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Last updated 2010-04-19
INNOSME training proposal presented
A new INNOSME proposal has been presented to the call of the Leonardo da Vinci programme closed at the end of February. The objective is the development of the InnoSME Course, in a mix of on-line and off-line e-learning system, web available and personalised. The needs that must challenge InnoSME project are: acquisition of the competences in innovation management for the SMEs managers; adaptation of the curricula to the specific needs of SMEs; possibility to personalise the curricula to the individual needs of the trainees; and inclusion on the global recognition system as university training.
InnoSME is working in proposals for ICT 5th call
InnoSME team, at TeleRegions Network, is working supporting some proposals to be presented to the ICT 5th call, especially focused in the Challenge 1.2 – Internet of Services, Software and Virtualisation. The call will be open in July 30th, with a deadline in November 3rd.
TeleRegions will be present in the ICT InfoDay for this Challenge, to be held in Brussels in June, 9th. If your Organisation is interested in participating in this call, please contact us at sme@innosme.eu
InnoSME tools and Services accessible for all the ICT SMEs in the EU
After the successful end of the EU funded InnoSME project, TeleRegions Network will provide the InnoSME tools and services to all the ICT SMEs in the 27 EU countries. Your company only needs to be registered in this Web site, and from this moment it can access our tools.
InnoSME Good practices published
InnoSME has published a Good practices Guide, addressed to the work with SMEs, using as stakeholders intermediate organisations in the targeted Countries and Regions. We hope that it can be useful for next initiatives and projects working in this field. You can download here. And if you are interested, we will welcome your contribution (please, send it to Mr. Francisco Loras: francisco.loras@teleregionsnetwork.org)
InnoSME have promoted the presentation of one Proposal to the Research for the Benefit of SMEs programme
InnoSME has promoted and coordinated the preparation and submission of one proposal to the last call of the Research for the Benefit of SMEs programme, which has close last January 27th
The purpose of this project is to identify, catalogue, analyse, benchmark and improve Research Support Programmes at regional and national level promoting the adoption of ICT research results by SMEs. The geographical scope of the project is composed by 15 countries: the 12 New Member States (NMS) and the 3 Candidate Countries (CC)
The Consortium is integrated by 17 partner, 9 of whom are InnoSME stakeholders: Varna Regional Innovation Agency (Bulgaria), Foundation for the Information Society (Bulgaria), Cyprus Information Technology Enterprises Association (Cyprus), Latvian Information and Communications Technology Association (Latvia), Association Infobalt (Lithuania), Észak-Alföld Regional Development and Innovation Agency (Hungary), Lower Silesian Agency of Economic Cooperation (Poland), Romanian Association for Electronic and Software Industry (Romania), and Centre for eGovernance Development (Slovenia), coordinated by TeleRegions Network
InnoSME have submitted two Proposals to the Research for SMEs Association programme
InnoSME has prepared and submitted two proposals to the 2nd call of the Research for SMEs Association programme, which is closing tomorrow for the first stage.
The first proposal is Software Design and Development tool (SDDt), and has the objective to obtain an Agile Software Development Process Management tool integrated with the necessary tools to support the entire Design and Production Processes with the following features: Support for agile process management; Defect Tracking System; Configuration Management, Analysis and Design document management system; Quality control system; Continuous integration and Commercial product website. The Consortium is integrated by 6 SMEs Associations (INFOBALT from Lithuania, CITEA from Cyprus, IVSZ from Hungary, Aries from Romania, BASSCOM from Bulgaria, and IAT from Turkey), and 15 SMEs from these countries.
The second one is Monitoring Control Software for Remote Maintenance (MCRSM), and has the challenge to detect software failure symptoms as soon as possible, before they become a problem for the customer; identify negative trends in software performance; allow for preventive and predictive software maintenance; allow remote secure software maintenance tasks; and simplify as much as possible impact on software development process. The main project objectives are: Identify and develop mechanisms to integrate monitoring agents into software applications without appreciable loss of performance; Design a correlation system capable of identify software failures based on early symptoms; Provide a methodology and guidelines to integrate agents in the development cycle; and Develop a system to remotely access monitoring data and perform maintenance tasks with the appropriate levels of security. The Consortium is integrated by 4 SMEs Associations (ESTIC from Spain, DEKUT from Hungary, ICT Cluster from Bulgaria, and TBV from Turkey); PIN-SME, the European Association; and 9 SMEs from these countries.
InnoSME Final Seminar
The InnoSME Final Seminar has been done in Brussels, December 16th. The Seminar has presented the results of the InnoSME project, as well as been a place for networking looking for new ideas. 21 attendants have discussed new projects, as well as the way to extend the InnoSME services to the SMEs in their Regions.
Successful InnoSME Workshop in Tallinn (Estonia)
Very dynamic SMEs (up to 25) have attended the InnoSME workshop in Tallinn; hold on the 20th of October in collaboration with Enterprise Estonia. The workshop was a great opportunity to present the InnoSME tools and services, so as to help SMEs improve their internal development and get a structured innovative system. Thus SMEs can have a more structured approach to apply for EU project’s competitions. Some interesting ideas for potential RTD projects have been detected and analysed.
InnoSME Workshop in Bucharest (Romania)
An InnoSME workshop has been held on the 9th of October in Bucharest in collaboration with R0 4 Europe and ARIES – Romanian Association for software and electronic industry
Many SMEs associations attended the event that was focused on how to improve the internal development of SMEs by getting a structured innovation system within the company, thanks to the InnoSME tools available online at www.innosme.eu
Further ideas for projects have been discussed so that to apply for EU calls such as CIP or FP7. The more SMEs register in the InnoSME project then use the online tools, the more chances are to benchmark the SMEs positioning, as well as to find suitable partners for projects.
InnoSME Networking session in ICT 2008 Lyon
The InnoSME proposal for a Networking session in the ICT 2008 Lyon event has been retained. Discussing project’s ideas, sharing best practices and success stories or finding a suitable partner for projects, the InnoSME networking session is a chance to team up with experts on EU programmes and projects. Any organizations involved with ICT SMEs will be welcomed.
You can find the session, and to comment it, at http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf/item-display.cfm?id=577
A European research and innovation strategy for ICT: time horizon 2020
In search of the best strategies to boost Europe's leadership in ICT (Information and Communications Technology) research and innovation in the next decade, the European Commission today launched a public consultation. Contributions from industry, ICT experts, policy-makers and the wider public will be fed into a new strategy for ICT research and innovation, to be unveiled next year. The aim is to put European ICT industry, especially SMEs, to the fore of the race for global competitiveness. The public consultation is open until 7 November 2008.
150 SMEs working with InnoSME
InnoSME has reached the number of 150 SMEs working with us. The number is very significant, especially taking into account that InnoSME is not collecting a database, if not pushing the interactive work with the companies. We hope arrive to the number of 400 SMEs at the end of the year
InnoSME project extended until December
InnoSME project has agreed with the European Commission an extension of the project until December 2008. This means more time to define the work plan after the end of the EU funding, and more time to involve stakeholders and SMEs in the project.
InnoSME Workshop in Sofia (Bulgaria)
On May 26th, InnoSME has coordinated a new Workshop in Sofia. Twenty four attendants from fourteen companies, two Universities and one SME Association have been presents, and five companies and one University with ideas for projects have identified. This confirms that the InnoSME and methodology is working properly
Upper Silesian Regional Development Agency. A new InnoSME stakeholder
The Upper Silesian Regional Development Agency (www.garr.pl), in Katowice, has become a new stakeholder in the InnoSME project. The Agency will start to spread the information about InnoSME Project among the entrepreneurs in the Region. InnoSME is planning a Workshop in the area after summer.
1 billion Euros could be available to SMEs annually in the Co-operation programme
The Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) is designed to support a wide range of participants, but first indicators on small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) participation show organisations are enjoying increased access to community-funded research programmes.
Cyprus Workshop
InnoSME has done another Workshop; this time in Cyprus, with the collaboration of CITEA (Cyprus Information Technology Enterprises Association). The workshop was done in Nicosia, on April 16th, with the presence of representative of 15 SMEs. In the Workshop were presented the InnoSME tools and services, and was discussed some potential projects for the Association and their members.
InnoSME Workshop in Baltic IT&T Forum
InnoSME has conducted a new Workshop in collaboration with LIKTA – The Latvian Information Technology and Telecommunications Association, in the framework of the BALTIC IT&T 2008 FORUM: eBaltics, a Conference in Riga on April 8, 9 and 10. The Workshop has been done on April 9, with more than 30 attendants, especially SMEs from Latvia. Individual meetings with the interested SMEs have been organised at the end of the Workshop, and some ideas for potential RTD projects have been detected and analysed.
InnoSME Workshop in Vilnius
The second Workshop of InnoSME in Lithuania has been done in April, 8th, with the collaboration of INFOBALT, the Lithuanian Association of ICT SMEs. 18 people from 12 SMEs have attended the Workshop, and have discussed with the InnoSME managers the tools and services offered by the project, as well as the opportunities to prepare a project for FP7. Three ideas have been identified, from 3 different SMEs, to apply for a project in the future 4th call of the ICT programme.
Make-up your Exploitation plan
A new tool is available in the InnoSME Web: Exploitation Plan forecast. Now, you can drawn-up your plan, defining the different types of expenses and incomes that you expect, since two years before the results of your project to three years after you start the commercial exploitation. You can access it after your registration here. The tool is available in the SME section of this Web.
New InnoSME Newsletter
A new issue of the InnoSME Newsletter has been published. The newsletter is sent to the European key actors working on Innovation with SMEs. If you are interested, please send us an email to info@innosme.eu. You can download Newsletter nº 5 here.
Successful Workshop in Wroclaw
A new InnoSME Workshop has take place in Wroclaw (Poland) on March 4th. The Workshop has been organised in cooperation with the Lower Silesian Agency for the Economical Co-operation, Wroclaw. 20 SMEs have attend the Workshop and have discussed with InnoSME managers the tools and services offered by the project, and the possibilities to participate in FP7. The incorporation of SMEs to the InnoSME database, and their use of the tools, is growing very fast.
New Stakeholders in InnoSME project
New stakeholders from Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Latvia, Cyprus and Malta have been incorporated to the InnoSME project. In March and April, at least 6 Workshops will be in place in these countries, to discuss with the Stakeholders and the SMEs the opportunities for Innovation. You can have a look here
New tools for InnoSME
InnoSME has deployed a new web based tool: the RTD Project Memory provides an easy guide to define and write proposals for RTD & Innovation projects. The guidance notes have been taken from the requirements of the European Commission in FP7, as well as from another sources. The tool is available in the SME section of our Web page.
InnoSME Workshop in Warsaw
On Friday 22nd, InnoSME has participated in a Workshop in Warsaw addressed to improve the participation of the polish SMEs in the European programmes. Around 100 of responsible of Regional Agencies, Consultants and SMEs have attended the Workshop.
An improved version of the InnoSME diagnosis tool for SMEs
A new version of the self-assessment tool is deployed in the InnoSME Web now! This new version allows the SMEs to access their results, including the SWOT Analysis, on-line. The benchmarking can be done against the overall companies registered, but also in comparison with your Country or Sector. You can register your Company and check it right now!
Convergence of innovation performance in the EU
The 2007 European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) published today shows a continued process of convergence within the EU. Five EU Member States - Denmark, Finland, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom - continue to have a very strong performance as world innovation leaders alongside the US and Japan.
Meanwhile, the large majority of other Member States are catching up with the leaders, and three of the newer Member States - Estonia, the Czech Republic and Lithuania - are on track to reach the EU average innovation performance within a decade. The comparison with the US shows that an important overall lead continues to exist over the EU and that the overall positive catching up process visible in particular in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) investments, broadband penetration, early stage venture capital and international patenting has recently slowed down.
InnoSME project in Cordis
News about InnoSME project -Standing out: innovative SMEs– are in Cordis Web (http://cordis.europa.eu:80/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=
news.document&N_RCN=29111). InnoSME is improving their tools and services addressed to the SMEs.
InnoSME Workshop in Malta
A new Workshop is scheduled on April 24th, in Malta, to meet the Maltese ICT innovative SMEs and look for ideas for new projects
The European Commission's commitment to small enterprises: Small Business Act
On 31st of January, the European Commission launched a public consultation on the content of a European "Small Business Act". Its objective is to put small and medium sized enterprises at the forefront of decision-making in the EU and to introduce concrete measures to unlock the SMEs' growth potential
More information on the consultation can be found on the SME portal: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sme/index_en.htm; the consultation documents can be found on: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/entrepreneurship/sba_en.htm
The InnoSME project reaches more and more SMEs
The InnoSME managers will be in Wroclaw (Poland) on the 4th of March and in Riga (Latvia) on the 9 & 10th of April, in two new Workshops organised jointly with the regional stakeholders
InnoSME in the Web
InnoSME is disseminating their activities in all the ways. Now, the project is in the eubusiness.com, the portal covering all the aspects of business in European Union. You can see it in http://www.eubusiness.com/SMEs/innosme.01/
All the InnoSME Training Modules are now available!
All the InnoSME training modules –Leadership, Strategy & Planning, Human Resources, the Outside World, Global Quality, Design & Development, Production, Marketing, Logistics & Post-sale, Purchasing & Subcontracting and Performance– are now available in the SME section of InnoSME Web page.
InnoSME Workshop in Prague (Czech Republic)
A new InnoSME Workshop has been done in Prague (Czech Republic) on November 28th. The Workshop has been co-organised by IPIS (Institute for Information Society), Czech Trade (Czech Trade Promotion Agency) and InnoSME. The Agenda cover issues in different topics about cooperation and internationalisation of SMEs. Around 15 SMEs were registered and attended the Workshop.
IPIS and InnoSME have agreed to follow-up and improve their mutual cooperation looking for push innovation in ICT SMEs.
InnoSME Newsletter new issue
The third issue of the InnoSME Newsletter corresponding to November 2007 has been published. It is focused in the InnoSME Workshops.
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InnoSME Workshop in Vilnius (Lithuania)
InnoSME project has participated in the Workshop “ICT in 7th Framework Programme: possibilities and benefits”, organized by Visoriai Information Technology Park (VITP, Lithuania), in Vilnius, on October 22nd. INFOBALT, the ICT SMEs Association, stakeholder of InnoSME project, is co-organiser of the event.
The Workshop, in the framework of the project IST4Balt, aims to stimulate wider participation of organizations and companies from the Baltic States in ICT related research within FP7, find new forms for the cooperation between business and universities (download Agenda).
Around 40 persons have attended the Workshop, including representatives from SMEs, Universities and Technological Centres.
In 23-24 October, The 9th International Conference “Information Society: Innovative Technologies for Business and Education” take place in Vilnius, organised by INFOBALT (more information).
InnoSME Workshop in Varna (Bulgaria)
More than 70 persons have attended the InnoSME Workshop in Varna (October 17th), hosted by the Regional Agency for Entrepreneurship and Innovations.
The Agenda (download PDF) has been focused on Innovation, including technology transfer, and how it can be supported by the different RTD programmes at European and Regional level, with representatives of the Regional Government, as well as the ICT and SME NCPs.
In the afternoon two hours of strong discussion has been done between InnoSME and regional stakeholder representative and SMEs, looking for improve SMEs innovation capabilities and skills using InnoSME tools and services.
A meeting between InnoSME and RAEI has agreed the future monitoring and follow-up actions.
Launch of the 2nd wave of the European Network of Living Labs
The European Network of Living Labs (ENOLL) and the Living Labs Open Innovation Community were launched in November 2006. A Living Lab is a system enabling people, users/buyers of services and products, to take active roles as contributors and co-creators in the research, development and innovation process. A Living Lab is based on a business-citizens-government-academia partnership. In a Portuguese Presidency event on 17 October in Brussels, ENOLL announces the enrolment of 32 new members. Endorsing this development of the ENoLL, the Presidency wishes to encourage the development of innovation networks in Europe, fulfilling the development strategy articulated in the Lisbon Agenda.
InnoSME Intermediate meeting
The intermediate meeting of the project took place in Brussels, in October 11th.
The Seminar was focused on innovation in Regions and SMEs.
In the Seminar, a part from representatives from TeleRegions and InnoSME project, EC Officer from DG REGIO exposed the interregional cooperation in innovation and SMEs.
InnoSME Workshop in Budapest (Hungary)
An InnoSME Workshops has been done in Budapest (September 20th), hosted by MGYOSZ, the Confederation of Employers and Industrialists of Hungary.
The Agenda (download PDF) has presented the different RTD programmes at European and National level, with representatives of the National Government, as well as the ICT and CIP NCPs. Innovation and InnoSME project has been the special focus of the Workshop.
In the afternoon and in the following g morning, personal interviews have been done between SMEs and potential stakeholders with the InnoSME representative.
A meeting between InnoSME and MGYOSZ has agreed the future monitoring and follow-up actions.
InnoSME Intermediate Review
The Intermediate Review of InnoSME project has been done in Brussels, in September 14th. The reviewers have recommended the continuation of the project. The general conclusion has been that the project is on the track, even if some fine tuning is needed.
InnoSME Workshop in Debrecen (Hungary)
An InnoSME Workshops has been done in Debrecen (September 18th), hosted by Innova, the Innovation Agency of the North Plain Region.
The Agenda (download PDF) has presented the different RTD programmes at European, National and Regional level, with a special focus on Innovation and in the InnoSME project.
In the second part, personal interviews have been done between SMEs and the InnoSME representative, in order to analyse the capabilities of these companies to be part of a RTD project, and to check their ideas with this objective.
InnoSME Steering Committee in Brussels
The first meeting of the Steering Committee of InnoSME project has been done in Brussels, in September 13th. The Committee is integrated by representatives of TRN, the partner of the project, IdealIST, MGYOSZ, the Confederation of Hungarian Employers and Industrialists, EBN, the the European Business Innovation Centers Network, the Regional Agency for Entrepreneurship and Innovations of Varna, and INFOBALT, the Association of ICT Companies of Lithuania.
The attendants to the meeting were Ms. Delgado, from EBN, Ms. Ruszanov, from MGYOSZ, Mr. Radev, from RAEIV, and Mr. Zergoi, from IdealIST.
InnoSME Newsletter new issue
The issue of the InnoSME Newsletter corresponding to September 2007 has been published.
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InnoSME Workshop in Vilnius (Lithuania)
A Workshops of InnoSME project is initially scheduled to be done in Vilnius (October 23th), hosted by INFOBALT Association, in the framework of the workshop “ICT in 7th Framework.
INFOBALT will organize promotion about InnoSME Project (possibilities and benefits) for 200 IT companies in Lithuania and Latvia, and Estonia.
More details will be provided in a few days.
InnoSME Workshops in Debrecen and Budapest (Hungary)
Two important Workshops of InnoSME project will be done in Debrecen (September 18th) and Budapest (September 20th), hosted by Innova, the Innovation Agency of the North Plain Region, and MGYOSZ, the Confederation of Hungarian Employers and Industrialists.
The forecasted Agenda includes the following items:
*Introduction to FP7 and CIP framework programmes
*Overview of national / regional SME Programmes in Hungary
*Description of InnoSME project (objectives, target groups, tools, services)
*Hungarian best practices in FP6
*Experience with InnoSME
*Round table discussion with companies
Key speakers are expected to develop the different items, including NCP, representative of National and Regional Governments and InnoSME project.
InnoSME training modules available
From now, the InnoSME training modules, corresponding to the eleven criteria of the Innovation Management self-diagnosis, will be available, starting for the correspondent to the ‘Leadership’ criteria.
The criteria are: Leadership, Strategy and Planning, Human Resources, the Outside World, Global Quality, Design and Development, Marketing, Production, Logistics and Post-sale. Purchasing and Subcontracting and Performance.
You can see the structure and contents of the training modules in the On-line training modules User Guide (pdf)
InnoSME SMEs Report available
InnoSME has produced a Report about the situation of the SMEs in some of the New Member States.
The SMEs Report is based in the data obtained from two sources:
1. the information provided by SMEs when they are registered in the InnoSME database, and
2. the information provided by SMEs when they fill-in the self diagnosis questionnaire.
These two series of data allow the analysis of the whole innovation system and capabilities in the companies and, at the same time, produce some general characterisation of the companies regarding their location, activities and products and size.
Download the Report (pdf)
InnoSME SWOT Analysis started
Following the scheduled Work plan, InnoSME has started to provide with their corresponding SWOT Analysis to the companies participating in the project.
The SWOT Analysis provided by the InnoSME project comes from the data obtained in the Innovation Management self-diagnosis done by the company. The entire results depend of the value introduced by the Company as an answer to the different questions.
The section ‘Strong and Weak points’ establishes these, in general (referred to the eleven criteria of the questionnaire) and in detail (referred to the fifty five questions), taking into account the individual answers of the company and the average of the answers of all the companies.
The section ‘Improvement key points’ establishes the points that must be improved by the company with three different priorities:
a. Priority 1 (high) – In these points there are big differences between the specific company value and the average company value and the general average value. There is a high risk of non-competitiveness.
b. Priority 2 (medium) – In these points there are significant differences between the specific company value and the average company value and the general average value.
c. Priority 3 (low) – In these points there are small differences between the specific company value and the average company value and the general average value.
The Company must use these points to define their improvement plans at short and medium term.
If your company is based in one of the New Member States of the European Union, you can use these tools and services
New: Information in Hungarian
InnoSME Workshop in Bucharest (Romania)
An important Workshop of InnoSME project was held on May, 29th in Bucharest, Romania, hosted by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania (CCIR).
More that 70 SMEs registered for the event, and key speakers shared their experiences with the attendants.
In the morning session, the objective was to disseminate the InnoSME project services and potential impact, as well as their overall framework: FP7 & CIP and national/regional programmes. After the presentation done by Ms. Anemari Marcusanu, from CCIR, the Agenda was as follows:
* Presentation of FP7 & CIP, by Ms. Camelia Dogaru, NCP for the ICT programme
* Presentation of the National SMEs programmes, by Ms. Mihai Bulea, from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
* Presentation of InnoSME project and InnoSME tools and systems for SME participation, and comments on SWOT analysis and strong/weak areas results in the companies using InnoSME tools by Mr. Francisco Loras, InnoSME project manager
* National Innovation Strategy, by Mr. Alexandru Borcea, President of the Romanian Association for Electronic and Software Industry (ARIES)
* Practical case studies of good practices from SMEs, by Mr. Marius Alexa, from Kapital, Mr. Sorin Basan, from IPA, and Mr. Nicolae Giurescu, from 3Pro-Lab
In the afternoon, there was an informal networking session with a reduced group of SMEs. During the session the participants agreed to follow the work and to check ideas for projects in the near future.
Until now, 27 Romanian SMEs have registered in InnoSME and are using the InnoSME set tools and services to improve their innovation capabilities and skills.
More information can be found in the Web page of CCIR: www.ccir.ro
Szczecin Working meeting
On May 21st a new working meeting was preformed in Szczecin (Poland) between the Scientific and Technologic Park of Szczecin and InnoSME. The meeting brought together Mr Francisco Loras, Project Manger for innoSME, and Ms. Magdalena Niedbala, from the Park.
The first objective was to finalise the deployment of the first InnoSME Workshop, done the same day in Szczecin (more details about the workshop below).
Beside this workshop, both parts have agreed on the follow-up actions with SMEs, as well as further developments of the cooperation. This cooperation will be extended to Szczecin University of Technology that, represented by Ms. Ewa Witon-Morgiewicz, acts as Regional Contact Point for FP7.
InnoSME Workshop in Szczecin
The first Workshop of InnoSME project was carried out on May, 21st in Szczecin, Poland, hosted by the Scientific and Technologic Park of Szczecin (Szczeciñski Park Naukowo-Technologiczny).
The objective of the Workshop was to learn about the InnoSME tools and services offered to SMEs and to set-up a partnership with regional stakeholders.
The first communication about the InnoSME project was sent to 1000 regional SMEs, from different innovative sectors. Finally, a small group of these companies has been selected to participate in the workshop.
The Regional Contact Point for FP7 in Szczecin, Szczecin University of Technology also participated in the meeting. Representatives of ten companies attended the Workshop and have interchanged information about their interests and of possible fields of collaboration. Some project ideas have been identified and ways to check and to develop these has been opened.
More information can be found in the Web page of the Park: http://www.spnt.pl/aktualnosci_dla_przedsiebiorcow/
innosmes._innowacyjne_przedsiebiorstwa.html
Prague working meeting
On May 17th a new working meeting held in Prague (Czech Republic) has opened new ways of collaboration with new stakeholders.
The meeting was between Mr Francisco Loras, Project Manger, and Mr. Lukas Ligas, from IPISOS (Institute for the Information Society).
The objective has been to open ways of collaboration, in order to offer to the Czech SMEs the InnoSME projects tools and services, as well as develop the European cooperation as one of the key factors to improve competitiveness in the companies.
Both parts have agreed to actions to obtain a number of SMEs participating in the project, as well to do a common Prague Workshop in October-November, addressed to a wider number of companies.
Liberec working meeting
On May 16th a working meeting held in Liberec (Czech Republic) planned the future activities for the region.
The meeting brought together Mr Francisco Loras, Project Manger, Ms Martina Prokopová and Ms. Lucie Filipovská from the Regional Development Agency of Liberec and Ms. Vera Marková from the Technical University of Liberec and Regional Contact Organisation for FP7.
The objective has been to explain in detail to the Liberec Stakeholders the services that the project will offer to the SMEs in order to improve their innovation capabilities and their participation in future FP7 and CIP proposals and projects. A campaign targeted to the SMEs has been agreed, as well as the preparation of a Workshop to be held in October-November.
A long interview was carried out with Ms. Renata Rydvalová, Director of TETRACO, an innovative ICT company based in Liberec; the first Czech company joining InnoSME project.
Budapest working meeting
On the15th of May a working meeting held in Budapest brought together the Hungarian stakeholders of the InnoSME project to prepare the deployment of future common activities.
The first meeting was attended by Mr Francisco Loras, Project Manger, Ms Marta Szili, Secretary General of Joint Venture Association of Hungary, Dr Laszlo Antos, Secretary General of the Hungarian Association for Innovation and Mr Szabolcs Katai, Hungarian Association of IT Companies. The meeting was hosted by Ms Anett Ruszanov, Adviser at MGYOSZ.
In the second meeting Ms. Anett Ruszanov from MGYOSZ, Ms. Marta Nadaban from INNOVA-Debrecen, Mr. Andras Kemeri from OKISZ and Mr. Francisco Loras was present.
The objective of both meetings was the promotion of InnoSME Project:
- How can InnoSME facilitate the participation of Hungarian SMEs in CIP and FP7 framework program?
- How can the project contribute to developing companies' innovative capacities?
The agreements concluded by the meeting include; a campaign addressed to the SMEs and promoted by all the stakeholders, the deployment of a Hungarian Web page of the project and two Workshops in Hungary. These will be held in Debrecen and Budapest in the middle of September.
InnoSME working meetings
The second round of the InnoSME working meetings will tak place in the next weeks, with the objective to monitor the application of the SME Marketing Plans and to define the communication plan and the activities to be done with the SMEs.
The scheduled meetings are
Budapest Working meeting, May 15
Liberec Working meeting, May 16
Prague Working meeting, May 17
Szcezin Working meeting, May 21
Warsaw Working meeting, May 22
InnoSME Workshops
The first round of the InnoSME Workshops is beeing planned. The first countries to host the workshops will be Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Lithuania and Poland, from the period of May to September
Two new stakeholderns have joined the project
INIMM – The National Institute for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, Romania
www.sme.ro/en/inimm
Association INFOBALT, Lithuania
www.infobalt.lt
Read more
The first issue of InnoSME newsletter published
Download the newsletter (PDF)
InnoSME web tool available
SMEs can now register on the SME page |
