Periodic Reporting for period 1 - EEN INNOS (New extended EEN innovation support service for innovative SMEs in Serbia)
Período documentado: 2017-01-01 hasta 2018-12-31
Taking into account that EEN Serbia had experience in implementing Action “Establishing services enhancing the innovation management capacity of SME's in the Enterprise Europe Network“(acronym EEN Inno)2 in 2014, but also the project “Extended EEN innovation support service for innovative SMEs in Serbiа)” in 2016. Project for 2017-2018 envisages that the group of 30 the most eligible SMEs regarding innovation performancewill be selected, among the nearly 180 firms in the databases available from the previous EU funded projects, Innovation fund beneficiaries and other relevant resources.Also the experience in the last Action indicated that one of the key successful factors of the Action is commitment of the companies to work with KAM and innovation experts. Therefore, pre-selected companies will be asked for the fully commitment in working with the KAM, coaches and innovation experts.
Two cases that started in 2016 and ware finished in Q1 and Q2 of 2017 were singposted to the COSME.
During the reporting period, partners provided EIMC sevice to 17 companies (ICMF finished 4 companies, IMP 6 companies and BINS 7 companies). They covered 7 sectors: metal industry (2 companies); agriculture industry (6 companies); mechanical industry (3 companies); ICT industry (2 companies); textile industry; construction industry; fishing industry; and gaming industry. Fifteen of 17 companies have incremental innovations, mostly in product and process.
Potential impact on job creation or maintains were made: 7 out of 17 companies have impact on job creation.
The socio-economic impact and wider societal implications of the action were established by 7 out of 17 companies."