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INTERREG IVA 2 Mers Seas Zeeën Crossborder Cooperation Programme 2007-2013
Part-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
The 2 Seas Trade Project (2ST)
Steve Samson
Trade Development Manager
Kent County Council
[email protected]
Project Partners
www.2seastrade.eu
Project Objectives
 To establish a cross-border trade
support network
 To help SMEs to do business in
another 2ST partner area
 To promote the 2 Seas Trade area
as a place to do business
www.2seastrade.eu
Project Activities & Outputs
Communication
www.2seastrade.eu
Who has benefited?
www.2seastrade.eu
Cross-Border Added Value
 A genuine cross-border issue
 Trade cannot be achieved in
isolation
 Partner expertise & networks
 Joint planning & delivery
www.2seastrade.eu
Sustainability & Lasting Impact
 Web-based resources available to
businesses
 Case studies & success stories
 Great network of partners (future
SME referrals)
 Referrals to wider support services
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Lessons Learnt & Next Steps
 Interreg Projects are complex
 Different levels of expertise
 Clarity
 Flexibility
 Planning, planning, planning!
What next?
 14 months of project delivery
 Future project?
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A Lesson in International Marketing
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INTERREG IVA 2 Mers Seas Zeeën Crossborder Cooperation Programme 2007-2013
Part-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Aim
TIME should enable companies and technology providers to meet in order to:
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develop skills and knowledge about challenges in 3 maritime sectors
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enhance productivity thanks to innovation
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identify cross border or national business opportunities
Objectives
Doing so the TIME project has the objective to:
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increase the competitiveness of the companies in the supply chain of 3 maritime sectors
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help companies, not linked with maritime activities, to use their technologies in order to
become suppliers of maritime activities
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encourage maritime companies to use new technologies to create competitive advantages
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help SME’s to expand into international maritime markets
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define methodologies and tools to facilitate the cross border collaborations for technology
transfer or to find new markets
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strengthen the development of the maritime economy of the three participating regions.
Methodolody – desk research
Preliminary desk research of 6 maritime sectors
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Logistics
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Sport / leisure and coastal tourism
3.
Fishing / Aquaculture
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Marine Renewable Energy
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Shipping
6.
Security
Selected activity sectors for TIME
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Security & Logistics
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Maritime Renewable energy
3.
Fishing/Aquaculture
Methodology – broad mapping
survey
2 broad mapping approaches
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face to face interviews
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a supply chain mapping methodology
identification of specific problems and opportunities in the 3 sectors
For more details see downloadable document: Final Report www.time2seas.eu
Methodology – matching process
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intensified company visits
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ad hoc bilateral meetings
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collaborative workshops
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professional events for each sector
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set up relations via professional clubs for each sector
Results on matching and cross
border collaboration
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234 companies visited
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43 technology providers visited
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50 collaboration meetings organized
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20 collaborations initiated – both national and cross border
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8 cross boarder collaboration agreements
Results on communication and
dissemination
Communication – professional events
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Serious gaming technology and use of access and video control systems in Security &
Logistics (27 persons attended) – 26/05/11 – Ostend (B)
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How reducing cost of logistics of off shore wind energy farms during construction and
maintenance through optimisation? (31 persons attended)
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Fishing for the good ideas from our fisheries! (30 persons attended) – 19/10/12 – Wimille (F)
Dissemination – professional club meetings
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Contact less technologies in port security and logistics – Ghent – July 5th 2012
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Security & Logistics and Serious Gaming – Calais – July 11th 2012
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Renewable Energy Professional club meeting – Wimille – October 18th 2012
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Club Fishing sector – Calais – November 29th 2012
Lessons learned
Companies/Technology providers
Difficulties
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CEO’s open mindedness to cross border cooperation
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Organisations rigidity to its own procedures and rules.
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Companies’ business strategy and availability.
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Business creation is time consuming an depends on the matching of the right people.
Benefits
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Crossing of different technologies, industries and sectors to generate innovation:
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Contact less technologies vs. ports logistics
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Contact less technologies vs. fishing industry
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Game industry vs. ports security
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Eye opener for companies and organizations not familiar with cross border projects
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TIME delivered different positive side effects:
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Expansion on Flanders for professional organizations
such as CITC EURA RFID (FR) and Game Industry North (FR)
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TIME allowed some organizations to acknowledge some
similar activities which were taking place across the border
Lessons learned
Project partners
Difficulties
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Keeping the same partners / staff on the whole duration of the project
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Collaboration with the communication agency
Benefits
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Frequent interactions between the project partners accelerate the acquisition of knowledge
and know-how.
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Complementary Interreg projects should cooperate to create synergies
Future approaches - opportunities
Companies / Technology providers
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Specific supplier gaps and innovation potentials could be tackled.
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Creation of innovation minded companies and technology resource centers databases.
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Creation of a qualitative evidence base for justifying future collaborations between companies
or technology providers
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Build further on organizational relationships started in the project
Use Rampion meet-the-buyer and other events for further develop relationships
Project Partners
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Sharing of culture on SMEs innovation support between the project partners and the regions
in general
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Input to regional innovation strategies and Common Strategic Framework for future structural
funds
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Opportunities for inter- cluster partnering: f.e. MSE and Flanders Marine Cluster
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Stimulate ideas on regional ‘smart’ specialization
INTERREG IVA 2 Mers Seas Zeeën Crossborder Cooperation Programme 2007-2013
Part-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
IDEA : Improving Drugs
Efficacy and Availability
F. AFFOUARD
University Lille 1 - [email protected]
http://idea.univ-lille1.fr
Motivations
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The vast majority (80%) of drugs shows prepared as solid
products (powders, tablets , capsules)
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These solids exist in different forms (crystals & amorphous)
which behave differently in the human body
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Strong impact on therapeutic efficacy, safety and and
product stability
‘2 seas’ opportunity
IDEA project
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Major bottleneck: 80% of drugs show poor water solubility
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Current awareness in industry for research and training
reorientation so as to incorporate understanding of the solid
state of drugs
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Presence in the 2-seas EU region of recognized researchers
in the challenging field of solid state pharmaceutical science:
in physics, chemistry and pharmacy
IDEA Partners
FRANCE
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University Lille1 (M. Descamps / F. Affouard)
University Lille2 (J. Siepmann)
BELGIUM
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University of Ghent (C. Vervaet)
SME SEPS Pharma in Ghent (Y. Gonissen)
UK
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University of Cambridge (W. Jones)
University of East Anglia (D. Craig / S. Qi)
Activity 1
• Trans-disciplinary technological platform (physics,
chemistry, pharmacy)
• dedicated to:
 Material synthesis
 Advanced characterisation
 Formulation of pharmaceutical materials
Mutualised rich and complementary
know-how and equipments bases
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Preparation: solvent evaporation and freeze-drying (Cambridge, Lille2), hotmelt extrusion and spray-drying (Ghent, Lille2, Norfolk), co-grinding
(Cambridge, Lille1)
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Characterization: Raman, Infra-red and terahertz and relaxational
spectroscopies( Cambridge, Lille1), thermal analysis and X-ray diffraction
(Cambridge, Norwich, Lille1), drug dissolution and particle size analysis
(Lille2, Ghent), Electron Microscopy (Cambridge, Lille1, Ghent), Molecular
modelling (Cambridge, Lille1)
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Formulation: tablets, implants, micro- and nano-particles (Lille2, Ghent,
Norwich).
Activity 2
• Research activity programme with technical
applications to the design of new solid state
pharmaceuticals
• Facilitate the development of both new and
existing drugs with improved properties
• Use of nanoparticle technologies, amorphous
forms and molecular complexations
• Fast and efficient validation provided by the
SME SEPS-PHARMA
How to increase drug
solubility ?
• Transform the drug into the amorphous state
(disordered)
• Stabilize the amorphous drugs using polymeric
matrices
MILLING
EXTRUSION
IDEA partnership:
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Optimized protocoles & best Drugs/Polymers
Upscaled at the SME SEPS PHARM site
Prototypes of drug products
Communications:
 Leading scientific journals
 International conferences
 Workshops and seminars to industries &
academics
Activity 3
• Training centre for a new trade dedicated to the
optimization of the solid-state drug manufacturing
processes
• Training provided by the members of the
partnership
• Meet the need of pharmaceutical firms
• Targets: students and personnel from industries
undertaking continuing professional development
Training centre
• Students formed on this project so far:
 2 PhD students & 2 postdoc (Lille1)
 3 PhD & 2 master students
(Cambridge)
 5 PhD & 3 master students (Lille 2)
 2 PhD & 1 Erasmus student (Ghent)
 2 PhD students & 1 postdoc (East
Anglia)
 1 PhD & 1 Master student (SEPS
Pharma)
• “Training Days” at partner sites
(Lille, Ghent, Cambridge, Norwich)
• Lectures and MASTER courses
• Training seminars at industries sites
Conclusion & perspective
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IDEA partnership (Lille, Ghent, Cambridge, Norwich):
Research activity + Training centre + technological platform
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Training :
 University Ghent & Lille (1+2): Joint Master
“solid state pharmaceutical science”
 ERASMUS Mundus proposal
 Marie-Curie (Network, Industrial Doctorates)
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Strengthening of the links with industries
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Cluster initiative??? INTERREG 5 ???