Excellence Centers of Materials to the economic development of the Atlantic space

Programme 2000 - 2006 Atlantic Area

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

Description

Description (EN):

The ceramics and polymers (synthetic materials) industries are highly present in the Atlantic Area, but are suffering today from the migration of experienced professionals and from an insufficient capacity in materials. That is why the MNAA project proposes to develop a specialised inter-regional and international network in the domain of materials. Thanks to the development of new materials, it is intended to allow the creation of innovative products, of high quality jobs, and therefore the installation of new enterprises in the domain of advanced engineering within the Atlantic Area. To these ends, the partners of the project intend to promote transfers of technologies and co-ordinate research activities among the partners and with large European enterprises, thus generating new financing, notably in the framework of the VIth Programme Framework for Research and Development.

Achievements (EN):

The transnational nature of the MNAA project network has had several benefits: - Industry in each Atlantic region has received the best technical service. The development of a techniques and industrialisation database available through the consortium has given companies of all kinds access to specific facilities and expertise from the regions' other partners. - In certain cases, solutions to industrial problems in one region have been transferable to other Atlantic regions, - Bringing together expertise from the different Atlantic regions, the RTD solutions offered to industry have been perfected further, and are achievable in a short space of time, - The virtual laboratory has been set up successfully and has demonstrated its potential for transnational collaborations between partners or between the different sites of a single company, - The opportunity provided by the exchange of information, knowledge and expertise follows the example of partnerships developing at global level in certain areas of research, and enables partners to develop similar relationships where they previously had no expertise. The MNAA network has led to approximately 110 knowledge seminars, with an average audience of 10 SMEs at each event. A large number of advertising prospectuses have been distributed at knowledge seminars, technical events, demonstrations and workshops. Specific prospectuses and brochures have also been produced for particular events. The MNAA website, www.mnaa.org, is designed to be accessible in all the languages of the Atlantic area, and includes both public and private sections. The public part of the website has been continuously updated with information supplied by the partners (events, seminars and conferences etc.), All the partners have produced several case studies on their collaborations with industry. Some of these case studies have been published on the MNAA website. With an orientation towards public-private partnerships, a large number of scientific publications have been produced (78). About 70 industrial visits have been made during the project's lifetime. - 84 jobs created, 45 jobs saved, 300 brochures at three meetings (Limerick, Toulouse and Salamanca), 12,300 leaflets, 16 articles in newspapers and scientific journals, 23 major events with 2,746 participants, 64 workshops with 2,068 participants, four types of CD and two types of posters.

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Labour market and employment Clustering and economic cooperation Knowledge and technology transfer

Partners (8)

Lead Partner: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

Address: Northcote House, The Queens Drive, EX4 4QJ EXETER, United Kingdom

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Institut Catholique d'Arts et Métiers (Carquefou)

Name: Institut Catholique d'Arts et Métiers (Carquefou)

Address: 59046 Nantes, France

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INEGI-Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica e Gestão Industrial (Leça do Balio-Porto

Name: INEGI-Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica e Gestão Industrial (Leça do Balio-Porto

Address: 4200-465 Porto, Portugal

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Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento

Name: Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento

Address: 3810 Aveiro, Portugal

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UNIVERSIDAD DE SALAMANCA

Name: UNIVERSIDAD DE SALAMANCA

Address: 37008 Salamanca, Spain

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Instituto Pedro Nunes (Coimbra)

Name: Instituto Pedro Nunes (Coimbra)

Address: 3030-199 Coimbra, Portugal

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ENSCI-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Céramique Industrielle (Limoges

Name: ENSCI-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Céramique Industrielle (Limoges

Address: 87000 Limoges, France

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University of Limerick

Name: University of Limerick

Address: Limerick, Ireland

Legal status: n/a

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Institut Catholique d'Arts et Métiers (Carquefou)

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INEGI-Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica e Gestão Industrial (Leça do Balio-Porto

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Universidade de Aveiro

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UNIVERSIDAD DE SALAMANCA

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Instituto Pedro Nunes (Coimbra)

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ENSCI-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Céramique Industrielle (Limoges

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University of Limerick

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UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

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Summary

Project name (EN): Excellence Centers of Materials to the economic development of the Atlantic space

Project acronym: MNAA

Project start date: 2003-07-01

Project end date: 2006-06-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 4 730 605.68

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 731 475.33

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2000 - 2006 Atlantic Area

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2019-03-11

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

85 / 85 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

740 / 740 (100%)

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Excellence Centers of Materials to the economic development of the Atlantic space

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