Objective MATREND aims at emerging and increasing the technological needs of SMEs. The full work process will be complex, since it is based on the gathering of data, individual meetings with SMEs, in order to obtain a diagnosis that shows the general maturity level of SMEs vis-à-vis innovation, and the consequent degree of adaptation of the company organisation to the new technologies. Processes will include technological audits, essential both for a better understanding of the latent needs of the SMEs and for facilitating their access to new technologies. MATREND will help to simplify access for SMEs to information on innovation and RTD results and help to improve their use of the local, national and European Innovation supply system and to use the V Framework Programme with the collaboration of the national contact points. Particular assistance for SMEs concerns information and training on more suitable EU programmes (focus on FP5). Programme(s) FP5-INNOVATION-SME - Research, technological development and demonstration programme which aims to promote innovation and encourage the participation of small and medium sized enterprises, 1998-2002 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme ACM - Preparatory, accompanying and support measures Coordinator Agenzia Sviluppo Nord Milano EU contribution No data Address Largo Lamarmora, 17 20099 Sesto san Giovanni (Milano) Italy See on map Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Agence Tarnaise de Developpement "Agate" France EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data Agenzia Sviluppo Nord Milano Italy EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data Asociacion para Promocion y Desarollo "el Raso" Spain EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data Bremer Innovations - Agentur Gmbh(Regional Development Agency) Germany EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data