Objective The purpose of the Encourage project is to create a network to offer external monitoring for SME's willing to submit CRAFT project under the IST program. The consortium will focus its work on four specific sectors of NICT (1- Electronic commerce, 2- multimedia contents and tools, 3- Information access, filtering, analysis and handling, and 4- innovative systems and services for the citizens), all-important for the five regions involved. Based on the exchange of best practices on the different steps of the companies advice (from the first information, to the signature of the final agreement) the project will test and adapt the Euromanagement methodology in the NICT sectors. Each partner will lean on either IST NCP or NICT specialised organisations. 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 BRETAGNE INNOVATION EU contribution No data Address PLACE DE LA GARE 18 RENNES France See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BIC BRATISLAVA, S.R.O Slovakia EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data Innova S.r.l. Italy EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data PRINTINOVA - Projects em Tecnologia e Inovacao, Ida Portugal EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data Verein für internationale Forschungs - Technologie-und Bidungskooperationen Austria EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data