‘Building a new paradigm for EU-India Relations through enhancing Trade & Investment’Brussels, 9 December 2010

Agenda

European Business and Technology Centre – state of play EBTC’s Service Portfolio – offering ‘European value add’EBTC’s outreach in India and the EU EBTC – a permanent Platform for EU-India collaboration EBTC – the way ahead

EBTC – state of play

Pan-EU Business & Research delegations to India

100+ EU companies/researchers have taken part so far

Market Intelligence with focus on market access

Non-Tariff Barriers in the Indian Transport and Logistics Sectors

India- EU: Creating Market Alliances and Building Access for ‘Waste-Water Wanagement’ companies

Manual on Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Biotechnology

EBTC’s Cleantech Database

2,450 EU cleantech companies

16 – 20 March 2010

31 May –05 June 2010

5 – 7 February 2010

EBTC – state of play

EBTC’s Service Portfolio: Offering ‘European value add’

EBTC’s Service Portfolio: Demand-driven & complementaryDeveloped in cooperation with the bilateral Chambers of Commerce of the EU Member States, Embassies’ commercial and science & technology departments and regional trade promotion agencies in India

EBTC’s Service Portfolio: Offering a ‘European value add’

Online self-learning tool ‘Doing business in India’ to increase India Know-how within EU’s SMEsExclusive access to webinars on relevant topics (e.g. overcoming market barriers)4 easy to access e-learning modules:

EBTC’s Cleantech Incubator: Facilitating market access

EBTC’s Cleantech Incubator: Facilitating market access and providing European cleantech companies/researchers the opportunity to get an in-depth understanding and learning experience of the ground realities in the Indian market, without long-term lease commitment and at competitive rates.

‘Incubated’ companies benefit from working space in EBTC’s office premises, including access to common infrastructure, meeting room facilities, separate telephone number etc.

Support in Business to Government (B2G) activities and market access issues

EBTC – Building a network across India

EBTC head office in the heart of New Delhi

3 regional offices in Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata

Close partnership with India’s leading business & sectoral associations: – Federation of Indian Micro

and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME)

– Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)

– Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)– Solar Energy Society of India (SESI)– Indian Wind Energy Association

(INWEA) etc.

EBTC – Effective outreach across the EU

EBTC’s Knowledge Partner in the EU: European Renewable Energy Council (EREC); cooperation at Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference (DIREC) 2010

EUROCHAMBRES: Promotional Roadshow across the 27 EU Member States to mobilize EU companies & researchers and raise awareness about EBTC and its services

EBTC – A permanent Platform for EU-India collaboration

Building a solid EU-India collaboration framework

EBTC – A permanent Platform for EU-India collaboration

EBTC as Promotional Platform for EU-India activities already effectively leveraged, e.g. 4th EU-India Environment Forum 2010 on E-Waste; ‘EU-India Dialogue on Global Outreach of European and Indian Innovation Clusters’Building a ‘European Hub’: EBTC as high visibility and implementation platform for EU organizations/programmes/ initiatives (e.g. European Business Group; European Standards Office India; Enterprise Europe Network; EURAXESS) EBTC as market access platform: EU companies will benefit from the emergence of EBTC as a unified ‘European voice’ with regard to market access issues in India

Let’s together leverage the EBTC Platform!

EBTC – The way ahead

Further extend the existing service portfolio with relevant services taking into account the key market access barriers faced by EU companies IPR helpdesk; ‘Clean Capital: Guide on funding opportunities’ etc.

Market Intelligence of pan-EU relevance: e.g. ‘Clean technology mapping – EU & India’; Study on NTBs in the Indian clean energy sector

Further promote EU-India ‘brain-circulation’: Major R&D Conference in 2011; Cluster-helpdesk within EBTC; EU R&D venture capitalist roadshow

Maximise ‘EU visibility’ in India: Pan-EU Business & Research Delegation to the Global Innovation and Technology Alliance (GITA) Annual Flagship event, 11-12 May 2010, in cooperation with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the Department of Science & Technology, and the EU Member States in India

EBTC: addressing market access challenges

Thank you!

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