Support to Research and Technological Development and Innovation Initiatives and

Strategies in Jordan

مشروع دعم مبادرات واستراتيجيات البحث والتطوير

التكنولوجي واإلبداع في األردن

SRTD is an EU funded programme

Tech Transfer Branch Offices Awareness

Introduction

Trained over 500 people

SRTD is a 3 year, € 4.000.000 EU funded project

The Higher Council for Science and Technology and Jordan Enterprise are co-founding some of the activities implemented by the project.

SRTD aim: To develop Jordan’s scientific and technological capacity with a focus on the use of RTD results by the industrial and SME sector and accelerate the integration of Jordan into the European Research Area and the Community Framework Programme.

SRTD Knowledge Transfer Activities

Startups/Spin-offs

Incubation

JIC Incubators

JEDCO

IP Licensing

Tech. Transfer

IPCO

EHSC

Research Support

Research Collaboration

FP7 Programs

HCST

Progress to Date: Research / Focal Points

52

• Awareness Events (29)• Meeting on bi-monthly basis

Universities23

Research Centres

11

JICs7

SMEs11

Progress to Date: Research

Training Missions Outside Jordan

• Specific for the Liaison Officers- Initial Liaison Officer Training- FP7 Advisor• FP7 Contract Negotiation and Finance• FP7 Proposal Evaluations / How to

become an evaluator• FP7 Advisor for SMEs• Partnering in FP7 (Universities)• Specialized Workshops- FP7 People Programme Proposals- FP7 Thematic Area Direct Support:

Environment- FP7 Thematic Area Direct Support: ICT

• Research Connection 2009, Prague• Nanotech Europe Conference, Berlin• IWA Conference, Denmark• EuropaBio Conference, Portugal___________________________* 2 Internships for Focal Point Liaison

Officers (June & November/2009)

Workshops

Progress to Date: Participation of the MPCs in FP7

Main listed applicants vs. total applicants

Moro

cco

Tunisia

Palestine

Jordan

Algeria

Egypt

Lebanon

Syria

Libya

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

365 282 43 123 123 462 125 69 16

72 46 7 19 18 58 12 7 1

Applicantsin Main List Total applicants

Research Plans

• 3rd InternshipBrussels and UK

• VisibilityContinue with awareness days in all FPs

• Training– “Direct support” to researchers actively seeking FP7

partners– 3-5 x 1 week missions of Thematic Area experts & EU-

JORDANNet– Mission on research / business cooperation

• Outside missionsSend approximately 30 researchers to European “info

days”

Progress to Date: Start-ups

Missions to Jordan Missions Outside Jordan

• Gender Business Planning Tool• JIC Assessment• Business Planning for Incubatees• JIC Quality System Finalisation• Local Expert Evaluation• JIC/BIC Twinning: JIEC

• Investing in Technology Forum – Cairo, Egypt

• EBN Annual Congress, Fez• EBN Master Class, Brussels

• 1 Internship for Incubatees and Start-up Grant beneficiaries

• Initiated 60 days of local consultant support for incubatees

Research Grants (Area)

30 Research Grants awarded from 124 applicants

Start up Grants

30 Start-up Grants awarded from 111 applicants

The awarding ceremony under the patronage of H.E Minister of Industry and Trade (17/12/2009)

Progress to Date: Commercialisation

Achievements

• Signed MOU between SRTD, HCST and EHSC for establishment of national IPCO

Missions Outside Jordan

• ASTP Annual Conference, Ghent

• Agreed to support 11 TTUs in research and business focused organisations

– Jordan University– JUST– Yarmouk University– Mut’ah University– Jerash University– NCARE– JE– ACI– JIEC– KADDB– Al Urdenia Lil Ibdaa

SRTD TECH TRANSFER INITIATIVE

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Research and Innovation

MoneyKnowledge/Science

Innovation

R&D

Science & Business Bridging through SRTD activities

Science Business

SME/ Industry

Focal points

IPCOIntellectual Property Comm.

Office

Tech TransferResearch/Uni.

Tech TransferIndustry

Research/ Uni. Focal

Points

Link to EU SMEs

Link to EU Uni.

Commercialisation

JIC

SRTD Tech Transfer Program

• Create a National Technology Transfer Programme that brings in all existing players

• Create a Steering Committee of organisations from research and industry

• Create Intellectual Property Commercialisation Office (IPCO) with technology transfer branches offices (TTBO) across Jordan in universities, research centres and business-oriented organisations

SRTD National Tech Transfer Structure

Steering Committee

Intellectual Property Commercialisation Office(at the El Hassan Science City)

Universities Research Centres Industrial Organizations

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TT Branch Offices

Research• Jordan University• Jordan University for Science and

Technology• Yarmouk University• Mut’ah University• Jerash University• National Centre for Agricultural

Research

Business• Jordan Enterprise Development

Corporation• Amman Chamber of Industry• Jordan Industrial Estates Corporation• King Abdullah II Design &

Development Bureau• Al Urdenia Lil Ibdaa

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Intellectual Property Commercialization Office (IPCO)

• Responsible for:– TT policy development– Identifying TTBOs and agreeing their participation– Signing MOUs with TTBO hosts (initially also with SRTD)– Hiring TTBO staff in conjunction with host– Organisation of funding for commercialisation process– Managing common commercialisation support activities

• Reports to Steering Committee:– For policy approval– On TT progress

TT Branch Offices

• Allocate (full-time) staff member to work within the host community based on whether coming from research or business

• Business Oriented TTBO– Understand business

activity within TTBO’s area– Work with SMEs to define

weaknesses where R&D may help – define the DEMAND side

– Liaise with IPCO to identify research activities relevant to the demand

• Research Oriented TTBO– Understand research

activity within TTBO’s area– Work with Researchers to

define – define the SUPPLY side

– Liaise with IPCO to identify SMEs where existing research could add value

Technology Transfer Offices

Industry/SME

TTO

Uni.

Research

SRTD Commitment

•Laptop

•Office furniture

Establishment cost

•10 weeks of EU expert time within Jordan

•Capacity building

•Consulting

Inward missions

•Workshops , conferences and training

•Internships

Outward missions

TTBO Host Commitment

The officer of the TTBO will effectively communicate with researchers/business-people in order to have number of disclosures/ industrial-needs and send them to the IPCO

Raise awareness on the importance of IP protection as an asset and the different methodologies among their institutions

The business oriented officer will inform her/his access to industry about available technologies ready for commercialization from IPCO database

The research oriented officer will inform his/her access to researchers about available industrial needs from IPCO database

Further Information

• Fully functioning Website – www.srtd-eujo.org

• SRTD Wiki and Forum

wiki.srtd-eujo.org forum.srtd-eujo.org