H2020-EEN Tunisie-2018-2020

Project Information

H2020-EEN-GA3-2018

Grant agreement ID: 831367

DOI

10.3030/831367

Project closed

EC signature date 14 November 2018

Start date 1 January 2019

End date 31 December 2019

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Total cost

€ 40 000,00

EU contribution

€ 40 000,00

Coordinated by

AGENCE DE PROMOTION DE L'INDUSTRIE ET DE L'INNOVATION- API
Tunisia

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - H2020-EEN-GA3-2018 (H2020-EEN Tunisie-2018-2020)

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

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

90% of the Tunisian industrial fabric consists mainly of SMEs, which participates at a rate of 30% in the GDP and 80% of exports.
See statistics of tunisian companies :
http://www.tunisieindustrie.nat.tn/en/tunisienne.asp
Despite these statistics, 43% are recorded as mortality rate of SMEs in Tunisia. These SMEs are not innovative enough and easy to compete, which is essentially due to the lack of innovation in their management system.
Innovation is an essential driver for economic growth in Tunisia. The EU-funded APII-H2020- project aims to establish services that will help SMEs that are members of the EEN Tunisia to optimise their innovation value chain. To do this, it will focus on enhancing their capacity to manage innovation processes. The project’s activities will result in stronger and more competitive SMEs, which, in turn will have a positive impact on Tunisia’s economy.

The project's action responds on a large scale with the innovation policy strategy drawn up at the level of the Ministry of Industry and executed at the level of the APII by its center of innovation and technological development as a new service of acceleration at the SME.

For the company which aims essentially its sustainable development and its internationalization, this action will allow the company to :

- rise in competitiveness
- reduce costs
- win market share
- Capacity building of its staff
- Recruitment of new highly specialized expertise profiles
- acquire new technologies (new application, new solution ...)
- adopt new marketing methods
- ensure the sustainability of companies
- ensure a favorable climate for creativity and collaborative work

This project represents a political initiative where the APII tries through, to set up a new service within its Innovation Center and technological development including the network EEN which is managed by the APII as coordinator of the EEN Tunisia consortium.

The purpose of this service is to assess and strengthen the capacity and performance of innovation management in enterprises

Link of the newsletter EEN Tunisie describing the project:
https://een-tunisie.tn/actualites/

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

As a support structure for innovation, APII is engaged in order to this project to assist and evaluate SMEs in order to enhance their capability to manage their potential of innovation.

From January 2019 until December 2019, our 1 year project is divided in many phases.

The first phase concerns:

- The formations of two teams respectively of 3 and 4 executives APII-EEN Tunisia

- Set eligibility criteria for beneficiaries to the PRCI
- Promote and disseminate this program through the organization of project-specific info days.
-We organized 04 regional information days and this on February 14, 2019 in 04 zones in Tunisia at the same time: in Greater Tunis, in the north, in the center and in the south of Tunisia and these days were marked by a significant presence of Tunisian companies that are interested in the program.
*Participation in seminars such as Next Society, the National Innovation Competition, National workshop to reinforce synergy between NCP_H2020 and EEN Tunisia, National Day of Entrepreneurship, SMART INDUSTRY 2020, workshop with GIZ and Expertise FRANCE ...)
https://www.facebook.com/pg/APIIinfos/photos/?ref=page_internal

- Communication of opportunities and benefits of the program via the official APII website (http://www.tunisieindustrie.nat.tn/en/newsdoc.asp?nom=2018/Regulation-Program)
-Organising many infodays in different regions in Tunisia about the program H2020

- Development and publication of communication media about the PRCI program (flyer, participation form, Roll-up ...)

The second phase concerns:

- Breakdown of the base of enterprises selected by each consultant, namely that the consultants are distributed at follow: 4 at the level of the headquarters of the APII (North-West, 4 zones of Greater Tunis), 3 at the national pole of innovation (east-central & north-east, south-east & west-central, south-west).

- Start of diagnostic steps by all consultants

- Training on the implementation of the system of management of innovation in company pilot (training in APII tunisia by the Director of IMProve Academy)

- Reaching 100% (20 SMEs including 20EIMC and 0 KAM) of the target of 20 SMEs

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 Socio-economic impact:

- introduce innovative products to serve new customer requirements and respond to societal challenges

- increase collaboration between Research and Industry

- anticipate the future to gain a breakthrough compared to its competitors

- provide products and services generating an interesting profit ensuring a comfortable growth and guaranteeing the sustainability of the companies.

- increase the contribution of innovative SMEs in the GDP of Tunisia

- increase export shares for SMEs in Tunisia

- gain an international reputation

- Assistance to participate in European funding programs including SME instrument h2020 by our NCP_SME

Societal involvement:

- Given the current and future ecological challenges, the company is sensitized towards ecological innovation by integrating a certain concept of sustainable development including the company's innovation policy.

- In relation to the internal environment of the company, the leadership is called to provide an internal environment allowing the personnel to be totally involved in the achievement of the objectives of the company, and this through rigorous management encouraging creativity, initiative, accountability and delegation and work by purpose and by obligation of result.

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