Enterprise Europe Network Innovation specific services in the two regions of Eastern France

Project Information

EEN EF4 INNO 20-21

Grant agreement ID: 879241

DOI

10.3030/879241

Project closed

EC signature date 31 January 2020

Start date 1 January 2020

End date 31 December 2021

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Total cost

€ 274 335,00

EU contribution

€ 274 335,00

Coordinated by

CCI REGION BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE
France

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - EEN EF4 INNO 20-21 (Enterprise Europe Network Innovation specific services in the two regions of Eastern France)

Reporting period: 2020-01-01 to 2021-12-31

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

EEN Eastern France promoted the new tools of the EIC pilot. EIC preparation workshops took place during the period on the COSME contract. But the consortium also capitalised on training and supporting actions performed earlier.
As a result, about 10 SMEs submitted proposals to the EIC accelerator in 2020/21
4 projects were awarded during the period with the EIC accelerator including one Covid-19, and 6 Seals of Excellence were also registered.

EIMC services were the focus of this project in 2020/21 again, with positive qualitative and quantitative outcomes for the SMEs mentored.

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 in the last period, mostly 3 types of companies were identified for the EIMC
- Innovative companies with a potential of growing on international market
- Start-up companies having already a little background and first sales but requiring to revise their initial business plan and set up a new innovation management strategy
- Companies with existing products and markets, but requiring to raise the

Action plans indeed include:
• Actions to be carried out by the SME itself (in this case the EEN advisor acts as a “coach”)
• Actions in the form of additional advisory services provided by the EEN core business
• Actions provided by third parties signposted by EEN (where once again the EEN advisor acts as some kind of “key account manager”)
capacity to innovate and enter in the innovation management continuous improvement circle to remain competitive

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)

Topics concerned several items having an impact on innovation management: business strategy, strategic dashboards, HR, business intelligence and technology watch, quality management, communication, marketing and production, project engineering and management process, innovation management process, creativity, intellectual property management. In all cases, Innovation was understood in its large definition (e.g. not restricted to R&D or technology).

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