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Enhancing innovation management capacity in Slovenian SMEs by EEN Slovenia

Project description

DEENESFRITPL

Improving SMEs’ innovation management in Slovenia

A survey of SMEs revealed that lack of financing is one of the main barriers to innovation, from idea generation to result. The innovation process also includes management skills and enabling factors like cooperating with research and development partners, clients and suppliers. The EU-funded We4SMESLO 5 project will enable SMEs in Slovenia to bridge the knowledge gap in innovation management, becoming aware of shortages and upgrading their internal innovation management system. The project will assess the SMEs’ innovation system based on a standardised survey/tool. Key account managers will help boost SME Instrument beneficiaries' internal innovation through coaching.

Objective

"The EC has within its Survey of 2011, carried out on request of DG Enterprise and Industry (DG EI), realized that the main barriers of innovation in the eyes of the SMEs, are lack of financial resources and inability to manage innovation process.
Since different understandings of the term ""Innovation Management System"" (IMS) have been noted the EC has supported European Committee for Standardization to provide the stakeholders with a unified definition of relevant parts in the IMS. According to this definition the most important parts of IMS include company's innovation processes from idea generation to innovation result, but also leadership, management skills and other enabling factors, like the ability to cooperate with third parties like RD partners, clients, and suppliers.
The objective of this project in Slovenia is to enable SMEs to bridge the knowledge gap in innovation management, get aware of shortages and improve their internal innovation management system and/or focus on achieving market value with their inventions. The consortium will achieve this objectives with providing:
1.) Enhancing the Innovation Management Capacity of SMEs. The beneficiaries will receive diagnostic of their innovation system based on the standardized IMP³rove tool. This will lead to the formation of tailored action plan to improve the SME’s capacity to better manage innovation.
2.) Key Account Managers – Facilitators for the H2020 SME Instrument. Key Account Managers will identify and source appropriate lead coaches (from predefined pool of coaches), facilitate linking the SMEs to innovation support services and to support the lead coach in delivering services to the SME. The SME Instrument participants will receive the most appropriate services and support to enhance the probability of successful exploitation of the innovation project and to leave a footprint for the future sustainable growth of these beneficiaries."

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Call for proposal

H2020-EEN-SGA4-2020-2021

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Funding Scheme

CSA - Coordination and support action

Coordinator

INSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN
Net EU contribution
€ 46 787,50
Address
Jamova 39
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia

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Region
Slovenija Zahodna Slovenija Osrednjeslovenska
Activity type
Research Organisations
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€ 0,00

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