View this email in your browser (https://mailchi.mp/insme.org/insme_newsletter_issue197?e=2d8317fc53) ** ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Issue n. 197 ------------------------------------------------------------ News from INSME INSME-OECD Roundtable: Strengthening SME Policies post COVID-19 (https://www.insme.org/insme-oecd-roundtable-strengthening-sme-and-entreprene...) On May 20th INSME held a webinar with the OECD to discuss the policies implemented by governments since the start of the crisis, the lessons we have learned from them, their implications for future policy. INSMEAcademy with EUIPO: The management of IPRs in tech transfer, June 8th at 3 pm (https://www.insme.org/insmeacademy-upcoming-webinars/) Don't miss the next webinars on Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: four dates from now to September. Join us on June 8th to learn more about the management of IPRs in tech transfer with EUIPO. Updates and contributions from INSME Members Chinese Companies Gear up to Expand to Europe with TOJOY (https://www.insme.org/chinese-companies-gear-up-to-expand-to-europe-with-toj...) Congratulations to Tojoy Europe, who will act as EU Importer and Master distributor for three Chinese high-tech companies helping them to have a quick expansion in Europe. Learn more about this achievement. How should Azerbaijan digitalize its SMEs? (https://www.insme.org/how-should-azerbaijan-digitalise-its-smes/) Read about the latest webinar on the promotion of digitalisation of SMEs in eastern countries, and the contribution of the Small and Medium Business Development Agency of Azerbaijan (SMBDA), INSME Member. Content of the month Read the SRM Report on the Suez Canal (https://www.insme.org/read-the-srms-report-on-the-suez-canal/) SRM has recently published the 3rd report on the Suez Canal, discussing its performance and analysing the impact of COVID-19. Learn more! 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) ============================================================ EU Spotlight ** COSME Single Market Program: all you need to know (https://www.insme.org/cosme-single-market-program-all-you-need-to-know/) Have a look at the SMP fiche, breaking down requirements and procedures for applying to the programme, designed to strengthen the governance of the EU single market. Calls and opportunities ** EUIPO SME Fund: 50% off trademarks and designs, 75% off the cost of IP Scan in 2021 for SMEs (https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/online-services/sme-fund) The Ideas Powered for Business SME fund offers financial support in the form of reimbursements for new trademark and design applications’ fees and for IP pre-diagnostic services (IP Scan), up to a maximum amount of EUR 1 500 per business. Submission deadline: 31 May 2021, reopens July 1st. ** Know-how Exchange Programme (KEP) Call for Proposals 2021 (https://application.cei.int/application/kep-2021/ ) Aimed at supporting the transfer of expertise from organisations in the EU to peers in the non‐EU countries within the CEI region. Submission deadline: Monday 21 June 2021, 11:59 pm CEST Who can participate: public/private entities registered in a CEI Member State. ** Entrepreneurship World Cup (https://entrepreneurshipworldcup.com/ ) Pitch competition. It gives everyone who enters access to the knowledge, networks and for some, the capital they need to start and scale a company. Submission deadline: 27th June 2021 Who can participate: All entrepreneurs ** Fund for Innovation in Development (https://fundinnovation.dev/en/application-form-step-0/) Flexible grant funding enabling innovators and researchers to test new ideas, build rigorous evidence of what works, and scale the highest-impact and most cost-effective solutions. Who can participate: innovators in all low- and middle-income countries: researchers, governments, NGOs, and for-profit companies. ** EIC Accelerator, EIC Accelerator open, EIC Accelerator challenge - Horizon Europe (https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-accelerator_en) The EIC Accelerator targets high-impact innovative products, services or business models that can create new markets or disrupt existing ones in Europe and worldwide. Submission deadline: 9 June 2021 ** GLOBAL SME FINANCE AWARDS (https://www.smefinanceforum.org/awards-2021) Submission deadline: June 12, 2021 Who can participate: all types of financial intermediaries. ** DIH World – Open Call (https://dihworld.eu/open-calls/ ) Designed to support digitalisation experiments involving DIHs and SMEs from the manufacturing sector. Innovative experiments will receive up to EUR 95.000,00 to support the integration of digital technologies in the processes, products or services of an SME. Submission deadline: 15 July 2021 at 13h00 (CET) Who can participate: based in an EU 27 Member State or Horizon 2020 Associated Countries. ** Horizon IP Scan Support Service for SMEs (https://intellectual-property-helpdesk.ec.europa.eu/horizon-ip-scan_en) Service designed to help European SMEs and start-ups efficiently manage and exploit Intellectual Property in EU-funded research and innovation collaborations. Submission deadline: continuous open call scheme Upcoming events 3 June 2021 – Online Event Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank - ** Business Engagement Seminar (https://aiib.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElduqrrjItGNwgYSWFOVtz-lppnDJBmh3a) 8 June 2021 – Online Event FEBAF, Italian Banking Insurance and Finance Federation – ** Next Generation Eastern Europe the role of investment and finance (http://www.febaf.it/trieste-eastern-europe-investment-forum-2021/) 15-16 June 2021 – Online Event Forum Europe - ** The Future City: The Core of the Green & Digital Transitions in Europe (https://eu-ems.com/register.asp?event_id=4558&utm_campaign=822907_New%20speakers%20announced%20-%20The%20Future%20City&utm_medium=dotdigital&utm_source=Forum%20Europe&dm_i=4SEG,HMYJ,F84RF,23437,1) 15-17 June 2021– Online Event TCI Network - ** International Cluster-to-Cluster Meeting & Innovat&Match Brokerage Event (https://innovatmatch-2021.b2match.io/) 17 June 2021 – Online Event European Patent Office - ** European Inventor Award (https://inventoraward.epo.org/index) 18-19 June 2021 – Online Event EBAN, European Business Angel Network - ** 2021 Annual Congress (https://www.eban.org/annual-congress/) 22-23 June 2021 – Online Event EUIPO - ** International IP Enforcement Summit (https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/international-ip-enforcement-summit-20...) 22-25 June 2021 – Online Event European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency, CINEA - ** LIFE EU Info days (https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/events/save-date_en) 23- 24 June 2021 – Online Event European Commission- ** European Research and Innovation Days (https://research-innovation-days.ec.europa.eu/) 27 June 2021 – Online Event UN, United Nations -** Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day (https://www.un.org/en/observances/micro-small-medium-businesses-day) 29 June 2021 – Online Event EIT InnoEnergy - ** Investment in clean energy solutions in times of Covid-19 and beyond (https://eusew.baumgroup.eu/) 6-8 September 2021 – Online Event WIPO - ** Worldwide Symposium on Geographical Indications (https://www.wipo.int/geo_indications/en/symposia/2021) 28-30 September 2021 – Online Event IASP: Global Network of Science & Technology Parks - ** 38th IASP World Conference (https://www.iasp.ws/activities/events/events-overview/38th-iasp-world-confer...) 26-28 October 2021 – Sophia, Bulgaria INSME Annual Meeting - The New Normal for SMEs and Start-Ups after Covid-19 ** 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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