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Sixth Progress Report on participation in the 7 th R&D Framework Programme Statistical analysis of data on Grant Agreements in FP7 signed before the st of October 200 Main data source: CORDA 6 November 200 European Commission - DG Research - SME Unit, with the support of the Interservice Taskforce on in FP7

Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY... CHAPTER. KEY FIGURES ON THE SME PARTICIPATION IN FP7... 4 CHAPTER 2. SME PARTICIPATION IN THE COOPERATION PROGRAMME... 0 CHAPTER 3. ANALYSIS OF THE SME PARTICIPATION PER THEMES OF THE COOPERATION PROGRAMME... 27 CHAPTER 4. CAPACITIES (RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF SMES)... 60 CHAPTER 5. FP7-PEOPLE... 68 CHAPTER 6. JOINT TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES (JTIS)... 76 CHAPTER 7. SMES IN "REGIONS OF KNOWLEDGE" (CAPACITIES)... 77 CHAPTER 8. OTHER FUNDING SCHEMES OFFERING BENEFIT TO SMES... 79 ANNEX: CALL DATA TABLE... 82 LISTS OF TABLES. GRAPHS AND MAPS... 85

Executive Summary The aim of this Sixth SME Progress Report is to monitor the participation of in the Cooperation Programme within the Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7). The report also covers the SME participation in the Capacities and People Programmes of FP7. The Commission is required to pay special attention to the funding for under the Cooperation Programme, following the target in the Decision establishing FP7. The aim is to ensure that at least 5% of the funding of the programme goes to. In particular, this report examines the funding for under the Thematic Priorities of the Cooperation Programme. 96% of the Cooperation budget in Grant Agreements signed before October 200 has been used for open calls under the ten Thematic Priorities of the FP7 Cooperation Programme. It includes an analysis of SME participation rates across the Themes of the Cooperation Programme and of the EU contribution to. An overall analysis of the Cooperation Programme also takes account of the grants to ESA (European Space Agency), the Joint Technology Initiatives and the so-called "General activities" 2 within the Cooperation Programme. The major outcome of this monitoring exercise is that within the Cooperation Programme as a whole, 4,5% (.578 million ) of the budget has been granted to so far. Focusing on the SME participation in the Thematic Priorities only, 4,7% of the Cooperation budget is going to. The Cooperation Programme still has 2.788 million available to spend (67,5% of the total budget in the remaining years of the Framework Programme, until 203). From the remaining budget, 5,3% should go to in order to reach the 5% target for the whole period. Although the cumulative figure for the EU contribution in the Themes of the Cooperation Programme is only 4,7%, when we analyse the Grant Agreements signed between January 200 and October 200, we see that 5,4% is allocated to (Graph 2). This positive trend together with the scheduled SME dedicated calls under the 20 Work Programmes makes it possible that the 5% target will be met before the end of FP7 in 203. For the first time, this report includes a comprehensive analysis of the activity sectors represented in the Themes. All activity sectors are represented in all Themes. For instance, ICT companies play an important role in Themes such as TPT, NMP and SEC, as well of course in the ICT Theme (see Table for Theme descriptions). So far about.000 organisations have participated in FP7, many of which are involved in more than one FP7 Grant Agreement. In FP7, represent 35,4% of these unique participating entities, which is the highest single group participating in FP7. At least 20.000 are expected to benefit from FP7 before the end of the Programme. This report also includes maps with a regional analysis of the 5% target in signed Grant Agreements within the Cooperation Programme. In addition, the participation of per region in the Capacities and People Programmes of FP7 is analysed. "Decision no 982/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 December 2006 concerning the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration activities (2007-203)" Annex, I. Cooperation 2 The "General Activities" cover the CORDIS services, the horizontal ERA-NET scheme, Research organisations in the EU, Strengthened coordination with EUREKA, Scientific and technological cooperation activities carried out in COST, the European Metrology Research Programme, etc

The report goes into detail per Theme within the Cooperation Programme of FP7. The Themes are listed with their acronyms and description in Table. Table : The ten Cooperation Programme Themes in FP7: Acronym and description Theme acronym HEALTH KBBE ICT NMP ENERGY ENV TPT SSH SPA SEC Theme description Health Research Food, agriculture, fisheries and biotechnology Information and communication technologies Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and production technologies Energy Research Environment Research (including climate change) Transport Research (including aeronautics) Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Research Space Research Security Research EU Contribution going to, per Theme, versus the 5% target Cut-off date: October 200 Percentage of EU Contribution going to FP7-Cooperation Programme, Signed Grant Agreements October 200 25,0% 20,0% 5,0% Target: 5% 0,0% 5,0% 0,0% 0,7% 8,% 4,3% 23,2% 8,7% HEALTH KBBE ICT NMP ENERGY ENV TPT* SSH SPA* SEC 8,8% 8,0% 4,6% 2,% 2,5% 4,7% COOP- THEMES % - /0/200 0,7% 8,% 4,3% 23,2% 8,7% 8,8% 8,0% 4,6% 2,% 2,5% 4,7% 4,5% 4,5% COOP- Overall Source: CORDA data on signed Grant Agreements, (*) with adjustments for services using other data systems, and excluding the contrbution to ESA from the SPA Theme Overall: includes ESA, JTIs and "General Activities" Graph : The share of the EU Contribution going to, for each Theme within the Cooperation Programme. 2

Evolution of the FP7-Cooperation budget to and all participants since 2007 FP7-Cooperation-Themes Evolution of the budget until October 200 Million 2.000 0.000 GAs signed in 2007: 4,% going to 2008: 4,5% 2009 4,7% GAs signed in 200: 5,4% going to cumulative /0/200: 4,7% 0.477 8.000 6.000 4.000 3.49 3.368 2.338 2.000.28.544 8 507 495 36 0 2007 2008 2009 200 (until /0) Total (for the Themes) 4,% 4,5% 4,7% 5,4% 4,7% to 80.867.08 507.307.396 494.944.003 36.08.605.544.37.02 to all.280.789.825 3.490.935.480 3.367.824.926 2.337.530.354 0.477.080.586 Source: CORDA data and data received from the other Research DGs on signed Grant Agreements (Themes) until October 200 excluding ESA, "General Activities" and JTIs Graph 2: Evolution of the budget in signed Grant Agreements over the years. Evolution since previous SME Progress Report 25% Evolution of the EU Contribution going to per theme Grant Agreements signed as of 3 March 200-30 September 200 20% 5% 0% 5% 0% 0,8% 0,7% 7,8% 8,% 4,5% 4,3% 22,8% 23,2% 8,7% 8,7% HEALTH KBBE ICT NMP ENERGY ENV TPT SSH SPA SEC 3 03 200 0,8% 7,8% 4,5% 22,8% 8,7% 8,6% 7,4% 3,7% 0,5% 20,2% 4,4% 30 09 200 0,7% 8,% 4,3% 23,2% 8,7% 8,8% 8,0% 4,6% 2,% 2,5% 4,7% 8,6% 8,8% 7,4% 8,0% 3,7% 4,6% 0,5% 2,% 20,2% 2,5% 4,4% 4,7% FP7-COOP- THEMES Graph 3: The evolution of the share of the EU Contribution going to, for each Theme within the Cooperation Programme Trend of EU contribution to in signed Grant Agreements 20% FP7 - COOP - Themes Trends analysis: % of bgt going to by month over 30 months (cumulative) 5% 0% Target: 5% Trends value: 4,6% 5% 0% 2008/03 2008/04 2008/05 2008/06 2008/07 2008/08 2008/09 2008/0 2008/ 2008/2 2009/0 2009/02 2009/03 2009/04 2009/05 2009/06 2009/07 2009/08 2009/09 2009/0 2009/ 2009/2 200/0 200/02 200/03 200/04 200/05 200/06 200/07 200/08 200/09 200/0 Graph 4: Trend of EU contribution to Source: CORDA (no adjustments per DG) Source: CORDA data on the Thematic Priorities with Adjustments for the Themes 3

Chapter. Key Figures on the SME participation in FP7 Overall overview FP7 The Seventh Framework Programme has five Specific Programmes. The table below summarizes overall and SME related key figures for each of these SPs. Table 2: Key figures for the SME participation in the five Specific Programmes of the Seventh Framework Programme for Research (in Grant Agreements signed by October 200). FP7 Specific Programme Signed GAs Participations SME Participations vs ALL per Project EU Contribution to (in ) EU Contribution to all participants (in ) Percentage of the EU Contribution going to Average EU Contribution to SME participations SP-Cooperation 3.085 33.994 5.696 6,8%,8.577.80.865 0.906.84.766 4,5% 277.002 SP2-Ideas.208.332 6 0,45% 0 6.005.452.90.026.888 0,3%.000.909 SP3-People 3.838 6.68 397 5,9% 0, 50.227.609 2.239.700.573 6,7% 378.407 SP4-Capacities 828 7.848 2.26 28,2% 2,7 469.225.465.56.545.96 30,0% 2.744 SP5-Euratom 54 762 46 6,0% 0,9 6.02.84 4.325.335 4,3% 32.670 Overall 9.03 50.67 8.36 6.5% 0,9 2.209.363.205 6.759.439.758 3,2% 264.246 Source: CORDA. Data about Grant Agreements signed before the st of October 200. with adjustments for Themes managed by other DGs than DG Research.

The graphs below visualise these key figures for the Specific Programmes and make clear that the programmes with the most relevance for are - The Cooperation Programme - The Capacities Programme - The People Programme. SP5 "Euratom" 46 SME participations % SME Participations in the FP7 Specific Programmes SP4 "Capacities" 2.26 SME participations 27% SP-Cooperation SP2-Ideas SP3-People SP4-Capacities SP5-Euratom SP3 "People" 397-5% SP "Cooperation" 5.696 SME Participations 67% SP2 "Ideas" 6 SME participations 0,% SP5-Euratom 6.02.84 (0%) EU Contribution to in the FP7 Specific Programmes SP2 "Ideas" 0% SP3 "People" 50 million 7% SP4 "Capacities" 469 million 2% SP "Cooperation".578 million 72% SP-Cooperation SP2-Ideas SP3-People SP4-Capacities SP5-Euratom Graph 5: SME participation over the 5 Specific Programmes of FP7, October 200 5

Therefore, this report focuses on the SME participation in - The Cooperation Programme o The ten Thematic Priorities o The Joint Technology Initiatives - The Capacities Programme o Research for the benefit of o Regions of Knowledge - The People Programme, i.e. participation of in two Marie Curie actions: o Industry Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) o Initial Training Networks (ITN) Cooperation Programme - Key Figures for the ten Thematic Priorities "FP7-COOP-Themes": Excluding the grant to ESA, the Joint Technology Initiatives (JTI's) and the General Activities (covering the CORDIS services, the horizontal ERA-NET scheme, Research organisations in the EU, Strengthened coordination with EUREKA, Scientific and technological cooperation activities carried out in COST, the European Metrology Research Programme, etc.) Table 3: Key figures for the SME participation in Thematic Priorities of the FP7 Cooperation Programme (in Grant Agreements signed by October 200). FP7 SP Cooperation Programme Thematic Priorities 2.993 Signed GAs 33.35 Participations 5.534 SME participations 7% Grant Agreements with at least one SME in the consortium 6,7% Percentage of SME participations 4.255 Unique" SME participants,4 Recurrence ratio of (on average an SME participates in,4 projects),8 per consortium.544 million EU contribution to 0.477 million EU Contribution to all 4,7% Percentage of EU contribution going to 279.000 Average EU Contribution per SME participation Until October 200, 32,5% of the budget for the Cooperation Themes has been used. With a total budget of 32.265 million, 2.788 million is remaining. To reach the 5% target by the end of FP7, during the remaining 3 years, at least 5,3% of the EU contribution in Cooperation Grant Agreements should go to. 6

Cooperation Programme - Other components Although the report focuses on the ten Thematic Priorities of the Cooperation Programme, the other components of the Cooperation Programme are taken into consideration in this report too. These are: The Joint Technology Initiatives The grants to the European Space Agency The so-called "General Activities", covering the CORDIS services, the horizontal ERA-NET scheme, Research organisations in the EU, Strengthened coordination with EUREKA, Scientific and technological cooperation activities carried out in COST, the European Metrology Research Programme, etc. Table 4: Data on the SME participation in the four components of the Cooperation Programme. The Thematic Priorities stand for 96% of the overall Cooperation expenditures until now, and for 98% of the EU contributions going to. (Grant Agreements signed by October 200). Ten Thematic Priorities Joint Technology Initiatives ESA General Activities Cooperation overall Signed GAs 2.993 7 20 3.085 Participations 33.35 76 42 33.994 SME participations 5.534 59 0 3 5.696 Percentage of SME participations Average number of per consortium 6,7% 22,2% 0 2,% 6,80%,8 2,2 0 0,2,8 EU contribution to.544.37.02 33.55.948 0 508.895.577.80.865 EU Contribution to all 0.477.080.586 205.920.67 48.000.000 75.840.50 0.906.84.766 Percentage of EU contribution going to Average EU Contribution per SME participation 4,7% 6,% 0% 0,3% 4,50% 279.027 208.528 0 69.632 277.002 Although the Decision establishing FP7 specifies the aim of enabling at least 5% of the funding of the Programme to go to, the Commission pays special attention to the funding for under the Thematic Priorities of the Cooperation Programme, because they represent 96% of the whole Cooperation budget as of today. The SME participation in the Themes can be accurately monitored and therefore influenced by specific measures in the yearly Work Programmes. 7

Key Figures for the FP7 Cooperation Programme Situation compared to the 5% target Table 5: Key figures for the contribution to in the FP7 Cooperation Programme compared to the 5% target (Grant Agreements signed before the st of October 200) EU Contribution to (in ) EU Contribution to all (in ) Percentage of the EU Contribution going to Cooperation - Themes.544.37.02 0.477.080.586 4,7% Cooperation - General Activities 508.895 75.840.50 0,29% Cooperation - ESA 0 48.000.000 0% Cooperation - JTIs 33.55.948 205.920.67 6,0% FP7 Cooperation.577.80.865 0.906.84.766 4,5% Capacities Programme "Research for the benefit of " Key Figures Source: CORDA - Grant Agreements signed before October 200; extracted October 200 FP7 SP4 Capacities Programme "Research for the benefit of " 277 Signed GAs 2.747 Participations.646 SME participations 59,9% Percentage of SME participations.446 Unique" SME participants,4 Recurrence ratio of (on average an SME participates in,4 projects),8 per consortium 298 million EU contribution to 35 million EU Contribution to all 84,9% Percentage of EU contribution going to 8.000 Average EU Contribution per SME participation The total foreseen budget for Research for the Benefit of is.300 million. 27 % of this budget is used so far, which means that 950 million is still available until the end of FP7 (end of 203). 8

Key Figures for the People Programme The following two Marie Curie actions were taken into consideration because of their relevance to this report: Industry Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) Initial Training Networks (ITN) Source: CORDA - Grant Agreements signed before October 200; extracted 8 October 200. FP7 SP3 People Programme Marie Curie-actions: - Industry Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) - Initial Training Networks (ITN) 32 Signed GAs 3 Project coordinated by an SME 2.228 Participations 32 SME participations 4,4% Percentage of SME participations 37 Unique" SME participants, Recurrence ratio of (on average an SME participates in, projects),8 per consortium 84,5 million EU contribution to 746,3 million EU Contribution to all,3% Percentage of EU contribution going to 263.000 Average EU Contribution per SME participation The total foreseen budget for these actions is.900 million. 39,3% of this budget has been used so far, which means that.50 million is still available until the end of FP7 (end of 203). 9

Chapter 2. SME Participation in the Cooperation Programme Number of signed Grant Agreements per Theme Number of Signed Grant Agreements per Theme October 200.200 075.000 800 600 437 400 329 279 200 97 87 26 35 47 9 0 HEALTH KBBE ICT NMP ENERGY ENV TPT SSH SPA SEC Graph 6: FP7-COOP Signed Grant Agreements per Theme, October 200 SME Participations per Theme 2.000 0.000 SME participations per theme October 200 9.995 All 8.000 6.000 4.000 2.000-4.677 4.2 3.768 2.983 2.587 2.067.699.26.220.042 75 554 684 306 380 336 59 08 25 HEALTH KBBE ICT NMP ENERGY ENV TPT SSH SPA SEC,8%,8% 7,0% 27,4% 8,4%,3% 9,9% 4,8% 5,8% 20,6% Graph 7: Participations per Theme versus all 0

SME Participations per Theme in Percentage 30% SME participations per theme - in percentage October 200 27,4% 25% 20% 7,0% 8,4% 9,9% 5,8% 20,6% 6,7% 5%,8%,8%,3% 0% 5% 4,8% 0% HEALTH KBBE ICT NMP ENERGY ENV TPT SSH SPA SEC COOP- THEMES,8%,8% 7,0% 27,4% 8,4%,3% 9,9% 4,8% 5,8% 20,6% 6,7% Graph 7B: Participations per Theme versus all in percentage Number of SME Coordinators in signed Grant Agreements Percentage of projects coordinated by an SME - per Theme October 200 8% 6,5% 6% 4% 2% 0% 8% 6,9% 2,3% 4,0% 4,4% 8,3% 8,5% 9,9%,0% 6% 5,6% 5,2% 4% 2% 0% HEALTH KBBE ICT NMP ENERGY ENV TPT SSH SPA SEC COOP-THE 30 32 46 27 8 46 7 4 9 330 Coordinated by SME 6,9% 5,6% 2,3% 4,0% 4,4% 8,3% 6,5% 5,2% 8,5% 9,9%,0% Number of projects and percentage of projects coordinated by an SME Graph 8: SME Coordinators in number and in percentage of the projects, per Theme

Size of consortia in signed Grant Agreements 8 Average size of consortia (SME participations and all) October 200 6 4 2 0 8 0,7 3, 9,3 2,5, 3,8 3,5 9,0 4,6,5, 6 4 2 0,3,6,6 3,4 2,0,6 2,7 0,4 2,3 2,4,8 HEALTH KBBE ICT NMP ENERGY ENV TPT SSH SPA SEC All 0,7 3, 9,3 2,5, 3,8 3,5 9,0 4,6,5,,3,6,6 3,4 2,0,6 2,7 0,4 2,3 2,4,8 COOP- THEMES Graph 9: Average number of participants per project per Theme versus all EU Contribution per participation in signed Grant Agreements EU Contribution to versus all (in million ) October 200 Millions 4.000 3.500 3.566 All 3.000 2.500 2.000.500.000 500 -.844.305.032 737 62 650 5 97 303 37 5 38 86 20 96 57 0 24 68 HEALTH KBBE ICT NMP ENERGY ENV TPT SSH SPA SEC 0,7% 8,% 4,3% 23,2% 8,7% 8,8% 8,0% 4,6% 2,% 2,5% Graph 0: EU contribution per Theme to versus all 2

Average EU-contribution per participation: - 279 k per SME participation - 324 k for non- Thousands 450 400 350 Average EU Contribution to versus non October 200 300 250 200 50 00 50-356 399 65 250 30 368 269 335 363 355 70 224 248 280 65 73 29 299 37 30 279 324 HEALTH KBBE ICT NMP ENERGY ENV TPT SSH SPA SEC COOP -% -34% -8% -20% 2% -24% -2% -4% -27% 5% -4% 355.949 65.28 300.523 269.405 362.77 69.735 247.847 65.09 28.593 36.652 279.027 Non 399.404 249.930 368.299 335.406 355.09 224.08 280.30 72.828 298.988 300.602 323.646 Graph : Average EU-contribution per participation versus non- Difference in EU Contribution to versus non (in ) in Grant Agreements signed before October 200 40.000 20.000 0.48 9.387 - -20.000-9.222-40.000-60.000-80.000-00.000-32.326-46.56-44.530-59.65-56.840-67.648-77.804-84.975 HEALTH KBBE ICT NMP ENERGY ENV TPT SSH SPA SEC COOP -2% -34% -8% -8% +% -25% -% -5% -26% +0% -4% to SME - Non SME -46.56-84.975-67.648-59.65 0.48-56.840-32.326-9.222-77.804 9.387-44.530 Graph 2: Difference in EU contribution to versus non- (average per participation) 3

Comparison of the SME participation rate and the EU contribution rate to 30% % participations of SME versus % EU contribution to October 200 25% % % to 27,4% 20% 5% 0%,8% 0,7%,8% 8,% 7,0% 4,3% 23,2% 8,4% 8,7%,3% 8,8% 9,9% 8,0% 5,8% 2,% 20,6% 2,5% 6,7% 4,7% 5% 4,8% 4,6% 0% HEALTH KBBE ICT NMP ENERGY ENV TPT SSH SPA SEC %,8%,8% 7,0% 27,4% 8,4%,3% 9,9% 4,8% 5,8% 20,6% 6,7% % to 0,7% 8,% 4,3% 23,2% 8,7% 8,8% 8,0% 4,6% 2,% 2,5% 4,7% Graph 3: SME Participation rate versus EU Contribution rate to SME Participations per Theme (in signed Grant Agreements) COOP- THEMES Unique versus all participations per theme October 200.800.699.600.400.200.000.83.26 800 920 75 600 554 400 380 525 437 306 336 200 264 39 25 287 08 59 90 45 0 85 HEALTH KBBE ICT NMP ENERGY ENV TPT SSH SPA SEC,3,2,4,2,2,2,4,3,3, Unique 437 264.83 920 39 287 525 45 85 90 SME Participations 554 306.699.26 380 336 75 59 08 25 Recurrence of within the themes. Number of "Unique " within the SME participations per theme. Graph 4: SME participations per Theme, compared to "unique SME participants" (individual, possibly participating in several projects) 4

Gender of contact persons in For women as SME contact person (in GAs as of October 200): Percentage of female coordinators versus percentage of female participants 60% 50% Coordinator Participant 40% 30% 20% 0% 0% 27% 47% 55% 40% 37% 36% 53% 33% 26% 30% HEALTH KBBE ICT NMP ENERGY ENV TPT SSH SPA SEC Coordinator 27% 55% 37% 53% 26% 28% 33% 29% 25% 22% 36% Participant 47% 40% 36% 33% 30% 4% 28% 50% 36% 32% 37% 28% 4% 33% 28% 29% 50% 25% 36% 22% 32% 36% 37% FP7-COOP- Themes Graph 5: Female contact person for coordinating SME versus participating SME 40 SME Coordinators: Women versus Men October 200 20 00 Men Women 80 60 40 20 0 HEALTH KBBE ICT NMP ENERGY ENV TPT SSH SPA SEC 27% 55% 37% 53% 26% 28% 33% 29% 25% 22% Men 22 5 82 2 20 3 3 5 3 7 Women 8 6 49 24 7 5 5 2 2 Percentage of women within the SME Coordinators Number of female and male coordinators from Graph 6: Gender of contact person in case of coordinating 5

Country profiles: SME participations per Theme in signed Grant Agreements Participating per country - Member States Distribution over the themes - October 200 00% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 0% 0% 30 7 3 3 78 6 28 5 2 3 3 5 5 4 4 05 9 4 0 3 20 22 24 46 7 2 63 6 22 0 23 2 2 6 9 4 5 20 2 6 6 3 4 2 6 3 9 7 24 9 2 9 3 7 2 0 7 6 4 2 0 39 5 8 78 77 30 23 56 9 2 6 5 33 24 4 5 5 0 37 6 23 2 6 9 6 22 4 3 24 97 93 34 2 9 3 34 0 53 2 8 2 6 2 36 92 263 2 75 3 79 33 72 23 3 2 3 26 47 5 2 27 4 3 32 73 3 9 00 8 8 9 32 3 40 3 7 4 3 2 3 9 9 34 5 2 9 34 3 65 5 9 25 2 2 4 40 29 8 50 0 35 3 5 3 07 29 3 0 2 43 97 4 5 6 9 3 26 28 4 2 3 28 62 SEC SPA SSH TPT ENV ENERGY NMP ICT KBBE HEALTH Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden United Kingdom 24 334 30 23 69 99 30 99 570 854 80 99 73 550 5 9 7 8 288 76 06 64 25 54 389 6 69 Countries - number of SME participations in the Themes Participating per country - Associated Countries Distribution over the themes - October 200 00% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 7 3 3 3 4 7 6 7 8 5 47 9 9 0 8 40 65 3 3 0 SEC SPA SSH TPT ENV ENERGY NMP ICT KBBE HEALTH 20% 0% 0% 9 2 5 0 3 4 25 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia FYRoM Iceland Israel Norway Serbia Switzerland Turkey 3 0 0 85 52 2 89 24 Countries - number of SME participations in the Themes Graph 7: Participating per country Distribution over the Themes EU-27 countries with at least one SME participation. 6

SME profiles sectors of activity For 3.400 SME participations in projects within the ten Thematic Priorities NACE codes are available. Based upon the NACE codes, the activities were grouped into five main sectors:. Research and Development (Economic) Activities 2. Manufacturing sector 3. Information and Communication sector 4. Consultancy services 5. Other Services The distribution of the over the main sectors of activity is shown in the graph below. Consultancy 8 5% Distribution of the in the sample over the main sectors of SME activity Services 788 23% Research & Development.006 30% Research & Development Manufacturing ICT Services Consultancy ICT 663 20% Manufacturing 762 22% Source: Available NACE codes of 3.400 participating Graph 8: Distribution of the over the main five SME activity sectors (sample of with known NACE codes) The following graphs give an overview of the research Themes in which of the five groups of economic activities participate; an overview of the type of participating per research Theme All sectors are represented in all the Themes, with the exception for manufacturing in SSH. Apart from the ICT-Programme, ICT companies play quite an important role in other programmes, especially in TPT, NMP and SEC. Consultancy companies represent a share of only 5% of the participating, and are typically involved in projects within TPT, HEALTH and SEC. 7

Themes in which participate, per sector of SME activity 00% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 20 66 22 82 2 30 7 4 52 56 424 30 67 28 72 46 62 60 8 32 8 5 4 HEALTH KBBE ICT NMP ENERGY ENV TPT SSH SPA SEC 30% 20% 0% 0% 8 90 6 24 2 Research & Development 6 83 35 79 20 4 55 3 32 56 82 9 46 42 66 4 Manufacturing ICT Services Consultancy 2.006 762 663 788 8 SME participations in 5 sector of activity over the research themes Source: NACE codes of 3.400 participating Graph 9: Themes in which participate, per sector of activity of the SME profile per Theme Sector of activity 00% 8 32 8 5 4 56 2 4 80% 67 28 4 72 46 55 62 4 60 32 9 46 66 Consultancy Services ICT Manufacturing 60% 7 30 52 424 30 83 3 35 82 Research & Development 40% 79 42 56 20% 20 66 22 82 2 90 6 2 6 8 20 24 0% HEALTH KBBE ICT NMP ENERGY ENV TPT SSH SPA SEC 252 7.005 702 276 22 50 24 82 66 Number of SME participations per sector per Theme Source: NACE codes of 3.400 participating Graph 20: Sectors of activity of the participating, per Thematic Priority 8

Recurrence ratio of and of other organisations in projects Similar to FP6, small and medium sized companies are the largest community of individual participants also in the FP7 Cooperation Programme. Compared to non-sme participants (Higher or secondary education, "Private for profit", Public bodies, and Research organisations), represent 35,4% of individual entities participating in FP7 Cooperation as shown in the graph below. Share of individual versus the individual organisations of other types: 35% Non-Profit Research Organisations (REC).677 6% Public bodies (excluding REC and HES); 905; 8% (all types) 3.87 35% Private For-Profit Organisations, excluding HES and 2.543 24% Other 378 4% Higher or Secondary Education Establishment (HES).45 3% (all types) Higher or Secondary Education Establishment (HES) Other Private For-Profit Organisations, excluding HES Public bodies (excluding REC and HES) Non-Profit Research Organisations (REC) Graph 2: Share of individual versus the individual organisations of other types (FP7-Themes) If one looks only at the "Private for profit" category the share of individual participations accounts to 58,6 % of all firms involved in the Cooperation Programme. 9

Recurrence ratio of versus other types of organisations within the Themes This graph shows the "individual" organisations participating versus all their participations: Recurrence ratio of and of other organisations in projects October 200 4.000 2.000.775 Unique participants Participations 0.000 8.000 7.955 6.000 5.534 5.583 4.000 2.000 0 Type of organisation Recurrence ratio 3.87.45 2.543 565 378 905.689.677 SME HES OTH PRC PUB REC (all types) Higher or Secondary Education Other Private For- Profit Organisations, Public bodies (excluding REC and HES) Non-Profit Research Organisations,4 8,,5 2,2,9 4,7 Recurrence ratio of organisations participating per type of organisation. Number of "Unique organisations" within the "Participations" per theme. Graph 22: Recurrence ratio of versus other types of organisations within the Themes Average EU Contribution to versus other organisations participating in FP7 Average EU Contribution per "unique organisation" participating in the themes Per type of organisation ( October 200) 3.000.000 2.732.469 2.500.000 2.000.000.696.354.500.000.292.696.000.000 703.829 500.000 40.634 230.886 333.325 0 (all types) Higher or Secondary Education Establishment Other Private For- Profit Organisations, excluding HES Public bodies (excluding REC and HES) Non-Profit Research Organisations Average Graph 23: Average EU Contribution to versus other organisations participating in FP7 20

FP7-COOP in maps. Regional distribution of beneficiaries in signed grant agreements 2. Regional distribution of SME beneficiaries in signed grant agreements 3. Regional distribution of EU Contribution to beneficiaries in signed grant agreements 4. Regional distribution of EU Contribution to SME beneficiaries in signed grant agreements 5. Regional analysis of the 5% target in signed grant agreements up to October 200 The last map details EU regions in relation to the 5% target of the EU contribution going to SME beneficiaries. The few regions with 0% SME contribution are highlighted too. 2

Map : Cooperation Programme FP7. Regional Distribution of Beneficiaries in Signed Contracts as of the October 200 22

Map 2: Cooperation Programme FP7. Regional Distribution of SME Beneficiaries in Signed Contracts as of the October 200 23

Map 3: Cooperation Programme FP7. Regional Distribution of EU contribution in Signed Contracts as of the October 200 24

Map 4: Cooperation Programme FP7. Regional Distribution of EU contribution to in Signed Contracts as of the October 200 25

Map 5: Cooperation Programme FP7. Regional analysis of the 5% target in signed contracts as of the October 200 26

Chapter 3. Analysis of the SME Participation per Themes of the Cooperation Programme Core data per Theme Table 6: Key data on SME participation in Grant Agreements signed before October 200. Primary Source: CORDA for Centrally Validated SME; Secondary Source: DG MOVE, ENERGY and INFSO Local Databases Including 'Self Declared'. For SPACE, this table shows the figures excluding the contribution to ESA (48M ), for allowing comparison of SME participation over the ten Themes. THEME Signed GAs All Participations Participations Percentage of SME participations Average per project EU Contribution to all (in ) EU Contribution to (in ) % of the EU Contribution going to Average contribution per SME participation Average contribution per non-sme participation HEALTH 437 4.677 554,8%,3.843.939.74 97.95.667 0,7% 355.949 399.404 KBBE 97 2.587 306,8%,6 620.646.243 50.556.730 8,% 65.28 249.930 ICT.075 9.995.699 7,0%,6 3.565.996.26 50.587.934 4,3% 300.523 368.299 NMP 329 4.2.26 27,4% 3,4.304.873.889 303.350.75 23,2% 269.405 335.406 ENERGY 87 2.067 380 8,4% 2,0 736.92.382 37.853.04 8,7% 362.77 355.09 ENV 26 2.983 336,3%,6 650.005.38 57.030.927 8,8% 69.735 224.08 TPT 279 3.768 75 9,9% 2,7.03.800.572 86.32.788 8,0% 247.847 280.30 SSH 35.220 59 4,8% 0,4 20.394.770 9.74.408 4,6% 65.09 72.828 SPA 47 684 08 5,8% 2,3 95.825.9 23.608.098 2,% 28.593 298.988 SEC 9.042 25 20,6% 2,4 36.677.858 68.080.28 2,5% 36.652 300.602 COOP- THEMES 2.993 33.35 5.534 6,7%,8 0.477.080.586.544.37.02 4,7% 279.027 323.646 27

HEALTH - KEY FIGURES Source: CORDA - Grant Agreements signed before October 200; extracted 8 October 200 Signed GAs 437 All Participations 4.677 Participations 554 % SME participations,8% Average per project,3 EU Contribution to all.843.939.74 EU Contribution to 97.95.667 % of the EU Contribution going to 0,7% Recurrence Ratio of,2 Average contribution per participation - to all 394.257 - to 355.949 - to non- 399.404 Total foreseen budget FP7 6.050 million % of the budget used 30,5% 28

HEALTH: SME Participation and EU Contribution to per country HEALTH - SME Participations versus all participations (A) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 800 700 All 678 677 600 500 400 454 43 339 300 200 00 0 99 06 20 0 28 23 6 9 73 00 66 5 58 4 8 9 40 32 3 60 240 25 98 28 28 25 62 Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Israel Italy Netherlands Poland Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom 26% 2% 3% 9% 6% 5% 6% 6% 6% 0% 9% 5% 2% 3% 3% 9% Number and % of in Grant Agreements per country of origin HEALTH - SME Participations versus all participations (B) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 45 40 35 30 All 35 32 4 37 33 30 25 20 7 5 3 3 0 9 9 8 7 9 0 5 2 3 2 2 3 0 Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Estonia Hungary Iceland Lithuania Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Turkey 5% 33% 6% 28% 22% 62% 6% 9% 6% % 0% 0% Number and % of in Grant Agreements per country of origin Graph 24: HEALTH: SME Participation per country 29

HEALTH - EU Contribution to versus all - A Grant Agreements signed before October 200 - in Million Million 350 300 All 3,9 322, 250 200 99,0 67,9 50 40,9 00 72,8 85,3 02,2 80,6-50 47,4 46,5 43,3 0,0 7,4 7,2 4,6 28,8 35,0 23,4 23,0,2 3,4 2,7,2 20,4,7 3,0,2 7,9 8,8 Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Israel Italy Netherlands Norway Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom 2% 0% 6% % 4% % 5% 5% 9% 7% 8% 5% % 0% 6% EU Contribution to versus all, in million and in % HEALTH - EU Contribution to versus all - B Grant Agreements signed before October 200 - in Thousand Thousand 8.000 6.000 All 6.064 4.000 2.000 0.000 0.23 8.000 6.000 7.70 6. 6.609 5.937 5.583 8.58 4.000 2.000-375 2.45 40 47 752.275 2.888 2.094 3.64 453 620.799 497 4.98 4.80 2.270.67 26 95 40 Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Estonia Hungary Iceland Ireland Lithuania Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Turkey 7% 0% 0% 2% 44% 94% 3% 3% 6% 22% 2% 3% 5% 2% EU Contribution to versus all, in Thousand and in % Graph 25: HEALTH: EU Contribution to per country 30

KBBE - KEY FIGURES Source: CORDA - Grant Agreements signed before October 200; extracted 8 October 200 Signed GAs 97 All Participations 2.587 Participations 306 % SME participations,8% Average per project,6 EU Contribution to all 620.646.243 EU Contribution to 50.556.730 % of the EU Contribution going to 8,% Recurrence Ratio of,2 Average contribution per participation - to all 239.90 - to 65.28 - to non- 249.930 Total foreseen budget FP7.935 million % of the budget used 32% 3

KBBE: SME Participation and EU Contribution to per country KBBE - SME Participations versus all participations (A) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 300-250 All - 232 254 255 200 200 23 70 50 40 00 8 85 79-50 6 44 22 6 4 64 26 47 8 60 32 27 4 49 26 9 0 3 Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Italy Netherlands Norway Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom 4% 6% 7% 6% % 9% 3% 6% 3% 8% 5% % 3% 2% Number and % of in Grant Agreements per country of origin KBBE - SME Participations versus all participations (B) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 45 40 - All - 40 38 35 32 33 35 32 30 25 2 2 20 8 5 0 0 8 0 8 0 5 5 3 3 5 5 2 2 4 4 3 3 4 3 - Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Estonia Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Poland Portugal Romania Serbia Slovenia Turkey 0% 20% 3% 38% 8% 20% 5% 6% 20% 3% 50% 25% 8% 9% 9% 30% 5% 3% Number and % of in Grant Agreements per country of origin Graph 26: KBBE: SME Participation per country 32

KBBE - EU Contribution to versus all - A in Grant Agreements signed before October 200 - in Thousand Thousand 90.000 80.000 70.000 All 66.773 66.466 7.078 80.876 60.000 50.000 40.000 37.945 45.645 38.536 30.000 20.000 0.000-622 Austria 2.43 Belgium 3.752 222 5.683 72 Czech Republic 22.207 Denmark 27 23.562 4.352 8.256 Finland 995.772 205 France 5.95 Germany.32 Greece 8.350 Hungary 5.403 Ireland 6.834 Italy 389 Netherlands 2.86 Norway 84 Poland 5.45 Portugal 45 Spain 5.402 3.427.225 25.80 2.30 9.270 5.674 Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom 5% 0% 4% 3% % 7% 2% 8% 3% 6% 2% 0% 3% 3% 8% 9% 5% % 7% EU Contribution to versus all, in thousand and in % KBBE - EU Contribution to versus all - B (In Grant Agreements signed before October 200 - in Thousand ) Thousand 4.500 4.000 All 3.900 4.05 3.500 3.000 2.500 2.450 2.000.708.706.500.000 500-36 96 27 35 326 638 855 36 80 242.90 266 3 84 208 243 387 498 588 22 330 Croatia Cyprus Estonia Iceland Israel Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Romania Serbia Slovenia Turkey 4% 8% 5% 6% 5% 20% 2% 40% 63% 29% 34% 9% 8% EU Contribution to versus all, in Thousand and in % Graph 27: KBBE: EU Contribution to per country 33

ICT KEY FIGURES Source: CORDA - Grant Agreements signed before October 200; extracted 8 October 200. Some adjustments from the data warehouse used by DG INFSO were accepted. Signed GAs.075 All Participations 9.995 Participations.699 % SME participations 7,0% Average per project,6 EU Contribution to all 3.565.996.26 EU Contribution to 50.587.934 % of the EU Contribution going to 4,3% Recurrence Ratio of,4 Average contribution per participation - to all 356.778 - to 300.523 - to non- 368.299 Total foreseen budget FP7 9.0 million % of the budget used 39,% 34

ICT: SME Participation and EU Contribution to per country ICT - SME Participations versus all participations (A) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 2.000.800 All.786.600.400.200.000.068.004 800 709 600 500 400 200-335 78 63 48 4 2 36 253 263 79 46 55 62 2 40 72 75 3 23 3 66 4 43 328 65 42 97 Austria Belgium Denmark Finland Germany Greece Ireland Israel Italy Netherlands Poland Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom 23% 5% 8% 4% 5% 9% 4% 25% 6% 5% 8% 9% 6% 3% 6% 20% ICT - SME Participations versus all participations (B) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 20 All 00 98 95 80 80 60 58 52 44 40 35 33 36 29 28 23-20 7 0 2 6 6 8 3 9 2 3 2 3 8 2 5 9 6 5 Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Estonia Hungary Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Norway Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Turkey 49% 0% 27% 20% 33% 34% 22% 23% 9% 38% 3% 26% 3% 39% 3% 4% Graph 28: ICT: SME Participation per country 35

ICT - EU Contribution to versus all - A Grant Agreements signed before October 200 - in Million Million 900 800 All 775,0 700 600 500 400 373,0 356,6 405,9 300 200 00-54,7 26,2 82,7 26,2 2,5 6,4 42,8 6,3 8,4 86,2 47,8 58,4 65,3 47,3 25,5 22,2 8,8 8,9 7, 25,9 97,7 4,5 52,0 25,8 33,0 3,3 5,4 9,4 233,3 26,6 2,8 8,8 55, 55,0 Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Israel Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom 2% 4% 5% 0% 6% % 7% 40% 5% 26% 3% 3% 8% 2% 8% 4% 0% 2% 4% ICT - EU Contribution to versus all - B Grant Agreements signed before October 200 - in Thousand Thousand 25.000 All 20.000 9.468 5.000 3.405.048.922 0.000 9.52 5.000-4.257 6.248.89 23 2.983 4.535.222 3.783 5.994.633.730 695 503 224.355 773 3.333.468 5.048.73 4.284 4.03 2.258 Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Estonia Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Turkey 68% 0% 27% 23% 32% 43% 29% 4% 57% 28% 29% 27% 3% 25% Graph 29: ICT: EU Contribution to per country 36

NMP - KEY FIGURES Source: CORDA - Grant Agreements signed before October 200; extracted 8 October 200 Signed GAs 329 All Participations 4.2 Participations.26 % SME participations 27,4% Average per project 3,4 EU Contribution to all.304.873.889 EU Contribution to 303.350.75 % of the EU Contribution going to 23,2% Recurrence Ratio of,2 Average contribution per participation - to all 37.333 - to 269.405 - to non- 335.406 Total foreseen budget FP7 3.500 million % of the budget used 37,3% 37

NMP: SME Participation and EU Contribution to per country NMP - SME Participations versus all participations (B) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 900 800 All 774 700 600 500 400 333 438 35 400 300 200 00 3 80 46 202 68 89 24 20 24 6 97 93 34 03 34 53 79 77 7 2 2 07 35 53 47 98 29 0 Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Italy Netherlands Poland Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom 39% 23% 35% 22% 2% 29% 25% 33% 3% 30% 27% 30% 30% 23% 24% 32% NMP - SME Participations versus all participations (B) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 60 50 All 52 50 50 43 40 40 38 30 28 20 8 8-0 7 5 4 8 3 6 2 0 2 5 0 0 Croatia Cyprus Estonia FYRM Hungary Ireland Israel Lithuania Malta Norway Romania Slovakia Slovenia Turkey 25% 20% 4% 00% 20% 25% 36% 55% 50% 20% 28% 28% 26% 36% Graph 30: NMP: SME Participation per country 38

NMP - EU Contribution to versus all - A Grant Agreements signed before October 200 - in Million Million 350 300 All 288,0 250 200 50 36,0 33, 07, 0,8 00 50-64,0 26,2,0,6 42,7 33,5 6,5 6,3 27,0 57,6 3, 20,7 8, 6,2 36,5 3,8 60, 3,3 9, 49,8 5,0 70,8 33,9 Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Israel Italy Netherlands Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom 42% 8% 9% 5% 25% 20% 26% 30% 27% 23% 28% 8% 2% 25% NMP - EU Contribution to versus all - B Grant Agreements signed before October 200 - in Thousand Thousand 25.000 All 20.000 9.522 8.204 8.632 6.604 5.000.623 0.000 8.565 7.344 6.743 5.000-992 67 48 27 4.463.5 9 462 462.764 3.807.23 582 344 427 2.28 3.57 3.99.569 3.424.996.25.632 3.884 Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Estonia FYRM Hungary Ireland Lithuania Malta Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Turkey 40% 27% 38% 0% 00% 24% 9% 48% 8% 2% 9% 2% 23% 33% 23% 42% Graph 3: NMP: EU Contribution to per country 39

ENERGY - KEY FIGURES Source: CORDA - Grant Agreements signed before October 200; extracted 8 October 200 Signed GAs 87 All Participations 2.067 Participations 380 % SME participations 8,4% Average per project 2,0 EU Contribution to all 736.92.382 EU Contribution to 37.853.04 % of the EU Contribution going to 8,7% Recurrence Ratio of,2 Average contribution per participation - to all 356.57 - to 362.77 - to non- 355.09 Total foreseen budget FP7 2.300 miliion % of the budget used 32,0% 40

ENERGY: SME Participation and EU Contribution to per country 300 250 All ENERGY - SME Participations versus all participations (A) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 269 200 98 6 7 58 50 40 0 00 89 78 74-50 3 40 22 5 6 47 37 5 60 23 23 6 9 6 23 22 9 4 39 49 29 8 55 6 50 Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom 33% 20% 7% 3% 23% 9% 0% 39% 26% 3% 6% 2% 0% 22% 8% 5% 22% 25% ENERGY - SME Participations versus all participations (B) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 20 8 All 9 7 8 6 4 2 2 2 0 0 8 7 7 7 6 5 6 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 - Bosnia Herzegovina Bulgaria Czech Republic Estonia Israel Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Romania Slovakia Slovenia Turkey 50% 2% 25% 29% 4% 4% 7% 40% 33% 25% 9% 30% 7% Graph 32: ENERGY: SME Participation per country 4

ENERGY - EU Contribution to versus all - A Grant Agreements signed before October 200 - in Million Million 20 00 All 05,8 80 80,5 68,0 60 54,2 57,0 57,4 49,7 40 39,0 27,0 30,2 36,5 20 -,2 5,2 6,6 0,7 2,8 2,5 4,5 8,5 7,4 0,8 2,0,3 5,2 7,0 4,9 7,4 0,6 2,0 2, 9,0 2,,7 2,4,7 9, 5,8 5,0 Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Israel Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom 47% 7% 20% 0% 22% 4% 4% 27% 46% 70% 3% 2% 7% 4% 27% 5% 9% 6% 22% ENERGY - EU Contribution to versus all - B Grant Agreements signed before October 200 - in Thousand Thousand 4.500 4.000 3.957 All 3.500 3.000 2.500 2.000.500.000 500-35 74 459 2.024 37.696 40 823 72 65 307.726 2.055 343 369 444.094.487.497 53 252 472 279 Bosnia Herzegovina Bulgaria Czech Republic Estonia Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Romania Slovakia Slovenia Turkey 77% 23% 9% 50% 2% 8% 84% 93% 4% 7% 36% 59% Graph 33: ENERGY: EU Contribution to per country 42

ENV - KEY FIGURES Source: CORDA - Grant Agreements signed before October 200; extracted 8 October 200 Signed GAs 26 All Participations 2.983 Participations 336 % SME participations,3% Average per project,6 EU Contribution to all 650.005.38 EU Contribution to 57.030.927 % of the EU Contribution going to 8,8% Recurrence Ratio of,2 Average contribution per participation - to all 27.903 - to 69.735 - to non- 224.08 Total foreseen budget FP7.800 million % of the budget used 36,% 43

ENV: SME Participation and EU Contribution to per country ENV - SME Participations versus all participations (A) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 400 350 All 346 328 300 250 200 22 23 204 84 50 27 00 87 83 9 84 96 82 50-7 20 9 48 4 56 4 56 5 33 24 7 6 6 45 25 4 6 40 Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom 20% 6% 9% 5% 2% 6% 6% 5% 4% 2% 8% 8% 3% 4% 4% 7% 2% ENV - SME Participations versus all participations (B) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 40 35 All 35 33 33 32 30 25 24 26 20 5 0 0 9 8 2 0 5 2 5 4,00,00 5 2 3 3 2 3 - Bosnia Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Estonia Hungary Ireland Lithuania Luxembourg Romania Slovakia Slovenia Turkey 50% 2% 0% 25% 9% 26% 9% 25% 33% 9% 7% 30% 9% Graph 34: ENV: SME Participation per country 44

ENV - EU Contribution to versus all - A Grant Agreements signed before October 200 - in Million Million 00 90 All 90,9 85,8 80 70 63,8 60 50 52,0 46,8 40 37,8 30 20 0-30,4 9,6 3,2 3,8 25,2 4,9 0,7 0,4 2,2 9,6,4 8,4 4, 4,6 2,6 27,5 9,4 7,6,,3 3,2 22,5 2,4 0,6, 8,4 Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom 6% 3% 3% 3% 4% % 7% 9% 7% 9% 5% 4% 9% 3% 5% 0% ENV - EU Contribution to versus all - B Grant Agreements signed before October 200 - in Thousand Thousand 6.000 5.000 5.592 4.635 5.06 5.036 All 4.000 4.082 4.23 3.000 2.50 2.000.000-60 54 585 0.335 37 203.023.2.200 8.425 658 259 8 85 6.762.486 806 285 Bosnia Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Estonia Hungary Ireland Lithuania Luxembourg Romania Slovakia Slovenia Turkey 39% 23% 8% 55% 8% 7% 26% 28% 39% 64% 4% 46% 30% 7% Graph 35: ENV: EU Contribution to per country 45

TPT - KEY FIGURES Source: CORDA - Grant Agreements signed before October 200; extracted 8 October 200 Signed GAs 279 All Participations 3.768 Participations 75 % SME participations 9,9% Average per project 2,7 EU Contribution to all.03.800.572 EU Contribution to 86.32.788 % of the EU Contribution going to 8,0% Recurrence Ratio of,3 Average contribution per participation - to all 273.832 - to 247.847 - to non- 280.30 Total foreseen budget FP7 4.80 million % of the budget used 24,7% 46

TPT: SME Participation and EU Contribution to per country 700 600 500 All TPT - SME Participations versus all participations (A) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 536 589 400 388 383 300 250 200 20 99 76 00-30 04 05 48 4 62 77 0 30 39 9 42 78 39 4 4 5 80 79 23 2 44 34 9 3 66 65 Austria Belgium Czech Republic Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom 29% 42% 8% 8% 4% 9% 22% 45% 20% 9% 0% 6% 29% 48% 7% % 20% 7% TPT - SME Participations versus all participations (B) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 40 35 All 38 30 30 25 25 20 9 5 5 6 3 4 0 8 9 9 8 5 2 5 4 4 3 5 3 5 3 - Bosnia Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Denmark Estonia Iceland Ireland Israel Malta Slovakia Slovenia Turkey 00% 3% 3% 50% 24% 44% 00% 32% 6% 20% 23% 7% 2% Graph 36: TPT: SME Participation per country 47

TPT - EU Contribution to versus all - A Grant Agreements signed before October 200 - in Million Million 250 All 200 94,8 75,5 50, 24,6 00-50 8, 30,6 24,2 56,9 2,0 9,2,2 4,4,2 2,2 2, 32, 29,3 20,2 7,4 56,7 5,4 9,2,3,2 8,2,9,0 2,7 3,3 7,,2 47,7 50,3 8,2 7, 7,3 4,4 3,6 Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom 27% 42% 3% 20% 4% 2% 6% 25% 8% 6% 7% 9% 8% 4% 7% 5% 9% 20% 4% TPT - EU Contribution to versus all - B Grant Agreements signed before October 200 - in Thousand Thousand 6.000 5.000 5.438 5.448 All 4.000 4.89 3.954 3.000 2.997 2.000 2.36 2.020 2.60.000-38 38 203.082 623 969.390 3 53 53 568 53 746 569.33.40 Bosnia Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Estonia Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Malta Slovakia Turkey 00% 9% 5% 70% 0% 43% 00% 37% 4% 7% 43% 53% Graph 37: TPT: EU Contribution to per country. 48

SSH KEY FIGURES Source: CORDA - Grant Agreements signed before October 200; extracted 8 October 200 Signed GAs 35 All Participations.220 Participations 59 % SME participations 4,8% Average per project 0,4 EU Contribution to all 20.394.770 EU Contribution to 9.74.408 % of the EU Contribution going to 4,6% Recurrence Ratio of,3 Average contribution per participation - to all 72.455 - to 65.09 - to non- 72.828 Total foreseen budget FP7 60 million % of the budget used 34,5% 49

SSH: SME Participation and EU Contribution to per country SSH - SME Participations versus all participations Grant Agreements signed before October 200 80 60 All 57 40 32 20 00 89 0 80 75 80 60 57 40 40 3 37 39-20 3 4 9 2 0 6 2 6 7 8 8 3 9 6 2 2 4 2 Austria Belgium Czech Republic Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Italy Malta Netherlands Portugal Slovenia Spain Sweden United Kingdom 8% 5% % 3% % 5% 3% 9% 8% 3% 4% 6% % 4% 0% % Graph 38: SSH: SME Participation per country (where involved) SSH - EU Contribution to versus all Grant Agreements signed before October 200 - in Thousand Thousand 40.000 35.000 All 35.360 30.000 25.000 25.98 20.000 6.80 6.79 8.079 7.038 5.000.66 0.000 8.999 7.86 6.969 5.000-750.377 467 94 69 3.07 3.769 3.742 680 220 60.37 2.20.804 594 605 3 28 499 605 53 Austria Belgium Czech Republic Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Italy Malta Netherlands Portugal Slovenia Spain Sweden United Kingdom 8% 3% 7% % 9% 3% 6% 6% 6% 9% 4% 5% 2% 6% 9% 0% Graph 39: SSH: EU Contribution to per country (where involved) 50

SPA KEY FIGURES Source: CORDA - Grant Agreements signed before October 200; extracted 8 October 200 Excluding ESA Grant. (The contribution to ESA is taken into account for the overall figures for FP7-Cooperation). Signed GAs 47 All Participations 684 Participations 08 % SME participations 5,8% Average per project 2,3 EU Contribution to all 95.825.9 EU Contribution to 23.608.098 % of the EU Contribution going to 2,% Recurrence Ratio of,2 Average contribution per participation - to all 286.294 - to 28.593 - to non- 298.988 Total foreseen budget FP7.430 million % of the budget used 3,7% 5

SPA: SME Participation and EU Contribution to per country SPA - SME Participations versus all participations (A) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 20 All 3 00 88 80 68 69 60 40 40 37 20 0 4 20 9 7 6 27 2 23 5 9 Belgium France Germany Italy Netherlands Poland Spain United Kingdom 35% 8% 3% 9% 22% 9% 4% 3% SPA - SME Participations versus all participations (B) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 25 20 All 20 5 6 4 5 7 4 0 0 5 3 5 2 4 2 2 4 5 4 2 4 - Austria Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Greece Ireland Lithuania Norway Portugal Romania Slovenia Sweden Switzerland 5% 45% 3% 25% 20% 50% 20% 7% 7% 9% 25% 2% 29% Graph 40: SPA: SME Participation per country 52

SPA - EU Contribution to versus all - A Grant Agreements signed before October 200 - in Million Million 20 00 All 97, 80 60 40-20 3,2 2,3 5,5,8 24,8 24, 3,8 0,8 6,2 3,3 0,9 0,3,0,4 22,0 Belgium France Germany Italy Netherlands Poland Spain United Kingdom 26% 6% 7% 6% 5% 9% 9% 6% SPA - EU Contribution to versus all - B Grant Agreements signed before October 200 - in Thousand Thousand 7.000 6.000 5.46 6.57 6.50 All 5.000 4.552 4.000 3.000 2.277 2.472 3.0 2.000.774.000 -.077.37 37 74 344 420 280 370 344 67 798.050 0 82 70 327 408 633 Austria Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Greece Ireland Lithuania Norway Portugal Romania Slovenia Sweden Switzerland 20% 64% 5% 22% 8% 76% 49% 2% 4% 8% 2% 9% 20% Graph 4: SPA: EU Contribution to per country 53

SEC - KEY FIGURES Source: CORDA - Grant Agreements signed before October 200; extracted 8 October 200 Signed GAs 9 All Participations.042 Participations 25 % SME participations 20,6% Average per project 2,4 EU Contribution to all 36.677.858 EU Contribution to 68.080.28 % of the EU Contribution going to 2,5% Recurrence Ratio of, Average contribution per participation - to all 303.93 - to 36.652 - to non- 300.602 Total foreseen budget FP7.350 million % of the budget used 23,5% 54

SEC: SME Participation and EU Contribution to per country SEC - SME Participations versus all participations (A) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 60 40 All 44 20 03 04 00 95 80 78 60 53 49 40 20 7 35 24 9 0 38 3 7 4 29 9 9 34 - Finland France Germany Greece Italy Netherlands Poland Spain Sweden United Kingdom 20% 7% 20% 26% 3% 3% 4% 24% 8% 33% SEC - SME Participations versus all participations (B) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 60 50 All 50 40 33 30 30 26 20 5 6 4 3 2 8 2 3 0 0 5 4 5 3 3 6 3 6 2 5 7 2 4 3 2 3 2 8 8 3 3 Austria Belgium Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Hungary Ireland Israel Lithuania Norway Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Switzerland 5% 30% 25% 60% 9% 43% 50% 5% 42% 23% 50% 2% % 25% 25% 38% 23% Graph 42: SEC: SME Participation per country 55

SEC - EU Contribution to versus all - A Grant Agreements signed before October 200 - in Million Million 60 50 All 53,7 40 36,7 32,6 32,5 30 20 7,7 8,8 20, - 0 2,6,4 8,6 7,5 3,3,0 4,5 2,2, 4,2 5,7 2,,8 Finland France Germany Greece Italy Netherlands Poland Spain Sweden United Kingdom 23% 6% 23% 30% 4% 3% 7% 30% 0% 32% SEC - EU Contribution to versus all - B Grant Agreements signed before October 200 - in Thousand Thousand 9.000 8.000 7.000 6.000 6.39 7.944 7.44 All 5.000 4.268 4.000 3.000 2.000.000 890 2.44.0 962.043 534 666 2.799 2.557 857 994 3.79.480.74.035 326 28932 3.68 3.45 2.477 2.229.726.404.04 769 523 345 - Austria Belgium Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Hungary Ireland Lithuania Norway Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Switzerland 4% 30% 48% 92% 24% 60% 86% 22% 37% 93% 4% 5% 37% 73% 64% 2% Graph 43: SEC: EU Contribution to per country 56

FP7-COOPERATION-Themes: SME Participation and EU Contribution to Core data FP7 SP Cooperation Programme Thematic Priorities 2.993 Signed GAs 33.35 Participations 5.534 SME participations 7% Grant Agreements with at least one SME in the consortium 6,7% Percentage of SME participations 4.255 Unique" SME participants,8 per consortium.544 million EU contribution to 0.477 million EU Contribution to all 4,7% Percentage of EU contribution going to 279.000 Average EU Contribution per SME participation 57

FP7-COOP: SME Participation and EU Contribution to per country FP7-COOP-Themes - SME Participations (A) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 6,000 5,000 All 4,99 4,000 3,323 3,20 3,575 3,000 2,000,6,936 2,83,000 0 24 889 334 69 369 99 673 99 777 570 854 80 999 374 395 38 99 73 85 550 288 508 565 53 52 76 06 389 6,23,5 Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Israel Italy Netherlands 89 69 Norway Poland Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom 24% 2% 9% 5% 3% 7% 7% 8% 26% 8% 22% 7% 5% 0% 3% 20% 8% 3% 6% 7% FP7-COOP-Themes - SME Participations (B) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 300 250 All 28 245 200 65 83 50 00 50 0 3 2 30 0 76 23 92 30 8 29 0 47 5 60 9 0 7 52 8 43 64 2 67 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 25 54 Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Estonia FYROM Iceland Latvia Lithuania 24 Luxembourg Malta Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Turkey 25% 8% 3% 25% 25% 3% 2% 8% 9% 3% 9% 23% 8% 2% 22% 3% Graph 44: COOP-THEMES: SME Participation per country 58

THEMES - EU Contribution to versus all participants (A) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 (in Million ) Millions 2,500 All 2,000,95,500,98,34,000 969 708 67 500-67 294 85 492 37 25 274 27 74 253 49 297 26 30 4 34 43 86 6 79 5 09 25 23 44 428 42 Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Israel Italy Netherlands Norway Poland 56 67 Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom 23% 7% 5% 0% 5% 3% 7% 20% 24% 5% 2% 9% 3% 8% 6% 0% 4% 3% THEMES - EU Contribution to versus all participants (B) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 Millions 70 60 All 66.4 65.4 50 46. 40 4.3 30 30.3-20 0 0.23 0.7 5.88 9.5.68 2.5 5.45 7.3 4.45 4.68 9.4 0.46 3.4 20.4 5.77.4.0 6.9 2.59 3.3 2.5.3.87 4.7 0.45 2.06 9.8 9.3 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus 6.62.0 Czech Republic Estonia FYROM Hungary Iceland 5.96 Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Turkey 3% 30% 3% 3% 22% 24% 4% 3% 50% 5% 20% 9% 39% 25% 2% 34% 24% 20% Graph 45: COOP-THEMES: EU Contribution to per country 59

Chapter 4. CAPACITIES (Research for the benefit of ) Key Figures for "Research for the benefit of " within the FP7 Capacities Programme Source: CORDA - Grant Agreements signed before October 200; extracted October 200 FP7 SP4 Capacities Programme "Research for the benefit of " 277 Signed GAs 2.747 Participations.646 SME participations 59,9% Percentage of SME participations.446 Unique" SME participants,4 Recurrence ratio of (on average an SME participates in,4 projects),8 per consortium 298 million EU contribution to 35 million EU Contribution to all 84,9% Percentage of EU contribution going to 8.000 Average EU Contribution per SME participation The total foreseen budget for Research for the Benefit of is.300 million. 27 % of this budget is used so far, which means that 950 million is still available until the end of FP7 (end of 203). 60

FP7-Capacities (Research for the benefit of ) Per country FP7-Capacities - Research for the benefit of SME Participations in Grant Agreements signed before October 200 (A) 400 350 Other 300 250 06 62 200 35 2 50 00 50 0 8 23 42 50 2 28 33 29 55 03 4 54 59 20 6 39 33 7 37 57 33 76 20 43 28 3 235 3 2 3 33 90 Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom 56% 54% 73% 5% 65% 5% 52% 66% 67% 60% 6% 70% 68% 53% 69% 50% 6% 54% FP7-Capacities - Research for the benefit of SME Participations in Grant Agreements signed before October 200 (B) 40 35 Other 30 8 8 5 0 9 25 20 5 0 5 0 26 7 8 2 25 20 6 5 7 7 4 0 4 4 8 25 2 2 5 9 0 27 Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Estonia Finland Iceland Israel Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Turkey 76% 39% 60% 76% 57% 4% 58% 88% 42% 20% 67% 7% 33% 64% 45% 75% Graph 46: FP7-Capacities: SME Participation per country 6

FP7-Capacities - Research for the benefit of EU Contribution to versus all participants (A) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 (in million ) Millions 50 45 Other 6,8 40 4,4 35 6,3 30 5,9 25 20 5 0 5 -,3 4,7 3,5 0,2 0,4,3 6,0 6,6 3,3 20,4 26,3 2,5 8,3 0,7 6,8 30,9, 8,9 2,6 5,5 0,8 0,9 5,6 5,2 37,0,0 0,9 5,8 6,2 39,3 Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom 79% 74% 94% 84% 86% 82% 77% 9% 83% 89% 86% 88% 85% 89% 85% 87% 85% FP7-Capacities - Research for the benefit of EU Contribution to versus all participants (B) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 (in Thousand ) Thousand 7.000 6.000 Other 5.000 73 727.69 470 4.000 99 35 3.000 350 2.000.000-4.303 369.085 332.37 3.44 4.48 4.798 95 50 425.337 3.227 2.65 269 278 2.76 3.500 45 46 280.92 747 Bulgaria.404 Croatia Cyprus Estonia Finland Hungary Iceland Israel Latvia 4.28 Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Turkey 98% 75% 8% 95% 86% 80% 39% 76% 98% 88% 5% 9% 92% 76% 8% 65% 90% Graph 47: FP7-Capacities: EU Contribution to Per country 62

FP7-Capacities (Research for the benefit of ) in Four Maps. Regional distribution of beneficiaries in Signed Contracts (signed before October 200) 2. Regional distribution of SME beneficiaries in Signed Contracts 3. Regional distribution of the EU distribution to the beneficiaries in Signed Contracts 4. Regional distribution of the EU distribution to the SME beneficiaries in Signed Contracts 63

Map 6: Capacities Programme FP7. Regional Distribution of Beneficiaries in Signed Contracts as of the October 200 64

Map 7: Capacities Programme FP7. Regional distribution of SME beneficiaries in signed contracts as of October 200 65

Map 8: Capacities Programme FP7. Regional Distribution of EU contribution in Signed Contracts as of October 200 66

Map 9: Capacities Programme FP7. Regional Distribution of EU contribution to in Signed Contracts as of October 200 67

Chapter 5. FP7-PEOPLE The participation of in two Marie Curie actions is considered: Industry Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) Initial Training Networks (ITN) Key Figures for the People Programme Source: CORDA - Grant Agreements signed before October 200; extracted 8 October 200. FP7 SP3 People Programme Marie Curie-actions: - Industry Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) - Initial Training Networks (ITN) 32 Signed GAs 3 Project coordinated by an SME 2.228 Participations 32 SME participations 4,4% Percentage of SME participations 37 Unique" SME participants, Recurrence ratio of (on average an SME participates in, projects),8 per consortium 84,5 million EU contribution to 746,3 million EU Contribution to all,3% Percentage of EU contribution going to 263.000 Average EU Contribution per SME participation The total foreseen budget for these actions is.900 million. 39,3% of this budget has been used so far, which means that.50 million is still available until the end of FP7 (end of 203). 68

The SME participation in the PEOPLE Programme per country FP7- PEOPLE - Marie-Curie Actions IAPP and ITN SME Participations in Grant Agreements signed before October 200 (A) 450 400 Other 350 300 250 200 3 365 50 84 00 50 0 73 44 46 8 3 7 38 46 46 25 04 70 86 59 33 6 2 6 23 5 5 5 42 Austria Belgium Denmark France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Netherlands Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom 29% 5% 3% 7% 3% 9% 27% % 4% 3% 8% 5% 0% FP7- PEOPLE - Marie-Curie Actions IAPP and ITN SME Participations in Grant Agreements signed before October 200 (B) 40 35 Other 30 25 20 29 32 3 25 5 24 6 24 0 5 5 0 5 3 3 8 6 3 4 2 3 4 0 5 0 3 9 Cyprus Czech Republic Estonia Finland Hungary Iceland Israel Latvia Norway Poland Portugal Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Turkey 38% % 50% 22% 27% 57% 8% 50% 9% % 29% 00% 7% 7% 0% Graph 48: FP7-PEOPLE: SME Participation per country 69

FP7- PEOPLE - Marie-Curie Actions IAPP and ITN EU Contribution to versus all participants (A) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 (in million ) Millions 80 60 40 Other 20 00 80 60 40 20 - Austria Belgium Denmark France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom 9% 6% 9% 3% 9% 6% 20% 9% 9% 3% 0% 5% % 8% FP7- PEOPLE - Marie-Curie Actions IAPP and ITN EU Contribution to versus all participants (B) Grant Agreements signed before October 200 (in Thousand ) Thousand 2.000 0.000 Other 8.000 6.000 4.000 2.000 - Cyprus Czech Republic Estonia Finland Hungary Iceland Israel Latvia Poland Portugal Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Turkey 4% 0% 39% % 39% 82% 7% 67% 9% 29% 00% 4% 8% 4% Graph 49: FP7-PEOPLE: EU Contribution to per country 70

FP7-PEOPLE (ITN and IAPP) in four maps. Regional distribution of beneficiaries in Signed Contracts (signed before October 200) 2. Regional distribution of SME beneficiaries in Signed Contracts 3. Regional distribution of the EU distribution to the beneficiaries in Signed Contracts 4. Regional distribution of the EU distribution to the SME beneficiaries in Signed Contracts 7

Map 0: PEOPLE PROGRAMME-FP7. ITN and IAPP. Regional Distribution of Beneficiaries in Signed Contracts as of October 200 72

Map : PEOPLE PROGRAMME-FP7. ITN and IAPP. Regional Distribution of SME Beneficiaries in Signed Contracts as of the October 200 73

Map 2: PEOPLE PROGRAMME-FP7. ITN and IAPP. Regional Distribution of EU Contribution in Signed Contracts as of the October 200 74

Map 3: PEOPLE PROGRAMME-FP7. ITN and IAPP. Regional Distribution of EU Contribution to in Signed Contracts as of the October 200 75