The INSME Association
Thank you all for making the 14th INSME Annual Meeting a memorable one!
The European Parliament in Brussels hosted the 14th INSME Annual Meeting on the 17th and 18th of May.
The initiative raised the interest of more than 100 innovation experts, SMEs stakeholders, economic players, intermediaries, entrepreneurs and researches coming from 20 different countries worldwide to share views, best practices and success models on “Industry 4.0 for SMEs’ Business Growth”.
Hon. Elisabetta Gardini, Member of the European Parliament, underlined the important role played by SMEs to foster economic growth and showed her commitment towards initiatives supporting the development of entrepreneurship “… we welcome this initiative by INSME than since its set up fosters innovation in SMEs by promoting public-private partnerships and developing international collaborations.”
INSME would like to thank the Global Coalition for Efficient Logistics - GCEL (INSME Sustaining Gold Member) for supporting the initiative and all the speakers and participants for contributing to the success of the 14th INSME Annual Meeting!
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The IP Statistics for Decision Makers 2018
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - OECD (INSME Moral Sponsor) and European Union Intellectual Property Office – EUIPO are organizing the IP Statistics for Decision Makers 2018, taking place on the 23rd and 24th of October in Alicante, Spain. The conference aims at discussing how intellectual property data, statistics and analysis are used and can be used to inform decision-makers in both the public and private sectors, and to identify key information needs and possible shortcomings.
Interested researchers are invited to submit a paper to actively participate in the conference. The organizers welcome contributions covering a wide range of topics among which:- IP and the digital transformation: the role of IP for Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, Blockchains and Fintech
- Science-industry links, university technology transfer and the role of IP
- IPRs and SMEs: barrier to entry and growth or performance enablers?
Please note that registration to the conference will start in June 2018. More information will be available soon here.INSME contributing to THE NEXT SOCIETY advocacy panel for an innovation policy agenda in Egypt
On the 23rd of April TIEC (Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center) with the support of GAFI (General Authority For Investments) and ANIMA Investment Network (INSME Member from France) organized the National Advocacy Panel for an Innovation Policy Agenda in Egypt, an initiative carried out in the frame of THE NEXT SOCIETY, a project funded by the European Union.INSME Secretary General, Mr. Zazzerini actively intervened and gave a presentation on how to overcome obstacles in the transition phase from start-up to scale up and recommended:- To set strategic goals, identify the best path to reach them and communicate them properly
- To enrich the offering with complementary products and supporting services
- To avoid that functional specialization and organizational layers break the flow of information from the market
- To design an organizational structure, a management team, specialized roles and effective processes to develop financial capability and credibility
- To nurture a culture that reflects values and the firm’s strategy
- To foresee risks and identify potential interventions to cope with them.
As an affiliated entity to the project INSME is actively taking part to the Advocacy Panels during which target countries’ policy makers, entrepreneurs and relevant stakeholders in collaboration with international experts analyse the innovation ecosystem and identify challenges and priorities that will be addressed through technical assistance programmes that INSME is expected to deliver by drawing on its wide basin of experts.Find out more about The NEXT SOCIETY at this page.Policy Brief on Women's Entrepreneurship
The European Commission and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development – OECD (INSME Moral Sponsor) have recently released a policy brief on women’s entrepreneurship analyzing the gender gap in entrepreneurship, the differences between male- and female- owned businesses, and the challenges that female entrepreneurs face when they decide to start a business.
Women have an unexploited entrepreneurial talent and policy makers have to unlock this potential. New policy approaches to support women entrepreneurs are starting to emerge and the policy brief highlights those that provide more support for growth-oriented women entrepreneurs through:- dedicated business incubators and business accelerator programmes and
- the creation of an infrastructure for risk capital.
In order to reduce the gender gap, the institutional conditions need to be improved. It is important to promote women entrepreneurs as role models and ensure that the education system is gender-neutral and does not discourage women from going into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.The policy brief also suggests the adoption of more targeted actions ensuring that family, social and tax policies do not discriminate against entrepreneurship by women.The full policy brief is downloadable here.
