Partners map

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  • South Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency

    The main aims of the STRIA are to improve the innovation capacity of the regional SMEs, to support the technology transfer activities of the knowledge bases and to foster the international knowledge exchange. The main policy of the Agency is to provide real added value compared to the currently operating innovation support system by ensuring quality consultancy services for the regional SMEs. This way STRIA will assure a stable and increasing clientele, and an extensive international network.

    South Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency
  • Theodore Puskas Foundation

    The Theodore Puskas Foundation is a non-profit, public benefit organization under Hungarian law. Its operational arm, the Institute of International Technology offers a wide assortment of dedicated services. The objectives include from the beginning the dissemination of advanced foreign technologies in Hungary and the introduction of state of the art Hungarian technologies on the international market (two-way know-how and technology transfer, partner mediation).

    Theodore Puskas Foundation
  • CATT Innovation Management

    CATT Innovation Management GmbH supports and accompanies Upper Austrian companies and institutions in matters relating to national and international innovation management with a focus on research, mobility and innovation funding, technology transfer and intellectual property rights.

    CATT Innovation Management
  • Clusterland Upper Austria

    Since 1998, clusters were gradually developed in important economic branches in Upper Austria: automotive, plastics, eco-energy, furniture & timber construction, food, health technology, mechatronics and environmental technology. In addition, inter-branch networks have been set-up in the fields of human resources, design & media, logistics and energy efficiency. Small & medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are particularly supported in our policy.

    Clusterland Upper Austria
  • European Development Agency

    The European Development Agency fulfils the dreams of its clients by combination of unique professional services, lots of them as only one in the CR, and experienced team of experts - we help to think out the profitable project, to gain a new source of financing, to guide the client through the European jungle of administrative regulations.

    European Development Agency
  • AREA Science Park

    AREA Science Park is one of the leading multi-sector science and technology parks at the international level. Our mission is to increase the competitiveness and dimensional growth of the territory through support to entrepreneurial and business development, and development and diffusion of innovative products, processes, methodologies and services.

    AREA Science Park
  • CNA Regional Association of Emilia Romagna

    The National Confederation of Crafts and Small and Medium Sized Enterprises is the VOICE of craft, small and medium sized firms and specialised workers. The function of CNA Emilia Romagna is to provide integration among the Provincial Associations. It defines regional financial policy, promotes industrial relations and drafts industrial agreements.

    CNA Regional Association of Emilia Romagna
  • Regional Development Agency

    The programme idea of the Regional Development Agency Joint Stock Company in Bielsko – Biała is focused on initiating, organizing and supporting the development of the southern subregion of Śląskie Voivodeship and its national and foreign promotion.

    Regional Development Agency
  • Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry

    The Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Prešov) is a public institution operating in the territory of Slovakia and developing activities aimed at the support and protection of its member businesses at home and abroad.

    Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • Pomurje Technology Park

    The Pomurje Technology Park has for mission the formation of the business infrastructure and advanced service offer, with aim to co-form establishing of new companies and help a subsistent companies to growth and to work, which will contribute to a better competitive position, a more quality working conditions and to a modernized economic structure in the region.

    Pomurje Technology Park
  • Virtual Dimension Center

    The Virtual Dimension Center Fellbach (VDC) is a network for Virtual Engineering technologies, especially for their applications in the areas of automotive, mechanical engineering, plant engineering and construction, architecture, as well as civil engineering. It bundles the knowledge and expertise of leading stakeholders around the topic, establishes communication platforms for mutual exchange, creates synergies, and supports the development of structures for innovation.

    Virtual Dimension Center

News

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Published on March 8, 2012

Fourth ACCESS Newsletter

Dear reader,
Be welcome again. Next edition of ACCESS Newsletter gives you new inside view on ACCESS project activities and related topics. This is already the 4th edition. Current one deals with insight of Mechatronic sector in Central Europe, It’s about most growing sector beside Pharmaceutics in the region were Europe invests heavily in order to [...]

The testing phase of the toolkit, after two sessions held in Budapest and Prague with the participation of experts from AREA Science Park and CBM (the Regional Cluster in Biomedicine), both based in Trieste, arrived to Friuli Venezia Giulia (from 23rd to 27th January) with a delegation of experts from Hungary and the Czech Republic, [...]

EU-Projekt ACCESS: Internationale Experten analysieren unser regionales Innovationssystem im Bereich Mechatronik
Unter der Lupe:
Innovationsmanagement in Oberösterreich 
Eine ganze Woche stand das regionale Innovationssystem in Oberösterreich am Prüfstein: Experten aus den Ländern Polen, Slowakei und Deutschland führten von 21. bis 25. November 2011 mit allen wichtigen Playern im oö. Mechatronik-Innovationsnetzwerk Interviews, um anschließend Handlungsempfehlungen abzugeben und einen [...]


Published on February 6, 2012

The 13th Mechatronics Forum

International Conference
September 17 – 19, 2012, Linz, Austria
Organizers:
Austrian Center of Competence in Mechatronics (ACCM)
Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU)

The Mechatronics Forum conferences are the oldest series of mechatronics conferences still established. It succeeded in bringing together mechatronics experts from all over the world in order to present and discuss new results and trends in mechatronics and [...]

As time flies by very quickly, we already completed the 3rd On-the-spot peer review week in Agro-Food sector, which took place between 23rd and 27th of March 2012. Pomurje Technology Park organized this week in Slovenia on two locations, Ljubljana and Murska Sobota. This occurs due to specific situation of regional structures of Slovenia. As [...]

The 2nd On-the-spot peer review week in the Food sector was organized in Pécs, Hungary between 14-18. November 2011. Sara Dell’Elce and Carlo Pignatari from CNA, Italy and Borut Zrim and Aleksandra Krumpak from Promurje Technology Park, Slovenia were attended on this week as peers. During this visit the peers hold meetings with stakeholders to [...]


Published on October 24, 2011

Peer reviews in Baden-Württemberg

From 09th to 14th of October 2011 a delegation of the ACCESS project visited Stuttgart in southern Germany. Visits at Daimler AMG, the MOTEK fair and at the Department of Commerce were part of the journey.
You can find further information in the german press-release below:
Das Geheimnis der Innovationen
Europäische Delegation des Projekts „ACCESS“ besucht Region Stuttgart
Fellbach, [...]


Published on September 13, 2011

Third ACCESS Newsletter

Dear reader,
You are invited to read already the third edition of the Newsletter of the project ACCESS – “ACCelerating regional competitivenESS and sector-based excellence through innovation management tools and techniques” where 11 partners from 8 Central Europe space joint forces in 2nd Call under the European Territorial Cooperation Objective. In this third edition [...]


Published on August 8, 2011

Dates for peer reviews are set

Every partner region will host a peer review for testing the elaborated transnational methodical tool. On the basis of this peer review, the peers together with the hosting partner institution elaborate a strategic implementation plan (including action plans, policy recommendations etc.) for the hosting region.
FOOD SECTOR
26th – 30th of September 2011 [...]

The ACCESS partner Virtual Dimension Center (VDC) presents and organises the Virtual Efficiency Congress (VEC) representing Germany’s largest symposium about virtual reality (VR). It deals with the range of (possible) applications, benefits and potentials of VR. The VEC provides an opportunity for researchers, engineers and users to present, share and discuss the latest developments in [...]

The Transnational Innovation Management Training took place in Steyr, Austria and was organized by CATT Innovation Management GmbH. Learning, the exchange of good practises and working on the next steps were the aims which were successfully achieved.
The week started with a poster session presenting an overview of each region. During the first three days the [...]


Published on April 4, 2011

Second ACCESS Newsletter

ACCESS-Second Newsletter, food sector

The second Steering Committee and Project Group Meeting was held in Bologna, Italy on 9-10. February 2011.

As lead partner of the project CNCB co-funded by the CENTRAL EUROPE programme, the ACCESS partner, Clusterland Upper Austria, organizes a Kick-Off-Conference dedicated to Cluster Managers from 29th to the 31st March 2011 in Linz, Austria, to take place at the Hotel.
The conference aims to present the project and its activities around the topic of [...]


Published on January 17, 2011

Project Group Meeting

The next Project Group Meeting will take place from February 09th till February 10th 2011 in Bologna, Italy. It will be organised by CNA Regional Association of Emilia Romagna.


Published on January 11, 2011

ACCESS Training Week

The ACCESS Training Week about innovation management tools and techniques will take place from May 15th to May 20th 2011 in Steyr, in Upper Austria.
It is organised by CATT Innovation Management GmbH and is dedicated to the peers nominated by the ACCESS partners.
It will guarantee a high-level implementation of the pilots to be [...]

Prague Summer Conference on IP & Innovation, September 13-14, 2010
National Technical Library, Prague (Czech Republic)


Published on July 30, 2010

First ACCESS Newsletter

First edition of ACCESS e-newsletter.


Published on June 22, 2010

ACCESS Kick-Off Meeting

The ACCESS Kick-Off Meeting took place at the Bagolyvár Hotel in Pécs, Hungary, on 20th and 21st April 2010.



Upcoming Events

 

JUN12

ACCESS Meeting 12th-13th June

5th SG and PG meeting

Murska Sobota, Slovenia

SEP17

The 13th Mechatronics Forum

The 13th Mechatronics Forum

Linz, Upper Austria

Past Events

 

FEB13

Steering Committee / Project Group Meeting

13th-14th of February

Kraków, Poland

SEP21

Internationales Forum Mechatronik 21. – 22. September 2011

 

AUG29

ACCESS Meeting

29th to 31th August 2011

Linz, Austria

MAY15

Training Week

15th to 20th May 2011

Steyr, Austria

SEP08

Steering Committee / Project Group Meeting

Prešov, Slovakia

APR20

ACCESS Kick-Off Meeting

Bagolyvár Hotel, Pécs, Hungary