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Keep up to date on innovation matters with the INSME Association!
INSMEnews is the free monthly newsletter to help you stay updated about the activities of the International Network for SMEs, its Members and Partners worldwide. Main issues related to SME innovation and competitiveness at international level are tackled.
We welcome input, news and information in this regard from all interested innovation stakeholders from the public and private sector, as well as your opinion, contribution and suggestions which help us provide you a better service in 2010 to make innovation happen in SMEs!
INSMEnews is edited in English (since 2004), in Spanish (since 2007) and to start from March 2010 also in Russian. If you are interested in receiving the Spanish or/and Russian .pdf version of INSMEnews, please contact: secretariat@insme.it
We encourage partners' proposals to help us to translate our newsletter into other languages, in particular, French, Arabic or Chinese.
Don't miss to visit the dedicated website of the 6th INSME Annual Meeting 2010 to find out more about the outcomes of our latest Annual Meeting in Rio de Janeiro!
Enjoy your reading and visit our portal!
Ms. Simona Marzetti INSME Association Secretary General
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Life of the Network |
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Highlights on the 6th INSME Annual Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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SME Innovation: Boosting Development and Growth in Times of Change
10th-13th May, 2010 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Over 190 innovation stakeholders from 25 Countries from all over the globe and 29 distinguished speakers, including entrepreneurs and International Organisations, gathered at the 6th INSME Association Annual Meeting. The event, co-organised by SEBRAE (INSME Member), has marked an important step to foster mutual learning on Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the Innovation Ecosystems and to strengthen relations of the INSME Network in Latin America by favouring the dissemination of good practices among different international players.
Read the speakers' presentations at: http://www.annualmeeting2010.insme.org/speakers/
Click here to view the list of participants.
A photo gallery of the event will be available in the next days.
Announcement has been made of the: 7th INSME Annual Meeting on Competitiveness, Culture and Cross-Border Co-operation: Assisting SMEs to Grow and Reach International Markets to be held in Helsinki, Finland on the 23rd -25th May 2011. The event will be co-organised by EPROCA (European ProClusters Association), new INSME Member. To view the location of the 7th INSME Annual Meeting, please, visit our portal.
During the event it has been announced also the organisation of : the Third International Training Programme on Financing Your Business with Intellectual Property, organised by the INSME Association in partnership with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to be held in Geneva, Switzerland on the 1st-2nd December 2010. Participation is free of charge.
More information will be available in the next months on the INSME portal.
For details and expression of interest, please, contact the INSME Secretariat at: secretariat@insme.it
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New INSME Members |
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The INSME Association warmly welcomes the following organisations that have recently joined the INSME Network with the status of Full Member:
- Russian agency for small and medium business support (SIORA), based in Moscow, Russia; - Polo Navacchio S.p.A (Polo Tecnologico), based in Pisa, Italy; - European ProClusters Association (EPROCA), based in Helsinki, Finland.
The INSME Association now includes 75 Members from 29 Countries (15 OECD and 14 non-OECD) in 5 continents: 16 Governmental Bodies, 18 International Organisations, 12 International NGOs and 29 networks and intermediaries acting in the field of innovation and technology transfer to SMEs. The updated mailing list and the 2010 Members' Compendium of the INSME Association Members is available on the INSME portal within the Members' Area: http://www.insme.org/
Forgotten your User ID and password to access the Members' Area? Please contact us at: secretariat@insme.it
View the full list of the INSME Members. Check out the eligibility criteria to join INSME and the 2010 INSME fees. Apply for membership in the INSME Association.
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News from the INSME Members |
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EBN: ChinaAcces4EU project |
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ChinaAccess4EU, officially started in January 2010 with a duration of 2.5 years, is a project financed by the European Commission - DG Research. It is one of the several Access4EU projects to support the EU access to research and innovation programmes managed by 11 third countries (Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, U.S.).
The project consortium is based on a strong partnership of 11 European and Chinese organizations, including EBN - European Business & Innovation Centre Network (INSME Member).
To find out more please, download the brochure and visit the following website: http://www.access4.eu/China/
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INSME's Picks in the News |
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Focus on...INSME Members |
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Tenders & Calls |
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Creating a financial market for IPRs in Europe |
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Call for Tenders
Call identifier: 3/PP/ENT/CIP/10/A/NO2S003
Aim: Explore ways to create a European financial market for IPRs and to enhance transparency and predictability of IPRs transactions.
Participants: all natural and legal persons from one of the EU Member States and to all natural and legal persons in a third country which has a special agreement with the Communities in the field of public procurement on the conditions laid down in that agreement.
The maximum price for this call for tender is € 230 000 (two hundred thirty thousand).
Submission deadline: 17th June, 2010
To find out more please click here.
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ERASMUS for young entrepreneurs |
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Call for Proposals
Call identifier: ACTION ENT/ERA/10/411 - ERASMUS for young entrepreneurs
Aim: Helping new EU entrepreneurs enrich their experiences, learning and networking by spending periods in enterprises run by experienced entrepreneurs in other EU Member States, in order to enhance the entrepreneurship, internationalisation and competitiveness of potential start-up entrepreneurs and newly established micro and small enterprises in the EU.
Deadline for submission of proposals: 28th June 2010
For further information on the call, read the website at: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemlongdetail.cfm?item_id=4258
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BSEC-HDF Call for Proposals in Renewable Energy |
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Call for Proposals
The BSEC-HDF Committee (Black Sea Economic Cooperation-Hellenic Development Fund) has recently launched a Call for Proposals in Renewable Energy Sources (RES). The overall purpose of BSEC-HDF is to support the efforts of the BSEC Organization to strengthen cooperation among its twelve Member States and to address the key energy challenges by decreasing the costs for greenhouse gas abatement, enhancing productivity and increasing competitiveness through economic benefits deriving from cost savings.
Budget: 400,000.00 Euros.
Participants: Any legal entity (national and operating in the territory of a BSEC Member State) from the public or the private sector, as well as international organizations (governmental or non-governmental); at least two entities, each one registered in a different BSEC Member States.
Deadline for submission of proposals: 31st January 2011.
Read more on the Call for Proposals at: http://www.bsecprojects.com/index.aspx?pageName=hdf&id=20&parentId=9
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The 8th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing |
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Call for Papers
The International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP) and Masdar Institute of Science and Technology have launched a Call for Papers for The 8th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing, to be held in November 22-24, 2010 at Abu Dhabi University Khalifa City Campus, UAE.
Deadline for abstracts submission: 31st May, 2010
For further information on the call, please download the Brochure or visit the website at: http://www.aimevents.net/icsm/papers.html
For further information on the conference, please visit the following website at: http://www.aimevents.net/icsm/conference.html
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About IPR in China |
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Interesting Initiatives |
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Publications |
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Recommended Websites |
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Recommended Newsletter |
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ENoLL Newsletter |
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This newsletter is a monthly publication issued by the European Network of Living Labs - ENoLL in order to provide updates about the network and its activities.
ENoLL, sponsored by the European Community, is an international federation of benchmarked Living Labs in Europe and worldwide and aims to coordinate the development and the offer of a set of services to support the "Innovation Lifecycle" for all actors: end-users, SMEs, corporations, public sector and academia.
The current number of Living Labs is 212, out of which 25 are outside of Europe, covering North and South America, Africa and Asia.
To find out more about ENoLL and to subscribe to its newsletter, please, visit http://www.openlivinglabs.eu/
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Events |
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Highlighted Events |
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2nd-4th June 2010 International Conference on Policies to Address Financing and Entrepreneurial Challenges in High-growth Innovative Firms Helsinki, Finland
This high level conference, organised by the UNECE - United Nation Economic Commission for Europe (INSME Member), aims to provide a platform for a broad exchange of practical experiences and lessons learned among policymakers, representatives of business and academia, and other experts and practitioners on good practices and policies of promoting the development of high-growth innovative firms, in particular within the framework of the global economic and financial crisis.
The INSME Secretary General will make a presentation on the 2nd June.
30th June-2nd July 2010 19th EBN Annual Congress BURGOS 2010 Burgos, Spain
This year the EBN Annual Congress, organised by the EBN - European Business & Innovation Centre Network (INSME Member), on Smart entrepreneurship: challenging the recession will be focussed on how the current challenging economic times present extraordinary opportunities for enhancing the competiveness of organizations through innovation.
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Future meetings, workshops, seminars selected by INSME |
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27th -28th May 2010 Meeting of the OECD Council at Ministerial level From recovery to Sustained Growth Organised by the OECD- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Paris, France
31st May- 1st June 2010 SBA Conference "Getting SMEs on the road to recovery - the Small Business Act for Europe & European Enterprise Awards 2010: exchange of good practices" Organised by the European Commission in collaboration with the EU Spanish Presidency Madrid, Spain
1st-2nd June 2010 EuroMedtech� 2010 2nd Annual International Medtech Partnering Conference Leipzig, Germany
2nd June 2010 SME Forum 2010 Growing SMEs: Its time to invest Organised by the BiD Network The Hague, The Netherlands
2nd-3rd June 2010 Forum "Exchange of Experiences and Best Practices in Private- Public Partnerships for the Internationalization of MSMEs" Organised by ALADI- Latin American Integration Association Montevideo, Uruguay
2nd-4th June 2010 8th World Investment Conference Europe's attractiveness in a changing world Organised by La Baule WIC and supported by the Europe+ Foundation La Baule, France
3rd-4th June 2010 Mediterranean Economic Leaders Summit - Invest in Med Conference Supported by the Invest in Med programme Barcelona, Spain
3rd-4th June 2010 European Conference on Craft Enterprises "Tradition, Innovation and Sustainability in Crafts: the Public Administration Support Organised by the Spanish EU Presidency Barcelona, Spain
3rd-5th June 2010 Conference & Exhibition "SAVE ENERGY, SAVE WATER, SAVE THE PLANET" Organised by ViaExpo Sofia, Bulgaria
6th-9th June 2010 2010 ISPIM Conference - The Dynamics of Innovation Organized by the International Society for Professional Innovation Management - ISPIM Bilbao, Spain
7th-8th June 2010 Russia - Europe: Cooperation without Frontiers Organised by the Interregional Public Organization -Moscow Entrepreneurs Association and Foundation for Contributing to Development of Small Forms of Enterprises in the Science and Technical Spheres of the Russian Federation Moscow, Russia Federation
8th-9th June 2010 World Innovation Forum Where Innovation Meets Business New York, United States of America
9th-10th June 2010 Innotown 2010 Organised by Innotown Alesund, Norway
10th-11th June 2010 ICSTI Annual Conference 2010 "From Information to Innovation" Organised by the ICSTI (International Council for Scientific and Technical Information) Helsinki, Finland
14th June 2010 IASP Latin American Workshop 2010 Synergies in Science Parks and Incubators: a way of strengthening growth Organised by the Panama's Business, Scientific and Technological Park Panama
14th-18th June 2010 World Bank Innovation Policy Core Course "Introduction to Innovation Policy" Jointly organized by the World Bank Institute and the Korea Development Institute Washington D.C., United States
15th-16th June 2010 NANOfutures Organised by the European Commission, the Spanish Presidency of the European Union, the Government of Principality of Asturias, the NANOfutures association and PRODINTEC Gijón, Spain
16th-17th June 2010 Nanoforum Organised by Iter Turin, Italy
17th June 2010 The 2010 New York Venture Summit Organised by youngStartup Ventures New York, United States
21st-25th June 2010 5CLAC - 5th TCI Latin American Cluster Conference 2010 Competitiveness clusters: businesses and possibilities for regional development for Latin America" Organised by the Medellin City Hall, the Medellin Chamber of Commerce, the Cluster Community and TCI -The Competitiveness Institute Medell�n, Colombia
23rd-24th June 2010 2nd ChinaBio Partnering Forum Hosted by ChinaBio LLC and EBD Group Suzhou, P.R. China
23rd-25th June 2010 European Forum for Innovation Empowering the Pan-European Community in a Competitive Global Environment Organised by CREATE-NET, the European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) and the Autonomous Province of Trento Trento, Italy
23rd-25th June 2010 Second Annual Global Business Summit Conference Organized by the Global Strategic Management Inc. (GSMI) and the Pondicherry University Pondicherry, India
28th June-9th July 2010 4th Barcelona Clusters Summer School (BCSS 2010) Organised by the International Centre for Competitiveness of the IESE Business School Barcelona, Spain
30th June-1st July 2010 European Business Summit 2010 "Putting Europe back on track" Organised by BUSINESSEUROPE and the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium (VBO-FEB) Brussels, Belgium
2nd-7th July 2010 EuroScience Open Forum ESOF2010 Organized by Euroscience Turin, Italy
5th July-2nd August 4th Summer Academy on Innovation and Uncertainty Jointly hosted by the DFG Research Training Group (GSBC-EIC) and the International Max Planck Research School Jena, Germany
6th-9th August 2010 3rd Conventional International Business Extreme Forum Traditions and Culture. Training Innovators Organised by the Russian Academy of Management and Market, the National Agency for Entrepreneurship Technological Support (INTECH) and National Business Incubator Association of Russia (NSBI) Republic of Karelia, Russia
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