15
June 2005
Final Conference "Mentoring European Knowledge of
Chemical Regions" in
Brussels
Download Presentations from the Final Conference
The
final conference of the MentorChem Project will be organised in the
representation of the Principality of Asturias in Brussels. The project
partners would like to present the results of the cooperation and discuss
conclusions and further perspectives with representatives from administration,
industry and science.
Please download Invitation and Agenda (PDF File 1,06 MB).
5 May
2005
Final MentorChem Workshop in
Oviedo
4 May 2005
REACH Regulation Meeting in Oviedo
: European Regions View
Based on the discussion in the MentorChem Project, Asturias organises a major event to discuss about the impact of REACH in the European regions. High-level representatives from Asturias will present the special challenge for the chemical sector. Speakers from Italy and Germany will present their experience to initiate the interregional exchange of knowledge.
Download
invitation to Meeting
15
March 2005
2nd Annual Conference of pilot Action “Regions of Knowledge”,
Brussels
The second annual conference will bring together all pilot project supported under the action “Regions of Knowledge” in order to discuss preliminary findings and draw conclusions towards the future shape of European Research Policy with a specific focus on the regional dimension. The MentorChem project will be presented in the afternoon. The agenda and the registration can be found online (see link below).
http://www.cordis.lu/era/regions.htm
9/10
March 2005
5th MentorChem Workshop in Milan, Lombardia
The 5th
MentorChem workshop to will take place in Milan to discuss the progress of the
project with a special focus on the exchange of experience in the identified
priority topics.
February
2005
Proposal for Joint Research Project “GO REACH”
Lombardy
region is aiming to develop a joint research project in the framework of the 6th
FPR (IP STREP) related to the topic REACH (Recent EU Legislation on
Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals). The project wants to
develop a tool set system for the effective implementation of REACH on the
market. Partner should come from academia, agencies, industry, regional
administration ICT industry, chemical federation and service providers. The
application should be finalised by the 21. September 2005. Further information
is included in the draft below. Please communicate your interest with the
provided form.
4th
MentorChem Workshop in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Halle
will be the place for the next MentorChem workshop to further explore the
specific topics that have been identified in the last meeting in Oviedo. The
specific topics should be described in order
to have a clear understanding of the concrete problem/question, target group,
objectives, relevant experience of the partners, approach for the exchange of
experience and the expected results.
Conference “Chemical initiative of the Land Saxony-Anhalt for Central
Germany”
Saxony-Anhalt has the objective to strengthen the chemical cluster and the
cooperation between economy, politics, administration and science. For this
reason the so called “chemical initiative” should be implemented with
concrete actions in several areas. High level representatives from political,
economic and scientific level will discuss the future development of the
chemical cluster. Key speakers are Minister President Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Böhmer
and the Minister for Economy and Labour Dr. Horst Rehberger.
You can download the invitation to the conference here.
19th/20th of October 2004
3nd MentorChem Workshop in Oviedo, Asturias
The next MentorChem workshop will be organised in
Oviedo, Asturias to discuss the experiences of the partners in the defined
topics of joint interest (see
questionnaire). The discussion should support the
exchange of experience between the partners and try to find possibilities how
the best-practice solutions of one region can be useful for the other regions.
This is the result
of the annual innovation report of the Centre for European Economic Research (www.zew.de). 82 per cent of the chemical enterprises
have introduced new products and processes in 2002 and 10.5 billion € have been
spent for innovation activities. For the year 2004 the chemical enterprises
expect innovation expenditures of 11.5 billion €. Besides the above average
share of chemical enterprises with new products on the market (38 per cent) the
chemical industry is also characterised by rationalisation success based on
process innovation. This strategy has lead to a reduction of cost by 6,3 per
cent.
You can download the
complete study (in German language) on the web site of the ZEW.
ftp://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/brarep_inno/04_chemie.pdf
Furthermore, the ZEW
has published an interesting study “Innovation Engine Chemistry”. This in-depth
study looks at the implications of the innovation in the chemical sector to
other industries.
The link for the
download (German language)
http://www.zew.de/de/forschung/projekte.php3?action=detail&nr=308&abt=ioek
The next meeting of the European Chemical Regions
Network working group will take place in Ispra at the Joint Research Centre. The
aim is to discuss relevant research and innovation projects that are important
for chemical regions such as the implementation of the new EU regulation REACH.
More information under:
www.jrc.cec.eu.int
22nd/23rd of June 2004
2nd MentorChem Strategy Workshop in Milano, Lombardia
The next MentorChem workshop will be organised in
Milano to discuss the results of the Benchmark and SWOT Analysis that have been
jointly developed by the partners. The discussion should lead to the
identification of topics that are in the common interest of the partners and
that will be further developed in the course of the project.
24th of March 2004
Central German Future Conference in Halle,
Saxony-Anhalt
The Central German Future Conference has been
organised in Halle on the 24th of March 2004 to discuss the
development of clusters in the area Central German, which unites the regions
Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. Organised by the Regionenmarketing
Mitteldeutschland, it is the objective of this initiative to strengthen the
cooperation between the three regions and to create synergy effects for a
sustainable growth. The discussions in the three main clusters automotive,
chemical industry and biotechnology/life science have shown the progress of the
work and the challenges for the future. Especially the cluster chemical
industry is a positive example for an intense cooperation between
administration, industry and science. A high participation of the chemical
enterprises such as Dow Chemical, the cooperation of chemical sites in the
“Central European Chemical Network” and the political support which is
expressed in the “Strategy Dialogue Chemistry” in Saxony-Anhalt have supported
the development of a highly modern and competitive chemical industry in central
Germany. These experiences could be useful for the project as best-practice
solutions for the other regions in the area of cluster development.
More information under:
www.mitteldeutschland.com
www.cechemnet.de
27. February 2004
Kick of Conference of pilot Action
„Knowledge Regions“ in Brussels
The project coordinator isw GmbH and the partner IDEPA
have participated on the KnowREG Kick-off conference in Brussels. The
conference was used to bring together all projects that are working in the
framework of the pilot action “Knowledge Regions” and to initiate an exchange
of experience and a lively dialogue with the European Commission about the
objectives of the pilot action and their relevance for the future shaping of
the European Research Area. Especially the importance of the regional dimension
has been stressed in this area and several examples from the participating
projects have given an outlook to their contribution to this objective.
More information about the pilot action “Knowledge
Regions” : http://www.cordis.lu/era/knowreg.htm
You can download the presentations at:
www.cordis.lu/era/regions_infoday.htm
5./6. February 2004
2nd European Congress of Chemical Regions
in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
All three partners have participated in the 2nd
European Congress of Chemical Regions that took place in Halle on the 5th and
6th February. Approximately 250 participants attended this conference to
discuss important issues for chemical regions, such as EU legislation,
interregional cooperation and research cooperation. The partners have used this
forum to present the project to a broader public. A special presentation was
given to the members of the Working Group of the European Chemical Regions
Network, were 13 regions from 7 Member States are integrated. The Congress was
used to establish more contacts to other regions and to discuss about several
topics such as potential joint research project. More information about the
network can be found under www.ecrn.net.
3./4. February 2004
Kick off Workshop of the Project “Mentoring European
Knowledge of the Chemical Regions” in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
The kick-off workshop of the project “Mentoring
European Knowledge of the Chemical Regions” took place on the 3rd
and 4th of February 2004 in Halle. The project partners from
Saxony-Anhalt. Lombardia and Asturias have met to discuss the objectives of the
cooperation and to further specifiy the work plan. Based on the presentation of
the partner regions focused on the special importance of the chemical sector
for the regional economy and innovation system there has been a first fruitful
discussion about the topics of common interest. As first step of the project a
joint benchmark and SWOT analysis will be developed until the next meeting in
Lombardia to identify topics that will be further specified in the following
months.