October 2010 - March 2011 A joint Political advisory board meeting took place in Brussels in March 2011 between key political representatives from the NSSC and Baltic Supply (BS) projects. Representatives from all regions participated and were enthusiastic to further promote the project goals from their EU political perspective. The Political advisory board planned to meet again before the end of 2011.
The project has made considerable progress in developingtheir Business Development Portal, which will contain a portfolio of services and relevant trainings for SMEs, arranged by partners from both NSSC and Baltic Supply projects.
Work also continues on the development of a Self Assessment Tool, which will enable SMEs to identity their strengths and weaknesses, to find out if they are ready to enter the OEM supply chain. This tool is now published on the NSSC website (http://www.northseasupplyconnect.eu/) and can be used for free.
April - September 2010
The project is now moving on from its start up phase with some preparation activities as well as acvities in the varying work packages.
Beneficiaries have submitted information about clusters in their regions focusing on Maritime, Energy and Food and Health. The information was discussed at a work package meeting and will help in establishing the further strategy for the project as well as a clear orientation on the priority markets, in which the target supply markets for NSSC can be identified.
Work on developing the projects Political Advisory Board took place with each beneficiary actively trying to engage Government officials in the Board. In addition, a panel debate took place in Bremen, organised by the beneficiary BAW, which provided a transnational networking opportunity between representatives of the maritime sector, public authorities, project groups and institutions.
October 2009 - March 2010
Overall the project has just begun and work has therefore largely been centred on its start up phase. Work undertaken by the project reflects this, with initial partner meetings in Groningen in September 09 and in Brugge in February 10, discussions about co-operation with the sister Baltic Supply project, appointment of cluster leaders and the development of a communication plan taking place.
Initial work has also begun in work package (3) on an evaluation strategy for the North and Baltic Sea projects/gathering of information for the portal focusing on marine, energy, food and health.
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