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Enterprise Europe Network

Martine DISS, Head of Unit, EACI and

Hicham ABGHAY, Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum, DE

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I need a business partner in another country…

How do I get European funding?

What does this EU law mean for my business?

How do I find a new market abroad?

How can I sell my innovative ideas and technology?

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Our mission

Helping small companies

make the most of the business opportunities

in the EU and beyond

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• Created in 2008

• Funded by the European Commission

• Under the Competitiveness & Innovation Framework Programme (CIP)

• Then under COSME

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Going internationalTechnology transfer

Access to financeResearch funding

EU law and standardsIntellectual property

Speak up on EU law

Our services

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600+ partner organisations in 54 countries

Find your local contact point:http://een.ec.europa.eu/about/branches

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Results so far

• Events involving more than 1 million participants

• Support to more than 75,000 clients who were looking for funding opportunities

• More than 9,000 transnational Partnership Agreements for the benefits of European SMEs

• Clients helped to create or maintain 1,042 jobs

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Prescription for success• An Irish SME searched for a distributor to sell its

new interactive video system for training and assessing washing techniques against international hygiene protocol, in real time.

• Network matched SME with German distributor of medical equipment to hospitals, pharmacies and the home-care market.

• German firm is now marketing the Irish video system to hospitals in Germany.

"Thanks to the Network, we found an international business partner for the long term.”

Ralf Oestreich - Kreienbaum Neoscience GmbH, Germany

Ireland - Germany

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The role of the Network 2014-2020

COSME• Network services enhancing the competitiveness of

SMEs• Network services enhancing the innovation capacity of

SMEs

Horizon2020• Services enhancing innovation management capacities• SME Instrument – Network ensures Key Account

Management

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The role of the Network 2014-2020 in Horizon 2020

• Specialised innovation support services

• SME Instrument implementation - Network ensures Key Account Management

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Network Partners working on priority sectors through

Sector groups

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Network Sector groups

17Sector groups

http://een.ec.europa.eu/about/sector-groups

Experts in 17 key sectors from all across the Network provide you with customized support

• organise brokerage events, to help you reach technology transfer or cooperation agreements with other companies from your sector

• advise you on how to find partners to apply for EU-funded joint research projects

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Members: 40

Geographical coverage:• Belgium• Denmark• France• Germany• Greece• Hungary• Italy• Netherlands

Who makes out the Healthcare sector group

• Norway• Poland• Portugal• S. Korea• Sweden• Russia• Spain• Switzerland• Turkey• UK

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Brokerage Events

• MEDICA 2013: Companies: 267 Profiles: 351 Meetings: 900

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Company Missions

• Tissue Engineering/Implants, FR• BioInformatics / eHealth, GR• Etc..

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Other Innovation & TT Activities

• Platinum Clients• Cluster Networking• Information Days/ Workshops/ conferences

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Information & Feedback on Policy Topics

• European Map of Medtech Capacities• Marketing and Communication materials• eNewsletter• Catalogue of Technology Profiles• Etc..

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Other Joint Activities

• with other FP Projects: Fit For Health 2:0/ ENTENTE/ Health 2 Market/ LifeCompetence etc

• Technology platforms: Innovative Medicines JU/ Nanomedicine

• Internal capacity building: workshops in relevant fields

• with other SG’s: ICT, Biotech, Materials, Nano etc…

• With european associations: EUCOMED, CPME etc…

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