9. How to find financial sources?Difficulties in establishing cooperation 4
10. EU-Japan Centre Cluster Helpdesk Japanese Clusters Cooperation Cluster Helpdesk Contact 1.Information on EU & Japanese Clusters 2. Helpdesk Facilitating initial contact Obstacles for making successful initial contact 1. lack of information 2. language barrier 3. lack of manpower for effective cross-cultural communication Webpage http://www.eu-japan.eu/global/ rd-innovation-cooperation.html Cluster information Policy information Funding tools information Linkage with European Cluster Observatory English list of Japanese clusters to be added on ECO Coordination of exchanges, visits, discussion 5
11. EU-Japan Centre Cluster Helpdesk Japanese Clusters Cooperation Cluster Helpdesk Contact Linkage with European Cluster ObservatoryList of Japanese METI & MEXT clusters & projects available for European clusters 6
12. EU-Japan Centre Cluster Helpdesk Japanese Clusters Cooperation Cluster Helpdesk Contact Helpdesk’s functions 7
13. EU-Japan Centre Cluster Helpdesk Japanese Clusters Cooperation Cluster Helpdesk Contact List of requests handled by helpdesk (extracts) Category 1: Requests to find information sources 8
14. EU-Japan Centre Cluster Helpdesk Japanese Clusters Cooperation Cluster Helpdesk Contact List of requests handled by helpdesk (extracts) Category 2: Requests to facilitate exchanges at individual clusters level Category 3: Requests to support exchanges at policy-level, multi-national level, etc. 9
15. EU-Japan Centre Cluster Helpdesk Japanese Clusters Cooperation Cluster Helpdesk Contact Office in Japan Round Cross Ichibancho Bldg 4F, 13-3 Ichibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0082 Tel: +81 (0)3 3221 6161 Fax: +81 (0)3 3221 6226 Office in Europe Rue Marie de Bourgogne 52, B-1000 Brussels Tel: +32 (0)2 282 0040 Fax: +32 (0)2 282 0045 Email: office@eu-japan.eu www.eu-japan.eu 10
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