Based on the findings from the previous actions and on the analysis of the needs and of the potential of the region, the consortium defined the service packages that will be delivered: 8 service packages for KAM and 15 service packages for EIMC.
As the delivery of the KAM services in 2018. was lower than planned, we focused the activities on promoting EU funding for innovation by organizing info days, roadshows, workshops and through direct contact with the companies. Unfortunately, the availability of national structural funds for innovation, with much higher success rate and much lower competition, caused the decrease in application number to SME Instrument, compared to previous years. The total amount available through the structural funds for the innovations and competitiveness of the SMEs in Croatia (for the period 2014-2020) was 1.634.792.000 EUR. This is the reason why we didn’t have any new client for KAM despite all our activities.
Project partners focused on the delivery of the services to the 2 cases started in 2018: one was finalized and the other is having trouble in the delivery of the coaching services (described in detail in the final report on KAM services). The project partners provided continuous scale-up support to the projects finalized during year 2018-2019., leading to a significantly enhanced growth and profitability (described in detail in the next paragraph).
The consortium delivered 1 out of 8 planned KAM services.
The EIMC services were delivered even more than planned dynamics (16 out of 15), even if one of the project partners (HAMAG-BICRO) experienced lack in human capacities for performing envisaged activities. The consortia redistributed the tasks among other partners in order to ensure the delivery of the services. At this moment we still cannot measure the impact of the services on these clients (the period is too short). The clients that received the services during the period 2017-2018 improved their innovation management activities, which led to their enhanced growth and profitability (described in detail in the next paragraph).
