Enterprise Europe Network to European Innovation Council
The European Innovation Council (EIC) supports game changing innovations throughout their lifecycle, whereas the Enterprise Europe Network (ENN) is a business support network aiming to help businesses innovate and grow on an international scale. The EU-funded EEN2EIC project helps EEN offices to support potential EIC applicants, particularly companies operating in countries where the number of applicants is still relatively low, and companies led by women. The project focuses on outreach and support activities, increasing the number of quality proposals to EIC calls. It will also develop a strong cooperation mechanism between the EIC and EEN to achieve this.
The EEN2EIC (Enterprise Europe Network to European Innovation Council) project aims to extend the breadth of supporting activities EEN can provide to women entrepreneurs, widening countries and Seal of Excellence (SoE) holders. The goal is to create a bridge between the two projects in order to support innovation, scale up companies and involve the most relevant actors in the EIC and EEN landscape.
EEN2EIC overall objective is to make EU innovation support more efficient by improving the capacity of SMEs to apply to the EIC and by helping Seal of Excellence (SoE) holders finance their projects and to avoid overlapping with NCPs activities.
The project aims to develop a strong cooperation mechanism between the European Innovation Council and EEN in order to support innovation and scale up companies. The focus of EEN2EIC is to empower EEN network offices to support potential EIC applicants, increase the number of quality proposals to EIC calls with a specific focus in:
- Widening countries
- Third countries associated to Horizon Europe
- Women-led innovative companies
- Seal of Excellence
The identified focus groups will be assisted to access alternative sources of funding and get a strong and profitable exchange of best practice within EEN.
- Horizon Europe
- International; Other
- Western Balkans
- Cross-thematic/Interdisciplinary
Entry created by Admin WBC-RTI.info on May 12, 2023
Modified on July 4, 2023
