Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology, d.b.a. CDTI, and ITIDA signed a joint program on July 4, 2016. CDTI is founded in 1977 and known as Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial. It is part of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, a.k.a. MINECO, fostering the tech development and innovation of Spanish companies.
Both signees agreed to launch mutual Calls for Proposals. Each call aims at launching ambitious shared projects of a high international standard between Egyptian and Spanish organizations. Potential projects will be funded by ITIDA and CDTI. Those are the nodal implementing entities from the Egyptian and Spanish sides, respectively.
ITIDA funds Product Development Projects (PDP). Each of these projects has its conditions on the entry point which is either proof of concept or prototype and the final output is product. Duration of projects is up to 2 years.
Check the agenda for more details about the process and dates.
Spanish consortia should include at least one company. Participation of research institutes/universities and other organizations is welcome as self funded participants or subcontractors
ITIDA Eligibility criteria for Egyptian companies are:
Each project has its conditions on the entry point and the final output as shown in the figure below:
Duration of projects: from 1 year up to 2 years.
*The funding conditions from ITIDA are set in EGP and explained in ITIDA Financial Guide. They refer to the value of both currencies on the date of call launch (20th of November). ITIDA funds Egyptian entities with the maximum amount expressed (EGP 1.5 million for ARPs and EGP 3 million for PDPs). Any extra amounts should be funded by the Egyptian company. An additional fund of EGP 250,000 will be offered to IC Fabrication and Circuit Prototyping.
The following points display the timetable of calls for proposals
Joint R&D&I proposals must be submitted to CDTI, by May 26, 2025 We will not consider unilaterally submitted proposals. Egyptian and Spanish co-applicants must elaborate a single project proposal application (Annex 1 – ESITIP Application Form).
The “bilateral cooperation form” must emphasize
Consortia (Spanish and Egyptian applicants) submits the common application and all required documents mentioned above following CDTI’s normal guidelines and using CDTI’s electronic services at CDTI - Solicitudes de Ayuda - Acceso al Sistema
To facilitate the matchmaking between Egyptian and Spanish partners, please:
Please refer to Resources section for ESITIP documents.
