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January 2011
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Keep up to date on innovation matters with the INSME Association!
INSMEnews is the free monthly newsletter edited by the INSME Association Secretariat to stay updated about the activities of the International Network for SMEs, its Members and Partners worldwide. INSME aims to promote transnational cooperation among private and public stakeholders to make innovation happen in SMEs.
INSMEnews is available in English, Spanish and Russian. Sponsors and Promoters to translate this newsletter into other languages are welcome among INSME Members, Partners and Third Parties. We welcome contributions, comments and suggestions that can enrich this newsletter and improve our ongoing work, with the aim to support innovation intermediaries and their internationalisation.
In this issue, find out more about the 4-day agenda of the 7th INSME Annual Meeting in Helsinki, Finland.
We look forward to enlarging our network in 2011.
Enjoy the reading!
INSME Association Secretariat
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Life of the Network |
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News from the INSME Members |
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WIPO and Mohammed Bin Rashid Est. for SME Development: First Training of Trainers (TOT) programme in Dubai (UAE) |
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From 19th to 23rd December 2010 the first-ever Training of Trainers (TOT) programme in the Arab world on"Effective Intellectual Property Asset Management by small and medium enterprises (SMEs)" was held in Dubai. The TOT, organized by the SMEs Division of the World Intellectual Property Organisation � WIPO and the gathered 25 participants from the UAE. The aim is to create a critical mass of trainers with the basic knowledge and skills to provide preliminary IP assistance to entrepreneurs and students as well as MSMEs on effective IP asset management, with a view to provide a networking platform for trainers. The training focused on the presentation of the IP Panorama tool developed by WIPO. For further details, please, read the press release and visit the WIPO website at: http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=22222
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EBN: 25th Anniversary Celebration |
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On the occasion of the celebration of its 25th Anniversary, EBN � the European Business and Innovation Centre Network, organised an Annual Reception dedicated to "Applied Innovation - The Smart Entrepreneurs' Perspective" on 24th- 25th January in Brussels, Belgium. The event saw the participation of the EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Mrs M�ire Geoghegan-Quinn, who introduced the Innovation Union Flagship Initiative. Furthermore, the EBN Annual Reception included the two following seminars: - 24th January 2011 : Knowledge Intensive Services for KIS ventures - KIS4SAT facts, figures & upcoming opportunities - 25th January 2011 : Supporting SMEs in Digital & Creative Industries (INSME Association is one of the knowledge partners)
To find out more, please, visit the following website at: http://www.ebn.eu/EventDetail.aspx?id=132
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OSEO: TACTICS INNO-NET priorities for 2011 |
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The TACTICS project, coordinated by OSEO , is an INNO-Net project in the area of cluster policy launched on September 2009. It aims at supporting and further expanding the European Cluster Alliance - ECA, and contributing to the development of better cluster policies and practical tools in Europe. During 2011, cluster policy actors will have further opportunities to work together through the ECA workshop programme and will also be able to participate in policy development initiatives and in the pilot mechanisms that are being launched by the TACTICS INNO-Net: notably the Innovation Express call, which seeks to encourage international collaboration between clusters and SMEs. Details can be found at: http://www.proinno-europe.eu/page/project-overview-4
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Focus on...INSME Members |
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Partnerships |
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INSME's Picks in the News |
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EU economic governance: Commission sets the yearly priorities for EU growth |
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On 12 January 2011 the European Commission presented the Annual Growth Survey with the aim to focus its efforts in a coordinated manner, and with an eye on priorities, in order to respond to the crisis and to speed up Europe's economic growth. The Annual Growth Survey charts a clear direction on where Europe should be heading in the next year, with ten pressing actions focused on macro-economic stability and fiscal consolidation, structural reforms and growth-enhancing measures. For further information, please, read the press release and/or download the Communication on "Annual Growth Survey: advancing the EU's comprehensive response to the crisis"
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Tenders & Calls |
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SWITCH ASIA programme: Promoting Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) |
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Call for Proposals
Call identifier: EuropeAid/130830/C/ACT/CAI
Aim: To contribute, through promoting sustainable growth, to the economic prosperity and poverty reduction in Asia and to the mitigation of climate change. The specific objective is to promote sustainable production and sustainable consumption (SCP) patterns and behaviour in Asia, through an improved understanding and strengthened cooperation between Europe and Asia and within Asia, notably by mobilizing the private sector, i.e. SMEs, retailers, intermediary producer and consumer organisations, financial sector along with relevant public sector authorities.
Eligibility criteria: At least one organisation from a EU Member State (EU Member States + Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) and at least one organisation from an eligible Asian country (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China (excluding Hong Kong, Macau, and Chinese Taipei), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, DPR Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam).
Overall budget: �24 650 000
Deadline for submission: 14 March 2011
Read more at: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/asia/regional-cooperation/environment/switch_en.htm
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DRUID Society Conference 2011 on Innovation, Strategy, and Structure |
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Call for Papers
The Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics � (DRUID) has launched a second Call for Papers for the DRUID Society Conference 2011 on Innovation, Strategy, and Structure to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from June 15 to June 17, 2011. DRUID 2011 intends to stimulate a lively debate about how technologies, economic systems and organizations evolve and co-evolve. DRUID 2011 will bring together researchers from around the world to exchange research results and to address open issues. The conference will focus on Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Organization, Intellectual Property Rights, Economic Development, Growth and Innovation issues.
Deadline for full paper submission: February 28, 2011.
Submission Guidelines, DRUID Awards, and Registration can be found at the conference website: http://www2.druid.dk/conferences/index.php?cf=48
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Eurostars: 6th cut off |
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EUREKA's Eurostars Programme is the first European funding and support programme dedicated to R&D performing SMEs. According to the EUREKA criteria, a Eurostars project includes any technological area finalised to the development of a new product, process or service. The Eurostars project involves at least two participants (legal entities) from two different Eurostars member countries. The main participant must be an R&D-performing SME from a Eurostars member Country.
Deadline: 24th March 2011
For further information please contact the EUREKA NCPs (EUREKA National Contact Points) in the 33 Countries involved.
Read more about the Eurostars Programme.
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Interesting Initiatives |
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The European technology transfer market |
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Technology-Market.eu is a European initiative which provides business opportunities in the Region through the free access to an EU database of 17813 technology profiles ( divided into 13539 Technology offers and 4274 Technology requests), continuously updated and directly listed on the website in above 350 technology-sectors.
This initiative is based on the results of an EU co-financed Project within the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) and is connected to the Enterprise Europe Network.
For further details please visit the project website at: http://www.technology-market.eu/wp/
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Publications |
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OECD: Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2010 |
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The STI Outlook, issued by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development �OECD, reviews key trends in science, technology and innovation in OECD countries and a number of major emerging economies including Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa.
Download the Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2010
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UNCTAD: Information Economy Report 2010 |
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The Information Economy Report 2010: ICT, Enterprises and Poverty Alleviation is the fifth in the flagship series published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development - UNCTAD (INSME Member). In the 2010 edition, special attention is given to the potential impact of ICTs in enterprises for reducing poverty and improving livelihoods. The evidence presented in this Report suggests that more attention should be given by policymakers and other stakeholders to opportunities in this area.
Download the report
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ICAEW: Global Enterprise Survey Report 2010 |
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales - ICAEW�s third annual Global Enterprise Survey shows that growth expectations are significantly higher in most regions than they were a year ago. Businesses are also positive about the effects of increasing globalisation. Since the 2009 survey, this issue expanded in the Asia-Pacific region to include 11 countries and this year, for the first time, the survey also covers Africa.
Download the Global Enterprise Survey Report 2010
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EIF: European Private Equity Market Outlook |
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The report, issued by EIF �European Investment Bank (INSME Member) in collaboration with EVCA - European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, provides a general overview of the European private equity (PE) market as of June 2010 based on industry data published by the EVCA, the EIF�s proprietary data and other third-party sources.
Download the European Private Equity Market Outlook
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Recommended Websites |
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Recommended Newsletter |
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Innovation Daily |
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InnovationDAILY (ID), issued by Innovation America (IA), is a free daily electronic newsletter, reporting on the Daily Pulse of Global Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Angel/Seed and Venture Capital and Innovation Based Economic Development (IBED).
To subscribe for free, please, visit the website at: http://www.innovationamerica.us/daily
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Events |
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Highlighted Events |
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Future International meetings, workshops, seminars selected by INSME |
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1st February 2011 Policies in support of high-growth innovative SMEs Organized by empirica GmbH in the context of PRO INNO Europe Brussels, Belgium
2nd- 3rd February 2011 Sixth Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy Organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization, INTERPOL and the World Customs Organization Paris, France
3rd-4th February 2011 4th EU Interregional Cooperation Forum Held by INTERREG IVC Joint Technical Secretariat Budapest, Hungary
3rd February 2011 European Growth Summit 2011 & Europe's 500 Award Ceremony Under the patronage of the European Parliament and Belgian Ministry of Economy and Reform Brussels, Belgium
7th- 11th February 2011 2nd ICT Enterprise Forum "Converging strategies for technological sovereignty" Organized by AVANTE Business Consultancy Havana, Cuba
9th February 2011 The IPeuropAware "Towards Improved IP Support Services for European SMEs" Organized by IPeuropeAware Brussels, Belgium
10th February 2011 The 9th Annual European Financial Services Conference "Taking Stock of Reform: Fragmentation or Convergence?" Hosted by Assonime, Kreab Gavin Anderson and Bank of America Merrill Lynch Brussels, Belgium
10th February 2011 Techinnov 2011 Organized within the framework of European Enterprise Network Paris, France
13th - 14th February 2011 International Conference on Harnessing Technology (ICHT): "Challenges & Opportunities in GCC States � Renewable Energy Resources Under the patronage of H.E Maqbool bin Ali Sultan Minister Commerce and Industry, Oman Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
15th February 2011 EU-Japan Cooperation Seminar EU-Japan Clusters Policies toward SMEs� Innovation Brussels, Belgium
16th-18th February 2011 13th Annual Corporate Venturing & Innovation Partnering Conference Organized by IBF-International Business Forum Newport Beach, CA, United States
16th-18th February 2011 Second International Conference on Exploring Services Sciences Organized within the framework of the Lifelong Learning Programme Geneva, Switzerland
21st-22nd February 2011 2011 EFMD Entrepreneurship Conference "Does Entrepreneurship Matter? A view from Educators, Researchers, Policy makers and Entrepreneurs" Organized by Tallinn School of Economics and Business Administration (TSEBA) Tallin, Estonia
24th February 2011 SciTech 2011 "Innovation UK" Organized by PS-Public Service Events The Barbican, London, UK
2nd- 4th March 2011 FEI 2011 - The Front End of Innovation Europe Organized by Institute for International Research- IIR USA Berlin, Germany
7th- 8th March 2011 The 12th MedTech Investing Europe Conference Produced in collaboration with Imperial College London and �colePolytechniqueF�d�rale de Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland
10th- 11th March 2011 7th Annual Meeting of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance "From Recession to Recovery" Hosted by Organization for Economic, Co-operation and Development (OECD) PalaisAuersperg, Vienna, Austria
10th- 11th March 2011 Successful R&D in Europe: 3rd European Networking Event Organized by Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia D�sseldorf, Germany
16th- 17th March 2011 Breakthrough Innovation 2011 Hosted by Connecting Group Barcelona, Spain
20th- 22nd March 2011 Federal Economic Development Forum "Building a Competitive Future Through Innovative Partnerships" Organized by International Economic Development Council (IEDC) Washington, United States
21st March 2011 Lille Innovation Conference (LINC) Organized by JINNOVE Lille, France
22nd - 23rd March 2011 10th European Forum on Eco-Innovation "Towards a Resource Efficient Economy - From Policy to Action" Organized by ETAP-Environmental Technologies Action Plan Birmingham, United Kingdom
23rd - 24th March 2011 2011 MIT Europe Conference "Innovation in a Networked World: Technology, People, and Places" Organized by MIT-ILP Industrial Liaison Programme Vienna, Austria
25th March 2011 Clusters as Drivers of Competitiveness: Strategies and Policy Issues Organized by the University of Fribourg Fribourg, Switzerland
29th- 31st March 2011 European Innovation Conference 2011 Co-organized by REG X and the Innovation Roundtable Billund, Denmark
29th- 30th March 2011 SME Economic Forum 2011 Organized by Asharqia Chamber Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
30th- 31st March 2011 TCI Conference "Inspiring Clusters in the Beginning of the New Decade" Organized by TCI and the Baltic Innovation Agency - BIA Tallinn, Estonia
5th- 7th April 2011 4th PRO INNO Europe� Annual Partnering Event Innovating knowledge transfer Hosted by European Patent Office (EPO) and organized in collaboration with the European Commission�s DG Enterprise and Industry Munich, Germany
24th- 26th April 2011 14th Private Sector Meeting for the Promotion of Trade and Joint Venture Investment among Islamic Countries "SMEs in Developing Economies of OIC Countries and the Role of Private Sector" Organized by the General Secretariat of the Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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