Project AutoNet established a transnational network of leading automotive regions in Central Europe to boost innovation through knowledge transfer and cooperation. The project offered matchmaking opportunities and established a sustainable business network to promote the region as ideal for new automotive processes, materials and products. Key activities included exchanging best practices, creating a matchmaking database, and making policy recommendations to improve support for innovation in the automotive industry across participating regions.

1. Project AutoNet
Heading together for more
innovative Central Europe
Kiev, 26th April 2012
Klaudia Vlčková – project manager
Katarína Hrablayová – communication manager

2. About the project
Transnational Network of Leading Automotive Regions in CE
• Duration: 1. March 2010 – 28. February 2013
• Lead Partner: Automotive Cluster – West Slovakia
• Total Budget: 2.136.099,- EUR
• ERDF grant rate: 82 %

3. AutoNet Partners

4. Project objectives
AutoNet offers matchmaking and networking of public
and private organizations to boost new innovative
solutions.
AutoNet establishes sustainable business network for
cooperation of automotive industry key actors from CE
regions.
AutoNet promotes CE region and its
actors as an ideal area for creating
new processes, materials or
products in automotive industry.

5. Key messages
AutoNet offers best knowledge transfer
to boost new innovative solutions
AutoNet establishes sustainable network for
cooperation in automotive of CE regions
AutoNet promotes CE region as an ideal
area for creating new processes, materials
and products

6. Project structure
Work packages:
• WP 1: Project management and coordination - ACWS
• WP 2: Communication and dissemination - ACWS
• WP 3: Exchange of experience to improve regional services – Mid
Pannon Regional Development Company
• WP 4: Match Making to boost Innovation – ACS Slovenia
• WP 5: Cooperation to support improvement of policies - Comunimprese
SCARL

7. Main AutoNet activities
Exchange of experience to improve regional
services
Match making to boost innovation
Cooperation to support improvement of
policies

8. Work package 3
Exchange of experience to improve regional services
Mid- Pannon Regional Development Company
Exchange of experience 07/2010 – 03/2011
Joint Research & Analysis 08/2010 - 04/2011
Good Practices Transfer inside AutoNet 05/2011 - 03/2013
Main Outputs/ Results:
•3 International Exchange of experience seminars
•1 Study on supporting services and policies for Automotive industry
•Regional Analysis in cooperation with Assoc. Institution
•Set-Up of Common Service Standards for networks member

9. Work package 4
Match Making to boost Innovation
Automotive Cluster of Slovenia
MatchMaking methodology 06/2010 – 12/2010
MatchMaking Web based database 07/2010 - 01/2013
MatchMaking Events Analysis 11/2010 - 02/2013
Main Outputs/ Results:
•CE Matchmaking Database
•3 Non EU Transnational Thematic MatchMaking Events
•9 International Thematic MatchMaking Events
•6 Cooperation agreements on innovations

10. Work package 5
Cooperation to support improvement of policies
Comunimprese SCARL
Cooper. with other Automotive supporting activities 05/2010 –
03/2013
Elaboration of policy recommendations 07/2010 – 11/2012
AutoNet Annual Conference 10/2010 –
11/2012
Main Outputs/ Results:
•Cooperation agreement with EASN, CLEPA, Autoclusters
•Regional policies recommendations to improve innovations

11. AutoNet partnership
contribution
- To Transfer of best practices between the regions
- To improve regional services for automotive actors and
propose common policy recommendation for Education
and Innovation Process
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- to create innovative
cooperation in automotive
industry through MatchMaking
activities and MatchMaking
Database Service

12. Communication strategy
Addressing to the proposals and practical
solutions of the project activities
AutoNet uses not only media but also
non-media communication techniques
Each project activity
is a communication tool

13. Communication tools
Standard media communication:
Project web site
Project Newsletter
Media releases
Promotion materials
Non-media communication:
Events
Matchmaking database
Cooperation with other Automotive supporting
activities ( EASN, CLEPA, Autoclusters)

14. Standard communication:
Project web site:
www.autonet-central.eu
- project information
- partners information
- regional and European news
- Matchmaking database
Project Newsletter
- project proceeding
- relevant regional information
- wide direct dissemination
Media releases
- on regional, national and international level
- translations to national languages
- wide audience coverage

15. Communicating results
Events
3 Exchange of experience seminars
9 International Thematic Match-Making Events
3 International Thematic Match-Making Events outside EU
Regional Info Days in each region
Matchmaking database trainings in each region
AutoNet Annual Conferences
Matchmaking database
A sustainable tool to preserve the
main idea of the project AutoNet:
Together for innovative Europe

16. Upcomming activities
AutoNet events
July 2012– Kilometro Rosso, Italy
7th International Thematic Match-Making Event
September 2012 – Székesfehérvár , Hungary
8th International Thematic Match-Making Event
October 2012 – Kaluga, Russia
3rd Non EU MatchMaking event
December 2012- Dolnosaskie region
9th International Thematic Match-Making Event
3rd AutoNet Annual Conference

17. Thank you for your attention
More information on: www.autonet-central.eu
Contacts:
vlckova@autoklaster.sk
hrablayova@autoklaster.sk