Project description DEENESFRITPL Turkish SMEs get some wind beneath their wings SMEs in Turkey account for almost 75 % of total employment in the country and more than half of total value added. While Turkey performs above the EU average in skills and innovation, it is below the average in access to finance and internationalisation. The EU-funded SMEntorEGE project was designed to support the innovation management skills of Turkish SMEs, particularly those with H2020 SME Instrument funding and those on the cusp of international business ventures but requiring a mentor and business consultant to achieve their goals. The project is providing access to coaches and services of the Enterprise Europe Network to foster regional and international growth and success. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective The objective of SMEntorEGE is to support the regional SMEs to enhance their innovation management skills by improving efficiency and effectiveness of innovation processes, thus contributing to smart growth.Two groups of SMEs are targeted for the services that will be given under the project. The first group involves the SMEs who are the beneficiaries of “Horizon2020's SME instrument” or other EU Funded Schemes such as FETOpen, FTI but who need technical support in innovation management to enhance successful exploitation of the project and its contribution to the companies’ growth. The second group consists of SMEs with potential for international growth via product/process/service/business model innovation but who lack the knowledge, skills to manage innovation activities. Two different services will be provided throughout the project period. “Key account management” for the beneficiaries of the SME instrument will focus on identifying bottlenecks to the creation of economic impact in companies benefitting from EUgrants and address these bottlenecks with the help of capable Coaches and with the aid of KAM services of EEN. “Enhancing SME innovation management capacity” for innovating SME independently from a specific project will focus on increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of innovation processes in SMEs with significant innovation activities that could potentially become beneficiaries of European research and innovation supports, but not have effective access to consultingservices for innovation management. As a result of the project, new types of standardised innovation support methodologies will be developed, the skills of the staff from the existing consortia will be improved, comprehensive innovation support will be given, two novel assessmenttools will be adapted at EU level, EEN will be embedded in Regional Innovation Ecosystem, closer cooperation will be established between key innovation support providers and relevant stakeholder Programme(s) H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs Main Programme Topic(s) H2020EENSGA3 - EEN H2020 SGA3 Call for proposal H2020-EEN-SGA3-2018 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA - Coordination and support action Coordinator EGE UNIVERSITY Net EU contribution € 75 510,00 Address Ege universitesi kampusu 35100 İzmir Türkiye See on map Region Ege İzmir İzmir Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all DENIZLI TICARET ODASI Not active in the Specific Grant Agreement of the project Türkiye Address Saraylar mah saltak cad 5 20100 Denizli See on map Region Ege Aydın Denizli Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window EGE BOLGESI SANAYI ODASINA Not active in the Specific Grant Agreement of the project Türkiye Address Cumhuriyet bulvari 63 pasaport 35210 Izmir See on map Region Ege İzmir İzmir Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window
