Northern Ireland SME Innovation Support Services 2014

Informazioni relative al progetto

EENNI_INN

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 642933

DOI

10.3030/642933

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 11 Dicembre 2014

Data di avvio 1 Luglio 2014

Data di completamento 31 Dicembre 2014

Finanziato da

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Costo totale

€ 17 500,00

Contributo UE

€ 14 000,00

Coordinato da

INVEST NORTHERN IRELAND
United Kingdom

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - EENNI_INN (Northern Ireland SME Innovation Support Services 2014)

Periodo di rendicontazione: 2014-07-01 al 2014-12-31

Sintesi del contesto e degli obiettivi generali del progetto

CORE Report 642933 EENNI_INN

The action context was that of a pilot project for EEN partners to: 1) deliver support services to local SMEs who were successful SME Instrument applicants, or 2) were selected to receive Enhancement of Innovation Management Capacity Services (EIMC).
Minimal work was performed, for 2 reasons. 1) the late launch of the call, 2) only 1 local successful SME Instrument applicant and 3) the need to obtain training in EIMC tools in a very short space of time (the tool in question being IMProve).
As it stands very limited results are expected. The one successful SME Instrument company has progressed to the stage of coach selection, but they are a very small (1 full time staff) company. Their ability to absorb and benefit from coaching is minimal and they do not have a strong requirement for a coach.
As regards the EIMC service, although the IMProve training was completed, it was not possible to do this until early October, (first available training date). Subsequent to this, legal problems with the restrictive nature of the IMProve tool user agreement prevented us signing the agreement. There then remained no time to select any companies to deliver the service to.

Lavoro eseguito dall’inizio del progetto fino alla fine del periodo coperto dalla relazione e principali risultati finora ottenuti

The work performed during the reporting period was as follows.
Training on 2 tools - IMProve and Invest NI's online Health Check - all completed
A local company who sucessfully gained H2020 SME Instrument Phase 1 funding were approached. The concept of mentoring and coaching assistance was explained to them and an Onvest NI online Helath Check was completed. Some initial discussions on possible coaching options were held.

Progressi oltre lo stato dell’arte e potenziale impatto previsto (incluso l’impatto socioeconomico e le implicazioni sociali più ampie del progetto fino ad ora)

The local company has been made aware of the advantages and possibilities of coaching. They may take this further (outside this action)

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