View this email in your browser (https://mailchi.mp/insme.org/insme_newsletter_issue204_january2022?e=2d8317f...) ** ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Issue n. 204 ------------------------------------------------------------ News from INSME Launch of the EXPO2 Export Programme with BSMEPA (https://www.insme.org/launch-of-the-expo2-export-programme-with-bsmepa/) In February INSME will launch the EXPO2 Export Programme to develop and exporto plan for 15 Bulgarian SMES with the Bulgarian SME Promotion Agency, INSME Member. Find out more! Updates and contributions from INSME Members The second edition of the EUIPO SME Fund goes live (https://www.insme.org/the-second-edition-of-the-euipo-sme-fund-goes-live/) EUIPO launches the second edition of the SME Fund with up to EUR 47 million in funding, and savings of up to EUR 2 250 available for EU SMEs, along with the new Ideas Powered for Business website to help SMEs on their IP journey, spreading awareness on the importance of IPRs. Check it out! INTRASOFT International becomes Netcompany-Intrasoft (https://www.insme.org/intrasoft-international-becomes-netcompany-intrasoft/) Intrasoft International, INSME Member, is now (re)introducing itself as Netcompany-Intrasoft to all its stakeholders and markets across Europe and MEA, following the company’s rebranding. Learn more! Content of the month SMEs, Climate Change and Digitisation (https://www.insme.org/smes-climate-change-and-digitisation/) Read the issues paper by INSME expert and Board Member Prof. Jay Mitra, which offer an anylsis of the link between climate change and decarbonisation and the digitisation of SMEs. Find the full article on our Blog! The Role of Development Financial Institutions and Governments in Addressing the Economic Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic (https://www.insme.org/the-role-of-development-financial-institutions-and-gov...) This paper by INSME Expert Giuseppe Gramigna analyses the effects of the pandemic on MSMEs and methodologies to identify what constitute environmentally sustainable economic activities. We are happy to receive your updates: share with us your projects, activities, and events: we will include them in the next INSME Newsletter and spread the information among our readers! Email us at secretariat@insme.org (mailto:secretariat@insme.org) ============================================================ Calls and opportunities This section is supported by: ** EISMEA - COVID-19 Recovery Through Sustainable Tourism Growth and SME Support (SMP-COSME-2021-TOURSME) (https://eismea.ec.europa.eu/funding-opportunities/calls-proposals/covid-19-r...) The objective of the action is to monitor the sustainability performance of SMEs in the tourism sector, whilst boosting their awareness, development and capacity in the area of sustainable innovations and to support tourism SMEs in developing their skills and capacities in sustainable tourism; to provide capacity building, value chain insights and technical assistance to SMEs; to foster innovative solutions for sustainable tourism; and to build effective mechanisms for best practice exchange and dissemination of transferable tools and knowledge between the SMEs, also at a European level. Deadline: February 16, 2022 ** EISMEA - Intellectual Property Licensing Intermediaries (SMP-COSME-2021-IPLI) (https://eismea.ec.europa.eu/funding-opportunities/calls-proposals/intellectu...) The objective of this call for proposals is to promote the uptake of IP licensing intermediary services, especially those using modern digital tools (e.g. artificial intelligence). Those services should facilitate the licensing out of technologies or business cases owned by European start-ups and SMEs. Deadline: February 22, 2022 ** WIPO launched a new Global Awards program (https://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2021/article_0012.html) SMEs are the first category of the WIPO Global Awards which recognize exceptional enterprises and individuals using intellectual property to make a positive impact both at home and beyond their own borders. Any SME from any of WIPO’s 193 Member States may self-nominate. Deadline: March 14, 2022 ** Sustainability Partnerships Call for SMEs (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opport...) The European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) has an open call to create partnerships between NGOs, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and SMEs to assist SMEs in their transition to more sustainable business models. Deadline: March 14, 2022 ** Industry 5.0 Award contest (https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/new-industry-50-award-contest-opens-apply-1-april-2022-jan-10_en&pk_campaign=rtd_news) The Commission is launching the first Industry 5.0 Award dedicated to EU-funded projects whose results make European industry more resilient, sustainable, and human-centric. The award has been prepared in collaboration with European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA) and industrial platform ManuFUTURE. Deadline: April 1, 2022 ** Call for papers: “The COVID-shock and the new macroeconomic landscape: taking stock and looking ahead” (https://ec.europa.eu/info/events/call-papers-covid-shock-and-new-macroeconom...) DG ECFIN at the European Commission is organizing a conference on the theme ‘The COVIDshock and the new macroeconomic landscape: taking stock and looking ahead’ in cooperation with the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and the European Economic Review. The conference will bring together researchers and policymakers to discuss innovative research in these areas. Both empirical and theoretical papers are welcome. Deadline: May 1, 2022 Upcoming events 1^st February – Online Event EU Intellectual Property Office – ** Power your business with the SME Fund (https://euipo.blumm.it/event/ar/1/webinar-20220201-1000?utm_medium=email&utm_source=euipo&utm_content=EU%20funding%20for%20your%20business.%20Don%E2%80%99t%20miss%20the%20webinar%21&utm_campaign=) 3^rd February – Online Event INPI – ** International Conference on Intellectual Property (https://pfue2022.inpi.fr/) 8^th - 11^th February – Brussels, Belgium European Commission - ** “EU Industry Days” (https://ec.europa.eu/info/policies/business-and-industry/eu-industry-days_en) 9^th February – Online event EBAN - ** Connect2Capital 2022 (https://www.eban.org/event/connect2capital-2022/) 17^th February – Online event Anima Investment Network – “** Digital Innovation in Africa and International Outreach (https://anima.coop/en/anima-webinar-digital-innovation-in-africa-and-interna...) " 17^th February – Dubai, U.A.E. BigFive Digital Network - ** “Building the Region’s local and SME technology task” (https://bigfivedigital.org/mena-17-feb-2022-dubai-uae) 21^st - 25^th February – Online Event OECD - ** International Conference on AI in Work, Innovation, Productivity and Skills (https://oecd-events.org/2022-ai-wips?utm_source=UpcomingEvents&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=UpcomingEvents) 16^th March – Online Event European Patent Office - ** Patent Protection for EU Funding (https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3587600208553971472) 21^st - 24^th March 2021 – Online event Economist Impact - ** “Asia Trade Week – Looking Ahead” (https://events.economist.com/asia-trade-week/?RefID=atw-twitter&utm_source=social-org&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=AsiaTradeWeek2022&utm_content=atw-twitter) 5^th - 6^th April – Online Event World Intellectual Property Organisation - ** Intellectual Property and Frontier Technologies (https://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/frontier_technologies/frontier_conversation.html?utm_source=WIPO+IP+Frontiers+Technology+Newsletter&utm_campaign=87fe5e5c10-DIS_FRONTIER_EN_250122&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2b70fedeed-87fe5e5c10-256931433) 26^th April – Online Event World Intellectual Property Organisation - ** World Intellectual Property Day (https://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/) 8^th - 10^th May – Venice, Italy LESI - ** “ Restarting Business and Fuelling Innovation” (https://lesi2022.eu) 18^th - 20^th May – Lisbon, Portugal ASTP - ** ASTP Annual Conference 2022 (https://www.astp4kt.eu/astp-annual-conference-2022-123.html) 5^th - 8^th June – Copenhagen, Denmark ISPIM – ** Innovating in a Digital World (https://www.ispim-innovation-conference.com/) 27^th - 30^th September – Seville, Spain IASP –** 39^th IASP World Conference on Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (https://iaspworldconference.com/) 10^th - 12^th October – Bangkok, Thailand World Intellectual Property Organisation - ** World Intellectual Property Forum (https://www.worldipforum.com/) 9^th - 11^th October – Durban, South Africa TCI Network - ** 25^th TCI Global Conference (https://www.tci-network.org/events/25th-tci-global-conference-durban-south-a...) ** Website (http://www.insme.org) ** Twitter (https://twitter.com/INSME_) ** Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/INSME-The-International-Network-for-Small-and-Mediu...) ** LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/insme---the-international-network-for-small...) 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