Project description
Support for SME and start-up innovation
The success of today’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups hinge on the correct implementation of advanced technologies. The EU-funded EFFECT-SME project will ensure the delivery of improved, targeted, and more effective support to start-ups and SMEs by developing an efficient and effective methodology to evaluate the impact and efficacy of support measures. The project will use partners' own methods to perform relevant research. It will develop new topics and approaches for monitoring, evaluating, and implementing the new methodology. The EFFECT-SME consortium will apply Twinning+ methodology through three peer learning interactive workshops combining different experiences, methodology approaches, and balanced geographic scope from the Czech Republic, Germany, and Spain.
Objective
The EFFECT-SME project’s main objective is to enhance the quality of start-ups’/SMEs’ innovation support programmes through the development of an efficient and effective methodology assessing the impact of the support programmes on start-ups/SMEs.
Assessment of the effectiveness of start-ups’/SMEs’ supporting measures and adaptation of lessons learned into the modification of current start-up/SME support programmes is the key aspect to continuous improvement of support and the policy itself.
The aim of the project is to achieve improved, targeted and more efficient support to start-ups and SMEs. The project partners will share own approaches to complete them with relevant desk research outputs, developing new topics and approaches to more effective monitoring and evaluation and to put the new impact methodology into practice.
The project consortium will apply Twinning+ methodology via 3 peer learning interactive workshops focused on impact evaluation of start-up/SME support programmes from different perspectives of 3 partners – combining different levels of experience, methodology approaches and balanced geographic scope: Czechia (MSIC), Germany (S2i) and Spain (Madri+d). The desk research on available methodologies will complete the peer-learning of the partners. The Design Option Paper (DOP) on efficient impact evaluation will stand for the key deliverable of the project. The innovative methodology will be disseminated through numerous business support networks for further exploitation by innovation agencies (IA) in Europe.
Project duration: 3/2021 – 2/2022
Budget: 50 000 Euro
Keywords
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Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
MAIN PROGRAMME
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H2020-EU.2.3.2.2. - Enhancing the innovation capacity of SMEs
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Topic(s)
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Funding Scheme
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
CSA - Coordination and support action
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Call for proposal
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Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
(opens in new window) H2020-INNOSUP-2018-2020
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