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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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 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 amaximum amount of EUR 1 500 per business.
Submission deadline: 31 May 2021, reopens July 1st.
Know-how Exchange Programme (KEP) Call for Proposals 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
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
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.
GLOBAL SME FINANCE AWARDS
Submission deadline: June 12, 2021
Who can participate: all types of financial intermediaries.
DIH World – Open Call
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
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
