Euro-Office

HIGHEST
Network of excellence
November 2004
OPENING EUROPEAN
MARKETS
Priority leader
EURO-OFFICE
Business Welcome Package
EURO-EXPO
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WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH, Berlin, Germany
URO-OFFICE initiative
Goal:
The goal is to help innovative high-tech
start-ups and entrepreneurs accessing
new markets and to internationalise their
business.
The Euro-Office network was launched
in 2002 by CICOM Organisation in Sophia
Antipolis, Alpes Maritimes and Otaniemi
Science Park in Helsinki (now
Technopolis Ventures Ltd.) and later was
extended to the whole HIGHEST network
partners.
Today it counts 9 members and several
new members will follow.
For membership the main pre-condition
is that the potential member can offer a
high-tech environment for example a
Science Park, High Tech Incubator,
Business Innovation Centre.
Pre-condition for new partners: "active
membership for the first 6 month (to
receive or to send one company)
Process:
The Euro-Office offer consists of an
office in a business environment with
access to a nearby conference room as
well as several services and support by
the park management / incubator
management - 3 days for free.
To present the Euro-Office network,
to promote it and to make it visible
for a broad public a web site
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(www.euro-office.net) has been
developed. On these pages one can
find a list with contact details of the
current member regions including
links, the provided services, links to
events and news of the partner
regions, etc. Further more a flyer
was created and printed to promote
this initiative also during fairs and
other events.
The signup process for companies
that are interested in using one of
the Euro-Offices is as follows:
The interested party contacts of
desired partner region of interest e.g.
regarding
Contacts
Business concepts
getting an overview on possibilities for
co-operation
The provider makes proposal - basic
offer and requested services
The proposal will be confirmed
A contract will be developed (a written
form is not mandatory)
Period in which Euro-Office will be used
In advance according to requirements:
contacts for period of use are made,
schedule prepared,
documents
are
prepared, etc.
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usiness Welcome Package
Goal:
Helping High-tech start-ups and
Companies accessing new markets
and internationalise their business
Process:
Providing 3 months of office use &
services for moderate fixed price
Web based info and application
(requires feasible business plan)
Case study:
The Berlin Business Development
Corporation International (BBDC)
offers technology-oriented
companies, that are interested in
expanding, moving headquarters or
opening up new offices a special
service named "Berlin Business
Welcome Package":
Use of office and services (according to
the needs)
Follow-up - next steps made accordingly
Contact: www.euro-office.net
Success Stories:
The French company CILAS, to which
WISTA-MG has maintained relations with
for a long time, used Euro-Office in Berlin
in March 2004.
Company was looking for partners in laser
technology.
CILAS had an defined business plan. In
preparation for their stay the operating
company of the Science and Technology
Park Berlin Adlershof, WISTAMANAGEMENT GmbH, organized
several meetings with favoured companies
and institutes at the campus and in the
region and managed the exchange of
information between them. In short, this
was a great success for all. The reason for
CILAS to come to Berlin for just this date in
March was the Laser-Optik-Berlin (LOB), a
well-known biannual fair and congress in
Berlin Adlershof regarding optical
technologies. Thus CILAS was able to
accomplish two goals at once.
Contact: www.cilas.com
Signature of Euro-Office contract during
Mikrosys-Berlin 2003,
Test Berlin for three month at the
price of 2,300 Euro*.
(*Net price plus 16% value-added tax,
applies to one person per company)