Innovation in SMEs | Innovation Management
Small- and Medium- sized Enterprises (SMEs) that are EU-based or established in a country associated to Horizon 2020 (thus including SMEs from Western Balkan countries) are encouraged to participate across the whole Horizon 2020 programme. The objective of ‘Innovation in SMEs’ is to optimise the Research, Development & Innovation environment for SMEs, including through the establishment and facilitation of a range of support services, with the aim of strengthening the innovation capacity of SMEs and creating value on the market and/or into society, thus underpinning the Europe2020 strategy for smart, inclusive and sustainable growth. A range of actions contributes to building innovation management capacity for Small and Medium Enterprises. Innovation management capacity is the internal ability of companies to manage innovation processes from the generation of the idea to its profitability on the market. It is a process that encompasses the whole range of decisions, activities and measures in order to facilitate the transfer of an idea into the business value. This process can be applied for all kind of ideas, whether it is about a product, process or a service. The focus of the Innovation Management is to provide the set of measures and tools which will facilitate the inventors to respond to the challenges in the whole innovation cycle and to turn their ideas into successful innovations on the market.
Innovation in SMEs | Innovation Management was in focus of the WBC-RTI.info newsletter in September/October 2016. Related article is available here. Please find below also a selection of the topic related articles.
News
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Self-assessment system for enterprises
SME Innoboost provides for the development of data, tools and a system for enhancing the innovation potential and competitiveness of SMEs in the Balkan region in order to contribute to smart and sustainable...
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How to apply for IPARD funding for your farm, food processing or rural business development
To get funding under IPARD, an application needs to be sent to the national IPARD agency.
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Instrument for pre-accession assistance for rural development (IPARD)
Part of the instrument for pre-accession assistance (IPA), designed to support reforms in countries in the process of joining the EU, IPA rural development programmes (IPARD) focuse on rural areas...
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Events
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Efficient Buildings & Renewable Energy MED Community Conference
The conference is organized in the framework of the Interreg MED Programme and with the support and in the presence of the EU Director General for Energy. One of the main conference’s objectives is to...
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Webinar: The meaning of Social Enterprise for the economic and social development
This webinar shall help you learn more about Social Enterprises (SEs) and their potential for competitiveness.
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INDustrial TECHnologies 2018 - Innovative Industries for Smart Growth conference will bring together industry R&D experts, SMEs, and researchers with a shared interest in nanotechnologies, advanced...
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Organisations
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TAFTIE (The European Network of Innovation Agencies)
This is a group of 29 organisations from 28 European countries has established an intense collaboration in the field of the implementation of national technology Programmes. This is to the benefit of ...
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Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tirana
CCIT employes 43 employees. It is one of few organizations in Albania having a special department – the Centre for Business Research and Training (ACBRT), dedicated to the development projects and trainings...
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The Istrian Development Agency (IDA) Ltd. was founded by the Istrian Region and its 9 towns on December 14th 1999 as an operational body entrusted with the implementation of development programmes in ...
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Calls
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Opened on November 7, the INNOSUP-01-2018-2020 call for proposals for cluster facilitated projects for new industrial value chains has an allocated budget of 25.150.000 EUR and aimes at ...
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Offer for SMEs: One-Year Funding for Innovation Associate
The lack of access to skills, latest knowledge and the capacity to manage innovation processes effectively have been identified as major barriers for innovation in SMEs. As a continuation of a pilot action...
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Blue_Boost transnational Call for Expressions of Interest of Knowledge Providers
The BLUE_BOOST project is launching a transnational Call for Expressions of Interest (Call for EoI) of Knowledge Providers (hereinafter BLUE-BOOST KPs EoI) in all the ADRION eligible territories in order...
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Documents
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SME Policy Index: Western Balkans and Turkey 2019
The SME Policy Index: Western Balkans and Turkey 2019 - Assessing the Implementation of the Small Business Act for Europe provides an important tool to help policy makers design and implement policies...
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Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Albania with Focus on Tirana
This study was carried out against the background of the ‘EU for Innovation’ project, supported by the European Union and implemented by the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH...
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WBC-RTI.INFO Newsletters sent in 2018
WBC-RTI.INFohas prepared several newsletter issues in 2018. Thematic articles were drafted while relevant stakeholders contacted and in some cases also interviewed.
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Links
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Innovation Cloud is a free online Idea management software created by Intranea Solutions LTD that enables you to collect ideas 24/7, cross-functional collaboration and gives your top managers to efficiently...
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Innovation Cloud Blog | It’s never been easier to start innovating!
It’s 2016. Look around you. You’re living in an ongoing Digital Revolution which sparked Information Age. Around 45% of the world’s population has an internet connection and the Internet itself is being...
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Innovation Cloud Blog | New Trend: Idea Hoarding
Recent years, there’s been a lot of discussions about hoarding. In the literature, as described by the Mayo Clinic hoarding is, “excessive collection of items, along with the inability to discard them...
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Projects
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'EU for Innovation' is designed to create different incentives to improve the innovation ecosystem and to boost start up creation in Albania. The programme seeks to improve the innovative ecosystem and...
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The 7 regional maritime territories focused by BLUE_BOOST PJT (Zadar county; Marche, F.V.G. and Apulia regions; Western Greece and Central Macedonia regions; coastal areas of Durres, Vlora, Saranda and...
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INNOPLATFORM aims at improving the competitiveness of the Balkan Mediterranean region by advancing existing knowledge on business model innovations and developing a set of tools (InnoTools) and services...
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