Assessing and improving the innovation management capacity of Walloon SMEs through specialized EEN services

Informations projet

KAMWAL

N° de convention de subvention: 643142

DOI

10.3030/643142

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 5 Decembre 2014

Date de début 1 Septembre 2014

Date de fin 31 Decembre 2014

Financé au titre de

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Coût total

€ 33 430,00

Contribution de l’UE

€ 26 744,00

Coordonné par

ASSOCIATION INTERCOMMUNALE BUREAU ECONOMIQUE DE LA PROVINCE DE NAMUR SCRL
Belgium

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - KAMWAL (Assessing and improving the innovation management capacity of Walloon SMEs through specialized EEN services)

Période du rapport: 2014-09-01 au 2014-12-31

Résumé du contexte et des objectifs généraux du projet

The KAMWAL project aimed to the provision of innovation services by the Entreprise Europe Network in Wallonia during the last three months of 2014.
Proposed innovation services are
- KAM service: this service is proposed to SME Instrument Walloon beneficiaries. It consists of evaluating needs, identifying related external coaches and managing the coaching relationships. The objective is to help the concerned companies to maximize the benefit from the European grant.
- IMC service: this service is proposed to innovative Walloon SME with a high growth potential and a capacity to internationalize. Thanks to adapted tools, the Enterprise Europe network consultant helps the company to assess its innovation management organisation and processes and to improve them.

Travail effectué depuis le début du projet jusqu’à la fin de la période considérée dans le rapport et principaux résultats atteints jusqu’à présent

During the project, no Walloon SME were granted by the SME Instrument scheme. It follows that no KAM service were delivered.
On the other hand, due to the short time period, work on IMC service consisted of preparation and training on the proposed tool (IMPR3OVE).

Progrès au-delà de l’état des connaissances et impact potentiel prévu (y compris l’impact socio-économique et les conséquences sociétales plus larges du projet jusqu’à présent)

The KAMWAL project should be considered as a first step in the setting-up of innovation support services through the Entreprise Europe network in Wallonia. Regarding constraints, some of them being not under command, the operational period was indeed too short to make concerned partners able to deliver expected results.

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