Promoting projects in Switzerland

Press releases from Switzerland.

EUREKATourism is glad to announce that Switzerland is currently promoting the initiative's activity and projects showcase. EUREKATourism becomes everyday more relevant in the European community. The Eurostars LBA project is a significant example.

For more information visit DFRC AG website.

Additional publication on:

• http://www.pressemitteilung.in
• http://www.reizkraft.com
• http://www.firmenpresse.de
• http://www.fair-news.de
• http://www.pressekat.de
  

Learning from Experience: Project Coordinators' feedbacks

• 5 project coordinators' experience: Feedbacks on how to launch a EUREKATourism project.

In order to provide suggestions and tips from project coordinators, EUREKATourism is glad to present a full dossier combining a practical knowledge of the initiative as well as comments made by coordinators concerning project development, difficulties in finding the correct funding opportunity etc.

Preparing, launching, setting up and applying for the EUREKA/Eurostars label of European technological quality as well as understanding the funding system that is best adapted to a particular project is often considered as a labyrinth of information.

If you are interested in launching a new technological project for the tourism sector in an international cooperation environment, visit the following Link, and you'll learn more about recommendations and feedbacks from experienced project partners.

List of EUREKATourism Projects

E! 5835 LBA (Endorsed December 2010 / Eurostars project)
Location Based Analyser

E! 6244 PROPS-Tour (Endorsed December 2010)
ICT platform for open and integrated promotion of different tourism services

E! 5836 AL4Tour (Endorsed 25 June 2010)
Active Listening for Tourism

E! 5376 BPM (Endorsed 25 June 2010)
Business Performance Management for the Tourism Sector

E! 4942 21st CENTURY HOTEL (Endorsed June 2009)
The 21st Century Hotel: The 6SHotel.

E! 5019 QUESTIA (Endorsed June 2009)
Scalable Answering Of Questions Expressed In Natural Language.

E! 4469 BEAUTY (Endorsed October 2008)
Revenue Management based on Business Intelligence for the Tourism Sector.

E! 4219 ITINERE (Endorsed 5 June 2008)
Mobility-Based Tourism Services for Tourists at final destination.

E! 4108 CICO (Endorsed 25 October 2007)
Check In Check Out Express.

E! 4094 TOPSHOP (Endorsed 13 June 2007)
Tourism Offer Packager shop for the sale of Holidays through Digital Television interactive (DTVi).

E! 3981 INTEROPERABILITY B2B (Endorsed 19 April 2007)
Development of a technological Services Platform (B2B) for the exchange of business documents between travel companies, including a security layer for reliable international exchanges.

Call for proposals for joint R&D projects between Slovenia and Israel

Slovenia and Israel are announcing a call for proposals for joint R&D projects under the Eurostars Programme.
The call focuses on developing innovative products and applications within the field of Cleantech; Bio-Agro, agriculture and food science; ICT; Life Sciences; Biotechnology & Medical devices.

The call is managed by the Eurostars Secretariats in the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MHEST) in Slovenia and MATIMOP – The Israeli Industry Center for R&D on behalf The Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor in Israel.
The call will be concluded on 22 September 2011, at 20:00 CET. Download the application form and guidelines here.

More information here.

Original news from EUREKA.

Call for joint R&D projects: Sweden - Israel

Sweden and Israel launch a new call for joint R&D project outlines aimed at developing innovative products and applications with participation of companies from the two countries. The call is managed and implemented under the EUREKA Eurostars Programme.

The call is open for proposals in all thematic fields and participants can apply for EUREKA/Eurostars funding through the national programs managed by the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) in Israel and VINNOVA in Sweden.

Project Outlines should be submitted to MATIMOP and VINNOVA by completing the EUREKA application form by 1 July 2011. Partners with eligible outlines will be recommended to submit full project proposals by 22 September 2011 according to the programme guidelines.

More information on the submission and evaluation procedure here.

Original news from EUREKA.