We are the leading Spanish consultancy firm in presentation of RTD Projects to European administrations. Elaboration of proposals and coordination of European projects since the 1st Framework Programme for Research and Technology
in 1986. We are European Commission recognized Evaluators for European RTD and innovation Programmes.

European projects

Presentation of proposals in the 7th Framework Programme (FP7), ERA-Net initiative and y CIP (Competitiveness and Innovation Framework).

We lead the presentation of 18% (10/56) of approved FP7 projects funded in Spain and led by national organizations in 2007.

Diverse works and studies

From our very beginnings, we have had an international focus and direction, testament to this are the studies and projects in which we have been implicated and in which we are currently working:

• Member of Greenovate! Europe: European grouping gathering experienced professionals along the innovation value chain from research to market with a strong focus on eco-innovation.
  
• CORPOTAX (Corporation Tax and Innovation). Issues at stake and review of experience in the 1990s in the European Union and the United States. Task: coordinator.
  
• SMARTGRIDS (European Technology Platform for Electricity Networks of the Future). Task: Secretariat (technical assistance in the organisation and functioning of the principal organisms of the platform and in the communication and difusion activities on a European level).
  
• IMPROVE: Development and testing of better services in support of innovation management. Besides an online assessment, it offers a personalised consulting workshop for SMEs. Task: coordinator in Spain and Portugal.
  
• ENFFI (European Network for Financing Food Innovation). Development of methodologies and mechanisms for bringing together and collaboration between capital risk sector and innovative projects from the agrofood industry. Task: coordinator.
  
• IASMINE (Impact Assessment Systems and Methodologies For Innovation Excellence). Development of a methodology for the evaluation and comparison of the impact of regional innovation policies. Task: consultant.
  
• AMIREES. Accompanying Measure for the integration of Renewable Energies into the Energy Systems (Identification at a European scale of main technical, economical and legal problems as well as solutions and success cases for integration). FP5 project. Task: coordinator.
  
• ECOINNOVATION-AM. Accompanying Measure for the provision of support services to an Environmental Innovation Cluster (Advice on environmental legislation, training on environmental management techniques, eco-audits for identification of environmental innovation opportunities). Task: coordinator.
  
• Innovation and transfer of results of energy RTD . The study identifies documents and compares best practices and existing tools and mechanisms in the domain of support to innovation and technology transfer developed by the EU and Members States with respect to energy technologies.