INSME Association: call for application open for the INSME Award First Edition
5 Noviembre 2004 - 5 Noviembre 2004
Italy
In a world where international competition for SMEs is increasing, innovation is a key factor to stimulate growth in all economic sectors. The promotion of innovation through initiatives aimed at improving the visibility of innovation leaders, is part of the INSME's mission. The INSME Award-First Edition is in line with this goal.
The INSME Award http://www.insme.info/page.asp?page=public_award(se abrirá en una nueva ventana) is an international prize given out bi-annually in order to acknowledge the success or the importance of activities and initiatives at international, regional, national or sub-national level undertaken by public and private intermediaries (or related networks) promoting innovation and technology transfer to SMEs.
"Innovation for success: Locally adopted, Globally replicable" is the topic for the 2005 Award edition. It calls for applications presenting business models, initiatives, programmes or projects which, though implemented on a reduced scale, can be scaled up and/or reapplied in other geographical contexts or different industrial sectors.
The main benefit winners will gain will be the high visibility the INSME Association will offer by inviting them to present their project to the Association's Members at the prize-giving event and spreading information through channels made available by the network (web sites, bulletins, newsletter, newspapers, etc.). Winners will also be entitled to the use of the INSME Award logo on their documents and website for two years. Moreover, if they are not already INSME Members, they will be rewarded also with a 12-months free INSME membership, starting from the month following the assignment of the Award.
The call for applications and the application form are available on the INSME portal at: http://www.insme.info/page.asp?page=public_award.,Applications(se abrirá en una nueva ventana) shall be submitted by 5th November, 2004.
For further information:,INSME Secretariat:,Ms. Francesca Giannotti ,c/o IPI Italian Institute for Industrial Promotion,V.le Maresciallo Pilsudski, 124,I 00197 Rome (ITALY),Phone: +39-06-80972342,Fax: +39-06-80972443,E-mail: giannotti@ipi.it ,http://www.insme.org,About the INSME Association,The International Network for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises - INSME - is a non-profit Association, open to international membership (http://www.insme.info/page.asp?IDArea=1&page=about_insme(se abrirá en una nueva ventana)). It aims at strengthening international cooperation and exchanging know how and expertise in innovation and technology transfer to Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs), to maximise the mutual benefits of its Members.<br>The INSME Association represents a permanent forum for promoting a strengthened dialogue between various public and private operators that are involved in this area, and through its activities contributes to specialising, integrating and internationalising the offers of intermediaries and their networks, as well as offering support to Policy Makers in this field.<br>In May the INSME Association was granted the OECD's moral sponsorship, as a recognition of INSME's participation in the so called "Bologna Process" on SME policies (http://www.insme.info/page.asp?IDArea=1&page=bolognaprocess(se abrirá en una nueva ventana)). More recently, the Industrial Development Board of UNIDO has granted the consultative status to INSME.,
The INSME Award http://www.insme.info/page.asp?page=public_award(se abrirá en una nueva ventana) is an international prize given out bi-annually in order to acknowledge the success or the importance of activities and initiatives at international, regional, national or sub-national level undertaken by public and private intermediaries (or related networks) promoting innovation and technology transfer to SMEs.
"Innovation for success: Locally adopted, Globally replicable" is the topic for the 2005 Award edition. It calls for applications presenting business models, initiatives, programmes or projects which, though implemented on a reduced scale, can be scaled up and/or reapplied in other geographical contexts or different industrial sectors.
The main benefit winners will gain will be the high visibility the INSME Association will offer by inviting them to present their project to the Association's Members at the prize-giving event and spreading information through channels made available by the network (web sites, bulletins, newsletter, newspapers, etc.). Winners will also be entitled to the use of the INSME Award logo on their documents and website for two years. Moreover, if they are not already INSME Members, they will be rewarded also with a 12-months free INSME membership, starting from the month following the assignment of the Award.
The call for applications and the application form are available on the INSME portal at: http://www.insme.info/page.asp?page=public_award.,Applications(se abrirá en una nueva ventana) shall be submitted by 5th November, 2004.
For further information:,INSME Secretariat:,Ms. Francesca Giannotti ,c/o IPI Italian Institute for Industrial Promotion,V.le Maresciallo Pilsudski, 124,I 00197 Rome (ITALY),Phone: +39-06-80972342,Fax: +39-06-80972443,E-mail: giannotti@ipi.it ,http://www.insme.org,About the INSME Association,The International Network for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises - INSME - is a non-profit Association, open to international membership (http://www.insme.info/page.asp?IDArea=1&page=about_insme(se abrirá en una nueva ventana)). It aims at strengthening international cooperation and exchanging know how and expertise in innovation and technology transfer to Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs), to maximise the mutual benefits of its Members.<br>The INSME Association represents a permanent forum for promoting a strengthened dialogue between various public and private operators that are involved in this area, and through its activities contributes to specialising, integrating and internationalising the offers of intermediaries and their networks, as well as offering support to Policy Makers in this field.<br>In May the INSME Association was granted the OECD's moral sponsorship, as a recognition of INSME's participation in the so called "Bologna Process" on SME policies (http://www.insme.info/page.asp?IDArea=1&page=bolognaprocess(se abrirá en una nueva ventana)). More recently, the Industrial Development Board of UNIDO has granted the consultative status to INSME.,