Objective Although the SME sector is vital for the sustainable development of the Russian economy, very little work is done on restructuring the Russian SME industrial sector in order to enhance its competitiveness in terms of better meeting customer needs, expandin g market opportunities, improving delivery performance etc. Similarly concepts like collaboration, learning through networking, knowledge sharing and intra- & inter-cultural transfer of management practices remain alien to many Russian SMEs. The VISION of RUSMECO is to explore and create a collaborative network supporting Russian SMEs in business development and collaboration, based on a detailed investigation of their political, cultural and economic context. This will be done based on an integrated ap proach, where instruments (methods, techniques and software tools) and training will be adapted, developed, applied and validated. The key focus is on restructuring the Russian industrial sector through enhancing the competitiveness of Russian SMEs on the national and international level. The RUSMECO Vision with its objectives directly supports the industrial objectives of expanding market opportunities, product range, increased (eco-) efficiency and enhanced responsiveness to better meet market demand and customer needs.The overall structure of the project is based on the classical "top-down" process model for development projects, starting with state-of-the-art in research and industry (WP 1) followed by solution package design (WP2). Research activities i n WP 3, 4 and 5 deal with further structuring and documentation of gained content, with the development of a learning environment, of collaboration structures and assessment indicators. WP6 will facilitate the Kick Off and operationalise the collaboration network. WP7 is dedicated to validation and adaptation of the RUSMECO solution package. WP8 comprises marketing, dissemination and exploitation activities. The project management will be done in WP9. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and management Programme(s) FP6-INCO - Specific measures in support of international cooperation: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) INCO-2003-D2 - Adjusting the system of industrial production and communication Call for proposal FP6-2003-INCO-RUSSIA+NIS-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STIP - Specific Targeted Innovation Project Coordinator UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART Address Kepplerstr. 7 Stuttgart Germany See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (11) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all STICHTING TELEMATICA INSTITUUT Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Brouwerijstraat 1 Enschede See on map Links Website Opens in new window VICEVERSA CONSULTING Russia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Studentcheskaya str., 1a-312 Ekaterinburg See on map Links Website Opens in new window SAINT-PETERSBURG STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY Russia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Polytechnicheskaya 29 Saint-petersburg See on map Links Website Opens in new window RUSSIAN SME RESOURCE CENTRE FUND Russia EU contribution € 0,00 Address 7, nezhinskaya st., office 104 Moscow See on map Links Website Opens in new window M.V. LOMONOSOV MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY Russia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Leninskiye gory, main building, msu Moscow See on map Links Website Opens in new window MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS, STATISTICS AND INFORMATICS Russia EU contribution € 0,00 Address 7, nezhinskaya st., office 103 Moscow See on map Links Website Opens in new window THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address University park Nottingham See on map Links Website Opens in new window TÜV ENERGIE CONSULT Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Westendst. 199 Munich See on map Links Website Opens in new window NONCOMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIP "THE EUROPEAN HOUSE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS, PUBLIC, POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL TIES" Russia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Sadovnitcheskaya 82\1 Moscow See on map Links Website Opens in new window OOO EUROPEAN BUSINESS KONSULTANT Russia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Ulitsa bibliotechnaya 27 Moscowl See on map EIDGENÖSSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZÜRICH Switzerland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Raemistrasse 101 Zurich See on map Links Website Opens in new window
