INNOVACTIS 2020-2021

Información del proyecto

INNOVACTIS 2020-2021

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 879881

DOI

10.3030/879881

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 30 Enero 2020

Fecha de inicio 1 Enero 2020

Fecha de finalización 31 Diciembre 2021

Financiado con arreglo a

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Coste total

€ 276 007,50

Aportación de la UE

€ 276 007,00

Coordinado por

INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE ARAGON
Spain

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - INNOVACTIS 2020-2021 (INNOVACTIS 2020-2021)

Período documentado: 2020-01-01 hasta 2021-12-31

Resumen del contexto y de los objetivos generales del proyecto

The objective of this project is to provide innovation support services to SMEs in the regions covered by the consortium members to two groups of SMEs:
• SMEs that have been selected as beneficiaries of the European Innovation Council (EIC) Pilot, including SME Instrument, phase 1 or phase 2, FTI and FET-Open projects, and the EIC Accelerator. For these companies, the consortium members will offer Key Account Management (KAM) services, which are accompanying services for the SMEs to identify weaknesses in their innovation capacities and suitable external coaches for their project implementation.
• SMEs that have high potential for growth and internationalisation but that need to Enhance their Innovation Management Capacities (EIMC). These companies will receive direct assessment services from the consortium members in order to detect barriers and develop and implement an action plan in order to enhance such capacities and overcome the detected barriers.

Trabajo realizado desde el comienzo del proyecto hasta el final del período abarcado por el informe y los principales resultados hasta la fecha

The performance of the consortium has been excellent. Regarding the KAM services, the consortium has achieved a performance of 231% of the target. The EIMC services reached the 81% of the target. The combined provision of services made a total of 102% of our total target, while we have involved fewer resources in the provision of these services.
The distribution of services in the consortium regions is not homogeneous. While some regions had an important number of EU funded projects that received KAM services, other regions performed a higher number of EIMC services in order to reach the project targets.

Avances que van más allá del estado de la técnica e impacto potencial esperado (incluida la repercusión socioeconómica y las implicaciones sociales más amplias del proyecto hasta la fecha)

The impact of the services provided depends on the type of service provided. The KAM services related to funded project proposals have a direct and measurable impact, which is described in each project proposal funded by the EU. All of them, the best projects among the best ones, describe new markets access, consolidation of current markets, increase of turnover, maintenance of jobs and creation of new jobs. The EIC Accelerator and SME Instrument projects, by its own nature, show an exponential grow potential that should allow them to create new jobs and have high rates of turnover increase. In this contractual period, we have also provided KAM services to some Seal of Excellence projects, according to the requests of EISMEA. These projects, although have not obtained direct funding from the EU, have been considered so good that have also received coaching services in order to get closer to the market.
The EIMC services' impact cannot be quantified so easily. The improvement of the innovation management capacities of the SMEs is an action that will have an impact in the mid- long-term. The companies report improvements in the innovation culture, allocation of resources to innovation activities, development of innovation strategies, improvement in the innovative ideas management, implementation of management tools, integration of the innovation in the business concept, etc. These activities will have an impact in the companies and will help them growth and internationalise.

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