Project description
Better investments in the Saxony region
The European region of the Free State of Saxony aims to invest in its innovation capacities in order to develop as an important player in European economy. This includes ensuring the effectiveness and efficiency of investments. The EU-funded EEN SACHSEN project will support promising small and medium businesses in the region. To achieve this, it will identify specific difficulties faced by companies benefiting from the European Innovation Council (EIC) pilots, to address them with assistance from professional coaches. The project will also focus on improving the management systems of especially valuable, knowledge-intensive and technology-oriented startups able to grow on an international scale.
Objective
The aim of the present proposal is to contribute to the smart growth in the Free State Saxony as an emerging region in the European Union by increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of investments in research, development and innovation and by contributing to a better and more efficient connection of actors along the innovation chain.
To achieve the above mentioned objectives the proposed project will:
a) Identify bottlenecks to the creation of economic impact in companies benefitting from grants from the European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot regarding the SME instrument and address these bottlenecks with the help of capable coaches. This service to beneficiaries of the EIC pilot in the context of a given project is called “Key account management”' (KAM).
b) 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. This service, which will be provided independently from a specific innovation project and focussing on a company's innovation management system, is called “Enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMEs” (EIMC).
The project targets at the delivery of in total 40 service packages, 10 KAM and 30 EIMC services, in the geographical area of the Free State Saxony (Germany).
Programme(s)
Funding Scheme
CSA - Coordination and support actionCoordinator
04109 LEIPZIG
Germany