View this email in your browser (https://mailchi.mp/insme.org/insme_newsletter_issue199?e=2d8317fc53) ** ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Issue n. 199 ------------------------------------------------------------ News from INSME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjexfLzyhjY INSME Commits to Creating Opportunities for the Young within the OECD’s "Stand by Youth" (https://www.insme.org/insme-commits-to-mobilise-its-associated-members-to-cr...) The OECD’s “Stand by Youth” program aims at underlining the urge of providing support to young people entering the labour market. Learn more and take part in the initiative! INSME Will Contribute to the EU African SMEs Summit 2021 (https://www.insme.org/insme-will-contribute-to-the-eu-african-smes-summit-20...) After the postponing of 2020's event due to the pandemic, the EU AFRICAN SME SUMMIT is back. The conference will be held simultaneously in Rome and Dakar on 21-22 October, to participate click here! Save the Date: 2021 INSME Annual Meeting (https://www.insme.org/save-the-date-2021-insme-annual-meeting/) We are pleased to announce that the preparations are underway for the 17th INSME Annual Meeting in Sofia. Block your agenda from 26 to 28 October and email us at secretariat@insme.org (mailto:secretariat@insme.org) for more information! INSME participates in the Global Partners Program, an initiative launched by Moscow Export Center and GenerationS Corporate Accelerator (https://www.linkedin.com/company/techstartrussia/) targeting companies and start-ups with the aim of entering international markets, helping you with strategies for entering new markets, marketing and creating innovative products. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqkAuLe64H4 Updates and contributions from INSME Members SIMEST Supports Italian SMEs for a Total of 210 Million Euros: (https://www.insme.org/simest-supports-italian-smes-for-a-total-of-210-millio...) Over the first half of 2021, our INSME member SIMEST has supported over 30 Italian SMEs empowering them to export their capital goods in almost 30 different countries. Read here the news! SMBDA and USAID Sign a Memorandum of Understanding: (https://www.insme.org/smbda-and-usaid-sign-a-memorandum-of-understanding/) The Board Chairman of Azerbaijan’s Small and Medium Business Development Agency (SMBDA), Mr. Orkhan Mammadov, together with USAID’s Mission Director for Azerbaijan, Mr. Jaydev Singh signed a Memorandum of Understanding. Learn more here! The Bulgarian Development Bank Will Support SMEs Providing BGN 1.7 Billion from the European Budget: (https://www.insme.org/the-bulgarian-development-bank-will-support-smes-provi...) The Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB), INSME member, has announced to the European Commission that it will actively participate in the process of recovery and development of small and medium-sized business. ALADI - Latin-American Integration Association, Launches the Platform “Pymes Latinas Grandes Negocios”: (https://www.insme.org/aladi-latin-american-integration-association-launches-...) Pymes Latinas Grandes Negocios” is a platform created by ALADI, INSME member, which offers in one place tools specially designed for regional SMEs, directly addressing their needs and enhancing their participation in intraregional trade. Discovere here all its features! Content of the month World Economic Forum: How Industrialisation Could Future-Proof MENA’s Gulf Economies: (https://www.insme.org/world-economic-forum-how-industrialisation-could-futur...) Three of the World Economic Forum’s Partners in the GCC, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Oman, gave their insights on what industrial development shall translate into, both on a national level and across the GCC. Read here! 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 ** 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: 1st July- 31st July 2021 ** Digital Champions for Small Business (https://www.intracen.org/news/Call-for-proposals-Digital-Champions-for-Small...) World Trade Organization’s Informal Working Group on Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs), the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) launched a Call for Proposals on how to help micro, small and medium-sized enterprises address the difficulties they face with digital trade. Open to: industry associations, chambers of commerce, and non-governmental organizations that are experienced in MSME and digitalization issues. Deadline: 15 September 2021 ** European Inventor Award (https://www.epo.org/news-events/events/european-inventor.html) European Patents Office EPO Award 2022 is now open! Open to: Inventors must be granted at least one European patent for an invention by the European Patent Office, and they must be citizens of one of the EPO’s 38 member states. Inventors from outside the EPO’s member states can only be nominated for the Non-EPO countries category. Deadline: 1 October 2021 ** European Innovation Council: Co-Creation with Public and Private Buyers of Innovations (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horiz...) Aiming to stimulate the demand for innovative solutions, notably for innovative small businesses and to provide better and more efficient public services. Open to: Public and Private companies. Deadline: 28 October 2021 ** Fund for Innovation in Development Grant Program. (https://fundinnovation.dev/en/application-form-step-0/) The program enables innovators and researchers to test new ideas to address poverty and inequality. Open to: innovators and researchers Deadline: 31 December 2021 Upcoming events 8^th August – Online Event Academic Summit - ** “African Start-up Weekend” (https://www.linkedin.com/events/6788423483073298432/?sAtp=&sTrk=&sV=&showPostToFeedModal=false&showRequesters=false&showShareByPost=false) 26^th August – Online Event The IPR Gorilla - ** “Virtual IP Conference” (https://theiprgorilla.com/) 26^th August – Online Event EUIPO European Union Intellectual Property Office- ** “Ideas Powered for Business Seminar for SMEs with Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia” (https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/it/events) 6^th - 8^th September – Online Event WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization - ** Worldwide Symposium on Geographical Indications (https://www.wipo.int/geo_indications/en/symposia/2021/) 13^th-16^th September – Online Event OECD- ** “Social & Solidarity Economy Ecosystems” (https://preview.inwink.com/social-and-solidarity-economy?searchtext=&page=1) 14^th September – Online Event EBN European Business and Innovation Centre Network - ** 2021 Congress "Emergent Futures" (https://ebn.eu/index.php?lnk=M1lHN01YZWdtT1h5ZXNsRStLQVM0M29PbWtwVXdSSXdtaTB...) 14^th September – Online Event EUIPO and INSME Webinar - “** Success factors for the internationalisation of SMEs (https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/events) ” 14^th September – Online Event European Cluster Collaboration Platform - ** “ECCP capacity-building webinar on cluster internationalization” (https://clustercollaboration.eu/content/eccp-capacity-building-webinar-clust...) 15^th September – Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia TCI Network - 24th Global Conference “** Partnership for Cluster development: Creating the future (https://www.tci-network.org/events/kazan-to-host-the-24th-tci-global-confere...) ” 21^st September – Online Event Startup Network Europe- ** “The Swedish Startup Conference 2021” (https://www.linkedin.com/events/6811237867260571649/) 22^nd-23^rd September - Online Event WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization - ** Conversation on Intellectual Property (IP) and Frontier Technologies: Fourth Session (https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=63588) 23^rd-24^th September – Online Event European Innovation Council - ** “11th edition of the EIC Innovation Training Workshop” (https://community-smei.easme-web.eu/11th-edition-of-the-eic-innovation-train...) 28^th-30^th September– Online Event IASP International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation - 37^th IASP Wolrd Conference on Science Parks and Areas of Innovation ** "Beyond disruptions and resets: the resilience of innovation ecosystems" (https://www.iasp.ws/activities/events/events-overview---old/38th-iasp-world-...) 30^th September- 1^st October – Nice, France Choiseul Africa - Business Forum 2021 ** “What mechanisms for access to finance for the development of SMEs?” (https://www.choiseul-africa-businessforum.com/en/what-mechanisms-for-access-...) 21^st -22^nd October 2021 - Rome - Dakar – online Confapi - European Entrepreneurs, German Mittelstand, INSME - ** EU Africa SME Summit 2021 (https://euafricansmesummit.eu/summit-program/) 22^nd October – Athens, Greece European Trade Promotion Organisation - ** “Connecting Europe with Africa” (https://www.enterprisegreece.gov.gr/en/about-us/events/international-relatio...) 26^th-28^th October – Sophia, Bulgaria INSME Annual Meeting - “The New Normal for SMEs and Start-Ups after Covid-19" 3^rd November – Online Event CFA Institute - ** European Investment Conference (https://www.linkedin.com/events/6818634478664065024/) 8^th November – Brussels, Belgium European Commission - ** “Annual Budget Conference 2021 - The EU budget and NGEU: fireworks or big bang?” (https://ec.europa.eu/info/events/annual-budget-conference-2021-eu-budget-and...) 29^th November– 1^stDecember - Valencia, Spain ISPIM International Society for Professional Innovation Management - ** ISPIM connects Valencia: Reconnect, Rediscover, Reimagine (https://www.ispim-connects.com/) ** 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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