The document discusses two projects - T-Seniority and DIEGO - that were funded through European Union programs. Both projects aimed to deploy innovative e-services for social purposes. T-Seniority focused on improving quality of life for older people using interactive TV, while DIEGO aimed to provide fully accessible e-government services. The document outlines the commonalities between the projects and the strategy of moving research results to market deployment. It also discusses the potential outcomes of leveraging public-private partnerships and accelerating services to a wider European scale.

1. Examples of research results
exploitation
T-Seniority & DIEGO projects
(The vision of an R&D performing SME)
Miguel Alborg IDI EIKON
Barcelona, October 15th 2010

2. T-Seniority & DIEGO
 T-Seniority is a project that was approved in the first call of CIP
ICT PSP 2007 in the objective Ageing Well:
http://tseniority.idieikon.com/
 The main target of T-Seniority is to improve the quality of life of
older people using interactive TV channels.
 DIEGO is a project that was approved in the third call of CIP ICT
PSP 2009 in the objective Inclusive e-Governance:
http://www.diego-project.eu/
 The main target of DIEGO is to offer to any European Public
Authority a FULL e-accesibility front-end for e-Gov services where
“NO CITIZEN IS LEFT BEHIND”

3. What is common
in T-Seniority & DIEGO?
 Both are Initial Deployment of innovative e-Services based on
ICTs developed by IDI EIKON in previous R+D European (FPs,
Eureka-Eurostars) and National Programmes
Tackling the market with innovative proposals of
HIGH-IMPACT
FOCUS on “WHOLE business model”: technical, socio-
economic, financial and political challenges of its deploying
Seeds for scaling to FULL Deployment (self-sustainability)
 To leverage outstanding Public-Private Partnership in ICT
Fostering the development of lead markets for
innovative ICT solutions in areas of social public
interest
CONSORTIUM: Participation of Public Bodies has been
a “MUST” for us (T-Seniority & DIEGO)

4. What is the strategy
behind T-Seniority & DIEGO?
 STRONG COMMITMENT in “Going from Research to the Market”
Searching for the exploitation and R.O.I of our R&D assets:
“well planned” from the beginning as a “surviving strategy”
RISKS for an “SME R&D performing”:
We have to focus always in “what to grasp at the end?”
and to keep in mind what is the research we need to do
according to market expectations
Because, if we fail on that, it is not the same failure for us
than for a large company or a University: we are at high
risk of disappearing.
Hopefully, at the end of this year we will close the first round
of this strategy: to pass from CIP to the FULL deployment
without any interruption: For an SME, it is a very important
milestone !!

5. Foreseen outcomes
of T-Seniority & DIEGO
 Higher Impact at European Scale
To accelerate the deployment of our e-Services of
public interest: huge reduction of “time-to-
market” for e-Services
Wider market for the diffusion of our innovations:
presence in more than 10 MS; the unique way to
achieve “Local Customisation” Added Values (critical
success factors)
To achieve a satisfactory level of viability,
sustainability and scalability of T-Seniority &
DIEGO
 We are using ICT-PSP as a special case of “pre-
commercial procurement” for SMEs !!

6. “T-Seniority & DIEGO” Connections
Still a dream?
An innovative strategy of combining the resources
of CIP (ICT-PSP) and Structural Funds (SF),
in a complementary way.
Based on
PRACTICAL GUIDE TO EU FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/practical-guide-rev2_en.pdf

7. Three key funding instruments to
support research and innovation
 At the Community level, the Union has three key
funding instruments :
 Cohesion policy which is funded through the Structural
Funds and Cohesion Fund;
 The Research Framework Programme
 the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework
Programme.

8. Mixing EU funding sources:
the “rules of the game”
 The three EU funding sources (FP7, CIP and Structural Funds),
when operating individually, provide significant support for
research, development and innovation.
 However, their value can be further enhanced by combining
them. How can this be done?
 When considering how the funding sources can be combined, a
clear distinction must be made between, on the one hand, co-
financing, and, on the other hand, complementary financing.

9. Complementary financing -- No 'double
financing'
 While co-financing the same project by different EU funds is
either prohibited or not practically possible, it is possible to
combine the resources of the Structural Funds, FP7 and CIP
in a complementary way.
 This means using different funds for different actions (with
separate cost statements/bills), which are carried out in a
related or consecutive manner.

10. ???
T-Seni rity

11. CIP first, followed by Structural Funds
(Practical Guide p.14)
 It may be that, during the lifetime of an CIP project, funding needs
are identified in order to continue the activity.
 However, there is no guarantee that a further application for
funding under the CIP would be possible, as there may be no relevant
call open, or successful, given the very competitive nature of the
process.
 However, if a Structural Funds Operational Programme in the region
covers the research, technology or innovation in question, it may
be able to provide the necessary funding to sustain the activity.