Poland in AeroPortal project

Two unique projects: SCRATCH www.aero-scratch.net and AEROSME www.aerosme.com, working within the framework of Programmes 5 and 6, and assisting ca 7000 small and medium European aircraft industry enterprises, have been combined into one project: Support Action "AeroPortal" www.aeroportal.eu (website temporarily under construction). Project partners come from 14 countries such as France, Belgium, Israel, Germany, Greece, Portugal, Romania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Canada, Hungary, Italy, Spain and Russia who recently also joined the project, expecting tangible benefits from Programme 7, just like Canada and Israel do (www.aero-scratch.net/contact.html).

In Poland, the Contact Point for AeroPortal is located at the Institute of Aviation, which has been an active member of the SCRATCH project since 2004. Amongst the project's participants there have been two Polish companies: Rector in Zielona Gora and Ultratech in Rzeszow. The "AeroPortal" started on 1st December 2007 with the participants' meeting in Brussels, and will be carried out over the next 30 moths, with its end date in 2010. Currently, one may take part in AeroPortal projects within the 2nd Aeronautics contest of the 7th Programme, announced on 30th November 2007, to end on 7th May 2008. Proposals are to be submitted at the Country Contact Point at the Institute or Aviation (from Poland SHECOSS project is starting) or in co-operation with the projects presented at www.aero-scratch.net/prepare.html.