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News from the INSME Members |
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INSME's Picks in the News |
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Focus on...INSME Members |
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ALADI |
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The Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración (the Latin American Integration Association known as ALADI or, occasionally, by the English acronym LAIA) is an International Organisation based in Montevideo, Uruguay since 1980. Its main objective is the establishment of a Latin-American common market, in pursuit of the economic and social development of the region. In particular, it encourages economic cooperation among its 11 members - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
ALADI is an INSME Member since 2006.
Read more about ALADI at: http://www.aladi.org/
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Tenders & Calls |
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SEED Awards 2009 for Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Development |
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Call for submissions
The SEED Initiative (Supporting Entrepreneurs for Environment and Development) has recently launched its call for proposals for the 4th edition of the 2009 SEED Awards for entrepreneurship in sustainable development. This award welcomes innovative ideas from any group in a developing country or country in transition worldwide, which is working in partnership with others to generate environmental and social benefits in an entrepreneurial way. The award consists of support services, worth up to $40,000, to help Award Winners to scale-up.
The Award Ceremony will take place in New York, U.S.A. in May 2009.
The deadline for submission is 16th March 2009.
Download the call for submissions.
For additional information as well as to set your application, please refer to: http://www.seedinit.org/
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EUROTRANS-BIO opens the 4th joint call for transnational projects |
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Call for proposals
The 4th EUROTRANS-BIO 8ETB) call for proposals Funding of Industrial R&D Projects in Biotechnology is now open. Funding is intended to support research intensive SMEs and their strategic partnerships in all fields of biotechnology.
Consortia consisting of at least two SMEs from two different countries participating in the ETB 4th call can apply for funding.
Participating EU regions/countries in ETB: Austria, Basque Country, Catalonia, Belgium-Flanders, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Madrid, The Netherlands, Belgium-Wallonia.
Download the announcement of the 4th ETB Transnational Call 2009.
The deadline for submitting the project proposals is 27th April 2009.
The ETB Consortium commits to a minimum of 30 million � of national/regional funding.
Stay tuned with the ERA-NET EUROTRANS-BIO website for updates: http://eurotransbio.net/
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5th ERA-NET EraSME call now open! |
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Call for proposals
The 5th call for trans-national projects of the ERA-NET EraSME initiative partnership will be open until March 31, 2009 with 12 participating funding projects from the following regions/countries: Austria, Belgium/Flanders, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy/Tuscany, The Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain/Madrid, and Sweden.
The call is intended to support transnational collaboration between SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) and RTOs (Research and Technology Organisations) in all technological areas, enhancing the competitive capacity of European SMEs.
For detailed information and relevant documents see section "Help Desk" at: http://www.era-sme.net/
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7th joint CORNET call now open! |
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Call for proposals
The 7th Joint CORNET Call for Transnational Collective Research Project proposals is open since 22 January up to 30 April 2009. Consortia of SMEs associations, federations and trade associations from at least 3 European countries or regions participating in CORNET (see the list of Countries and Regions) are entitled to submit project proposals. Any industrial sector or research subject is eligible.
CORNET is an ERA-NET funded by the European Commission. It aims to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of collective research policy and practice in Europe by means of coordination of national and regional funding programmes in Europe (see also: http://www.cordis.lu/coordination/era-net.htm).
For more information on CORNET and the 7th Joint Call please visit: http://www.cornet-era.net/
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Interesting Initiatives |
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EU: Report on the Implementation of the Euro-Mediterranean Charter for Enterprise |
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Since its adoption in 2004, the Euro-Mediterranean Charter for Enterprise has been guiding MED governments' policy towards enhancing private enterprise sector development. Following an eight-month pilot project assessing the status of implementation of the Charter in Med Countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Syria and Tunisia), the European Commission, in collaboration with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development - OECD, the European Training Foundation - ETF and the European Investment Bank - EIB, has recently published a report providing a comprehensive overview of enterprise policies underlining the importance of a further close cooperation in the Med region.
Download the Report on the Implementation of the Euro-Mediterranean Charter for Enterprise (EN) (FR).
For further information please consult the following website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/enterprise_policy/ind_coop_programmes/med/charter.htm
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Publications |
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OECD: Innovating to Learn, Learning to Innovate |
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Published by the OECD, this book summarises and discusses, with concrete examples in OECD countries, key findings and principles derived from the learning sciences, research-based innovations, the experience and lessons of alternative schooling and the innovative cases in the field that can be used to redesign classrooms to make them highly effective learning environments.
Non-subscribers can purchase the PDF e-book and/or paper copy via Online Bookshop.
Learn more on Innovating to Learn, Learning to Innovate at: http://www.oecd.org/document
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OECD: Fostering Entrepreneurship for Innovation |
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The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has recently released a report on Fostering Entrepreneurship for Innovation which analyses the role of entrepreneurship policies in support of innovation in Korea, Mexico, Norway and Turkey. In particular, it assesses how entrepreneurship and firm creation have long been recognised as vital forces driving innovation, science and technology, contributing efficiently to sustainable economic growth and employment creation.
Download the OECD report on Fostering Entrepreneurship for Innovation.
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EU: The European Competitiveness Report 2008 |
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Edited by the European Commission - Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General, this report focuses on recent changes of the EU's productivity growth and analyses different factors that may have an impact on competitiveness and on a sustainable industrial policy. This year, the report also examines, more deeply, SME competitiveness as one of the most important segment of European economy.
Download the European Competitiveness Report 2008 for free.
For further information please visit the website at: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/
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Recommended Websites |
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Recommended Newsletter |
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Events |
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Highlighted events |
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Future meetings, workshops, seminars selected by INSME |
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9-13 February 2009 1st ICT Enterprise Forum Organised by Inform�tica 2009 in collaboration with the Cuban Information and Communications Ministry Havana, Cuba
16-17 February 2009 Regions For Economic Change - Networking for Results Organised by the European Commission's Regional Policy Directorate General Brussels, Belgium
20-21 February 2009 Mediterranean Investment Forum Organised byMedInvest 2009 Beirut, Lebanon
24 February 2009 The Corporate Venture Capital Summit Organised by the YoungStartup Ventures Cambridge, Massachuttes
26-27 February 2009 2009 EFMD Entrepreneurship Conference Organized By EFMD - European Foundation for Management Development Barcelona, Spain
2-3 March 2009 Practical Seminar EU Funding for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Organised by the European Academy for Taxes, Economics & Law Berlin, Germany
2-3 March 2009 Conference - Exhibition: Creativity & Innovation - Best Practice from EU Programmes Organized by the European Commission - Directorate General for Education and Culture Brussels, Belgium
16-18 March 2009 BIO-Europe Spring 2009 Organised by EBD Group Milan, Italy
18-19 March 2009 Innovations in Textiles 2009 Organised by the Institute of Nanotechnology (IoN) London, UK
19-20 March 2009 2nd Annual Microfinance Forum "Implementing innovative tools and opening new horizons" Organised by Uniglobal Research Vienna, Austria
23-25 March 2009 3rd Annual Tech Policy Summit Organised by SageScape LLC San Francisco, United States
23-27 March 2009 Innovation in Small Countries How Small Places Change the World Organised by Fulbright Academy for Science and Technology Skopje & Ohrid , Macedonia
24-25 March 2009 WBT Showcase "World's Best Technologies" Produced by Development Capital Networks, LLC Arlington-DFW, United States
24-25 March 2009 13th European forum for Young Innovative Enterprises Organised by INNOVACT Reims, France
25-28 March 2009 The 10th Mediterranean Research Meeting Organised by the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Florence, Italy
31 March - 3 April 2009 NANOTEC2009.it: competitiveness & innovation for the industrial growth Jointly organised by AIRI/Nanotec IT, the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and Veneto Nanotech Rome, Italy
20-23 April 2009 V INSME Annual Meeting Building a Knowledge based eco-system for SMEs: Finance, Innovation, Technology and Networking Organised by the INSME Association with the Dubai Institute of Technology (DIT) - Dubai TechnoPark Dubai, UAE
27-28 April 2009 9th EBAN Annual Congress: "Celebrating risk taking: the contribution of business angels and early stage investors" and 4th EBAN Annual Award Ceremony Organised by EBAN - European Business Angels Network Madrid, Spain
6-14 May 2009 First European SME Week - Launch event Organised by the European Commission Brussels, Belgium
10-12 May 2009 3rd Conference on Micro Evidence on Innovation in Developing Economies - MEIDE Organised by the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), in collaboration with UNU-MERIT Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13-14 May 2009 Small Business Act for Europe: Entrepreneurship without Barriers 1st European SME Week Closing Conference and European Enterprise Awards Prague, Czech Republic
1-4 June 2009 XXVI IASP World Conference on Science and Technology Parks "Future Knowledge Ecosystems" Organised by IASP - International Association of Science Parks Raleigh, United States
21-24 June 2009 XX ISPIM Conference - The Future of Innovation Organised by the International Society for Professional Innovation Managememnt (ISPIM) and supported by DANUBE - European Programmes for Training, Research and Technology and Ratio Strategy & Innovation Consulting Vienna, Austria
24-26 June 2009 18th EBN Annual Congress 2009 Organised by the European BIC Network (EBN) Fez, Morocco
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