total 168 100 1.45

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AR Argentina 0 0.0 0.0AU Australia 3 7.5 0.0BR Brazil 0 0.0 0.0CA Canada 0 0.0 0.0CL Chile 0 0.0 0.0CN China 1 2.5 0.0EG Egypt 0 0.0 0.0IN India 3 7.5 0.0JP Japan 0 0.0 0.0MA Morroco 1 2.5 0.0MX Mexico 0 0.0 0.0NZ New Zealand 0 0.0 0.0RU Russie 17 42.5 0.1ZA South Africa 4 10.0 0.0TN Tunisia 3 7.5 0.0UA Ukrainia 5 12.5 0.0US 3 7.5 0.0

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AM Armenia 1 6.7 0.0BY Belarus 1 6.7 0.0GE Georgia 7 46.7 0.1GY Guyana 1 6.7 0.0MD Rep. of

Moldova 2 13.3 0.0MK Macedonia 3 20.0 0.0

Total 15 100 0.13Others 6 0.05Total 10747 92.9Blanks 818 7.1Total 11565 100.0

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LatviaMalta

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TotalBulgariaCroatiaRomaniaTurkeyTotalIcelandLichtenstein

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IsraelTotalArgentinaAustraliaBrazilCanadaChileChinaEgyptIndiaJapanMorrocoMexicoNew Zealand

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AT 944 3.3 3.1BE 676 2.4 2.2CY 131 0.5 0.4CZ 763 2.7 2.5DE 4594 16.2 15.0DK 559 2.0 1.8EE 202 0.7 0.7ES 3623 12.8 11.8FI 584 2.1 1.9FR 1861 6.6 6.1GR 1016 3.6 3.3HU 551 1.9 1.8IE 415 1.5 1.4IT 3523 12.5 11.5LT 170 0.6 0.6LU 62 0.2 0.2LV 86 0.3 0.3MT 76 0.3 0.2NL 1422 5.0 4.6PL 1099 3.9 3.6PT 726 2.6 2.4SE 863 3.1 2.8SI 486 1.7 1.6SK 486 1.7 1.6UK 3367 11.9 11.0

28285 100 92.5BG 243 29.3 0.8HR 23 2.8 0.1RO 389 47.0 1.3TR 173 20.9 0.6

828 100 2.7IS 72 14.2 0.2LI 9 1.8 0.0NO 425 84.0 1.4

506 100 1.7CH 468 70.2 1.5IL 199 29.8 0.7

667 100 2.2AR 4 2.4 0.0AU 2 1.2 0.0BR 11 6.6 0.0CA 11 6.6 0.0CL 4 2.4 0.0CN 12 7.2 0.0EG 0 0.0 0.0IN 2 1.2 0.0JP 0 0.0 0.0MA 1 0.6 0.0MX 1 0.6 0.0NZ 1 0.6 0.0RU 70 41.9 0.2ZA 7 4.2 0.0TN 3 1.8 0.0UA 29 17.4 0.1US 9 5.4 0.0

167 100 0.5AM 1 3.3 0.0BY 13 43.3 0.0GE 7 23.3 0.0GY 1 3.3 0.0MD 2 6.7 0.0MK 6 20.0 0.0

30 100.0 0.140 0.1

30523 99.869 0.2

30592 100

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AT Austria 344 3.4 3.0BE Belgium 462 4.6 4.0CY Cyprus 22 0.2 0.2CZ Czech Rep. 227 2.3 2.0DE Germany 1489 14.9 12.9DK Denmark 234 2.3 2.0EE Estonia 55 0.6 0.5ES Spain 1443 14.5 12.5FI Finland 204 2.1 1.8FR France 684 6.9 5.9GR Greece 314 3.1 2.7HU Hungary 252 2.5 2.2IE Ireland 156 1.6 1.3IT Italy 1061 10.6 9.2LT Lituania 53 0.5 0.5LU Luxemburg 14 0.1 0.1LV Latvia 55 0.6 0.5MT Malta 15 0.2 0.1NL 630 6.3 5.4PL Poland 460 4.6 4.0PT Portugal 381 3.8 3.3SE Sweden 286 2.9 2.5SI Slovenia 155 1.6 1.3SK Slovakia 78 0.8 0.7UK United

Kingdom 898 9.0 7.8Total 9972 100 86.2

Ass

ocia

ted

Can

dida

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ount

ries

BG Bulgaria 97 27.8 0.8HR Croatia 10 2.9 0.1RO Romania 149 42.7 1.3TR Turkey 93 26.6 0.8

Total 349 100 3.02

EEA

Cou

ntrie

s

IS Iceland 15 7.6 0.1LI Lichtenstein 2 1.0 0.0NO Norway 180 91.4 1.6

Total 197 100 1.70

S/T

CH Switzerland 131 78.0 1.1IL Israel 37 22.0 0.3

Total 168 100 1.45

EC In

tern

atio

nal A

gree

men

t

AR Argentina 0 0.0 0.0AU Australia 3 7.5 0.0BR Brazil 0 0.0 0.0CA Canada 0 0.0 0.0CL Chile 0 0.0 0.0CN China 1 2.5 0.0EG Egypt 0 0.0 0.0IN India 3 7.5 0.0JP Japan 0 0.0 0.0MA Morroco 1 2.5 0.0MX Mexico 0 0.0 0.0NZ New Zealand 0 0.0 0.0RU Russie 17 42.5 0.1ZA South Africa 4 10.0 0.0TN Tunisia 3 7.5 0.0UA Ukrainia 5 12.5 0.0US 3 7.5 0.0

Total 40 100 0.35

INC

O C

ount

ries

AM Armenia 1 6.7 0.0BY Belarus 1 6.7 0.0GE Georgia 7 46.7 0.1GY Guyana 1 6.7 0.0MD Rep. of

Moldova 2 13.3 0.0MK Macedonia 3 20.0 0.0

Total 15 100 0.13Others 6 0.05Total 10747 92.9Blanks 818 7.1Total 11565 100.0


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ISOCode Country

AustriaBelgiumCyprusCzech Rep.GermanyDenmarkEstoniaSpainFinlandFranceGreeceHungaryIrelandItalyLituaniaLuxemburg

LatviaMalta

PolandPortugalSwedenSloveniaSlovakiaUnitedKingdom

TotalBulgariaCroatiaRomaniaTurkeyTotalIcelandLichtenstein

NorwayTotalSwitzerland

IsraelTotalArgentinaAustraliaBrazilCanadaChileChinaEgyptIndiaJapanMorrocoMexicoNew Zealand

RussieSouth Africa

TunisiaUkrainia

TotalArmeniaBelarusGeorgiaGuyanaRep. ofMoldova

Macedonia

TotalOthersTotalBlanksTotal


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Participants in submitted proposalsParticipants in successful projectsSuccess rate

Total No. of participantsSuccess rate as percentage

of total participants


Success rate of Member Statesas a percentage of Total Participants

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Success rate

40

Besançon

Lille

Caen

Rouen

Amiens

Strasbourg

Metz

Châlons-sur-Marne

Orléans

Dijon

LyonClermont Ferrand

Rennes

Nantes

Limoges

Bordeaux

Toulouse

Marseille

Montpellier

Paris

Poitiers

8

6

1 79

117

2018

8

2

4

4

6

41

1214

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5

97

Aix-en-Provence

Distribution of French Participantsin SME Specific Measures FP6

from 1 to 10

from 11 to 20

from 21 to 50

more than 50

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS

UNIT SME (DG RTD)

European Commission

Sept 2006

Cardiff

Edinburgh

Belfast

PortsmouthPlymouth

Chesterfield

Blackpool

London

Exeter

Bristol

Oxford

Cambridge

Glasgow

Aberdeen

Inverness

Newcastleupon Tyne

Manchester

Nottingham

Leicester

West Midlands

Swansea

Liverpool4

19

11

6

423

15

4 8

85

212612

12 25

28 5

5131

8

32

17

18710

413 32

1235

111

924

Hastings-Bexhill

Distribution of British Participantsin SME Specific Measures FP6

from 1 to 10

from 11 to 20

from 21 to 30

from 31 to 40

from 41 to 55

more than 55


UNIT SME (DG RTD)

European Commission

Sept 2006

42

Roma

Cagliari

Trieste

Trento

VeneziaMilano

BolognaGenova

Torino

Aosta

Ancona

Perugia

L'Aquila

Firenze

Catanzaro

Potenza

Bari

Napoli

Campobasso

Palermo

1

33

39

116

1010

52

72

49 21

7

76

4

10

2

10

19

8

Distribution of Italian Participantsin SME Specific Measures FP6

from 1 to 10

from 11 to 25

from 26 to 50

from 51 to 100

more than 100


UNIT SME (DG RTD) Sept 2006

European Commission

Braunschweig

Lüneburg

Oldenburg

Köln

Arnsberg

Münster Detmold

Neustadt

Koblenz

Trier

Giessen

Kassel

Freiburgim Breisgau

Tübingen

Karlsruhe

Augsburg

Landshut

Regensburg

Ansbach

BayreuthWürzburg

Chemnitz

LeipzigHalle

Dessau

Berlin

Kiel

Hamburg

Bremen

Hannover

Düsseldorf

Mainz

Saarbrücken

Wiesbaden

Stuttgart

München

Erfurt

Dresden

Magdeburg

Potsdam

Schwerin

245

29

11

22

14

655

9

16

15

9

3

3 6

15

15 20

258

370

19

104

34 12

17

6

2

4

936

2724

2445

27

19

Distribution of German Participantsin SME Specific Measures FP6

from 1 to 10

from 11 to 20

from 21 to 30

from 31 to 50

from 51 to 90



more than 90

European Commission

44

Distribution ofSpanish Participantsin SME Specific Measures FP6

La Coruña

Sevilla

Toledo

Mérida

Barcelona

Zaragoza

Logroño

Valladolid

PamplonaVitoria

Murcia

Valencia

SantanderOviedoSantiago

de Compostela

Madrid

Córdoba Jaén

Almería

Granada

MálagaCádiz

Huelva

Guadalajara

Cuenca

AlbaceteCiudad Real

Cáceres

Badajoz

Tarragona

LéridaGirona

Teruel

Huesca

Segovia

Soria

Salamanca

Zamora

BurgosPalencia

León

Alicante

Castelló de la Plana

Orense

Pontevedra

Lugo

Donostia San SebastiánBilbao

Palma de Malllorca

Avila

5

14

85

1

3

2

2

2

1

1110

5

8 4

13

32

63

43

32

1

10

8

5

166

161

131

18

1 3 10744 61

7

30

85

from 1 to 10

from 11 to 50

from 51 to 75

from 76 to 100

more than 100



European CommissionEuropean CommissionEuropean Commission

ISLAS CANARIAS

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ia

6

Distribution of Polish Participantsin SME Specific Measures FP6

ELBASKI

BIALOSTOCKO-SUWALSKI

Warszawa

WARSZAWSKI

BIALSKOPODLASKI

SWIETOKRZYSKI

PODKARPACKIENOWOSADECKI

OPOLSKIE

M.WROCLAW

PIOTRKOWSKO-SKIERNIEWICKI

POZNANSKI

KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE

SZCZECINSKI

GDANSK-GDYNIA-SOPOT

GORZOWSKI

SLASKIE

Lodz

201

0

83

6

932

20

419

1

1

20

1

410

from 0 to 5

from 6 to 10

from 11 to 20

from 21 to 50

more than 50



European Commission

46

New SME definitionA full account of the background to the changes, a comprehensive user guide and the texts of the Commission recommendation are

available at http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/enterprise_policy/sme_definition/index_en.htm

For further information concerning SMEs in Research, please visit http://sme.cordis.europa.eu/home/index.cfm

For further information concerning the Framework Programme, please visithttp://ec.europa.eu/research/enquiries/


GLOSSARY

SMEs with capacity to innovate but with limited research capabilities

Organisation with RTD means adequate to carry out research at the request of the SME participants

Any other organisation having a particular interest in the project, though not in a domi-nant role

Group representing the interests of SMEs. The term "industrial" refers to associations or groupings within the enterprise sector

SME group that validates the results of the project so that they can be used by a large number of SMEs

All proposals eligible for evaluation

Projects from the main list and those selected from the reserve list for negotiation

First part of a two-stage evaluation procedure in the Collective research scheme

Second part of a two-stage evaluation procedure in the Collective research scheme

SMEP – SME Participants:

RTD – RTD Performers:

OTHER – Other Enterprises and End Users:

IAG – Industrial Association or Grouping:

SME Core Group:

Proposals submitted:

Successful projects:

Stage 1:

Stage 2:

European Commission

EUR 06-219 FP6 Horizontal Activities Involving SMEs Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities

2006 — 48 pp. — 21.0 x 14.8 cm

ISBN 92-79-03721-8

KI-X

1-06-219-EN

-CEuropean Union policymakers have agreed that for Europe to be a world-class centre for technological innovation it must be home to successful, competitive small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The European Union understands the challenges they face in an ever-growing globalised market, and has developed dedicated tools designed to help them reach their full potential. Two such Horizontal Activities under the Sixth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP6) are Co-operative Research projects (formerly CRAFT) and Collective Research projects.

This booklet is designed to provide a statistical overview of FP6 Co-operative and Collective Research Projects. As you will see, there has been an enthusiastic response to both initiatives.

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