Testimony
Launched in 2002, the 6th European Research and Development Framework Programme (FP6), which closed on December 2006, met a large success at the Walloon level. At the end of the 4 years programme, we noted 116 participant Walloon entities, among which 92 enterprises.
NCP-Wallonia decided to publish a series of testimony. You will find, below, the course of twenty-one Walloon undertakers active in the Famework Programme.
To get more information about the projects, please click on the entreprise's name
| Société | Commentaires |
Acronyme du projet | Thème | Instrument * |
| ACAPELA | "In relation to our customers, European participation gives us an advance on certain products." | DIVINES |
Information Technologies |
STREP |
| ALTERFACE | "If you want to set up a research strategy for your company, it is useful to get on the lists to become an evaluator for the Commission, because that helps you understand the mechanisms even better." | U-CREATE |
Information Technologies |
CRAFT |
| INSCAPE |
Information Technologies |
IP | ||
| BIOXPR | "It is important to show that the scientific idea works in the real world." | STREPTOMICS |
Biotechnology |
STREP |
| CORIS BIOCONCEPT | "In terms of our progress in the projects, things follow on from each other logically and chronologically. There is a momentum of calls that has built up since we joined our first project." | SARS-DTV | Life Sciences | STREP |
| GRACE | Life Sciences | NoE | ||
| TRYLEIDIAG | Life Sciences | STREP-INCO | ||
| CONTRAST | Life Sciences | STREP-INCO | ||
| EACCAD | Life Sciences | STREP | ||
| DELPHI GENETICS | "Our products are at the cutting edge of technology, and the FP6 is a useful tool for staying in touch with the university world and with laboratories." | CRABS | Life Sciences | STREP |
| DIAGENODE | "I am still convinced that the quality of the consortium is the project's main strength." | HEROIC | Biotechnology | IP |
| ChILL | Biotechnology | STREP | ||
| SAFEED-PAP | Biotechnology | STREP | ||
| ERDAS | "European projects are a great calling card. Clients are doubtful if a cutting-edge company doesn't take part." | SWING |
Information Technologies |
STREP |
| EUROGENTEC | "European projects help create a network of clients convinced of the product's quality." | CellPROM | Nanotechnologies | IP |
| SEMOFS |
Information Technologies |
STREP | ||
| UNIVERSAL VACCINE | SMEs | CRAFT | ||
| CHEMORES | Biotechnology | IP | ||
| STREPTOMICS | Biotechnology | STREP | ||
| VASOPLUS | Biotechnology | STREP | ||
| EURO-PHARMACO-GENE | Biotechnology | STREP | ||
| EURO HEAT PIPES | "We could'nt have developed this project without our participation in FP6." | COSEE | Aeronautics | STREP |
| FREE FIELD TECHNOLOGIES | "European projects have been a source of growth for the company, and have enabled us to recruit staff who are still with the company today." | MESSIAEN | Aeronautics | STREP |
| FRIENDCOPTER | Aeronautics | IP | ||
| TURNEX | Aeronautics | STREP | ||
| X2-NOISE | Aeronautics | SSA | ||
| KITOZYME |
"Thanks to European projects, we are developing our supplier/client relationships." |
BIOPRODUCTION | Nanotechnologies | IP |
| LASEA | "If you want to be one of the bests, you have to present a cast-iron proposal. You have to spend time on the presentation, the market research, the structure of the consortium and the consortium agreement. This is vital." | NAGINELS | Laser | SME-CRAFT |
| NANOCYL | "The projects have helped us obtain a research department that accounts for over 40% of the company." | NANOMED | Nanotechnologies | Collective Research |
| AMBIO | Nanotechnologies | IP | ||
| NANOHYBRID | Nanotechnologies | STREP | ||
| NANOTOX | Nanotechnologies | SSA | ||
| CARBonCHIP | Nanotechnologies | STREP | ||
| NANOFIRE | Nanotechnologies | STREP | ||
| OPTRION | "Small companies sould relax and not overdramatise the difficulty of joining a consortium." | ATPI | Aeronautics | STREP |
| MULTIENCODE | Scientific Support to Policies | STREP | ||
| PEPITe | "To keep qualified, competent staff in the company, you have to be able to pay them and offer them challenging projects." | HAWKEYE |
Information Technologies |
STREP |
| NAVELEC | Galileo (Espace) | STREP | ||
| QUALOSS |
Information Technologies |
STREP | ||
| RESPECT-IT | "A targeted way of raising your profile." | SAFEE | Aeronautics and Space | IP |
| SPACEBEL | "The project has to be targeted on the company's strategy; otherwise you end up spreading yourself too thin." | HAWKEYE | Space | STREP |
| STRATICELL | "You still have to maintain contacts." | LINKAGE | Health | CA |
| WETLANDS ENGINEERING | "Being the coordinator gives us control over the project and responsability for making sure the economic objectives are achieved." | SOPHIED | Nanotechnologies | IP-SME |
| QUORUM | Nanotechnologies | STREP | ||
| XDC | "Sharing the risk with the European Commission." | IP-RACINE |
Information Technologies |
IP |
| EDCINE |
Information Technologies |
IP | ||
| ZENTECH | "A small company can not afford to fail in a project. European grants help limit the risk." | EURO-THYMAIDE | Life Sciences | IP |
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*STREP = Support Targeted Research Project - CA = Coordination Actions - SSA = Specific Support Action - IP = Integrated Project - NoE = Network of Excellence - INCO = International Cooperation - CRAFT = Cooperative Research - SME = (Small and Middle Enterprises) |
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