INSME took part in the final event of PASSPARTOOL, an Interreg Europe project. The event explored the project's outcomes, summarized in the policy recommendation paper, focused on the promotion of soft innovation.
INSME contributed in many ways at this year's Annual Investment Meeting, held in Abu Dhabi with Giovanni Zazzerini participating in workshops, and panels on entrepreneurial ecosystems and digitalization.
INSME and the MED MSMEs project will host an event in Rome titled "Digital support services for exporting SMEs: Export.gov.it, the Italian portal for export". The event is committed to present and discuss support services offered through the digital platform.
The AccelerAction project, in which INSME is involved, will hold its consortium meeting in Paris working tirelessly to connect key players in the EU tech and innovation spaces for nonlinear networking and growth.
The OECD Ministerial will be held on 27-28 June, titled “Managing shocks and transitions– Future proofing SME and Entrepreneurship Policies”. On 26 June, INSME’s Vice President Markus Jerger will participate in the side event organised by Business at OECD (BIAC).
META Group is launching the Pitch Clinic, a support service for innovators and entrepreneurs that wish to accelerate the process of funding. Designed for early-stage knowledge-intensive startups looking for risk-capital investors.
Propaìs' projects, "Impulso Local" and "Microempresa Local", have been working in close contact with the Municipality of Bogota to strengthen microenterprises and microbusinesses in order to promote sustainability and productivity in businesses with the largest social and economic gaps.
The International Trade Centre is assisting small business from developing countries that work in the processed food and consumer goods sectors by inviting them to apply for business training and attend the China International Import Expo.
The OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Outlook 2023 has now been published, which includes an intriguing chapter that explains the mismatch of skills needs for SMES due to transformation trends and challenges.
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
Interreg VI B IPA ADRION 1st Call for Proposals
Organisations from across the Adriatic-Ionian region are invited to submit transnational cooperation ideas and play an active role in contributing to the economic growth of the region. Deadline: 30 June 2023
Innovation Fund Small-Scale Projects
This call for small-scale projects will further boost small-scale EU projects in the areas of renewable energy, decarbonisation of energy-intensive industries, energy storage, and carbon capture, use and storage. These technologies should be sufficiently mature and have strong potential to achieve significant greenhouse gas emission reductions compared to conventional technologies. Deadline: 19 September 2023
EUIPO SME Fund 2023
The Ideas Powered for Business SME Fund is designed to help European small and medium enterprises in order to protect their intellectual property rights.
If you are an SME and would like to receive financial support from the Fund for the registration of their trademarks and designs, click here and follow the steps for registration. Deadline: 8 December 2023
If you're interested in pursuing one of these opportunities together, drop us an email at secretariat@insme.org
