1. What is ELG?

ELG is the information consultancy service that keeps you up-to-date with European Community activities and initiatives. This dynamic and interactive platform encourages technology and knowledge transfer across national borders in Europe, including accession, candidate and associated countries.

2. Whom does it apply to?

ELG assists researchers, entrepreneurs, business specialists, government agencies, political decision makers, public services, non-profit organisations, journalists and various key players.

3. How will it work?

ELG is a unique service for strengthening the competitiveness of European organisations and is a starting point for:
 

• Keeping up-to-date on current research

• Identifying potential funding sources for research and technological development

• Finding partners to co-operate in EU activities, share expertise, and transform new technologies into business success

• Forming trans-national consortia for the exploitation of research results

• Licensing in or licensing out technology

• Promoting technologies

• Locating transferable technologies

• Keeping in touch with new technology developments in your sector

4. What ways of cooperation between ELG members are there? How will they be used?

Our cooperation will work as a network with added value with regards to EU project matters; this will appear to have two main points: 1. Vertically, in terms of a mutual participation to initiatives with common politics' cooperation, and 2. Levelly, in terms of creating a section in EU cooperation regarding practical issues. The latter will involve transportation of knowledge, cooperative environment, collaboration in EU projects in less time for better achievement in consortiums.
 

5. What are the benefits for ELG members?

There is direct potentiality for technical support by the EU; Capability of profits in terms of advantages with regards to other ELG Members from all around Europe; Capability of a more fluent and easier cooperation in EU projects due to previous collaboration; Creation of a more stable network in terms of better and faster development of ELG Members.


6. Will the project activity be financed from some external resources or will it be carried out with the support of members’ funds?

Initial phase will be accomplished with resources from the Members themselves in the beginning of the process, in terms of a dynamic network.


7. What activity will implement project members under the first stages?

Exchange of knowledge with regards to common EU interests; Participation in the ideas' exchange for the EU projects; Development of extended virtual organizations ELG.