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Capitalization Plan I SMEs and START UPS

TOWARDS A SMART ADRIATIC IONIAN MACROREGION

The project is co-funded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance.

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INDEX

Plato Serbia Project .......................................................................................................................................5

The Improved Competitiveness and Innovation Project (ICIP – Serbia) .......................................................6

Support to Enterprise Competitiveness and Export Promotion (SECEP) ......................................................7

South East Europe Netwok of Exellence for Cluster – SEENECO ...................................................................8

Strengthening and development of cooperation between countries on the Eastern Adriatic coast – Adria

3 Project ........................................................................................................................................................9

EUMETAL 2 Increasing competitiveness of SMEs and enhancement of cross border links in metal

industry....................................................................................................................................................... 10

KOCOR- Tool-making industry as the pillar of technological development of Inner-Karst region ............ 12

SLOHRA GLOBALNET .................................................................................................................................. 13

IMP³rove (IMProvement of Innovation Management Performance with sustainable IMPact for Small and

Medium sized Enterprises) ......................................................................................................................... 14

Techno Seed ............................................................................................................................................... 15

FVG-R2B - Ricerca per la Competitività dell’Impresa (research for the competitiveness of enterprises) . 16

CNCB-Cluster and Network Cooperation for Business Success in Central Europe .................................... 17

Internationalization of SMEs in the wood-furniture sector of the Marche Region to the States in the

Amazonia Region of Brazil through the establishment of a technological center and other forms of

strategic partnership .................................................................................................................................. 18

Al invest ...................................................................................................................................................... 19

Pass – Private assisted house ..................................................................................................................... 21

MTMI – Master in tecnologie e management dell’innovazione ................................................................ 22

Encouraging the development and sustainability of Croatian wood processing industry 2006.-2010.

(Initiative) ................................................................................................................................................... 23

Impresa in Azione (Enterprise in Action) .................................................................................................... 25

EUROMED INVEST Support to Business and Investment Partnerships in the Southern Mediterranean .. 26

„RISEE“ Italy - South East Europe Network ................................................................................................ 27

EMMINVEST................................................................................................................................................ 28

MOBIP-Mobile Services Innovation Platform............................................................................................. 29

PROFIS ........................................................................................................................................................ 30

SME Guarantee Scheme ............................................................................................................................ 31

Analysis of bureaucratic costs for business ventures................................................................................. 32

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Grants for young entrepreneurs to 250,000 kuna - Competition .............................................................. 33

Project start-up entrepreneurs in year 2012. - Competition ..................................................................... 34

Encouraging the development of co-operative business 2008.-2012. (Measure) ..................................... 35

Fostering entrepreneurship in tourism 2008.-2012. (Measure) ................................................................ 36

CONTEST: Tourism Competitiveness 2014 ................................................................................................ 37

“EMDC” Euro-Mediterranean Development Center for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises .............. 38

START-UP LETA (Annual Competition for Start-up companies) ................................................................. 39

Support to the farmers of Shushica Commune to reach easily the trade.................................................. 40

Start & Go ................................................................................................................................................... 41

2 INNOVATION INITIATIVES a) TUTORING AND INNOVATION SERVICE b) ‘NUOVE IDEE PER NUOVE

IMPRESE’ PRIZE (new ideas for new enterprises) http://www.nuoveideenuoveimprese.org/ c)

CONTRIBUTION BY CALL TO FACILITATE RELATIONS ENTERPRISES-SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CENTERS ....... 42

NEXT - Collaborative platform to support research and technology transfer ........................................... 43

Mechanism for Fostering Innovation in South East Europe (FINNO) ......................................................... 44

MicroJobData – Support of Microelectronics Cluster with the creation of a candidate and job database45

WELLFOOD-Promoting food innovation for wellness in the Adriatic ........................................................ 46

GIFT 2.0 – Greece Italy Facilities for Transport 2.0 .................................................................................... 47

TPNM - Tourism Promotion to New Markets ............................................................................................ 48

EIICM – European Information and Innovation Centre Montenegro ........................................................ 49

BIVEE .......................................................................................................................................................... 50

Cluster PoliSee ............................................................................................................................................ 51

Environmental and RES-Technologies in the Balkan area .......................................................................... 52

“WENS” European Network of Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors .................................................. 53

Regional ICT Foresight exercise for Southeast Europe - (FORSEE) ............................................................. 54

BI-NET : Regional Business Incubators’ Network “Black Sea BI-Net” ......................................................... 55

Adriatic food and tourism: Innovating smes/ Adria Footouring ................................................................ 56

SLOHRA ZONET-Promotion of integration of business zones, incubators and technology parks into an

innovative entrepreneurial network in the cross-border region of Slovenia-Croatia ............................... 57

MEDOSSIC-Mediterranean organization structure and strengthening of innovation capacities for

sustainable development ........................................................................................................................... 58

MLADIEKOIN ............................................................................................................................................... 59

iCON - Competitiveness of SMEs through Innovation anδ Collaborative Entrepreneurship ..................... 60

T-LAB - tourism laboratory ......................................................................................................................... 61

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BOOST-IT (Set-up of a Collaborative Permanent Network for Boosting the Participation of Incubated

SMEs in Innovation Processes under FP6 activities) .................................................................................. 62

A.N.I.S. "Reinforcing synergies between public policies in support of e-business for SMEs" (Action

PP/4.1.2.) .................................................................................................................................................... 63

IPATECH. Miniaturization technology: synergies of research and innovation to enhance the economic

development of the Adriatic. ..................................................................................................................... 64

ADRIA-HUB - Bridge technical differences and social suspicions contributing to transform the Adriatic

area in a stable hub for a sustainable technological development ........................................................... 65

CluStrat Boosting Innovation through new cluster concepts in support of emerging issues and cross

sectoral themes .......................................................................................................................................... 66

Ip4Smes ...................................................................................................................................................... 67

RE-SEED ...................................................................................................................................................... 68

INCO-NET .................................................................................................................................................... 69

In-FVG New ideas for the regional development ...................................................................................... 70

Cluster Club ................................................................................................................................................ 71

Energy Villab ............................................................................................................................................... 72

Emilia Romagna Start Up ............................................................................................................................ 73

Creative Growth ......................................................................................................................................... 74

ENTRE:DI Entrepreneurial diversity - Fostering Entrepreneurship ................................................... 75

RST – Rede de serviços tecnologicos .......................................................................................................... 76

Startup – Lab .............................................................................................................................................. 77

Educational course: "Paper as a creative work tool" BACKGROUND FOR THE PROFESSIONAL AND

ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE PAPER INDUSTRY .......................................................... 78

POREEN Partnering opportunities between Europe and China in the Renewable energies and

environmental industries ........................................................................................................................... 79

CHETCH China and Europe taking care of healthcare solutions ................................................................ 80

Increasing Knowledge Transfer In the MEDiterranean area ...................................................................... 81

AdriHealthMob – Adriatic Model of Sustainable Mobility in the Health & Care Sector ............................ 82

Compliance with EU standards, innovation, new technologies and marketing 2008.-2012. (Measure)... 85

Intellectual Property Protection 2008.-2012. (Measure) ........................................................................... 86

Second European Social Innovation Competition ...................................................................................... 87

APULIAN ICT LIVING LABS ........................................................................................................................... 89

METRIS PLUS - Boosting Research and Innovation Potential of the Adriatic Cross-border Area in a Joint

Research Initiative led by Metris Research Centre .................................................................................... 90

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PACE The Partners for Acquis Compliance and Energy Efficiency ............................................................. 91

Large-scale demonstrators in support of GMES and GNSS based services-LDA ........................................ 92

FAB LAB ATHENS ........................................................................................................................................ 93

RI.QUA, Training the standards of quality and safety in force in the EU and the modern techniques of

cooking ....................................................................................................................................................... 94

M2RES - FROM MARGINAL AREAS TO STRATEGIC SITES FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION!

Recovery of marginal areas through sustainable development programmes aiming at restoring the value

of jeopardized land through platforms for the production of renewable energy ..................................... 95

INNOVAge - Improving the effectiveness of regional development policies in ecoInnovation for smart

hOme and indipendent liVing to increase the quality of Aging people - ................................................... 96

GREEN@HOSPITAL ..................................................................................................................................... 97

HTA - School of Health Technology Assessment ........................................................................................ 98

Smart home for active longevity ................................................................................................................ 99

Advanced systems of production for geo thermal Science ...................................................................... 100

“GEOTERMOTEC – Acquisition of new geological knoledge and thermotecnical be applied to geotherma

heat pumps” ............................................................................................................................................. 101

Experimental plant Scientific Campus “Enrico Mattei” .................................................................... 102

“43 Hectares“ site - Marghera .................................................................................................................. 103

Regional Road Map - Wine sector ............................................................................................................ 104

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Plato Serbia Project

Capacities

Aspects to be further investigated

Target groups of the project: SMEs which are the users of coaching, Intermediate Bodies like

Chambers of Commerce which have the responsibility to open the window of Knowledge to their

members and the Policy Makers which have the responsibility to identify the impact of this project

in the local economies and at the point of good results they are going to integrate it in their business

policy.

Project Brief Description:

The aim of a Plato mentorshipproject in Serbia is the transfer from

Plato knowhow (Plato as a living network) from Voka- Chamber of

Commerce East-Flanders to the CCI in Serbia. The creation of a

sustainable Plato mentorshipproject-network can be the answer to

the local needs of SMEs in Serbia and fits into to Serbian government

politics towards SME-initiatives. The Plato mentorshipproject is

focused on professional coaching of SME-owners by managers from

medium-sized or major companies.

Running Period:

Start: 2009

End: 2011

Contacts:

Voka - Kamer van

Koophandel Oost-

Vlaanderen ,

Lammerstraat 18,

9000 Gent, Belgium

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The Improved Competitiveness and Innovation Project (ICIP – Serbia)

Capacities


The main output of this project is the creation of competitive business support services for SMEs in

Serbia. Target groups of this project are the Intermediate Bodies which have developed business

support services, the Policy Makers which take into consideration the results of these structures for their

policies and the SMEs which will benefit from quality business support services.


The aim of the project ICIP Serbia is to contribute to the development of the

SME sector and to improve the competitiveness of new and the existing SMEs

through improving the quality, scope and availability of services for supporting

business operations and supporting business environment and institutional

capacities that will encourage development of innovation and

competitiveness of SMEs. The project also envisages to build up capacities of

stakeholders in innovation and to strengthen links between education,

research and business. The components of the Project are: Business Support

Services. The main purpose of the implementation of this component is to

create a new standardized service model for supporting business in Serbia and

to improve the infrastructure for supporting business operations, in order to

increase the number of new small and medium-sized enterprises and

entrepreneurs and support their existence and competitiveness. It is carried

out through two major activities: Standardization of the Business Support

Services; Quality Standards for Business Support Services Innovation Support

Services The objective of this component is to support competitiveness and

innovation through building capacity of government institutions as much as of

specialized organizations for supporting innovation in business. It is conducted

through the following activities: Strengthening the capacities of public

institutions for supporting innovation and competitiveness; Capacity building

of the Business and Innovation Support Organization; Accreditation of the

process in order to ensure quality of services, according to the best

international practice; Improving the capacity of the NARD in the process of

supporting the network portal; Promotion and importance of competitiveness

through innovations; Innovation scanning in order to increase the innovation

within a company and reduce the deficiency in providing support.

Running Period:

Start: 2010

End: 2012

Contacts:

[email protected]

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Support to Enterprise Competitiveness and Export Promotion (SECEP)

Capacities


The project intends to enhance the competitiveness and networking of the SMEs in Serbia, to increase

the capacity of the Intermediate Bodies towards the supply of better services to the enterprises and to

push the Policy makers towards corrective actions upon their policies for the business sector.


Support to Enterprise Competitiveness and Export Promotion (SECEP) project seeks to improve the

competitiveness of Serbian small and medium sized enterprises (SME) through three related but different

components: Cluster development (including cluster mapping and analysis) Supply chain development

Internationalization – promoting Serbian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and developing their ability

to export. The process of cluster development will be realized with six Serbian clusters among which

quantitative and qualitative mapping will be conducted. Initially, each of the six clusters will be required to

develop a Cluster Action Plan (commonly referred to as cluster road mapping). The Cluster Road Map will

identify objectives of each cluster, along with the Action Plan development which should lead to

achievement of these objectives. The SECEP Project will then start working with each of the selected

clusters and will assist them in the Action Plan implementation. It is expected that the activities will vary

from cluster to cluster, depending on industrial sector, needs of the cluster, as well as its members (such as

technology transfer, innovation, export assistance) along with assistance in cluster coordination and

management requirements. The second component of the SECEP Project is the Supplier Development

Programme that seeks to improve the performance of Serbian companies (SMEs) by improving product

quality and business environment so that the companies would become more efficient and better prepared

suppliers of multi-national companies operating in Serbia. It is intended that at least 15 multi-national

companies take part in this program. The program will enhance innovation, technology transfer and

improved quality certification among Serbian SMEs. The primary goal of this part of the SECEP Project is to

achieve new supply chain contracts for Serbian companies with multi-national companies operating in

Serbia and the region of South East Europe, thereby seeking to boost direct and indirect Serbian exports.

Reduction of imports, increased employment and higher value of exported goods – are the key goals that

connect the SECEP Project and Serbian economy development strategy. For the participation in the

Supplier Development Programme 80 SMEs were selected from automotive, metal, electrical, IT and the

packaging sector, and according to the methodology of the European Foundation For Quality Management

(EFQM), evaluation of the entire business operation was organized for them. After the implementation of

the Action Plan for improvement, which was proposed by the SECEP Project consultants, 50 most successful

enterprises were chosen to receive intensive support for their further business improvement. By the end of

2011, the experts for those areas in which the need for additional improvement was identified will be

working with them. The SECEP Project organizes business exhibitions ‘Meet the buyer’ (May/October 2010

and 2011) at which precisely these companies are given a chance to present themselves as potential

suppliers of big companies to potential buyers of their products and services. During 2011, the SECEP

Project will provide support for the initiative of the exporters interested in establishing the association of

exporters, and it will also organize training for the interested export-oriented enterprises. The SECEP

Project also includes the implementation of a programme of internationalization for the six prioritized

clusters. Through the internationalization component, the project seeks to improve the ability of Serbian

clusters not only to export, by means of activities such as market analysis and partner search, but also to

build a network outside of Serbia with clusters in other countries (like exchange of experience and joint

market activities), along with strengthening links with member countries of CEFTA.

Running Period:

Start: 2009

End: 2012

Contacts:

Tel.: 09 266 14 40,

Fax: 09 266 14 41

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South East Europe Netwok of Exellence for Cluster – SEENECO

Capacities


Target groups of the project: Directly to SMEs through the promotion of networking and the exchange of

experiences and to Intermediate Bodies which support the promotion of entrepreneurship through

training and consultation and indirectly to policy makers through the feedback they get for the

adaptation of their policies to their market needs.


SEENECO project is focused on the preparation of tools which improve the

cluster management through trainings, benchmarking, preparation of quality

indicators and experience exchange

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2014

Contacts:

Corallia Clusters

Initiative Unit,

Greece

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Strengthening and development of cooperation between countries on the

Eastern Adriatic coast – Adria 3 Project

Capacities


Target groups of the project are the SMEs in the three recipient countries through the improvement of

their competiveness because of networking and exchange of experiences and best practices, the

intermediate bodies which support the SMEs and policy makers in the mentioned countries through the

improvement of their knowledge capacity.


The main objective of the project is the transfer of experiences and good

practices to the stakeholders in the three recipient countries. The intervention

axis are: AXIS I: Preservation of biodiversity between Friuli Venezia Giulia and

Istria; AXIS II: Internationalization - development of economics relations

between Friuli Venezia Giulia and Montenegro: strengthening and

development of economic cooperation between Friuli Venezia Giulia and

Montenegro SMEs. AXIS III : Social Cooperative: the activities aim to include

vulnerable people in the Albanian labor market - transfer of best practices in

Albania.

Running Period:

Start: 2000

End: 2002

Contacts:

INFORMEST-

Gorizia, Italy

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EUMETAL 2 Increasing competitiveness of SMEs and enhancement of cross

border links in metal industry

Capacities


Target groups of the project are the SMEs in the metal manufacturing sector through the improvement

of their competiveness, the intermediate bodies which support SMEs and policy makers through the



Overall objective is development of SMEs in the metal manufacturing

sector in border area in order to improve their competitiveness. Specific objective is supporting 20 metal manufacturing enterprises in preparing for entering the foreign markets. Results: Transfer and promotion of knowledge and experience gained during the first phase of EUMETAL project in Bosnia&Herzegovina. Improvement of the SMEs employees knowledge and skills in cross-border area. Selected SMEs in cross-border area are met the formal requirements for exporting to EU market. Selected SMES are promoted at regional and international level

Running Period:

Start: 2013

End: 2014

Contacts:

Lead applicant in

Serbia: Regional

Development Agency

Zlatibor, Address:

Petra Celovica b.b.,

Uzice, Serbia, E-mail:

[email protected]

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PSD USAID, Private sector development project in South and South-West

Srebia

Capacities


Target groups of the project are the SMEs in the above sectors through the improvement of their

competiveness, the intermediate bodies which support SMEs and policy makers through the



PSD is a new and innovative initiative for USAID Serbia that aims to build on

the successes and legacies of previous USAID initiatives while transitioning the

responsibilities for regional development and project management to local

entities in line with the USAID Forward agenda. PSD represents the first

Government-to-Government (G2G) assistance project supported by USAID

Serbia, is one of the first and most complex G2G programs in southeastern

Europe, and is anticipated to be a leading global example of experience and

success for the USAID Forward agenda. The aim of project: Improving the

development of small and medium sized companies and entrepreneurship

and increasing the sales and export and creating new jobs in the following

sectors: 1) Agribusiness; 2) Light industry; 3) Textile industry in 12

municipalities of South and Southwestern Serbia. Project will provide financial

and nonfinancial assistance to development of: existing SMEs; association

and clusters; youth and women entrepreneurship through overall support to

start- up business; enhance and strengthen links between SMEEs in selected

areas and organizations which provide support to business in the national and

regional level, through constant communication between selected subjects

and National Agency for Regional Development. RDA Zlatibor is partner on

this project.

Running Period:

Start: 2013

End: 2015

Contacts:

National Regional

Development

Agency (NARD),

Address: Terazije

23/VII, 11000

Belgrade, Serbia, E-

mail:

[email protected]

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KOCOR- Tool-making industry as the pillar of technological development of

Inner-Karst region

Capacities


Target groups of the project are intermediate bodies which support tool-making companies to improve

their knowledge capacity, tool-making SMEs to improve their innovative competences and policy makers

through the improvement of their knowledge capacity.


Project was aimed at enhancing collaboration between tool-making

companies in order to enhance their innovation competences. The

project’s activities included knowledge-sharing within partnership,

clustering with similar other Slovenian and international initiatives,

training, competence development etc.

Running Period:

Start: 2010

End: 2013

Contacts:

Kovinoplastika Lož,

Ltd., Majda Šraj

Mihelčič

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SLOHRA GLOBALNET

Capacities


The project aims to prepare new SMEs to enter the market through coaching and mentoring and

secondly intermediate bodies which support SMEs and policy makers to improve their knowledge

capacity towards the improvement their policy interventions for the benefit of business and society.


SLOHRA GLOBALNET project has been designed to foster the development of

beginner entrepreneurs, i.e. to improve their competitiveness in order to

survive on the market and to encourage export. One of the goals of the

project was to add new activities to the existing incentive measures which

would respect individual development resources of the beginner

entrepreneurs and which would consider them, as participants in economic

development, equal to the entrepreneurs who have already entered the

phase of growth and development.

Running Period:

Start: 2011

End: 2012

Contacts:

REGIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

AGENCY PORIN,

LTD. (Croatia);

contact person

Kristina Borina +385

51 634 333

kristina.borina@por

in.hr

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IMP³rove (IMProvement of Innovation Management Performance with

sustainable IMPact for Small and Medium sized Enterprises)

Capacities


The project facilitates the improvement of innovation management performance of the intermediate

bodies and policy makers which support innovative actions, the SMEs and Startups which target the

innovation efficiency, the investors and funding organizations which intend to improve their efficiency to

select innovative projects and the researchers who intend to focus their research activities on the

market needs.


With IMP³rove, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have the valuable

chance to benchmark their own Innovation Management performance against

other companies from the same industry sector, country, size and age.

Benchmarking offers a sound basis for effective support by an Innovation

Management support provider. It leads to solid and sustainable company

development.IMP³rove stands for IMProving Innovation Management

Performance with sustainable IMPact. This mission is brought to life in the

four main areas of IMP³rove: The IMP³rove Assessments of competitiveness

and sustainable growth by Innovation Management The IMP³rove – European

Innovation Management Academy The IMP³rove research results The

IMP³rove Partner services Innovation Management Consultants have access

to the large Innovation Management benchmarking database and to the

proven Innovation Management consulting approach creating high impact for

their clients. They gain experience and formal training based on IMP³rove’s

holistic approach to Innovation Management. IMP³rove for financial actors

leads to more transparency for investment decisions and advisory services for

SMEs. In addition to the classic due diligence, there is a growing need for

analysis and advice on the part of Innovation Management. Financial actors

have the possibility to access the IMP³rove network and assign certified

IMP³rove Consultants for assessing the Innovation Management performance

of SMEs or assessing their portfolio of potential SMEs they want to invest in.

Policy Makers have a common European approach at hand to identify the

right SMEs for their innovation support programs. Utilizing the IMP³rove

partner network increases the effectiveness of publicly funded programs.

With a national or regional IMP³rove Award Policy Makers can foster the

competitiveness of SMEs and achieve high impact of their programs.

Running Period:

Start: 2008

End: 2011 and

Start: 2011

End: 2013

Contacts:

A.T. Kearney GmbH

(capo fila),

Germania

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Techno Seed

Capacities


The project facilitates the improvement of innovation capacity of the intermediate bodies and policy

makers which support innovative actions in ICT and Telecommunications, promotes the creation of new

Startups through mentoring and coaching and support the researchers and general the society to tackle

new ideas for the promotion of entrepreneurship.


Techno Seed is a project with the aim of selecting innovative ideas based on

ICT and Telecommunication for the setting up of new enterprises. Techno

Seed addresses to researchers, graduates, students, university employees,

secondary school teachers, companies or company executives and employees

wishing to develop an innovative project by setting up a new legal entity.

Techno Seed provides 3 main phases: training: it is vital that the potential

entrepreneur is trained in management and financial control techniques. For

this reason Techno Seed provides short courses where above providing the

basic tools for management, the main aim is to familiarize future company

founders with the essential concepts and tools required when managing a

company. This first stage ends with the initial evaluation and assessment of

the business idea described in a preliminary Business Plan. business planning:

following acceptance of this initial BP by the Science & Technology

Committee, a former incubation phase takes place where a step-by-step

assistance is provided to potential entrepreneurs through two so called virtual

Laboratories: Technology development Laboratory; Strategic and Planning

Laboratory. Each Laboratory, managed by an expertise tutor, supports the

development of the initial BP into a final BP, in particular through detailed and

focused technology analysis, market research, marketing and Sales Strategies,

financial planning, Operational analysis, sources of funding. This phase ends

with an evaluation of the final BP by the Science & Technology Committee.

start up and incubation: the aim of this activity is to support start-up

businesses during the crucial early stages. Following acceptance of the final BP

by the Science & Technology Committee and once the new enterprise has

been set up, a seed capital financial support of 20.000,00€ is assigned to the

start-up as well as the possibility to access to office space together with

professional and expert business advice within the Science and Technology

Park of Udine.

Running Period:

Start: 2005

End: 2009

Contacts:

Friuli Innovazione

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FVG-R2B - Ricerca per la Competitività dell’Impresa (research for the

competitiveness of enterprises)

Capacities



makers which support innovative actions in ICT, promotes the creation of new Startups through

mentoring and coaching and support the researchers to tackle the market needs.


With this Project Friuli Innovazione aims to establish systematic cooperation

between research and companies in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, able to

produce tangible results for companies, both in terms of increasing

competitiveness as well as start up of new companies. The focus is on four

sectors: extended-ICT (ICT and other where ICT component is significant),

Metal processing and Advanced materials, Biotech (Genomic) and

Environment (including Energy). This aim is declined in two pillars:

Running Period:

Start: 2011

End: 2012 and

Start: 2012

End: 2013

Contacts:

Friuli Innovazione

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CNCB-Cluster and Network Cooperation for Business Success in Central

Europe

Capacities


The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers which

support clusters in Central Europe and to increase the competiveness of SMEs through networking with

standardized management.


The starting point of the CNCB project was that even in the different regions

and countries there was various offers for cluster management trainings, a

standardized transferable module was still missing

Running Period:

Start: 2010

End: 2013

Contacts:

Clusterland Upper

Austria Ltd. Contact

person: Wolfang

Kurz,

wolfgang.kurz@clus

terland.at

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Internationalization of SMEs in the wood-furniture sector of the Marche

Region to the States in the Amazonia Region of Brazil through the

establishment of a technological center and other forms of strategic

partnership

Capacities


The project had the strategic objective of enhancing the value chain of the production of wood in the

Amazon region, particularly in the states of Parà and Amazonas. The project intends to improve the

knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers which support the wood sector in Italy

and Brazil and to enhance the competiveness of the SMEs in wood sector.


The objective of this technical assistance contract was to internationalise the

SMEs in wood-furniture sector of Italy and Brazil through the establishment of

a technological centre and forming strategic partnership between Marche and

Amazonia Regions and also assist Amazonia Region SMEs to improve their

capacities in the wood sector. The activities developed are mentioned here

below: Support to local institutions in order to formulate and to implement

strategy and programs for competitiveness of the SMEs in wood furniture

sector in Amazonia Region Establishment of Brazilian Research Centre and

organise extensive technical training programs for the Technology Center,

SMEs in the wood sector and also local authorities. Establishment of a

network between of economic and institutional stakeholders that creates a

collaborative environment able to support SME’s growth at international

level. Development of effective mechanisms for cooperation between sources

of technological know-how and SMEs The project had the strategic objective

of enhancing the value chain of the production of wood in the Amazon region,

particularly in the states of Parà and Amazonas. The assistance was delivered

within a framework of environmental sustainability, extending the value chain

to the phases of transformation both in semi-finished products on a global

scale target market, and in furniture products, with priority target market

Brazil and, more generally, South America.

Running Period:

Start: 2006

End: 2012

Contacts:

Marche Region

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Al invest

Capacities



support SMEs in Latin America and to enhance the competiveness of the SMEs in this region.


Al-Invest is an economic co-operation programme that aims to support the

internationalisation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Latin America

with particular regard to Brazil, in collaboration with their European partners

in order to contribute to reinforce social cohesion in the region and to

enhance their competitiveness with the perspective of internationalisation.

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2013

Contacts:

Cosmob Spa

Beneficiary/Client:

CNI – Confederaçao

Nacional da

Indùstria – Brazil

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SMILING- Smart Home Living: innovative technologies for the sensor and

automation dedicated to domotics.

Capacities



support the research sector and to enhance the collaboration of the research sector with SMEs for the

technology transfer of advanced technologies for the home living.


SMILING, approved and funded by the Ministry of Economic Development,

has as its objective the exploitation of the results of public research and the

strengthening of synergies and collaboration among the different actors

involved (companies, associations, universities and technology transfer

centers). The general goal of the project is to implement a laboratory for the

technology transfer, with a specific focus on advanced technologies for the

home living, with the final aim to develop innovative products and deliver new

services for the improvement of the quality of living. Project activities: -act as

demonstrator of the innovative technologies proposes by the research

centres. -stimulate and support, both on a technical level and an

organisational-managerial level, the creation of new enterprises with a high

technological content. -to be of use to new businesses to carry out

experimental trials and to act as a point of reference and technological

comparison.

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2015

Contacts:

Polytechnic

University of

Marche

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Pass – Private assisted house

Capacities



support the research sector in the construction sector and to enhance the collaboration of the research

sector with SMEs for the technology transfer of advanced technologies for the home living.


Intends to contribute towards the diffusion of a new concept of

Smart Home that proposes the homeowner as the centre of the

development technological solutions.

Running Period:

Start: 2013

End: 2015

Contacts: Coordination:

rehabilitation Institute

“S.Stefano” and University of

Camerino Consortium: 11

regional companies (Aditech,

Team Italia, Filippetti, GPL

Costruzioni Generali, Nautes,

Sailmaker International, Siam,

Sigma, Smart Space Solutions,

H&H Group, Domingo Salotti),

supported by tecnica and

scientific centers for the

technological transfer Cosmob

and Meccano with the

collaboration of Marche and

INRCA. Scientific and technical

advice: COSMOB

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MTMI – Master in tecnologie e management dell’innovazione

Capacities



support human resources development in innovative training models and to enhance the competiveness

of SMEs through the human resources development..


The course is addressed to young industrialists and managerial with a

technical, economical and managerial profile of which ever corporale area.

Objectives: To learn the best management practises and the most advanced

practises To develop new awareness To acquire tools of progressive analyses

To efficiently converse with possible financiers

Running Period:

Start: 2009

End:

Contacts:

ISTAO

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Encouraging the development and sustainability of Croatian wood processing

industry 2006.-2010. (Initiative)

Capacities


The initiative of the Government in Croatia with the five-year 'Operational Programme Development

industrial wood processing' intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and

policy makers which support the SMEs in industrial wood processing through the introduction of

restructuring tools for small and medium sized companies in the sector, to enhance the competiveness

of SMEs in wood sector through their restructuring process and to attract private financing for SMEs for

their restructuring process in the initiative region.


In July 2006. the Government has adopted a five-year 'Operational

Programme Development industrial wood processing' . The number of

employees in the sector would be increased from the current 11,000 to

15,000. Building productive capacity of existing cooperatives and small and

medium enterprises, support the launch of new cooperative and the capacity

building for cooperative development and support services to small and

medium-sized businesses.

Running Period:

Start: 2006

End: 2010

Contacts:

Croatian

government,

Račkoga 6, 10 000

Zagreb, Croatia tel:

(01) 6400- 660, fax:

(01) 6400- 644 e-

valerija.smolcic@mr

rfeu.hr

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Public call for the allocation of subsidies to businesses in the year 2014.

Capacities


The initiative of the Sibenik-Knin County to incentive the SMEs of the region for Marketing activities,

advertising material, market research, Professional training and development and vocational training

staff in new technologies intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy

makers which support the SMEs through the introduction of restructuring tools for small and medium

sized companies in the sector, to enhance the competiveness of SMEs through their restructuring

process and to attract private financing for the restructuring process of SMEs in the initiative region


In order to develop small businesses, Sibenik-Knin County has created

incentives for the following purposes: Marketing activities: exhibitions in the

2014th year, advertising material, market research, etc., Professional training

and development: training for traditional crafts activities, vocational training

staff in new technologie. Costs of establishing or cover part of the costs of

registration and starting a new business.The program users can be crafts, a

limited liability company to 250 employees production and service

cooperatives, which are registered and operating in the territory of Sibenik-

Knin's County and have no debt to the State. Increase the competitiveness of

entrepreneurs

Running Period:

Start: 2014

End: 2015

Contacts:

Šibenik-Knin

county, mr. sc.

Marlena Floigl rg

Pavla Šubića I. br. 2

Phone:022 / 460-

737., FAX:022 / 460-

758, e-mail:

gospodarstvo@skz.

hr

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Impresa in Azione (Enterprise in Action)

Capacities


The initiative intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers

which support SMEs with methods to spread the business culture in the society and to foster the

creation of new SMEs through the promotion of business culture in schools .


Impresa in azione is a didactic programme based on the mini entreprise

methodology of students in order to acquire entrepreneurship skills.

The mini entreprises work (not as simulation) in a protected

environment and is composed by students who plan and punt into

action a business idea (ora product or a service). They also perform fund

raising activities (up to 1000 euro). To spread entreprenurship culture

among young and students

Running Period:

Start:

End:

Contacts:

Junior Achievement and

Friuli Innovazione in FVG

Region, Anna Linda Leandri

o Luca Antonioli Via Rossini

6/8 - 20122 Milano Tel. 02

230039100 Email:

annalinda.leandri@jaitalia.

org ;

[email protected]

www.impresainazione.it,

www.jaitalia.org

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EUROMED INVEST Support to Business and Investment Partnerships in the

Southern Mediterranean

Capacities


The objective is to renew the interest of SMEs in the Euro-Mediterranean market,

increase investment and business projects flow and ensure that the EU finds its

leading position as source of foreign direct investment in these countries. The

ultimate goal: to generate sustainable and inclusive investment and trade/partnership

projects. Overall objective: Boost private business and investment within the Euromed

area. Contribute to an inclusive economic development in the Mediterranean region.

Specific objective: Position the Mediterranean in key global sectors for future creation

of jobs and value. Empower Euro-Med business and investment networks to

implement targeted and coordinated strategies to support the development of

MSMEs in these Sectors. Maximise the business and investment spillovers in the

South ENPI countries territories. Different types of economic stakeholders will be

benefiting of the activities: investment promotion agencies, development agencies,

SMEs, chambers of commerce and industry, professional organisations, clusters,

investors and private and public financiers, as well as networks of diaspora and

women entrepreneurs from Europe and southern Mediterranean countries. The

target groups will be a combination of private and public sector organisations as well

as business associations. Target groups from EU and South ENPI countries: Investors.

Companies and especially Euro-Med SMEs. Young and new entrepreneurs (among

which job seekers). Intermediate bodies and economic development institutions:

Investment Promotion Agencies (IPA). Business Supporting Organizations (BSO).

Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCI). Export councils. National/regional/sector

business federations. Private sector. NGOs. Business associations dedicated to young

entrepreneurs. Women and expatriates. National and territorial government and

public actors: Ministries (Industry, cooperation, territorial development).

Deconcentrated administrations (SME and innovation agencies). Regional

development agencies and CCI. Local and regional authorities (welcoming and

facilitating investment projects). Free zones. Technoparks. Universities. Training

institutions. International aid agencies. Multilateral organisations projects. Final

beneficiaries. MSMEs and new entrepreneurs (particularly women entrepreneurs)

from EU and the South ENPI countries. Job seekers from the South ENPI countries.

Territorial authorities from the South ENPI countries. EUROMED Invest primarily

targets five key sectors: agri-food, water and alternative energies, tourism, transport

and logistics, cultural and creative industries. Total project amount: 4.999.983 EUR

Running Period:

Start: 2013

End: 2016

Contacts:

ANIMA Investment

Network, Vera

Veljanovski, Project

Manager, CCIS,

vera.veljanovski@p

ks.rs


EUROMED INVEST intends to renew the interest of SMEs in the Euro-Mediterranean market, increase

investment and business projects flow and ensure that the EU finds its leading position as source of

foreign direct investment in these countries. The ultimate goal: to generate sustainable and inclusive

investment and trade/partnership projects. Target groups of the project: Directly Investors. SMEs and

Young and new entrepreneurs (among which job seekers) and indirectly Intermediate bodies and Policy

Makers.

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„RISEE“ Italy - South East Europe Network

Capacities


Target groups of the project: Directly SMEs and Intermediary Bodies and indirectly the Policy Makers.


Project objective: The Project aims at supporting the social and economic development of

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia) through the

promotion of the economic relations among the Chambers of Commerce and Agencies for

Investment with the related Italian Partners. Objectives. Boost economic cooperation and

support the development of relations between Italian and SEE businesses. Promote

intensification of economic relations between SMEs and national and international clustering

of enterprises. Support the realization of innovative and sustainable business activities through

the promotion of SMEs’ investments in the SEE countries. Train technical and managerial local

staff, taking into account the needs of the private sector. Support the creation of a cooperation

network between institutions and economic operators of Italy and SEE, with particular

attention to support SMEs. Project provide. Technical Assistance: legal support and skills and

technology transfer aimed at conversion and development of the local productive system and

foreign investments attraction (Phase II). Training: technical and managerial local staff, in the

private sector, taking into account strategic sectors for investments and cooperation (Phase II,

III). SMEs development: development of economic and trade cooperation, through

programmes of incentives of trade, logistic and transport at Regional and Interregional level.

Activities schedule. Step 1: Start-up of the Project. “Kick-off meeting” and study visit for the

foreign partners in Milan, 22-23 March 2012, and presentation of business and investment

opportunities during “International Workshop for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: the

role and potentiality of South Eastern market between European integration and

Mediterranean perspectives”. Step 2: Design of a Business Opportunities Catalogue.

Identification of business opportunities in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,

Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and technical assistance to the Italian SMEs. Step 3: Outgoing

mission to the North of Italy (Genoa, Milan, Trieste). Promotion in Italy of business

opportunities in the strategic sector for investment, industrial cooperation and the promotion

of trade exchange with the target countries. Study visit and training to the North of Italy Milan,

Genoa and Trieste, for the South Eastern European partners and presentation of business and

investment opportunities in their own countries, 28-31 May 2012. Step 4: Incoming missions to

the South East European countries by the Italian Partners and SMEs. Organization of 3 multi

sectorial outgoing missions to the SEE. Serbia - Montenegro 11-14 June 2012. Bosnia and

Herzegovina - Croazia 15-18 October 2012. Albania - Macedonia 04-07 March 2013. Step 5:

Outgoing mission to the Centre and South Italy (Florence, Rome and Palermo). Study Visit to

the Centre and South Italy Florence, Rome and Palermo and presentation of business and

investment opportunities in their own countries, March 2013. Step 6: Final Project Seminar in

Milan, presentation of project results. Final Seminar and B2B meeting between Italian and the

South Eastern Europe companies, in Milan, March 2013. The services for the SMEs. Business

matching based on specific needs and necessities. Organization of business meetings with local

operators. Organization of information seminars before and during the mission. Interpreting

service dedicated to the Italian meetings. Transfer services for the realization of business

meetings Total project amount: 335.494 EUR

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2013

Contacts:

PROMOS Milan

Chamber of

Commerce, Vera

Veljanovski, Project

Manager, CCIS,

vera.veljanovski@p

ks.rs

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EMMINVEST


EMMINVEST aims to facilitate investment into entrepreneurial SMEs

to allow them to build their mobile and mobility service concepts into

sizeable, sustainable, and internationalized businesses. This will be

achieved by providing information to SMEs on financing

opportunities, developing and testing coaching schemes for SMEs,

raising awareness of investors on relevant opportunities in the

market, defining and testing cross-border co-investment facilities

with existing investment groups and funding sources and involving

regional innovation partners and investment groups throughout the

project.

www.emminvest.co

m

Contacts:

ATLANTIS

RESEARCH

ORGANIZATION 9th

km Thermi –

Thessaloniki 57001,

Greece tel.: 2310

531000, Fax: 2310

552265

Running Period:

Start: 01.03.2012

End: 28.02.2015

www.emminvest.co


Target groups of the project: SMEs through the coaching schemes, Investors through the promotion of

information on financing opportunities, Intermediate Bodies which supply coaching services to SMEs

and indirectly the Policy Makers which take the feedback of the above actions and their impact to the

business environment.

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MOBIP-Mobile Services Innovation Platform


The ambition of MOBIP was to support the competitiveness of high

growth ventures in the mobile services sector and to strengthen their

opportunities for growth and market access, both within Europe and

in wider international markets. The project aimed to facilitate access

of high growth ventures to investors, exploit the potential for

business-to-business cooperation, and improve access to large Mobile

Corporates. Specifically, the project aims to: support the evolution of

European gazelles in mobile services by identifying SMEs with high-

growth potential and improving their innovation capacity, investment

readiness, and access to international markets, foster all dimensions

of innovation in mobile services, develop new or better tools for

innovation support by building on successful initiatives.

Contacts:

ATLANTIS

RESEARCH

ORGANIZATION 9th

km Thermi –

Thessaloniki 57001,

Greece tel.: 2310

531000, Fax: 2310

552265


The project intends to support SMEs in the mobile services sector with high growth potential to expand

their market share and enter into new markets through the b2b cooperation to improve the support

capacity of the intermediate bodies and indirectly improve the knowledge of the policy makers upon this

sector.

Running Period:

Start: 01.09.2009

End: 31.08.2012

www.emminvest.co

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PROFIS

Capacities


Target groups of the project are the Startups through the improvement of their capacity to attract

investors, the Investors and Funding Organizations through the identification of the procedure that

select innovative investments and by this way match them with the financing needs of innovative

projects which come from the research area, the intermediate bodies which support the Startups to

enter the market and policy makers of the innovation sector through the improvement of their

knowledge capacity and the researchers through coaching them to focus their research in the real

business creating by this way potential for new and competitive jobs.


Addressing a critical gap: investment in knowledge transfer and

start-ups and strengthen cross-border matching of innovative firms

with suitable investors.SPECIFIC OBJECTIVESdeveloping new

capacities, capabilities, new services, new innovative sectors creating

a transnational SEE network and platform of innovation service

providers Contributing to regional economic development and

innovation policy setting by identifying challenges, making good

practices visible and suggesting options for solutions increasing the

visibility of the region easing the access of new financial sources for

innovative projects in SEEMAIN EXPECTED RESULTS135 investment

proposals prepared for negotiation with investors 360 individuals

and 150 firms directly benefiting from the services provided by the

project 4 new innovative products developed and tested by the

project (2 training materials on promoting innovation financing,

training material on facilitating female inventors in SEE, and net-

based tool for promoting match-making of local SEE inventors and

global investors) 9 country policy reports and 1 cross-country SEE

report on financing early stage innovative projects (status and policy

recommendations) Key results of the project: 28 organisations with

improved capacities in supporting early stage funding of innovation,

135 projects prepared for early stage funding, 10 policy papers at

national and SEE levels on improving innovation funding measures,

introduction of a new platform for bridging inventors in SEE and local

and global investors, and awareness building on the promotion of

female inventors.

Running Period:

Start: 2013

End: 2014

Contacts:

Bay Zoltan

Hungarian

foundation for

science and

technology,

Budapest Hungary

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SME Guarantee Scheme

Capacities


The project targets to improve the financial capacity of SMEs in the region to enhance their assets and

the knowledge capacity of the intermediate bodies which support SMEs and policy makers in the region.


Guarantee Scheme, set up in 1997, gives guarantees for credits of small and

medium sized enterprises from the South Primorska region. The Guarantee

Fund is a financial instrument assuring a guarantee to loans that

entrepreneurs obtain from the chosen banks. The purpose of the loan is

acquisition of new equipment, building and adaptation of business premises

and acquisition or settlement of land for building business premises. Main

objective is to assist SMEs in enhancing productivity and competitiveness

Running Period:

Start: 1997

End:

Contacts:

Regional

development

Center Koper, Irena

Cergol;

irena.cergol@rrc-

kp.si Tel: +386

5 6637 583

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Analysis of bureaucratic costs for business ventures

Capacities



support SMEs on the reduction of bureaucratic costs and to enhance the competiveness of innovative

SMEs through the introduction to them procedures for cost reduction.


The project "Analysis of beureaucratic costs for business ventures"has raised

the objective of verifying the economic-financial weight which, because of the

organisational complexity of the Public Administration, in a rather serious

manner on the businesses that want to activate or increase the own

productive and/or commercial activity. The itinerary Is structured in three

fundamental phases: Phase 1: Definition of a work and Analysis programme of

the necessary requirements Phase 2: Analysis procedure, recognition of

beureaucratic inefficiencies, validation Phase 3: Impact of inefficiency on the

companies' performance. A fourth phase concerning closure and diffusion,

can be added to the phases specifically dedicated to the Analysis. This fourth

phase would be dedicated to the elaboration and realisation of a plan of

communication and disclosure of the results of the survey. The following

diagram summarizes the maximum contents of the singular phases.

Running Period:

Start: 2006

End: 2007

Contacts:

ISTAO

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Grants for young entrepreneurs to 250,000 kuna - Competition

Capacities


The initiative Youth Entrepreneurship allows young people to entrepreneurship obtaining grants for the

improvement of business activities. The initiative intends to improve the knowledge capacity of

intermediate bodies and policy makers which support the SMEs through the introduction to them of

new financing tools for young Entrepreneurship, to enhance the competiveness of SMEs through their

business reengineering because of financing and to the attraction of private financing through the

procedure of granting in the region.


Youth Entrepreneurship allows young people to entrepreneurship obtaining

grants for the following business activities: 1) Investments in improving the

business 2) Investments in improving production services, 3) Investments in

the development of new products services 4) Adaptation, arrangement and

enhancement of the business manufacturing space workshop 5) management

and protection of intellectual and industrial property 6) The introduction of

quality management systems, standards and quality characters 7) Co-

financing costs paid as a dependent project cost 8) Marketing activities and

investments in new markets, 9) Vocational training and education 10) Co-

financing the costs of child care entrepreneurs. Increase the competitiveness

of entrepreneurs in the initial phase of operations

Running Period:

Start: 2013

End: 2014

Contacts:

Croatian

government,

Ministry of

Entrepreneurship

and Crafts, Street:

Ulica grada

Vukovara 78, 10

000 Zagreb, Croatia,

Phone: 00 385 1

610 61 11, e-mail:

[email protected]

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Project start-up entrepreneurs in year 2012. - Competition

Capacities


The initiative start-up entrepreneurs in year 2012 allows new entrepreneurs obtaining grants for the

improvement of their business activities. The initiative intends to improve the knowledge capacity of

intermediate bodies and policy makers which support the SMEs through the introduction to them of

new financing tools for young Entrepreneurship, to enhance the competiveness of SMEs through their

business reengineering because of financing and to the attraction of private financing through the

procedure of granting in the region.


Project start-up entrepreneurs in year 2012. Allows new entrepreneurs

obtaining grants for the following business activities: - Launching development

projects - Publicity - Education / vocational training. From the grant can

finance the following categories: - Equipment, tools and inventory - Interior

decorating business premises / workshops - Drawing up a business plan and

consulting services for loans and guarantees - Entrepreneurship training -

The cost of creating promotional materials -

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2013

Contacts:

Croatian

government,

Ministry of

Entrepreneurship

and Crafts, Street:

Ulica grada

Vukovara 78, 10


Phone: 00 385 1

610 61 11, e-mail:

[email protected]

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Encouraging the development of co-operative business 2008.-2012. (Measure)

Capacities


The initiative facilitates the financing of entrepreneurs entering the enterprise zone through favorable

loans with subsidized interest. The initiative intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate

bodies and policy makers which support the SMEs through the introduction to them the structure of

business zones as a tool for development, to enhance the competiveness of SMEs which enter in the

business zone through grant financing for the improvement of their business activities and to attract

private financing for SMEs in the business zone in the initiative region.


Favourable financing entrepreneurs in business zone The aim is to facilitate

the financing of entrepreneurs entering the enterprise zone through favorable

loans with subsidized interest. Business credits in the form of subsidized

microcredit interest

Running Period:

Start: 2008

End: 2012

Contacts:

The Ministry of

Economy, Ulica

grada Vukovara 78,

10 000 Zagreb,

Croatia

[email protected]

Phone. 01/6106-

111; fax. 01/6109

112

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Fostering entrepreneurship in tourism 2008.-2012. (Measure)

Capacities



which support the SMEs in tourism sector through the introduction new financing tools for small and

medium sized hotels, to enhance the competiveness of SMEs in the tourism sector through financing

their restructuring process and to attract private financing for SMEs for their restructuring process in the

initiative region.


The program is based on credit and funds of the Ministry of Tourism for

interest subsidies; small and medium businesses are granted special-purpose

loans for purchase, construction, renovation and Developing small

accommodation facilities with high quality types of hotel, boarding house,

apartment-hotel and camp. In the future the company plans to build / edit

about 500 small hotels with supporting facilities. The program will expand the

use of funds to invest in hostels as an incentive for development of youth

tourism. It is planned to organize 30 hostel. Protection, restoration and

involvement in heritage tourism in tourist underdeveloped areas and

production of traditional souvenirs

Running Period:

Start: 2008

End: 2012

Contacts:

The Ministry of

Economy, Ulica

grada Vukovara 78,

10 000 Zagreb,

Croatia

[email protected]

Phone. 01/6106-

111; fax. 01/6109

113

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CONTEST: Tourism Competitiveness 2014

Capacities


The initiative of grants to tourism sector for raising its competitiveness through targeted investments

intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers which support the

SMEs in tourism sector through the introduction of financing tools for small and medium sized

companies in the sector, to enhance the competiveness of SMEs through their restructuring process and

to attract private financing for the restructuring process of SMEs in the initiative region.


Grant for raising the competitiveness of the tourism economy through

targeted investments to support diversification of supply, the

internationalization of business, sustainable development, and innovative new

destination tourism products, the use of new IT and communication

technologies. Preservation of jobs, new employment, growth and

development in tourism economy.

Running Period:

Comply with the

Action Plans

Strategy for the

development of

Tourism to the year

2020.

Contacts:

The Ministry of

Economy, Ulica

grada Vukovara 78,

10 000 Zagreb,

Croatia

[email protected]

Phone. 01/6106-

111; fax. 01/6109

110

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“EMDC” Euro-Mediterranean Development Center for Micro, Small and

Medium Enterprises

Capacities



which support SMEs in MED area through networking and to enhance the competiveness of SMEs in

MED area through tailored made business events and studies.


The Foundation “Euro-Mediterranean Development Center (EMDC) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises” has

been established in Milan, on June 17th 2013, by the Milan Chamber of Commerce and the Italian Ministries of

Foreign Affairs and Economic Development, as Founding Members. The EMDC Initiative has obtained the official

recognition (‘labelling’) of the 43 Member Countries of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), as well as of the

European Commission and the Arab League, as initiative of specific interest for the promotion of socio-economic

development in the Euro-Mediterranean Region, in occasion of the Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) of the UfM, on

December 4th 2012, in Barcelona. A key purpose of a network-based initiative such the EMDC Initiative is the

identification and promotion of potential complementarities and synergy with other relevant Agencies and

Institutions, as well as already existing programs and networks for economic cooperation and MSMEs

development in the Euro-Mediterranean region. Moreover, the operating principle of the EMDC Initiative is to

connect the main players in the Euro-Mediterranean Region, promoting synergies between them and achieving

outreach and proximity through an integrated and widespread network of Country Centers to be located in the

Northern, Eastern and Southern shores of the Mediterranean. EMDC Network includes an International Unit based

in Milan, and EMDC Country Centers composed of and run by the EMDC Partner Agencies and Institutions in each

interested Country of the Euro-Mediterranean Region. The EMDC Network will provide internationalization-

support services such as business events (trade missions, exhibitions), tailor-made assistance for the

internationalization process including market research, preliminary diagnosis, support for the development of the

strategy and partners’ research, as well as business to business (B2B) strategies. To date, no. 19 EMDC Partner

Agencies and Institutions supporting MSMEs from no. 9 Euro-Mediterranean Countries. There are new members

also. Micro, Small and Medium sized enterprises from the South and East Mediterranean countries involved in the

project are the main expected beneficiaries of the initiative. In addition, public and private agencies are also

expected to greatly benefit from this project, thanks to the capacity building programmes deployed. The ultimate

goal of the EMDC Initiative is to stimulate job and value creation in the Euro-Mediterranean Region, supporting

sustainable economic growth through the improvement of the commercial and financial environment for MSMEs

development, strengthened business networks and shared access to knowledge and resources. MSMEs from the

South and East Mediterranean Countries involved in the EMDC Initiative are the main expected beneficiaries. In

addition, public and private Agencies are also expected to greatly benefit from this project, thanks to the capacity

building programs deployed. General aims and objectives of the EMDC Initiative include creating and developing

an environment which favors the growth, networking and exchange of entrepreneurial know-how for MSMEs in

the Euro-Mediterranean region, aimed at job creation, with a specific focus on young entrepreneurship; favoring

MSMEs’ access to markets, including through the development of multilateral programs which extend and

increase commercial relations in the Euro-Mediterranean region; creating conditions that allow MSMEs in the

Euro-Mediterranean region greater and easier access to financing, including by providing professional services and

consultancy work (e.g., feasibility studies, business plan preparation, etc.); promoting and carrying out, including

directly, entrepreneurial assistance to MSMEs in the Euro-Mediterranean region, in particular with regard to

logistics, information technology, as well financial, economic and legal consultancy work; stimulating, facilitating

and carrying out networking activities among relevant entities, whether regional, national, international or

supranational, in order to assist and stimulate the growth of MSMEs in the Euro-Mediterranean region; creating

incentives for innovation in the Euro-Mediterranean region, including through new projects and partnerships, in

order to favor the development of MSMEs in the Euro-Mediterranean region; stimulating, including through the

creation of an easily accessible information platform, the adoption of policies developed by national and

international entities and organizations, with a view to favoring the internationalization of MSMEs in the Euro-

Mediterranean region; selecting and training new professionals to be introduced into the MSMEs’ network in

order to encourage its development, including through projects aimed at recognizing and training new talent and

professional profiles; participating in programs, projects and plans, through national, international and European

Union contributions, financing and support, for the development and economic and financial cooperation in the

Euro-Mediterranean region and for the MSMEs in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

Running Period:

Start: 2013

End:

Contacts:

Ministry of

Economy and

Regional

Development of

the Republic of

Serbia

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START-UP LETA (Annual Competition for Start-up companies)

Capacities


The competition is once again connected with the offer for start-up companies offered by the Slovene

Enterprise Fund. The initiative intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and

policy makers which support Startups and innovation with new tools to promote them in the market and

to link the Startups with the market and potential investors.


Start:up of the year is the national competition of start-up companies.

With the competition, we wish to recognize the best business teams,

business plans and start-up companies in Slovenian environment,

professionally support them, connect them with potential investors

and promote them to the higher public. Competition Start:up of the

year aims to completely encourage the development of innovative

business activity and business culture in the Republic of Slovenia. It’s

based on motivating for business action within the Slovenian Start:up

road show, practical trainings for improving the business plan and

exchanging experience and good practice, as well as networking at the

business forum 100% Start:up and international business conference

PODIM. The competition is complete with selecting, promoting and

rewarding the best written business plan and the best start-up

companies. The competition is once again connected with the offer for

start-up companies offered by the Slovene Enterprise Fund. The

participants of the competition with a good final ranking will once

again be able obtain up to 25 points of a total 100 possible within the

tender P2. During the competition, a social network of operators in

the business eco-system is formed. It consists of entrepreneurs,

investors, consultants of support institutions, media, government and

non-government organisations and other stakeholder participants.

Them collaborating fruitfully is crucial for a successful development of

entrepreneurship. The competition is also a ticket for entering

programmes for growth and globalisation of Slovenian start-up

companies within the programme Go:Global Slovenia. Recognize the

best business teams, business plans and start-up companies in

Slovenian environment, professionally support them, connect them

with potential investors and promote them to the higher public.

Running Period:

Start: 2008

End: 2009

Contacts:

Technology Park Ljubljana,

Development centre for

information and

communication

technologies Kranj,

Regional Development

Centre Zasavje, Primorska

Technology Park, Venture

factory Maribor –

incubator, Regional

Development agency Celje

, Jure Verhovnik, MSc,

[email protected]

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Support to the farmers of Shushica Commune to reach easily the trade

Capacities



which support SMEs in agri-food sector and enhance SMEs competiveness through facilitate the access

of their products in the market.


The project aim was helping the farmers to reach easily the market through

theimprovement of trade infrastructure of their products. Protected the

consumers facilitating a process of production respecting standards and

market requests. Area of intervention: Orikum Muncipality. It was named

after the ancient city Oricum, which was located 4 km west of modern

Orikum. The municipality consists of the town Orikum and the villages Dukat

Fushë, Dukat, Tragjas and Radhimë. Nearby the modern city is located the

only marina in Albania, Marina of Orikum. Activities: Feasibility study and

preparation of the technical plan .Construction of the market. The project aim

was helping the farmers to reach easily the market through theimprovement

of trade infrastructure of their products. Protected the consumers facilitating

a process of production respecting standards and market requests

Running Period:

Start: 09.2008

End: 12.2009

Contacts:

Anila Vendresha

Mob: 0682024719

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Start & Go

Capacities



which support innovation with new methods to promote Startups in the market and to foster the

creation of new Startups through the connection of them with the market and potential investors .


Start & Go is an initiative addressed to microenterprises and SMEs with

young management and operating in FVG Region. The selected

companies must prove a particular innovative content in terms of

product/service/management, new and improving comparing to the

existing framework. Start&GO offers to the best selected

companies: partnership (meetings with important

companies); incubation; funding (access to funding and venture capital),

book-keeping services (free service for two years); two years free

membership of Confindustria Udine and Young Entrepreneurs

Group; visibility (communication and web positioning); patent and brand;

free training (management course "executive education") and press

office. To support the start-up of new and innovative companies and

increase the competitiveness of the area.

Running Period:

Start:

End:

Contacts:

Young Entrepreneurs Group

of Confindustria Udine with

12 partners (Credito

Cooperativo Banks of the

Udine Province, Relifeit

srl, Friuli Innovazione, Glp,

Fondazione Cuoa, Unione

Giovani Dottori

Commercialisti di Udine, IAG

Italian Business Angels of

Growth, Uquido, Mugherli

Financials srl, Alpimerchant

spa, 200% Italiano, Business

Voice e Blu Wom).Gianluca

Pistrin; 0039 0432 276268;

[email protected]

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2 INNOVATION INITIATIVES a) TUTORING AND INNOVATION SERVICE b)

‘NUOVE IDEE PER NUOVE IMPRESE’ PRIZE (new ideas for new enterprises)

http://www.nuoveideenuoveimprese.org/ c) CONTRIBUTION BY CALL TO

FACILITATE RELATIONS ENTERPRISES-SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CENTERS

Capacities


he initiative intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers which

support innovation with new methods to promote Startups in the market and to foster the creation of

new Startups through the connection of them with the market and potential investors .


In 12 years there have been 2,136 young people enrolled with business

ideas, 787 business ideas, over 300 business plans produced, 39

companies were born and revitalized and are still operating, after the

competition. Prizes awarded are amounting to € 424,000.00. In 2013

together with the award ceremony, it was organized a day of work on

start-ups.

Running Period:

a) Since 2010

b) Since 2002

c) Since 2012

Contacts:

MARINA GAROIA TEL. +

39.0541.363716 FAX +

39.0541.363747

[email protected]

[email protected]

.it

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NEXT - Collaborative platform to support research and technology transfer


NEXT intends to create a collaborative platform to support innovation

and technology transfer in the Countries of the Adriatic area. The

consciousness that innovation takes place in "systems" or open

networks, through the interaction of actors which are different in

competences, skills, objectives. Unlike other similar initiatives, the

distinctive and effective innovation that distinguishes NEXT is an

original mix of virtual services (online platform for information

sharing, access to common services, etc.) and material

services/products provided directly to partners, SMEs, research and

technology transfer centers, institutions. The services/products

offered by the NEXT project - the following are the main ones – take

into account these considerations. Based on a context analysis and

through an effective involvement of the "actors of innovation" in the

areas represented, "NEXT open book" will be created, a Repository

which can be constantly updated by research and technology transfer

centers (both public and private). A summary report ("NEXT trend")

will also be produced to give details, for each of the territories

involved, of the level of technological intensity, the results of

excellence in the field of research and innovation, investment

opportunities, public policies support. Both of the tools will be

functional to identify and give visibility to excellence competences,

thereby facilitating the interaction between the different research

actors.

Contacts:

Marche Regional

Authority –

Innovation, Research

and Competitivness of

productive sectors

Unit ITALY

00390718063337

patrizia.sopranzi@reg

ione.marche.it


NEXT project propose a collaboration platform to support innovation and technology transfer in the Andriatic

Region. This platform will be availiable to all the stakeholders of innovation: Policy Makers, Researchers,

Intermediary Organizations, SMEs and Startups and Investors and Funding Organizations. At first level to the

partners of the project, to SMEs, to Research and Technology transfer centers and Institutions.

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2015

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Mechanism for Fostering Innovation in South East Europe (FINNO)

Capacities


Target groups of the project: Directly SMEs and Policy Makers and indirectly Intermediate Bodies and

Researchers.


SEE countries elaborate and implement the innovation policies with various

level of effectiveness. There is a lack of: cooperation, capacity and

understanding of innovation performance, policies and supporting

instruments in the region. The aim of FINNO project is to contribute to better

productivity and to achieve more comparable level of innovation among SEE

countries. The project will create a communication platform of decision-

makers, supported by sustainable mechanism for fostering innovation in SEE

area, the FINNO Committee, a legal body which provides governance level

with constant and relevant policy recommendations. The mechanism for

fostering innovation in SEE will be developed by the key stakeholders and

supporters of innovation. On the basis of innovation performance analysis and

existing measures in SEE region, common methodology for measuring TIAS

(Technology Innovation Assessment Scoreboard) will be developed. TIAS

Scoreboard rate will be measured in companies as direct users of innovation,

by using on-line Self-Assessment Tool (SAT). Based on identified TIAS rate as

well as policy and economy gaps, FINNO Committee is to prepare innovation

policy recommendations for each participating country. The main project

results incorporate coherent methodology for implementation and use of TIAS

and SAT, innovation policy recommendations and FINNO Committee

establishment in order to ensure sustainability of the initiative. Results

achieved in the project will provide an Overview of innovation efforts of the

involved SEE countries and enable benchmarks with other European regions.

These results will be disseminated and relevant stakeholders will be provided

with the guidelines how to improve innovation policies and measures in order

for the innovation performance to be upgraded in each SEE country.

Running Period:

Start: 2011

End: 2014

Contacts:

TIA - Public Agency

for Technology of

the Republic of

Slovenia Ministry of

Science,

Montenegro

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MicroJobData – Support of Microelectronics Cluster with the creation of a

candidate and job database

Capacities


The project targets to improve the recruitment procedure of the research sector and the hi tech SMEs.

Also improve the knowledge of policy makers upon the human resources management tools.


The project aims at the design of a new innovative e-recruitment platform for

the members Corallia Cluster. As this cluster consists of hi tech firms the

platform was mainly dedicated to the fields of nanotechnology and

microelectronics. The main element of this platform is an innovative algorithm

which makes automated matches between the job post requirements and the

CV qualifications. The output of these matches is an ordering list of CVs based

on the scoring they get for every job post. The scoring actually reflects the

level of suitability. In this way the CV shorting is much better and efficient (i.e.

time and cost savings).

Running Period:

Start: 2009

End: 2012

Contacts:

ATLANTIS

Consulting S.A.

(Modikos

Konstantinos

modikos@atlantisre

search.gr)

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WELLFOOD-Promoting food innovation for wellness in the Adriatic

Capacities


Target groups of the project are the SMEs in the agri-food sector for the improvement of their

competiveness and the production of quality products, the Research centers for the connection of their

research activities with the needs of the agri-food sector, intermediate bodies which support SMEs for

the improvement of their capacity and the policy makers for the improvement of their knowledge

capacity in the agri-food sector.


WELLFOOD aims at strengthening innovation capacity of Adriatic Regions on

agri-food sector, by stimulating the link between business, RTD-inn. Centers,

producers-consumers as a pillar for territorial growth, development and

integration of the Adriatic Ionion area. Nowadays policy level is searching for

holistic social innovation of communities, health and wellness implying the

adoption of new governance strategies to favor health and wellbeing facing

social transformation. WELLFOOD places the accent on cross-border

dimension promoting coordination action among stakeholders (regional

bodies, RTD Centers, SMEs and Food Associations) to overcome the obstacles

in the field of innovation promotion, encouraging partnership and innovation

services by programming clustering policies of Innovation for Food Quality and

Safety overcoming main critical factors related to development of food sector

in Adriatic regions.

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2015

Contacts:

Provincia di Forli-

Cesena, Phone

Number:

003905437141224,

luciano.pizzigati@pr

ovincia.fc.it

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GIFT 2.0 – Greece Italy Facilities for Transport 2.0

Capacities


The project improves the info capacity and so the competiveness of SMEs in the following sectors:

transport, logistics and tourism, improves also the info capacity of the policy makers for better decisions

related to the freight and passengers flows in the region and the intermediate bodies which support

SMEs and policy makers in the region.


Greece and Italy are the main gateway to and from Europe both for freight

and passengers flows. Whereas GIFT 2.0 considers Adriatic-Ionian area as a

unique HUB for traffic flows of short-medium and long distances. The project

identifies 27 hubs among ports, airports, bus and railways station and merge

the different existing services, or optimizing the ones, in order to establish a

unique interface able to give information, data, tickets, and transit times in

real time. In spite of advances in transport, and thanks to information and

communications technologies (ICT), regional travellers need of increasing

support for easy access to destinations of interest and high-valued cultural

resources. GIFT 2.0 intercepts common bottlenecks not yet overcome, in and

among both the target areas including the adjacent territories, in order to find

jointly solution through the main output: unique “virtual logistics” platform

specialized for different market segments to improve facilities. The overall

objective of GIFT 2.0 aims at demonstrating how to develop the Adriatic-

Ionian geographical area, in Apulia and Greek Regions, with multipurpose

approach through the joint coordinated management of existing

infrastructures and common services, in order to intercept new traffic flows

(short connections, neighbourhoods and long distances) and consolidate

redistributing the existing ones in an optimized way, minimizing generalized

costs.

Running Period:

Start: 2013

End: 2015

Contacts:

Region of Apuglia-

Italy

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TPNM - Tourism Promotion to New Markets

Capacities


Target groups of this project are firstly the policy makers and intermediate bodies that support the

tourism sector towards the improvement of their capacity for the promotion of the tourism in the two

countries and secondly the SMEs of the tourism sector in both countries which are going to improve

their info capacity through networking activities.


The Tourism Promotion to New Markets project (TPNM) comes to address

issues emanating from the difficulty of Cross Border (CBC) areas to increase

their competitiveness as a common tourist product. The current situation

exhibits a lacking of an integrated tourism marketing strategy as there are

many partial operations, sites/systems of limited capabilities and outdated

technology, especially when one considers the recent shift of interest in social

media and the wider use of mobile phones. Given the expansion of e-tourism

market and the corresponding reduction of conventional distribution

channels, the current situation requires immediate and concerted action to

upgrade the electronic display, management and distribution of the tourism

product. The international practice and experience in marketing management

of touristic destinations requires centralized management of information for

each destination through advanced and technologically state of art portals

that provide geo-localized information.The project aims to unify the touristic

product of the CBC area for increasing the visibility of its touristic potential

and promote its attractiveness not only to domestic and EU markets but also

to new touristic origins (Russia, Japan, China), while strengthening tourism

business ties in both sides. To that end, five partners from Greece and Albania

have joined forces to create the conditions of a unified touristic product of the

cross border area, capable of stimulating touristic development.

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2013

Contacts:

Corfu City,

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EIICM – European Information and Innovation Centre Montenegro

Capacities


Target groups of the project are the SMEs through the improvement of its competiveness because of

networking, the intermediate bodies which support the SMEs through the improvement of their

knowledge capacity and the policy makers through the improvement also of their knowledge capacity.


Its aim is to help SMEs to develop their innovative potential and to

raise their awareness on Commission policies. The network help clients

in their search for business partners, especially in countries other than

their own, arrange individual on-site visits to assess a company's needs

and provide advice on a broad range of business issues. A well-proven

database enables different contact points to remain constantly in

touch with each other and to pool partnership offers and requests.

Running Period:

Start: 2013

End: 2014

Contacts:

Directorate for SME

Development Rimski

Trg 46, 81000

Podgorica,

tel.+38220406302,

fax.+38220406323,

mail:

[email protected]

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BIVEE

Capacities



promote innovation in ICT sector and to promote the development of research activities for the

development of new products and the competiveness of SMEs through networking in a visual platform.


The BIVEE project's aim is to develop a reference framework, a new

management method and a service-orientated ICT platform for exploiting

Business Innovation in virtual companies. The use is therefore not addressed

at one singular company but at an ecosystem consisting of suppliers,

clients,research centres, etc. This framework serves to address the innovation

process at the centre of small and medium enterprises, with reference to the

innovative space and the productive space. BIVEE will supply a repository of

all the information that gets exchanged within the virtual ecosystem and

through the Key Performance Indicators will enable a monitoring of all of the

phases that bring about the creation of the idea through to the realisation of

the prototype (Virtual Innovation Factories), or an improvement of the

process phases extended to the whole production chain (Mission Control

Room).

Running Period:

Start: 2011

End: 2014

Contacts:

Engineering

Personnel network

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Cluster PoliSee

Capacities


ClusterPoliSEE main objective is to enhance the capacity of regional policy

makers to confront, prevent and anticipate change, developing smart

specialization strategies for cluster improvement, thus accelerating

differentiation and structural change towards a knowledge-based economy.

ClusterPoliSEE aims at defining, developing and implementing regional

cluster policies as a corollary of the pooling of resources and integration of

activities along the global value chain, matching regional competitive

advantages with international synergies.


The project affects directly the policy makers and indirectly the SMEs and Intermediary Organizations

like Chambers of Commerce

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2014

Contacts:

Marche Region -

European Policies

Department -

Managing Authority

for ERDF and ESF Italy

60125 Ancona Via

Tiziano 44,

mauro.terzoni@regio

ne.marche.it

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Environmental and RES-Technologies in the Balkan area

Capacities


Target groups of the project: Directly the Intermediary Bodies and Policy Makers and indirectly also the

SMEs in the environmental sector.


Contribute to the process of economic development in the Balkans, and in

particular, in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia

through targeted interventions in the environmental sector, priority for

reaching economic sustainable development, employment growth,

employment growth and European standards in the area.

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2014

Contacts:

Promofirenze,

Special Agency of

the Chamber of

Commerce of

Florence: Laura

Tettamanti +39 055

2671452, Fax +39

055 2671404 Email:

laura.tettamanti@

metropoliaziendasp

eciale.it

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“WENS” European Network of Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors

Capacities


Target groups of the project: SMEs which belong to women for the purpose to become the

Ambassadors, Intermediary Bodies like Chambers of Commerce and Policy Makers with the purpose to

differentiate their strategy towards the promotion of women’s entrepreneurship.


Project objective: to contribute to the promotion of female entrepreneurship across the

Republic of Serbia through establishing National Network of Ambassadors; to encourage

the development of small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurship in Serbia by

encouraging and supporting entrepreneurial potential and talents of women and increase

their overall involvement in entrepreneurship; specific: to inspire women to start their own

businesses and become entrepreneurs; to increase self-confidence of women in

establishing and running a successful business; local, national and international networking

in order to motivate women to understand that entrepreneurship can be a time of their

careers. One of the current problems of the EU economy is insufficient realisation of

entrepreneurial potential, which becomes even more significant when considering the

gender structure of entrepreneurs. Statistics have shown that, when compared to men,

women are self employed less often, i.e. they are less likely to start their own business or to

have an ambition to do so. Since intellectual potential of women and their participation in

the European competitiveness is not fully used, the European Commission insists on the

promotion of female entrepreneurship and creation of business environment suitable for

establishment and management of enterprises lead by women. With this goal, the

European Network of Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors Project was initiated on

October 5, 2009. The fundamental idea of the project is to form the network of successful

business women that will represent the role models for future female entrepreneurs

throughout Europe. In the beginning, the network consisted of 150 female ambassadors

from ten European countries (Denmark, France, Germany, Island, Ireland, Italy, Norway,

Poland, Slovakia and Sweden), and by the end of 2010 twelve more countries joined them,

one of which is Serbia. The role of Ambassadors. Promotion of female entrepreneurship on

the national level: by addressing groups of women in schools and faculties, through

contacts with social groups, appearing in the media, as well as organising thematic

conferences, establishing business connections, and initiatives for finding work, and their

activities will be covered by media (television, radio, magazines, project website,

participation in major events, and awards to the most successful entrepreneurs).

Participation in the work of the European Network of Female Entrepreneurship

Ambassadors: participation in meetings of the European Network, participation in “e-

conferences” and in “electronic communication”, participation in relevant EU campaigns,

thus making contacts and improving business climate for female entrepreneurs in our

country. Objective: supporting development of small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurship in Serbia by encouraging and supporting entrepreneurial potentials and

talents of women, and increasing their overall engagement in entrepreneurship. Specific

goals: Motivating women to become entrepreneurs and start their own business. Increasing

women’s self confidence in the process of founding and running a successful business.

Create local, national and international connections in order to motivate women to

understand that entrepreneurship can be their career. Total project amount: 84.482 EUR

Running Period:

Start: 2010

End: 2012

Contacts:

National Agency for

Regional

Development

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Regional ICT Foresight exercise for Southeast Europe - (FORSEE)

Capacities


Project FORSEE puts efforts on introducing a foresight culture in order to create a common regional

methodology through which ICT sector stakeholders (policy makers, industry players and research

community) will be able to voice aspirations, meet challenges and help develop a vision for the region in

this field. FORSEE promotes the public consultation among the policy makers, SMEs, Intermediate

Bodies and Researchers in the ICT sector. The results of it will be a support tool for decision making for

the policy makers.


Project FORSEE puts efforts on introducing a foresight culture in order to create a

common regional methodology through which ICT sector stakeholders (policy

makers, industry players and research community) will be able to voice

aspirations, meet challenges and help develop a vision for the region in this field.

The Project’s main objectives are: To embed a foresight culture in the policy

making process in the SEE countries, which will lead to an acceleration of their

economic growth and will enhance their preparedness to the challenges of the

globalized economy, to open a dialogue between all relevant stakeholders from

participating countries, synthesize views and create a sense of regional ownership

of proposed policy recommendations, to initiate transnational collaboration in

developing strategic plans for the ICT related socioeconomic growth through

significant savings in resources, improved efficiency and increased capacity to

compete in the global market, to make a careful selection of priorities in ICT RDI

policies in each participating country which will allow already limited available

resources to be channeled into activities with realistic potential for important

achievements, to create a framework under which these areas of priorities will be

re-evaluated as pillars of a Regional Plan for development in each of the

participating countries, to produce a set of tools and a methodological platform

for performing regional Foresight exercises which will remain as legacy to the SEE

region for future use and reference. The FORSEE Project has 3 main stages: Design

the Foresight exercise, the context analysis per country and the staffing of the

Taskforce and Policy Steering Committee with representatives of project partners

and external Foresight or policy experts (including partners and regional

stakeholders, and external foresight or policy review experts). Present FORSEE

exercise methodological approach and goals through a Green Paper in Open

Consultations attended by the widest possible relevant audience in each SEE

country to stimulate Stakeholders’ participation in the process, in order to ensure

transparency and inclusiveness. Run a regional foresight pilot exercise as a

participatory process in order to synthesize stakeholder views to create a

common vision for the development of ICT RDI in the SEE region, leaving behind

tools and a sustainability plan for the establishment of a virtual Regional Foresight

Center (RFC).

Running Period:

Start: 2009

End: 2012

Contacts:

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BI-NET : Regional Business Incubators’ Network “Black Sea BI-Net”

Capacities


Target groups of the project are startups and innovative SMEs in the Black Sea Region, intermediate

bodies which support SMEs and Policy makers which will improve their knowledge after the

implementation of the project activities.


Overall objective: To accelerate the development of a productive

and competitive economy and improve cooperation in the Black

Sea region. Specific objectives: (1) To increase the institutional

capacity of the business support organizations, public authorities

and business incubators in development and promotion of specific

policies related to business incubation as a tool to support and

strengthen start-up and innovative SMEs. (2) boost the level of

cross-country cooperation between business incubators, business

support organizations, public authorities and incubated SMEs to

improve the economic competitiveness of the Black Sea region

Running Period:

Start: 2013

End: 2015

Contacts:

Organization for Small and

Medium Enterprises Sector

Development, Republic of

Moldova 48, Serghei Lazo

str., of. 313, MD-2004,

Chisinau mun., Republic of

Moldova Telephone number:

+373 22 225380 Fax number:

+373 22 295797 Contact

person : Mrs. Iulia IABANJI

Contact person's email:

[email protected]

[email protected] Website

of the Organization:

www.odimm.md

www.businessportal.md

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Adriatic food and tourism: Innovating smes/ Adria Footouring

Capacities


The project improves directly the knowledge capacity of policy makers and intermediate bodies which

support SMEs in tourism and indirectly the competiveness of SMEs in the fore mentioned sectors.


The general objective of ADRIA FOOTOURING is to boost innovative

capacity of traditional sectors such as tourism and food by improving

the innovation environment were existing and new SMEs are

operating. A mutual benefit will contribute to increase the

competitiveness of Adriatic region.

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2015

Contacts:

Province of Pescara

-ITALY

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SLOHRA ZONET-Promotion of integration of business zones, incubators and

technology parks into an innovative entrepreneurial network in the cross-

border region of Slovenia-Croatia

Capacities


Target groups of the project are intermediate bodies such as business zones, incubators, technology

parks, and support entrepreneurial institutions (SEI) through the improvement of their knowledge

capacity, SMEs and Startups in the region through the improvement of their competiveness and their

capacity to enter the market, researchers through coaching to focus their research towards the market

needs, policy makers through the improvement of their knowledge capacity and investors and funding

organizations through their networking with new Startups and innovative projects from the research

area.


Searching and developing better, innovative products is possible only in the

case of greater cooperation, networking and entering foreign markets. Small

business in the region close to the border has in past decade developed

disconnectedly, depending on momentary capabilities. Planning and

establishment of zones was primarily dependent on local circumstances and

without consideration of the broader economic space. Project partners and

zones (business-craft zones, technology parks, incubators, etc.) recognized the

need and demonstrated intention for new cooperation and search of mutual

synergic effects. The network of Slovene-Croatian regional development

agencies (RDA) – SLOHRA, established in the ongoing Interreg Slo-Hu-Cro

project, is the main advantage of this project’s realization, because it eases

the establishment of contacts and advances the quality of cooperation in

individual regions. Opportunities which will be followed are primarily related

to establishment of the joint economic space and better services which for

small and middle-sized enterprises (SME) Main objectives of the project: to

improve the access and spreading of information about cross-border

entrepreneurial area, to increase cooperation of entrepreneurial zones to

establish the structure for partnership network development, to improve

awareness of small and medium-sized enterprises of cross-border business

opportunities and to promote a joint economic space. Target groups of the

project are business zones, incubators, technology parks, support

entrepreneurial institutions (SEI), regional development agencies, companies

operating in these zones and other operating companies which are interested

in entering into the zone, unemployed, students, potential entrepreneurs,

general public, via public access to acquired joint data and local communities.

Running Period:

Start: 2004

End: 2006

Contacts:

ISTRIAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, LTD., Mletačka 12/iv, 52100 Pula, Croatia, Boris Miletić (project manager), contact person Tea Gobo: +385 52 38 19 00 [email protected]

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MEDOSSIC-Mediterranean organization structure and strengthening of

innovation capacities for sustainable development

Capacities


Target groups of the project are firstly intermediate bodies which support SMEs and policy makers in the

MED area and secondly researchers and innovative SMEs to improve their knowledge capacity towards

the improvement of the innovation capacity of the society.


The project aims to create transnational network structure between regional

development actors with the specific goal: to improve implementation of

regional policies in the innovation field and increase the capacity for

sustainable development by encouraging innovation of “clean” technologies.

The partners have stated that social environment in the Med regions is not

stimulating enough to assure good results in the innovation sphere. Partners

believe that Med space has high potential to develop innovations, which will

contribute to sustainable development in the whole Med area. The main

obstacle is the lack of coordination and co-operation among key stakeholders

(government institutions, public research institutions, universities, local

communities, chamber of commerce, SMEs, …). The regional development

actors see an opportunity to play an important role in strengthening

innovation capacities by cooperating and coordinating with stakeholders in

order to provide more efficient implementation and functioning of

undertaken measures. The concrete outcome is to establish pilot structure in

each region for counseling and providing information to target groups (SMEs,

young researchers, innovators,…).Activities set up in the project proposal will

be implemented through the transnational network structure to provide

considerable impact on strengthening innovation capacities at transnational

level and so contribute to the “green” economic growth and employment in

the Med area.

Running Period:

Start: 2009

End: 2011

Contacts:

Regional

Development

Agency of Inner-

karst Region, Ltd.,

Mateja Simčič

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MLADIEKOIN

Capacities


The project contributed to the enhancement of knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies which

support SMEs and policy makers.


The project was aimed at encouraging youth to eco-innovativeness and cross-

border cooperation between Slovenia and Croatia in this area. By exchanging

experiences, good practices, new ideas and projects, new ideas have been

realized and new partnerships established. Based on this consortium, young

entrepreneurs might emerge, which was also the goal of the project.

Running Period:

Start: 2011

End: 2013

Contacts:

BUSINESS CENTRE

NOVO MESTO LTD.

(Slovenia), contact

person Simon Jeraj

+386 7 33 72 991

simon.jeraj@rc-

nm.si

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iCON - Competitiveness of SMEs through Innovation anδ Collaborative

Entrepreneurship

Capacities


Target groups of the project are intermediate bodies of the region such business zones, incubators,

technology parks, support entrepreneurial institutions (SEI) and policy makers such as regional

development agencies through the improvement of their innovative capacity and SMEs through the

improvement of their competiveness by coaching and networking.


The project aims to increase the competitiveness of SMEs in the program area

through networking and cooperation. Collaboration, knowledge exchange and

technology transfer, innovation and internationalization are expected. The

partnership is composed of the most important business structures and

associations from the both sides of the program area, which are connecting

and representing all the SMEs in this area providing an excellent knowledge of

the business reality. The heart of the project is the establishment of

connections (networks, clusters, platforms) among SMEs in order to increase

their competitiveness and contribute to the overall competitiveness of the

territory. The activities of knowledge and experience exchange combined with

new forms of cooperation are promoted by the structures and business

associations. Common services will be developed for the internationalization

of SMEs, also with the help of new technologies and information sources: DBE

(Digital Business Ecosystem), KMS (Knowledge Management Systems) as

promoted by the European Commission to promote regional development.

Disadvantaged social categories (senior, pensioned) will be included and those

with potential in entrepreneurship (young people) through a system of cross-

border working internships in the companies.

Running Period:

Start:

End:

Contacts:

Razvojna agencija

ROD, David Bratož,

Gregorčičeva ulica

20, 5270 Ajdovščina

00386 5 3653600

[email protected]

61

T-LAB - tourism laboratory

Capacities


The project targets to improve the knowledge capacity of the intermediate bodies which support SMEs

and policy makers in the tourism sector of the project region and to improve the competiveness of SMEs

in tourism sector through networking and coaching.


The main outcome of the project will be: established and upgraded cross-

border portal used for networking initiators of new tourism projects and

opportunities for their realization and accompanying other activities such as

education, counselling, experimentation. Purpose of the project is incubation

of new tourism project. We will also encourage business networking.

Running Period:

Start: 2011

End: 2015

Contacts:

SPIRIT Slovenia,

public agency,

Dimičeva 13, 1000

Ljubljana, Slovenia

62

BOOST-IT (Set-up of a Collaborative Permanent Network for Boosting the

Participation of Incubated SMEs in Innovation Processes under FP6 activities)

Capacities


The project targets to improve the knowledge capacity of the intermediate bodies which support

incubated SMEs and policy makers in the project region and to improve the competiveness of innovative

SMEs through mentoring and coaching.


Boost-It gathers into a permanent structure a core group of innovation service

providers and small incubator societies, in order to develop a framework

(made of services and tools), capable of supporting incubated SMEs through

the live-cycle of their own innovation projects.

Running Period:

Start: 2006

End: 2008

Contacts:

Inovamais - Inova+

63

A.N.I.S. "Reinforcing synergies between public policies in support of e-

business for SMEs" (Action PP/4.1.2.)

Capacities


The project targets to improve the ICT knowledge capacity of the intermediate bodies which support

SMEs and policy makers in the project region and to improve the competiveness of innovative SMEs the

improvement of their ICT capacity.


Reinforcing synergies between public policies in support of e-business for

SMEs. The goal is to bring companies to the use of computer technology, and

in particular e-business. Through the network, companies can also be

informed about the policies and spending programs, in particular, about the

activities of R & D and technological innovation.

Running Period:

Start: 2008

End: 2008

Contacts:

CONFARTIGIANATO

- ASSOCIAZIONE

ARTIGIANI E

PICCOLE IMPRESE

DEL MANDAMENTO

DI SAN DONA' DI

PIAVE (ITALY)

64

IPATECH. Miniaturization technology: synergies of research and innovation to

enhance the economic development of the Adriatic.

Capacities


The project targets to improve the knowledge capacity of the intermediate bodies and policy makers

which promote research and innovation, to strengthen the competences of the researchers to fulfil the

needs of the market and the society and to increase the competiveness of the SMEs through networking

them with institutional and academic in the project region.


The general objective of the Project IPATECH is to strengthen research &

innovation competences in the agro-food sector in order to contribute to

competitiveness & increase the development of the Adriatic area through

economic, social & institutional cooperation. The working team aims at

improving research capacity & cooperation in the Adriatic area, by increasing

levels of competence, encouraging transfer of innovation & creating a

transnational network between the entrepreneurial, institutional, academic

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2015

Contacts:

Agricultural

Research Council –

Via Salaria 1, 63077

Monsampolo del

Tronto (AP) ITALY

Marche - Ascoli

Piceno Valentino

Ferrari

65

ADRIA-HUB - Bridge technical differences and social suspicions contributing

to transform the Adriatic area in a stable hub for a sustainable technological

development

Capacities



which promote innovation, to drive the forces of the researchers towards the needs of the market and

the society, to inform investors and funding organizations for the availability of innovative projects for

investment and to increase the competiveness of the SMEs through networking and coaching in the

project region.


This trans-national association aims to promote and facilitate the contact

among Educational and Business galaxies, creating “new channels and

methods of communication”. Considering that public institutions, private

consortia inside the partnership act in the name and for the interests of their

public and business associates, it is evaluated that Adria-HUB impacts directly

over more than 120 protagonists of social and economic life in the Adriatic

region. Moreover, large business associations (like Chambers of Commerce

and Public/Private Associations) are going to widely spread methods and

outcomes generated in the partnership. Specifically, Adria-HUB intends to

institutionalize relationships and integrations acting on different levels:

Political Approach: merging interests and efforts for common purpose,

overcoming divisions between populations inherited from past; Educational

Evolution: comparing education models and effects, pushing the university

curricula toward the needs of industry; Social Action: reinforcing the

employment of young people and their correct positioning on the labour-

market; Implementation of ICT: creating an advanced web-oriented platform

to connect data and information all over the Adriatic region; Workforce

Straightening: merging individual skills and industrial needs towards the

recruitment of the most appropriate professionals; Transfer of Technology:

providing industrial needs for technology to the universities as source of

innovation; Research and Development: forwarding the R&D efforts and

capabilities of university partners toward a “business-driven research”;

Industrial Innovation: focusing resources and attention on a specific industrial

sector, the wood processing industry, relevant for the whole area; Eco-

sustainability in production: developing methods and prototype solutions in

respect to environmental and eco-friendly aspects.

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2014

Contacts:

Alma Mater

Studiorum

University of

Bologna

66

CluStrat Boosting Innovation through new cluster concepts in support of

emerging issues and cross sectoral themes

Capacities



which promote clustering concepts and to increase the competiveness of the SMEs through the

promotion of innovative concepts of networking in the project region.


The CluStrat project strives to develop a Joint Strategy on how to enhance the

innovation capacity and competitiveness of clusters in the Central Europe

area. At the beginning, an analysis of potentials shows hubs of strategic

importance with regard to emerging industries and cross-cutting issues at

regional level. Strategy development builds upon this basis. In order to feed

the strategy development process, CluStrat partners have initiated a

systematic Policy Dialogue at regional, national and transnational level. The

Policy Dialogue is an ongoing process of exchange, discussion and learning

which involves cluster policy makers at all levels in the development of new

policy approaches and strategy elements.At the same time, sectoral experts,

cluster practitioners and members such as companies, universities and other

R&D institutions are involved in CluStrat for their expertise and hands-on

experience: Expert workshops for in-depth assessment of the potentials

related to emerging industries and cross-cutting issues Regional and cross-

cluster/interregional pilots to test the strategy elements in practice.

Running Period:

Start: 2011

End: 2014

Contacts:

Steinbeis-Europa-

Zentrum Germany

67

Ip4Smes

Capacities


The project facilitates the knowledge improvement of the intermediate bodies and policy makers which

support the research sector, the expansion of usage of intellectual property instruments by them and

the increase of the SMEs’ competiveness through their connection with the research area of the project

region.


The project target is the company and the network of enterprises. For the

pilot action, the project involves companies from ICT and Construction

engineering; moreover, OEM and components sectors or others sectors with

high Intellectual Property potential are been considered too. Also the project

activities are directed to the public actors involved in the Intellectual Property

Services and information (Chamber of Commerce, Innovation Agency,

Research Bodies, Patlib). The goal is both to strengthen the link between the

world of research with the market and businesses through a greater use of the

intellectual property instruments and to consolidate a cross-border network

of cross-border.

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2014

Contacts:

Treviso Tecnologia

68

RE-SEED

Capacities



makers which support innovative actions, promotes the creation of new Startups through mentoring

and coaching and support the researchers to head their research activities towards the market needs.

Also networks the new startups with potential investors.


Re-seed is a Project aimed at using and value adding of research results to

favour start up of high-tech companies, at the same time offering self-

employment opportunities to high skilled young people in the Region. The

impact of RE-SEED will be the start-up of high-tech new entreprises

particularly in the following sectors: agrifood, extended ICT and IT, metal

processing and new materials, biotech, biomed, applied mathematics. RE-

SEED supports the development of 15 innovative business ideas coming from

research framework by offering to potential entrepreneurs training and taylor

made consultancy services.

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2014

Contacts:

Università degli

Studi di Udine

69

INCO-NET

Capacities



makers which support innovative actions and enhances the competiveness of innovative SMEs by

networking.


The INCO-NET project has been established to enhance the competitiveness

of innovative SMEs and startups by promoting cooperation and the exchange

of know-how in the area between Italy and Austria. To that end, a cross-

border network will be established to provide entrepreneurs with

opportunities to upgrade their skills, promote the exchange of ideas and

foster business process innovation. As a step forward in that direction, INCO-

NET aims to establish a cooperation network of science parks, business

incubators and intermediate bodies - i.e- the organizations whose mission is

to provide a link between companies and research or public institutions. Using

available tools and know-how, INCO-NET will help small companies to start

networking, enhance their skills, propose and share solutions to the issues

that are most frequently encountered in the crossborder area. The main

project focus is on young entrepreneurs and female entrepreneurs. Special

initiatives are devoted to these 2 target groups, relying on the crossborders

tools and services that can best support their growth as entrepreneurs.

Running Period:

Start: 2013

End: 2016

Contacts:

Friuli Innovazione

70

In-FVG New ideas for the regional development

Capacities


The project facilitates the increase of the competiveness of the project region through networking of the

stakeholders such as intermediate bodies and policy makers which support early stage funding and

innovation, SMEs and new, Researchers and Funding Organizations.


IN-FVG New ideas for the development of the regional territory IN-FVG

project has been promoted in continuity with previous activities fostered in

the regional territory aimed at supporting business start up and technological

transfer. The main goal of this initiative is to encourage the development of

highly innovative enterprise projects by means of first-class business training

and shadowing programs in close relation with the Research, Enterprise and

Finance System. Among the project specific objectives there is also the

creation of a wide network of consultancies, collaborations and contacts on

the regional territory in view of future business activity, provided thanks to

the IN-FVG partnership advanced resources. The Business Plan Development

ends with a finalized Business Plan in view of the Business Start up. In order to

facilitate the training activities as well as the internship period, IN-FVG

provides also financial grants meant for unemployed participants. The amount

of these grants is defined according to the region/country of residence,

namely: 9.000€ for residents in Friuli Venezia Giulia, 15.000€ for residents in

other Italian regions, 18.000€ for residents in another countries.

Running Period:

Start: 2008

End: 2011

Contacts:

Friuli Innovazione

71

Cluster Club

Capacities


The project facilitates the increase of the competiveness of the project region through networking of the

stakeholders such as intermediate bodies and policy makers which promote cluster concepts, SMEs and

Researchers.


The Adriatic Economic Cluster Club project aims at improving the innovation

transfer of territorial and productive system in the Adriatic area through

market research and following cooperation activities. The overall objective is

to accelerate the reinforcement of clusters’ system and the creation of new

ones, with particular attention to the building of SMEs network involving,

P.As., public and private institutes of research and associations. The Cluster

Club Project focuses on nautical and shipbuilding sectors including the supply

chain of plastic, rubber, metal, wood and textiles. The main aim of the project

is to accelerate the reinforcement of the cluster system as well as the

creation of new clusters with particular attention to the building of a SME

network involving Public administration, institutes of research and

associations. The project will also improve the innovation possibilities of

territorial and productive systems in the Adriatic area through cooperation,

business activities and market research.

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2014

Contacts:

Contact person:

Roberta Lazzari

Unioncamere del

Veneto

roberta.lazzari@eur

osportelloveneto.it

72

Energy Villab

Capacities


he project facilitates the increase of the competiveness of the project region in the fields of RES use and

Energy Efficiency through networking of the stakeholders such as intermediate bodies and policy makers

which promote Energy Efficiency and production of electricity from RES, SMEs in the energy sector and

Researchers.


The EnergyVillab project aims to create a network of Living Labs which

develop virtuous behaviours for the application of RES (Renewable Energy

Sources) RUE (Rationale Use of Energy) MOB (Sustainable Mobility System) -

(hereafter RRM) - and positively influence the development of SMEs, clusters,

municipalities and local support policy makers of the Italian Slovenian cross-

border area. European existing Living Labs experiences inspire the birth of ten

Living Labs, in order to allow their best development into Energy Virtuous

Living Labs. Through the EnergyViLLab Network, the project aims to obtain

locally diffused benefits able to ensure concrete economical revenues in a

sustainable energy development frame. The project involve as main actors

the Chambers of Commerce, SMEs, Clusters, Handcraft Associations,

Territorial Development Centres, Energy Agencies, Universities, Research

Institutes, Municipalities and policy makers of the involved Regions.

Running Period:

Start: 2011

End: 2014

Contacts:

Contact person:

Michela Bergamin

Unioncamere del

Veneto

michela.bergamin@

eurosporrtellovenet

o.it

73

Emilia Romagna Start Up

Capacities


Support young People and their entrepreneurship: this is a key objective of the Emilia Romagna

development policies. The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies

and policy makers which support young people and their entrepreneurship, to promote the

establishment of new innovative SMEs and the creation of new jobs and also help young researchers to

promote their research results in the market


Support young People and their entrepreneurship: this a key objective of the

Emilia Romagna development policies, for this reason has

Running Period:

Start:

End:

Contacts:

Emilia Romagna

Region

74

Creative Growth

Capacities


he project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers which

support the creative industry, to enhance the competiveness of SMEs in the creative sector and to foster

cooperation among the stakeholders of the creative sector in the project region.


The idea of the Creative Growth project is to provide comparable data about

the creative sector, by developing ajoint basis for a European model for

comparing the creative sector in different regions.

Running Period:

Start: 2008

End: 2011

Contacts:

Ostsam Regional

Development

Agency Lucie

Sanchez

lucie.sanchez@aste

r.it

75

ENTRE:DI Entrepreneurial diversity - Fostering Entrepreneurship

Capacities



support young entrepreneurs, to enhance the competiveness of SMEs in the project region.


Entrepreneurial activities have quite an enormous impact on

regionaleconomic performance and on the renewal of regional knowledge.

Fostering entrepreneurship with (semi) public funding contributes to a more

prosperous regional economy and can reduce the unemployment rate

significantly. The experiences of the project partners as well as acknowledged

studies show that entrepreneurial initiatives are successful, if different types

of services are provided for starting and young entrepreneurs. Such a map-like

function with various bus and tramway stopsservices includes assessment,

training, ongoing consultation, facilities

Running Period:

Start: 2010

End: 2011

Contacts:

Kompass - Zentrum

fur

Existenzgrundungen

Frankfurt am Main

GmbH, Germany

76

RST – Rede de serviços tecnologicos

Capacities



support SMEs in Brazil and to enhance the competiveness of the SMEs in this region.


The RST Project is a program of international cooperation promoted and

managed by Sebrae (Brazilian Service to support micro and small enterprise),

IDB (Interamerican Development Bank), and by the Italian Marche region and

COSMOB (Technological Centre for the sector wood and furniture).

Running Period:

Start: 2013

End: 2016

Contacts:

Consortium:

Cosmob Spa,

University of

Camerino, Marche

Region

Beneficiary/Client:

SEBRAE

77

Startup – Lab

Capacities



promote innovation development and to enhance the competiveness of innovative SMEs through the

introduction to their human resources how to manage projects of a high technological and market

potential.


The itinerary intends to develop in the participants certain attitudes,

behaviour and planning capacities suitable for promoting and stimulating

projects that are defined by marked characteristics of creativeness, innovation

and scalability on the international markets. The Special Itinerary is addressed

at young Italians and foreigners that:-present marked attitudes and a decisive

inclination towards realising corporate projects of a high technological and

market potential and -have a real familiarity with the English language The

programme is composed of three consecutive full time parts: -Education: 6

formative modules for 6 weeks at the ISTAO head quarters. As well as the

customary activities held in the letture hall, it is expo terd that there will be

moments for comparison with direct winte sesso of the eco system of

Innovatative businesses from Italy and on an International scale. Execution:2

weeks to be conducted at incubators, acceralators, laboratorial research

companies which are consistent with the entrepreneurial idea to be

developed. -Capstone Experience: 1 week at the ISTAO head quarters.

Conclusive module through out which the participants have the possibility to

verify the knowledge and skills acquired concluded by a public presentation of

their project.

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End:

Contacts:

ISTAO

78

Educational course: "Paper as a creative work tool" BACKGROUND FOR THE

PROFESSIONAL AND ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE PAPER

INDUSTRY

Capacities



support SMEs in the paper industry and to enhance the competiveness of SMEs in the sector through

the development of their human resources.


The itinerary is integrated within a programme of a much larger context, entitled

"Officine Unesco della Cultura e dell’Impresa”. The Unesco workshops make up a

significant part of a series of actions and operations on the Fabriano territory

linked to a project of "cultural development" which have helped put the city up

for candidacy for the role of "Network of Creative Cities" Unesco. It is therefore a

matter of an important opportunity for giving new drive to that which is a local

asset, a truly distintive advantage of the territory, a worldly excellence which

currently risks disappearing forever. -Promote and revitalise the economic

activities which revolve around the paper production chain -Facilitate the

insertion of new resources in the productive businesses -Support the birth of new

entrepreneurial initiatives -Promote the safeguarding of traditions and productive

knowledge of the Marche region Beneficiaries The Marche region, with an end to

promoting and sustaining the potentialities for development of a sector belonging

to traditional manufacturing industry promotes the launch of specific Educational

itineraries on paper with reference in particular to those particular trades which

are now carried out by an older generation that is leaving behind without

successors, a patrimony of knowledge which should rather be valued and

maintained. The TECHNICAL-CREATIVE OPERATORS are to be considered amongst

the most essential role, who are characterised by a higher degree of technical

professionality and marked aptitudes also towards the "creative" handling of

paper. We can detect furthermore the necessity to stimulate new activities and

therefore to form ENTREPRENEURS, who as well as possessing marked managerial

aptitudes, discover within the paper industry the opportunity to express their

own entrepreneurial aspirations and aptitudes. It is at these two types of

professional figure that the two Educational itineraries are directed, intended for

20 young unemployed or jobless people, under 35, with 30% of the places

destined for young foreigners. Six of the twenty places available in each course

are therefore reserved for foreign students: for this reason, the course will

predominantly be conducted in the English language. COURSE PROGRAMME

Module 1- Paper and the master paper produce r Module 2- Building of

managerial abilities Module 3- Administrative tools and skills Module 4- Paper:

object and product of the enterprise activity Module 5- Creating a business in the

paper industry Module 6- Skill sharing Module 7- Orientation in the business

world Module 8- Final exam Module 9- Company internship

Running Period:

Start: 2013

End: 2014

Contacts:

ISTAO

79

POREEN Partnering opportunities between Europe and China in the

Renewable energies and environmental industries

Capacities



promote the cooperation between China and to promote cooperation in science, business and

technology sectors between China and EU.


The project aims at integrating and combining the economic, legal and

engineering competences, in order to analyse the level of cooperation so far

achieved between China and Europe in the renewable energies and

environmental industry sectors. POREEN aims at increasing the availability of

Inter-disciplinary studies with a complete overview of the Europe-China

relations. The development of an integrated awareness of circumstances is

fundamental in supplying a useful and reliable information in support of local

and community politics as well as the companies that operate in/with China.

POREEN will furthermore lay foundations for additional correlated studies on

this theme and reinforce interdisciplinary research connection between

European and Chinese centres of excellence.

Running Period:

Start: 2013

End: 2016

Contacts:

University of

Macerata Prof.

Francesca Spigarelli:

francesca.spigarelli

@unimc.it

80

CHETCH China and Europe taking care of healthcare solutions

Capacities



promote the cooperation between China and EU in health sector and to enhance the cooperation in

research and business in this sector between China and EU.


The research project intends to contribute actively to the cooperation

between Europe and China investigating opportunities for mutual integration

in the healthcare sector. Cooperation and potential synergies will be

examined from a comprehensive perspective, including policies at national

and local level, the legal environment, medical practices, healthcare industries

and related businesses. An interdisciplinary approach is followed.

Researchers in the social science and humanities areas will compare the

European and Chinese healthcare systems at different levels, including value

systems and ethical issues. The economic expert will specifically analyse the

integration reached so far, in the healthcare industries (i.e. technologies,

pharmaceutical products, etc.) on the basis of foreign direct investments,

trade and micro economic data. The typical cost-benefit tools will be used to

evaluate the economic impact of integrating Western Medicine (WM) and

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practices, supporting the medical team of

experts. The legal instruments will help define obstacles and plausible

solutions that can be generated by the regulatory environment, as well as

appropriate solutions to enhance collaboration both at institutional, medical

practices and business levels. The team of experts in the medical field will

investigate best practices of traditional medical systems using a modern

science framework. The team will develop a process of recognition and

scientific validation of TCM versus Complementary Alternative Medicine

(CAM) at different levels.

Running Period:

Start: 01.01.2014

End: 31.12.2017

Contacts:

Polytechnic

University of

Marche Prof. Attilio

Mucelli:

[email protected]

t

81

Increasing Knowledge Transfer In the MEDiterranean area

Capacities



promote innovation and to increase the competiveness of the research sector and the SMEs through

networking and collaboration.


The project, approved by the MED programme for a total of 1.851.500 euro

included in the action of territorial cooperation in the mediterranean area of

the European Union. Iktimed intends to contribute towards promoting new

policies for the support of innovation in favour of the small and medium

enterprises of the mediterranean area. The guiding principles of the project

are as follows: - the innovation does not exclusively reside within the

traditional research centres. - it is necessary to have an integrated

cooperation between public, private and world of research - the

transeuropean networks of innovation and knowledge are fundamental for

the system of Italian enterprises And those of the Marche region. Exactly for

this reason, the partnership composed of 13 organisations from 7 different

countries wants to promote a major cooperation between public and private,

through both the recognition of the best practises for the financing of

innovation and through the creation of communities for innovation:

transnational mediterranean networks composed of research centres,

universities and clusters, finalised in the development of Innovatative work

programmes. The project ended in May 2013.

Running Period:

Start: 01.2010

End: 06.2012

Contacts:

Marche Region –

Innovation and

Research

Department Tiziano

Street, 44 – 60125

ANCONA Ph. +39

071 8063602 fax

0718063058 e-mail:

anna.torelli@region

e.marche.it

82

AdriHealthMob – Adriatic Model of Sustainable Mobility in the Health & Care

Sector

Capacities


The project intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers in

health sector of the area border the Adriatic and to enhance the competiveness of SMEs in health sector

through their introduction to hi tech ICT solutions.


The proposal refers to the need to define a model of sustainable transport

and health care, capable of making the accessibility and mobility of

passengers safer and more rational. The aim is therefore to provide solutions

to the needs of mobility, promoting and creating an area border the Adriatic

to the health and car, defining and implementing transport services and

introducing ICT solutions (eHealth, mHealth, teleHealth).

Running Period:

Start: 01.10.2013

End: 31.03.2016

Contacts:

Federal Ministry of

Health of Bosnia

and Herzegovina

83

Zoone - Zoo Technical Networking for a sustainable Innovation in Adriatic

Euroregion

Capacities



support livestock enterprises and to enhance the competiveness of SMEs in the sector through

networking them with the research area.


ZOONE aims to strengthen the capacity for innovation and for

researchers/technicians at the institutional level to create an enabling

environment and specific support for livestock enterprises. Building an

innovative line of science-based and institutional share is the need to develop

innovative entrepreneurial frames. ZOONE aims to promote joint research

activities and innovative scientific-institutional framework and policies for the

modernization, ensuring the environment, economic and social sustainability

for animal husbandry based on knowledge and innovation.

Running Period:

Start: 01.03.2011

End: 28.02.2014

Contacts:

Region of Marche

84

Strategy for Entrepreneurial Learning 2010.-2014.

Capacities



which support the SMEs through the introduction to them of new methods for Entrepreneurial Learning

and to enhance the competiveness of SMEs through the development of their human resources in the

region


Action Plan for the period from 2010. 2014. - Measure 1 : develop a positive

attitude and to sensitize public entrepreneurship - Measure 2 : Increase

interest in training entrepreneurship - Measure 3 : introduce entrepreneurial

learning and training in all development policies and programs - Measure 4 :

introduce entrepreneurship as one of the key competence in all educational

curricula - Measure 5 : increase the capacity of educational institutions

for introduction of education for entrepreneurship - Measure 6 : increase the

competencies of educators , teachers and trainers for entrepreneurship

education - Measure 7 : strengthen cooperation and networking of

educational institutions , scientific and economic subjects on

entrepreneurship programs - Measure 8 : develop additional programs and

facilities professional entrepreneurial competence in formal and

informal forms of education and teaching - Measure 9 : develop

entrepreneurial competence of all employees - Measure 10 : Increase the

number of successful small businesses established of business opportunities,

Encouraging entrepreneurial thinking and the development of entrepreneurial

competence contributes to increasing employability and efficiency of social

security systems and increase domestic production and exports.

Running Period:

Start: 2010

End: 2014

Contacts:

Croatian

government,

Ministry of

Entrepreneurship

and Crafts, Street:

Ulica grada

Vukovara 78, 10


Phone: 00 385 1

610 61 11, e-mail:

[email protected]

85

Compliance with EU standards, innovation, new technologies and marketing

2008.-2012. (Measure)

Capacities



which support the SMEs through the introduction to them of new methods for the improvement of

SMEs’ technological capacity and to enhance the competiveness of SMEs through their increase of their

technological capacity in the initiative region.


Measures to increase the technological capacity of small and medium

entrepreneurship and facilitating access to the best research and

technologies, and the introduction of quality management systems and

harmonization with the technical standards of the EU. Harmonization with the

technical standards of the EU

Running Period:

Start: 2008

End: 2012

Contacts:

The Ministry of

Economy, Ulica

grada Vukovara 78,

10 000 Zagreb,

Croatia

[email protected]

Phone. 01/6106-

111; fax. 01/6109

110

86

Intellectual Property Protection 2008.-2012. (Measure)

Capacities



which support the SMEs through the introduction to them integrated methods for handling intellectual

property rights to enhance the competiveness of innovative SMEs through their facilitation to

understanding the importance of intellectual capital in the initiative region.


Support for linking intellectual property rights and business strategy,

intellectual property protection, search and use Information Database of

Intellectual Property, Marketing activities aimed at the commercialization of

intellectual property – innovation. Understanding of the importance of

intellectual capital

Running Period:

Start: 2008

End: 2012

Contacts:

The Ministry of

Economy, Ulica

grada Vukovara 78,

10 000 Zagreb,

Croatia

[email protected]

Phone. 01/6106-

111; fax. 01/6109

111

87

Second European Social Innovation Competition

Capacities



which promote social innovation through the introduction to them new methods for social innovation

and to enhance the competiveness of SMEs in social economy through their restructuring process in the

initiative region.


The Competition, launched in memory of Diogo Vasconcelos, invites

Europeans to come up with new solutions to reduce unemployment and

minimize its corrosive effects on the economy and our society both now and

in the future. Social innovation is not only desirable, it is necessary. The

European Commission is offering this prize to social innovations that have a

real impact on helping unemployed people get jobs or creating new

opportunities for work by, for instance: Increasing the number of unemployed

people who move into work; Increasing the earnings of un- or under-

employed people; Increasing the employment of disadvantaged or

marginalised groups (e.g. young people, over 50s, people with disabilities,

working mothers); Increasing the number of people becoming self-employed

or starting their own businesses. The field of social innovation in Europe is

already offering many examples of solutions that address the unemployment

challenge by: Stimulating entrepreneurship and enterprise, offering a new

approach to employment support, blurring the lines between learning and

work, improving the systems that match people to jobs, creating and shaping

new markets.

Running Period:

Start: 11.12.2013

End:

Contacts:

EUROPEAN UNION

88

Assistance to competitiveness and compatibility with the EU of Serbian SMEs

(ACCESS)

Capacities



which support SMEs in Serbia through the introduction to them the existing structures at EU level as a

model for their restructuring process and to enhance the competiveness of SMEs through the

introduction of EU institutional frameworks for SMEs.


GIZ Support Programme - Assistance to Competitiveness and Compatibility with the EU

of Serbian SMEs (ACCESS). Context. Over recent years, Serbia has progressed to

become a potential candidate for EU accession. The Government has begun to bring

Serbia into line with the acquis communautaire – the body of laws, rules and policies

with which all EU Member States must comply. The process of integration with the EU

creates additional pressure for Serbia to implement reforms. In order to benefit from

the closer links with the EU and thus create new jobs and safeguard existing ones, it is

crucial for SMEs in particular to increase their competitiveness. Serbian Government is

therefore focusing its efforts on improving competitiveness and the employment

impact of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Approach. The programme helps

Serbia to meet the Copenhagen economic accession criteria: the existence of a

functioning market economy as well as the capacity to cope with competitive pressures

and market forces within the Union. The Copenhagen criteria, adopted in 1993,

comprise political, economic and institutional criteria which all candidate countries are

required to fulfill in order to join the European Union. The programme also supports

the implementation of Serbia’s National Economic Development Strategy. The

programme assists the Serbian partners to put in place the institutional frameworks

that are essential for improving the competitiveness of Serbian SMEs. It operates at the

national level and also in specific economic sectors: machine-building, information

technologies, agro-industry, and energy-efficient building materials. The main

components of the programme are: the business and investment climate, innovation

systems, quality infrastructure and standards, and increasing the efficient and effective

absorption of EU funding programmes. The implementing organizations and

cooperation partners are the Serbian Ministry of Economy and Regional Development

(MERD) and the Ministry of Science and Technological Development and their

subordinate authorities, chambers of industry and commerce, associations, universities

and research institutes, and quality infrastructure institutions or QI service providers

such as testing laboratories and certification bodies. The participation of other relevant

ministries, such as the Ministry of Agriculture, is also anticipated. Cooperation with the

German, European and Serbian business community is a core element of the project’s

methodology. Development partnerships with private industry (PPPs) are primarily for

the sectors receiving funding, but will also focused on the topics of quality

infrastructure and innovation. The main objective of the Programme ACCESS is to

improve economic conditions thus enabling successful operation of Serbian SMEs in

the EU internal market.

Running Period:

Start: 2011

End: 2013

Contacts:

Ministry of

Economy and

Regional

Development of the

Republic of Serbia

89

APULIAN ICT LIVING LABS

Capacities


The Initiative intends to improve the knowledge capacity of intermediate bodies and policy makers

which support innovation with new methods to promote Startups in the market, to guide the research

sector towards the needs of the market and for the benefit of the society and to foster the creation of

new Startups through the connection of them with the market and potential investors .


APULIAN ICT LIVING LABS is a project set up by the Apulia Region to test new

approaches to innovation activities. The networking of researchers,

companies and groups of citizens can design new products and services and so

they become co-developers. Through ideas and knowledge exchange,

prototypes are evaluated and innovative technological solutions are tested.

This is a chance for economic, social and cultural change. In fact, an "open

ecosystem" was created whereby the user actively takes part in researching

and testing innovative solutions, which have been developed through the use

of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). By adopting this

methodology, the Apulia region has set up several financial tools available to

Apulian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) working in this sector. These

tools are set out in the 2007-2013 ERDF Operational Programme,

Convergence objective" Investing in your future", Axis 1, Measure 1.4, Action

1.4.2 "Supporting the growth and development of SMEs specialising in

offering digital content and services". The aim is to develop and enhance new

products and services for the SMEs and families within the entire region.

InnovaPuglia is responsible for implementing the project and it uses telematic

procedures to manage regional calls for proposal on the web portal to

develop and promote the territory and the companies listed on the Sistema

Puglia. The "Apulian ICT Living Labs" are responsible for carrying out the

following activities on the identified focus areas (Environment, Security and

Territorial Protection; Cultural Heritage and Tourism; Electronic Governance

by the PA ; Health, wellness and socio-cultural dynamics ; Competitive and

renewable Energy ; Training and Education ; Transport and Sustainable

Mobility ; Digital Creative Industry) : Analysing and understanding the

technological needs of the end-user; Defining interactions between the

various players involved; Prototyping and personalizing solutions; Testing and

experimenting with new technologies in real time that meet identified needs;

Demonstrating and presenting developed prototype solutions, with the aim of

making them usable for future communities of interested users as well.

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2015

Contacts:

INNOVAPUGLIA

SPA, Gaetano

Grasso

90

METRIS PLUS - Boosting Research and Innovation Potential of the Adriatic

Cross-border Area in a Joint Research Initiative led by Metris Research Centre


METRIS Plus project idea was elaborated under the leadership of the Istrian

development agency (IDA) by five different Adriatic cross-border partner

regions as the follow-up initiative of the previous Met.r.is. project that was

successfully implemented by IDA and partners within Phare 2006 - New

Adriatic Neighbourghood Programme. Basically it was established that the

strategic value for the project is mainly to be found in the need to identify

new solutions in the sector of environmental research and the correlated

eco-innovations. In order to achieve this, the project summarizes and

analyses joint problems and fosters the cooperation and networking among

research, public, private and academic sector in the cross-border area.

During the preliminary analyses phase IDA as lead beneficiary collected

support letters to the project proposal, issued by local public companies

dealing with environmental technologies, thus giving an added value to the

project idea and ensuring successful project implementation. The joint pilot

research action proposed in the project addresses the issue of improving

technologies in small wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), by creating an

eco-innovative concept and prototype of special filtering device made of

metal materials. Small WWTP made in metal have functional, economical

and environmental advantages over other construction materials solutions.

One of the challenges in using metal as structural material is corrosion

planning, prevention, analyses and treatment. Promoting the availability and

transfer of relevant knowledge related to the subject to all territories

involved and beyond, will allow to solve the problem of disparities between

regions and balance development possibilities in the involved sector. With

reference to this, the whole Adriatic area will be positively affected and

project sustainability will be ensured.


The project affects directly the Researchers and indirectly the small WWTP (SMEs).

Running Period:

Start: 2011

End: 2014

91

PACE The Partners for Acquis Compliance and Energy Efficiency


The Partners for Acquis Compliance and Energy Efficiency (PACE) project

aimed at speeding-up the integration process of business communities in

the 6 Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,

FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia). The PACE project offered

companies the unique opportunity to undergo so-called Acquis Audits

analysing their compliance with EU legislation in selected areas. The PACE

project was launched by EUROCHAMBRES, the Association of European

Chambers of Commerce and Industry, in December 2010, as part of the EU

IPA Socio-Economic Partnership Programme. Enterprises from Western

Balkan Countries received free of charge and tailored acquis compliance

consultancy through the implementation of the PACE project.

Running Period:

Start: 2010

End: 2012

Contacts:

EUROCHAMBRES


Target groups of the project are the SMEs and indirectly the Intermediary Organizations and the Police

Makers.

92

Large-scale demonstrators in support of GMES and GNSS based services-LDA

Capacities


The project intends to improve the capacity of innovation in the mobile sector through the mobilization

of Researchers and the SMEs of this sector and also through the expansion of the information capacity

of the intermediate bodies and policy makers.


The LDA project aims at implementing on a large scale, and in a real life test

bed, innovative mobile services based on COPERNICUS (The European Earth

Observation Programme, fromer GMES, http://www.copernicus.eu/) and

GNSS (The Global Navigation Satellite System, http://www.gsa.europa.eu/) in

the region of Attica, Greece. The region of Attica is an ideal area for

demonstrating the potential of such kind of services for addressing societal

challenges. Attica has the highest concentration of manufacturing and

commercial activity in Greece. It is the main hub of communications, with

facilities for the rapid transport of raw materials and finished products. The

region accounts for 40% of total national employment and has a plentiful

supply of manpower, particularly skilled labour. It also has a wealth of ancient

monuments and sites, which attract millions of visitors from all over the

world. The concentration of both economic activity and population in Attica

has led to uncontrolled building, inadequate public transport, an increase in

unemployment and crime, etc, and the deterioration of the natural

environment. The project is co-funded by the European Commission in the

framework of the European Mobile and Mobility Industries Alliance for the

development of large-scale demonstrators in support of COPERNICUS (former

GMES) and GNSS based services in Europe.

Running Period:

Start: 2013

End: 2015

Contacts:

Greek Research and

Technology

Network S.A.

Mesogeion AV 56,

11527 Athens,

Greece

93

FAB LAB ATHENS

Capacities


The project intends to introduce innovative ideas in the market. It enhances the development of

innovative enterprises, improves the knowledge capacity of policy makers and intermediate bodies

which support SMEs and reveals new talents in the research sector.


FAB LAB ATHENS is an active node of the Digital Fabrication Laboratories

network Fab Labs, that are a platform for cooperation between people

and organizations from different countries around the world. Fab labs are

conceived and designed to encourage the idea that anyone can

fabricate/make anything anywhere in the world by sahring technological

and social knowledge and by using machines of digital manufacturing. The

project emerged from a program launched by The Center for Bits and

Atoms (CBA) of MIT and is led by physicist Neil Gershenfeld (director of

CBA). The project of Fab Labs has extended from laboratories in

downtown Boston to rural India, South Africa, Norway, Spain, Afghanistan,

Kenya and more. All Fab Labs work in coordination through the Internet

and a video conference network, and they meet annually in a global

event. The Fab Lab programme explores how the content of information

relates to physical representation. The Fab Labs are laboratories of

personal digital fabrication in which it is possible to make almost anything,

from a computer measuring 1 cm by 1 cm to an intelligent house. These

labs are distributed in various parts of the world and connected to each

other by way of the Internet and video conferencing, which allows the

sharing of experiences and with it the creation of a network of distributed

knowledge.

Running Period:

Start: open

End: open

Contacts:

Areti Markopoulou.

[email protected]

www.fablabathens.gr

94

RI.QUA, Training the standards of quality and safety in force in the EU and the

modern techniques of cooking

Capacities


Target groups of the project are the SMEs in the tourism sector and especially in catering through the

improvement of its competiveness because of networking and the introduction of innovative cooking

techniques, the intermediate bodies which support the SMEs in tourism sector through the

improvement of their innovative capacity and the policy makers in tourism sector through the



Innovative cooking techniques can improve the performances;

reduce costs and the waste of time and food. All together it means

added value and success. B2B meetings are aimed at enhancement

of cooperation between two countries.

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2013

Contacts:

Directorate for SME

Development, Rimski

Trg 46, 81000

Podgorica,

tel.+38220406302,

fax.+38220406323,

mail:

[email protected]

95

M2RES - FROM MARGINAL AREAS TO STRATEGIC SITES FOR RENEWABLE

ENERGY PRODUCTION! Recovery of marginal areas through sustainable

development programmes aiming at restoring the value of jeopardized land

through platforms for the production of renewable energy

Capacities


The project facilitates the recover of marginal areas in the project region through investments in the

field of energy production from RES via networking of the stakeholders such as intermediate bodies and

policy makers which promote Energy production from RES, SMEs in the energy sector, Researchers in

the Energy Sector, Banks and Investors .


The goal is to recover marginal areas (landfills, quarries, open cast mines,

former military areas, contaminated sites, etc.) through investmens in

renewable energy sources (photovoltaic, wind, biomass, geothermal, biogas,

etc.). The project shows the participation of many partners from the European

Union (Italy, Slovenia, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria) and from

countries involved in the pre-accession process (Montenegro, Serbia, Albania),

and includes relevant public actors with complementary interests: national

and regional agencies for energy, research centres, the system of Chambers of

Commerce, banks. M2RES wants to give impetus to the sustainable

development of the European Union, generating economic and social value

for areas which suffer for marginality, having lost their primary functions. The

turning key will be to change them into platforms for the production of

renewable energy.

Running Period:

Start: 2011

End: 2014

Contacts:

ENEA: Italian

National agency for

new technology and

sustainable

economic

development

96

INNOVAge - Improving the effectiveness of regional development policies in

ecoInnovation for smart hOme and indipendent liVing to increase the quality

of Aging people -

Capacities



support the policies for elderly and to promote innovative solutions for Smart Homes supporting by this

way indirectly the development of SME


2012 was the year of active ageing and intergenerational solidarity. By way of

this initiative, the European Commission wanted to promote a different vision

of the demographic phenomenon Which causes the continual increase in

middle age people of the population. The increase in the number of elderly

people is not only seen as a cause of the crisis of sustainability of the

traditional systems of welfare but also as a potential factor of social cohesion

and of economic development of the European Union. With this strategic

vision in mind the project INNOVAGE fully lives up to its title. The project sets

the objective of improving the impact of the locally developing politics in the

area of assistive domotics for the elderly, with particular focus on the

innovation of environmental and energetic sustainability of the

technologically advanced solutions applied to the Smart Home.

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2014

Contacts:

Marche Region –

Innovation and

Research

Department Tiziano

Street, 44 – 60125

ANCONA Ph. +39

071 8063602 fax

0718063058 e-mail:

anna.torelli@region

e.marche.it

97

GREEN@HOSPITAL

Capacities



promote energy efficiency, to promote the development of research activities for the improvement of

the energy efficiency in the health sector, to enhance the competiveness of SMEs in the ICT sector

through the introduction of the advanced ICT technologies to them.


The project has the objective of demonstrating how ICT technologies can

bring about 15% reduction of energetic consumption through out hospital

structures.

Running Period:

Start: 2012

End: 2015

Contacts:

AEA srl Personnel

network

98

HTA - School of Health Technology Assessment

Capacities



health sector and to increase the competiveness of SMEs in this sector through the implementation of

new organizational procedures.


HTA is a multidisciplinary process, well-defined methodological point of view,

which collects in a transparent, systematic, impartial and consistent

information on clinical aspects of medical, social, economic and ethical issues

related to the use of innovative healthcare technologies. The technological

innovation (medicines, biomedical equipment, diagnostic techniques,

therapeutic procedures) subject to HTA process is evaluated and compared

with existing alternatives in terms of clinical efficacy, the cost-benefit ratio,

the impact on the population and the direct and indirect cost. The course is

directed to the staff of health facilities employed in health departments,

administrative offices, pharmacies, clinical engineering services, computer and

technical education authorities. The course is free of charge. In a context of

crisis in which is increasing the demand for health and care needs in terms of

new health and social health, HTA is a valuable tool to support investment

decisions for the introduction of numerous innovations in the health system

of health technologies and biomedical scientific research and the market

provide. PROGRAM OF THE COURSE (ed. 2013) HTA: The process HTA and risk

management HTA and industry HTA, between efficiency and equity HTA and

Institutions HTA: sistematic reviews and metanalysis HTA and Clinical

Engineering HTA: the cost of quality HTA from the point of view medical and

clinical PROGRAM OF THE COURSE (ed. 2014) The methodology tools of HTA

The bibliographic research HTA: sistematic reviews and metanalysis Practical

Applications & Case studies Reallocate resources: Invest & disinvest with the

HTA

Running Period:

Start: 05.2013

End: 06.2014

Contacts:

Agenzia per

l’innovazione

nell’innovazione

nell’Amministrazion

e e nei servizi

pubblici locali scrl

Dr.ssa Pamela

Maronari – Director

Tel.

99

Smart home for active longevity

Capacities



support the elderly and to increase the competiveness of SMEs in the construction sector through their

introduction to innovative techniques.


The project " Smart home for an active and indipendent longevity of the

elderly" was born out of the aim to realise a prototype of Smart home in

which the elderly can live indipendently, safely and healthily for as long as

possible. The objective is to stimulate a scientific and industrial research and

to realise an efficient demonstrator both for the concrete commercialisation

of the singular technologies that assemble it and for the integrated system

that will build it. The project financed by funding from the Marche region was

set up in 2011 and will conclude in 2015. The first phase was dedicated to

defining the general specifics of the project starting from an accurate analysis

of the requirements. It was inspirerd by the model "Life time home", that is,

the idea of a house for life- designed keeping in consideration not only the

requirements of the groups of weaker individuals, but comfortable and usable

for every type of family- in that it majorly responds to the project objectives. A

house that is planned according to the universal principles of inclusion and

accessibility, able to simplify the basic activities of daily life, with an external

view towards the city capable of interreacting with the needs of the elderly,

simplifying to the maximum the personal autonomy of the elderly and

lightening the load for the caregivers.

Running Period:

Start: 2011

End: 2015

Contacts:

Marche Region -

INRCA

100

Advanced systems of production for geo thermal Science

Capacities



energy sector and to increase the competiveness of SMEs in this sector through the introduction of new

technologies for the optimization of geo thermal applications.


Energy Sorces, active for some years in the field of renewable energies and in

particular in the geo thermal heat content field, in collaboration with ALSEO

Pilings and with LUCAP, has developed a research project aimed at optimising the

geo thermal applications, by studying the aspects and the potentialities in the

Italian territory. The three businesses in question have made use of the specific

competences of the Polytechnic University of the Marche region, of the University

of Urbino and of the University of Camerino to create a work team capable of

facing all of the project phases. The starting point was the optimistic n of the

patent AN2006A000063 developed by Energy Resources on a particular

geothermal spiral probe which compared to other classic geothermal U probes

can be inserted in a perforation ranging from 8 m to 25 m. This type of probe,

equal in thermal return, enables a saving on costs of the construction of the

geothermal exchangers that range from 30 to 50 %. The current technology for

exploiting thermal energy present in the earth implies geothermal probes that

require notably deep perforations , equal to 100-150 metres. In order to realise

such perforations it is necessary to use costly, purpose built machinery that

present a significant comparison with regards to both the timings of realisation

and the overall installation costs. The problems linked to the transportation of the

geothermal probes to the installation site must not be over looked, given their

considerable length. For these reasons the installation of the geothermal plant

incurs initial elevated costs and as such a long period of amortisation. This created

a heavy obstacle to the penetration of technology in the market, above all in the

small implantations where initial costs are significantly high. The new concept of

geothermal probe that Energy Resources has developed stands out from classic U

probes and proposes a spiral with an average diametro of 50cm that reaches a

maximum depth of 25 metres and foldable during the transport on site. The

innovative geometry of the spiral probe develops a greater surface and exchange

length of probe per linear metre compared to a traditional vertical probe. This

allows for a thermal return per linear metre that is greater and therefore a

shorter perforation is required. The costs regarding the perforations and the

installation are as a result notably reduced with an excellent return of the

amortisation plan of the entire plant.

Running Period:

Start: 01.2008

End: 11.2009

Contacts:

Energy Resources

S.p.A.;Alseo s.r.l.;

LUCAP s.r.l.; ETA s.r.l.;

Energy Resources has

developed an actual

patent of a geo

thermal spiral probe;

Lucap has realised

machinery for their

production, Alseo are

responsible for the

perforations for the

insert on of probes

and Eta has looked

after the monitoring

of experimental probe

fields.

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“GEOTERMOTEC – Acquisition of new geological knoledge and thermotecnical

be applied to geotherma heat pumps”

Capacities



energy sector and to increase the competiveness of SMEs in this sector through the introduction of new

technologies for the optimization of geothermal heat pumps.


The project provides for the acquisition of new knowledge to be applied to

geological and thermotechnical geothermal heat pumps through work of two

young technologists, engineering and geology (with a multidisciplinary

approach), and in collaboration with the University of Urbino and the

Politecnical University of Marche. GEOTERMOTEC is focused on the design

and implementation o fan experimental geothermal plant at the new

headquarters of “Termoidraulica e Sanitari” located in Urbino (PU). The plant

will be characterized by high Energy efficiency with a system for monitoring

Energy behaviour of the system heat pump/geothermal probes/mortar

filling/land; work will also be performer experimental evaluation of

consumption of the system. In the project is planned to build a prototype

machine for the measurement of thermal efficiency (MPRT) and the study of

the chemical and physical behaviour of the heat transfer fluid within the

borehole heat exchangers. The assembling of a new machine prototype for

testing the thermal performance of the wells and pilot plant test, will

determine the correct sizigi of geothermal plants resulting in considerable

savings for the end user and the consequent diffusion of technology for

Termoidaulica’s commercial purposes.

Running Period:

Start: 04.2009

End: 07.2010

Contacts:

Termoidraulica e

Sanitari s.r.l. di

Gulini Stefano

102

Experimental plant Scientific Campus “Enrico Mattei”

Capacities



energy sector and to increase the competiveness of SMEs and research in this sector through the

development and introduction of new technologies for the optimization of geothermal heat.


Into the Scientific Campus “Enrico Mattei” were carried out 11 perforations in

which they were entered 9 vertical geothermal probes with a single U 100

meters deep, at a distance of 10 meters from each other, a piezometer of 100

meters and an exploratory well 20 meters deep. The heat exchangers have

been associates with a heat pump with a power of about a 50 kW thermal and

a COP of about 4.5. The geotherma system has the function of supporting the

main air-conditionig and heating trhough 10 fan size 800x800 mm, 2

classrooms (A,B) and the library of the Campus, with a total area of about 400

m2. This system has been made possible thanks to public funding of 80% of

the costs incurred in upgrading the energy efficiency of the Scientific Campus

“Enrico Mattei”, trhough participation in an invitation of the Marche Region.

The weels were made through auction of 1.5 meters in length and with a

rotary percussion method of advancement in air and water. At the end of the

excavation and insertion of the heat exchangers, the holes were filled with

cement heat. T-shaped joints have been linked to some probes to allow the

execution of some Thermal Response Test (TRT) has allowed us to describe

the thermal performance of the heat wave and the ground due to the

different characteristics of the subsurface lithologies.

Running Period:

Start: 2010

End:

Contacts:

Dott. Blasi

Alessandro e Dott.

Filippo Piscaglia

(University of

Urbino “Carlo Bo”)

103

“43 Hectares“ site - Marghera

Capacities



which support tourism and culture in the region with new methods to promote the development of

these sectors, and to foster the creation of new SMEs in these sectors through the differentiation of the

cultural and tourism services in the region.


The Bucentaur was the galley of the State of Venice , on which the doges

embarked every year on Ascension Day to celebrate the rite of venetian

marriage to the sea , but also in other festivals , such as the Festa delle

Marie and inputs in the Ducal Palace of Dogaressas . The Bucentaur was

considered valuable and a spectacular reception hall to welcome guests

and to visit the city and was the subject of numerous paintings by the

Venetian painters of the eighteenth century . He survived until the fall of

the Republic and the arrival of the French occupation in 1797. On January

9, in 1798 it was destroyed by Napoleon in defiance to the Republic

abolished , but also , more importantly, to extract gold decorations ,

burned on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore. The hull of the Bucentaurus

was converted into a gunboat and then floating prison. With the

establishment of the Foundation Bucentaur, has started a project for the

reconstruction of the last Bucentaur in shipbuilding in the city. The

reconstruction work is carried out taking into account the written and

pictorial sources come down to us. The Project " Bucentaur " is the

planning and study of a support historical, artistic, cultural and

sociological which supports the construction of the ship. Through the

creation , promotion and enhancement of the Image of the Buccintoro ,

the project aims to stimulate interest , attention, and above all the

creation of services , cultural resources , publications, participation of

organizations, institutions , museums, libraries and qualified human

resources, and promoting of a new communications strategy. The

Bucentaur , in fact , is not only the ship itself, but a representation of a

period of history, art , culture and society. The project, therefore , it is

proposed as a tool for promoting the utilization and historical re-

enactment in key tourist and cultural opportunities to enable local

national and international company's business related to the historical

tradition of shipbuilding in the Adriatic and Ionian coasts. This initiative, if

viewed from the perspective of long-term investments in sustainable

tourism or cultural purposes should trigger chains of skills related to

technology and Materials for niche but extremely interesting for the

Adriatic-Ionian economy . The project has received a favorable opinion by

UNESCO as falls fully within the program of preservation of intangible

heritage that includes crafts and trades.

Running Period:

In progress

Contacts:

Fondazione Bucintoro, -

Venezia, Associazione

Scientifica Palazzo

Cappello in Rio di San

Lorenzo al civico 6391 di

Castello- 30122 Venezia –

tel.0412413185 – fax

04102415422 ; e-

mailpaterno-

[email protected](diretta-

personale) ;

mailsegretariogenerale@

fondazionebucintoro.co

m ; Pec :

fondazionebucintoro@pe

c.fondazionebucintoro.co

m ; e-mail

[email protected]

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Regional Road Map - Wine sector

Capacities



which support wine sector in the region with new methods for energy efficiency and to enhance the

competiveness of SMEs in the wine sector through the transfer of new RES technologies for energy

efficiency.


In the contest of GBE-Factory project a so called “road map” has been

realized, that consists in a widespread action involving many relevant actors

and potential investors in the field of RES, providing them with tailored

solution for installation of RES plants. Unioncamere del Veneto, as leader

partner of the GBE-Factory project, realized a regional roadmap targeted on

the wine sector, in which best solutions for RES investments in wine

companies are described. The choice is mainly due to the fact that wine is still

a very important field for export, interest and importance, not only for the

Veneto Region, but also for many Italian regions and other partner countries.

The mail objective is promoting the use of the wastes of wine sector, such as

for example vinasse, wine scraps, for the production of energy. This approach

has been promoted trough conferences and seminars.

Running Period:

Start: 04.2013

End: 12.2014

Contacts:

Project manager:

Erica

HollandErica.hollan

d@eurosportellove

neto.t

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