Proceedings of the Special Day
Special Day
on pan-European Co-operation and Technology Transfer
Zakopane, Poland, 28 August 1996
Abstract
The paper presents a model for two-way technology transfer involving
research institutions in CEECs and commercial organisations in
EU countries. The bases are different but complementary. In CEECs
large groups of scientists are developing highly complex, state-of-the-art
theories sometimes, however, without a clear vision of their practical
applications. In EU countries there are numerous research and
technology consultancies with good understanding of market needs,
well developed techniques for technology evaluation and good management
practices for collaborative research ventures. The research organisations
need closer contacts with high-technology industry while the consultancies
want to strengthen their theoretical know-how foundations. These
two types of organisations are thus natural partners for collaboration
and meaningful technology transfer.
The proposed technology transfer model is explained on the example
of collaboration between IFTR, the technological research institution
of the Polish Academy of Sciences and a British company, WS Atkins,
one of the largest technology consultancies in the UK.