FP5 Horizontal Actions - INCO2, INNOVATION/SMEs and IMPROVING (Human Potential)

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There are three Horizontal Programmes within FP5, which underpin and complement the Thematic Programmes by responding to common needs across all research areas:

• Confirming the international role of Community research (INCO 2)
• Promotion of innovation and encouragement of SME participation (Innovation/SMEs)
• Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base (Improving)

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Confirming the international role of Community research (INCO 2) Website: www.cordis.lu/inco2/

International cooperation in the field of research and technological development (RTD) will be pursued under the 5th Framework Programme, through 2 complementary routes:

• A dedicated cooperation programme «Confirming the international role of Community research», which will focus on specific RTD activities relevant to certain third countries or regions and not addressed by other programmes of the 5th Framework Programme;
• An international cooperation dimension integral to each of the other specific programmes, which will allow the European research community to benefit from the knowledge and expertise of third countries and institutions, through their participation in projects of the 5th Framework Programme.

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Promotion of innovation and encouragement of SME participation (Innovation/SMEs) Website: www.cordis.lu/innovation-smes/

The "Innovation and SME Programme" stands at the cross-roads of the Community's policies on Research, Innovation and SMEs. It promotes Innovation at Community level and encourages SME participation under FP5.

The programme supports European businesses to innovate, to develop, market and integrate new technology and to manage change more effectively. More specifically, it supports European SMEs to fully participate in FP5 actions and to optimise their advantages from such participation.

The programme also aims at contributing to a more innovation friendly environment in Europe, improved conditions for the creation and development of new companies, the diffusion of new technologies, the emergence of new economic activities and at fostering the "innovation culture" in Europe.

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Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base (Improving) Website: www.cordis.lu/improving/

Improving the Human Research Potential and the Socio-economic Base, or Human Potential as this programme has become known, is one of the individual programmes within the European Commission's 5th Framework Programme.

Human Potential aims to: support training and mobility of researchers from virtually all scientific fields throughout Europe; increase EU expertise in the socio-economic sciences to allow us to understand how to harness Europe's rapidly changing society.

There is a wide range of opportunities available for young to senior scientists, and for research teams, universities, companies and other organisations in Europe's Member and Associated States.



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FP5 - Fifth Framework Programme (1998-2002)

• ICA2-2000-10050: PUBLIER: Pulp Biodegradation using Lignolytic Enzyme Reactions
• ICA4-CT-2001-10106: Latin America Thematic Network on Bioenergy - LAMNET
• INCO2 ICA4-2001-10089: BTN - Bamboo Thematic Network
• IPS-1999-00013: Business awareness on sustainable innovation strategies (BASIS)
• IPS-1999-00021: Valorization of wine residues in distilleries through technology transfer and related organizational aspects
• IPS-1999-950008: TANNET - An initiative to stimulate and encourage the European leather industry to participate in EU Programmes
• IPS-1999-950055: Co-ordinated action of EUROPABIO and NBAs for the identification and PROmotion of potential industrial participation of SMEs in the 1st Thematic Programme "Quality of life and management of living resources
• IPS-1999-950084: BIO-SAFE: Biotechnologies in agro-food and environment: new technology solutions to improve quality, safety and health
• IPS-1999-950087: IN WOOD - Economic & technological Intelligence networked services forestry and the transformation chain of wood
• IPS-1999-950104: ETISPACK - Economic and Technological Intelligence for SMEs in the field of Packaging and associated branches
• IPS-2000-00009: Innovative Evaluation and Design of Metal Surface Cleaning Processes (CLEANTOOL)
• IPS-2000-00057: INNEUROTEX - European platform in textile innovation
• IPS-2001-80003: Waste water recycling in textile finishing through the application and further development of membrane bio-reactors used in space life support systems
• IPS-CT-1999-00005: Lubrication in Inland and Coastal Water Activities (LLINCWA)
• QLK5-2000-70015: A New, Environmentally Friendly Substrate From Compost and Agricultural Waste, For Glasshouse Horticulture and Reforestation
• QLK5-2000-70230: NOVEL SPAWN - Novel Spawn Technology: an Innovative Concept for the Mushroom Industry
• QLK5-2002-70847: GREENFOAM -100% biodegradable thermo insulating foam packaging for fastfood, ice and drinks

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• INNOVATION-Helpdesk / Innovation and SME Programme LUXEMBOURG