Expand your business horizons with the Export.gov.it platform

Following the study tour titled “Digital support services for exporting SMEs” organized by the MED MSMEs Programme and INSME on June 20th-21st where institutional and private exporters from Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Israel, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia and Jordan were presented with the important results achieved for Italian exports with the digital platform export.gov.it, INSME collected this…
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Propaís – MICROEMPRESA LOCAL – IMPULSO LOCAL

Colombian organization and INSME member Propaìs is focused on strengthening SMEs through processes of technical assistance, and the construction of an investment plan that defines the needs of the productive unit to make the investment of financial resources that each of the beneficiaries will receive as capitalization. Through the “Microempresa Local” and “Impulso Local” projects,…
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REEMPRESA – The Marketplace for Small and Medium Enterprises in Catalonia

Reempresa has been launched in 2010 to support SMEs based on Catalonia. Since 2011 it has helped several owners selling their companies and entrepreneurs who wanted to start a new business. Reempresa is a Public-Private Partnership meaning that it closely works with the regional government institutions and private business owners. It gives access to a…
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The Innov Invest Fund in Morocco

The Innov Invest Fund is an initiative launched by Morocco Guarantee and SME Finance Corp (CCG) and supported by the Moroccan Government, the World Bank and the European Union to enhance the access to finance for SMEs and start-ups and make Morocco a regional hub for innovative entrepreneurs. The 3rd Policy Lab organised by INSME in the…
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The Egyptian Heya Raeda Programme

The Heya Raeda Programme is an initiative implemented by the Egyptian Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center – TIEC – which is part of the wider strategy called Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, promoted by the Egyptian Government – to support women entrepreneurship. This successful programme was explored during one of the policy labs INSME organizes within…
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The Tunisian Startup Act

Within the framework of THE NEXT SOCIETY project, INSME organizes a series of policy labs aiming at exploring how projects, initiatives, and policies could contribute to establishing a reinforced entrepreneurial ecosystem in the two shores of the Mediterranean basin by highlighting the potential replicability of successful actions. The first policy lab explored the Startup Act which…
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Developing Business Format Micro-Franchising Models For Low Income Population

“Developing Business Format Micro-Franchising Models For Low Income Population” is a project implemented by PROPAIS with the aim to generate sustainable income for low-income populations in Colombia and help micro and small businesses to scale effectively through micro-franchising1 by developing a market place and addressing the gap surrounding the micro-franchise concept. The initiative built upon the…
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The Business Performance Monitoring Tool by Sharakah

The Business Performance Monitoring Tool (BPMT) is an initiative launched by Sharakah – The Fund For Development of Youth Projects (S.A.O.C.) in 2014 to offer SMEs a structured mechanism that – by analysing their performances – identifies strengths and weaknesses as well as the most suitable way to overcome difficulties and obstacles hindering their competitiveness. Companies…
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China IPR SME Helpdesk

The China IPR SME Helpdesk supports European Union (EU) Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to both protect and enforce their Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in or relating to Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan through the provision of free information and services. These take the form of jargon-free, first-line, confidential advice on intellectual property…
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