Issue n. 202
News from INSME
Make sure not to take any other commitment on the 9th and 10th of December and join INSME's yearly get-together. Register here! The conference aims at identifying opportunities to enhance SME post-Covid19 recovery and presenting policy best practices. 
INSME is looking for a Project Officer to join its Secretariat in Rome. He or she will be in charge of scouting funding opportunities, managing the EU projects, organising INSME's workshops, and other engaging activities. Read the details, full requirements, and application procedure on the INSME website.
A new member enlarges the INSME network: Egypt is now represented in our association, welcome to the Tabbin Institute for Metallurgical Studies! Discover more about the Research and Learning Forum: a new SME-related R&D capacity development platform for Universities and Research Institutions powered by INSME.
INSME is leading a training course for Lebanese entrepreneurs that are willing to go international, in the framework of the EU Project REESTART, coordinated by ICU. Learn more about INSME training courses on our website.
INSME is happy to announce its new partnership with Development Aid, a leading organization providing information services for the international development sector. Discover more in the section "Calls and opportunities" in this newsletter!
Updates and contributions from INSME Members
Learn more about the community of innovators and tech hubs around the Mediterranean builder up by ANIMA Investment Network, through the EU action plan THE NEXT SOCIETY and INSME's Policy Labs.
INTRASOFT International, INSME Member, participates in the DOME 4.0 EU-funded project, aimed at creating a marketplace based on standardised documentation of data, able to adapt to the emerging developments of Industry Commons.
Content of the month
The report explores the means for financial system stakeholders to accelerate technology-enabled solutions to facilitate the recovery from COVID-19 pandemics for SMEs.
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 
Calls and opportunities
This section is supported by:
Fund for Innovation in Development Grant Program
The Fund for Innovation in Development (FID) is inviting innovators and researchers from around the world to apply for grant funding to more effectively or efficiently address poverty and inequality. Through flexible grant funding, FID enables innovators and researchers to test new ideas, build rigorous evidence of what works, and scale the highest-impact and most cost- effective solutions.
Deadline: 31/12/2021
 
Enterprise Europe Network seeks international network partners
The call aims to extend the Enterprise Europe Network to other global growth markets. Complementing its recent call for proposals for the new Enterprise Europe Network starting in 2022, the Commission is now reaching out to potential partners in international growth markets to become ‘international network partners’ to the network, helping clients to connect with European companies.
Deadline: 01/01/2022
 
Performance of EU Industrial Ecosystems
The project aims to analyse EU industry and EU industrial ecosystems, covering all relevant actors, including SMEs, to monitor the performance of EU Industry and EU industrial ecosystems, support for the Industrial Forum, which was announced in the industrial strategy, consolidate at least two of the outcomes of the Advanced Technologies for Industry (ATI) project.
Deadline: 11/01/2022

The Interregional Innovation Investment (I3) Instrument
The I3 work programme aims at promoting innovation through Smart Specialisation and interregional collaboration. The I3 supports stronger interregional cooperation in investments and makes sustainable connections by linking regional ecosystems in shared smart specialisation areas vital to accelerate market uptake of research results and stimulate innovation.
Deadline: 01/02/2022
 
WORTH II
The project, funded via the COSME programme, aims to create cross-border and cross-discipline collaborations between designers, crafters, SME manufacturers, tech-firms and start-ups across EU-27, UK or COSME countries, and to develop unique and high-end products in the following sectors: fashion and textile, footwear, fur and leather, furniture/home decoration/architecture, accessories and jewellery.
Deadline: 02/02/2022
Upcoming events
1st December – Online event
OECD – Press conference and Publication Launch of the “Economic Outlook”
 
2nd - 4th December – Online event
Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale ISPI – Med 2021 – Mediterranean Dialogues
 
6th December – Online event
OECD Competition Law and Policy - “2021 Global Forum on Competition - Day 1”
 
6th - 7th December – Virtual event
OECD - TECHNOLOGY IN AND FOR SOCIETY Innovating well for inclusive transitions
 
6th - 10th December – Online Event
European Patent Office EPO - Examination Matters 2021

9th December – Online Event
European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency EISMEA - Info Day: Interregional Innovation Investment (I3) Instrument
 
9th - 10th December – Sofia, Bulgaria and Online
INSME - Annual Meeting “SMEs as Drivers of a Sustainable Recovery"

11th December – Online event
Startups Without Borders - “Startups Without Borders Summit 2021”
 
14th December – Online event (Youtube)
The World Bank - “Long-Term Growth in Developing Countries”
 
17th - 21st January – Davos-Klosters, Switzerland
World Economic Forum – World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
 
21st - 26th February – Online event
World Digital Weeks - “African Digital Week 2022 - Virtual Events & Expo”
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