Mise en oeuvre des activités Enterprise Europe Network H2020 (KAM/EIMC) en Ile-de-France, en région Centre-Val de Loire, en Nouvelle Calédonie et en Polynésie française

Project Information

EEN TOPIC2INNO 2019

Grant agreement ID: 831355

DOI

10.3030/831355

Project closed

EC signature date 30 November 2018

Start date 1 January 2019

End date 31 December 2019

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Total cost

€ 353 178,75

EU contribution

€ 353 177,50

Coordinated by

CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE ET D'INDUSTRIE DE REGION PARIS ILE-DE-FRANCE
France

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - EEN TOPIC2INNO 2019 (Mise en oeuvre des activités Enterprise Europe Network H2020 (KAM/EIMC) en Ile-de-France, en région Centre-Val de Loire, en Nouvelle Calédonie et en Polynésie française)

Reporting period: 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

The general problem addressed in this action is to strengthen the capacity of SMEs to carry out their innovation projects which are the engines of their growth. Business leaders must know their strengths and weaknesses in order to be able to call on external expertise according to their needs.
The general objectives of the actions of the H2020 program are twofold: For the Key Account Manager (KAM) action, this involves supporting the SME winners of the SME Instrument program in order to increase their chances of success in their program 'innovation. For the Innovation Management action (EIMC), it is about strengthening the innovation management capacities of growing SMEs.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

For the KAM program, the partners (PRE and DEVUP) supported the companies that won the SME Instrument.
During the 2019 period, 39 new companies were supported, including 26 phase 1 winners, 11 phase 2 winners, 1 FTI winners and 1 FETOpen.
For the EIMC program, the partners (PRE and DEVUP) have implemented different methods to recruit SMEs likely to enter the program.
During the 2019 period, 27 new businesses were supported.
For these two programs, regional ecosystems were called upon (cluster, poles of competitiveness, incubators, accelerators, local economic development organizations, etc.) in order to present the approach and to recruit SMEs. Dedicated information meetings have also been organized to publicize the systems. Bridges were of course made during the accompaniments concerning the COSME and H2020 programs.

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

The direct impacts are measured by taking into account classic indicators of SMEs such as turnover, jobs created or fundraising carried out. But these results can only be measured in the medium and long term.
We can cite for example the company Smart Mobile Solutions (now DooH), accompanied in 2018 by an EIMC action. Since then, restructuring, buyout of a competitor in late 2018, entered the capital of La Poste Group in late 2019 with a contribution of funds of € 500k plus an additional line of credit of € 500k to enable the development of the company.
During these programs, the H2020 teams worked with the COSME teams to organize and carry out workshops to re-read SME Instrument files. In the 2019 period, 3 workshops were carried out on 12 SME projects.
Several SMEs that have followed the EIMC program have been oriented towards the SME Instrument.
We can cite a few examples:
The company KINNOV THERAPEUTICS, winner of the Instrument Phase 2 in 2019 and which had benefited from the EEN COSME services and from a workshop to proofread its application file in 2018.
NANOVATION: EIMC support in 2016, follow-up in 2017, PA in 2018, review of SME Instrument dossier in 2019 and Phase 1 winner in October 2019.
STREAMVISION: Phase 1 winner in December 2014, candidate in phase 2 several times without success, accompanied in EIMC in 2019 for a new deposit in phase 2 to come.
EIMC support enables systematic referral to COSME services as soon as the diagnosis highlights certain issues such as legal, standards or the search for international partners.
On the other hand, project managers participated in training (Digital Innovation Quotient, etc.) as well as sharing of good practices during national meetings of French consortia.

Prestatog : Beneficiary of EIMC Services