Project description DEENESFRITPL Capacity building for Finland’s SMEs Key account management (KAM) is the process of building long-term relationships with your company's most valuable accounts. As such, it should not be underestimated. To this end, the EU-funded FINKAMIE2021 project will provide KAM services to beneficiaries of the Enhanced European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot in Finland: SME Ιnstrument, FTI (Fast Track to Innovation) and FET (Future and Emerging Technologies) Open. The small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that will avail of these services will also receive an innovation boost. The aim will be to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of innovation processes. The service includes an assessment of innovation management capacity and development actions. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Lack of innovation management capacity is recognised as an important barrier to creating economic impact (competitiveness, growth and jobs) from innovation activities in SMEs. The general objective of the proposal is to achieve overall long-term capacity building in (Finnish) SME’s, particularly to make the innovation system in the companies more efficient and effective and to increase and accelerate the economic returns from innovation in the SMEs. In proposal actions will be identified weaknesses in the innovation capacities of the SME that hinder the realisation of growth opportunities and of the full commercial potential. Hence, the improvement of this innovation management capacity upgrades the economic performance of the most promising SMEs. First specific objective of the project is to provide Key account management services to beneficiaries of the EIC Enhanced Pilot: SME instrument, FTI (Fast Track to Innovation) and FET-Open (Future and Emerging Technologies Open). These services aim to identify bottlenecks to the creation of economic impact in companies benefitting from grants by these Horizon2020's programs. Based on the needs analysis the Key account management services identify suitable coaches to address the identified bottlenecks and facilitates the coach-client relationship during the coaching project. Second specific objective is to provide services, which enhance the innovation management capacity of SMEs. This service will increase the efficiency and effectiveness of innovation processes in small and medium sized enterprises with significant innovation activities that could potentially become beneficiaries of European support to research and innovation but would not have effective access to consulting services for innovation management. The service includes an assessment of innovation management capacity and development actions based on the assessment. In assessments and development one area with emphasis is digitalisation. Programme(s) H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs Main Programme H2020-EU.2.3.2.2. - Enhancing the innovation capacity of SMEs Topic(s) H2020-EEN-SGA4 - H2020 ENTREPRISE EUROPE NETWORK SGA4 2020-2021 Call for proposal H2020-EEN-SGA4-2020-2021 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA - Coordination and support action Coordinator BUSINESS FINLAND OY Net EU contribution € 40 157,50 Address Porkkalankatu 1 00181 Helsinki Finland See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Activity type Other 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 Other funding € 0,00 Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all HELSINGIN SEUDUN KAUPPAKAMARI - HELSINGFORSREGIONENS HANDELSKAMMARE RY Finland Net EU contribution € 39 875,00 Address Kalevankatu 12 00100 Helsinki See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Activity type Other 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 Other funding € 0,00 TURKU SCIENCE PARK OY AB Finland Net EU contribution € 276 360,00 Address Joukahaisenkatu 3 a 20520 Turku See on map Region Manner-Suomi Etelä-Suomi Varsinais-Suomi Activity type Other 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 Other funding € 0,00
