Enterprise Europe Brussels support for the SME Instrument

1. Enterprise Europe Brussels’ role
under the “SME Instrument” &
Collaboration with NCP Brussels
Barbara Andreani, Enterprise Europe Brussels Manager
28.11.2013

2. Agenda
• Enterprise Europe Brussels
@ impulse.brussels
• Services & customised
support
• Future services & support
• Support under the SME
Instrument
• Collaboration with NCP
Brussels

3. Enterprise Europe Brussels @
impulse.brussels

4. Enterprise Europe Network ID Card
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Name: Enterprise Europe Network
Surname: Business Support on Your Doorstep
Date of birth: 01/01/2008
Place of birth: Europe
600 partner organisations in
Nationality: Global
Issued by: European Commission 54 countries

5. Enterprise Europe Brussels
Enterprise Europe Brussels is the local gateway to
doing business abroad, accessing European funding,
driving innovation and increasing your competitiveness
in new markets.
Our services in a nutshell:
Going international
Technology transfer & innovation
Business, R&I & technology watch
Match-making support to successful B2B events
Access to finance
Research funding
Advice on EU law and standards
Intellectual property and patents
Speak up on EU law

6. Organisation of local events
To Whom : local SMEs, clients
Why: to support their internationalisation & innovation
processes, raise awareness on EEB services and on EU
policies, legislation & standards, EU programmes &
funding opportunities
 Better pitching during BE or CM to better sell
products/ideas while protecting IPR
 Integrate open/eco/non-tech innovation in SMEs’
mgt process
 Trainings on H2020 (R&DI programme) & COSME
 Workshops aimed at empowering SMEs towards
inno & Internationalisation

7. Customised approach
Providing international visibility
• Develop, together with clients, customized & targeted
cooperation / partnership profiles
(offers or requests)
20.000 profiles, from all sectors
• Distribute them within the Network,
mainly through databases + pro-active
“push”
• Daily pro-active monitoring of opportunities performed
by EEB advisors

8. Customised approach
• Pre-arranged bilateral meetings (F2F) during
main fairs (no « speculative » business trip !)
 Upstream preparation with the company
 Assistance on the spot
 Downstrem assistence & follow-up => cooperation
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9. Enterprise Europe Brussels’
future services
Future innovation services

10. Future EEN Innovation Services - Framework
Informing SMEs for competitiveness
•For all SMEs interested in internationalisation and innovation
•General EEN information services, often 1 to many
Helping SMEs for internationalisation and innovation
•For SMEs with a clear product, service, know-how, project or technology
with potential for innovation & internationalisation
•Personalised advice and support services, usually 1 to 1
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Enhancing SMEs innovation management capacities
•For SMEs with real potential for international growth via clear
product/service innovation but lacking innovation man. capacities
•Personalised support services of several days, 1 to 1
Facilitating SME coaching in SME instrument
•For SME instrument beneficiaries
•Key Account Management of several days, 1 to 1

11. Coaching & EEN support
Phase 0
Phase 1
EEN
Phase 2
Phase 3
Regional
Initial
Assess
ment
HR
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Facilitation and Moderation
SME
Instrument
Coaching (not part of EEN)
Support for
Application
Support for EU project
Management
Support for Access
to Finance
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12. EEB - NCP Brussels collaboration
Several weeks ago…..TODAY (non official
Phase 0):
•Jointly Inform SME community about the SME
Instrument
•Jointly identify SMEs with a high potential for
the SME instrument
•Jointly analyse SME’s strategies, needs &
capacity

13. EEB - NCP Brussels collaboration
Phases 1, 2 & 3
•EEB gets notified of successful SME
instrument application
•EEB contacts SME coordinated with SME
NCP
•EEB involves NCP (SME NCP, finance NCP,
thematic NCPs), making introduction to the
lead coach as necessary for several purposes
•EEB provides KAM for Phase 2

14. EEB - NCP Brussels collaboration
• One entry point : impulse.brussels
• EEB advisors & NCPs : 2 hats on the same
person
• Synergic competences
• Experienced professionals
• Easy access to other NCPs
• Easy access to other kinds of in-house
expertise

15. Stay tuned!
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@EuropeBrux
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16. Enterprise Europe Brussels
www.brusselsnetwork.be
Ms Barbara Andreani
ban@bea.irisnet.be
Phone: 02/422 00 21
impulse.brussels
Tour & Taxis
Av. du Port 86C, boîte 211
1000 Bruxelles