Presentazione delegazione turca

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INSME INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR SMEs
INSME PILOT PROJECTS
The first INSME Promoting Committee Meeting Milan
7-8 July 2003
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WHAT IS AN INSME PILOT PROJECT?
It is an initiative aimed at the ideation,
experimentation and assessment of innovative
practices, of a sectoral and/or factoral nature,
in Countries which participate in the INSME
Process.
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WHICH ARE THE AIMS OF THE INSME PILOT PROJECTS?

• To stimulate SMEs innovation processes through
  the creation, on a reduced scale, of networks of
  intermediaries, services and initiatives which
  support innovation and technology transfer (TT)
• To identify, refine and select methodologies and
  services which can be scaled-up and/or
  reapplied
• To lead to further, complementary developments in
  other geographical areas or industrial sectors

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ADVANTAGES OF AN INSME PILOT PROJECT

• Limited investments for its implementation
• Maximisation of the yield, in terms of acquired
  experience and efficacy
• High speed and flexibility
• Reduced risks and exertion

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PARTNERS

• Involved bodies
• Policy Makers
• Intermediaries
• Networks
• other bodies
• operating in the field of innovation and TT to
  SMEs

Generally involving at least two INSME Countries
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FUNDING

• Directly funded by Members
• Cash
• In kind
• Co-financed by national, regional or
  international institutions
• Directly
• Through participation in calls for proposal

A special section of the INSME AWARD
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CHARACTERISTICS OF INSME PILOT PROJECTS
FEATURES
GEOGRAPHICAL SPAN

• Replicable
• Re-applicable
• Scale-up

• Sub-national
• National
• Regional

NATURE
STRUCTURE

• Modular
• Flexible

• Sectoral
• Factoral

LENGTH

• Short-medium project life cycle (max. 2 years)

At least 4 of the above
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EXAMPLES OF INSME PILOT PROJECTS

• New networks
• New services
• New policy instruments
• Specific horizontal projects
• creation of back-offices
• delocalisation and/or internationalisation of
  intermediaries
• exchanges, twinning and partnerships
• cooperation and connections among research
  bodies, intermediaries, industry and the finance
  sector
• Etc.....

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HOW TO PROPOSE A PROJECT
SECRETARIAT CHECK
NOT INSME Pilot Project
SEND IT!
INSME BOARD
DONT WORRY! TRY AGAIN!!!
INSME Pilot Project
PROJECT IDEA

• CREATE PARTNERSHIP
• INFORMATION

• OBSERVER
• FACILITATOR
• PARTNER
• PROJECT MANAGER

INSME AWARD
REALISATION OF THE PROJECT
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FIRST INSME PILOT PROJECTS

• RIDITT the Italian Network for the Diffusion
  of Innovation and Technology Transfer
• FASHION NET
• Pilot Project TUNISIA
• ASK INSME
• ...

THINK TANK IDEAS
YOUR IDEAS PROPOSALS!
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RIDITT

• Italian Network for Innovation and Technology
  Transfer to SMEs
• promoted by the Italian Ministry of Productive
  Activities and managed by IPI
• Started in early 2003
• OBJECTIVES
• To promote the exchange of information,
  experience, methodologies, and good practices at
  national level
• To encourage the integration, specialisation and
  marketing of services for SMEs innovation, also
  through the use of ICT
• To stimulate the creation of partnerships and
  projects on a sectoral and geographical basis
• To facilitate access to financial resources by
  creating, extending and developing networks for
  innovation
• To support the internationalisation of
  intermediaries also by using the INSME channel

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RIDITT

• SERVICES
• Portal www.riditt.it (under construction)
• Information services
• Technical Assistance and Training
• Provision of Financial Grants (2004)

RIDITT works as the Italian Focal Point of INSME
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RIDITT
FEATURES
GEOGRAPHICAL SPAN

• Replicable
• Re-applicable
• Scale-up

• Sub- national
• National
• Regional

NATURE
STRUCTURE

• Modular
• Flexible

• Sectoral
• Factoral

LENGTH

• Short- medium project life cycle (max. 2 years)

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FASHION NET

• Proposal presented in April 2003 within the 6th
  EU RTD Framework Programme (FP6), 2002-2006
  Structuring the European Research Area (ERA)
• Partners 16 Intermediaries from 8 Countries
• Grant requested 900,000.00 EURO
• Length 24 months

Further expansion of the partnership is welcome
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FASHION NET

• OBJECTIVES
• To enhance the competitiveness of SMEs by both
  coordinating and improving access to strategic
  information and Economic Technological
  Intelligence (ETI) tools and to qualify research
  and technical services
• To consolidate ties and integrate networks and
  partnerships between intermediaries, accordingly
  with INSMEs goals, related to the fashion
  industry
• To promote transnational SME cooperation across
  the enlarged Europe
• To facilitate SME access to FP6
• To promote a knowledge-sharing process by
  strengthening networks for exchanging expertise,
  methodologies and best practices

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FASHION NET

• ACTIVITIES
• Networking activities among intermediaries aiming
  to foster innovation and TT in the fashion system
  and FP6 participation among SMEs
• Information Knowledge Management
• 2 Conferences Network Consolidation and
  extension
• Studies Best Practices in ETI
• Specific Workshops and Training
• Transregional Twinning Expert Personnel
  Exchange

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FASHION NET
FEATURES
GEOGRAPHICAL SPAN

• Replicable
• Re-applicable
• Scale-up

• Sub-national
• National
• Regional

NATURE
STRUCTURE

• Modular
• Flexible

• Sectoral
• Factoral

LENGTH

• Short-medium project life cycle (max. 2 years)

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Pilot Project TUNISIA

• Main Promoters Ministry of Industry, API
  (Tunisia) and IPI (Italy)
• Started in June 2003
• Expected duration 2 YEARS
• OBJECTIVES
• To promote the internationalisation of sectoral
  technical centres (TC) for innovation and TT for
  SMEs
• To establish a Tunisian pilot network among TC so
  as to strengthen their critical mass for
  international activities
• To strengthen partnership among Tunisian and
  Italian TC

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Pilot Project TUNISIA

• DRAFT ACTION PLAN
• Draw up a feasibility study
• SWOT Analysis Demand Supply Analysis
• Establishment of a consortium among selected TC
• Design and provision of needed interventions
• marketing communication strategy
• training
• Experiencing Testing
• Evaluation for potential replicability and
  extension to Maghreb Countries

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Pilot Project TUNISIA
FEATURES
GEOGRAPHICAL SPAN

• Replicable
• Re-applicable
• Scale-up

• Sub-national
• National
• Regional

NATURE
STRUCTURE

• Modular
• Flexible

• Sectoral
• Factoral

LENGTH

• Short-medium project life cycle (max. 2 years)

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ASK INSME

• OBJECTIVES
• professional and timely answers to explicit
  questions given by a network of experts, grouped
  according to specific industrial sectors or
  particular subjects of interest

• on-line service (www.insme.info)
• network of experts
• one-to-many approach
• knowledge transfer tool

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HOW DOES ASK INSME WORK?
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Knowledge Base
Ask INSME
Group of experts
Answer
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ASK INSME as INSME PILOT PROJECT
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TIME SCHEDULE
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ASK INSME as INSME PILOT PROJECT
FEATURES
GEOGRAPHICAL SPAN

• Replicable
• Re-applicable
• Scale-up

• Sub-national
• National
• Regional

NATURE
STRUCTURE

• Modular
• Flexible

• Sectoral
• Factoral

LENGTH

• Short-medium project life cycle (max. 2 years)

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www.insme.info
secretariat_at_insme.it or grandi_at_ipi.it
secretariat_at_insme.it
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