Funding Opportunities

Under the FP7 Artemis programme, funding opportunities exist for projects using embedded computing technologies for industry, sustainability and societal needs. Projects should relate to research and technological development activities and the applications must have a focus on one of the programme’s industrial priorities - reference designs and architectures; seamless connectivity and interoperability or other design methods and tools – and at least one of the sub-programmes that relate to: healthcare and wellbeing; smart environments; manufacturing and process automation; security and critical infrastructures  protection; methods and processes for safety; computing platforms and human-centred design. The deadline for applications is 6 June. For further details, please contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie


Committee of the Regions Irish Presidency brochure

The Irish Regions Brussels Office has been involved in the production of the Committee of the Regions (COR) official brochure to mark Ireland’s current Presidency of the EU.  It profiles the COR’s role in European policy-making both in theory and in practice, what the expectations of the Presidency are from the perspective of Europe’s regions and cities and what the key policy fields are likely to be in that regard. Region by region investment and funding is profiled and it also provides information on the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and socially-inclusive growth. The brochure may be accessed here

Partnering opportunities for EU projects

Requests have been received to source partners for the following current EU projects:

• To create and strengthen a network of territories hosting Protected Areas in coastal zones to define and implement a joint promotion strategy and to create supporting tools for the development of sustainable tourism activities.
• To promote transnational entrepreneurial and innovation networks on aquaculture through the development of knowledge transfer between companies and research centres.

For further details on these or other partnering opportunities for EU projects, please contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie

What are the obstacles that your company faces in doing business internationally?

As part of the OECD’s International Business Dialogue, businesses are being asked to complete a survey entitled, “What are the obstacles that your company faces in doing business internationally?” The OECD International Business Dialogue 2013 brought together government officials and business representatives from OECD member countries, as well as major emerging economies, to identify the most pressing obstacles to international trade and contribute to informed policymaking based on first hand insights.  The survey is available here and will remain open until 20th March. The final results will be available on the OECD website in April.