Project List 1995-2005: Segal Quince Wicksteed Ltd (SQW Ltd)

 

• project manager of an evaluation of the SPINNO technology transfer programme for the Estonian Enterprise Agency

 

• resident manager (Warsaw) of a Phare technical assistance project to advise the Polish State Committee for Scientific Research (KBN) on the reform of its funding system

 

• member of expert pool of a Phare project to advise the State Committee for Scientific Research (KBN) and the Polish Central Statistics Office (GUS) on the use of S&T indicators.

 

• senior expert on a long term Tacis project to provide technical assistance to the ministry of science and technology, Republic of Georgia

 

• project manager of a Phare project (DGIA) to establish a number of regional centres of excellence in Poland.  this project also provides significant funding to help kick start these facilities

 

• project director of a project for the Swedish Foundation for International co-operation in Research and Higher Education (STINT), to evaluate the Institutional Grants Programme which encourage s co-operation between Swedish universities and universities overseas

 

• project manger of an evaluation of Knowledge Transfer Programmes for the UK Office of Science and Technology (total funding of around £250 million over five years)

 

• project manager for a study for the UK Department of Trade and Industry to evaluate the LINK Programme on Hydrocarbon Reservoirs

 

• project manager of a study for the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to conduct an evaluation of the National Chemistry Services

 

• project manager for a consultation funded by the North West Regional Development Agency, to advise on the form of a proposed venture capital fund designed to help SMEs in the region

 

• project manager of INNOVEX funded by DG Enterprise.  This large project reviewed two programmes from Framework 4, the Technology Transfer Programme and Technology Validation Programme.  The study evaluated 150 projects from these programmes and the results will be available on a database accessible via a website

 

• project manager for an evaluation of the Eureka Programme for the UK Department of Trade and Industry

 

• project manager of two projects for the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to investigate the potential for improved commercialisation of research results

 

• project manager of RINNO, jointly funded by DG Regio and DG Enterprise.  This large scale project designed and populated an interactive web site containing all regional innovation initiatives operating in EU member states

 

• participant in a project for DG XII of the CEC to evaluate the economic impact of 200 Brite Euram projects which were completed in the early 1990s

 

• invited as member of Framework 5 Evaluator's Panel for "Sustainable Marine Ecosystems" under the Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Programme

 

• project manager of a study funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), looking at the regional impact of university based research

 

• expert consultant on multi client project to develop an innovation strategy for North West Ireland

 

• project manager of a feasibility study to look at the potential for the growing of a cluster in the creative media technologies around Dundalk Institute of Technology. North East Ireland

 

• project manager for a review of the Basic Technology Research Programme for Research Councils UK

 

• project manager for a study for the North West Development Agency to investigate the supply and demand for venture capital in the North West of England

 

• project manager of a project which provide the North West Development Agency with technical support in the allocation of a regional science review which allocated £25 million in the region

 

• project manager of a study for the Swedish Agency for Transport and Telecommunications (KFB) which evaluated the support provided by the agency for Swedish participants in FP4

 

• project manager for a study for the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to evaluate their programme of  Post Graduate Training Partnerships (PTPs)

 

• project manager for study for the UK Department of Trade and Industry to assess the impact of EU research funding on British industry and universities

 

• project manager of a study for the UK Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) to construct a methodology to assess the economic benefit of green spaces in the urban environment

 

• project manager of a study to produce a development strategy for the National Forest and surrounding areas

 

• expert consultant on a project for the North West Development Agency to conduct an environmental audit of over 100 development projects

 

• project manager of a study for the North West Development Agency to map activity and interest within the Region in Framework 6

 

• participant in a project for DGXII of the CEC to evaluate the economic impact of  200 Brite Euram projects which were completed in the early 1990s

 

• project manager for the Swedish Polar Secretariat to conduct a real time evaluation of a joint Swedish Canadian arctic expedition "Tundra Northwest 1999"

 

• project director for project for the Swedish Foundation for International Co-operation in Research and Higher Education to analyse the options for co-funding Swedish participants under FP5

 

• project manager of a study funded by DGXII of the CEC to look at the prospects of improving RTD collaboration between the EU and South Africa

 

• project manager of a project funded by DGII to review existing and past collaboration in RTD between EU/EEA states and Africa, Caribbean, Pacific countries, Arab countries and Asia

        

• project manager for the Earth Science Technology Board (ESTB) of the NERC to map user needs on to ESTB funded activities

 

• participant in a project funded by the English Tourist Board to assess the effectiveness of a promotional campaign

           

• participant in a project funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), to evaluate the impact of selectivity in the allocation of research funding

 

• project manager for the Northern Ireland Higher Education Council (NIHEC) to review research funding processes and criteria.

 

• co-author of a brochure published by the  Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) to encourage the increased use of Work Based Learning by SMEs.