• IPA Craiova – instituted in 1980, based on research and development activity;
• 1995 – Incubation, Entrepreneurs Formation and Technological Transfer Center;
• 1997 – IRC Regional Consulting Center for financing by partnership in European projects; regional center NCP, FP5 / FP6;
• 1999 – NCP Regional Center of Consulting for financing by partnership in European projects FP5;
• IPA has a data base for dissemination of information with 347 members in Oltenia (SME, ONG, Universities, Research Units) and 470 research and education units of Europe. Communication is electronic ( e – mail, web pg. );
• 2000 – R&D Excellence Center;
• January 2002 – member of Dolj County Unit for Project Management with Extern Financing;
• IPA realized incubation of business and technological transfer for important SME units of Oltenia: INDA ELTRAC, VIG, CLTTE, Uranus, DREAM Conf., etc.;
• Consultation tender for financing by partnership in research – development national projects;
• Consultation for SME for promotion of new ideas by national or international financing projects; it found national or international regional partnership (Leonardo, Minerva, ISPA, Life, ACCES, ADR) PHARE, bilateral programs;
• Partner for Local Administration Concil and Regional Consil of SME’s for Phare Projects – Transfrontalier Romania Bulgaria Cooperation for Information and coordonation of actions for economic development, specialy for technological transfer and partnership in international projects;
• ISO 9001 certified unit, having Verification Certificate SNP PETROM, RAAN ROMAG Drobeta, Hidroelectrica, Transelectrica, Termoelectrica, Lignite National Company of Oltenia, OMCAS, Ministry of Internal Affairs;
• Very good relations with regional management in Oltenia’s Region (County Councils, Townhalls, Prefectures) for which have develope and presented priority projects;
• Founding member of project proposal for establishment of Technologic and Scientific Park – "Henri Coanda" – Craiova;
• Partner of Townhalls, Prefectures and County Councils from Dolj, Gorj, Mehedinti, Valcea, Olt, for European Integration Departments, for Commerce and Industry Chamber – Dolj, CLIMM - SME Regional Council – Dolj, South – West Oltenia Regional Development Agency;
• Very good relations with regional industrial units and administrations;
• Very good relations with Universities of Oltenia realizing TEMPUS projects, Socrates, Leonardo;
• It has coordinated projects: PHARE, PHARE TTQM, BERD, EUREKA. It participated as partner at TEMPUS, Socrates, PHARE – ADR projects;
• It coordinated national projects: RELANSIN, MENER, INVENT, Orizont 2000;
• Member of techniques committee IFAC – International Federation of Control, Automations for Mining and Environment, Energy;
• Co-organizer of Events: Workshops, Symposiums and national / international Congresses: Systems Theory and Automations (SINTES) 10 editions, CDIV Research Development Inovation Capitalization for SME, 5 editions, National Congress of Infant Surgery 5 editions;
• Participles at more symposiums and international or national congresses, workshops, conferences;
• Honorific member E – Learning, E – business strategies – Bucarest, International Conference;
• Rich experience concerning projects, research and technologic transfer of control informatics systems;
• Promotes inventions and new ideas by projects of applied research – technologic transfer – manufacturing;
• Edited and participated as partner at international projects: 4 projects IST, 2 projects CEI, 2 projects Leonardo, 1 project ISPA, 3 projects Phare ADR, 1 project GTZ Germany - bilateral, 1 project Romania – Italy – bilateral;
• Annual turnover : ~400.000 USD ( 24 persons );

• Development as Regional Center for European Projects EURO INFO CENTRE EIC;
• Strong relations between SME, theoretical and fundamental research and applied research;
• Development of business incubations activity with SME especially;
• Technologic transfer towards productive units of domain – SME especially;
• Integration of center in EIC European System of research, business incubation and technologic transfer;
• Promotion of new ideas, granting of patent, technologic transfer, manufacturing;
• Great implications in regional projects of development;
• Establishment of Technologic and Scientific Park – "Henri Coanda" – Craiova;
• Establishing and keeping permanent contacts with all the other regional public or private organisations as well as all other national or community networks located in the area, which provide support services to businesses;
• Providing feedback related to business requests/questions in the framework of the Interactive Policy Making project;
• Encourages the development of relations with the various services of the Commission;
• Identifies and encourages the exchange of good practices between SMEs;
• Provides technical assistance in the use of software tools and telecommunications;
• Improving the access of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to information and advice on the internal market and other European policies affecting them;

The strategic alliance which we realized aiming development of co – operation, partnership and promptness information.

In the future, the center will be nucleus of scientific and technologic park in industry, agriculture and environment.

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